| Capital on the Mediterranean |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Aug 2025 |
| Journey round centre of peculiarly Mediterranean port |
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| Port of northern Lebanon (7) |
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| African capital has polarities without sea turbulence (7) |
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| Port, originally in Libya, is needing renovation (7) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
10 Jul 2025 |
| African capital whose name means 'three cities' (7) |
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| Capital EEE, say (7) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
24 Jun 2025 |
| World capital on the Mediterranean |
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| Promilitary army departed for the capital (7) |
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| Major Libyan city (7) |
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| Gity in North Africa? |
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| Tour oil refinery in North africa (7) |
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| Stand almost taken by centre of allied capital |
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| Oil supply on flow easily makes capital (7) |
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| African capital |
Thomas Joseph |
30 Apr 2025 |
| Oil change needed after a journey in North Africa (7) |
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| Libyan capital city (7) |
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| Capital of Libya |
Mirror Quiz |
23 Apr 2025 |
| City tour round half of Lima (7) |
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| Nth. African city tour has crude oil as its base (7) |
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| Excursion to transport oil? Capital! (7) |
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| Pilot flying around Rhode Island's capital city (7) |
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| No arches found in prehistorical Libyan city (7) |
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| Voyage to get crude oil, creating capital (7) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
14 Mar 2025 |
| Stumble on spilt oil in the Libyan capital (7) |
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| Have oil-change on excursion in North Africa (7) |
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| Journey to oil-producing city (7) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
16 Jan 2025 |
| Make a re-scheduled oil trip to a Libyan city (7) |
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| Mediterranean seaport in Lebanon, terminus of an oil pipeline from Iraq (7) |
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| Capital city of Libya |
The Times Concise |
03 Jan 2025 |
| Oil change needed after journey to Libyan location (7) |
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| Mind-blowing experience Colin uncovered somewhere on the Med |
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| Trial run in port of Libya initially (7) |
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| Tour oil refinery in Africa (7) |
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| Stumble on oil spilt in Libya? (7) |
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| Oil change needed after journey in Libya |
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| Naked folk I observed on holiday in African capital |
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| Excursion to get foreign oil in North Africa (7) |
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| Polish capital |
The Telegraph Toughie |
11 Oct 2024 |
| Oil change required after voyage to Mediterranean seaport (7) |
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| Release oil refined in Libyan port (7) |
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| Which international airport is the main hub for Libyan Airlines? (7) |
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| African's capital jaunt round Lima and India |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
23 Sep 2024 |
| Chief port of Libya (7) |
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| In comic strip, Olive Oyl holds Libyan city (7) |
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| Capital of Libya |
Mirror Quiz |
16 Aug 2024 |
| Libya's governmental capital (7) |
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| Expedition discovered oil in African capital (7) |
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| Journey to get crude oil in capital |
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| Mistake over oil spilt in N African capital |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
15 Jun 2024 |
| Capital city of Libya (7) |
The Times Concise |
01 Jun 2024 |
| Pilot uses infrared navigating to capital city |
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| Excursion to get oil over in Libya (7) |
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| Journey with crude oil in N. Africa (7) |
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| Tripper Leigh mentioned in Libya (7) |
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| Stumble on crude oil somewhere in North Africa |
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| Cut off oil supply for capital (7) |
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| In January 1935 the Italian colonies of Cyrenaica, ... and Fezzan were merged to form the nation known as Libya |
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| I look back on excursion in Mediterranean city |
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| Fall over on spilt oil in city (7) |
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| City in Lebanon or in Libya (7) |
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| Journey to take oil over to the Libyan capital (7) |
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| Stumble on crude oil in N. Africa (7) |
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| Journey wasted oil and Arab capital (7) |
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| Head of organisation, 51, seen after journey from Libyan capital (7) |
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| This Libyan city was occupied by British forces until the nation achieved independence in 1951 |
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| Capital of Libya |
Mirror Quiz |
19 Mar 2024 |
| Capital Radio still ultimately trailing tour and single |
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| Name of a Libyan and Lebanese city (7) |
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| Oil change needed after excursion to North African location (7) |
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| Capital on the Mediterranean |
New York Times |
01 Mar 2024 |
| Capital of Libya |
Mirror Tea Time |
01 Mar 2024 |
| Power in three leaders in Luxembourg and Italian capital |
The Telegraph Toughie |
27 Feb 2024 |
| Power in three leaders in Luxembourg and Italian capital (7) |
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| Journey before oil is distributed in Arab capital (7) |
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| Stumble on crude oil in North Africa |
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| Stumble on crude oil in North Africa (7) |
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| Release oil refined in the capital of Libya (7) |
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| Arab city's tribal politics? Not half! |
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| Journey made to get half of the olives in Mediterranean city |
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| Capital journey round Long Island |
The Times Cryptic |
10 Jan 2024 |
| Major city of Libya (7) |
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| Outing oil trafficking in African capital (7) |
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| Libyan port |
Premier Sunday |
03 Dec 2023 |
| Capital of Libya, and a phonetic hint to a feature of this puzzle's four longest answers |
LA Times Daily |
09 Nov 2023 |
| The capital of Libya |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
01 Oct 2023 |
| Capital tour, lastly to coral island |
The Guardian Cryptic |
03 Jan 2023 |
| Troy to tear apart crude oil port on the Med |
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| Capital of Libya |
The Times Concise |
06 Nov 2021 |
| River circled by pilot, I gathered, in capital city |
The Times Cryptic |
04 Nov 2021 |
| Libya's capital |
Universal |
09 Sep 2021 |
| North African port city |
The Washington Post Sunday |
27 Jun 2021 |
| Chief Libyan port |
The Sun Two Speed |
06 Jun 2021 |
| Oil supply on flow easily produces capital |
The Sun Two Speed |
06 Jun 2021 |
| ''Marines' Hymn'' city |
Newsday |
11 Apr 2021 |
| ''Shores of'' city in ''The Marines' Hymn'' |
Newsday |
17 Mar 2021 |
| Run out crude oil here? |
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| Experience high oil supply from this city? |
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| Capital seen by pilot flying around Rhode Island |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
10 Jan 2021 |
| Pilot flying over centre of Nairobi - one African capital |
Irish Times Crosaire |
26 Dec 2020 |
| Capital made by Republican taking hint about oil supply |
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| ''Marines' Hymn'' destination |
Newsday |
13 Nov 2020 |
| Foreign capital excursion on oil rig, occasionally |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
15 Oct 2020 |
| Oea is the ancient name of this city and port in Libya |
The Telegraph General Knowledge |
11 Oct 2020 |
| City's spin over oil spill |
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| Capital with power to stop small group initially living independently |
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| Libyan city |
The Times Concise |
18 Jun 2020 |
| Libya's capital |
New York Times |
03 Mar 2020 |
| North African city in the lyrics to the 'Marines' Hymn' |
New York Times |
25 Feb 2020 |
| Journey's over, left one city |
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| Crashed pilot absorbing religious teaching in African city |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
15 Oct 2019 |
| Heard peal of bells approaching international city |
The Telegraph Toughie |
24 Sep 2019 |
| Libya's largest city |
USA Today |
18 Sep 2019 |
| Capital of Libya |
The Guardian Speedy |
28 Jul 2019 |
| Flow easily shifting oil produces capital |
The Sun Two Speed |
21 Jun 2019 |
| Libyan city |
The Sun Two Speed |
21 Jun 2019 |
| Libyan city in the "Marines' Hymn" |
Universal |
01 May 2019 |
| City‘s stumble over refined oil |
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| ''Shores of'' place in ''The Marines' Hymn'' |
Newsday |
03 Apr 2019 |
| City that sounds like a shoe stat |
Newsday |
26 Jan 2019 |
| Libyan city in the "Marines' Hymn" |
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| Libya's largest city |
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| Journey with boiling oil for capital |
The Telegraph Toughie |
02 Oct 2018 |
| Capital of Libya which was founded in 7th century BC by the Phoenicians |
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| Stumble on oil surprisingly in kieselguhr |
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| Capital on the Mediterranean coast |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Apr 2018 |
| Capital EEE, say |
The Sun Two Speed |
27 Feb 2018 |
| Libyan capital |
The Sun Two Speed |
27 Feb 2018 |
| Capital on the Mediterranean coast |
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| Capital error over centre of Catholicism |
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| Capital experience Colin discovered |
The Telegraph Toughie |
12 Oct 2017 |
| "Marines' Hymn" city |
USA Today |
29 Sep 2017 |
| "Marines' Hymn" city |
LA Times Daily |
23 Jul 2017 |
| 'Marines' Hymn' city |
The Washington Post |
23 Jul 2017 |
| Fresh oil needed on journey in African capital |
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| Stumble upon oil working in Middle Eastern city |
The Telegraph Toughie |
10 Jan 2017 |
| "Marines' Hymn" city |
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| "Marines' Hymn" city |
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| Collecting rent could be toil in the capital |
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| Capital journey on liner is just starting |
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| North African capital |
LA Times Daily |
11 Sep 2016 |
| One of three Mediterranean cities featured on radio three times? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
07 Sep 2016 |
| "The Marines' Hymn" city |
USA Today |
21 Aug 2016 |
| Capital of Libya |
The Times Concise |
15 Aug 2016 |
| African capital |
Thomas Joseph |
03 Aug 2016 |
| Journey around Long Island with foreign capital |
Irish Times Crosaire |
18 Jun 2016 |
| Oil wasted on voyage to get to port city |
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| ''Marines' Hymn'' locale |
Newsday |
22 May 2016 |
| Journey over, left island capital |
The Telegraph Toughie |
22 Apr 2016 |
| "The Marines' Hymn" city |
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| North African capital |
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| Voyage to get crude oil, creating capital |
The Sun Two Speed |
21 Dec 2015 |
| Capital tour to west of oil-rig, oddly |
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| Stumble on oil spills in a Mediterranean port |
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| Libyan port |
LA Times Daily |
01 Sep 2015 |
| Gaffe over spillage of oil in Lebanese port |
The Times Cryptic |
12 Aug 2015 |
| Capital of Libya |
LA Times Daily |
25 May 2015 |
| Capital of Libya |
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| Libyan port |
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| Oil change needed after journey in capital |
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| One of the former Barbary States |
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| Capital mentioned in the "Marines' Hymn" |
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| City captured by the Allies in January 1943 |
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| Libya's capital |
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| Mediterranean capital |
|
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| City where a bloody crackdown quelled anti-Gaddafi protests on February 25, 2011 |
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| Libyan capital |
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| Capital of Libya |
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| *Wide shoe specification? |
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| African capital |
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| Capital west of the Gulf of Sidra |
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| Onetime Barbary state |
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| Capital west of the Gulf of Sidra |
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| Barbary Wars participant |
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| Capital on the Mediterranean |
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| A Barbary State |
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| Capital on the Mediterranean |
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| Lebanese port |
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| Barbary Wars participant |
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| Mediterranean port |
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| Capital on the Mediterranean Sea |
|
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| One-time pirate stronghold in Libya |
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| Capital on the Mediterranean |
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| Libyan capital |
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| Port in "The Marines' Hymn" |
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| Capital south of Sicily |
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| "Marines' Hymn" city |
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| One of the Barbary States |
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| City bombed by the United States in 1986 |
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| Libya's largest city |
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| Libya's largest city |
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| One of the Barbary States |
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| Libya's capital |
|
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| Libyan capital |
|
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| African capital's crude oil used on excursion |
|
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| Port in "The Marines' Hymn" |
|
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| Libya's capital |
|
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| River circled by pilot, I gathered, in capital city |
|
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| City in "Marines' Hymn" |
|
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| City taken by the Crusaders, 1109 |
|
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| African capital |
|
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| City in a Marine song |
|
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| City of Lebanon or Libya |
|
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| City in Libya or Lebanon |
|
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| Former Barbary State |
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| African port |
|
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| " . . . shores of ___" |
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| Enemy city in Libya. |
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| City in Libya. |
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| Libya's capital |
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| Former Barbary state. |
|
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| "To the shores of ___." |
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| Libyan seaport. |
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| Shores in a famous Marine song. |
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| 10th word of U. S. Marine hymn. |
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| Capital of Libya. |
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| Winter capital of Libya. |
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| City celebrated in the Marines' song. |
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| Port in Libya. |
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| Historic Marine triumph. |
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| Capital of Libya. |
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| North African capital. |
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| Locale in Marine song |
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| Land in Marine song |
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| Port of Lebanon. |
|
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| Seaport of Syria. |
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| Libyan battle city. |
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| Libyan city. |
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| Strategic seaport in North Africa. |
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| Oil city at terminus of Syrian pipe line. |
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