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I am composed of 14 letters.

My 13, 11, 7, 3, 1, 12 is a dream.

My 8, 14, 10, 9 is a net.

My 1, 6, 8, 4, 13, 14, 2, 5 is a balance.

My whole is a celebrated man.

25. Entire, I am a noun; behead and transpose, and I am lean; replace my head, curtail me, and I am necessary to the accomplishment of any great object; curtail me again, transpose, and I am sometimes used as a seat.

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27. Why are most of the heroes and heroines in novels like the letter O?