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    | In 2017 this former cover girl made a splash in SI's swimsuit issue posing with daughters Sailor & Alexa Ray | 
    Christie Brinkley
 
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    | A poem in which the first letters of each line spell out a word or phrase | 
    an acrostic
 
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    | Lincoln was at this location when he said that "we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain" | 
    Gettysburg
 
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    | It indicates a pause between parts of a sentence | 
    a comma
 
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    | A form of this popular pub game was used as training for British archers in the Middle Ages | 
    darts
 
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    | In its Jan. 16, 2017 issue, People magazine paid special tribute to Carrie Fisher & this legendary mom on their passings | 
    Debbie Reynolds
 
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    | Originally the heroine of this novel was to be called Pansy O'Hara | 
    Gone With the Wind
 
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    | King Kamehameha Day & D-Day Anniversary | 
    June
 
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    | About the Union's control of his river, Lincoln remarked, "The father of waters again goes unvexed  to the sea" | 
    the Mississippi
 
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    | A glove at home or first | 
    a mitt
 
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    | Bartenders would once commonly measure their hard liquor pours by the width of these body parts | 
    fingers
 
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    | In Vanity Fair Adele talked about motherhood & her struggles with this, PPD for short, after her son was born | 
    postpartum depression
 
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    | This Henry Fielding hero, "one of the handsomest young fellows in the world", shares the name of a sex symbol singer | 
    Tom Jones
 
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    | Thanks to "Seinfeld", Festivus | 
    December
 
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    | Abe called him "vigilant & self-reliant" but never really said, Oh, he drinks? Then send his brand to my other generals | 
    Grant
 
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    | Useful utensil from the Old English for "chip of wood" | 
    a spoon
 
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    | This term for a type of bar came from the need of not talking too loud | 
    a speakeasy
 
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    | For Mother's Day 2016 E.W. chose "20 TV Moms We Love", including Lynette Scavo, a resident of Wisteria Lane on this series | 
    Desperate Housewives
 
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    | This Sinclair Lewis title became a word for someone narrow-minded who conforms readily to middle class values | 
    Babbitt
 
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    | National Nurses Day & Star Wars Day | 
    May
 
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    | Concerning his 1864 renomination, Abe quoted an old farmer who said it was "not best to swap" these "when crossing streams" | 
    horses
 
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    | They follow each other & are home to a solstice & an equinox, respectively | 
    (Peter: What are the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn?) (Lisa: What are June and Ju--July--no.)
  summer and fall
 
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    | Those not wanting to get too tipsy in a pub may want to check the ABV, this abbreviation on their brew | 
    alcohol by volume
 
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    | Mom to Charlie & Vale, this "Today" anchor told "Fit Pregnancy and Baby" magazine, "Being a mom always comes first" | 
    (Lisa: Who is Campbell Brown?)
  Savannah Guthrie
 
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    | Dashiell Hammett dedicated "The Thin Man" to this fellow writer & longtime love | 
    (Alex: And we have half a minute about to go.)
  Lillian Hellman
 
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    | National Adoption Day & the Great American Smokeout | 
    November
 
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    | In 1859 he wrote being elected capt. of volunteers in this Indian war gave him "more pleasure than any I have had since" | 
    the Black Hawk War
 
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    | (Kelly of the Clue Crew shuffles a deck.)  A mathematician has shown that the overhand method takes 10,000 shuffles to randomize a deck, but you can do it in just seven tries using this shuffling method that also contains a double "F" | 
    riffling
 
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    | Mojito recipes ask you to crush mint & lime with a wooden implement via this process | 
    muddling
 
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