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OOPS! I ACCIDENTALLY TOOK THE SPANISH CROSSWORD |
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Denmark & Latvia both border this sea sharing its name with a people who lived on its shores in ancient times |
the Baltic
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Byzantine ruler Alexius IV Angelus was installed as emperor in 1203 by the fourth of these military expeditions |
the Fourth Crusade
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Handy with the steel, the Lincoln County regulators included Frank Coe & this outlaw who died at 21 in 1881 |
(Ken: Died so young because he was [*].)
Billy the Kid
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The familiar 4-image strip produced by one of these structures had 8 images (& took 8 minutes) when it had a vogue in the 1920s |
a photo booth
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Ted Tally wrote screenplays based on Thomas Harris' novels "Red Dragon" & this one that became a hit 1991 film |
[Dondi omitted the leading article.]
The Silence of the Lambs
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Apellido de actor Pedro y matemático Blaise (6 letras) |
Pascal
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Barrie Devenport in 1962 was the 1st man known to swim this strait named for an explorer, Cape Terawhiti to the coast of Wellington |
(Ken: In New Zealand, yes.)
Cook Strait
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The official announcement of the Louisiana Purchase came on this date in 1803, apt for doubling the size of U.S. territory |
the 4th of July
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Fabio Ochoa Vásquez & Roberto Escobar were members of the cartel named for this Colombian city |
Medellín
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This organization provides cards to help you use its roadside assistance program, which began as 5 motorcyclists in St. Louis |
AAA
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(Margaret Cho presents the clue.) I played Erin, the den mother to a group of queer men in the 2022 rom-com "Fire Island", which was loosely based on this Jane Austen novel |
(Andrew: What is Emma?)
Pride and Prejudice
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Potable potente, Sauza y Cuervo por ejemplo (7 letras) |
tequila
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Myanmar's principal river, the Irrawaddy drains into this bay |
[A note of "Recorded on 2/25/25" was displayed.]
the Bay of Bengal
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In 1506 Julius II merged Bologna into this group, aka the Stati Pontifici |
the Papal States
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Jesse & Frank James ran with Cole, Jim, John & Bob--not the world's deadliest boy band but a gang of brothers with this last name |
(Andrew: What is Dalton?) (Dondi: What is James?)
Younger
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Sept. is the natl. month to get this item; Octavia Butler & David McCullough were among those to reminisce about their first, as kids |
(Andrew: What... what are ballet shoes?)
library card
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This bestseller set at a fashion magazine spawned a hit movie & a stage musical with Vanessa Williams as the terrifying editor |
The Devil Wears Prada
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Dormir un poquito (6 letras) |
una siesta
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Lake Turkana, the world's largest alkaline lake, lies in Kenya & this country on its northern border |
Ethiopia
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In 1706 a popular revolt in Astrakhan got an emphatic & cruel nyet from this czar, then in the midst of modernizing Russia |
Peter the Great
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Some of the members of his "Ring" of callous corruption were Richard B. Connolly & A. Oakley Hall, mayor of New York City |
Boss Tweed
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Why do I have one of these bills that even the Bureau of Engraving & Printing says "for most of their history... have been unpopular" |
a $2 bill
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The "Codename Villanelle" thriller series by Luke Jennings became this TV series |
Killing Eve
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En francés es "demain"; en español es esta palabra (6 letras) |
(Dondi: What is domani?) ... (Ken: Not Italian, Dondi.)
mañana
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In October 1944 the U.S. Navy turned back Japan's last major naval offensive in the battle of this Philippine gulf |
Leyte
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This company set forth to New England under the auspices of a charter in 1606 |
(Thomas: What's the Massachusetts Bay Colony?)
the Plymouth Company
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When Howie Winter went to prison, this criminal took over control of the Winter Hill Gang in Somerville, Mass. |
Bulger
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An allergy info card may list this one of the "Big 9", preventing a potentially deadly administration of tahini |
sesame
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This graphic novel about a train circling a frozen earth has been made into a film & a TV series |
Snowpiercer
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Presidenta de México Claudia (9 letras) |
Sheinbaum
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