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The Decades-Long Saga of How the GOP Went Crazy

◆ · By Wayne Mesard · Published 2022-09-30T22:15:33.577Z

Constructor's Note
Why not a tribute puzzle to a magazine article? Read David Corn's piece in the latest issue of Mother Jones: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/09/it-didnt-start-with-trump-the-decades-long-saga-of-how-the-gop-went-crazy/ . Then go buy his book, American Psychosis.
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    "___ for Evidence" (Sue Grafton novel)
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      "___ for Evidence" (Sue Grafton novel)
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      Lions or Tigers or Bears
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      Jim's love on "The Office"
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      *Joe ___: Republican fear and grievance senator from 1950
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      Clean, as a white board
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      Romeo's pal until Act 3 (sorry: spoiler alert)
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      Penne or ziti
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      "Get it?"
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      Fish, to Francois
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      Pennsylvanians stubbornly insist on calling this a "hoagie"
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      *John ___: Republican fear and grievance organization from 1958
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      Doom-scrolling, e.g.
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      Amazeballs, as in last night's party
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      Eats between meals (or, if we're being honest, instead of meals)
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      Golfer Aoki
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      *___ Strategy: Republican fear and grievance campaign from 1968
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      Narrow inlets
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      Futbol chant
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      "Your point being...?"
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      Ajar
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      *Republican fear and grievance movement from 2009
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      Internet data streaming protocol (abbr.)
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      ___ report (the reason to keep those receipts when on a business trip)
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      Bother
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      "Me too"
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      Monty Python musical
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      Admit guilt or claim innocence
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      *Republican fear and grievance cult from 2016
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      H.S. diploma substitute
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      Star Wars film directed by Ron Howard
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      One seen Xing on street signs
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      Annual TV awards whose website unironically says "No television provider needed...you can watch from any of your devices"
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      Spring thaws in Minnesota
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      Prepare for an operation
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      Factual
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      Add this to shrink a kitchen?
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      Hawaiian for "yellowfin"
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      Not far-sighted
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      Heaps and bunches
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      Queens neighborhood named after America's first multi-millionaire
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      Intends
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      Window units
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      Amazeballs, as in last night's pub crawl
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      Calamine target (Don't scratch it! You scratched it, didn't you? I told you not to scratch it)
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      Mork's home planet
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      Like a hand with 22 points in Blackjack
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      Conn. neighbor
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      Logical start?
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      Retail : UPC :: Wholesale : ___
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      Not working, briefly
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      Kind of cow or mackerel
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      Subordinate Claus?
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      Speedwagon automaker
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      Appropriate for tweens, as per the prudes at the MPA
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      Like Napoleon on Elba
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      What Peter Jackson did faithfully to "Lord of the Rings" and less faithfully to "The Hobbit"
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      Accidentally spill the beans
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      Email : Attach :: Letter : ___
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      "9 ___", InstantPot setting when starting a batch of yogurt before going to bed
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      Alamogordo and Bikini events
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      Org. opposed to cruelty
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      Partner of a wink
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      Vet
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      Transport
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      Bullets, peas, or snowballs (depending on the type of conflict)
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      Maple syrup ingredient
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      "When the going gets weird, the weird turn ___", as per Hunter S. Thompson
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