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MISSISSIPPIUS state SPELLINGBEE14 5 buzzing in quiz HOSTILITIES? WALTWHITMAN"Leaves of Grass" poet (volunteer nurse, Civil War) EDWINHUBBLESpace Telescope namesake (Army, WWI) PETERMAYHEWSurrey-born actor best known for playing Chewbacca in the Star Wars films JIMMYDORSEYAmerican jazz clarinettist, saxophonist, composer and big band leader who played on the original 1930 recording of Georgia on My Mind LASTSUSPECTHorse that won the 1985 Grand National ALANJPAKULAAmerican director, screenwriter and producer whose films include Klute, All the President's Men and Sophie's Choice ALFREDNOBELExplosive inventor's rewritten fable with Elrond TWISTEDLOVEBest-selling 2021 Ana Huang romance between two characters whose feelings are taboo: 2 wds. DOCUMENTARYNon-fiction programme made country shocked (11) EASTGERMANYFestival protecting good many in communist state (4,7)