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18D. The Olympic medalist [Spinks who defeated Muhammad Ali] was known to his friends and family as LEON. 29D. The [Sitar virtuoso Shankar] and father to the singer Norah Jones is RAVI. 41D. Perhaps you thought those four letters would add up to Duke, but the [North Carolina university] you’re looking for is ELON.

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