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    | The beak of this flightless bird of Antarctica can be black, red, orange or bright purple | penguin 
 
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    | "Life on the Street" in Baltimore included Richard Belzer as Det. John Munch on this gritty drama | Homicide 
 
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    | Texas: 1,600,000
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 Houston
 
 
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    | Of port, starboard, fore or aft, the one usually yelled by a golfer | fore 
 
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    | Donald Duck could tell you it's the occupational hat seen here: | sailor 
 
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    | Wet, sticky substance campaigners "sling" | mud 
 
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    | Buckskin was originally made from the mule & white-tailed species of this ungulate | deer 
 
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    | Of Jungle Jim, Slim Jim, Lord Jim or Home Gym, the one made by Goodmark Foods | (Alex: Less than a minute.) 
 Slim Jim
 
 
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    | From the Latin for "device", it's the traditional occupation of this hat's wearer: | train engineer 
 
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    | A thesaurus lists among this 2-letter word's synonyms: "Over one's dead body" & "Not for all the tea in China" | no 
 
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    | A species of this insect, Apidae Bombus, ranges from above the Arctic Circle to as far south as Tierra del Fuego | (Dan: What is a mosquito?) (Alan: What are aphids?)
 [NOTE: The clue gave the family and genus rather than the genus and species.]
 
 bumblebee
 
 
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    | Stu & Didi Pickles are Tommy's parents on this Nickelodeon cartoon | Rugrats 
 
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    | New Mexico: 385,000
 | Albuquerque 
 
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    | Of Alpha, Bravo, Charlie or Delta, the national cable TV network | Bravo 
 
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    | The hat seen here is worn by police in this European nation of almost 60 million: | France 
 
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    | Insult a Finn & he may just turn his other poski, this | cheek 
 
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    | In a boon to lab research, in 1956 it was found that this "golden" rodent could be infected with the common cold | (Alex: A lot of good that research did me!) 
 hamster
 
 
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    | Barnabas Collins was a 200-year-old vampire on this serial that premiered in 1966 | Dark Shadows 
 
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    | Kansas: 305,000
 | (Dan: What is Kansas City?) (Rosemary: What is Topeka?)
 
 Wichita
 
 
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    | Of dipthong, Haiphong, souchong or Howie Long, the tea | Souchong 
 
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    | Hats like the one seen here are worn by this group that was named for a Mennonite elder: | Amish 
 
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    | The name of this cookie made from sugar, egg whites & almond paste comes from the same root as the name of a pasta | (Alan: What is almondine?) 
 macaroon (macaroni)
 
 
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    | This flightless South American bird often associates with guanacos, forming mixed herds | (Alan: What is an alpaca?) 
 rhea
 
 
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    | In 1999 stockade humor made a short-lived comeback in "Thanks", a sitcom set in 1621 in this colony | (Dan: What is the Mayflower Colony?) (Rosemary: What is Massachusetts Bay Colony?)
 
 Plymouth Colony
 
 
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    | New Jersey: 275,000
 | Newark 
 
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    | Of Tic Tac, knickknack, bric-a-brac or Micmac, the one that definitely won't fit in your pocket | Micmac (an Indian) 
 
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    | It's the "exhausting" style of hat seen here: | stovepipe 
 
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    | As a noun, it's a short whip; as a verb, to trim a photo | Crop 
 
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