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  | 19th CENTURY WOMEN AUTHORS |  |
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  | YOUR FILM & TV WAIT STAFF |  |
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  | PRESIDENTS BORN WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI |  |
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    | Martha Finley wrote 28 novels about Elsie, a virtuous Southern girl who lives on these including the Oaks & Roselands | plantations 
 
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    | "Wheel of Fortune" uses an adapted version of this game in which players guess the hidden letters of a word | hangman 
 
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    | Max Black & Caroline Channing serve as this CBS title duo in a diner | 2 Broke Girls 
 
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    | Gallium turns to liquid slightly above this temperature sometimes given as 72 degrees Fahrenheit | room temperature 
 
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    | The first to be born west of the Mississippi (hope it didn't cause a Depression) | Hoover 
 
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    | To the ancient Greeks, he was really tops--he personified heaven | Uranus 
 
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    | Johanna Spyri spent summers in the Swiss Alps & used her memories in this book about an orphan girl sent to live there | Heidi 
 
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    | Strict usage distinguished initialisms such as "FBI" & "NSA" from these such as "NASA" & "NATO" | acronyms 
 
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    | One of Lucy Liu's earliest roles was addressing diners at the Peach Pit on this '90s drama | Beverly Hills, 90210 
 
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    | In biology, an insectivore; in chemistry, a measuring unit of very small things | a mole 
 
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    | Of the 8 presidents born west of the Mississippi River, the one born farthest west | Barack Obama 
 
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    | A 2016 report said that per capita, this country's citizens were the world's top eaters of beef | Uruguay 
 
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    | Henrik Ibsen was influenced by Camilla Collett, a 19th c. novelist & women's rights advocate in this, their home country | Norway 
 
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    | Malcolm X often used the device called chiasmus, as in "We didn't land on Plymouth Rock; the rock was" this | the rock was landed on us 
 
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    | A sunglasses-clad John Belushi wants wine, 5 shrimp cocktails & some bread from Paul Reubens in this film | The Blues Brothers 
 
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    | The one born farthest west in the continental U.S. | Richard Nixon 
 
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    | Alioth & Dubhe are its brightest stars | Ursa Major 
 
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    | Her "Silas Marner" is subtitled "The Weaver of Raveloe" | George Eliot 
 
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    | A rebus is a word puzzle & this answer to the one seen here means you get it 
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    | Before getting into shenanigans as Marvel's merc with a mouth, this actor served it up at Shenaniganz in a 2005 film | Ryan Reynolds 
 
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    | 2 letters longer than "activity", this is high in the halogen elements, so they're not naturally found uncombined | reactivity 
 
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    | Of those on the list, he's the most recent from a state that borders the Mississippi | Bill Clinton 
 
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    | The peak of Mount Yamantau is the top of the southern section of this mountain range | the Urals 
 
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    | This 3-named "Little Lord Fauntleroy" author also penned "A Little Princess" | Frances Hodgson Burnett 
 
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    | The 2017 U.K. Pun Championships produced gems like "Pakistani pirates." This language "they think they argh?" | Urdu they think they argh? 
 
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    | Lorna Thayer was the waitress whom this actor wants to hold the chicken (between her knees) in "Five Easy Pieces" | Jack Nicholson 
 
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    | The hollow carbon molecule seen here is called a buckyball & was named for this non-chemist | Buckminster Fuller 
 
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    | The one who served the shortest time as president | (Alex: He was born in Nebraska, and his name is [*].) 
 Gerald Ford
 
 
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    | You're supremely suave & courteous, this adjective | urbane 
 
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