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| Mason's trough |
| Unreasonable |
| Talladega" singer who goes by his middle name, not first name (Kenneth): 2 wds. |
| Item deemed by a hi-tech company president in 1977 to be unreasonable for home use |
| Christmas songs |
| Jason Ritter sci-fi series that lasted for one season, with "The |
| Brutish person |
| Politico Stevenson |
| The "me" in "nothing can stop me now," in a 1962 #1 hit |
| Girls" actress who's the daughter of actress Lindsay Crouse: 2 wds. |
| Alphabetical Jackson 5 hit |
| Noted potters |
| Time's 2007 "Invention of the Year |
| Organization whose 2008 endorsement John McCain did not reciprocate |
| 2008/2012 campaign portmanteau |
| 1929 Ethel Waters hit whose title is a question |
| Person who rouses game birds to be shot |
| 2002 space western TV series created by Joss Whedon |
| 1964 Beatles song |
| Poisonous snake |
| 2005 Black Eyed Peas hit that Pitchfork called "so monumentally vacuous, slapped together and tossed-off that it truly tests the definition of 'song.' |
| Former Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Dawson |
| Creatively-censored 4/28/10 New York Post headline about the foul-mouthed Senate/Wall Street hearings |
| Retired outfielder Barry, who was conspicuously denied entry to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2013 |
| 2000 Best Song Oscar winner |
| Conversation is ___ in which a man has all mankind for his competitors": Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| American Hustle" actress whose initials make her an "A-list" celebrity: 2 wds. |
| Raiders of the Lost Ark" actor who reportedly passed on the "Schindler's List" role that went to Liam Neeson: 2 wds. |
| Critically acclaimed crime drama since 2008: 2 wds. |