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'Kharkov is the second-most populous city in this republic of 46 million'
the Ukraine
200
'"I've always been a broad, now it's a great honor to be a dame", said this violet-eyed actress in 1999'
(Elizabeth) Taylor
200
'A Pulitzer Prize-winning poet:
St. Vincent'
(Edna St. Vincent) Millay
200
'Most orchestral scores place this group of instruments, which includes the oboe, at the top of the page'
woodwinds
200
'An area for playing racquetball & a seagoing vessel'
a courtship
400
'This country's president Museveni, seen as a godsend after leaders like Idi Amin, has been in power since 1986'
Uganda
400
'In 1995 she was "Victor/Victoria" onstage; maybe she could get a knighthood, as well'
Julie Andrews
400
'He wrote "O.T.: A Danish Romance" & lived a fairy tale life:
Christian'
Hans Christian Andersen
400
'Joseph Haydn's brother Michael succeeded Mozart as this city's cathedral organist'
Salzburg
400
'Obstructing a defensive player in football & silent film's Mr. Keaton'
a blockbuster
600
'Its national team won soccer's World Cup in 1930 & 1950'
Uruguay
600
'This Helen was in 2004's "Raising Helen"; she plays queens pretty well, too'
(Helen) Mirren
600
'A poet & a 6-year member of the Irish Senate:
Butler'
(William Butler) Yeats
600
'Berlioz never intended "The Damnation of" him to be staged, but damned if opera companies don't do it anyway'
Faust
600
'The heart of downtown Chicago & an animal's burrow'
a loophole
800
'Part of the Soviet space mission Project Juno, Helen Sharman was this country's first astronaut'
the United Kingdom
800
'This actress now portrays James Bond's M; she plays queens pretty well, too'
(Judi) Dench
800
'A Polish-born writer of short stories:
Bashevis'
Singer
800
'The ballet "Pulcinella" has music by this Russian-born composer who dominated early 20th c. ballet music'
Stravinsky
800
'To fit together 2 corresponding items & to fight with gloves in a ring'
matchbox
1000
'Islam Karimov has been the president of this Central Asian nation since 1991'
Uzbekistan
1000
'Hello, possums! In 2006 her (?) face was on Australian stamps as an "Australian Legend"; so was Barry Humphries''
Dame Edna
1000
'"Cross Creek" chronicler:
Kinnan'
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
1000
'Austrian writer Franz Grillparzer was among the few who saw the genius of this fellow Franz' music'
(Franz) Schubert
1000
'A gymnastics trestle & a drama'
horseplay