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1. Even though "PARA" is not a stand-alone word, it makes a good example for the way the answers are constructed. PARA is the abbreviation for Arkansas (AR) inside the one for Pennsylvania (PA) and can preface troop, diddle and keet (a great name for a law firm).
The first word to figure out this time is something goats and people have in common; some are just grand!
2. The next three words can be solved the "inside" way, as well as in the original Postal CODE way, with two state abbreviations in sequence.
The first is an ore place, one sometimes environmentally disastrous.
3. This is a lavish or festive celebration, again "inside" or in sequence.
4. I hope this doesn't boggle yours (again, abbreviations "inside" or one after another).
5. This "challenging" word is a very, very early American girl's last name.
6. This number is one of Lennon and McCartney's "Revolutions."
7. Add an "s" to this old English word for donkey and it might lead you to a fire.
8. This fairly recent, but frequently used, word can go with skirt, bar or Cooper.
9. This word can go with hill, as well as Chip. A bonus clue is "Buttermilk."
10. Some synonyms for this word are bemuse, benumb, stun, bewilder, confound and stupefy, sort of like what Postal CODE quizzes can do to FunTrivia Players.
11. I decided to add 5 questions to the normal 10 to well and fully finish off the series.
Another newish word from the world of drugs is the common one now for what we used to call a stool pigeon or, as a verb, for what he or she does.
12. This word is for the vehicles produced by a specific manufacturer, e.g. Ford, Toyota, BMW, etc. It is also how they do it.
13. This large and speedy shark comes in Longfin and Shortfin varieties and used to be called a Mackerel Shark.
14. For some reason, this kind of person only makes up 49% of the population.
15. An off-the-wall answer to finish off an off-the-wall series of quizzes. This is a two word song title, in Italian no less, where it means "My Beloved." It was first made popular by David Whitfield and the Montovani Orchestra in 1954 and it was Number One in the UK for ten weeks. In 1965, it was again made popular by Jay and the Americans, and later released by Slim Whitman and others.
To further complicate things, the first word is of "inside" construction and the second a three-letter combination of two abbreviations as in the Postal CODE Plus Series.
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