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THE EARLY 1800s
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The earliest predecessor of this transport was patented in 1818 & derisively called a "dandy horse"
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bicycle
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In 1807 Congress passed a law to "prohibit the importation of" these, but it wasn't 100% effective
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slaves
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Marking a humane first, the RSPCA, the Royal this, was founded in London in 1824
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Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
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In 1810 this king got control of Kauai & Niihau, bringing all Hawaii under his rule
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Kamehameha (the Great)
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The French style in fashion, architecture & even desks was this, named for the type of vast political unit Napoleon built
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Empire
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THE MORAL OF THE FABLE
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This avian proverb is the moral of the fable of a lone stork among cranes
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birds of a feather flock together
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"Don't" do this was learned when an accident ruined a girl's plans for a poultry empire
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count your chickens before they\'re hatched
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A cockfight victor crows to show he's won, attracting a hungry eagle; as the saying has it, this quality goes before a fall
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pride
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This one of Aesop's fables, about a disguised member of a flock, teaches the moral that doing mean tricks can backfire on you
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the wolf in sheep\'s clothing
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A fox stuck in a well tricks a goat into joining him; the goat learned this lesson meaning "take care before you act"
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look before you leap
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CLEVER CROSSWORD CLUES
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Second hand item like a Bulova or Rolex (5 letters)
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a watch
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A magical spirit of Arabic lore who might need a good bottle opener (5 letters)
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a genie
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It follows a midday grace period (5 letters)
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lunch
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You'll need an ID to get your mail in this Rocky Mountain state (5 letters)
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Idaho
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The first lady's residence; some believe it was just east of Israel (4 letters)
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Eden
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SUN UP
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Songs he recorded for Sun Records in the mid-'50s included "Milkcow Blues Boogie" & "Mystery Train"
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Elvis Presley
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Also called surya namaskar, this sequence of poses is a way to greet the day or warm up before your daily practice
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sun salutations
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This newspaper was founded in 1837 & once employed TV show creator David Simon
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the Baltimore Sun
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One of the 7 Ancient Wonders of the World, it was a giant statue of the Greek sun god Helios
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the Colossus of Rhodes
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Retirees enjoying rather than withering? A new concept until Sun City opened near this state capital in 1960
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Phoenix
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WELL IT'S 5 FOR THE MONEY
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This British monetary term dates back to around 775, when 240 coins were minted from this much weight in silver
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the pound
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Ben Franklin was in profile, not facing forward, on the 1st Federal Reserve note for this amount of money when it was issued in 1914
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the $100 bill
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In 1897 Russia went to a gold standard in switching this monetary unit from silver to gold
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the ruble
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Long after telling "The Tale of Genji" in one of the world's oldest novels, Murasaki Shikibu graced the 2,000-this note
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yen
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Oklahoma's Wilma Mankiller, the 1st female principal chief of this Native American nation, appeared on a U.S. quarter in 2022
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the Cherokee
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3 FOR THE SHOW
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Kevin Costner, Kelly Reilly & Mo brings plenty landed in Montana
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Yellowstone
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CBS cops (or C.O.P.S.?) Lina Esco, David Lim & Alex Russell
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S.W.A.T.
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Ming-na Wen, Jennifer Beals & Temuera Morrison, who opens "The Book of" this mysterious title sci-fi guy
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Boba Fett
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Kyle Richards, Lisa Rinna & Garcelle Beauvais get "Real"
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The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
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John Cena (not exactly living up to the title), Danielle Brooks & Jennifer Holland
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Peacemaker
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ISLES OF THE BRITISH ISLES
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Mainland is the name of the largest of these islands 130 miles off the coast of Scotland & famous for their wee equines
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Shetland
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Lundy, an island in the Bristol Channel between England & this U.K. country, is a breeding ground for seabirds like puffins & razorbills
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Wales
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In 1897 this guy experimented & sent a radio transmission from the Isle of Wight off the south coast of England
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Marconi
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This isle in the Irish Sea is not part of the U.K. but has been a personal possession of the British monarch since 1828
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the Isle of Man
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Tresco & Bryher are 2 of the Scilly Isles about 30 miles off this county at the southwestern tip of Britain
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Cornwall
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PARTNERS IN RHYME
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Countee Cullen & Claude McKay were influential poets in this "Renaissance"
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(the) Harlem (Renaissance)
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Seen here is this 2021 inaugural poet partnering with the Boston Pops
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(Amanda) Gorman
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Aiding Coleridge in creating this poem, Wordsworth wrote he "suggested the navigation of the ship by the dead men"
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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
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Ezra Pound helped publish this T.S. Eliot poem that rhymes, "In the room the women come and go talking of Michelangelo"
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"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
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In 1997, this British poet laureate collaborated with Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney on editing a poetry anthology
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Ted Hughes
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MAMMALS
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This largest mammal tips the scales at 150 tons
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a blue whale
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Looking "like a small watermelon on little, tiny legs", a baby pygmy one of these made its debut at a Sydney Zoo in 2021
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a hippopotamus
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The state marine mammal of Florida is a subspecies of the West Indian this
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a manatee
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Here are these burrowing mammals of Africa on high alert, watching for predators
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meerkats
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Sadly, one of these colorful carnivores that famously made its way into Calif. from Oregon died in 2021 after it was struck by a vehicle
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a grey wolf
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COMMUNICATIONS
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The 1906 International Radiotelegraph Conference replaced the signal CQD, for "all stations, distress", with this
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SOS
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"Telstar", a 1962 instrumental hit, was named for a pioneering communications one of these
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a satellite
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The oldest known recipes, including one for pigeon stew, are found on Babylonian clay tablets in this writing system
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cuneiform
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Still important in the developing world, this long-distance radio format uses frequencies between AM & FM
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short wave
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Towers & hilltop stations with pivoting arms were used to send messages in this system, from Greek for "sign bearing"
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semaphore
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SONGS OF INNOCENCE & EXPERIENCE
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"Hey Joe" & "The Wind Cries Mary" are on this guitarist's 1967 debut album "Are You Experienced"
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Jimi Hendrix
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Andrew Bird called a song "Near" this "Experience Experience"
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Death
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Perhaps her "Summertime Sadness" was caused by the "Innocence Lost" she sang of on her 2012 "Paradise" EP
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Lana Del Rey
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In a 1983 song & album, this piano man was "An Innocent Man"
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Billy Joel
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"I hold just one breath here within my chest / Just like innocence", these grunge rockers sang on their 1996 No. 1 album "No Code"
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Pearl Jam
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3 LETTERS, E IN THE MIDDLE
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To request alms of a stranger
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beg
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A floral necklace
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a lei
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It means cool; a 1990s & 2000s hip-hop music label was "So So" this
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Def
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To cut something down with a broadsword, or build something up with tough effort
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hew
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It's used in photography & filmmaking to adjust color
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a gel
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1972
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N/A
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In June he said, "Don't lie to them to the extent to say there is no involvement, but just say this is... a comedy of errors"
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Richard Nixon
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