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(attributed to Winston Churchill; I make no claim as to its validity)
Thought for the day: there's certainly no discussion about beginning a sentence with a preposition - so why ending thus? (19)
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Thus do passionate linguists and logophiles dispute, seeking an elusive consistency in the way English language users speak and write. (20)
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Twenty will be plenty. (4)
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Plenty of delights were served (5)
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Served properly cooked, turnips are yummy ! (6)
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Yummy food can often do you good. (7)
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Good things come to those who wait; right? (8)
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Right, then – I shall be patient and keep waiting. (9)
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Waiting is a frustrating pastime; I'd rather put something in. (10)
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In waiting rooms one will always find decades old magazines everywhere (11)
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Everywhere you look - old Sports Illustrated, old Boys' Life, old National Geographic... (12)
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Geographic magazines so old, in fact, that they refer to the British Empire. (13)
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"Empire Diamond and Gold-buying Service" used to advertise regularly on WQXR in New York. (14)
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New York,New York, it's my kind of town, New York is,my town,yes. (15)
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"yes I said yes I will Yes" are the last seven words of James Joyce's Ulysses." (16)
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Ulysses, or Odysseus as the Greeks called him, had an eventful journey home, according to Homer's epic. (17)
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EPIC is the name of a popular Electronic Health Record, a mixed blessing in a modern doctor's office. (18)
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Office life can be a stimulating experience or a nightmare, depending on personalities and the nature of the work. (19)
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Work for many can be a dirty four letter work, but with retirement comes the leisure to do or not (20).
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Yo, nuncle, I shall hie! (5)
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Hie thee to yon convent, wench! (6)
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Wench, bring me some ale, I prithee. (7)
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“Prithee, pretty maiden, prithee tell me true,“ wrote ______? (8)
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Wrote the reply, moved on to the next game. (9)
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Game over, the little league celebrated with pizza and cola (10).
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Cola is popular in Britain as well as the United States. (11)
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States' rights vs. Centralized Federalism is an argument contained in the Constitution (12)
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Constitution Hill is a street in London; it is not really a hill. (13)
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Hill follows hill as one traverses the Great Plains in the central United States (14)
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States with a theocratic regime pose a danger to human rights, both internally and externally. (15)
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Externally the tree looked healthy, but the arborist pealed back bark and found ash tree borer (16)
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Borer of holes with its aptly shaped beak,
The busy bird pecks with a well known technique. (17)
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Technique aside, this MacGyver fellow was a veritable jack of all trades with everything his two hands touched (18).
Forgot this game, thanks for finding it again, AC.
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Touched by the stranger's kind offer, the decrepit old millionaire opened his wallet and gave her five thousand dollars. (19)
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"Dollars to Doughnuts", he bet, " Memorial Day, the unofficial first day of summer it will be raining, just like always". (20)
In the US, Memorial Day, Last Monday of May, is called the unofficial first day of summer.
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