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Hiccups Evidently Turned Back Some Explorer

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noun

• Florentine navigator who explored the coast of South America; America was named in his honor (1454-1512)

31%5 Foreign food to some extent gives us hiccups
noun

• rice (with raw fish) wrapped in seaweed

28%7 Having turned back nearly half way across ocean, explorer leaves from the Americas
noun

• leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion

• aromatic annual or perennial herbs and shrubs

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The Guardian Cryptic22 Nov 2000 Across 17
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