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    | As this 1931 novel begins, Wang Lung travels to the house of Hwang to fetch his bride | The Good Earth 
 
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    | Also known as Smeagol, this character tries to steal the ring from Sam & Frodo | Gollum 
 
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    | In the late 1800s, the Kitty & Jennie Gang (consisting only of Kitty & Jennie) menaced men in this Illinois city | Chicago 
 
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    | Back in school, Mr. Pitt might have used this type of slender wire nail to bind his papers | (Jason: What is a staple?) (Kevin: what is a paperclip?)
 
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    | In 1764 the Royal & Ancient Club at St. Andrews reduced the number of these from 22 to 18, now the standard | golf holes 
 
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    | 19 letters: A book full of facts
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 a doctor for kids
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    | Washington Irving based this character on his friend Jesse Merwin, a schoolteacher | Ichabod Crane 
 
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    | Born in 1838, this Marylander was famous for playing Romeo--offstage as well as on | John Wilkes Booth 
 
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    | To dwindle or fizzle out, as Mr. O'Toole could tell you | peter 
 
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    | Title given the person who presides over the governing bodies of the City of London (the job's mainly ceremonial) | Lord Mayor 
 
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    | 9 letters: Afghan Muslim fundamentalist group
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 stringed instrument
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    | Upton Sinclair's 1927 novel "Oil!" was based on this presidential scandal of a few years earlier | Teapot Dome 
 
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    | In 1978's "Superman", Marlon Brando played this character, Superman's dad | Jor-El 
 
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    | Scandalized by the affairs of his daughter Julia & his granddaughter Julia, this Roman emperor banished them to islands | Augustus 
 
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    | This favorite deli sandwich combines corned beef, Swiss cheese & sauerkraut | a Reuben 
 
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    | "Hark!  The Herald Angels Sing!" is one of the thousands of hymns by Charles, this Methodist founder's brother | (John) Wesley 
 
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    | 7 letters: Okra stew
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 Dutch South African
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    | In this title "incident", vigilantes hang 3 men falsely accused of cattle rustling | Oxbow 
 
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    | In a 1938 ballet, a symbolic character known as Alias is killed again & again by this title Outlaw | Billy the Kid 
 
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    | A short crowbar that's big with burglars, or to force open a window using one | [NOTE: This was the 120,000th clue entered into the J! Archive, 2008-01-06.] 
 jimmy
 
 
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    | When at home, the Welsh National Opera performs in this city | Cardiff 
 
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    | 9 letters: Arabica or robusta
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 weak
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    | The title of this Steinbeck novel refers to a district above Monterey inhabited by Paisanos | Tortilla Flat 
 
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    | In a 2007 film, Dan Evans (Christian Bale) is trying to get outlaw Ben Wade (Russell Crowe) on this title train | the 3:10 to Yuma 
 
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    | Mary Frith, a notorious British thief, was nicknamed Moll this, an old word for "pickpocket" | (Kevin: What is Flanders?) 
 Cutpurse
 
 
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    | A coil of hair, or a bundle of yarn or cotton | a hank 
 
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    | This surgeon at St. George's hospital drew on his experience & published his book on anatomy in 1858 | (Henry) Gray 
 
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    | 13 letters: A sudden fancy
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 moving to live in a new country
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