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    | Keen Kerouac; passing Paradise;
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    | Sugary, squishy Easter candy, more recently it's become popular for one's friends & followers | Peeps 
 
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    | Marshal Thomas Smith of Abilene was famous for keeping order without this, as noted by famed Abilene resident Dwight Eisenhower | a gun 
 
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    | An average cost at nail salons for this procedure involving only your piggies runs around $35 | a pedicure 
 
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    | This liberating card depicts Mr. Monopoly flying out of a birdcage; you can buy one from another player | Get Out of Jail Free 
 
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    | "Quantum of Solace" finds this hero battling corporate environmental plundering around the world & in the Bolivian desert | (James) Bond 
 
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    | Super sub; Atlantis, around;
 visionary Verne
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    | Back in the day a punch in the face was this type of sandwich | knuckle 
 
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    | In 2022 Keechant Sewell of the Nassau County police became this higher-profile department's first female commissioner | (Michael: What is INTERPOL?) 
 the NYPD
 
 
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    | Bumps on your feet known as "bone" these can be treated by a visit to a foot specialist; costs vary | spurs 
 
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    | If you have 2 of the same card to start in blackjack, you can put up twice your wager with this 5-letter bet | split 
 
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    | 1940's "The Grapes of Wrath" starred this actor as Tom Joad | Henry Fonda 
 
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    | Harrowing Huxley; funky future;
 cloned classes
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    | Popularized in a Vine video, "on" this "f"ive-letter word means stylish or perfectly executed | fleek 
 
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    | Amy Stewart wrote 7 historical novels about the well-named Constance Kopp, undersheriff of Bergen County in this state | (Ken: Your home state.) 
 New Jersey
 
 
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    | A Calif. ex-con may have to pay for an ankle monitor to track him, using this technology first developed for the U.S. military | GPS 
 
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    | If dissatisfied with their starting hand, Magic the Gathering players may take one of these, like a do-over on a golf course | a mulligan 
 
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    | This movie introduced the world to Indiana Jones | Raiders of the Lost Ark 
 
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    | Gripping Golding; seeming savages; Simon sees
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    | A blend of 2 words & first used in the '90s, it means to calm down, take it easy | (Ken: That's right; I'll try.) [Mild laughter]
 
 chillax
 
 
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    | If you work at FBI HQ on Pennsylvania Avenue, you work in a building named for this G-man | Hoover 
 
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    | Christian Louboutin sells Lady Page nail polish for $50 a bottle; Vernis from this other Christian runs $30 | (Cris: What is Siriano?) 
 (Christian) Dior
 
 
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    | Before playing your second-to-last card in this 3-letter game, you must say the name of the game; you draw 4 if you get caught | Uno 
 
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    | In this classic film police detective Sidney Poitier investigates a murder in the racist town of Sparta, Mississippi | In the Heat of the Night 
 
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    | King kills; executing executioners; Coffey coda
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 The Green Mile
 
 
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    | Keep some tissues handy because the highest seats in a stadium are called these | the nosebleeds 
 
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    | The model for Victor Hugo's Inspector Javert, François Vidocq set up this service, from French for "security" | the Sûreté 
 
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    | A hundred bucks should get a quality session of this -ology, a variation on acupressure in which the soles are stimulated | reflexology 
 
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    | In this form of a popular game, some cards are dealt face up & some face down; it used to have "horse" in its name | stud (stud poker) 
 
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    | It's Emma vs. Steve as Billie Jean vs. Bobby on the big screen in this title tennis clash | Battle of the Sexes 
 
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