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8696 (12 September 2022)

• 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

8697 (13 September 2022)

• 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

8698 (14 September 2022)

• 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