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As its name suggests, a pangram uses all of these at least once in one sentence
letters of the alphabet
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He is the patron saint of Norway
St. Olaf
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This prying tool is so named because one end looks like a beak
a crowbar
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Aunt May & Norman Osborn show up in this superhero's Marvel-ous high-flying game
Spider-Man
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To cast a ballot & to refuse to allow something
vote & veto
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Paranym is another word for this, a word substituted for a more unpleasant one
a euphemism
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Napoleon lived at the Briars Pavilion & then at Longwood on this island in the South Atlantic
St. Helena
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Remains of an early form of man were found in a French cave with this name
Cro-Magnon
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In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, you can choose among many avatars like Link, Donkey Kong or this fast hedgehog
Sonic
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A "golden" lack of noise & a permit for cruising in your convertible
silence & license
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2-word term for a common language for speakers of different tongues; it was once an actual language quoted by Moliere
lingua franca
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It's where to go to groove to the Twin Cities Jazz Festival
St. Paul
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This flower is often seen in the spring
a crocus
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Many online games say they are "F2P" , meaning this; beware, there are usually ways to spend cash down the line
free to play
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To make a sauce more viscous & the room of the house where it might happen
thicken & kitchen
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As in scientific classification, a nomenclator is someone who assigns these
names
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n island country in the Lesser Antilles is a package deal: this saint & the Grenadines
St. Vincent
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The name of this miracle of modern invention is partly from the French for "hook"
Velcro
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The 7 rotatable blocks used in this video game have unofficial names like Orange Ricky, Hero & Smashboy
Tetris
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Place for your tootsies on a ten-speed & to beg strongly
pedal & plead
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It's a word that tells people you're in a group; in the Bible those who said "sib" instead of "shib" were slaughtered
a shibboleth
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A church in this suburb of Paris has the tombs of 12 centuries of French kings
Saint-Denis
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When a politician appoints his friends to positions they are unqualified for, it's called this
cronyism
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Of the 4 ghosts in the original English version of the Pac-Man game, the one that doesn't rhyme with the others
Clyde
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Hogs or pigs & a synonym for a tendon
swine & sinew