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Letter
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Clue
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Answer
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A
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Home of the Michigan Wolverines
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Ann Arbor
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B
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Term that refers to the Midwest's agricultural significance
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Breadbasket
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C
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Wisconsinite, or a fan of the Packers
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Cheesehead
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D
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City found at the tri-point of Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin
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Dubuque
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E
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This card game of taking tricks uses only about half the deck
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Euchre
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F
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Expect to see these over the late summer months at the state and county levels
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Fairs
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G
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The pump for this originated in Fort Wayne, Indiana
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Gasoline
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H
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This region more or less overlaps with the Midwest
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Heartland
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I
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Its suburbs include Carmel and Fishers
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Indianapolis
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J
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This 4x NBA MVP grew up in Akron, Ohio
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LeBron James
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K
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Slapping this body part and saying "welp" initiates a Midwestern goodbye
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Knees
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L
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This TV show follows the Ingalls family
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Little House on the Prairie
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M
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Save big money at this home improvement retail chain
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Menards
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N
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This created a new territory in the US in 1787
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Northwest Ordinance
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O
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Great Lakes Native American tribe
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Ojibwe
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P
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The Midwest is infamous for having many of these on roads
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Potholes
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Q
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Region on the border of Iowa and Illinois
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Quad Cities
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R
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The NHL team with the most Stanley Cups from the US
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Red Wings
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S
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This fictional superhero grew up in Smallville, Kansas
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Superman
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T
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City & strip of land fought over between Michigan and Ohio
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Toledo
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U
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This manufacturing company's growth and decline matched the Steel Belt's transition into the Rust Belt
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U.S. Steel
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V
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Either a river in South Dakota or a city in Ohio (if spelled with one L)
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Vermillion
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W
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Founded in 1903, this was the first national park in the Midwest
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Wind Cave
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X
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Namesake of a university in Cincinnati
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St. Francis Xavier
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Y
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City adjacent to A
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Ypsilanti
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Z
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Invasive freshwater mussel that has been destructive in the Great Lakes
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Zebra mussel
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