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The dwarf type, a parasite on pine tree trunks, is a variety of this plant; now how about a Christmas kiss? |
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A Greek Titan, a geographic volume |
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HBO's "The Leftovers" is based on a novel about the aftermath of one of these apocalyptic disappearing acts |
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One of Saint-Saens' "Woodwind Sonatas" was for this instrument & piano |
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Written by a Persian poet, "The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam" is a collection of rubai, these 4-line verses |
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Feta is also called pickled cheese, as it is cured & stored in this, a strong solution of water & salt used to preserve food |
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Literature: for finding this 3-letter palindrome of bafflement "seems to exist in every human language" |
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An Italian immigrant family, a hot tub |
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This prolific author's novel "Zoo", about animals attacking humans, was turned into a TV series in 2015 |
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The original title of this Debussy piece is translated as "Pierrot vexed by the Moon" |
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Modern poetry of Japan is called shi to distinguish it from tanka & this other traditional form with a 5-letter name |
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He depicted 20th century alienation in his 1942 novel "The Stranger" |
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Chemistry: for "Shear-Stress-Mediated Refolding of Proteins from Aggregates and Inclusion Bodies", or unboiling this |
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An inventor, a Jetta propulsion system |
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Based on books by James S.A. Corey, it's Mars vs. Earth & more on "The Expanse", on this cable channel |
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The metronomic strains in this Haydn symphony might help you with its "timely" title |
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A clever pun says that Paul Verlaine "was always chasing" these, referring to a fellow French poet |
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In 2015 Qatar issued a stamp marking 50 years of this international organization |
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Medicine: studying "the biomedical benefits or... consequences of intense" this activity, aka osculation |
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A Major League lefty, a major type of arm surgery |
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Sally Field soared as Sister Bertrille on this sitcom based on a book by Tere Rios |
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This pianist became an American hero when he won the International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1958 |
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This country's poet known as Odidere Ayekooto, "the loquacious parrot", is a rock star among his Yoruba people |
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After nearly 28 years in a coma, this heiress & "Reversal of Fortune" subject finally succumbed on Dec. 6, 2008 |
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Biology: for seeing when you attach a weighted stick to a chicken's rear, it walks like these "are thought to have walked" |
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A Russian scientist, a "The Day the Earth Stood Still" musical instrument |
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"Dragonfly in Amber", the second novel in this series, is Season 2 of the TV show as Claire & Jamie flee Scotland |
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Bach wrote of the "Well-Tempered" this instrument, referring to a tuning system that would suffice for all keys |
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