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    | This American retailer of general merchandise opened its first store at Homan Avenue & Arthington Street in Chicago in 1925 | Sears 
 
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    | "Romeo & Juliet", is one of the plays that take place in what's now this country | [ERRATUM: The clue included the spurious comma shown.] 
 Italy
 
 
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    | Bi- this is a term from psychiatry; magnets are di- this, with north attracted to south | polar 
 
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    | Opened in 1971, this Seattle coffee chain used the roasting techniques of competitor Alfred Peet | Starbucks 
 
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    | This game whose origins go back to ancient times is played on a board with 24 narrow triangles or points | backgammon 
 
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    | "You wanna go where people know, people are all the same" | Cheers 
 
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    | Reaping $60 million a year in the 1920s, this man said of his illegal Illinois enterprises, "I give the public what the public wants" | Capone 
 
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    | This tragedy has settings in Rome, Syria & fatefully in Alexandria, Egypt | Antony and Cleopatra 
 
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    | In 1850 Clausius laid down the second law of this, that heat won't of itself pass from one body to a hotter one | thermodynamics 
 
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    | A 1773 act & this following protest prompted many in America to take up coffee | the Boston Tea Party 
 
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    | Knock knock--who's there? It's this noisy type of ghost | a poltergeist 
 
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    | "Who's that girl? It's Jess" | New Girl 
 
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    | Settling in Illinois, he founded his own detective agency & later headed the Union secret service during the Civil War | (Allan) Pinkerton 
 
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    | Once more into this play whose centerpiece is a 1415 battle in France | (Julian: [No response]) 
 Henry V
 
 
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    | A special grating with parallel slits is name for this spreading or bending of light waves similar to refraction | (Tyler: What is polar? Polarized?) (Tony: What is diffusion?)
 
 diffraction
 
 
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    | In "Letters from Hawaii", Mark Twain said this local coffee "has a richer flavor than any other" | Kona 
 
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    | Many health plans now cover this 12-letter practice of consulting with your doctor via your cell phone or computer | telemedicine 
 
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    | "It seems today that all you see is violence in movies & sex on TV" | Family Guy 
 
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    | Mormon leader Joseph Smith & his brother Hyrum were killed by a mob in 1844 in this Illinois city named for an ancient city of Africa | Carthage 
 
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    | Arden, Shakespeare's mother's maiden name, is the name of the forest where this comedy is set | (Julian: What's A Midsummer's Night Dream?) (Tyler: What is A Midsummer Night's Dream?)
 
 As You Like It
 
 
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    | General relativity meant there must be these waves, but they weren't directly detected until 2015, by the LIGO Observatory | (Julian: What are dark matter?) 
 gravitational waves
 
 
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    | This fictional coffee spokesperson is nothing without his mule Conchita | Juan Valdez 
 
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    | Some describe this old timey soft drink as tasting like licorice; others, like root beer | (Julian: What's... oh, no.) (Tony: What is sassafras?)
 
 sarsaparilla
 
 
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    | "She's a magical gal in a small town locale, he's a hubby who's part machine" | WandaVision 
 
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    | Around 1673 this French Jesuit priest explored the region & traveled on the Illinois river | Jacques Marquette 
 
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    | This princely play is the only one that has a scene in Lebanon | (Julian: What's Hamlet?) 
 Pericles, Prince of Tyre
 
 
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    | L, meaning the number of this elementary particle that includes electrons, is constant in every reaction | (Mayim: Everybody's best friend, [*].) 
 the lepton
 
 
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    | Some of the highest rated coffee is from a roaster called Port of Mokha, named for a place in this war-torn country | Yemen 
 
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    | This adjective can describe something intricate or involved, like a certain maze from mythology | labyrinthine 
 
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    | "Meatwad make the money, see / Meatwad get the honeys, G" | (Mayim: Yes, it's hard to keep a straight face.) 
 Aqua Teen Hunger Force
 
 
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