1. Has experience in the mining industry (8 letters)

2. Good day, Madam President (8 letters)

3. Strip of land Mandelbrot can’t measure (5 letters)*

4. Went to an amusement park with you, and now is back (7 letters)

5. Determined to give a talk on Wednesday (7 letters)

6. Came from Paris. By train, as always (9 letters)

7. Doesn’t play music for Letterman (6 letters)

8. Keeper of treasures or talks about proofs (6 letters)

9. Knows about knowing about knowing (6 letters)

10. A welcoming presence in France (8 letters)

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(The following is not part of the puzzle: 1. the following might or might not be helpful: treat question three slightly different from the others; it was written under a misapprehension. 2. if you think there is a mistake with the puzzle, please report it to the LC25 contact address. This is unlikely but possible)