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Vocabulary Building Blocks: (30 Across) stratagem (NOUN) 1. A maneuver in a game or conversation designed to outwit an opponent or antagonist. Synonyms: gambit, ploy. 2. An elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade.
Synonyms: contrivance, dodge, strategy, trick. Derived from French, from Latin,
from Greek: stratos army PLUS aegin to lead.
Did You Know? (69 Across) Tony Blair, former Prime Minister
of the United Kingdom, (1997-2007) played rock guitar in his youth. At age 43,
he became the youngest British prime minister in nearly two centuries. Blair's
legacy will likely be the restoration of the Labour Party to the forefront in
British politics and the social reforms undertaken during his leadership.
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