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talize,” “receipt," "adulate,” "tendency” and "brigand.”
A pin drop would have echoed across the auditorium after Wayne Foster slipped up on ‘‘quarry,” leaving Willie Arias and Teresa Clinedinst to battle it out for the spelling crown.
Teresa missed “scoundrel” but then won a second chance when Willie erred on the same word. The suspense built as both missed "temperance.” And then came “homonym." Teresa followed the “h” with a "y”. She immediately realized her mistake but it was too late.
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