Politician most risen at oration (7)
SENATOR (…riSEN AT ORation…)
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Popcorn maker’s horrible decal never redesigned (7, 11)
ORVILLE REDENBACHER (anagram of horrible decal never)
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The word association used to describe. (7)
Okay, maybe there was too much misdirection. Try:
The word THE association used to describe. (7)
CHERISH is the word I use to describe… - The Association
Focusunsed (12)
(ETA: Post must be at least five characters. Fuck you, Discourse. Is that enough characters?)
The word THE association used to describe. (7)
CHERISH is the word I use to describe… - The Association
I still don’t get it.
The song Cherish by the group The Association begins: “Cherish is the word I use to describe / All the feelings I have for you deep down inside…”
I don’t have any idea how to approach this one. Focus unused u?
More: Focu sun sed.
Heliocentric?
Looks right to me. Prof used an old-fashioned word rebus.
STAND
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Correct, try: " focused around the sun" as a definition.
Ok. Playoff word is HELIOCENTRIC.
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TV comgameister carries nasty GOP bona fides in Rio (5,7)
Sorry. Just noticed a typo:
TV congameister carries nasty GOP bona fides in Rio (5,7)
RICKY RICARDO (R + ICKY RIO + CARD)
Mr. Chicken will wear braids, I hear. (3, 6)
Don Knotts
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Testes could send you to sleep. (6)
TSETSE (anagram of TESTES)
The mutated ostrich attacked Rod Hull. (3)
Emu
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Looked through junk, now no more mystery (7)
UNKNOWN (hidden word)
Mr. Turner, at the home of our shadow, connects Mississippi to Tennessee. (7, 5)
Mr. Turner + term meaning “at the home of ours” + synonym for shadow = 19th century US trade route