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Here Comes 39: Constitution of the United States, Pier 39, Roy Campanella, Pomp and Circumstance Marches, Old Testament
World Capital Rhyme Time: Budapest test (from Budapest, Hungary and test), Seoul scroll (from Seoul, South Korea and scroll), Beirut suit (from Beirut, Lebanon and suit), Manila vanilla (from Manila, Philippines and vanilla)
All Kinds of Doors: revolving door, 10 Downing Street, Door Peninsula, Trapdoor spider
Writers and Their Works: Scarlett (Alexandra Ripley), The Martian (Andy Weir), The Sicilian (Mario Puzo), The Little Prince (Antoine de Saint-Exupery)
Chump Change: champ, hump, chime, ump, clamp
Ralph Macchi Talks Cobra Kai: dojo, crane kick, wax on, wax off, REO Speedwagon, Mr. Miyagi
On the Road Again: Fifth Avenue, U.S. Route 101, Snake Alley, Interstate 10, Beale Street
11-Letter Words: misdemeanor, racquetball, safecracker, unsheltered, demarcation
Discoveries: caffeine, asteroid, dinosaur bone, buckyball, prion
Canadian History: Senate of Canada, Northwest Territories, Hudson's Bay Company, Quebec City, L'Anse aux Meadows
Finance and Investing: NASDAQ, IRA
That's So Sir/Reel!: Sean Connery (From Russia With Love, The Russia House), Ian McKellen (Cats, X-Men), Patrick Stewart (L.A. Story, X-Men), Michael Caine (The Cide House Rules, Alfie), Alec Guinness (Murder By Death, Star Wars)
19th-Century Novels: The Hunchback of Notre Dame

1960s America: Ford Mustang, Alcatraz, Monterey Pop Festival, Project Mercury, James Meredith
Alphabetically Next: nihonium, niobium, nitrogen; Bismarck, Boise, Boston; Carter, Cleveland, Clinton; Radcliffe College, Smith College, Vassar College; Irish Terrier, Irish Water Spaniel, Irish Wolfhound
Broadcasting History: streaming service, FOX Broadcasting Corporation, CBS, Faraway Hill, Federal Communications Commission
Going on a Power Trip: nuclear energy, coal, steam, wood
New to the OED: what's up, Doc?, First Gentleman, vaccine passport, burner phone, standing on the shoulders of giants
NFL Opening Weekend: kickoff, interception, Peyton Manning, 1981 San Francisco 49ers season, Cam Newton
Do You Feel A First Draft?: Winter Dreams, Sherrington Hope / Dr. Ormond Sacker, Portnoy's Complaint
Synonyms: bureau, bill, jester, eyetooth, rustic
A Chem/Physics/Bio Sampler: chromosome, gravity, Geiger counter, icthyology, copper
Full of Holes: honeycomb, Swiss cheese, pillory, Holes (novel), Recumbent Figure
European Places: Zürich, Algarve, Gulf of Kotor, Appian Way, Gdańsk
20th Century Song, 21st Century Ad: T-Mobile / Rebel Yell, GEICO / Round & Round, Carnival Cruise Lines / Bang The Drum All Day, Infiniti QX60 / Wild World, Fidelity Investments / More Than This
The British Royal Family: Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Historic Words: A house divided against itself cannot stand (Abraham Lincoln); The die is cast (Julius Caesar); Better to die on your feet than live on your knees (Emiliano Zapata); You can return blow for blow if you are not brave enough to follow the path of nonviolence (Mahatma Gandhi); Have you no sense of decency (Joseph Welch)
Music: Narciso Yepes's ten-string guitar, sorbetto, Messiah (Handel), Symphony No. 6 (Tchaikovsky), The Well-Tempered Clavier
Dog Names: Fido, Laika, Rover, Veto, Nanette / Rin Tin Tin
Buildings: Smithsonian Institution Building, Potala Palace, Bran Castle, Dome of the Rock, Hagia Sophia
The Born Identity: Marilyn Monroe, Meg Ryan, Vin Diesel, Jamie Foxx, Charlie Sheen
"Con"s: concede, conjunction, concertina, conch, John Constable
Ends with 2 Vowels: paleo diet, studio, rescue, segue, brusque
Africa: Sahara, Victoria Falls, Luangwa National Park, Côte d'Ivoire, Karnak
Priming the Pump: ventricle, Army Corps of Engineers, Archimedes screw, Sylvanus Bowser
Literary Characters: Mary Poppins, Don Quixote (character), George and Lennie, White Fang
The Law: custody, non-disclosure agreement, class (law), unenumerated rights
Cons: Dragon Con, Gen Con, Comic-Con International, Monsterpalooza, Mythcon 19
Artists: Claude Monet

Letter-Perfect Books: M (John Sack), X (Grafton novel), H: The Story of Heathcliff's Journey Back to Wuthering Heights, T: The Story of Testosterone, the Hormone that Dominates and Divides Us, Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald
Party!: Oktoberfest, Cordão da Bola Preta, Loy Krathong, gender reveal, Montreal International Jazz Festival
TV Title Adjectives: sunny^[1] (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia), unbreakable (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt), gilded (The Gilded Age), unsolved (Unsolved Mysteries), shameless (Shameless (series))
Spanish: cargo, loco, rodeo, flotilla, savvy
Cleanup: Hercules, mop, Pulp Fiction, BP, clownfish
Isle, 5: Golden Isles, Isla Gorgona, Migingo Island, Isle Royale, Innisfree
A Little History: Salmon P. Chase, MBTA subway, Marie Antoinette, Plutarch, Vitus Bering
Science Projects: Manhattan Project, Jamestown Rediscovery, Tagging of Pacific Predators, Very Large Array, Human Genome Project
Go Get "Em": embrace, ember, embezzlement, empirical evidence, emeritus
Philosophy: free will, cynicism, Aristotle, reason, ethics
Singers Who Act: Elvis Presley, Tupac Shakur, Madonna, Whitney Houston, David Bowie
Hispanic Heritage Here: Cuba, reggaeton, Puerto Rico, Once Upon a Quinceañera: Coming of Age in the USA, Venezuela
U.S. Colleges and Universities: Carnegie Mellon University

Herstory: Penelope Barker, Sojourner Truth, Roxana, Bernadette Soubirous
Texting abbreviations: FOMO, BAU, WYWH, GMTA, SOML
2022 Geogra-fee: Staten Island Ferry, Fargo-Philadelphia bus trip, Syracuse-Ottawa road trip, Yellowstone National Park, Emirates Flight 216
Freds Up: Mister Rogers, Fred Astaire, Fred Armisen, Fred Grandy, Fred Thompson
Magazine Covers: Muhammad Ali, To the Moon and Back (LIFE Magazine)
Help Me Move My Stuff?: Gutenberg Bible, Bowler hat, Steinway Model D, The Thinker, wolverine
British Literature: The Far Pavilions, Kidnapped (novel), Hardy, Lorna Doone, Harold Pinter
Magnets!: north, horseshoe, MRI, maglev, Zeeman effect
Think Fast: Fast Times at Ridgemont High, jai alai, Fast Break, fast-twitch / slow-twitch, sailfish
Television: Paul Giamatti, Dopesick, Masterpiece Theatre, The Dropout
Explorers: James Cook, Pedro Cabral, Leif Erikson, Edmund Hillary, Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Beyond the Pale: paleontology, pallet, palindrome, palmetto, palisade
Disney Songs: We Don't Talk About Bruno

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 *'''[[:Category:Television|Television]]''': [[Paul Giamatti]], [[Dopesick]], [[Masterpiece Theatre]], [[The Dropout]]
 *'''[[:Category:Explorers|Explorers]]''': [[James Cook]], [[Pedro Cabral]], ''[[Leif Erikson]]'', [[Edmund Hillary]], [[Vasco Núñez de Balboa]]
-*'''[[:Category:Beyond the pale|Beyond the Pale]]''': [[paleontology]], [[pallet]], ''[[palindrome]]'', [[palmetto]], [[palisads
+*'''[[:Category:Beyond the pale|Beyond the Pale]]''': [[paleontology]], [[pallet]], ''[[palindrome]]'', [[palmetto]], [[palisade]]
 *'''[[:Category:Disney songs|Disney Songs]]''': [[We Don't Talk About Bruno]]