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<b><u>sangh</u></b>a (“SUNG” or “SUNG-guh”) [or <b><u><em>saṃgha</em></u></b>; or <b><u>sangam</u></b> or <b><u><em>caṅga</u></b>m</em> (“CHUNG-gum”) or <b><u><em>caṅga</u></b>ṅgaḷ</em>;; accept <b><u><em>gaṇasaṃgh</u></b>aḥ</em>; accept <b><u>Sangam</u></b> literature or <b><u><em>caṅga</u></b> ilakkiyam</em> or <b><u><em>saṃgha</u></b>m sāhitya</em>] (<em>Gaṇa-</em> means ‘group.’)
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<b><u>prefix</u></b>ation [or using mostly/<b><u>more prefixes</u></b> than suffixes; accept <b><u>prefix</u></b>al or <b><u>prefix</u></b>ing language; prompt on <u>affix</u>ation or <u>concat</u>enation] (The keywords “suffixing preference” or “suffixation preference” point to related research. WALS is the World Atlas of Language Structures. The augment is a mysterious pre-prefix in Bantu.)
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Miguel de <b><u>Unamuno</u></b> (“OOH-nuh-moo-noh”) y Jugo
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<b><u>MGM</u></b> [or <b><u>Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer</u></b>]
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<b><u>shaman</u></b>s [accept <b><u>shaman</u></b>ism; accept <b><u>medium</u></b>s; prompt on <u>psychic</u>s or <u>seer</u>s]
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Keorapetse <b><u>Kgositsile</u></b> (“ko-ra-PET-seh ho-set-SEE-leh”) [or Keorapetse William <b><u>Kgositsile</u></b>; prompt on Bra <u>Willie</u>]
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<b><u>Kazan</b></u> [accept Our Lady of <b><u>Kazan</b></u> or <b><u>Kazan</b></u> Kremlin] (Some people have claimed that the depiction of St. George and the Dragon on Moscow’s coat of arms symbolizes the conquest of Kazan.)
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<b><u>coffee</b></u> [or <b><u>café</b></u>; accept <b><u>coffee</b></u> beans; accept <b><u><em>café</b></u> com leite</em> politics or “milk <b><u>coffee</b></u>” politics; accept the “<b><u>coffee</b></u> cycle”; accept <b><u>coffee</b></u> kings]
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Lydia E. <b><u>Pinkham</b></u>
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Henry <b><u>Fuseli</u></b> (“FUSE-lee”) [or Johann Heinrich <b><u>Füssli</u></b>] (The painting is <em>The Nightmare</em>.)
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<b><u><em>Arcadia</b></u></em>
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<b><u>Zong</u></b> massacre [accept answers describing <b><u>slave</u></b>s being <b><u>thrown</u></b> off a <b><u>ship</u></b>; accept answers describing the incident depicted in <em>The <b><u>Slave Ship</em></u></b>] (The Dabydeen poem is <em>Turner</em>.)
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Richard J. <b><u>Daley</u></b> [or Richard Joseph <b><u>Daley</u></b>; reject “Richard M. Daley”] (The opponent is Saul Alinsky.)
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<b><u>democracy</u></b> [or <b><u>democratic</u></b> government; accept full <b><u>democracy</u></b>; accept flawed <b><u>democracy</u></b>]
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<b><u>smoking</u></b> cigarettes [or smoking <b><u>cigarettes</u></b>; or using <b><u>cigarettes</u></b>; reject <u>vaping</u>]
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<b><u>capacitance</b></u> [accept parasitic <b><u>capacitance</b></u> or quantum <b><u>capacitance</b></u>; prompt on <u>C</u>]
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<b><u><em>exo-tet</em></u></b> OR <b><u><em>exo-trig</em></u></b> [reject partial answers]
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<b><u>Alexandria</b></u> [accept Library of <b><u>Alexandria</b></u>; accept <b><u>Alexandria</b></u>n Pleiad]
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<b><u><em>Sentimental Education</b></u></em> [or <em>L’<b><u>Éducation sentimentale</b></u></em>]
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Nina <b><u>Simone</b></u> [or Eunice Kathleen <b><u>Waymon</b></u>] (The third line is about “Sinnerman.”)
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<b><u>USSR</u></b> [or <b><u>Soviet</u></b> Union; or Union of <b><u>Soviet</u></b> Socialist Republics; or <b><u>CCCP</u></b>; or <b><u>SSSR</u></b>; or Soyuz <b><u>Sovetskikh</u></b> Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik; prompt on <u>Russia</u>, <u>Rossiya</u>, <u>Russian</u> Federation, or <u>Rossiyskaya</u> Federatsiya]
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American <b><u>Civil</u></b> War [or United States <b><u>Civil</u></b> War] (the play in the first line is Suzan-Lori Parks’ <em>Father Comes Home From the Wars.</em>)
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<b><u>acetyl</u></b>ation [accept <b><u>ethanoyl</u></b>ation; accept <b><u>acetyl</u></b>ases or histone <b><u>acetyl</u></b>transferases or histone de<b><u>acetyl</u></b>ases; accept auto<b><u>acetyl</u></b>ation; prompt on chromatin <u>remodeling</u>; reject “deacetylation”; reject “methylation”]
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<b><u>Sergio</u></b> [or <b><u>Sergio</u></b> Sollima; or <b><u>Sergio</u></b> Corbucci; or <b><u>Sergio</u></b> Leone]
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<b><u>Carlist</u></b>s [or <b><u>Carlism</u></b>; or <b><u>Karlismo</u></b>; or <b><u>Carlisme</u></b>; or <b><u>Carlismo</u></b>]
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Inigo <b><u>Jones</b></u>
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<b><u>urea</u></b> [accept <b><u>urea</u></b>se]
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Hurricane <b><u>Katrina</b></u>
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Thomas <b><u>de Quincey</u></b> [or Thomas Penson <b><u>Quincey</u></b>]
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<b><u>Chemical Hygiene Plan</u></b>s [or <b><u>CHP</u></b>s]
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<b><u><em>Contempt</em></u></b> [or <em>Il <b><u>disprezzo</em></u></b>]
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<b><u>calico</b></u>
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<b><u>Buenos Aires</u></b> (The first two clues are about Macedonio Fernández. <em>Adam Buenosayres</em> is by Leopoldo Marechal.)
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<b><u>Nigeria</u></b> [or Federal Republic of <b><u>Nigeria</u></b>; or <b><u>Najeriya</u></b>; or <b><u>Naìjíríyà</u></b>; or <b><u>Nàìjíríà</u></b>]
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graduate <b><u>student</b></u>s [or grad <b><u>student</b></u>s or Master’s <b><u>student</b></u> or Ph.D. <b><u>student</b></u> or Doctor of Philosophy <b><u>student</b></u>; accept graduate <b><u>teaching assistant</b></u> or <b><u>grader</b></u>; accept graduate <b><u>research assistant</b></u>; prompt on <u>researcher</u>s or <u>academic</u>s or specific research disciplines, such as <u>biologist</u>s, by asking "in what career stage?”]
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all-<b><u>boron</u></b> fullerenes [or <b><u>borospherene</u></b>s]
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<b><u>bent</u></b> [accept <b><u>angular</u></b> or <b><u>V-shaped</u></b>]
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Nicolas <b><u>Poussin</u></b> (The painting is <em>A Dance to the Music of Time</em>.)
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<b><u>graphic</u></b> memoirs [or <b><u>graphic</u></b> fiction or <b><u>graphic</u></b> novels; accept <b><u>comic</u></b> books or <b><u>comic</u></b> memoirs; accept <b><u>cartoon</u></b>s; prompt on <u>memoir</u>s or <u>autobiographies</u> by asking “in what form?”] (Kate Beaton’s graphic memoir is <em>Ducks</em>. The Canadian press is Drawn & Quarterly.)
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<b><u>mutagenesis</u></b> [accept <b><u>mutagen</u></b>s; accept site-directed <b><u>mutagenesis</u></b> or <b><u>SDM</u></b>; prompt on <u>mutation</u> or word forms of <u>mutate</u>]
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<b><u>utility</b></u> [accept expected <b><u>utility</b></u>; accept <b><u>payoff</b></u>]
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<b><u>Nazca</u></b> culture [or <b><u>Nazca</u></b> lines; prompt on <u>Early Intermediate</u> period]
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Boltzmann’s <b><u><em>H</em></u></b> [or Boltzmann’s <b><u>eta</u></b>; accept <b><u><em>H</em></u></b>-theorem or <b><u>eta</u></b>-theorem; reject “enthalpy”]
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<b><u>Mauna Kea</u></b> [or <b><u>Mauna a Wākea</u></b>]
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<b><u>frog</u></b>s
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<b><u>saving</u></b>s [or propensity to <b><u>save</u></b>; accept under<b><u>saving</u></b>]
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Enrico <b><u>Fermi</b></u> [accept Landau–<b><u>Fermi</b></u> liquid theory or <b><u>Fermi</b></u> surface or <b><u>Fermi</b></u> level]
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Lady Anne <b><u>Conway</u></b> [or Viscountess <b><u>Conway</u></b> or Anne <b><u>Finch</u></b>]
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<b><u>melt</u></b>ing [accept <b><u>thaw</u></b>ing; accept <b><u>melt</u></b>water or <b><u>melt</u></b> season or <b><u>melt</u></b> ponds; prompt on answers mentioning <u>warm</u>ing, <u>heat</u>ing, heat <u>absorption</u>, or equivalents; prompt on <u>ablation</u> or <u>ice loss</u> or <u>disintegration</u> or <u>thinning</u> by asking “caused by what physical process?”]
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Rajiv <b><u>Joseph</u></b> (The play is <em>Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo</em>.)
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<b><u><em>Solaris</b></u></em>
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<b><u>Quanzhou</u></b> (“chwan-JOH”) [or <b><u>Zaytun</u></b>; or <b><u>Zaiton</u></b>]
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<b><u>President</u></b>s of the United States of America [or <b><u>POTUS</u></b>]
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<b><u>Plath</u></b> family [or the <b><u>Plath</u></b>s; accept family of Sylvia <b><u>Plath</u></b>] (The poem in the third sentence is “The Colossus.”)
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<b><u>tomb</u></b> of <b><u>Jesus</u></b> Christ [or equivalents such as <b><u>Jesus</u></b> Christ’s <b><u>mausoleum</u></b>; accept Church of the <b><u>Holy Sepulchre</u></b> or <b><u>Sancti Sepulchri</u></b> or <b><u>Panagíou Táfou</u></b>; prompt on empty <u>tomb</u> or equivalents; prompt on <u>Golgotha</u> or <u>Calvary</u> or <u>Hill of Skulls</u> by asking “what nearby site that is now marked by a namesake church?”]
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<b><u>dam</u></b>s [accept specific types of <b><u>dam</u></b>s such as hydroelectric <b><u>dam</u></b>s, embankment <b><u>dam</u></b>s, gravity <b><u>dam</u></b>s, or arch <b><u>dam</u></b>s; accept <b><u>levee</u></b>s or <b><u>dike</u></b>s; prompt on <u>reservoir</u>s or <u>basin</u>s until “reservoirs” is read by asking “what structures are built to create them?”] (An IDF is an inflow design flood, and a PMF is a probable maximum flood.)
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<em>The <b><u>Rape of the Lock</b></u></em>
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<b><u>Indonesia</u></b> [or Republic of <b><u>Indonesia</u></b>; or Republik <b><u>Indonesia</u></b>]
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Carl <b><u>Schurz</b></u>
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psycho<b><u>analysis</b></u>
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<b><u>surface tension</b></u> [accept <b><u>surface energy</b></u> or <b><u>surface</b></u> free <b><u>energy</b></u> or <b><u>interfacial energy</b></u> or <b><u>interface energy</b></u>; prompt on <u>gamma</u>]
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<em>The <b><u>Birth of Tragedy</em></u></b> [or <em>The <b><u>Birth of Tragedy</em></u></b> <em>Out of the Spirit of Music</em>;<em> </em>or<em> Die <b><u>Geburt der Tragödie</u></b> aus dem Geiste der Musik</em>] (The figure in the first sentence is Prometheus. Paglia replaced the word “Dionysian” with “chthonian.”)
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<b><u>China</u></b> [or People’s Republic of <b><u>China</u></b>; or <b><u>Zhōngguó</u></b>; or <b><u>Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó</u></b>; reject “Republic of China”]
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pro-<b><u>Ukraine</u></b> [or national defense of <b><u>Ukraine</u></b>; or <b><u>Ukrainian</u></b> sovereignty; or <b><u>Ukrainian</u></b> resistance to Russian invasion and/or occupation; accept any answer indicating <b><u>Ukraine</u></b>’s side of the Russia-Ukraine war; accept <em>Slava <b><u>Ukraini</em></u></b>;<em> </em>prompt on answers such as Russia-<u>Ukraine War</u> by asking “which side?”] (The swimmer is Olena Sadovska. “Stefania” was Ukraine’s entry in Eurovision 2022.)
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<b><u>cute</u></b>ness
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<b><u>singularities</u></b> [or gravitational <b><u>singularities</u></b> or spacetime <b><u>singularities</u></b>; prompt on <u>black hole</u>s until read]
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<b><u>rotifer</u></b>s [or <b><u><em>Rotifera</em></u></b>; accept bdelloid <b><u>rotifer</u></b>s; accept the <b><u>rotifer</u></b> polyculture method]<em> </em>(Both the 2022 study and the earlier study outlining the Meselson effect are from Matthew Meselson’s lab.)
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<b><u>Lagrangian</u></b> [accept <b><u>Lagrangian</u></b> mechanics]
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<b><u>Tolstoy</u></b> [accept Aleksei Nikolayevich <b><u>Tolstoy</u></b>]
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De <b><u>Stijl</u></b> (“duh style”) [accept <b><u>Neoplasticism</u></b>]
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<b><u>Irish</u></b> Americans
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<b><u>urea</b></u> [accept <b><u>carbamide</b></u>; accept <b><u>(NH2)2CO</b></u> (“N-H-two-two-C-O”)]
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<b><u>Randles–Ševčík</u></b> equation
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<b><u>innate</u></b>ness [accept <b><u>innate</u></b> ideas; accept <b><u>innate</u></b> knowledge; accept <b><u>native</u></b>; accept <b><u>inborn</u></b>]
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<b><u>fall</u></b> of the <b><u>Aztec</u></b>s [or Spanish <b><u>conquest</u></b> of the <b><u>Aztec</u></b> Empire; accept equivalents such as Hernán <b><u>Cortés</u></b> overthrowing <b><u>Moctezuma</u></b> or <b><u>Montezuma</u></b>]
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<b><u>Siena</b></u>
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<b><u>Zaire</u></b> [or Republic of <b><u>Zaire</u></b>]
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<b><u>threshold</u></b> models of collective behavior [or <b><u>threshold</u></b> function; or <b><u>threshold</u></b> number]
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<b><u>tic-tac-toe</u></b> [or <b><u>noughts and crosses</u></b> or <b><u>Xs and Os</u></b>]
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Bertrand <b><u>Russell</b></u>
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<b><u>collision</u></b>s [accept, but DO NOT REVEAL, Coulomb <b><u>collision</u></b>s]
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<b><u>anthropocene</u></b> [or <em>Capital in the <b><u>Anthropocene</em></u></b>]
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Symphony No. <b><u>5</u></b> [or <b><u>Fifth</u></b> Symphonies]
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Mark <b><u>Antony</b></u> [or Marcus <b><u>Antonius</b></u>; accept <b><u><em>Antony</b></u> and Cleopatra</em>]
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Āpirana <b><u>Ngata</u></b> [or Sir Āpirana Turupa <b><u>Ngata</u></b>]
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<b><u>cooperation</u></b> [or word forms of <b><u>cooperate</u></b> or <b><u>cooperative</u></b>; accept <b><u>coalition</u></b>-building until read; accept <em>The Evolution of <b><u>Cooperation</em></u></b>; accept<b><em> <u>Mutual Aid</u></b>: A Factor of Evolution</em>; prompt on <u>altruism</u> or word forms]
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homologous <b><u>recombination</u></b> [accept <b><u>HR</u></b>; accept <b><u>recombinase</u></b>s or Cre <b><u>recombinase</u></b>; accept large serine <b><u>recombinase</u></b>s; accept genetic <b><u>recombination</u></b>; accept <b><u>recombineer</u></b>ing; accept <b><u>crossing over</u></b>; accept <b><u>homology-directed repair</u></b>; prompt on <u>insertion</u> or <u>integration</u>; prompt on <u>DNA repair</u> or <u>double-strand break repair</u> or <u>DSB repair</u>]
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Marcel <b><u>Duchamp</b></u> [or Henri-Robert-Marcel <b><u>Duchamp</b></u>; accept Rrose <b><u>Sélavy</b></u> until read]
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<b><u>cyclic AMP</u></b> [or <b><u>cAMP</u></b>; or <b><u>cyclic adenosine monophosphate</u></b>; prompt on <u>AMP</u>]
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<b><u>peach</u></b> blossoms [or <b><u>peach</u></b> flowers; accept <b><u><em>Táo</u></b>huā shàn</em>, <b><u><em>Táo</u></b>huā Yuán Jì</em>, or S<em>ecret Love for the <b><u>Peach</u></b> Blossom Spring</em>]
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Josè <b><u>Martì</b></u> [or José Julián <b><u>Martí</b></u> Pérez] (The first line is from “The Girl from Guatemala,” which was about María García Granados.)
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<b><u>Catherine</u></b> Earnshaw [or <b><u>Catherine</u></b> Linton; or <b><u>Catherine</u></b> Heathcliff; accept <b><u>Cathy</u></b>, accept <b><u>Catherine’s ghost</u></b> or equivalents; prompt on <u>Linton</u> before mention; prompt on <u>Earnshaw</u>; reject “Cathy Linton”; reject “Heathcliff” alone]
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Nicanor <b><u>Parra</u></b> [or Nicanor Segundo <b><u>Parra</u></b> Sandoval] (Parra was called the “poet of the sneeze” by Thomas Merton.)
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Alan <b><u>Ayckbourn</u></b> [or Sir Alan <b><u>Ayckbourn</u></b>]
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<b><u>nature</u></b> [or <b><u><em>physis</em></u></b>; or <b><u><em>phusis</em></u></b>; or <b><u><em>physeis</em></u></b>; or <b><u><em>natura</em></u></b>; accept <em>De rerum <b><u>natura</em></u></b> or <em>On the <b><u>Nature</em></u></b> <em>of Things</em>]
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<b><u><em>Discobolus</em></u></b> [or <em>The</em> <b><u><em>Discus Thrower</em></u></b>]
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<b><u>Japanese</b></u> [accept <b><u>Japanese</b></u>-Peruvians or <b><u>Japanese</b></u>-Brazilians; prompt on <u>Peruvian</u>s or <u>Brazilian</u>s; prompt on <u>Asian</u>s]
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<b><u>thrall</b></u>s [or <b><u>þræll</b></u> or <b><u>þēow</b></u>; accept <b><u>Þír</b></u>; accept<em> <b><u>ambatt</b></u> or <b><u>ambott</b></u>ar</em>; accept <b><u>bryti</u> </b>until read; prompt on <u>slave</u>s or <u>serf</u>s; prompt on <u>bond-women</u>, <u>concubine</u>s, <u>maid</u>s or <u>mistress</u>es by asking “what social class were they in?”] (The gemstones and boiling plot clues are from The Third Lay of Gudrun.)
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<b><u>Kama</u></b> [or <b><u>Kama</u></b>deva or <b><u>Kaam</u></b>deva; accept <b><u>Manmatha</u></b> or <b><u>Murmura</u></b>]
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<b><u><em>aguinaldo</u></b>s</em> (“ah-ghee-NAHL-doh’s”)<em> </em>[reject “<em>primas</em>”]
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