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Davis
a city in California about 15 miles west of Sacramento
Quik
a powder mix used to make chocolate milk
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NaCN
sodium cyanide
acrostics
These are "set(s) of words arranged in a square such that they read the same horizontally and vertically" (American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language).
dewimpled
like defrocked, except for a nun
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Benedict Arnold
Benedict Arnold V (1741-1801) was an American general during the Revolutionary War who turned traitor for the British.
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Minister of Environment and Resource-Development Enterprises
The initials spell merde, which is French for "shit."
macrocartographic
immense and involved with maps
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Sino-temporal-endorsement
Chinese sponsorship of time, presumably as opposed to Subsidized Time
orts
scraps of food
CONCORD
the capital of New Hampshire
CLEMSON
a university in South Carolina
Rantoul IL
a town 125 miles south-southwest of Chicago
Ithaca NY
a town in upstate New York, home to Cornell University
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camp
deliberately artificial or vulgar -- sometimes referring specifically to gay humor
robber-baron
Wikipedia defines robber-barons as "businessmen and bankers who dominated their respective industries and amassed huge personal fortunes, typically as a direct result of pursuing various allegedly anti-competitive or unfair business practices."
Ollster
a nickname for Oliver, like "Ollie"
"...one slim cat with an outsized leg..."
i.e., Orin Incandenza
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placative
intending to pacify or calm
quadrennial
occurring every four years
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cheri
French: my dear
Cerberus
in Greek mythology, the three-headed dog that guards Hades
Achilles' tendon
a tendon in the back of the leg, near the foot
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canter
an easy gallop
Ixnayish
Remove -ish, and you have Pig Latin for "nix."
H.U.D.
Housing and Urban Development
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