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- 2. BEVERAGE RHYME TIME Regular java flavored with the candy that's in a Heath bar
- 4. M-N-MS It's a period of 1000 years
- 6. THE BOOK CASE In Tropic of Fear Nancy Drew met up with these brothers for a Hawaiian-themed mystery
- 7. M-N-MS Used in photography it has atomic number 12
- 9. (Warm Words) It can mean both crazy & pleasantly warm like a mild tropical climate
- 10. (Warm Words)This word for an updraft of warm air is from the Greek for heat
- 15. AN(IMAL)AGRAMS A slitherer we hope doesn't live up to its anagram: ANKLE TASTER
- 17. BEVERAGE RHYME TIME Evian or Dasani for one's female child
- 19. A_D VERBS Shortened a word
- 20. DOUBLE O DOUBLE E 2-word name for the flat pan used to bake up some snickerdoodles
- 22. A_D VERBS Turned away one's eyes from the Latin for to turn
- 23. DOUBLE O DOUBLE E Be of these 2 words denoting happy spirits
- 26. A_D VERBS Spirited someone away likely illegally
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- 1. DOUBLE O DOUBLE E IBC or Barq's for example
- 3. BEVERAGE RHYME TIME A salt-rimmed cocktail for a Spanish miss
- 5. The only U.S. state whose name has one syllable
- 6. 5-LETTER COUNTRIES Gaining independence in 1804 it was the second country in the Americas to free itself from colonial rule
- 8. AN(IMAL)AGRAMS
- 11. 5-LETTER COUNTRIES It stretches southward to Cape Horn
- 12. The total number of dots on a pair of dice
- 13. 5-LETTER COUNTRIES The rugged Mahabharat range of the Himalayas spans part of this landlocked Asian nation
- 14. A_D VERBS Played piano at the soprano recital
- 16. (Warm Words)Like a passionate affair a zone of the Earth between the tropics is called this T word
- 18. A_D VERBS Aided or assisted specifically in the commission of a crime
- 21. AN(IMAL)AGRAMS If it charges: HI CORONERS!
- 24. one lion said to the other: PLATE ONE!
- 25. (Warm Words) In the book of Daniel Nebuchadnezzar tosses 3 men into this alliterative furnace