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   Weights
   Many lighter skydivers wear a weight vest to allow them to maintain a fast fall rate
   Found op http://www.dropzone.com/safety/resources/handbook/gloss2.shtml
   
   
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   Weights
   Lead strips placed in a weight cloth to bring the jockey and tack up to the handicap weight.
   Found op http://www.cheltenhamfestival.net/horse%20racing%20glossary.php
   
   
3. 
   weights
   1) Burdens 2) The first words of the answers to asterisked clues are types of them
   Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/weights/1
   
   

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