NATIONAL SPELLING BEE 2007: THE THIRD ROUND

Local champ Paul Linseth (pictured) remains in the running with expurgate. So do Robert Hale of Asbury Park and Prateek Kohli of Rockville Center with thrombocyte and convivial, respectively.

But there's Samir Patel of Fort Worth, fending off trumpery as if it were so much gossamer frippery.

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