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Everest conqueror Hillary

• 'The Faerie Queene' author Spenser

• Blackadder's first name

• Everest climber Hillary

• Gwen who played Kris Kringle in 1947

• Gwenn of Miracle on 34th Street

• Halley of comet fame

• Hillary who climbed

• Jerry Brown's real first name

• King Lear character

• Mountaineer Hillary

• Novelist White

• Onetime Secretary of State Muskie

• Sir Hillary of mountain-climbing fame

• Spenser or White

• Treacherous character in King Lear