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5/8/08
Category:Arts
Clue
Confession of a taxi driver to sailors from The Nautilus, telling them that he had just broadsided a Greyhound.
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5/7/08
Category:World Geo
Clue
Nan was kissed by her boyfriend Emil while they were hiking in the mountains of South America. It was wonderful!
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5/6/08
Category:World Geo
Clue
Headline in California newspaper as an entire town agrees to quit drinking.
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5/5/08
Category:World Geo
Clue
Martini spirits shipped from Lagos through Cameroon and the Central African Republic to The Democratic Republic of the Congo, but still know by their old historic name.
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5/2/08
Category:Arts/Entertainment
Clue
I tell 50's mivie star Sandra and Erotica author Anais that I must have some rare, expensive, and actually illegal to obtain draft animals.
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5/1/08
Category:Arts/Entertainment
Clue
I noticed that a former James Bond actor had been cast in the lead role in a movie about Stravinsky.
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4/30/08
Category:World Languages
Clue
The Mexican woman who is the heiress to a fortune built on the minty leaf also known as marjoram didn't even consider moving in with the minister because it meant living with him in the house provided by the church, Rosemary.
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4/29/08
Category:World Languages
Clue
A German adman tells his cohorts above all to play up the excitement building upon the reintroduction of the product in the new campaign.
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4/28/08
Category:History
Clue
In this line of dialogue from a story, an Iranian religious leader points out a green onion to Diana Spencer.
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4/25/08
Category:World Geo/History
Clue
What one Ocala Florida delinquent tax collector says to another as they go out to collect, their "clients" that morning being a distant relative of a famed English architect ( St. Paul's) who likes to go around his house without clothes and the city's chief medical investigative officer.
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4/24/08
Category:Sports/Entertainment/World Geo
Clue
A former Celtic coach and his friend Deborah visit the Flintstones Theme Park in South Dakota and one of them ,it is not clear who, says no to the idea that they make love on one of the rides.
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4/23/08
Category:Arts
Clue
Pat has heard that a prominent American bi-monthly magazine is going to publish some harsh, mean scandalous gossip in its next issue. I tell him that this is not the case.
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4/22/08
Category:Science
Clue
You need to take a seat for this news. .....You have an inflammation of the liver common in gorillas.
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4/21/08
Category:Science
Clue
( Derisive laugh !) All you have are old types of early particle accelerators?
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4/18/08
Category:World Geo/ Arts
Clue
Ada, employed by a large public transportation system in North Texas, was the possessor of a very rare and valuable violin.
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4/17/08
Category:Sports
Clue
LINE UNIT TODAY
The basketball team's shooting guard was gunned down after he went out of the arena, wasn't he? Because, he was pretty poor at the 20 foot jumper.
_(2) _(3) _(4) _(7), _(2)? _(3) _(2) _(7) _(4) _(3) _(2) ( Numbers = # of letters in each word.)
4/16/08
Category:Miscellaneous
Clue
This woman paddled a canoe on a man made waterway while, disrobed, she lay beneath Frederick who was trying to make love to her.---- ------ ----- ----, ----, -- - -----.
4/15/08
Category:Legend
Clue
Exclamation from Guinevere to her husband that she has his erectile dysfunction medicine, so, presumably, they can proceed now that she is in the mood.---, -'-- -------!!
4/14/08
Category:Miscellaneous
Clue
Ancient Chinese philosophy really got to Dee, who sported a moustache and chin hair.-- ------- --- --- ---.
4/11/08
Category:Entertainment
Clue
"Michael Corleone" portrayer and family are questioned about the appropriateness of serving takeout food from the local drive in at their dinner party.-----? --- -- --, -------?
4/10/08
Category:World Geo
Clue
After an argument broke out between a sidearm packing naval officer and a Berber/Arab server from NW Africa in the dining area of a warship, the former challenged the latter to a duel with these words.-------- ----, ..........----!
4/9/08
Category:World Geo
Clue
There is no trace of any pale lager with a strong taste of hops ( originally brewed in Bohemia in the Czech Republic) on the mouth of that alluring female with the hauntingly beautiful voice.------- -- --- -- -----'- ---.
4/8/08
Category:Sports/World Geo
Clue
A man tells his golfing buddy Reginald that he saw the world's best golfer in the capital of Jordan.---, -- --- -- ----- - --- -----.
4/7/08
Category:Arts/Geo
Clue
A Tolkien monster who somehow morphed into a lounge singer in Nevada.---- --- -------.
4/4/08
Category:Miscellaneous
Clue
I insisted that everyone take notice of the overdose by the guy who went crazy when he overdid steroids.-- ------, - -------, '---- ----- -.-.
4/3/08
Category:Science
Clue
Report on the lack of ferrous matter in the constellation of "the belted one."-- ---- -- -----.
4/2/08
Category:Miscellaneous
Clue
A business planning partner of Evelyn agrees with her that they have a good idea for a shop where they will be open to bribery from customers who want to get the best cuts of their smoked, flavored beef brisket.----- -------- ----'- - ----, --.
4/1/08
Category:Miscellaneous
Clue
Nina is naive, foolish and generally uninteresting.-- ------- --- -- ----.
3/31/08
Category:World Geo/Languages
Clue
Russian man tells his son that is it is indeed a shame that the food in the German city they were visiting tasted like bat dung.--, ---, -------'- ----'- -----. ---.
3/28/08
Category:World Geo
Clue
A fellow marathon competitor running with Eli in an Illinois college town comments to him about the very difficult albeit not at all hilly stretch they have just traversed.---, ---, - ------ ---- ------ ----!
3/27/08
Category:World Languages
Clue
Brooklynese for "Use a switchblade on the rat."----- -- ----.
3/26/08
Category:Sports/History
Clue
Cyril, father of tennis player Helena Sukova swears at all the noise and commotion.--- ------ ------.
3/25/08
Category:History
Clue
Love between terrorists! A prominent Palestinian terrorist group thinks that the architect of the 9/11 attacks is sexy.-- ----- ----- ---.
3/24/08
Category:Arts/Science/World Languages
Clue
Defiant note left by noted 20th century physicist to poet Eliot who had asked him whether he would like to reconsider his position, to which the reply is NEVER!---, -.-., ---! ~ --------.
3/21/08
Category:Science/World Languages
Clue
With a mild curse, a Frenchman tells Enid that he could really use some dream-state sleep.-----, ----! - ---- -.-.-.
3/20/08
Category:Entertainment/World Geo
Clue
Ms. Reese, this is what Ana did when she fell into the Niagara River near the falls and couldn't get help from the US authorities.-----, -------- --- --- ------.
3/19/08
Category:Miscellaneous
Clue
Tell all, sorority sister! Spill the secrets! Anything juicy and racy?-------, ------! ----?
3/18/08
Category:Miscellaneous
Clue
A perfect Boy Scout rope tying set of procedures.---- -- ---- ---.
3/17/08
Category:Miscellaneous
Clue
Young man, young man, ( insert urban slang interjection) We have to bring our own liquor to the party?---, ---, --! ----?
3/13/08
Category:Sports
Clue
Golfer Ernie has been dating a very trim, graceful woman, Ms. Upton, whom he feels is perhaps too thin and whom he suspects of bulimia. He asks a friend to follow her into the bathroom after a restaurant meal to report back on whether she actually "gave it up." This is the report, in the negative.----- ----- --- --- ----, ---.
3/12/08
Category:Entertainment
Clue
A Jack Benny sidekick, casting caution to the wind, led a racy, risque lifestyle in the morning hours and behaved immorally.
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3/11/08
Category:Historical Slang
Clue
A son, noting his father's smoking of a marijuana joint, tells how it caused him to stand up and catcall in disbelieving, but polite, disapproval.---- -. ---, ---: " - ------, ---?"
3/10/08
Category:Entertainment
Clue
Joe Friday sings his theme song as he mulls over the major clue/news from fellow police officer Ed that extremely wet and dirty clothes matching the mess at the crime scene were found on a recently apprehended suspect in the case.---? ---, --? ---? ---~--~---~---!
3/07/08
Category:Entertainment
Clue
It looks as if Captain Hook's sidekick put the quietus on the child who is not only mischievous, but has evil magical powers.---- ------- - --- ---, -- -----.
3/06/08
Category:Entertainment
Clue
This Japanese villainess from "Kill Bill" really made am impression on Otto.---- ---- --- --.
3/05/08
Category:Science
Clue
Not one of the mafia under bosses was sorry about perpetrating the scam involving selling off parts of a Jovian moon.-- ---- ---- ------ ---.
3/04/08
Category:Entertainment
Clue
A hostess having a dinner party is accused of being too uppity to have out little chocolate treats like at the movies as snack food before dinner.---, -- ---~----?
3/03/08
Category:Entertainment
Clue
A "Roots" star is told that his one "man" act portraying a Roman Catholic sister can come apart on him really fast.-----, --- --- --- -------.
2/29/08
Category:Sports/Science
Clue
This palindrome is in honor of the mathematician John Horton Conway who invented an algorithm for determining the day of the week for any calendar day. The name of that algorithm, which involves the nickname given to the last calendar day of February, reflects how long distance ( say, Florida to Cuba ) swimmer Diana is feeling.-------- ----'- ----.
2/28/08
Category:Science
Clue
A man tells Ned that he is (owing to superior genetics ) very sexy and attractive to his female servant.---, - -- (---) --- -- ----------.
2/27/08
Category:Miscellaneous
Clue
Cursing directed toward Tim regarding excrement left behind by his "irate canine."---, --- --- ----, ---------!
2/26/08
Category:Science/History
Clue
Always a critic, the user of the first phonograph ever made asks its inventor why the recording had no "flip side."-- ---- '-,' ------?
2/25/08
Category:Science/World Geo
Clue
A business run by Samuel high in the mountains of Switzerland selling the clear liquid portion of blood into which cells are suspended.---'- --- -------.
2/22/08
Category:Miscellaneous
Clue
I tell Salvador that the final thing I will do is to retool the fort to correct the mistake that was made.----, - ---- ----- --------, ---.
2/21/08
Category:History
WORD UNIT TODAY
Clue
After the tragedy in November, 1963, Lee Harvey Oswald's wife found work packaging meals take out meals at a restaurant. On this occasion her shift manager tells her that the recently prepared orders should be given to the driver for delivery down to the lake where the boats are docked.-, - - - - - - - -.
2/20/08
Category:Science
Clue
The baleen whale at Sea World tells his handler Emily, that he is getting irritated with the same old diet all the time.--, ----- --- --.
2/19/08
Category:Miscellaneous
Clue
I produced the film which loosely translated means " Is it not true that melancholy Abraham was one bad tempered and hard to deal with dude?" and I am simply awestruck by my accomplishment.
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2/18/08
Category:Sports
Clue
A former Olympic backstroke champion, now having sworn off all meat products, harangued Evelyn about banning them from sale.-----, -----, --- --- -- -- ---.
2/15/08
Category:Entertainment
Clue
Comments to "Rose" Midler and her date Edward by the waiter as he restates their orders as he delivers their food: a breakfast egg dish for him, and a refreshing summer drink for her.--, -- --------,..... -----, --------.
2/14/08
Category:History&Government
Clue
Explanation for the ruckus at the psychiatric hospital: it seems former Secretary of State Vance expectorated at one of the patients.--, -- ---- -- - ------.
2/13/08
Category:History&Government
Clue
Edward, the boyfriend of President Carter's daughter, leaves her a note on June 23rd telling her to get rid of last months leftovers.-------, ---, --- ----. ~ --
2/12/08
Category:Entertainment
Clue
Donald is encouraged not to wait on the alien from outer space as it were some celebrity or something.--! ---- --- -- -.-., - ---.
2/11/08
Category:History&Government
Clue
Maitre d' tells server to escort Barack and Michelle not just to a table, but somewhere where they can have a little privacy.---, - ----- -- ------.
2/08/08
Category:Entertainment
Clue
An utterance of pain to a restaurant reviewer suggesting that he pan the small establishment run by Italian actor Marcelo, as the menu is overrun with dishes featuring leftovers.-.-. -----------'- ---. --! ---- ----!
2/07/08
Category:World Geo
Clue
Ana is told that the deep secrets and mysteries associated with the University of Texas is a load of trash.---, ---- -- -~--- ------.
2/06/08
Category:Miscellaneous
Clue
Del is told to keep out the eagle that the German woman nursed back to health.---, --- ----- ----- -------.
2/05/08
Category:Entertainment/Arts
Clue
Tami is told that as she accompanies the Danish Clown Prince of piano comedy, he will try to play very fast.----, ------- -----'-- --- --.
2/04/08
Category:Miscellaneous
Clue
Alien bean curd.--- ----.
2/01/08
Category:Science/Arts/World Geo
Clue
The guy from Saigon who learned to weave sound waves through strands of genetic material to produce Sousa marches.-- ---- -.-.-. ------, ---.
1/31/08
Category:Miscellaneous
Clue
A father tells his son that he cannot get his high school equivalency exam by being proficient in "mind reading."---'- --- --------.
1/30/08
Category:Miscellaneous
Clue
Edward is told that Ira, who has the growl and fierceness of a bear when he gets out of bed, has indeed gotten up and is in his usual mood.--, ------'- ---, ------. -- ----.
1/29/08
Category:Entertainment
Clue
Luke Duke's cousin is told that the number of the post office box is 60.
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1/28/08
Category:Entertainment
Clue
Deborah is told that "Avenger" Steed's sidekick has hit the hay and is sawing logs.
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1/25/08
Category:History&Government
Clue
The 16 year old son of Ronald Reagan's Chief of staff, a boy with very wide feet.
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1/24/08
Category:Miscellaneous
Clue
You see my Dad's beer container opener collection?
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1/23/08
Category:World Geo
Clue
The buzz around Saigon: Asa delivered payoffs for the local crime syndicate.
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1/22/08
Category:World Languages
Clue
Man leaves a note for his Mexican father and Ivan Zapata, telling them that he is leaving, but "Merry Christmas."
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1/21/08
Category:Entertainment/World Geo
Clue
Aliens hip to earth lingo for their kind tell their new friend Estelle goodbye as they head off to get their favored Mexican fast food in this large Florida city in Palm Beach County.
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1/18/08
Category:World Geo/Arts
Clue
Lewis leaves a note for Alvin telling him that famed erotica author Nin thinks he hails from Moscow or Minsk.
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1/17/08
Category:Science/History&Government
Clue
Response to House Speaker O'Neill about water which tasted rather stannous, judging from a tiny drink taken by the person reporting this news.
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1/16/08
Category:World Geo/Sports
Clue
Curt response from a New Haven student when asked where he went to school and what he did on the track team.
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1/15/08
Category:History&Government
Clue
Otto, the security guard at the Minneapolis airport apprehended Mr. Pate, also a member of the House of Representatives: (why? well, because Pate pulled a Larry Craig.)
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1/14/08
Category:Miscellaneous
Clue
Royal bell ringer during a king's reign.
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1/11/08
Category:Miscellaneous
Clue
The god of Moses used a scythe on the grass and clover intended for the cattle.
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1/10/08
Category:Entertainment
Clue
Mr. Li and actor Neeson are told to send a response to Drew, and by the way to do so the old fashioned way, as Drew does not have e-mail.
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1/09/08
Category:Miscellaneous
Clue
Do not ever stealthily come up behind a newborn dog.
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1/08/08
Category:Miscellaneous
Clue
Company that makes fur shoulder scarves from the pelts of certain felines.
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1/07/08
Category:Sports
Clue
First question by Senator Mitchell to Bonds, Clemens, McGuire, Palmeiro, Canseco, etc, wanting to know if it was supplements or genetics that made the difference for them.
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1/04/08
Category:Miscellaneous
Clue
Where Elliott might hear out of this world music.
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1/03/08
Category:Miscellaneous
Clue
Website devoted to pictures of very ugly derrieres.
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1/02/08
Category:Arts
Clue
Anticlea and her son Odysseus, who want to sell the house, are angered at the fact that that their husband/father chose which broker would handle the transaction and say this:
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1/01/08
Category:World Geo
Clue
Tess, a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority is told she will have to ride the subway until the bus strike in New York is resolved.
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12/31/07
Category:Miscellaneous
Clue
No clue today. Just enjoy one of several LINE UNIT palindromes I recently wrote in the spirit of J.A. Lindon's "Doppelganger."This one was recently published in Wordways, The Journal of Recreational Linguistics.
(If you have already seen this as last week's, then enjoy again, as somehow it did not mail out, so I am using this as the 12/31 daily. New one tomorrow, I promise. And check the archive for the rest of last week's offerings)
Hot buns!
I see you are baking now. Well done!
Into the oven now must go,
So I say, my darling Liz,
Buns I see you feel so
Fond of. And then his
Hand creeps, I see. Your thigh is
But his sole desire. I see that groping,
But his sole desire. I see that groping
Hand. Creeps, I see, your thigh is
Fond of. And then his
Buns I see you feel.
So I say my darling Liz
Into the oven now must go!...
I see you are baking, now well done!
Hot buns!
12/28/07
Category:Miscellaneous
Clue
A New York city hack questions his pal Max about the work stoppage in thier cabs set for the following day, at the crack on dawn, verifying the time twice.
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12/27/07
Category:History
Clue
Words of mild disapproval to an Egyptian boy-king.
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12/26/07
Category:Miscellaneous
Clue
I don't give a hoot about what that Cub Scout pack leader Deborah thought.
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12/25/07
Category:World Geo/Government
Clue
Insensitive 2nd banana to the president irritated the people of old Mesopotamia.
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12/24/07
Category:Business/Finance
Clue
Red is told that Arthur would not be very good at selling fixed income instruments.
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12/21/07
Category:World Geo/Sports/History
Clue
The city where the Angels play, Maurice, doesn't care much for Hana, the devotee of Karl Marx.
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12/20/07
Category:Miscellaneous
Clue
Response circa 1982 from a Congressman to the Speaker trying to explain away his drinking whiskey on the house floor by saying it's not done ostentatiously, but in small portions
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12/18/07
Category:Entertainment
Clue
Jeer at Gomer Pyle's cousin again.
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12/17/07
Category:Miscellaneous
Clue
Lead reindeer tells a fellow team member, all stuffed up, about the manifestation his current,absolutely awful head cold produced, resulting in his most interesting feature.
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12/14/07
Category:Miscellaneous
Clue
So you got the hard, stale fried turnover filled with sausage and potato cut in half, did you? Then clean up the mess you made in the basin.
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12/13/07
Category:World Geo
Clue
Sidney is told not to twist out of all proportion Sarah's slow paced run to follow Cain into the "land east of Eden."
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12/11/07
Category:Entertainment/Business
Clue
In a deleted scene from the first James Bond movie, Bond's nemesis disparages to his henchmen the take from their robbery of a store selling "hand tools, power tools, industrial tools, tool storage products, tool boxes, automotive diagnostics, and shop equipment "* and whose name suggests ease of use.
* taken directly from company website.
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12/10/07
Category:Entertainment
Clue
Two young women each named Laci are filing a lawsuit against a Broadway musical production featuring songs such as "Amazing Gertrude," "Solla Solew," and "Notice Me Horton."
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12/07/07
Category:History&Government
Clue
What's that Defense Minister Dayan, you want me to have the family dog neutered?
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12/06/07
Category:Entertainment/World Geo
Clue
If this Howard Stern movie trailer is playing in Saigon, there will be no motor vehicles on the street.
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12/05/07
Category:Miscellaneous
Clue
Punny advice to an army man, to pay no attention to the fact that he lost his dog tags, and just to live with it.
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12/04/07
Category:Entertainment
Clue
Elvis' mother, invoking his middle name, tells one of his playmates not to make machine gun noises at him.
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12/03/07
Category:Miscellaneous
Clue
What a NORML member might call his new corner convenience store, selling what he had heretofore worked so hard to get legalized.
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11/30/07
Category:Miscellaneous
Clue
Oh, is it possible that Doctor Raft, the physician who owns the weight loss farm, can afford money for even a little Mexican food?
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11/29/07
Category:Miscellaneous
Clue
Pedro's wife sweetly tells him not to invite to many people over to watch the game.
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11/28/07
Category:Entertainment/Sports
Clue
Doyle Brunson talks of the sickening feeling he has as he bets it all, at the same time fearing that he may be beaten by a better hand.
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11/27/07
Category:World Geo
Clue
Negative response of a man to his lawyer who gives him tax advice and who has just suggested investing in Japanese currency.
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11/26/07
Category:Entertainment
Clue
Very overweight Diego misplaced his identification card allowing him entrance to this lower balcony area, reinforced and with wide seats to accompany theatre goers like him.
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11/23/07
Category:Entertainment
Clue
Darn it! This pop singer ( "Cherish the Day") is a lowlife, mean sneaking coward.
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11/22/07
Category:Miscellaneous
Clue
In this dialogue, Mac points out to Diana a dish one could eat scooped onto chips or crackers and made out of large shrimp sautéed in garlic and butter.
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11/21/07
Category:Miscellaneous
Clue
A "country feller" tells Evelyn how his idiot jerk sister , having eaten even the serving bowl also, is absolutely insatiable.
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11/20/07
Category:Miscellaneous
Clue
Creator of "Cosmos" is very funny to be around.
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11/19/07
Category:Miscellaneous
Clue
Mother, I tell you, expectorates: it's like a bell going off in my head reminding me: she is as drunk as I am.
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11/16/07
Category:Science/World Geo
Clue
Mister, the German valley where a homo sapiens relative was discovered in the first half of the 19th century is a genetic dead end.
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11/15/07
Category:World Geo
Clue
The owner of a black tar supply company expresses disgust as he orders his employees to take back the large shipment sent to a barrel maker in a Central Florida city because of non-payment.
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11/14/07
Category:Miscellaneous
Clue
The leader of a small military group sent off to do a particular task hesitatingly tells his group that he is highly embarrassed at having gotten them lost.
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11/13/07
Category:World Geo/History
Clue
Query to Kay regarding her purchase of a kit to make a replica of explorer Thor Heyerdahl's raft rather than an Eskimo canoe.
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11/12/07
Category:Miscellaneous
Clue
Thomas Asti is told about a special upscale resort on an island being developed by a discount motor hotel chain.
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11/9/07
Category:Miscellaneous
Clue
We again validated the identification papers of the geek?
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11/8/07
Category:Miscellaneous
Clue
In a line of dialogue from a play Emily tells her son Alfred she would prefer that he be in love with Beverly, his girlfriend from long ago.
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11/7/07
Category:Arts
Clue
The whining, tearful, snot nosed nothingness of the relatives of the author of Rosemary's Baby.
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11/6/07
Category:Miscellaneous
Clue
My brother or sister set fire to the trash from the family room.
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11/5/07
Category:Sports/World Geo
Clue
A bewildered query to Rosemary, head of a mountaineering company, from a potential customer who is surprised to be quoted such a small price to be guided up the world's second tallest mountain.
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11/2/07
Category:Sports
Clue
Sadie, wife of famed NY Giant footballer and mother to NASL soccer star, had her daughter Nan buy their favorite brand of tater tots at the store.
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11/1/07
Category:Sports/Entertainment/World Geo
Clue
Name and nickname of the granddaughter of a former diminutive Dallas Cowboy quarterback of the early 60's, and who is now employed as by a major Las Vegas hotel to walk around selling a pounded and fermented taro root delicacy imported from Hawaii.
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10/31/07
Category:Miscellaneous
Clue
An incredulous question to Sid regarding the recent appointment of Rodney, a real butt hole despite his three academic degrees, as a representative of good will from Hewlett Packard to the rest of the computer industry.
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10/30/07
Category:Miscellaneous
Clue
A friend points out to Robert the big time, festive, professionally run Boy Scout gatherings.
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10/29/07
Category:Miscellaneous
Clue
A crewman tells his friend Devorah about the awful conditions on board ship without much food to eat, where even the rodents could became undernourished before the rest of them were.
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10/26/07
Category:Entertainment/World Languages
Clue
How to refer to "belonging to Raymond's wife" in Mexico.
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10/25/07
Category:Miscellaneous
Clue
Ira noticed that I was standing next door to a drinking establishment frequented by homosexuals.
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10/24/07
Category:Arts
Clue
A high Catholic church official tells poet Eliot that he forgives the homeless man who lives at the YMCA and who sexually terrorized women and the recent ecclesiastical conference.
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10/23/07
Category:Miscellaneous
Clue
In this dialogue Edward tells his secretary Dede to buy a dozen long stemmed ones.
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10/22/07
Category:World Geo
Clue
Physician named Mara who is the chief medical officer of the State owned oil company of Saudi Arabia.
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10/19/07
Category:Entertainment/World Geo
Clue
The son of "Illya Kuryakin" is told to consider Duke or North Carolina, or Wake Forest, or Virginia or..... when thinking about college.
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10/18/07
Category:History
Clue
Despite being high out of her gourd on marijuana as she was very often, Evelyn, caught in an an amorous embrace with "Bush's Brain," told him "No" in no uncertain terms.
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10/17/07
Category:Sports
Clue
Yell of distress at home of USA-Cuba long distance swimmer after tasting her (erroneously called) "sweet potatoes."
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10/16/07
Category:Sports
Clue
Matt, golfing, tells everyone that it is his turn to make his stroke on the green and that he is absolutely transfixed by his opportunity to avoid bogey.
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10/15/07
Category:World Geo
Clue
Dee, his cry for the U. Arkansas football team is one I pay attention to.
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10/12/07
Category:Miscellaneous
Clue
Cigar Aficionado editor Alvin allowed Ana to give a bad review to a new offering, a long slim cigar.
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10/11/07
Category:World Geo
Clue
That little number by the Alabama band about Brando in the Windward Isles? I couldn't stand it!
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10/09/07
Category:Arts
Clue
Someone tells Rosemary that an example of what he was referring to was a "forgetful" popular variety of garden flower which grows near a mountain famous in a Martin Luther King speech.
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10/08/07
Category:Arts
Clue
Eb is asked whether it was true that the family of the composer of"William Tell" led a filthy lifestyle.
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10/05/07
Category:World Geo
Clue
Lost Biblical parchment books( alternate plural) on sex education found near a Central Florida City.
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10/04/07
Category:Entertainment
Clue
WORD UNIT TODAY
A concerned friend notices a reddish blotch on the skin of the lead singer of The Police in the old days, and asks him therefore whether or not it hurts a little bit.
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10/03/07
Category:World Geo
Clue
Nabila, a Muslim native of the Western Mediterranean area of North Africa, carried Alvin Slade to a location where he could be interrogated by rebel forces in Afghanistan.
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10/02/07
Category:Entertainment
Clue
Someone offers marijuana to Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill, and Frank Beard.
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10/01/07
Category:Miscellaneous
Clue
Mister, Omar is a slimy, rich, powerful CEO of a big multinational corporation.
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9/28/07
Category:Arts
Clue
Dynamic modern art, suggestive of movement, made out of gummed note paper.
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9/27/07
Category:Entertainment
Clue
Amy is told that Ms. Carey refuses to make love onstage in a remake of the 60's hit "Flower Power" musical.
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9/26/07
Category:World Geo/SPorts
Clue
Alvin, a small boy from Los Angeles irately yelled to be driven to the stock car races in this Georgia town.
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9/25/07
Category:Miscellaneous
Clue
Well, if it isn't Lewis, reeking of illegal, cheap, dirty sex!
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9/24/07
Category:World Geo
Clue
Mr. Hall, a Muslim who is walking with his god near a haberdashery where he can use his PC wirelessly, pauses to make a purchase as a gift.
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9/21/07
Category:Miscellaneous
Clue
Lee is told by his boss that perhaps the tenth version of the menu that they have just mocked up may need to be tweaked a bit.
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9/19/07
Category:World Geo/Sports
Clue
A former Kansas City Chief coach, standing next to a grain storage unit, thought not at all about Krakow stores selling gin.
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9/18/07
Category:World Geo
Clue
A mean nursery school teacher dealing with a slow child whose parents are big University of Tennessee-Chattanooga football fans impatiently tries to get him to do the #2 that he said he needed to do.
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9/17/07
Category:World Geo
Clue
This Missouri town home to a branch of the State University gave no thought to the extreme paleness of many of its citizens stemming from a recent public health scare.
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9/14/07
Category:History
Clue
A famed Roman statesman and political opponent of Julius Caesar, is asked by his hostess at a dinner party if he is sure he does not want any of the Mexican food dish she has prepared.
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9/13/07
Category:Miscellaneous
Clue
Brouhahas about carbonated drinks.
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9/12/07
Category:World Geo/Entertainment
Clue
Folk singer Lopez is told that 6 or 7 times a week at night Roxanne travels on the New York subway system.
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9/11/07
Category:Sports
Clue
Eva, out to assault and rob unsuspecting people outside Yankee stadium, takes a liking to "Mr. October" and offered him a piece of Wrigley's instead.
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9/10/07
Category:Miscellaneous
Clue
Vodka detected on the lips of drinking glasses.
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9/7/07
Category:World Languages
Clue
I would arrest the deity of Mexican robbers and highwaymen.
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9/6/07
Category:Miscellaneous
Clue
Sy, blown away by what he has seen straight ahead, has turned away 90 degrees.
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9/5/07
Category:World Languages
Clue
Involved in a meeting with both his current and former wives and using a common shortened Latin word form, a man asks them if they need any photocopies made.
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9/4/07
Category:Miscellaneous
Clue
An environmental firm tells Texas Instruments that their recommendation would be to reduce the level of fungi on the moisture susceptible walls.
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9/3/07
Category:Sports
Clue
Together with Kenneth, Robert, Alvin, and long distance swimmer Dianne, I participated in a 9000 meter road race today.
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8/31/07
Category:World Geo
Clue
After having had several other articles rejected, customer questions bank officer Lewis on whether his tall man clothes from Officer Candidate School would suffice as security for a loan.
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