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Sandburg, poet, writer and editor won three Pulitzer Prizes (9), 
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Prizes will not be given for the most imaginative entry. (10)
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Entry fees must be received no later than midnight April fifteenth (11). 
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Fifteenth April, being a Saturday, comes the seventeenth this year (per IRS).  [12]
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 IRS deadlines were the furthest things from my mind, whenmaking that post   (13).
 
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Post any interesting observations about the English language, or queries about aspects of it. (14) 
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It has been revealed to the querent that good health and fitness are sowilo characteristics. (15) |  |  |  
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Characteristics of Spring here in the heartland are thereturn of birds and flowers in bloom  (16)
 
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Bloom bright, ye plants, adorn the fields of Spring;Announce the joys which Summer's warmth will bring. (17)
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Bring some warm clothing and an umbrella if you visit a northern European country like Denmark or Sweden. (18) |  |  |  
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Sweden, Norway and Denmark are among the few countries left in the world with a monarchy, albeit constitutional monarchy. (19) 
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Monarchy in England has changed enormously since King Henry VIII imposed his tyrannical will on political, legal and ecclesiastical matters. (20) |  |  |  
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Suck something sweet, then. (4) |  |  |  
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And hope tongue doesn't pucker  (5) 
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Pucker like seersucker with Brian Malarkey. (6) |  |  |  
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"Malarkey" said the disgruntled grandmither storming out  (7). 
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Out cognitive dissonance hesychastic practice quiets grape thieves. (8) |  |  |  
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Thieves get away while trying to translate all that (9).   
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"That" might be an anaphoric device used to engage readers. (10) |  |  |  
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Readers of fantasy are well acquainted with the works of Tolkien (11). 
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Tolkien wrote, "Little by little one travels far;" promoting sense of calm. (12) |  |  |  
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Calm skies at night, sailor's delight, stormy skies in morning, sailors take warning. (13) 
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"Warning Becomes Electra" isn't the title of a play by Eugene O'Neill (but close!).  (14)
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Close, but "I refuse to join any club that would have me for a member." (15) |  |  |  
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Member qualifications for some clubs are such that one needs to be a millionaire to  join.  (16) 
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Join a club if you are bored or wish to mix with people whose interests are similar. (17) |  |  |  
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Similar thought processes, interests, convictions and the like, on  local and national scale, are what make political parties. (18) 
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Parties can be good fun, but there is always the risk that drunken guests will act in inappropriate ways. (19) |  |  |  
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Ways of spending one's leisure time include listening to music, visiting art galleries, and playing games like this in Wordsmith. (20) |  |  |  
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And one to carry
 
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Gardens are environmentally valuable. (4) |  |  |  
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Valuable coupons are on Groupon (5) 
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Groupon is not worthwhile very often. (6)
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Often as not, it rains weekly here  (7) 
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Here in London the buses are mostly red. (8) |  |  |  
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Red sky at night, sailor's delight, morning is opposite (9) 
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Opposite the municipal library is a large new food store. (10) |  |  |  
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