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| MEN |
Around 50.25% Of The World's Adult Population |
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| ASIA |
Home To About 60% Of The World's Population |
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| WARCRAFT |
World Of ___ |
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| SNL |
Show That Spawned "wayne's World," In Brief |
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| NAT |
2019 World Series Winner, In Brief |
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| ASIA |
Locale Of The 2002 And 2022 World Cups |
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| FINN |
Member Of The World's Happiest People, Per Repeated World Happiness Reports |
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| MAUL |
Handle Roughly |
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| KATY |
Perry Who Used To Have The World's Most-followed Twitter Account |
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| EDEN |
First World? |
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| GRAF |
Tennis Great With The Most Consecutive Weeks Ranked #1 In The World (377) |
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| ZETA |
Letter That's Only 25% Of The Way Through The Greek Alphabet, Surprisingly |
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| IKEA |
Company That Uses About 1% Of The World's Wood Supply Annually |
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| AMES |
Upper Midwest Town With The World's Tallest Concrete Gnome |
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| FIFA |
World Soccer Org. |
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| ATLAS |
World-weary Sort? |
| 5
| CIGAR |
The World's Most Expensive One, The Gurkha Royal Courtesan, Costs Over $1.3 Million |
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| DEISM |
Reason-based Belief In God |
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| LENIN |
World Leader Born Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov |
| 5
| OMANI |
One Living In The Rial World? |
| 5
| MARIA |
Name That's "all The Beautiful Sounds Of The World In A Single Word," On Broadway |
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| LENIN |
World Leader Who Appeared On A Time Magazine Cover 40 Years After His Death |
| 5
| LAPAZ |
South American Capital With The World's Longest Urban Gondola |
| 5
| ASIAN |
Like Almost Two-thirds Of The Earth's Population |
| 5
| ONEIL |
Kitty ___, Stunt Performer Once Known As The "fastest Woman In The World" |
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| ANDES |
Home To The Highest Active Volcano In The World |
| 5
| AZTEC |
Culture That Introduced Popcorn To The World |
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| POETRY |
It "lifts The Veil From The Hidden Beauty Of The World, And Makes Familiar Objects Be As If They Were Not Familiar," Per Percy Bysshe Shelley |
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| PAPACY |
Institution Roughly Two Millennia Old |
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| THEISM |
Capital-b Belief |
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| CARLOS |
With 76-across, Mexican Business Magnate Who Was Once The World's Richest Person |
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| GREECE |
Country With The Most Archaeological Museums In The World (110+) |
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| BHUTAN |
Himalayan Country That's Home To The World's Highest Unclimbed Mountain |
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| ESTEEMS |
Thinks The World Of |
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| ALADDIN |
1992 Disney Film With The Ballad "a Whole New World" |
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| GENESIS |
Book With A Notable World Premiere? |
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| ARALSEA |
It Was Once The World's Fourth-largest Lake |
| 8
| DOCUSOAP |
Genre For "jersey Shore" And "the Real World" |
| 8
| EAGLEOWL |
Old World Bird With Distinctive Ear Tufts |
| 8
| ELECTRIC |
With 25-across, Underwater Creature That's Not Actually A 25-across |
| 8
| MARINERS |
Only M.l.b. Team Never To Have Played In A World Series |
| 8
| PAVILION |
World's Fair Sight |
| 8
| LIMABEAN |
Food Named For A World Capital (but Pronounced Differently) |
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| YOUTICKET |
See 25-across |
| 9
| AKRONOHIO |
City Nicknamed "rubber Capital Of The World" |
| 9
| METROAREA |
Population Calculation Scope |
| 10
| HOLDMYBEER |
Comment Before A Stupid Stunt ... Or A Hint To The Ends Of 17-, 25-, 36- And 50-across |
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| MIDDLEEAST |
Birthplace Of Three Major World Religions |
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| PARTYANIMALS |
They're Always Ready For A Good Time ... Or A Description Of 18-, 25-, 35- And 49-across? |
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| ROSHHASHANAH |
Jewish New Year, Celebrated On Sept. 25, 2022 |
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| CAIROMEXICOCITY |
Three World Capitals (5,4,10) |
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| TOOTIREDTOTHINK |
Exhausted Beyond Belief |
