TOUGH 7-LETTER WORDS
RETIRED
MISHEARD LYRICS
WHAT'S "NEW"?
U.S. FIRSTS
WELL, THEY SOUND THE SAME...
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Idiomatically, you don't wanna be naked like this feathered fellow seen here
a jaybird
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With 23, this NBA team has retired the most uniform numbers, including Kevin Garnett's No. 5 & Larry Bird's No. 33
Boston Celtics
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This Beatles song has a lot of levels, but it's "a girl with kaleidoscope eyes" rather than "a girl with colitis goes by"
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
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It consists of 27 books, from Matthew through Revelation
The New Testament
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The first successful nationally distributed low-calorie beer was Lite from this brand
Miller
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To be sick, or a foamy beverage
ail (ale)
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There's a body part in this term for a legislative provision directing funds to specific projects
an earmark
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This Ben & Jerry's flavor, vanilla ice cream with a nutty brittle, was sent up the Amazon river in 1999
Rainforest Crunch
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Many have sung along to the radio, "I left my brains down in" here
Africa
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Edward Yang's 1985 "Taipei Story" was part of a movement in Taiwanese cinema with the same name as this '50s trend
the new wave
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In 1929 "Wings" took the first Best Picture Oscar & this swashbuckler, Sr., was the first host of the ceremony
Douglas Fairbanks
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A group of young ladies, or one married one
misses & Mrs.
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Going all the way from A to C, this scientific term means not associated with living organisms
abiotic
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In 1990 Crayola's first group of crayons to be permanently retired included lemon yellow & this "raw" brown
umber
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A classic by this singer turns out not to be about a hip minister called "the reverend blue jeans"
Neil Diamond
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This deliberately ambiguous language was invented by George Orwell for "1984"
Newspeak
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The first woman mayor of a major U.S. city was Bertha Landes in Seattle; soon after came Dorothy Lee in this city 172 miles south
Portland, OR
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An emotional state, or what the cow did
mood & mooed
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This murder tool, a thin wire with handles, allows one to get up close & personal when strangulation is the goal
a garrote
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2 of the 3 Space Shuttles that were retired in 2011, ending the 30-year Space Shuttle program
Endeavor, Atlantis, or Discovery
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We're glad to say that in a 2008 hit, this band did not sing about "dyslexics on fire"
Kings of Leon
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This more dance-oriented band was formed by original members of Joy Division
New Order
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The Downing Urn was the first memorial to be placed in this Capitol area that now has many
the National Mall
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A legal claim, or with little adipose tissue
lien (lean)
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"U" do this & you howl like a wolf or hoot like an owl
ululate
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Alphabetically, the list of retired hurricane names in the Atlantic runs from Agnes (1972) to this "W"oman (2005)
Wilma
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This Juice Newton plea to a departing lover does not ask, "Just brush my teeth before you leave me, baby"
Xanni
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It sounds like the latest fad, but it means using the Gregorian calendar for reckoning dates
New Style
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The first nuclear explosion was set off at the New Mexico site with this religious name, aka Jornada del Muerto
The Trinity Site
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Any channel to walk down, or Guernsey in the English Channel
aisle (isle)