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A character created by this author titles a painting in which a seated, bare-chested woman wears a large hat and robe of the same red color and mossy decalcomania texture as the surrounding landscape. For a Maecenas Press printing of a book by this author, a melting clock table was illustrated in one of twelve heliogravures by Salvador Dali. One reptile’s body serves as a ship on which six similar figures sit in a painting and sculpture (-5[1])titled (-5[1])for a poem by this author and created by (*) Leonora Carrington. This author dropped the chapter “The Wasp in a Wig” on the advice of an illustrator who drew a duchess (10[1])based on Quentin Matsys’s Ugly Duchess, per an annotated edition by Martin Gardner. This author created a character who wears a horseshoe-shaped headband now named for her in illustrations by John Tenniel. For 10 points, name this author of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Lewis Carroll [or Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (The first line refers to Max Ernst’s Alice in 1941; the Carrington artworks are both titled How Doth the Little Crocodile.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Ariel Faederthrow away your cards, rally in the streetsUBC76-5
Joel MilesThompson et al.I wish it were possible to freeze time so I would never have to watch you retire77-5
Steven YuanCLEVELAND, THIS IS FOR YOU!Aw we're so sorry to hear that maman died today, she gets five big booms10810
King VidorI wish it were possible to freeze time so I would never have to watch you retireThompson et al.15210
Russell NipUBCthrow away your cards, rally in the streets15210

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