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Pairings for Sep/Oct 2007

A puzzle for people who know New England

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The clues:

First: Ruth Wakefield was a Massachusetts innkeeper who was famous for her home-baked goodies. One day she ran out of a basic ingredient and experimented with a substitute. The result was a huge hit, immortalizing the recipe, its inventor, and the name of her inn.

Second: Following the success of the Mashantucket Pequots, the Mohegan tribe built its own gleaming palace along Connecticut's Thames River, luring hundreds of thousands of visitors hoping to cash in their own sweet rewards.

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Ted Williams's whiplike frame produced prodigious hitting power; his remarkable talent fueled the Boston Red Sox for 19 seasons between 1939 and 1960 (interrupted by his service in the Marine Corps during World War II). The Charles Forster factory made Strong, Maine, the "Toothpick Capital of the World," turning out millions of the tiny white-birch implements each week from about 1860 until its closing in 2003.

Answer:

Slendid Splinter

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