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:The termjuggernautcomes from a massive vehicle pulled by thousands of pilgrims to honor this avatar of Vishnu.
MILITARY EMBLEMS OF BELIEF:The faravahar signifies this Persian religion.
ARABIA:This city in the Sirat Mountains commands the attention of the devout five times a day.
TOUGH 3-LETTER WORDS:This Latin word meaning “thus” begins Virginia’s state motto.
’80s LADIES:At the 1988 Summer Olympics, she ran off with three gold medals and one silver.
WORLD OF JOBS:In Swedish:blomsterhandlare.
IDIOMS MADE FANCY:All those things that enhance the buoyancy of your vessel.
GEOGRAPHIC AKAs:Monte Cervino is what the Italians call this mountain that they share with the Swiss.
THE LAST WORD SAID IN CLASSIC FILMS:Apocalypse Now.
THE STATE’S RICHEST PERSON:Washington: Sorry, Bill Gates, it’s this guy.
BOOKS AND AUTHORS:This “miserable” guy says, “I was a convict.
I have spent 19 years in prison.”
3 CONSECUTIVE VOWELS:He’s the Old Testament prophet most quoted in the New Testament.
FROM FILM TO TV:In two film versions of a TV sitcom, Shelley Long played this character.
:Since 2000, the vaccine given in the U.S. for this is the IPV or inactivated one.
AUDIBLE:Johnny Depp got the honor of bringing this guitar legend’s memoir to life.
3-LETTER WORDS:The British use the name of this booze to mean “strange.”
LET’S TAKE IT OUTSIDE:This mountaineering-apparel company began in 1966 in San Francisco’s North Beach.
NAME THE MOVIE KING:Patrick Stewart in “Robin Hood: Men in Tights.”
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“A” MOVIE:It won the Oscar as the best film of 2012.
DEEPER CUTS:The 2000 albumReturn of Saturnby this ska-pop band found “Magic’s in the Makeup.”
CROSSWORD CLUES “Q”:Term for a 40-to-49-year-old(14 letters).
7-SYLLABLE WORDS:A gross this is a misrepresentation of an event as less complex than it really is.
IT’S A GAS:Lachrymatoris a more formal word for this class of irritants.
“IN” THE DICTIONARY:This French loanword means “indifferent or nonchalant.”
“C” FLAT:The X’s give an extra hint to this popular form of embroidery.
PEACE:Some tomahawks were modified opposite the blade as one of these to represent peace at treaty signings.
STARTS WITH “B”:Guinea is a small species of this primate.
NEW TO THE OED:Much in the news, this verb means to withdraw financing from an institution.
ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS:The cosmetics brand e.l.f.
is an acronym for these three areas where its products are used.
MONEY IDIOMS:This rhyming term refers to the output of a counterfeiter.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS:A punning song title from Talking Heads is “Sax and” these instruments.
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In 1919, Max Planck and this other German physicist nominated each other for Nobel prizes.
“ST” FOR A START:This adjective means dark and hellish, like a journey to Hades.
GERUNDS:Free-falling and the canopy ride are segments of this activity.
