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"Perverts," these days, is almost as much a poorly defined and conveniently imprecise over-generalization as "Liberals" (and also "Conservatives").(19)

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Conservatives (or "Tories" as they are also known in Great Britain) can often be quite radical, though they deny it. (20)

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It sucks (2).

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"Sucks" + "inked" = "terse.” (3)

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Terse and witty, what! (4)

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What they want, they get. (5)

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Get something tasty for dinner tonight. (6)

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"Tonight there will be no morning star." (7)

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Star players' earnings these days are often astronomical. (8)

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Astronomical costs can be imagined to Elon Musk's endeavors (9)


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Endeavors should not be mocked just because they have failed. (10)

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Failed attempts many hundreds of times preceded Edison's light bulb invention (11)

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"Invention is the necessity of Mother," Reverend Spooner lauded maternal ingenuity. (12)

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"Invention is the necessity of Mother," Reverend Spooner lauded maternal ingenuity. (12)

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... will do it. (Iolanthe, Act II)

"Invention is the necessity of Mother," Reverend Spooner lauded her maternal ingenuity. (12)

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'Ingenuity' is a badly formed word, apparently resulting from a confusion with 'ingenuous'. (13)

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"Ingenuous" ought to mean the opposite of "disingenuous," but peculiarly enough it doesn't quite. (14)

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Quite enough gun violence has taken place, and it is time to desensitize online gaming (15)

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Gaming appeals to those British aristocrats who are too idle to go foxhunting or grouse shooting. (16)

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Shooting the spectacular underwater fight scenes won the cinematographer a deserved Oscar at that year's Academy Awards. (17)

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Awards, no matter how trivial, are always gratifying for the recipient; thus the popularity of the "igNobel Prize." (18)

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Prize orchids were a favorite of Nero Wolfe, Rex Stout's fictional detective; his gardener, Theodore Horstman, cared for them. (19)

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"Them and us" attitudes are an unavoidable part of human nature, and can sour relationships between different groups of people. (20)

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People disappoint. (2)


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“Disappoint” is expectations-dependent. (3)

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Expectations-dependent assessments are subjective. (4)

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"Subjective" means "impossible to disprove." (5)

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Disprove God's existence if you can. (6)

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Can vegetables...a bumper crop this year. (7)

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Year by year, the world's population goes up. (8)

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Up the Yalu River, to Pork Chop Hill again? (9)

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Again with the deadlock,why can't D's and R's agree? (10)


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Agree, and you're just a yes-man; disagree, and you're a rebel. (11)

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Rebel troops stormed the palace, but the president had gone into hiding. (12)

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Hiding her riding hood, the little red-headed girl waited to ambush the wolf. (13)

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Wolf tracks were discovered near the scene, throwing doubt on the police's initial assumptions. (14)

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Assumptions about historical events and people often prove wrong when new evidence comes to light. (15)

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Light cream in your diet isn't as unhealthy than the "Real Thing," even in your coffee. (16)

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Coffee bean is my birthstone, as well as mothers' and I gave her a coffee bean necklace (17)


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