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    Macbeth
 
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    | The 1840 Democratic gathering was the first time this 8-letter statement of principles was adopted at a convention | 
    a platform
 
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    alter ego
 
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    | Georgia's 25-cent piece offers "Wisdom", "Justice", "Moderation" & oh yeah, this fruit, naturally | 
    a peach
 
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    | A Vienna library has a recipe from 1696 for this flaky pastry & ja, the filling is apple | 
    strudel
 
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    | Previously bought at a pawn shop, Cormac McCarthy's light blue Olivetti one of these sold at auction in 2009 for over $250,000 | 
    a typewriter
 
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    | At the 1980 convention, Reagan wanted as his running mate this recent former president, who declined | 
    (Gerald) Ford
 
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    | This ever-circling ballroom dance is in triple time | 
    a waltz
 
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    | Massachusetts has had this type of soldier at the ready on its 2 bits since its release on January 3, 2000 | 
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    | I hereby challenge Pat Sajak to this sport where we'll attempt to stay on a spinning piece of floating wood | 
    [The end-of-round signal sounds.] (Alex: And I'll beat him at it, too.) [Laughter] (Alex: I'm very lightheaded.)
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    | Different from the New York style, the Japanese variety of this dessert is known for extreme fluffiness | 
    cheesecake
 
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    | In "The Jungle Book", he's the "sleepy brown bear who teaches the wolf cubs the "law of the jungle" | 
    Baloo
 
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    | At the 1924 Dem. convention, a proposal to condemn this 3-word racist org. by name lost by 1 vote after a bitter debate | 
    the Ku Klux Klan
 
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    indelible
 
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    | Washington is shown crossing the Delaware on the quarter of this state, George's destination | 
    New Jersey
 
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    | Armand Duplantis broke the world record in this sport on 2 consecutive Saturdays in 2020,  the second time clearing 20' 3" | 
    (Will: What's the long jump?)
  pole vaulting
 
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    | Literally "lightning" in French, this long, thin chocolate-covered   pastry really gives me a charge | 
    an eclair
 
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    | Best known for his "Leatherstocking Tales", he also wrote "The Pilot", one of America's first novels about the sea | 
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    | In 1880 this former president lost a chance for a 3rd term when Garfield topped the 36th ballot at the GOP convention | 
    (Will: Who is Cleveland?)
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    | The Bonneville these smooth out nicely over 40 square miles | 
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    | This motto that offers 2 very different options adorns New Hampshire's quarter | 
    (Alex: [As Daily Double uncovered] Less than a minute now.) ... (Alex: You said it with conviction, too.) (Meggie: They mean it.)
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    | In Basque & Spanish regions, pelota vasca is another name for this fast-moving game | 
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    | This 4-letter caramel custard dessert associated with Spanish recipes dates back to Roman times | 
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    | Mary Ann Evans published her novels, including "Adam Bede", under this pen name | 
    (George) Eliot
 
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    | 1864 saw the only convention of the Natl. Union Party, a new name for the GOP to attract the faction called these Democrats | 
    the War Democrats
 
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    | California is known for this dry red wine from a black-skinned grape | 
    Zinfandel
 
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    | South Carolina's coin features this tree that gives the state its nickname as well as that nickname itself, written out | 
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    | Shooting, swimming & tossing a grenade-like projectile are included in the military version of this 5-event sport | 
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