| "The Office" accountant who loves cats |
USA Today |
12 Jul 2026 |
| 1954 crime drama film starring Dennis O'Keefe and Mara Lane (6) |
Mirror Quiz |
25 Jun 2026 |
| Lansbury of Broadway |
Thomas Joseph |
03 Apr 2026 |
| "The Office" accountant who kept a cat in her desk drawer |
New York Times |
29 Mar 2026 |
| Former deputy PM Rayner |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
24 Dec 2025 |
| Bassett of "Malcolm X" |
Eugene Sheffer |
21 Nov 2025 |
| "Beauty and the Beast" actor Lansbury |
USA Today |
12 Nov 2025 |
| Girl cooked algae around noon (6) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
25 Aug 2025 |
| "Mission: Impossible -- The Final Reckoning" star Bassett |
USA Today |
15 Aug 2025 |
| Radical political activist ___ Davis (6) |
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| Sprang eland holding girl (6) |
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| "Vampire in Brooklyn" star Bassett |
USA Today |
09 Jul 2025 |
| Ms Jolie released Indian lady chancellor (6) |
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| ___ Scanlon, presenter |
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| Girl seen in strange land |
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| Keir's deputy |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
24 Apr 2025 |
| Former German chancellor Merkel |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Apr 2025 |
| Veteran journalist and broadcaster, _ Rippon (6) |
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| Paragon of virtue followed by a woman (6) |
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| Ms Lansbury is located in strange land (6) |
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| Actress Cartwright |
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| Deputy to Keir |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
14 Mar 2025 |
| Girl cooked algae around noon (6) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
25 Feb 2025 |
| Murder She Wrote star (______ Lansbury) |
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| "___ Bassett did the thing" (line infamously rapped by Ariana DeBose) |
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| Deputy PM, familiarly |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
12 Feb 2025 |
| Germany's Merkel |
Eugene Sheffer |
08 Feb 2025 |
| Actress Bassett or Lansbury |
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| She provides a new angle (6) |
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| Frank McCourt's mother, who is in the title of his 1996 memoir (6) |
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| Actress Bassett |
LA Times Daily |
24 Jan 2025 |
| Twang elastic holding girl (6) |
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| ___ Barnes, British comedian (6) |
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| TV chef, _ Hartnett (6) |
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| ___ Bassett, the first actor to receive an Oscar nomination for a Marvel role |
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| A northern set taken with a woman (6) |
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| ___ Rayner, politician (6) |
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| Girl cooked algae around noon (6) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
15 Dec 2024 |
| - Griffin, The Wives actress (6) |
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| ___ Lansbury, British actress in Murder, She Wrote (6) |
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| First name of Ms Rippon, former news- reader who took part in Strictly in 2023 (6) |
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| 2023 Academy Honorary Award recipient Bassett |
LA Times Daily |
11 Dec 2024 |
| Lansbury of Broadway |
Thomas Joseph |
10 Dec 2024 |
| ______ Lansbury, voiced Mrs Potts in 1992 movie Beauty and the Beast (6) |
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| Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for What's Love Got To Do With It? (6,7) |
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| Actress Lansbury |
Eugene Sheffer |
30 Nov 2024 |
| Bassett of the big screen |
Universal |
29 Nov 2024 |
| Current Deputy Prime Minister, _ Rayner (6) |
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| ___ Rippon, TV presenter (6) |
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| Frau Merkel, ex-Chancellor of Germany (6) |
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| ___ Lansbury, Murder, She Wrote actress (6) |
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| James, elected to the Hall of Fame in 2010 |
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| ___ Lansbury, Murder, She Wrote star |
The Sun Mini |
12 Oct 2024 |
| - Lansbury, actress (6) |
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| _ Scanlon, 2023 Strictly Come Dancing contestant (6) |
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| Girl cooked algae around noon (6) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
22 Sep 2024 |
| Spirit with a girl |
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| Rip-Off Britain presenter, _ Rippon (6) |
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| ____ Kelly, fashion designer who was an adviser to Queen Elizabeth II (6) |
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| _ Merkel, former Chancellor of Germany (6) |
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| 4 __, the northernmost point of continental Africa (6) |
The Guardian Weekend |
18 Aug 2024 |
| Celebrity chef, _ Hartnett (6) |
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| 4 __, the northernmost point of continental Africa (6) |
The Guardian Weekend |
17 Aug 2024 |
| Rip Off Britain co-host, _ Rippon (6) |
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| Actress who played Jessica Fletcher in Murder, She Wrote, _ Lansbury (6) |
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| Is she the awful nag knocking back beer? (6) |
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| She comes from a strange land (6) |
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| ___ Lansbury, actress (6) |
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| She sang elatedly for a bit (6) |
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| Girl cooked algae around noon (6) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
30 Jun 2024 |
| ____ Merkel, chancellor of Germany from 2005-21 (6) |
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| - - - - - - Scanlon, TV presenter See pic (6) |
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| She brings heavenly spirit to the heart of man |
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| Galena (anag.) |
The Telegraph Quick |
18 May 2024 |
| Actress Lansbury |
LA Times Daily |
15 May 2024 |
| Actress, Lansbury |
Commuter |
20 Apr 2024 |
| ___ Merkel, former German chancellor (6) |
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| Mind-blowing leading man stunned this lady! (6) |
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| Actress Bassett |
Commuter |
17 Apr 2024 |
| ___ Barnes, comedian (6) |
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| ___ Scanlon, TV presenter (6) |
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| Bassett of "Black Panther" |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Feb 2024 |
| A no-good, ale- slurping woman (6) |
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| Author of the 1984 novel Nights At The Circus, _ Carter (6) |
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| German politician, ___ Merkel |
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| Lansbury of Broadway |
Thomas Joseph |
30 Jan 2024 |
| MP _ Rayner, deputy leader of the Labour Party (6) |
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| __ Rayner, deputy leader of the Labour Party |
The Guardian Weekend |
27 Jan 2024 |
| Your Home Made Perfect host who competed in Strictly 2023, - - - Scanlon, pictured above (6) |
|
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| "Murder, She Wrote" actress ___ Lansbury (6) |
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| __ Lansbury |
TV |
24 Dec 2023 |
| ___ Lansbury |
|
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| Ex-Chancellor Merkel, e.g. |
The Sun Two Speed |
19 Dec 2023 |
| Woman in strange land |
The Sun Two Speed |
19 Dec 2023 |
| Former German leader Merkel |
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| --- Rippon, presenter (6) |
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| "Way Up" host Yee |
USA Today |
06 Dec 2023 |
| Woman setup a support beneath article (6) |
|
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| Woman set up a support beneath article (6) |
|
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| Bassett, actress whose films include Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (6) |
|
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| _ Bassett, actress whose films include Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (6) |
|
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| Glean a new arrangement for Ms Lansbury (6) |
|
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| Finally leapt to raise a drink for the lady (6) |
|
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| Actress Lansbury |
Eugene Sheffer |
17 Nov 2023 |
| Lansbury of Broadway |
Thomas Joseph |
15 Nov 2023 |
| Bassett who plays Marvel's Queen Ramonda |
LA Times Daily |
17 Oct 2023 |
| Divine messenger initially annoyed woman |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
13 Jul 2023 |
| Name on the cover of 'The Chancellor' (2022) |
Newsday |
01 Jul 2023 |
| Gay icon Lansbury |
Universal |
17 Apr 2023 |
| ___ Paton, "American Wedding" actress who plays Mrs. Lancaster in the 1993 film "Groundhog Day" |
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| Her ashes were the subject of a Frank McCourt memoir |
Universal |
27 Dec 2022 |
| Lansbury who will appear posthumously in "Glass Onion" |
Universal |
10 Nov 2022 |
| Bassett of "Malcolm X" |
Eugene Sheffer |
02 Nov 2022 |
| Lansbury of Broadway |
Thomas Joseph |
31 Aug 2022 |
| Deputy leader of the Labour Party |
The Guardian Weekend |
21 May 2022 |
| Messenger from heaven descending on a girl |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
05 May 2022 |
| ___ Kinsey, actress who co-hosts the podcast "Office Ladies" |
|
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| Germany's Merkel |
Eugene Sheffer |
07 Jan 2022 |
| __ Moss, Portia Doubleday's "Mr. Robot" role |
LA Times Daily |
20 Nov 2021 |
| "Women, Race & Class" author Davis |
LA Times Daily |
13 Nov 2021 |
| Bassett of “Black Panther” |
New York Times |
28 Oct 2021 |
| Lansbury of Broadway |
Thomas Joseph |
20 Oct 2021 |
| Merkel of Germany |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Aug 2021 |
| Germany's Merkel |
Thomas Joseph |
28 Jul 2021 |
| Bassett who played Tina Turner |
USA Today |
24 Jul 2021 |
| Davis who said 'I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept' |
New York Times |
19 Jun 2021 |
| Lansbury of 'Bedknobs and Broomsticks' |
|
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| Accountant on “The Office” |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Mar 2021 |
| ___ Merkel, Chancellor of Germany who was the TIME "Person of the Year" in 2015 |
|
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| Actress Lansbury |
Eugene Sheffer |
25 Jan 2021 |
| Hollywood icon Bassett |
USA Today |
19 Dec 2020 |
| 'Women, Race and Class' author Davis |
USA Today |
25 Sep 2020 |
| 'Are Prisons Obsolete?' author Davis |
USA Today |
19 Sep 2020 |
| Chancellor Merkel |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Sep 2020 |
| Germany's Merkel |
Eugene Sheffer |
02 Jul 2020 |
| Merkel perhaps in strange land |
The Sun Two Speed |
10 May 2020 |
| Female name |
The Sun Two Speed |
10 May 2020 |
| Germany's Merkel |
Thomas Joseph |
05 May 2020 |
| Actress Kinsey of "The Office" |
LA Times Daily |
13 Mar 2020 |
| Actress Kinsey of 'The Office' |
|
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| Bassett of Hollywood |
Premier Sunday |
01 Dec 2019 |
| A new hair product possibly needed by a lady |
|
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| She, after losing a bit of attraction, may still be a heavenly creature |
|
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| Strange Lancastrian housing name |
|
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| Bassett of 'Black Panther' |
USA Today |
10 Aug 2019 |
| German politician Merkel |
Universal |
08 Aug 2019 |
| An upper-class girl? A girl |
|
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| Bassett of 'American Horror Story' |
|
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| Bassett of "American Horror Story" |
LA Times Daily |
01 Aug 2019 |
| Actress Lansbury |
LA Times Daily |
23 Jun 2019 |
| Actress Lansbury |
|
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| Germany's Merkel |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Jun 2019 |
| Merkel of Germany |
LA Times Daily |
25 Mar 2019 |
| Merkel of Germany |
|
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| Merkel for one in strange land |
The Sun Two Speed |
29 Jan 2019 |
| Bassett of "Black Panther" |
|
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| Actress Lansbury |
|
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| Bassett of "American Horror Story" |
|
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| Merkel of Germany |
|
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| German politician Merkel |
|
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| Germany's Merkel |
|
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| ___ Kinsey, actress who co-hosts the podcast "Office Ladies" |
|
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| Activist Davis |
|
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| Activist Davis |
LA Times Daily |
29 Jul 2018 |
| Bassett of 'Black Panther' |
|
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| Prison abolition advocate Davis |
|
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| Orange ladies include her |
|
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| Big name in the Bundestag |
Newsday |
15 Apr 2018 |
| Activist Davis |
|
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| German chancellor Merkel |
LA Times Daily |
02 Dec 2017 |
| German chancellor Merkel |
|
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| Germany's Merkel |
Premier Sunday |
19 Nov 2017 |
| Social activist Davis |
|
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| A new setter, one's female! |
|
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| Winged being |
|
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| Bassett of Hollywood |
Universal |
22 Sep 2017 |
| Cartwright who played one of the von Trapp children in 'The Sound of Music' |
New York Times |
30 Apr 2017 |
| Say Merkel makes investor apprehensive at first |
|
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| Cartwright who played one of the von Trapp children in "The Sound of Music" |
|
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| Bassett of Hollywood |
|
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| German chancellor Merkel |
|
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| Cartwright who costarred in 'The Sound of Music' |
|
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| Girl writing Guardian article |
|
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| Girl with a new angle |
|
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| 'Who's the Boss?' role |
|
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| — Merkel, Chancellor |
The Times Concise |
07 Sep 2016 |
| First name in European politics |
New York Times |
30 Apr 2016 |
| Change lanes, overtaking woman |
|
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| Actress Bassett of 'Olympus Has Fallen' |
New York Times |
16 Mar 2016 |
| Jessica's longtime portrayer |
|
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| First name in German politics |
New York Times |
05 Nov 2015 |
| By and large, Byrd goes out with a girl |
|
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| Lansbury of Broadway |
Thomas Joseph |
21 Jan 2015 |
| First name in German politics |
|
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| A new member returned, a woman |
|
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| Bassett of 'Notorious' |
|
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| Successor of Helmut and Gerhard |
|
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| Jessica's long-time portrayer on TV |
|
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| Actress Lansbury or Bassett |
|
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| German chancellor Merkel |
|
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| Chancellor Merkel |
|
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| Frank McCourt's mother |
|
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| Jessica portrayer on "Murder She Wrote" |
|
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| Tina Turner portrayer Bassett |
|
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| Foreign girl's name from strange language |
|
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| German chancellor Merkel |
|
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| Len's "Sweeney Todd" co-star |
|
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| Uptight accountant of "The Office" |
|
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| Jessica of "Murder, She Wrote" |
|
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| German leader Merkel |
|
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| Bassett of 'Malcolm X' |
|
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| Bassett or Lansbury |
|
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| Merkel of German politics |
|
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| Bassett of "Waiting to Exhale" |
|
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| Bassett of films |
|
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| Actress Kinsey of "The Office," or her character |
|
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| Tony's boss on "Who's the Boss?" |
|
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| Gerhard's successor as German chancellor |
|
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| "The Office" accountant |
|
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| Lansbury of 'Gaslight' |
|
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| "Mam," to Frank McCourt |
|
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| Chancellor Merkel |
|
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| Actress Bassett |
|
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| Cartwright of "Make Room for Daddy" |
|
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| German chancellor Merkel |
|
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| German chancellor Merkel |
|
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| Actress Bassett |
|
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| Actress Lansbury |
|
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| Frank McCourt's mother |
|
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| Pianist Hewitt who recorded the complete keyboard works of Bach |
|
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| German chancellor Merkel |
|
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| Social activist Davis |
|
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| "Murder, She Wrote" actress Lansbury |
|
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| Tina Turner portrayer Bassett |
|
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| Lansbury or Bassett |
|
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| Actress Lansbury |
|
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| Actress Lansbury |
|
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| Frank McCourt's memorialized mother |
|
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| Lansbury of film and TV |
|
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| Bassett of "Waiting to Exhale" |
|
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| Bassett of "Waiting to Exhale" |
|
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| Actress Lansbury |
|
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| Bassett of film |
|
|
| Ms. Lansbury |
|
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| Actress Bassett |
|
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| Bassett of "Malcolm X" |
|
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| Lansbury of "Murder, She Wrote" |
|
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| "Who's The Boss" role |
|
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| Turner portrayer Bassett |
|
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| Lansbury or Bassett |
|
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| "Who's The Boss" role |
|
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| McCourt's mother |
|
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| Lansbury or Bassett |
|
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| Bassett or Lansbury |
|
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| Ms. Lansbury |
|
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| Tina Turner portrayer Bassett |
|
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| The boss in "Who's the Boss?" |
|
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| Bassett of "Malcolm X" |
|
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| Cartwright of "Lost in Space" |
|
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| Actress Lansbury |
|
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| Lansbury of "Murder, She Wrote" |
|
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| Actress Lansbury |
|
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| Jessica's portrayer |
|
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| Frank McCourt's mother |
|
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| Activist Davis |
|
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| "Women, Race & Class" author Davis |
|
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| Bassett of "What's Love Got to Do With It?" |
|
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| Bassett of film |
|
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| Jessica player on TV |
|
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| Tina Turner portrayer Bassett |
|
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| "Women, Race and Class" author Davis |
|
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| Lansbury or Davis |
|
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| Actress Bassett |
|
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| Jessica player |
|
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| Bassett or Lansbury |
|
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| Actress Bassett |
|
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| Bassett or Lansbury |
|
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| The boss in "Who's the Boss?" |
|
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| Civil rights leader Davis |
|
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| Bassett of "What's Love Got to Do With It?" |
|
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| McCourt matriarch |
|
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| Jessica's portrayer |
|
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| "Women, Race & Class" author Davis |
|
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| "Who's the Boss?" woman |
|
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| Whitney's "Waiting to Exhale" co-star |
|
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| She plays Jessica |
|
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| Lansbury |
|
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| Jessica, on "Murder, She Wrote" |
|
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| Actress Bassett |
|
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| Actress Lansbury |
|
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| Activist Davis |
|
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| Radical Davis |
|
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| Bassett of "Waiting to Exhale" |
|
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| Jessica's longtime portrayer |
|
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| Jessica of Murder She Wrote |
|
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| She played Jessica, the mystery writer |
|
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| Len's "Sweeney Todd" co-star |
|
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| She plays Jessica |
|
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| Jessica in a murder series |
|
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| She plays Jessica on TV |
|
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| She played Mame |
|
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| Light role on TV |
|
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| Cabot Cove's Jessica |
|
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| Writer Thirkell |
|
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| St. ___ Merici |
|
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| Author Thirkell |
|
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| Lansbury |
|
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| Saint who founded the Ursuline order |
|
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| Lansbury |
|
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| "Mame" name |
|
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| Ms. Davis |
|
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| Miss Lansbury |
|
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| Miss Davis |
|
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| Miss Lansbury of the movies. |
|
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| Authoress Thirkell. |
|
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| Girl's name meaning lovely. |
|
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| Political activist ___ Davis |
|
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| Girl's name. |
|
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| Mame, on stage. |
|
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| Novelist Thirkell. |
|
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| St. ___ Merici, founder of Ursuline Order. |
|
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| Writer Thirkell. |
|
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| English novelist Thirkell. |
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