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<b><u>Babar</u></b> the Elephant [accept <em>Should We Burn <b><u>Babar</u></b>?</em>]
Isak <b><u>Dinesen</b></u> [or Karen <b><u>Blixen</b></u>]
<b><u>Abiy</u></b> Ahmed [or <b><u>Abiy</u></b> Ahmed Ali; prompt on <u>Ahmed</u>]
<b><u>banded iron</u></b> formations [or <b><u>BIF</u></b>s; accept <b><u>banded ironstone</u></b> formations]
<b><u>creative destruction</u></b> [or <b><u><em>schöpferische Zerstörung</em></u></b>; accept <b><u>Schumpeter’s gale</u></b> until “gale” is read; reject <u>innovation</u> or <u>R&amp;D</u>] (Keith Pavitt coined “creative accumulation.”)
<b><u>Ido</b></u>
<b><u>Calvin Klein</u></b> [prompt on <u>Calvin</u>s; prompt on <u>Klein</u><b>; </b>prompt on <u>CK</u>]
<b><u><em>pansori</em></u></b> (Those works are <em>The Tale of Chunhyang</em> and <em>The Story of Sim Cheong</em>.)
<b><u>hydride</b></u>s [or <b><u>H−</b></u> (“H-minus”); prompt on <u>electron</u>s or <u>electron pair</u>s by asking “what atom is the carrier for those electrons?”; prompt on <u>hydrogen</u> or <u>H</u>; prompt on <u>NADH</u> until read; prompt on <u>NADPH</u> until read]
Antonin <b><u>Artaud</u></b> [or Antoine Marie Joseph Paul <b><u>Artaud</u></b>]
<b><u>Six Gallery</u></b> [or <b><u>Gallery Six</u></b>]
<b><u>Tutuila</b></u>
<b><u>Vestal Virgin</u></b>s [or <b><u>Vestālēs</u></b> or <b><u>Vestālis</u></b>; accept priestesses of <b><u>Vesta</u></b>]
<b><u>hydrogen bond</u></b>s [or <b><u>H-bond</u></b>s or <b><u>hydrogen bond</u></b>ing]
<b><u>United Kingdom</u></b> [or <b><u>UK</u></b>; or <b><u>United Kingdom</u></b> of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; accept Great <b><u>Britain</u></b>; accept <b><u>England</u></b>; accept <b><u>British</u></b> Invasion]
<b><u>church</u></b> [or “I Didn’t Go to <b><u>Church</u></b> Today”; or “Some Keep the Sabbath going to <b><u>Church</u></b>—”]
<b><u>Reno</b></u>
<b><u>percussion</u></b> ensemble [accept <b><u>drum</u></b> ensemble]
<b><u>Native</b></u> American people [or <b><u>First Nations</b></u> people; accept <b><u>Indigenous</b></u> Americans; accept more specific answers like <b><u>Gitxsan</b></u> people or <b><u>Havasupai</b></u> people; accept <b><u>Navajo</b></u> or <b><u>Diné</b></u> people until “Navajo” is read; accept <b><u>Indigenous</b></u> Peoples Council on Biocolonialism]
<b><u>ox-herd</u></b>ing [accept <b><u><em>Taming the Ox</em></u></b> or <b><u><em>Ox-Herding</u></b> Tale</em>]
<b><u>dish</u></b>es AND <b><u>spoon</u></b>s [accept <b><u>bowl</u></b>s in place of “dishes”; accept “<b><u>Dish</u></b> With One <b><u>Spoon</u></b>” or “One <b><u>Dish</u></b> One <b><u>Spoon</u></b>”]
Damaris <b><u>Masham</u></b> [or Damaris Cudworth <b><u>Masham</u></b>; or Damaris <b><u>Cudworth</u></b>; or Lady <b><u>Masham</u></b>] (Her father was Ralph Cudworth.)
<b><u>Sikh</u></b>ism [or <b><u>Sikhi</u></b>; accept the <b><u>Khalsa</u></b>]
<b><u>CAM</u></b> photosynthesis [or <b><u>crassulacean acid metabolism</u></b>; prompt on <u>photosynthesis</u> or word forms before mentioned]
<b><u>down</u></b> quarks [or <b><u>d</u></b> quarks]
Pat <b><u>Buchanan</u></b> [or Patrick Joseph <b><u>Buchanan</u></b>]
<b><u>carbene</u></b>s
<b><u>spinodal</u></b> [accept <b><u>spinodal</u></b> decomposition or <b><u>spinodal</u></b> curve]
<b><u>after</u></b> [accept <b><u><em>After</em></u></b> <em>Walker Evans</em>]
<b><u>tetramethylsilane</u></b> [or <b><u>TMS</u></b>]
<b><u>China</b></u> [or <b><u>Zhōngguó</b></u>; or People’s Republic of <b><u>China</b></u> or <b><u>PRC</b></u>; or <b><u>Zhōnghuá</b></u> Rénmín Gònghéguó]
<b><u><em>horonw</em></u></b> (“haw-RAW-noo”) [or <b><u><em>wo</em></u></b>; or <b><u><em>sula</em></u></b>; or <b><u><em>jaambur</em></u></b>; or <b><u><em>dimo</em></u></b>; or <b><u><em>rimɓe</em></u></b>; or <b><u><em>senaábèlè</em></u></b>; or <b><u><em>bórcìn</em></u></b>] (The Arabic word is <em>ḥurr</em>.)
<b><u>Daniel</b></u> [or <b><u>Belteshazzar</b></u>; reject “Belshazzar”]
<b><u>Stead</u></b> [accept Christina <b><u>Stead</u></b>; accept C. K. <b><u>Stead</u></b> or Christian Karlson <b><u>Stead</u></b>]
<b><u>Singhasari</u></b> Kingdom [or <b><u>Tumapel</u></b>]
<b><u>Yudhishthira</b></u> (“yoo-DISH-tih-ruh”) [accept <b><u>Puntadewa </b></u>before read; prompt on <b><u>Dharmarāja</b></u>]
television <b><u>ad</u></b>s [or television <b><u>commercial</u></b>s; or <b><u>ad</u></b>vertisements; accept attack <b><u>ad</u></b>s; prompt on PR <u>campaign</u>s; prompt on <u>television</u> media or <u>TV</u>; prompt on <em>The <u>Selling</u> of the President 1968</em>]
<b><u>fanfic</b></u>tion [accept <b><u>self-insert</b></u> fanfiction or reader <b><u>fanfic</b></u>tion; accept <b><u>fanfic</b></u>tion from specific franchises, such as Harry Potter; accept <b><u>real person fic</b></u>tion; prompt on <u>fic</u>tion or <u>story</u> or <u>stories</u>; prompt on <u>science fiction</u> or <u>sci-fi</u> or <u>fantasy</u>; prompt on <u>novel</u>s or <u>book</u>s or <u>serial</u>s]
<b><u>hippo</u></b>s [or <b><u>hippopotamus</u></b>es or <b><u>hippopotami</u></b>] (Apepi was supposedly disturbed by hippo roars.)
<b><u>Erie</b></u> Canal [accept “Fifteen Miles on the <b><u>Erie</b></u> Canal”; prompt on <u>Clinton’s folly</u> until “folly” is read]
<b><u>Lê Lợi</u></b>&nbsp;(“lay luh-ee”) [or <b><u>Lê Thái Tổ</u></b>; accept <b><u>Bình Định vương</u></b>; prompt on <u>Lê</u> or <u>Lợi</u> or <u>Thái Tổ</u>; prompt on <u>Lê</u> Code] (Clues include Trần Cao and the Lê–Mạc War, Nguyễn Trãi’s <em>Bình Ngô đại cáo</em>, and Lê Thánh Tông compiling the <em>Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư</em>.)
Joe <b><u>Kavalier</b></u> [or <b><u>Joe</b></u> Kavalier or <b><u>Josef</b></u> Kavalier] (from <em>The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay</em>)
torture <b><u>stake</u></b>s [accept <b><u>post</u></b>s or <b><u>pole</u></b>s or <b><u>rod</u></b>s or <b><u>beam</u></b>s; accept <b><u>wooden pillar</u></b>s or <b><u>wooden column</u></b>s; prompt on <u>tree</u>s or <u>timber</u> or <u>xylon</u> or <u>xyla</u>; prompt on <u>stauros</u> or <u>stauroi</u>; prompt on <u>pillar</u>s or <u>column</u>s; reject “sticks”]
<b><u>justice</b></u> [accept social <b><u>justice</b></u>; accept reproductive <b><u>justice</b></u>; accept <em>Social <b><u>Justice</b></u> and the City</em>; accept <em>Principles of Social <b><u>Justice</b></u></em>]
<b><u>persecution</u></b> of <b><u>Christian</u></b>s [accept any answer indicating the <b><u>persecution</u></b> or <b><u>suppression</u></b> of <b><u>Christian</u></b>s or <b><u>Christian</u></b>ity; accept the Decian <b><u>Persecution</u></b>; accept the Diocletianic <b><u>Persecution</u></b>]
<b><u>Title IX</b></u> (“nine”) [accept Higher <b><u>Education Amendments</b></u> of 1972; accept Patsy T. Mink <b><u>Equal Opportunity in Education</b></u> Act] (The Grove City Bill overturned the decision in <em>Grove City College v. Bell</em>.)
<b><u>post</u></b> [accept <b><u>post</u></b>critique or <b><u>post</u></b>modernism]
David <b><u>Mitchell</b></u> [or David Stephen <b><u>Mitchell</b></u>]
Agnes <b><u>de Mille</u></b> [or Agnes George <b><u>de Mille</u></b>] (<em>Gold Rush</em> is a restaging of Lerner and Loewe’s <em>Paint Your Wagon</em>.)
<b><u>Reformation</u></b> [or Protestant <b><u>Reformation</u></b>; or European <b><u>Reformation</u></b>]
<b><u>dot</u></b>s [accept <b><u>dot</u></b> painting]
<b><u>caricature</u></b>s [accept political <b><u>cartoon</u></b>s; prompt on <u>satire</u>s or <u>satirical</u>; prompt on <u>sketch</u>es or <u>comic</u> strips; prompt on <u>lithograph</u>s or <u>drawing</u>s] (The artist is Honoré Daumier.)
<b><u>osmium tetroxide</b></u> [or <b><u>OsO4</b></u>] (The third sentence refers to the Upjohn dihydroxylation.)
W. H. <b><u>Auden</u></b> [or Wystan Hugh <b><u>Auden</u></b>] (The latter poem is “September 1, 1939.”)
<b><u>Chile</b></u> [or Republic of <b><u>Chile</b></u> or República de <b><u>Chile</b></u>] (The first line is from Roberto Bolaño’s essay “Eight Seconds with Nicanor Parra.”)
<b><u>Tennessee</u></b> [accept <b><u>TN</u></b>] (Frontier is at Oak Ridge. Tyre Nichols’s beating was recorded in Memphis.)
<b><u>Amarillo</b></u>
Giuseppe <b><u>Verdi</u></b> [or Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco <b><u>Verdi</u></b>]
<b><u>logical positivism</u></b> [or <b><u>logical empiricism</u></b>; prompt on <u>positivism</u> or <u>empiricism</u>]
<b><u>Pontus</b></u> [accept <b><u>Paphlagonia</b></u> until read; accept Bithynia and <b><u>Pontus</b></u>; accept <b><u>Pontic</b></u> Empire; prompt on the <u>Bosporan</u> Kingdom by asking “what other kingdom did that person rule?”; prompt on <u>Anatolia</u> until read; prompt on <u>Asia Minor</u>]
<b><u>Yoon</u></b> Suk Yeol [or <b><u>Yun</u></b> Seokyeol or <b><u>Yun</u></b> Seogyeol or <b><u>Yoon</u></b> Seongnyeol]
<b><u>being</u><em> </em></b>[or <em>l’<b><u>être</em></u></b>; accept <b><u>being</u></b>-in-itself or <b><u>being</u></b>-for-itself; accept <b><u><em>être</u></b>-pour-soi</em> or <b><u><em>être</u></b>-en-soi</em>; reject “exist” or “existence”]
<b><u>Bougainville</u></b> (“BO-gun-vil”) Island
<b><u>bow</b></u>
<b><u>Carlebach</u></b> (“CARL-bach” or “CAR-lee-bach”) [accept Shlomo <b><u>Carlebach</u></b>, Neshama <b><u>Carlebach</u></b>, or Hartwig Naftali <b><u>Carlebach</u></b>; accept <b><u>Carlebach</u></b> movement or <b><u>Carlebach</u></b> minyan]
<b><u>Long</u></b> [accept Earl <b><u>Long</u></b> or Huey <b><u>Long</u></b>; accept Earl Kemp <b><u>Long</u></b>; accept Huey Pierce <b><u>Long</u></b>, Jr.]
<b><u><em>S. pombe</em></u></b> [or <b><u><em>Schizosaccharomyces pombe</em></u></b>; or <b><u>fission yeast</u></b>; prompt on <u>yeast</u>; reject “<em>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</em>” or “baker’s yeast” or “brewer’s yeast”]
<b><u>bank</u></b>ing [or <b><u>money lending</u></b> or <b><u>money changing</u></b>; accept synonyms for <b><u>finance</u></b> or <b><u>banking</u></b>]
<b><u>emulsion</u></b>s [accept Ramsden <b><u>emulsion</u></b>s or Pickering <b><u>emulsion</u></b>s; prompt on <u>colloid</u>s or hydro<u>colloid</u>s until “colloids” is read]
<b><u>enstrophy</b></u>
Laurence <b><u>Sterne</u></b> (The memoir is <em>Sentimental Journey: Memoirs 1917–1922</em>. The “most typical novel” is <em>Tristram Shandy</em>.)
<b><u>machine</u></b>s [accept <b><u>automaton</u></b> or <b><u>automata</u></b>; accept <b><u>computer</u></b>s or <b><u>robot</u></b>s; accept ghost in the <b><u>machine</u></b>; prompt on <u>doll</u>s or <u>baby</u> or <u>babies</u>] (The first sentence is from Descartes’s <em>Discourse on Method</em>.)
<b><u>Arabia</u></b> [or the <b><u>Arabian</u></b> Peninsula or North <b><u>Arabia</u></b> or South <b><u>Arabia</u></b>; accept the <b><u>Hejaz</u></b>; accept Saudi <b><u>Arabia</u></b> or <b><u>Yemen</u></b> or <b><u>Oman</u></b> or the <b><u>United Arab Emirates</u></b> or <b><u>UAE</u></b> or <b><u>Bahrain</u></b> or <b><u>Qatar</u></b>; prompt on the <u>Middle East</u>; prompt on <u>Iraq</u> or <u>Jordan</u> by asking “what geographic region is that country in?”] (The first line refers to Almaqah. The second line refers to haram.)
<b><u>disorder</u></b> [accept <b><u>random</u></b>ness or <b><u>random</u></b> fields; accept <b><u>impurities</u></b> or <b><u>impurity</u></b>; prompt on <u>rare</u> regions; reject “entropy”]
<b><u><em>Macbeth</b></u></em> [or <em>The Tragedie of <b><u>Macbeth</b></u></em>] (The site-specific adaptation is <em>Sleep No More</em>.)
cache-<b><u>oblivious</u></b> [reject “cache-unaware” or “cache-aware”]
<b><u>Waterloo</u></b> [accept Battle of <b><u>Waterloo</u></b> or the <b><u>Waterloo</u></b> battlefield; accept <b><u>Mont Saint-Jean</u></b> or <b><u>Hougoumont</u></b>; prompt on <u>Wallonia</u> or <u>Belgium</u> or <u>battefield</u>]
Miguel de <b><u>Cervantes</b></u> [or Miguel de <b><u>Cervantes</b></u> Saavedra] (The first line refers to the Aragonese dialect, in which Avellaneda’s unauthorized continuation of <em>Don Quixote</em> was written.)
<b><u>India</u></b> [or <b><u>Bhārat</u></b>; or Republic of <b><u>India</u></b>; or <b><u>Bhārat</u></b> Gaṇarājya; or <b><u>Hindustan</u></b>] (The collection in the first clue is the <em>Vetala Panchavimshati</em>, which are commonly known as the tales of Vikram and Betal.)
<b><u>body snatching</u></b> [accept equivalents like <b><u>steal</u></b>ing <b><u>corpse</u></b>s or <b><u>dig</u></b>ging <b><u>up</u></b> <b><u>bodies</u></b>; or <b><u>cadaver</u></b> research; prompt on grave <u>rob</u>bing or <u>steal</u>ing by asking “what objects were stolen?”]
<b><u>Raman spec</u></b>troscopy [or coherent anti-Stokes <b><u>Raman spec</u></b>troscopy]
<b><u>Sacred Wounds</b></u> of Jesus [or Five <b><u>Sacred Wounds</b></u> or Five <b><u>Holy Wounds</b></u>; accept answers that indicate any <b><u>wound</b></u> on <b><u>Jesus</b></u>’s body made during the crucifixion; prompt on <u>wound</u>s by asking “whose wounds?”; prompt on <u>stigmata</u> until read by asking “what do stigmata represent?”; prompt on <u>injury</u> or <u>injuries</u>]
<b><u>mutex</u></b>es [or <b><u>mutual exclusion</u></b>; accept <b><u>lock</u></b>; prompt on binary <u>semaphore</u>]
<b><u>con·soci·ation·al</u></b>ism [or <b><u>consociational</u></b> democracy]
<b><u>modal</u></b> logic [or <b><u>modality</u></b>; accept “A Completeness Theorem in <b><u>Modal</u></b> Logic”]
<b><u>Shaker</u></b>s [or <b><u>United Society of Believers</u></b> in Christ’s Second Appearing]
<b><u>love</u></b> [or <b><u>amor</u></b>; accept “Nuestro <b><u>amor</u></b>” or “Our <b><u>Love</u></b>”; accept <em>Twenty <b><u>Love</u></b> Poems and a</em> <em>Song of Despair</em> or<em> Veinte poemas de <b><u>amor</u></b> y una canción desesperada</em>]
<b><u>Marisol</u></b> [or Marisol <b><u>Escobar</u></b>; or Maria Sol <b><u>Escobar</u></b>]
players of <b><u><em>World of Warcraft</b></u></em> [or descriptions of people who play <b><u><em>World of Warcraft</b></u>; </em>accept <b><u><em>WoW</b></u></em> in place of “<em>World of Warcraft</em>” accept characters or avatars or guilds in place of “players”; prompt on <u>gamer</u>s or <u>player</u>s of MMORPGs by asking “of what game?”; prompt on <u>Horde</u> or <u>Alliance</u> until each is read; prompt on <u>human</u>s, <u>dwarve</u>s, <u>gnome</u>s, <u>night elve</u>s, <u>orc</u>s, <u>troll</u>s, <u>undead</u>, <u>tauren</u>, <u>warrior</u>s, <u>hunter</u>s, <u>priest</u>s, <u>paladin</u>s, <u>shaman</u>s, <u>warlock</u>s, <u>mage</u>s, <u>rogue</u>s, or <u>druid</u>s] (Bonnie Nardi wrote <em>My Life as a Night Elf Priest</em>.)
<b><u>impurities</u></b> [or magnetic <b><u>impurities</u></b>; accept <b><u>doping</u></b> agents or <b><u>dopant</u></b>s before “doping”]
Jacques <b><u>Derrida</b></u>
<em>An <b><u>Enemy of the People</b></u></em> [or <em>En <b><u>folkefiende</b></u></em>]
<b><u>granite</u></b>
<b><u>Ferdowsi</u></b> [or Abul-Qâsem <b><u>Ferdowsi</u></b> Tusi]
<b><u>banyan</u></b>s [accept <b><u>morning gown</u></b>, <b><u>robe de chambre</u></b>, or <b><u>Indian nightgown</u></b>; prompt on <u>nightgown</u>]
<b><u>Camelot</b></u> [prompt on King <u>Arthur’s castle</u> or King <u>Arthur’s stronghold</u> until “Arthur” is read; prompt on <u>Round Table</u> or <u>King Arthur’s court</u> by asking “where is that found?”; prompt on <u>Camulodunum</u> or <u>Colchester</u> by asking “we’re looking for a mythical place”]
<b><u>Barbados</u></b> [or Republic of <b><u>Barbados</u></b>] (Until 2021, its sovereign was Queen Elizabeth II.)
<b><u>ormolu</u></b>&nbsp;(“OR-muh-loo”)
<b><u>thunder</u></b> [or <b><u>Wakinyan</u></b>; accept <b><u>thunder</u></b>storms or <b><u>thunder</u></b>bolts; accept <b><u>lightning</u></b> until read; accept <b><u>Thunderbird</u></b>; accept <b><u>Wakinyan</u></b> Tanka; prompt on <u>weather</u> until read] (The first line refers to a Lakota story about the creation of the Badlands; the Lakota water monster Unktehi is sometimes known as Unhcegila or Unk Cekula. The second line refers to the Iroquois spirit Hé-no.)
<b><u>Mama</u></b> [or <b><u>Karel’s mother</u></b>; or <b><u>Marketa’s mother-in-law</u></b>; prompt on <u>mother</u> or synonyms by asking “whose mother?”]