My dad sadly passed away in September 2023 and he loved Jeopardy it was his favorite TV show, so this crossword will use clues from the show itself, thankfully you don't need to phrase it in the form of a question
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1 WORD, 2 MEANINGS: A geometric figure, or go fish with a hook & line
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1 WORD, 2 MEANINGS: A geometric figure, or go fish with a hook & line
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BASEBALL'S BIG NUMBERS: This legendary Braves slugger who's first on the all-time RBI list with 2,297 passed away in 2021
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HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES: Waitangi Day in New Zealand commemorates the 1840 treaty signed between the British & these natives
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BRISK LIT: Shakespeare's Sonnet 130 begins, "My mistress' eyes are nothing like the" this object
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ABBREVIATED TELEVISION: Eriq La Salle played surgical resident Peter Benton on this long-running series
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AUTOIMMUNE DISORDERS: On "The West Wing" Jed Bartlet has a relapsing-remitting course of this autoimmune disorder (My dad also had this disorder)
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POP CULTURE: (Conan O'Brien presents the clue) In a "Clueless Gamer" segment, I attacked a strip club with a missile-carrying helicopter while playing the fifth installment of this Rockstar game; sadly, the bouncer had a grenade
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VERSE CASE SCENARIO: This 2-letter word is the title & first word of Kipling's poem that ends, "You'll be a man, my son!"
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ORGANIZATIONS: A 1908 race riot in Springfield, Illinois helped lead to the founding of this civil rights organization the following year
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ADJECTIVES: Peculiar; or, a number like 17 or 23
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THE HUMAN BODY: Gastric juice in the stomach consists of the enzyme pepsin & this acid
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COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES: Universities in Columbia & in Los Angeles share this 3-letter abbreviation
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GRAMMY RECORD OF THE YEAR: 2007: They tried to make Amy go
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ALSO A STATE POSTAL ABBREVIATION: Internet domain for the Holy See
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ALSO ON YOUR PC KEYBOARD: It was introduced by the Coca-Cola Company in 1963
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CATEGORY IN TRAINING: In days of olde, it was the training level between page & knight
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"OLIVER" TWIST: To disturb & make cloudy by stirring up sediment
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POETRY: In "The Waste Land" the line "I do not find the hanged man" alludes to these cards
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21ST CENTURY COMPANIES: The idea for this app was born in 2008 after its co-founders were unable to get a cab in France
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FIRST NAME WORDS: Marry someone much younger & you do this to "the cradle"
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STAPLES CENTER: In 1999 it went by truck from Paramount, CA to 11th St. where a specially licensed driver drove it into the arena
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TRUST FALL: This 3-letter event has ruined trusts as well as banks; in 1907 an $8 mil. one on the Knickerbocker Trust led to the panic of 1907
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PREHISTORIC TIMES: Scientists have placed 5 species of prehumans into the genus Australopithecus, which means "southern" this
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GREEK LETTER HOMOPHONES: One way to propel a boat
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MILITARY AIRCRAFT: McDonnell's F-4 fighter used in the United States in the Vietnam War was known as the... this... oops... hey, where'd it go?
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COOKING VERBS: While cooking meat keep it moist by doing this, pouring juices or melted fat over it
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CINEMATIC LEADERSHIP: In the world of filmmaking, this two-letter prefix often introduces the title of the individual responsible for orchestrating the visual aspects and overall look of a movie
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FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES: If you're in a store in Spain & you see a sign over a door saying "Salida", it means this
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BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: On April 24th, 1991 Pizza Hut delivered pizzas to each U.S. family they could find with this name
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2-LETTER WORDS: "Us" is the objective case of this pronoun
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BODY PARTS IN LATIN: Bracchium
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2-LETTER LIT: Surname of physician Julius, antagonist of a 1958 Fleming novel
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WORDS IN CHARLES DICKENS NOVEL TITLES: A shorter synonym for story
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SINGLE-NAMED CELEBS: Bassist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, he's acted in films like "Baby Driver" & "The Big Lebowski"
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RHETORICAL DEVICES: Tennyson said oxymoronically of Lancelot that "faith unfaithful kept him falsely" this
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LITERARY SIBLINGS: In a famous fairy tale, this astute sister's name means "pearl"
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11-LETTER WORDS: A 1947 essayist said this, the dissection of living creatures, puts humans "on the animal level"
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MAGS FOR MEN: In 2001 you could take aim at the special 500th issue of "Guns &" this
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Q WITHOUT U: Many companies that qualify for the NYSE choose to sell their stock on this electronic service instead
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NEVER BORED OF BOARD GAMES: In 2016 news an A.I. program beat a champion of this 2-letter game with 361 pieces
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ABBREVIATIONS: In the world of fashion, this three-letter abbreviation often precedes "Clothing Co." and is synonymous with stylish, urban-inspired apparel for the "larger" demographic
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PRONOUN TEST: It's a conjunction used to introduce a choice between 2 alternatives
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"SAFE": The OED's first attribution regarding this cautionary acronym dates back to 2002 & a Dave Matthews Usenet newsgroup
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CHEERS: "Rock chalk, Jayhawk," is followed by these 2 school letters
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GARDENING: Marigolds are an example of this type of plant which completes its life cycle in a year or less
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ALL AROUND YOUTUBE: All sorts of folks watch things on the Fine Brothers channel where this 5-letter verb is in every video title
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MINIONS: In a preface to "The Hobbit", Tolkien says this 3-letter word is usually translated as goblin
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WORD ORIGINS: This small scented pouch takes its name from the French for "little bag"
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CONJUNCTION JUNCTION: This conjunction is also the symbol for a poisonous element
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TRAVEL & TOURISM: Dating back to the 13th century, the Adam and Eve is the oldest of these in Norwich, England
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TENNIS-Y WILLIAMS: Venus & Serena grew up in this huge city's suburb of Compton
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TOUCAN: A macaw named Blu heads to Brazil & meets a toucan named Rafael in the animated movie with this 3-letter title
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3 CONSONANTS, ZERO VOWELS: Use it to exclaim that it's bracingly cold
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GADGETS: Sony president Kaz Hirai said this handheld Playstation console was named for the Latin word for "life"
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THE BIBLE: Fittingly, in the King James version, the New Testament ends with this 4-letter word
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FOOD & DRINK MOVIE QUOTES: From "Elf": "We elves try to stick to the 4 main food groups: candy, candy canes, candy corns and" this liquid
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ONLY ONE CONSONANT: On the ocean bottom, globigerina is a type of this gooey mud containing dead organisms
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PARTS OF THE WHOLE: Base, neck, socket, harp
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TRANSPORTATION IN FILMS: "Das Boot" was this type of boat
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WHAT IS THAT?: Rosin is applied to these to help make sweet music
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LET'S GET DIRTY: For a traditional Cajun dish, add chicken liver or gizzards to this, making it "dirty"
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INVENTIVE WOMEN: Hinda Miller & Lisa Lindahl sewed 2 athletic supporters together to make the first "sports" one of these
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PHYSICAL SCIENCE: A 1-megaton bomb has the explosive power of a million tons of this
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TELEVISION NICKNAMES: On "Sex and the City", Chris Noth played Carrie's elusive flame known as this
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TRUCE!: No countries signed the 1953 armistice ending the Korean War--only generals representing North Korea & this intl. organization
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IN THE BOOKSTORE: Middle school students in Florida save endangered miniature owls in this mystery by Carl Hiaasen
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STAR TREK: "Benson" alumni aliens are Ethan Phillips, Neelix on "Voyager", & Rene Auberjonois, who plays this role on "DS9"
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FROM BOOK TO MOVIE WITH A DIFFERENT TITLE: About a CIA analyst on the run, "Six Days of the Condor" was changed to this many days in the movie version
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FISH: As a tadpole is a young frog, an elver is a young one of these
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PROVIDE US THE LATIN ABBREVIATION: "Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews"
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PHILISOPHICAL TERMS: This Greek word, often translated as "mind" or "intellect," refers to the faculty of rational thought and consciousness
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FIRE Z: Deny the Z of a ballroom dance & it becomes this first name of a 19th century U.S. poet
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MUSIC: Perhaps due to an illness, 18th c. soprano Anastasia Robinson dropped into this range
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COUNTRY DROP A LETTER: When a Mediterranean isle loses its last letter, it becomes this soda fountain drink
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SURF'S UP: If you're searching for your own name on the Web, you're doing this type of 3-letter Freudian "surfing"
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STATE CAPITALS: Part of a Southwestern capital city name, it means "faith" in Spanish
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PEOPLE IN HISTORY: The last King William to rule England had this number after his name
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STORIES OF THE SAINTS: In a vision on the wall of her room, St. Clare witnessed a mass & so today is the patron saint of this modern invention
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SUFFIXES: This double-vowel suffix denotes the object or beneficiary of an action
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LETTER LETTER: A medical professional made from both a letter you learn "The 3" of in school & the chess symbol for the knight