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At 22,000 square miles, it's the largest lake entirely within one country
Lake Michigan
The Caped Crusader gets a "Blurred Lines" singer as a new sidekick & they tour as this duo
Batman & Robin Thicke
The Sentra of your attentio
Nissan
The isthmus of this nation is the narrowest part of the Americas
Panama
The act of putting Naugahyde on the divan
upholstering
This word for a stupid or gullible person contains a "chum" of yours
chump
Donkey-shaped, 60' tall & filled with 8,000 pounds of candy, one of these was opened up in 2008
a piñata
Chris Pratt trains velociraptors & makes loans to countries with an organization founded in 1944
Jurassic World Bank
The $120,000 S-class coupe; my friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends
Mercedes
This peninsula on the Black Sea is joined to the mainland by the Isthmus of Perekop
the Crimean Peninsula
It can refer to a not-so-close friend or personal knowledge of a subject
acquaintance
You'll find a dear "crony" in this type of word formed from the initial letters of other words
an acronym
At 2.4 mil. sq. ft. the King of Prussia Mall in this state claims to have more retail space than any other mall in America
Pennsylvania
"Bridesmaids" & "SNL" star who guided Santa's sleigh
Maya Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
The Rav4, which has the airbags8
Toyota
Cutting the isthmus between Africa & Asia, this canal shortened the distance between England & India by about 5,000 miles
the Suez
"Rocky" term for putting up obstacles to delay the release of damaging information
stonewalling
You've got a "bud" in this official who mediates between private citizens & the government
an ombudsman
The 3 Gorges Dam on this river in China is 1.5 miles wide & generates as much power as 18 nuclear plants
the Yangtze
Black Rock, Nevada annual festival that's used as a football strategy where one player matches up with another
Burning Man-to-Man
The Sportage
(Hint: SUV is 3 letters, too)
Kia
ust east of the Gulf of Finland, the Karelian Isthmus was the on/off HQ of this leading Commie between 1906 & '17
Lenin
An aquarium becomes this when it's devoted to a certain specific creature
a dolphinarium
Someday you'll get used to this word meaning "to adapt"; it features a "mate' of yours
acclimate
On radio an international audience of over 130 million tunes in to this British network's news programs
the BBC
Collective name for the small group that picks the president, vice president & pope
the Electoral College of Cardinals
The A4 runs 4 rings around the competition
Audi
Nearly 1/3 of New Zealand's people live in this isthmian city on North Island
Auckland
In 1609 Kepler lent new support to the theory that the planets revolve around the Sun, known by this adjectiv
heliocentric
You've got a "pal" in this adjective that means able to be felt by touch
palpable