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@LW Nobody? Every member of the tribe had. In addition, Osage Beach, Osage orange, Osage, Iowa, "August : Osage County." And, as already mentioned, "Killers of the Flower Moon."

@Rebecca Lotharios don't literally murder women. Heartbreakers don't literally break hearts. "Ladykiller" is in the same metaphorical category as "He slays me," "Death by chocolate," "I almost died." None of those is meant literally. They all refer to overwhelming emotion.

@Mike It also means to tolerate something, as in "I can't abide his puzzles." I agree that "swallows" is a stretch. To me, that means "to accept."

@HEK But Twain did not establish the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. It was established in 1998, by which time those rumors were correct.

@David The initialism is "AG." Each attorney general is an AG. Multiple attorneys general are AGs.

"Big box" stores are also national chains that drive small, local stores out of business. The term is often used pejoratively to describe the impersonal warehouse look and feel. WalMart, Home Depot, and Lowe's come to mind.

@Kristopher Three sheets to the wind and soused both mean drunk. They may be dated terms, but they are synonyms

@Doug The drivers also rate passengers. You can find your rating in the app.

@Cathy Parrish Drivers for ride shares also rate their passengers. If you think about it, it makes sense.

@MmmmHmm Maybe it's regional. Here in the Southwest, an adobe is a house made of adobe bricks. It's also a house made in the style of an adobe, usually stuccoed in an earth-tone.

@Patricia Henry It absolutely is. Mean, median, and mode are all measures of central tendency. In common usage the mean is usually called the average.

@Tom I'm most familiar with it being used to tell everyone at the table to start eating from countless commercials for padta sauce. In that case, "Let's eat" is a decent English translation.

@JohnWM My mother said "two shakes of a lambs' tail" (not dead) to indicate "quick."

@The X-Phile In states where legislators aren't paid a salary, they receive a per diem for the time that they are sitting in session.

@CAR And that second hand is the third hand. 😆

@JM No one in the US calls them "opossums." At least, not here in the South. We know the official name, but it's only used in crosswords 😉

@Theo At least when I say "I give," it's in the context of some kind of guess. "Guess who I saw today?" String of wrong answers, finally, "OK, I give! Who?" It's more "give in" than "give up," but don't ask me why or what the difference is between those two.

@Patrick Ryan It isn't starter (or sour) until the wild yeast present in the air has infiltrated the flour/water mixture. The clue does not specify that it was added directly by a human.

@John It's your Primary Care Physician, usually a general or family practitioner.

I can't tell whether you ever got the correct answer--STEM.

@Workingmom123 Book of Marx. Replace the Y in Mary with an X. Karl Marx is the author of Das Kapital.

@Paul The "seed mush" is chia seeds. Hence the name.

@Sean They tend to appear on Thursdays. It's the "gimmick" day.

@Cherry Yes, kids and their caregivers and others who spend time with them say it all the time. I'm actually surprised that anyone hasn't heard it. It goes along with "See ya' later, alligator" and "After while, crocodile." Understand, rubberband?

@Bonnie The Grand Tetons are the mountain range from which Teton Valley takes its name. In the Western United States, at least, the mountain range is familiarly called just "The Tetons." The clue should have indicated "familiarly" and "with "the"."

@Andrzej In British English, "bench" also means a long work table, what we Americans call a "counter." As is often the case, Americans retain that meaning in legal terms. The judge's bench is not his chair, but the large table in front of him. We also speak of a bench in a laboratory -- a lab bench. One sits at the bench on a stool.

@Call Me Al The clue is "Fleece," not Feliz. That's the pun.

@Bill Yes, drivers rate passengers as well. As with passengers' ratings of drivers, most are just ratings with no reviews. If you use a rideshare, you can see your rating in the app.

@Jane Wheelaghan Yes, Miss Manners explains that restaurants in the US began serving salad before the main course because it can be prepared in advance and taken to the table quickly. And because Americans assume that anything done in restaurants is correct, it has become the norm. As the comments make clear, almost no one knows that salad was traditionally served AFTER the main.

@Steve L Different publishers. Both series were published from the 1930s to the 1960s. There were other series by other publishers and series aimed at niche markets, such as ones for Catholic elementary schools that used saints' names.

@Barry Ancona Funny you should say that, because the clue for "tents" in this same puzzle is "backpackers' shelters," not "backpackers' homes."

@Francis DeBernardo It does. Remove the X or add an O to get the answer.

@Janet It is not the same. From Wikipedia "In Western Christianity, including Roman Catholicism and certain parts of Lutheranism and Anglicanism, All Souls' Day is the third day of Allhallowtide, after All Saints' Day (1 November) and All Hallows' Eve (31 October)."

@Nadia To "egg on" someone to do something is to nag them or push them or prod them to do it. It has a negative connotation of encouraging someone to do something inappropriate, such as egging on two kids to fught.

@CCNY Just like instant coffee, it's brewed, then dried and sold as a powder or "crystals." It's the only kind of tea some people buy. It's sold in jars near the tea bags.

@Anne It's not a starter until it contains wild yeast and that yeast has multiplied, making it active. Just flour and water will not cause any dough to rise.

@Nancy Hotels.com is an online booking site, not a hotel itself. Captain Obvious -- who apparently is no longer their mascot -- touted how obvious it was that Hotels.com provided the lowest prices on the best hotels, as well as how convenient the site is and what great customer service it provides.

@Laura I pictured them examining the slurry ofvwater and sand in the bottom of their pans as they panned for gold.

@AJB I guess it's referring to ash blond as a hair color, but I've never heard it used that way

@Ιασων "The cattle are lowing, the poor baby wakes, but little lord Jesus, no crying he makes." Very appropriately seasonal.

@Geoff Offermann It's one form, most common in western Spain. In other parts, James is Jaime, Jaume in Cataluna. Iago is also translated as Jacob.

@Barry Ancona In Spain. "Este(s)" is the masculine form, "esto(s)" is used when the gender unknown and quite rude to use when referring to a person.

@Mean Old Lady I am quite certain that they were referring to "malts" or milk shakes with malt powder in them, purchased at the malt shop.

@sotto voce It also refers to what the product does, hence the name of the product.

@Barry Ancona Exactly the point. "Enlisted" is not a "draft status." If you enlisted, you were not drafted. A "draft status" is Class I, II, III, or IV, and the various sub-classes.