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Central Dale Buckley · Saturday, 14 June 2025 · Ahhhh!
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Pacific battlefield of 1943, north of New Guinea
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Indian Nobel physicist whose name precedes spectroscopy
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Central Asian mountain range seen in the documentary 'The Eagle Huntress'
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Like the noble gases; and many couch potatoes on a Sunday
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____ Sutskever, Israeli Canadian computer scientist
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Kigali's nation (country code abbr.)
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Holmes's adversary Ms. _____ Adler
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In 1998, Exxon and this co. signed a USD 73 bil merger
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Light_____; sword in a galaxy far, far away
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A long, slender projection of a nerve cell, or neuron
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Prolific Danish fairy tales author (initials)
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Ancient Indo-Iranian people misused by Nazi propaganda
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__gong; a system of coordinated body posture and movement
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Wordplay result, like POST rearranged into STOP
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Sold under the hammer, like many a painting
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Give Play-Doh a fresh shape again
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_ _ P N; sports network
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Cell's energy-currency molecule (also the men's pro tennis org., abbr.)
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Do what Maria did while turning curtains into outfits in 'The Sound of Music'
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Txting shorthand for 'something'
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Like Paddington Bear, Big Ben, BBC, afternoon tea, 'I reckon', etc.
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First name of both '007' creator Fleming and Magneto actor McKellen
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Biz lingo for a firm bigger than a startup but smaller than a giant (abbr.)
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Ancient wanderer of Coleridge's famous 'Rime'
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Deer's branching headgear
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Twin-hulled watercraft
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_ _ Rahul, Indian cricketer
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Right-hand side of a ship, opposite port
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Video-game giant behind 'The Sims' (abbr.)
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Bendable element mastered by Aang
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Scottish word that means 'will not'
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Stringed implement Serena Williams swings
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Letters on the logo of the French car manufacturer Bugatti
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O in H2O
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Positive electrode that attracts negative ions
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'Super ___ Bros.' Nintendo crossover fighter
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Internet protocol that answers your 'ping' (abbr.)
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Bothers; as a nagging headache ___ you
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Southern-sky constellation whose Latin name means 'altar'
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Partner of 'fro' in an expression of movement
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Spielberg's friendly, phone-home alien (abbr.)