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Besides the Tractatus, the only book Ludwig Wittgenstein published in his lifetime was one of these texts for children. James Murray used an extensive series of slips to gather evidence for one of these texts. The Letter to Chesterfield was written on the completion (20[1])of one (20[1])of these texts (20[1])in 1755. (20[2])A history by (20[1])Simon Winchester chronicles William Chester Minor’s (20[1])contributions (20[1])to one of these (20[1])books (20[2])from an (*) asylum. (10[3])In 2023, “sometimes offensive” sections were added back to one of these texts (10[2])by (10[1])NASPA, (10[1])a group that runs board game tournaments. (10[1])A “Compendious” one of these books (10[2])by an American (10[1])broke (10[1])from British spelling. (10[2])For 10 (10[1])points, name this (10[1])type of book (10[1])compiled (10[1])by lexicographers (10[1])like Noah Webster. (10[3])■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: dictionary [or historical dictionary or children’s dictionary or word list; accept Official Scrabble Players Dictionary; prompt on reference text; reject “thesaurus” or “encyclopedia” or “textbook”]
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2024 PACE NSC06/08/2024Y36100%31%0%85.42