Hint
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Answer
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Colorful bird, allegedly popular with pirates
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Parrot
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One who guides a ship into harbor or a plane from airport to airport
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Pilot
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Metal bar, like those locked away in Fort Knox
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Ingot
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Agatha Christie's Belgian detective, Hercule
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Poirot
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Russian airline in business since the 1930s
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Aeroflot
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A British sailor's daily rum ration (until 1970!)
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Tot
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Too much daily rum can turn you into one of these
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Sot
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A sober sailor, who knows the ropes, ought be good at making one of these
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Knot
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Popular grape used in winemaking
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Pinot
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Popular grape used in winemaking
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Merlot
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In a lowercase "i" or "j," the upper part of the letter is the "tittle," the lower part is this:
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Jot
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Another term for "tittle"
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Dot
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The story that drives a story
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Plot
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French actress and animal rights advocate
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Brigitte Bardot
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A European delicacy a French actress might order
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Escargot
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Cast one of these at every election (but only one!)
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Ballot
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Coin-operated casino game
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Slot machine
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Fancy necktie named for a fancy horse race
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Ascot
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Among horses, this is faster than a walk but slower than a canter
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Trot
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Your future may be in these cards
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Tarot
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Fleshy fruit similar to a peach or plum
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Apricot
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Hybrid product of that fruit and a plum
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Pluot or Plumcot
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A wooden shoe
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Sabot
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Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow
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EPCOT
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Commander Data's pet cat
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Spot
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A stupid person (though many are well-educated)
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Idiot
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Phillie Phanatic, Moonchester, Capital City Goofball
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Mascot
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August or Leo birthstone
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Peridot
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"Memorable" flower (also known as "Scorpion grass"!)
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Forget-me-not
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In the Bible, his wife comes to a "salty" end
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Lot
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Folding bed, also popular with campers
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Cot
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France spent billions on these fortifications but Hitler simply drove around them
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Maginot Line
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Cambodia's murderous dictator, 1975-1979
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Pol Pot
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In a famous Samuel Beckett play, this guy is waited for but never shows up...
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Godot
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Robby, B-9, C-3PO
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Robot
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One obstinately devoted to his or her own opinions or beliefs
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Bigot
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Faucet or tap
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Spigot
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Had a child, Biblically speaking
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Begot
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