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    | The Palacio de la Zarzuela has been the residence of the king & queen of this nation since 1962 | Spain 
 
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    | Come on down!  This Goodson-Todman game show made its debut on November 26, 1956 | The Price Is Right 
 
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    | If you want an investment backed by the U.S. Government, the Federal Reserve sells T-bills, short for this | treasury bills 
 
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    | "Blind as", this mammal of the order Chiroptera | a bat 
 
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    | A weakness?  I can be too much of this kind of "player" & not standup of the individual credit I deserve | a team player 
 
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    | There once was a clue from Nantucket, this kind of humorous 5-line Irish verse (sorry, that's it) | limerick 
 
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    | Royal residences in this nation include Drottningholm Palace & Stromsholm Palace | (Brice: What is Stockholm?) ...
 (Alex: We were going for the nation, not the city.)
 
 Sweden
 
 
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    | In 1955, 4 versions of the theme to this Disney series hit the Top 20, including one by its star, Fess Parker | Davy Crockett 
 
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    | When you need a loan to buy a house, you can get a fixed-rate one or this, an ARM | (Tricia: What is a mortgage?) (Alex: Be more specific.)
 (Tricia: What is a variable rate mortgage?)
 
 adjustable rate mortgage
 
 
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    | "Slow as" this reptile of the order Testudines | a turtle 
 
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    | I'm not only a go-getter but also this other alliterative term that means I don't need a push | self-starter 
 
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    | Kill a plant with a deadly substance & you could be accused of this, also describing the substance itself | herbicide 
 
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    | The residence of royalty since the mid-19th century, Kokyo Palace is today this emperor's home | (Alex: The clue refers to Japan, and [*] is the emperor.) 
 Akihito
 
 
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    | She won a 1955 Emmy for playing the title role in the "Producers' Showcase" presentation of Peter Pan | Mary Martin 
 
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    | If you want to buy stock in small & mid-sized companies, check out the stocks traded on this, the AMEX | American Stock Exchange 
 
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    | "Quiet as" this animal of the family Muridae | a mouse (a church mouse accepted) 
 
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    | I noticed in my regular reading of this Time Inc. business magazine that you're on its list of America's most admired Cos. | (Kevin: What is The Forbes? ...Forbes 500?) (Brice: What is Forbes?)
 
 Fortune
 
 
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    | Hey, baby, what's your zodiac sign?  It's this, isn't it, the only that fits the category... Hey, where are you going? | Capricorn 
 
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    | Located on the Chao Phraya River, a royal palace of this nation is home to the Chapel of the Emerald Buddha | Thailand 
 
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    | In 1952, he moved his "House Party" from radio to TV, where it remained for another 17 years | Art Linkletter 
 
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    | Sell junk bonds if you want to take your publicly traded company private using an LBO, this type of buyout | leveraged buyout 
 
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    | "Sly as" this carnivore of the dog family, especially those of the genus Vulpes | (Brice: What is a wolf?) 
 a fox
 
 
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    | The pin? Industrial engineering studies at this university really prepared me to work here at Amalgamated Button | Texas Tech 
 
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    | To renounce a throne, as Norodom Sihanouk did in 2004 | abdicate 
 
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    | Bab Al Salam palace in AMman's home to this former queen & wife of King Hussein | Queen Noor 
 
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    | In "Have Gun, Will Travel", Richard Boone played this dapper gun-for-hire based in San Francisco's Hotel Carlton | (Wire) Paladin 
 
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    | Stocks are often considered undervalued if they have a low PE ratio, the stock price to this | earnings 
 
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    | "Happy as" this Old World oscine bird of the family Alaudidae | a lark 
 
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    | I am a people person, but still keep an appropriate distance as this, from the Latin for "over" & "see" | supervisor 
 
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    | From 1940 to 1942, this was the capital of unoccupied France | (Brice: What is Nice?) 
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