POP GOES THE CULTURE
HAVE A DAY!
ISLANDS IN THE SEA (I give you the Island, you give me the Sea)
TV RERUNS
(clues from previous games that never got played)
SPORTY IDIOMS
A LITTLE FOOD, A LITTLE WINE
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Tawny Newsome got animated & boldly went on the "Lower Decks" of this long-running sci-fi franchise as Beckett Mariner

Star Trek

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January 18 honors, celebrates, appreciates, observes National this reference book Day

Thesaurus

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St. BarthΓ©lemy &
St. George's Cay

the Caribbean

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The 35th season of this round-the-world show took contestants to Slovenia for the first time

The Amazing Race

200

In football second-guessing Sunday's strategy is the name of the game when you're one of these alliterative types

a Monday morning quarterback

200

Can't say I know for sure, but I'll bet this airy chocolate dish tastes better than the same-named hair product

mousse

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There's a fungus among us, & as Ellie, Bella Ramsey has to deal with it in many, many horrific ways on this HBO drama

The Last of Us

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Since 2002 September 19 has been International this Day, ya scurvy scalawag

Talk Like a Pirate Day

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Delos, Naxos & Patmos

the Aegean

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On this sitcom in 2016, Anthony Anderson & family hit Disney World--it was an ABC show, they weren't going to Universal

black-ish

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Your task is almost done if you're on this, the second half of a golf course

the back nine

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Wines classed as this "fruity" color are made from white grapes with the skins left on

orange wines
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An escaped convict named Stagg R. Leigh writes "My Pafology" (or does he?) in this 2023 Jeffrey Wright film

American Fiction

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National Tater Tot Day & Day of the CrΓͺpe both fall on this date, but we didn't find Live the Day Over & Over Day

February 2nd (Groundhog Day)

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CONGRATS!!! PICKLE PARTY ANSWER 

You won your team a round of Pickle Shots 

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Lindisfarne, or Holy Island, ravaged by Vikings in the 8th century

the North Sea

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This British title heroine said, "I have a horrible feeling that I'm a greedy, perverted, selfish, apathetic, cynical... woman"

Fleabag

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When you're going all out in any effort, you're employing this basketball defense

a full-court press

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South Africa's Indian community love bunny chow, a hallowed half loaf of bread filled with this spiced sauce dish

curry

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In this 1998 film Jane Kaczmarek was Tobey Maguire's mom in color; Joan Allen was his mom in black & white

Pleasantville

800

People online can yell non-stop on both June 28 & October 22 as they celebrate this keyboard key right under tab

Caps Lock

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Nunivak Island & the Pribilof Islands

the Bering Sea

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It's not even a car accident but a near-one that puts Ali Wong & Steven Yeun at odds in this Emmy-winning limited series

Beef

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Mallards in their element are the basis of this phrase meaning there are runners on base

ducks on the pond
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A popular full-bodied style of red wine has 2 names: Syrah, when it's from France, & when it's from Australia, this

Shiraz

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He took us to church & No. 2 on the Hot 100 in 2014, & in 2024, this one-named Irish singer went one slot higher with "Too Sweet"

Hozier

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Celebrating April 11 as this old-timey singing foursome day dates back to 1938 when 26 men gathered for a songfest; wait... not 24 or 28?

a barbershop quartet

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Bulgaria's St. Anastasia Island & Turkey's Giresun Island

the Black Sea

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In 2021 she played a journalist on "NCIS" opposite real-life husband Mark Harmon

Pam Dawber
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Also a '90s sitcom title, this phrase means a boxer got lucky at the end of a round

saved by the bell

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Traditionally served on a board, this mix of cold cuts & cheeses is French for "pork-butcher's shop"

charcuterie