"EEN"
A flask for carrying water
Canteen
The N.Y. Times counsels gardeners to wait until nights have reached 50 degrees to plant these vine-grown salad favorites
Tomatoes
Here's a "Project": name this sitcom star, with over 8 million Twitter followers, who wrote "Why Not Me?" in 2015
Mindy Kaling
Got up from bed
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mother of Jesus
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this herb
Rosemary
12th c. Andalusian writer Ibn Tufayl wrote what's been called the first novel in this language, not Spanish
Arabic
A program that constantly shifts the pattern on your computer monitor to prevent damage to it
Screensaver
In the fall, 6 weeks before the ground freezes, plant these bulbs & "tiptoe through" them in the spring
Tulips
The daughter of Indian & Jamaican immigrants, she was elected to replace Barbara Boxer in the Senate in 2016
Kamala Harris
Shakespeare wrote "All the world" is one
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a sports team leader
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this transport
Stagecoach
The Inuit build new words by adding to existing ones; that may be why legend says their language has 50+ words for this
To dress or groom with elaborate care, like a bird does to its feathers
Preen
Use this organic or inorganic soil cover to reduce water loss & against extreme temps but don't pile it on stems; it'll rot 'em
Mulch
A Forbes headline: "One Man, One Computer, 10 Million Students: How" his academy "Is Reinventing Education"
Salman Khan
Type of corvid
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place where a mixologist works
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this prying tool
Crowbar
The ASL alphabet uses one hand; that of BSL, short for this, uses 2
British Sign Language
About the size of a fist, it's located on the left side of the abdomen, near the stomach
Spleen
Put some wide tape on the underside of your hand, sticky side out, & pat the leaves to help get rid of this insect
Aphids
The daughter of Indian immigrants, she served in her state's House of Representative from 2005 to 2010
Nikki Haley
Cautionary golf yell
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dark image caused by the Sun
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this, something an author does
Foreshadow
2-word term for the language of the c. 990 poem "The Battle of Maldon", about a Viking-Saxon clash
Old English
Scotland's third-largest city, it's known as the oil capital of Europe
Aberdeen
From the Greek for "water work", this type of soilless gardening can be done indoors using nutrients in solution
Hydroponics
In addition to live news coverage of the first operation of the Iraq War, he performed five brain surgeries in the desert
Sanjay Gupta
Soft bird plumage
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members of a play
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this, describing a look of dejection
Downcast
Reporter Vladimir Duthiers has translated French & the language called Haitian this for Anderson Cooper
Creole