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| Onetime capital of the Mogul Empire | 35 |
| National Museum of Afghanistan city | 35 |
| Mile-high world capital | 23 |
| It commands Khyber Pass | 23 |
| Central Asian capital | 21 |
| Capital WNW of Islamabad | 24 |
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| Capital in the Hindu Kush mountains | 35 |
| Capital by the Hindu Kush | 25 |
| Afghanistan capital | 19 |
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| Hopi dolls | 10 |
| Pueblo dolls | 12 |
| Film critic Pauline | 19 |
| Critic Pauline | 14 |
| Movie critic Pauline | 20 |
| "I Lost It at the Movies" author Pauline | 50 |
| "I Lost It at the Movies" author | 42 |
| Film critic | 11 |
| Subject of the bio "A Life in the Dark" | 49 |
| Reviewer Pauline | 16 |
| Pauline, the critic | 19 |
| Pauline ___, movie critic | 25 |
| Longtime "New Yorker" film critic | 43 |
| Longtime ''New Yorker'' critic | 46 |
| First movie critic to win a National Book Award | 47 |
| Film-critic Pauline | 19 |
| Critic who wrote "When the Lights Go Down" | 52 |
| Critic who influenced Ebert | 27 |
| "I Lost It at the Movies" writer Pauline | 50 |
| "Deeper Into Movies" author | 37 |
| "Conversations with Pauline ___" | 42 |
| "5001 Nights at the Movies" writer | 44 |
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| Kato who testified against O. J. | 32 |
| Kato of Simpson trial fame | 26 |
| Ditzy Simpson trial witness Kato | 32 |
| "Amerika" author | 26 |
| "The Trial" author | 28 |
| He wrote "The Trial" | 30 |
| "The Trial" novelist | 30 |
| "The Metamorphosis" author | 36 |
| Gregor Samsa's creator | 26 |
| Author of "The Trial" | 31 |
| "The Trial" writer Franz | 34 |
| "The Castle" novelist | 31 |
| "Amerika" novelist | 28 |
| ''The Trial'' novelist Franz | 44 |
| ''The Trial'' author Franz | 42 |
| Writer from Prague | 18 |
| Surreal author Franz | 20 |
| Subject of a Prague museum | 26 |
| Prague-born novelist | 20 |
| Novelist Franz | 14 |
| His protagonists include Josef K. | 33 |
| He wrote "A first sign of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die" | 86 |
| Dark, surreal author Franz | 26 |
| Creator of Gregor Samsa | 23 |
| Bohemian writer whose last request was that all his manuscripts be "burned unread" | 92 |
| Author who said "A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us" | 79 |
| Author honored in a Prague museum | 33 |
| Austrian writer Franz | 21 |
| Austrian writer | 15 |
| Austrian novelist | 17 |
| 1991 biopic directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Jeremy Irons | 67 |
| "The Trial" author Franz | 34 |
| "The Metamorphosis" writer Franz | 42 |
| "The Metamorphosis" author Franz | 42 |
| "The Castle" author | 29 |
| "Metamorphosis" author | 32 |
| "Amerika" writer | 26 |
| 'The Metamorphosis' writer | 34 |
| 'Metamorphosis' author | 30 |
| 'Amerika' author Franz | 30 |
| ''The Metamorphosis'' author | 44 |
| ''The Prophet'' author | 38 |
| Poet Gibran | 11 |
| Mystical writer Gibran | 22 |
| "The Prophet" author Gibran | 37 |
| 'The Prophet' author -- Gibran | 38 |
| Black Russian ingredient | 24 |
| Coffee-flavored liqueur | 23 |
| White Russian ingredient | 24 |
| White Russian liqueur | 21 |
| Part of a mudslide | 18 |
| Mudslide liqueur | 16 |
| Black Russian component | 23 |
| Actress Madeline | 16 |
| Madeline of "Blazing Saddles" | 39 |
| Madeline of "Young Frankenstein" | 42 |
| "Blazing Saddles" actress Madeline | 44 |
| Lyricist Gus | 12 |
| Songwriter Gus | 14 |
| Madeline in "Clue" | 28 |
| "It Had to Be You" lyricist | 37 |
| Oscar nominee Madeline | 22 |
| Madeline of the movies | 22 |
| Madeline of "Clue" | 28 |