Hint
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Answer
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A – capital of the U.S. state that borders Pennsylvania and Vermont
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Albany
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B – person who is functionally incapacitated from extreme nervousness, emotional distress, etc., or 1994 song by Green Day
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Basket Case
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C – to wrap protectively, or a bed for a baby
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Cradle
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D – Don in Mad Men
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Draper
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E – the landlocked country with the largest population
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Ethiopia
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F – follows there, precedes sight
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Fore
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G – Leader of the Soviet Union 1985–1991
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Mikhail Gorbachev
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H – to let someone off the ____
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Hook
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I – 2004 animated film about the family of Bob and Helen Parr, a couple of superheroes
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The Incredibles
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J – Portuguese form of the name John, or Brazilian city ____ Pessoa
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João
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K – astronomer and author of Somnium, one of the first sci-fi novels
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Johannes Kepler
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L – Vivien who played Scarlett O’Hara in Gone with the Wind
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Leigh
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M – the oldest capital city in the Americas (originally built around 1325)
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Mexico City
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N – former Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal
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Nehru
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O – the 2nd largest software company in the world, or a prophet like the priestess at Delphi
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Oracle
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P – first name of Dune protagonist, or apostle who started out persecuting the early disciples of Jesus but saw the light when his sight was restored by Ananias of Damascus
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Paul
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Q – a town in France; “Kemper” in Breton language
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Quimper
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R – a chain or range of rocks, sand, or coral lying at or near the surface of the water
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Reef
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S – playground equipment, or what can be done both ways
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Swing
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T – sport also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff
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Table tennis
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U – French video game company; the name includes the opposite of hard
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Ubisoft
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V – ______ of the Dolls, novel by Jacqueline Susann; the Swedish translation is Dockornas dal
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Valley
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W – Muddy ______, stage name of McKinley Morganfield, the father of the Chicago blues
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Waters
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X – an Android-based operating system, or A_L R__E
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XOS
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Y – Shanghai-born Ming who was named to the All-NBA Team five times
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Yao
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Z – zero, no, nothing
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Zilch
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