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| Required by good taste | |
| (Hopefully) scandalous novelized version of real-life people and events | |
| Done deal | |
| Blank check, complete discretion, get out jail free card, etc | |
| Purists would say that it describes something of substance; the rest of us use it to describe the showpiece. Not that it can't mean both. | |
| Why you get up in the morning; hopefully it is not sporcling. According to Nathan Arizona, for the FBI it's finding clues left by criminals and commies | |
| Literally the stroke of mercy; death blow | |
| The power behind the throne. Père Joseph, Cardinal Richelieu's private secretary, was the original | |
| Act of God; good luck getting your insurance to cover it | |
| Right of the feudal lord to sleep with the bride of any vassal on her wedding night; a.k.a. best right ever | |
| Innocent surface meaning, lewd undertone | |
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| Treason! | |
| Wit of the staircase. If only you'd thought of it sooner, | |
| The more things change... | |
| To solve the problem, 'look for the woman'; also a disco song covered by Gloria Estefan | |
| Self-love | |
| With privilege comes responsibility; your obligation to take of the little people | |
| Such is life; that's just the way it is. Also a Chuck Berry song, covered by Bob Seger | |
| How Idi Amin and Colonel Gaddafi assumed power | |
| Only so-so; also, the Cypriot entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 | |
| Love of life; often modified by 'irrepressible' | |
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Greek Alphabet 
Begins and Ends with 'D' 
Giant Word Ladder I
