Letter
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Hint
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Answer
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A
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The crisp cash crop of the Columbia Valley
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Apple
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B
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This widely televised conflict put globalism under scrutiny in 1999
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Battle of Seattle
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C
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Canyon-like landform, one is famous for its dam
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Coullee
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D
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A downer of a location named by Lewis and Clark at the oceanic midpoint of their 1804 journey
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Cape Disappointment
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E
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Headquarters of Boeing, home to world's largest building
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Everett
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F
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Gary Larson started this absurdist comic while at WSU
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The Far Side
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G
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Washington's richest man
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Bill Gates
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H
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A nuclear laboratory (and source of radioactive pollution) in central WA
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Hanford
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I
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Unlike many states, Washington's government does not collect these
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Income taxes
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J
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Roughly 1 percent of Washingtonians claim ancestry from this country
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Japan
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K
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Seattle's long-awaited hockey team
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Kraken
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L
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Spokane has a festival devoted to this aromatic flowering tree
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Lilac
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M
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Ash from this volcano reached Oklahoma
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Mt. Saint Helens
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N
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Foo Fighter's Dave Grohl started in this (admittedly more popular) band
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Nirvana
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O
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The Puget Sound population of this cetacean is on the brink of extinction
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Orca
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P
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This newly-designated Olympic sport began on Brainbridge Island
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Pickle Ball
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Q
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Taholah and Queets are towns on this coastal Indian reservation
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Quinault
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R
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The last Republican presidential candidate to win the state
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Reagan
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S
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Four dams on this river prevent salmon from reaching Idaho
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Snake
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T
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Frank Herbert, author of "Dune", was born in this town
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Tacoma
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U
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Nearly one in five workers belong to one of these, among the highest in America
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Unions
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V
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Best selling instrumental rock band ever, from Tacoma
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The Ventures
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W
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A town so nice they named it twice
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Walla Walla
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X
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X is the Roman numeral for 10. What movie with 10 in the title takes place in Seattle?
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10 Things I Hate about You
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Y
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One of the larger towns east of the Cascades
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Yakima
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Z
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This retail business, aimed at skaters and snowboarders, started in Seattle
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Zumiez
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