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    | As this 1931 novel begins, Wang Lung travels to the house of Hwang to fetch his bride | 
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    | Also known as Smeagol, this character tries to steal the ring from Sam & Frodo | 
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    | In the late 1800s, the Kitty & Jennie Gang (consisting only of Kitty & Jennie) menaced men in this Illinois city | 
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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 plus a doctor for kids | 
    encyclopediatrician
 
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    | Washington Irving based this character on his friend Jesse Merwin, a schoolteacher | 
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    | Born in 1838, this Marylander was famous for playing Romeo--offstage as well as on | 
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    Lord Mayor
 
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    9 letters: Afghan Muslim fundamentalist group plus stringed instrument | 
    Talibanjo
 
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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 | 
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    7 letters: Okra stew plus Dutch South African | 
    gumboer
 
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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 | 
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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.]
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    | When at home, the Welsh National Opera performs in this city | 
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    9 letters: Arabica or robusta plus weak | 
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    | The title of this Steinbeck novel refers to a district above Monterey inhabited by Paisanos | 
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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 | 
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    | Mary Frith, a notorious British thief, was nicknamed Moll this, an old word for "pickpocket" | 
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    | A coil of hair, or a bundle of yarn or cotton | 
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    | This surgeon at St. George's hospital drew on his experience & published his book on anatomy in 1858 | 
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    13 letters: A sudden fancy plus moving to live in a new country | 
    [Jason moves his mouth as he thinks and counts out letters in the air with his finger, but does not give a response.]
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