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Vocabulary Building Blocks: (28 Down) clandestine (Adjective) Kept secret for a purpose, usually for something evil or illicit; surreptitious; furtive.
Synonyms: cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, on the
quiet, secret, stealthy, surreptitious, undercover, underground. Derived from:
French clandestinus; from Latin clam in secret.
Did You Know? (5 Down) Staten Island is an island,
separated from the rest of the state of New York by New York Bay, (a bay of the
North Atlantic, fed by the Hudson River).The island is also a borough of New
York City, and considered a part of Richmond County, New York. Besides several
bridges connecting the island to New Jersey and New York, the famous
Staten Island ferry runs between the borough and Manhattan, providing
views of the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. (A bay is an indentation of a
shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf.)
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