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RECENT MOVIES
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The tree that bears this fruit is sacred in India

the mango

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A horse of pure stock

a Thoroughbred

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In Spanish ¡felicidades! is one way to say this

congratulations

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Caroll Spinney was the original puppeteer for both Oscar the Grouch & this feathered resident of "Sesame Street"

Big Bird

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"Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom" ends with our hero revealing the existence of this kingdom of his

Atlantis

200

Martha Stewart suggests copper bowls to get proper fluffiness in this egg-white pie preparation

meringue

200

A sensational 5-column-wide newspaper

a tabloid

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It's another name for a movie's director of photography; Conrad Hall was a great one

a cinematographer

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This playwright's "Biloxi Blues" came to Broadway in 1985

Neil Simon

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This beloved bear gets a terrifying makeover in the 2023 horror film subtitled "Blood and Honey"

(Winnie the) Pooh

300

Inject cooked soybeans with a fermented grain called koji & you've got this Japanese bean paste

miso

300

A Russian thistle, bouncing down an Old West street in the wind

a tumbleweed

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Described in 3 of the gospels, it's the term for Jesus' change in appearance to divine form up on a mountain

transfiguration

300

The last name of this Giants great includes "Cove", & a cove where home run balls splash down is named for him

McCovey

300

In "The Brutalist" he plays Harrison Lee Van Buren Sr., initially not crazy about the work of architect Laszlo Toth

Guy Pearce

400

This fancy culinary term refers to a mixture of diced carrots, onions & celery

mirepoix

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All added up, it means arranged in a systematic form

tabulated

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It's the phenomenon exhibited in waves on the California coast, caused by light-emitting organism

bioluminescence

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She's seen  around the time she released "Under the Pink", one the most influential albums of the '90s

Tori Amos

400

As this character in "Dune: Part Two", Timothée Chalamet unites with the Fremen to help seek his revenge on his enemies

Paul

500

A Swiss nutritionist developed this 6-letter breakfast, from a German word for "stew

muesli

500

This inn is found in "The Canterbury Tales" & today in Washington, D.C., where it's a favorite brunch spo

the Tabard Inn

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From French & Latin for "nimble finger", it's a fancy name for a sleight of hand magician

a prestidigitator

500

John Ford directed the Oscar-winning 1942 documentary "Battle of" this locale at which Ford himself was wounded

(Battle of) Midway

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Subtitled "A Mad Max Saga", this film is an origin story about a legendary fighter before she met the Road Warrior

Furiosa

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