Summer Hiatus Challenge 2017--Round 3, Day 4

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Summer Hiatus Challenge 2017--Round 3, Day 4

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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge 2017--Round 3, Day 4

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CROSSWORD CLUES "A"
Each correct response will start with "A" and have the number of letters shown in parentheses after the clue.

2: Grand, especially now (6).

4: Repeated vowel sounds (9).

6: Skillful (6).

8: To passively comply (9).

10: A mercury-containing alloy (7).

PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA

3: Nearly all of Harold L. Ickes's nearly 13 year tenure as Secretary of the Interior was during this man's presidency.

6: Harriet Lane acted as First Lady or "Hostess" during this uncle's presidency.

9: In a September 1962 speech at Rice Stadium proposing this accomplishment by the end of the 1960s, JFK joked about why Rice plays Texas.

12: Detractors chanted "Ma ma, where's my pa?" in reference to this president's relationship with Maria Halpin.

15: In 1789, Washington's presidential oath was administered by this Chancellor of New York.
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Answers:
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CROSSWORD CLUES "A"
Each correct response will start with "A" and have the number of letters shown in parentheses after the clue.

2: Grand, especially now (6).
AUGUST

4: Repeated vowel sounds (9).
ASSONANCE

6: Skillful (6).
ADROIT or ARTFUL

8: To passively comply (9).
ACQUIESCE

10: A mercury-containing alloy (7).
AMALGAM

PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA

3: Nearly all of Harold L. Ickes's nearly 13 year tenure as Secretary of the Interior was during this man's presidency.
FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT (FDR)

6: Harriet Lane acted as First Lady or "Hostess" during this uncle's presidency.
(JAMES) BUCHANAN

9: In a September 1962 speech at Rice Stadium proposing this accomplishment by the end of the 1960s, JFK joked about why Rice plays Texas.
GOING TO THE MOON

12: Detractors chanted "Ma ma, where's my pa?" in reference to this president's relationship with Maria Halpin.
(GROVER) CLEVELAND

15: In 1789, Washington's presidential oath was administered by this Chancellor of New York.
(ROBERT) LIVINGSTON
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge 2017--Round 3, Day 4

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Spoiler
2:
4:
6: artful
8: acquiesce
10: amalgam

3: FDR
6: Buchanan
9: put a man on the moon
12: Cleveland
15:
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2: CLAM
4: Assonance
6: All I can come up with is adept which only has 5, so CLAM
8: Acquiesce
10: Amalgam

3: Roosevelt (Franklin)
6: Buchanan
9: Going to the moon ("We choose to go to the moon")
12: Cleveland
15: CLAM
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2: august
4: assonance
6: artful?
8: acquiesce
10: CLAM

3: FDR
6: CLAM
9: putting a man on the moon
12: CLAM
15: CLAM
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6:

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10: arsenic?



3: FDR

6: Buchanan?

9: landing a man on the moon and bringing him back safely

12: Andrew Jackson?

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2:
4:
6: adroit
8: acquiesce
10: amalgam

3: FDR
6: Buchanan
9: Putting a man on the moon
12: Cleveland
15:
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6: artful
8:
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3: FDR
6: Buchanan
9: man on the moon
12:
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2: all out?
4: assonance
6: adroit
8: acquiesce
10: amalgam

3: FDR
6: Buchanan
9: To put a man on the moon
12: Harding
15: Gouverneur Morris?
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge 2017--Round 3, Day 4

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Spoiler
2:
4:
6: Artful
8: Acquiesce
10:

3: Franklin Roosevelt
6: James Buchanan
9: Putting a man on the moon
12: Grover Cleveland
15:
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge 2017--Round 3, Day 4

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3: FDR
6: Buchanan
9: going to the moon
12: Harding
15:
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge 2017--Round 3, Day 4

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2:
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6: Artful
8:
10: amalgam

3: Franklin Roosevelt
6: Buchanan
9: Put a man on the moon
12: Cleveland
15: Livingstone?
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2: August
4:
6: Adroit
8:
10:

3: FDR
6: Buchanan
9: Putting a man on the moon
12: Cleveland
15:
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge 2017--Round 3, Day 4

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2:
4: assonance
6: adroit
8: acquiesce
10: amalgam

3: fdr
6: buchanan
9: moon landing
12: cleveland
15:
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CROSSWORD CLUES "A"
2: August
4: Assonance
6: Adroit
8: Approbate
10: Amalgam

PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA
3: FDR
6: Buchanan
9: Landing a man on the moon
12: CLAM
15: CLAM
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2: august
4:
6: adroit
8: acquiesce
10:

3: Franklin Roosevelt
6: James Buchanan
9: Man on the moon
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4:
6:
8:acquiesce
10:

3:FDR
6:
9:man on moon
12:
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6: Adroit
8: Acquiesce
10: Amalgam

3: Franklin Roosevelt
6: Buchanan
9: Putting a Man on the Moon
12: Jackson
15: Van Buren
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