Universal – Dec 3, 2023, Answers
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Universal – Dec 3 2023 Clues Answers “Am I the only one?” ISITJUSTME “Gossip Girl” character Archibald NATE “Happy to do it!” ICAN “Have a sample!” TRYONE “I need this huge favor …” DOMEASOLID “I’ve already answered that,” in office-speak PERMYLASTEMAIL “If ___ Street ...
“The Long Goodbye” Oscar winner Ahmed
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RIZ British actor and rapper Riz Ahmed released a 2020 studio album called “The Long Goodbye”. He accompanied it with a short film of the same name, which won the Best Live Action Short Film Oscar in 2022. Riz Ahmed is a British actor, ...
Make an unusual choice while making borscht?
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SKIP A BEET (from “skip a beat”) Borscht is a beetroot soup that originated in Ukraine. Borscht can be served both hot and cold. This expression is often used metaphorically to describe a sudden, typically emotional, reaction that causes one’s heart to skip a ...
Ming who is the tallest player in the basketball Hall of Fame
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YAO Yao Ming is a retired professional basketball player from Shanghai who played for the Houston Rockets. At 7’6″, Yao was the tallest man playing in the NBA. He has a cute nickname: “the Ming Dynasty”. Yao Ming is a retired Chinese professional basketball ...
Raga instrument
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SITAR The sitar has been around since the Middle Ages. It is a stringed instrument that is played by plucking, and is used most often in Hindustani classical music. In the West we have been exposed to the instrument largely through the performances of ...
50+ group
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AARP AARP is the official name now for the interest group that used to be called “The American Association of Retired Persons”. The name change reflects the current focus of the group on all Americans aged 50 or over, as opposed to just people ...
Repast
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MEAL Our word “repast”, meaning “meal”, came to us via French (in which language “repas” is “meal”). Ultimately the term comes from the Latin “repascere” meaning “to repeatedly graze”. The term “repast” refers to a meal or the food served during a meal. It ...
Magician Jillette
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PENN Penn Jillette is one half of the duo of magicians known as Penn & Teller (Penn is the one who talks). Penn teamed up with Teller on stage in 1981, having met him through a friend back in 1974. As well as being ...
Travis or Haggard of country music
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MERLE Merle Travis was a country and western singer who is perhaps best known for his song “Sixteen Tons”, which is about a coal miner. Travis was born in Kentucky, and wrote several songs about the the lives of American coal miners. Merle Haggard ...
“__ a wrap”
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THAT’S When shooting of a film is concluded the movie is said to wrap, and everyone heads to the wrap party. There is one story that “wrap” is actually an acronym for “wind, reel and print”, a reference to the transition of the filming ...
No Doubt lead singer Stefani
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GWEN Gwen Stefani is lead singer with the rock band No Doubt. She joined the band in 1986, focused on a solo career from 2004-2008, but is now back singing and working with No Doubt. She joined the reality show “The Voice” as a ...
Patterns in an aviary
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PLUMAGES “Plume” is a French word meaning “feather”. The term migrated into English from Old French in the late 1500s with the same meaning. We also use “plume” to describe something resembling a feather, like perhaps a “feathery” stream of smoke above a fire. ...
__ firma
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TERRA “Terra firma” is Latin for “solid ground”. “Terra firma” is a Latin phrase that translates to “solid ground” or “firm earth” in English. It is often used to refer to dry land, as opposed to water or the sea. People might use the ...
Certain, for sure: Abbr.
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SYN “Certain” is a synonym (syn.) of “sure”. If you are looking for a synonym for the word “certain,” a few options include: Definite Sure Positive Assured Guaranteed Confirmed Undoubted Established Unquestionable Clear The most appropriate synonym can depend on the context in which ...
Kelp and sargassum
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SEAWEEDS Kelps are large seaweeds that grow in kelp forests underwater. Kelps can grow to over 250 feet in length, and do so very quickly. Some kelps can grow at the rate of 1-2 feet per day. The Sargasso Sea is an area within ...
Intel microprocessor
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XEON Intel introduced its Xeon line of microprocessors in 1998. We don’t see them in our home computers as they are targeted at non-consumer workstations. “Xeon” refers to a brand of x86 microprocessors designed and manufactured by Intel. These processors are primarily targeted at ...
Decree
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FIAT A fiat is an arbitrary rule that is imposed, and is the Latin for “let it be done”. “Fiat” has multiple meanings depending on the context. Here are a couple of common uses: Fiat Currency: In the realm of finance, “fiat” often refers ...
City viewed from Holmenkollbakken
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OSLO Holmenkollbakken is a ski jumping hill in Oslo that opened for competition way back in 1892. Holmenkollbakken is a large ski jumping hill located in Oslo, Norway. It is one of the most famous and iconic ski jumping venues in the world. The ...
Carefully check some deli stock?
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SCREEN LOX (from “screenlocks”) Lox is a brine-cured salmon filet that is finely sliced. The term “lox” comes into English via Yiddish, and derives from the German word for salmon, namely “Lachs”. “Lachs” is the German word for “salmon” in English. It refers to ...
Score a seafood morsel in a bite of paella?
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PULL A MUSSEL (from “pull a muscle”) Some argue that eating mussels grown in farms may be friendlier to the planet than following a vegan diet. Mussel farms use no land, no freshwater, no fertilizer, and even clean up the surrounding seawater. Paella is ...
