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1) Luke's last name in Star Wars:
Skywalker

2) A type of food and game fish of northern waters, having delicate pinkish flesh and characteristically swimming from salt to fresh water to spawn:
salmon

3) Distress signal used at sea:
S.O.S.

4) Mark left behind when a wound heals:
scar

5) One of two or more individuals having one or both parents in common:
sibling

6) There are 50 of these on the American flag:
stars

7) Popeye ate this:
spinach

8) The policy or practice of separating people of different races, classes, or ethnic groups, especially as a form of discrimination:
segregation

9) A heavily populated urban area characterized by substandard housing and squalor:
slum

10) Name of the Vulcan portrayed by Leonard Nimoy in the Star Trek television show and movies:
Spock

11) Having lost freshness:
stale or spoiled

12) The four natural divisions of the year, spring, summer, fall, and winter:
seasons

13) Language spoken in Puerto Rico, Mexico and Columbia:
Spanish

14) A pair of long, slender poles each equipped with a raised footrest to enable the user to walk elevated above the ground:
stilts

15) A synonym for cheap or miserly:
stingy

16) The family of animals that includes pigs, hogs and boars:
swine

17) Happening without warning, abrupt:
sudden

18) The ninth month:
September

19) City in Washington state known for its rainy weather, coffee shops and computer industry:
Seattle

20) A leisurely walk:
stroll

21) These are used to hold up pants. Larry King is famous for wearing them:
suspenders

22) A false and malicious statement or report about someone:
slander

23) Obstinate, resolute or unyielding:
stubborn

24) A presentation of the substance of a body of material in a condensed form or by reducing it to its main points; an abstract:
summary

25) Another word for couch:
sofa

26) Term meaning a male deer OR a person who attends a social gathering unaccompanied by a partner:
stag

27) The opposite of weak:
strong

28) To inhale audibly through a runny or congested nose:
sniffle

29) The front part of the leg below the knee and above the ankle:
shin

30) A word or formula believed to have magic power:
spell

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