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Proper Wordplay

Because some words just demand a capital letter.

Test your recall of proper nouns across pop culture, history, and geography, clued with creative wordplay.

By PuzzledCross

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Across

1.Boundary with posts and wire
6.Bell of acting, or Erie or Superior
7.Baseball legend Derek ___
9.Get one's ducks in a row?
11.Crime that often starts with an accelerant
12.Start of many a fairy tale
13.Barely beat out

Down

2.At any point in time
3.Absolved, as of a charge
4.Pulls in dough, slangily
5.Classic film 'The Magnificent ___'
7.Voorhees of slasher films, e.g.
8.Country singer Adkins, or a subtle hint
10.Al ___, former Vice President

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