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    | The International Space Station is on this time zone measured from the British Isles | 
    Greenwich Mean Time
 
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    | She mentions her "lonely heart" on her 1987 No. 1 hit "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)" | 
    Whitney Houston
 
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    | Israel offered this physicist the presidency in 1952; feeling he didn't have the personality for the job, he declined | 
    Einstein
 
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    Brutus
 
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    | How about a water feature, like a pond filled with these Japanese carp? | 
    koi
 
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    (Alex: From soak.)
  oak
 
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    | Egypt has adopted Daylight Saving Time, but suspends its use during this Muslim month | 
    Ramadan
 
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    | In 1976 the NFL's Terry Bradshaw had a hit with Hank Williams' "I'm So Lonesome I Could" do this | 
    (James: Wow, what is [*]?)
  "Cry"
 
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    | In 1950 this sen. said there were 205 Communists in the State Dept. but in Sen. testimony gave no proof of a single card carrier | 
    Joe McCarthy
 
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    | Macbeth tells him, "Your children shall be kings", to which he replies, "You shall be king" | 
    Banquo
 
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    | The distaff counterpart to a man cave is this backyard haven with an alliterative name | 
    a she shed
 
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    | A word meaning "well liked" loses its middle "U" & becomes this tree | 
    poplar
 
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    | In the Mountain Time Zone, it's when the Times Square ball drops | 
    10 p.m.
 
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    | "Lonely Boy" was one of the songs on this duo's 2011 album "El Camino" | 
    The Black Keys
 
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    | William M. Gaines wasn't worried when he launched this irreverent humor magazine in 1952 | 
    Mad
 
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    | Before love conquers all in "Much Ado About Nothing", she calls Benedick "the prince's jester, a very dull fool" | 
    Beatrice
 
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    | A good choice for water-thrifty gardeners is Acacia cognata, also known as this, after a relative of the Addams family | 
    Cousin Itt
 
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    | The "D" drops from the front of a short race, leaving this tree at the finish line | 
    (Alex: From dash.)
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    | Markets Fyr, an island in the Gulf of Bothnia, follows 2 time zones because it's split between these 2 countries | 
    Sweden and Finland
 
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    | Back in 2010 this one-named Swedish songbyrd was "Dancing On My Own" | 
    Robyn
 
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    | Born in New York, she moved with her family to Greece & was back for her Metropolitan Opera debut as Norma in 1956 | 
    Maria Callas
 
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    | She complains to the shrewish Kate, "Sister, content you in my discontent" | 
    Bianca
 
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    | Get cushions for Adirondack chairs in an outdoor fabric, like this brand that began in the 1960s as an awning canvas | 
    the Sunbrella
 
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    | The "H" is removed from a ship's steering wheel, leaving this 3-letter tree | 
    (Alex: From helm.)
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    | France has the most time zones, 12, if you count Pacific possessions & this saintly island off Newfoundland near Miquelon | 
    Saint-Pierre
 
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    | This 3-named Canadian lass checks into a heartbreak hotel in the video for "Party For One", sort of a break-up song | 
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    | In 1954 he ran unoppposed for president of Cuba | 
    [ERRATUM: "Unopposed" is misspelled in the clue.]
  (Fulgencio) Batista
 
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    | Appropriately, this "Romeo & Juliet" character whose name means "good will" says, "I do but keep the peace" | 
    Benvolio
 
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    | Latticework structures for the backyard include the gazebo & this Italian-named one, seen here | 
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    (Alex: Oliver Cromwell.)
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