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    Searching for Bobby Fischer
 
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    (Stephen: Uh, what is an... eclipse?)
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    cheese
 
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    | The ex-Mrs. Billy Joel | 
    Christie Brinkley
 
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    | Be a stickler!  When one proposes, one of these should be "down on" the floor | 
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    | In 1895 Brooklyn ground to a halt when workers on these electric vehicles went on strike | 
    trolleys
 
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    Good Will Hunting
 
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    | The winds in this part of a hurricane may be less than 15 miles an hour | 
    (Alex: [Acknowledging Dave] Dave, I'm glad you ring in--) ... (Alex: [*] was more fun than the, uh, outer limits of the wind, yes.)
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    | To make small squares of food is to dice; to make them a little larger is to do this, the shape of dice | 
    cube
 
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    | "Hellraiser" horror novelist & director | 
    Clive Barker
 
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    | This is how one asks "the question" if the proposal is unexpected | 
    to pop
 
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    | Savannah's antebellum Green-Meldrim House was built for a wealthy dealer in this "king"ly crop | 
    (Dave: What is tobacco?)
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    | Chemistry whiz Julius Kelp devises a formula that transforms him into the suave Buddy Love in this 1963 comedy | 
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    | Known to farmers as "white plague", they travel to Earth at up to 100 miles per hour, damaging crops | 
    (Alex: [**] is the word you were looking for.  We've got a minute to go, Stephen.)
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    | This French term refers to food that has been strained & blended to a smooth consistency | 
    (Stephen: What is [**]?) [Initially ruled incorrect; reversed before the Daily Double at clue 20]
  purée (frappé accepted)
 
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    | Author full of hot "Eyre" | 
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    | Like the couple in a No. 1 song by the Dixie Cups, one might ask her intended to go to this title place | 
    (Alex: [*] of Love, yes.)
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    | In 1856 South Carolina Rep. Brooks gave Massachusetts Sen. Sumner a notorious beating with this | 
    (Dave: What is a gavel?)
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    | A blinding light suddenly turns this actor into a genius in 1996's "Phenomenon" | 
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    | This is the term for a large group of meteors, or of bees | 
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    | If one is religious, one might lead his intended down the aisle to this part of a church | 
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    | George Root inspired the Union forces with his song "The Battle Cry Of" this | 
    (Dave: What is the Republic?) (Stephen: Uh, I was going to say the Republic, too.) (Alex: Oh, well, that's two incorrect responses.)
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    | Woody Allen finds media guru Marshall McLuhan in a theater lobby in this 1977 film | 
    Annie Hall
 
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    west
 
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    | Roe is fish eggs; roebuck is this meat | 
    (Correne: What is reindeer meat?) (Alex: Oh!) (Correne: [*]?) (Alex: Yeah, we'll accept that.)
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    | Bonnie Parker's partner in crime | 
    (Stephen: Who is, uh, Clyde... Barrent?)
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