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    | A pea-souper is a thick one of these weather conditions | fog 
 
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    | This duo had a No. 1 hit singing, "your kiss is on my list" | Hall & Oates 
 
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    | "I greet you at the beginning of a great career" from this Mass. man was a "Leaves of Grass" blurb; so much for self-reliance, Walt | (Nils: Who is Thoreau?) 
 Emerson
 
 
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    | Petrology deals with the study of these, including origin & classification | rocks 
 
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    | In Latin, "in" this means "as a whole" & has nothing to do with Dorothy's pet | in toto 
 
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    | This speedy superhero came to TV in 1990, then more successfully 20+ years later on the CW | The Flash 
 
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    | Often tea & a biscuit (buns & cocoa for Paddington), this "numeric" pre-lunch snack is always right on time | elevenses 
 
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    | Both chimps & these, aka pygmy chimpanzees, kiss on the lips | bonobos 
 
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    | The N.Y. Times said "The Secret History" by this woman was "remarkably powerful" & "ferociously well-paced " | Donna Tartt 
 
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    | Remove 2 letters from the study of weather to get this, the study of weights & measures | (Amy: What is... meterology?) (Ken: No, I'm sorry, you needed to get rid of the "E" and the "O" to make [*].)
 
 metrology
 
 
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    | 10005's city & state, or a casino in 89109 | New York, New York 
 
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    | In 2023 Lana Del Rey ended a U.S. tour in this state & put out a version of "Take Me Home, Country Roads", which mentions it | West Virginia 
 
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    | I bought the armoire on hire purchase, what we Yanks call this 2-word term; a year from May, it's all mine | (Nils: What is rent-to-own?) (Weckiai: What is lay-away?)
 
 installment plan
 
 
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    | The title character of this Puccini opera kisses her son goodbye before taking her own life with her father's dagger | (Amy: Who is... Carmen?) 
 Madama Butterfly
 
 
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    | "You are the best author in human history"--in a kid's fan letter for "Watchmen"--became a blurb for his novel "Jerusalem" | Alan Moore 
 
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    | Otology is the science that deals with the ear & this is the field that deals with hearing | audiology 
 
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    | Similar to a truffle (the confectionery kind), it's a molded chocolate often with a fruit center | bon bon 
 
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    | There was some real redone-Dancy when Hugh Dancy came to TV as an ADA in this Dick Wolf series restarted after a 10-year hiatus | Law & Order 
 
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    | One theory on the origin of this 3-word phrase involves P.M. Robert Gascoyne-Cecil giving his nephew cabinet jobs | Bob's your uncle 
 
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    | In the 1880s this French sculptor depicted a pair of lovers from "The Divine Comedy" in a work called "The Kiss" | Rodin 
 
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    | For "In Our Time", Ford Madox Ford called him "the best writer in America at this moment (though ... he happens to be in Paris)" | Hemingway 
 
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    | At Brown Jessaca Leinaweaver, the chair of this department aims to study "humanity, past & present" | anthropology 
 
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    | Limb weakness & impairment of the heart & nerves are symptoms of this disorder caused by a deficiency in vitamin B1 | beriberi 
 
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    | "The Bridge", about Swedish & Danish cops on the same case, was remade as this show in which the cops are British & French | (Ken: As you might guess, now it's [*].) 
 The Tunnel
 
 
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    | There's a primate in this British expression that refers to freezing weather; the Beastie Boys song is about booze | brass monkey 
 
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    | This second Roman emperor tried to ban kissing at state functions, perhaps to control an outbreak of cold sores (ugh, sorry) | (Weckiai: Who is... Augustus?) 
 Tiberius
 
 
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    | This famously publicity-averse "Vineland" novelist complimented George Saunders' work as "astoundingly tuned" | (Weckiai: Who is... Cormac McCarthy?) 
 Thomas Pynchon
 
 
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    | William James' 1890 "The Principles of" this is considered a classic in the field | Psychology 
 
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    | Kirk's, the largest variety of this African antelope, can be just 14 inches tall & weigh but 8 pounds | a dik-dik 
 
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    | In 2003 No Doubt charted with "It's My Life", first a 1984 hit for this group that could be in the REPETITION category | Talk Talk 
 
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