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    | After observing a comet in 1682, he proved it was the same one seen in 1607, 1531, 1456... | (Edmund) Halley 
 
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    | Betting on the same horse to win, place & show is betting "across" this | across the board 
 
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    | There are likely fewer sheep there nowadays, but Sheep Meadow is in this 843-acre area, not far from Tavern on the Green | Central Park 
 
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    | In song, he "had a very shiny nose... you would even say it glows" | Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 
 
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    | A building used for curing meat | a smokehouse 
 
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    | Minimum number of mirrors needed to make a kaleidoscope | 2 
 
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    | For nearly 40 years, until 1679, New Hampshire was part of this colony | Massachusetts 
 
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    | In this type of race, a licensed horse owner may bet on the winner & then buy it | a claiming race 
 
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    | We suspect vodka lovers more than tea aficionados gravitate to this restaurant dating back to 1927 | the Russian Tea Room 
 
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    | Referring to its rapid movement & shiny surface, quicksilver is an old name for this liquid metal | mercury 
 
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    | In song, the 5 words that precede "all covered with snow" | On top of Old Smokey 
 
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    | In 1668 Newton placed a mirror in one of these devices to create a much better image | (Ken: The first reflecting [*].) 
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    | The oldest opera for which complete music still exists is Jacopo Peri's 1600 work about this lover of Orpheus | Eurydice 
 
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    | Age of a sophomore horse, it's also the usual age of horses in a derby race | 3 
 
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    | Enjoy the raw bar at the Oyster Bar, an institution at this transportation hub since 1913 | Grand Central Station 
 
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    | By making them durable, Herbert Lieberman was the Henry Ford of these shiny discs, seen on skates & Michael Jackson | sequins 
 
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    | Industrial chimney attached to a factory | a smokestack 
 
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    | Before the advent of this device in the 1911 Indy 500, passengers called riding mechanics watched for cars coming up behind | rearview mirror 
 
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    | After hoarding food rations, he & his son were kept at bay, literally, by mutineers who set them adrift in 1611 | Henry Hudson 
 
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    | The quarter pole is 2 furlongs before this | (Sam: What's the turn?) 
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    | Robert De Niro co-owns this grill named for the neighborhood it's in | (Ken: Don't wanna dox him, but it's in [*] the [*] Grill.) 
 Tribeca
 
 
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    | These artificial gems are named for a river that begins in the Alps & flows through Germany | rhinestones 
 
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    | Proverbial location where political deals are struck away from the eyes of the public | a smoke-filled room 
 
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    | There is evidence that Precolumbian Mesoamericans used this black volcanic rock with a Roman name to make mirrors | (Josh: What is pumice?) 
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    | In the early 1600s this British king said that he could make a man a lord but "only God almighty can make a gentleman" | James I 
 
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    | It means to assign weights to equalize the competition | (Josh: [Selecting the last clue] A DAY AT THE RACES--bring it!) 
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    | Per Se is a NYC restaurant where this chef of the French Laundry has augmented his reputation | (Thomas) Keller 
 
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    | Small bits of pyrite in this alliterative blue rock give the appearance of gold specks | lapis lazuli 
 
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    | A parachuting firefighter | a smoke jumper 
 
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    | "Equine" name for a mirror mounted on a frame that can be tilted | a cheval glass 
 
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