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It's an accumulation of unfinished work or unfilled orders to be dealt with
a backlog
Is it first love, like Jennifer Grey's for Patrick Swayze in this classic movie of summer romance?
Dirty Dancing
36 million Americans are edentulous, meaning they have none of these
teeth
Allegheny National Forest
Pennsylvania
Connoting corruption, "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark" comes from this play
Hamlet
An upset stomach is central to this word meaning complaining
bellyaching
Does your fervor rival Mario's for this "fruity" princess as he daringly risks his life for her in video games?
Princess Peach
A byword for fast reproduction, this animal can have a litter of 7, 5 times a year
a rabbit
Sequoia National Forest
California
Man Friday, a devoted helper, originated as a character in this novel
Robinson Crusoe
A night out involving a brief stay at a succession of taverns
barhopping
Hopefully, it's as deep as the love shown in the 2014 Budweiser ad about an adopted puppy who bonds with one of these horses
Clydesdales
There are still about 10,000 Jews in this country, the most in any Mideast Muslim land
Iran
Delta National Forest
Mississippi
This author originated "tilting at windmills", meaning fighting imaginary foes
Cervantes
This amphibian named for its loud call can grow to a pound or more & is often caught for food
a bullfrog
Maybe a love that lasts as long as that of this Beatle & wife Barbara Bach, who have been married almost 40 years
Ringo Starr
A leading org. against this activity says the average driver does it 80 times before being arrested for the first time
drunk driving
Prescott National Forest
Arizona
An idealized object of love, Beatrice was this poet's object of love & guide through paradise in "The Divine Comedy"
Dante
Delays loading a video file online? You may get this 9-letter message
buffering
It's deep, like Nick's love for Jess on this Fox sitcom; who wouldn't love a bride with an eyepatch?
New Girl
China has this type of legislature, meaning there's only a single house; it has almost 3,000 members
unicameral
Ocala National Forest
Florida
The contradictory thought that some are more equal than others comes from a slogan in a satire by this man
George Orwell