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STUCKOUTLIKEASORETHUMBHitchhiked with a hangnail, in Valleyspeak? FARFROMTHEMADDINGCROWDThomas Hardy novel whose title comes from Thomas Gray's poem Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard JOSEPHINEDEBEAUHARNAISThe first wife of Napoleon I and the first Empress of the French JUNEISBUSTINOUTALLOVERSong and dance number from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Carousel THOUSANDISLANDDRESSINGSauce made with mayonnaise, tomato ketchup, tabasco and chopped gherkins INTERNATIONALWOMENSDAYMarch 8 observance connecting billions of people around the world … including the 22 people whose names cross this answer ITSALLDOWNHILLFROMHERE"Things are only going to get worse" ... or a hint to answering the seven italicized clues in this puzzle AMERICANPITBULLTERRIERSee 32 MARISATOMEIITSAMEMARIOGreeting from a famous Italian character to a famous Italian American actress? TECHNOCRATSTRENCHCOATSAttire for Larry Page and Sergey Brin when visiting Google incognito? CHECKMATINGCHICKMAGNETReal chess playa? EXONERATINGGENERATIONXForgiving middle-aged dads for their dad jokes, say? STREETLEGALLETSGETREAL"You think that hunk of junk'll pass inspection? Please!"?