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  1. 2. BEING IN A STATE OF LOUD AND INAPPROPRIATE LAUGHTER
  2. 5. BALLET JUMPS IN WHICH THE LEGS OPEN AND CLOSE WHILE "BEATING" THE FEET TOGETHER
  3. 8. IF YOU ARE CHICANO, YOU MAY GREET SOMEONE WITH THIS RHYMING EXPRESSION
  4. 10. IF LISTENING TO A CB RADIO, THIS MEANS A POLICE CAR WITH LIGHTS/SIRENS ON IS APPROACHING
  5. 11. IN HERALDRY, THIS IS A SMALL ELLIPTICAL SHAPE USED BY WOMEN TO DISPLAY THEIR COAT-OF-ARMS IN PLACE OF AN ESCUTCHEON
  6. 13. IN WEIMAR IN 1617, THIS GROUP FORMED IN ORDER TO REGULATE THE GERMAN VERNACULAR LANGUAGE AND PROMOTE IT AS A LANGUAGE OF LITERATURE AND ACADEMIA
  7. 15. A SCOTTISH CONFECTION CONSISTING OF A BISCUIT BASE AND LAYERS OF CARAMEL AND CHOCOLATE
  8. 17. THE SCIENCE OF DEFINING TECHNICAL TERMS
  9. 18. IN WINE, THIS ADJECTIVE MEANS THE TANNINS ARE PRESENT BUT NOT IN AN UNPLEASANT WAY
  10. 23. THIS WORD MEANS "I HAVE HEARD YOU AND AM ABOUT TO FOLLOW YOUR DIRECTIONS" WHEN COMMUNICATING OVER RADIO
  11. 24. A RECURSIVE ACRONYM THAT DESCRIBES ONE OF THE MAIN ANTAGONISTS IN TWIN PEAKS
  12. 25. THE FIRST JAPANESE RESTAURANT TO OFFER A BUFFET-STYLE MENU AND WHICH WAS NAMED AFTER A 1958 AMERICAN HISTORICAL ADVENTURE FILM
  13. 26. TWO MURALS BY DONALD MARTINY WHICH WERE PAINTED IN AND HANG IN THE LOBBY OF THE NEW WORLD TRADE CENTER BUILDING ONE
  14. 30. THE PARODIC FEMALE ALTER-EGO OF NOTED DADAIST MARCEL DUCHAMP, WHOSE NAME IS A GAG
  15. 31. ONE OF SEVERAL TERMS USED TO REFER TO A DEEP-DRILLED, ROUNDED OR CYLINDRICAL HOLE IN THE BEDROCK OF A WATERCOURSE, USUALLY FORMED BY SHIFTING GRAVEL OR RUNNING WATER
  16. 34. THIS WOMAN WAS VENERATED AS THE PATRON OF PALERMO AFTER HER BONES WERE CARRIED AROUND THE CITY AND MIRACULOUSLY DROVE AWAY THE PLAGUE; SOME HAVE INVOKED HER AS PROTECTION FROM THE COVID PANDEMIC
  17. 37. THE BELL WHICH SENDS ALL WHO HEAR IT, INCLUDING ITS WIELDER, DEEP INTO DEATH IN THE OLD KINGDOM BOOKS
  18. 42. A LONG BONE LOCATED BETWEEN THE SHOULDER AND STERNUM ON A HUMAN
  19. 43. A FRENCH COMPETITION TO CREATE AND RECITE TRADITIONAL TROUBADOUR POEM FORMS, AND BY DOING SO WIN GOLD-AND-GEM VERSIONS OF VARIOUS NATIVE FLOWERS
  20. 45. A WICCAN RITUAL MEETING HELD ON NON-SABBAT DAYS, USUALLY TO CELEBRATE DIFFERENT PHASES OF THE LUNAR CYCLE
  21. 46. A PERIOD OF TIME EQUAL TO ONE MILLIONTH OF TWO WEEKS, OR EXACTLY 1.2096 SECONDS
  22. 48. A MEDICINAL CANDY MEANT TO SLOWLY DISSOLVE IN THE MOUTH, SUCH AS WINE GUMS OR JUJUBES
  23. 49. "MERRY CHRISTMAS" IN OSLO
  24. 50. A POCKET OF LIQUID SEAWATER SURROUNDED BY FROZEN OCEAN ICE
  25. 51. IN NAUTICAL TERMS, THIS REFERS TO THE OPEN OCEAN, THOUGH SOME GEOGRAPHERS USE IT TO REFER TO THE AMERICAN COASTLINE FROM THE ISTHMUS OF PANAMA TO THE MOUTH OF THE ORINOCO
  26. 54. A SLANG DIALECT BORN FROM A MIXTURE OF SWAHILI AND ENGLISH IN NAIROBI, KENYA, AND PRIMARILY SPOKEN AMONG YOUTH GROUPS AND MATATU DRIVERS
  27. 57. A MUSICIAN WHO FUSES TRADITIONAL HAWAIIAN MUSIC WITH CONTEMPORARY ARRANGEMENTS, HE IS KNOWN FOR HIS HALAU HULA AND HIS WORK ON DISNEY'S "LILO AND STITCH"
  28. 60. IN CHINESE, THIS WORD, MEANING "RIVER CRAB," IS A HOMOPHONE WITH THE WORD FOR "HARMONY," AND IS USED BY SAVVY INTERNET DENIZENS TO REFER TO THE GOVERNMENT'S CENSORSHIP OF CERTAIN TOPICS
  29. 62. KNOWN AS THE "BAADSHAH OF BOLLYWOOD," THIS INDIAN ACTOR HAS APPEARED IN OVER 100 FILMS
  30. 65. A SUNDAE INVOLVING RED-AND-WHITE OR PINK-AND-WHITE LAYERS OF ICE CREAM, CREAM, FRUIT, MERINGUE, AND TOPPED WITH WHIPPED CREAM, NUTS, AND A CHERRY, SERVED IN A TALL GLASS AND LONG SPOON, AND NAMED FOR AN ICONIC HOTEL IN NEW YORK, THE CITY IN WHICH IT WAS CREATED IN THE 1920S
  31. 66. THE DREGS OF A MANUFACTURING PROCESS, OR OTHER MATERIAL DEEMED AS WORTHLESS
  32. 70. A STEW FROM THE FRENCH GUIANA REGION WHICH SYMBOLIZES THE AREA'S RICH AND DIVERSE CULTURAL IDENTITY, MADE BY SLOW-SIMMERING MANY INGREDIENTS INCLUDING VARIOUS MEATS, FISH, AND VEGETABLES, COMBINED WITH PULP OF FRUIT FROM A SPECIFIC SPINY PALM TREE
  33. 71. IN HOCKEY LINGO, THIS REFERS TO THE HAIR THAT EXTRUDES OUT THE BACK OF A PLAYER'S HELMET
  34. 75. SPELLS TO INVOKE THE DEAD FROM THEIR GRAVES IN ROMAN TIMES WERE ASCRIBED THIS ADJECTIVE
  35. 76. A FAMOUSLY WELL-PRESERVED NEO-SUMERIAN STRUCTURE WHICH SERVED AS BOTH ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLEX AND SHRINE TO MOON GOD NANNA IN ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA, WHAT IS NOW IRAQ
  36. 77. A CHINESE RELIGIOUS CONCEPT OF THE SACRED, WHICH PRIMARILY DEALS WITH LIMINALITY, AND THIS WORD PARTICULARLY DESCRIBES THE MEDIUM OF BIVALENCY WHICH MEDIATES THE FORCES OF YIN AND YANG IN THE UNIVERSE
  37. 78. A KAIJU HYBRIDIZED WITH HUMAN AND ROSE DNA AND IS HALF-SISTER TO GODZILLA, WHOM SHE FIGHTS
  38. 79. A STRANGE UNSOLVED CASE FROM GERMANY INVOLVES THESE SIX LETTERS WRITTEN DOWN BY THE VICTIM ONLY HOURS BEFORE HIS MYSTERIOUS DEATH
  39. 80. FOUL-SMELLING, ESPECIALLY IN REFERENCE TO A NOXIOUS VAPOR
  40. 81. AN AMERICAN POET OF THE 20TH CENTURY WHO WAS KNOWN FOR HIS EXPLORATIONS OF HOMOPHOBIA AND CELEBRATIONS OF GAY LOVE, AND WHO DIED OF AIDS COMPLICATIONS IN 1994
  41. 82. AN EPIC POEM BY LONGFELLOW PUBLISHED IN 1855 ABOUT A DOOMED ROMANCE BETWEEN A MYTHIC OJIBWE FIGURE AND A DAKOTA WOMAN NAMED MINNEHAHA
  42. 83. A WAY OF EXPRESSING POSITIVE FEELINGS IF YOU ARE A RASTAFARIAN
  43. 84. EASTERN SLAVIC HARLEQUINS IN THE 11TH THROUGH 17TH CENTURIES WHO COULD ALSO SING, DANCE, PLAY VARIED INSTRUMENTS, AND COMPOSE, AND WHICH WERE OFTEN DERIDED BY THE CLERGY OF THE TIME AS "DEVIL'S SERVANTS"
  44. 85. IN MEDIEVAL TIMES, THIS CONTRACTION WAS A SPECIAL OATH RESERVED FOR THE KING
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  1. 1. HACKING TELEPHONE LINES INSTEAD OF COMPUTER NETWORKS IS COLLOQUIALLY CALLED THIS
  2. 3. A LEGAL TERM FOR FORGERY
  3. 4. A FENCER'S GLOVE MADE OF HEAVY BROCADE AND WIRED FOR ELECTRICAL CONDUCTION
  4. 6. KNOWN AS THE HALLOWEEN BEETLE, THIS LATIN NAME REFERS TO A LARGE, BRIGHT COLORED BUG INDIGENOUS TO ASIA BUT INTRODUCED TO NORTH AMERICA AND NOW VERY COMMON
  5. 7. A HORSE TYPE OF MIDDLE WEIGHT WHICH IS BRED FROM ONE NORTHERN EUROPEAN LINE AND ONE ARABIAN OR SIMILARLY SOUTHERN LINE, KNOWN CONTEMPORARILY AS A BREED SKILLED IN SHOW JUMPING AND DRESSAGE
  6. 9. AN IMPORTANT PEACE BROKERING THAT ENDED THE WAR OF 1812 BETWEEN THE US AND UK, NAMED FOR THE CITY IN WHAT IS NOW BELGIUM WHERE IT TOOK PLACE
  7. 12. THIS GIRL'S NAME REFERS TO THROWING UP IN THE GAYLE ARGOT
  8. 14. IN POLISH PRISON LINGO, THIS REFERS TO A VILLAGE THIEF
  9. 16. A SPECULATIVE FICTION NOVEL PUBLISHED IN 1915 BY GUSTAV MEYRINK, CONCERNING A SURREAL VERSION OF TRADITIONAL JEWISH FOLKLORE
  10. 19. A RADIOHEAD ALBUM AND AN OLD NAME FOR DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS
  11. 20. 1973 SCI-FI MOVIE TITLED AFTER ITS FOOD RATIONS (MADE OF PEOPLE)
  12. 21. KNOWN AS THE "SUICIDE FOREST," THIS JAPANESE LOCATION IS SUPPOSEDLY A HOTSPOT FOR SUPERNATURAL OCCURENCES
  13. 22. THE LOAD-BEARING, WEDGE-SHAPED PIECE OF AN ARCH WHICH IS PLACED LAST DURING BUILDING
  14. 27. THESE TWO ANIMALS REFER TO A TELEPHONE AND A ROAD IN COCKNEY RHYMING SLANG
  15. 28. A HEAVILY COMMERCIAL STRIP JUST BEFORE THE ENTRANCE TO DENALI PARK, HATED BY LOCALS AND ONCE CALLED "ALASKA'S UGLIEST STRETCH OF ROAD" BY A JOURNALIST
  16. 29. IN POKER, THIS IS WHEN A PLAYER MATCHES A BET OR RAISE EVEN IF THEY HAVE A WEAK HAND, IF THEY SUSPECT THEIR OPPONENT IS BLUFFING
  17. 32. A SMALL, MEDICINAL TABLET OFTEN SUCKED IN ORDER TO SOOTHE THROAT AILMENTS AND WHICH IS TRADITIONALLY A RHOMBOID OR ELLIPTICAL SHAPE
  18. 33. AN ARCHITECT WHO WAS NOT REGISTERED BUT BUILT 31 HOMES FROM LOCAL ROCK IN CHARLEVOIX, MI KNOWN AS "GNOME HOMES," "MUSHROOM HOUSES," OR "HOBBIT HOMES"
  19. 35. IN GERMAN MUSIC NOTATION, THIS MEANS TO PLAY ANXIOUSLY
  20. 36. IN MILITARY CIRCLES, THIS TITLE MEANS YOU THREW UP IN YOUR NEIGHBOR'S LAP
  21. 38. A BLUE PROTEIN FOUND IN THE FOAM NESTS OF MALAYSIAN TREE FROGS
  22. 39. AN AUSTRIAN CHEF WHO HAS WON BOTH A JAMES BEARD AWARD AND MICHELIN STARS, AND WHOSE SPECIALTIES INCLUDE A HOUSE-SMOKED SALMON PIZZA
  23. 40. AN IDEOPHONE IN JAPANESE THAT RESEMBLES THE BEATING OF THE HEART
  24. 41. AUSTRALIAN ACTIVIST AND ATHLETE KNOWN FOR HIS CLAIMING OF ENGLAND ON BEHALF OF THE ABORIGINALS
  25. 42. A GROUP OF TREES PERIODICALLY CUT BACK IN ORDER TO ENCOURAGE GROWTH
  26. 44. THE ONLY DOGSLED DRIVER TO BE INDUCTED INTO CANADA'S SPORTS HALL OF FAME AND WHO LOVED HIS LEAD DOG, TOBY, SO MUCH HE RETIRED WHEN THE DOG DID
  27. 47. WINDCHIMES IN ROMAN TIMES WHICH WERE BELIEVED TO DRIVE AWAY EVIL
  28. 52. A BIRD KNOWN FOR ITS SHRIEKING CALL AND ITS EPITHET OF "BUTCHERBIRD," DUE TO THE HABIT OF IMPALING ITS PREY (PRIMARILY INSECTS) ON THORNS FOR LATER USE
  29. 53. A BRONZE SCULPTURE BY FINNISH ARTIST SANNA KOIVISTO, WHICH WAS HER FIRST TO BE SOLD AT AUCTION IN 2022
  30. 55. ORDERING THIS IN A CLASSIC SODA FOUNTAIN MEANS YOU'LL RECEIVE A BOWL OF STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM
  31. 56. THE STRONG-TASTING ANTAGONIST OF CANDY LAND
  32. 58. A SPOKEN WORD POET AND DUB ARTIST OF JAMAICAN ORIGIN, HE IS THE ONLY BLACK POET TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE PENGUIN MODERN CLASSIC SERIES
  33. 59. IN ELIZABETHAN SLANG, THIS REFERS TO A CONMAN'S GRIFTING ACTIVITIES
  34. 61. ONE OF THE OLDEST SLAVIC GODDESSES IN MYTH, HER NAME TRANSLATES TO "MOIST EARTH MOTHER," AND HER WORSHIPPERS WOULD MAKE OATHS BY TOUCHING THE GROUND, SYMBOLIZING HER OMNIPRESENCE
  35. 63. THE CONDITION OF SOMETHING
  36. 64. A STATE OF UTTER CHAOS AND CONFUSION, FROM HEBREW BUT USED PRIMARILY IN NORTH AMERICA
  37. 67. THIS HISTORICAL AMERICAN WAS REFERENCED IN A WHIG PARTY CAMPAIGN SONG (AND TYLER TOO) DURING THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1840
  38. 68. AMERICAN ABSTRACT ARTIST KNOWN FOR HIS CALLIGRAPHIC AND GRAFFITI-LIKE PAINTINGS, IN ADDITION TO SCULPTURES AND PHOTOGRAPHY
  39. 69. A DESCENDANT OF THE MUTINEERS OF THE HMS BOUNTY, SHE WROTE A BOOK OF POETRY IN THE PITCAIRN DIALECT, AND ALSO SERVED AS THE PITCAIRN'S ONLY FEMALE POLICE CHIEF AND THEIR OFFICIAL HAM RADIO OPERATOR FOR A TIME, AMONG OTHER ROLES
  40. 72. A GLEAM OF SUNLIGHT DURING OTHERWISE FOUL WEATHER
  41. 73. THE FRUIT COURSE IN A TRADITIONAL JAPANESE MEAL, REPLACING THE WESTERN DESSERT COURSE
  42. 74. AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE CHINESE NAME FOR THE MILKY WAY GALAXY
  43. 75. PHILOSOPHY INVOLVING GREATNESS BEYOND MEASURE OR CALCULATION, USED IN AESTHETICS AND ART HISTORY, LITERARY THEORY, AND ASCRIBED IN ORIGIN TO LONGINUS IN REGARDS TO RHETORIC