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1. The only thing I can think of that knocked the number of players for Quiz #14 down to 15 (from an average of 30 or 40 for earlier ones) was its rating as Very Difficult. I used the more common words that fit the rules first; as the choices become more ARCANE, I'll try to make better clues.
The first answer is a word that can mean a place for ore or describing what belongs to "me."
2. This is what you do when it's not deep enough to swim.
3. What the "Veni" means in Caesar's "Veni, vidi, vici," without the "I". (Past tense)
4. The darkest ocean deeps or your fingers after refilling your printer.
5. The next word is a carpentry term meaning to join with a dowel or tenon. Sounds like a soft drink or anaerobically reduced coal.
6. The next word simply pertains to a lake; it also means transparent.
7. A colorless liquid hydrocarbon extracted from petroleum.
8. The next word is the adjective describing the Gull family, Larus (Laridae).
9. Paralysis of the vocal chords resulting in an inability to speak. The first four letters are the same Southern state abbreviation repeated.
10. Branch Davidian home in TX
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