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1. Start with a 10-letter word that refers to groups that are not the majorities of given populations. Yes, the 10-letter word in the question is a big clue.
2. Take away a letter from the previous answer, rearrange the remaining letters. Break them into two words describing a situation with multiple cases of violent unrest in an excavation to extract ores.
3. Remove one letter, rearrange, and you have a word meaning a senior government official, often heading a department. Not a term used in the U.S., but more common in many other countries.
4. Drop a letter from the above answer, rearrange the rest, and come up with a word that means "more filled with foglike moisture." Remember that all answers (except for number 10) start with the letters "mi."
5. Take away a letter, rearrange the rest, and you should have the traditional ceremonial head-gear of bishops in the Catholic Church. Be sure to make it plural.
6. Drop a letter and find the plural of an organism that is usually microscopic, often parasitic, and a member of the class Arachnida.
7. Take away a letter, rearrange, and find the missing word in the name of famed architect Ludwig ______ van der Rohe.
8. Drop a letter, don't bother rearranging, and you should have an abbreviation for "management information system."
9. Okay, I fibbed. There are one or two questions about Michigan. Drop a letter from the above answer to show the abbreviation for the State of Michigan.
10. Now throw away one of the two remaining letters, and you're left with the letter that the University of Michigan Wolverines athletic teams use as a symbol, often with the word "Michigan" in a horizontal bar across its middle.
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