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"MUM"s THE WORD
This 2-word term for confusing language may come from a Mande phrase for "ancestor wearing a pompom"
Time's up! The correct answer was Mumbo-jumbo
THE ROYALS
She was the Virgin Queen or Good Queen Bess
Time's up! The correct answer was Elizabeth I
SHAKESPEARE
Richard III says, "How sweet a thing it is to wear" one & Henry IV says, "Uneasy lies the head that wears" one
Time's up! The correct answer was a crown
DOUGH
The name of this unit of currency used in Libya is from the Latin for "ten"
Time's up! The correct answer was Dinar
FRUIT
This fruit often originates from peach seeds & peaches sometimes come from its seeds
Time's up! The correct answer was Nectarines
SAINTS BE PRAISED
In September 1999 an abridged version of his "City of God" ranked 9,821st on Amazon.com's sales list
Time's up! The correct answer was Saint Augustine
DEMOCRATIC KEYNOTERS
1976: Ohio senator
Time's up! The correct answer was John Glenn
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
At Bunker Hill, Colonel Prescott is said to have ordered, "Don't one of you fire until you see" these
Time's up! The correct answer was The whites of their eyes
ISLANDS
Portuguese sailors originally named this island in the South China Sea Ilha Formosa, "beautiful island"
Time's up! The correct answer was Taiwan
THE ONION
Nov. 15, 2001: This pasta treat "discontinued as Franco-American relations break down"
Time's up! The correct answer was SpaghettiOs
WORD ORIGINS
This state's name is from the Sioux for "sky-tinted waters"; maybe they meant the 10,000 lakes
Time's up! The correct answer was Minnesota
AUTHORS
Robert Louis Stevenson suffered from this lung disease for many years, but died of a cerebral hemorrhage in 1894
Time's up! The correct answer was tuberculosis
THE FRENCH CONNECTION
A homophone for the French word for "wheel", you need a good one to make gumbo
Time's up! The correct answer was a roux
BEFORE & AFTER
The Beatles' 1967 album that was a 2001 WWII miniseries on HBO
Time's up! The correct answer was Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band of Brothers
BEFORE THEY WERE FIRST LADIES
She was president (Natl. Pres. of the Girl Scouts, that is) in the 1920s while her husband was merely Secy. of Commerce
Time's up! The correct answer was Hoover
"TOO" MUCH
It's a string or garland of flowers hung in a curve, or to decorate with them
Time's up! The correct answer was festoon
TRANSPORTATION
Smaller than a junk, this Oriental boat usually has a cabin with a roof made of mats
Time's up! The correct answer was Sampan
THEATRE AROUND THE WORLD
He directed a landmark Chinese production of his play "Death of a Salesman" at the People's Art Theatre in Beijing
Time's up! The correct answer was Arthur Miller
LOW CUT GENES
Since the 1980s this hormone used by diabetics has been produced by genetically engineered bacteria
Time's up! The correct answer was insulin
INNS
The Chaucer Inn is located near the cathedral in this English city
Time's up! The correct answer was Canterbury
IT BORDERS JUST ONE OTHER COUNTRY
San Marino
Time's up! The correct answer was Italy
THE FUNNIES
The title of this Jim Unger comic refers to everyone in it, not just a single character
Time's up! The correct answer was Herman
HE WAS IN THAT?
Mike Farrell of "Providence" can be seen in the hotel in this 1967 Dustin Hoffman classic
Time's up! The correct answer was The Graduate
BUSY AS A BEAVER
Grey Beaver is the first master of this Jack London wolf-dog
Time's up! The correct answer was White Fang
WHOSE IS IT?
This "apple" is at the front of men's throats
Time's up! The correct answer was Adam's apple
EVERYBODY LOVES RAY
25 years after "The Lost Weekend", he played Ryan O'Neal's dad in "Love Story"
Time's up! The correct answer was Ray Milland
FANTASTIC FILMS
Means by which Jack the Ripper & H.G. Wells get to 1970s San Francisco in "Time After Time"
Time's up! The correct answer was Time Machine
HOW'S THE WEATHER?
Sept. 4, 2007 was the first time that 2 of these, Henriette & Felix, made landfall on the same day
Time's up! The correct answer was hurricanes
GEOGRAPH"Y"
There's an active volcano on Sicily, an island that's part of this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Italy
JULIUS CAESAR
In 46 B.C. this Egyptian came with Caesar to Rome, where her statue was placed in the temple of Venus Genetrix
Time's up! The correct answer was Cleopatra
FRUITS & VEGETABLES
This fruit with many seeds is grown on the Punica granatum tree
Time's up! The correct answer was a pomegranate
ISLANDS
One of France's 26 regions, it doesn't count as an overseas one though it's 100 miles across the Mediterranean
Time's up! The correct answer was Corsica
TELEVISION
This Sunday night series is subtitled "The New Adventures of Superman"
Time's up! The correct answer was Lois & Clark
AIN'T THAT "GRAND"
A 1085-mile waterway in China & a 2.5 mile waterway in Venice are both called this
Time's up! The correct answer was the Grand Canal
AMERICAN LITERATURE
This clergyman who wrote "The Short History of New-England" in 1694 was the son of Increase Mather
Time's up! The correct answer was Cotton Mather
WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS
To "go" this, meaning all the way, comes from an 18th c. poem about inability to decide which part of the pig to eat
Time's up! The correct answer was whole hog
SCIENCE GUYS
In 1920, he was named director of the Institute of Theoretical Physics in Copenhagen
Time's up! The correct answer was Bohr
BUSINESS
This San Francisco-based clothing company's full name includes "De Corps"
Time's up! The correct answer was Esprit
DRIVING
The following sound indicates a vehicle in this gear
Time's up! The correct answer was reverse
MOVIE MUSIC
Julie Andrews sings "A Spoonful Of Sugar" in this movie
Time's up! The correct answer was Mary Poppins
THE CRUCIBLE
Nitrides of boron & silicon are used to make crucibles because they are stable when this is high
Time's up! The correct answer was temperature
GOLD RUSH
Forty-niners from this European country were called Keskydees, a corruption of an oft-used phrase
Time's up! The correct answer was France
IN THE DICTIONARY
This car name may come from an abbreviation of "general purpose vehicle"
Time's up! The correct answer was jeep
AIRPORT CODES
On the continent: ORY
Time's up! The correct answer was Paris
THE EVOLUTION OF "M"USIC
This singer of "Jack & Diane" had to fight to record under his own name
Time's up! The correct answer was John Mellencamp
LITERARY FIRST LINES
1976: "In our family there was no clear line between religion and fly fishing"
Time's up! The correct answer was "A River Runs Through It"
TREES
Hindu for “trader” this unusual tree whose branches grow down can look like a mini-forest
Time's up! The correct answer was Banyan
MOVIES
In this movie, Brad Pitt is the narrator's alter ego.
Time's up! The correct answer was Fight Club
MY SUITE
"Mars" & "Uranus" are famous works within his 1916 suite "The Planets"
Time's up! The correct answer was Gustav Holst
MOVIE CO-STARS
7 years after "The Wizard Of Oz" Ray Bolger co-starred with her again, in "The Harvey Girls"
Time's up! The correct answer was Judy Garland
POLITICAL SLOGANS
He railed against the “do-nothing 80th congress” during his whistle-stop campaign
Time's up! The correct answer was Truman
EARTH
Immense boulders in random & odd places were some of the first evidence that these "Ages" happened
Time's up! The correct answer was Ice Ages
"NIGHT"
Get to the Bottom of this Shakespeare play, published in 1600
Time's up! The correct answer was A Midsummer Night's Dream
POLITICAL TALK
Lincoln once said not to "swap" these "while crossing a stream"
Time's up! The correct answer was horses
FORE!
This "Royal & Ancient Golf Club" of Scotland set the standard for a round of golf at 18 holes
Time's up! The correct answer was St. Andrews
FIRST NAME'S THE SAME
Carey, Bledsoe
Time's up! The correct answer was Drew
SECRET MENUS
A move to healthy eating got the Pizza Sub nixed from this chain, but we hear if you ask nicely some stores will make it
Time's up! The correct answer was Subway
THE 1990s
In 1997 the Marlins won the Major League, Mexico the Little League & LSU the college version of this event
Time's up! The correct answer was the World Series
FRUIT
This fuzzy fruit is also a slang term meaning inform against or betray
Time's up! The correct answer was peach
BRITISH PRIME MINISTERS
1945-1951
Time's up! The correct answer was Clement Atlee
PRIME NUMBERS
Dial this 3-digit prime number in L.A. only for emergencies
Time's up! The correct answer was 911
LOST IN SPACE
Ed White, the first U.S. spacewalker, lost one of these outside Gemini 4; he must've looked like a later "moonwalker"
Time's up! The correct answer was a glove
THE MOVIES
John Larroquette played Captain Stillman in this wacky 1981 comedy about misfits in the Army
Time's up! The correct answer was Stripes
SOMETHING'S A "FOOT"
A person near death is said to have one
Time's up! The correct answer was One foot in the grave
DEAR JUNTA
After the junta released activist Aung San Suu Kyi to house arrest, Japan restored aid to this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Burma
TOM WOLFE
It was Wolfe who first predicted that the 1970s "Will come to be known as" this "decade"
Time's up! The correct answer was the Me Decade
EARTH, WIND & FIRE
Scientists believe the continents were once part of a single land mass called this, from the Greek for "all earth"
Time's up! The correct answer was Pangaea
PAINTERS
Last name of Flemish brothers Jan & Hubert, who both are credited with painting portions of the "Ghent Altarpiece"
Time's up! The correct answer was Van Eyck
CELEBRITY RELATIVES
Pam Dawber's famous father-in-law
Time's up! The correct answer was Tom Harmon
LOW TECH
A tactical formation in the form of a V, or an "issue" dividing an otherwise unified group
Time's up! The correct answer was a wedge
ART & ARTISTS
You can see this British sculptor's "Reclining Mother and Child" at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis
Time's up! The correct answer was Henry Moore
'ALLO, GOVERNOR!
Henry S. Thibodaux, P.B.S. Pinchback
Time's up! The correct answer was Louisiana
ROCK OF STAGES
Gonna be a big man someday & name this hit U.K. musical based on the music of Queen
Time's up! The correct answer was We Will Rock You
COUNTRY & WESTERN MUSIC
Hey, good looki
Time's up! The correct answer was Hank Williams
NOT A VERB
Capable, succeed, accomplish
Time's up! The correct answer was capable
PLANT LIFE
The spiny shrub ocotillo takes these as its habitat & is common in the Sonoran & Chihuahuan ones
Time's up! The correct answer was a desert
LYRICS FROM MUSICALS
"Shoeless Joe from Hannibal, Mo. Lucky are we to be having him"
Time's up! The correct answer was Damn Yankees
MODERN "TIME"S
Bob Dylan's 1964 hit song about the inevitable passing of the years
Time's up! The correct answer was "The Times They Are a-Changin'"
FAMOUS LLOYDS
This British prime minister helped draft the Treaty of Versailles, which ended World War I
Time's up! The correct answer was Lloyd George
SLOGANEERING
This large company provides "Solutions For A Small Planet"
Time's up! The correct answer was IBM
MYTHICAL CREATURES
This winged creature sprang from the blood of Medusa after Perseus beheaded her
Time's up! The correct answer was Pegasus
IT BORDERS INDIA
The disputed ownership of the Kashmir region is a sore spot between India & this smaller neighbor
Time's up! The correct answer was Pakistan
"D" IN HISTORY
In 1793 this former mistress of Louis XV was guillotined for aiding those seeking to restore the monarchy
Time's up! The correct answer was Madame Dubarry
EPONYMS
This religious sect living primarily in Ohio & southeast Pennsylvania gets its name from a 17th century Swiss Mennonite bishop
Time's up! The correct answer was the Amish
THE BIBLE
Among these tales told by Jesus were those "of the net", "of the mustard seed" & "of the hidden treasures"
Time's up! The correct answer was Parables
& THANKS FOR ALL THE FISH
When this fish is "red", it's been smoked; if "red" in slang, it's a misleading clue
Time's up! The correct answer was a herring
THRILLER
This author made a University of Virginia law professor the protagonist of his 2002 novel "The Summons"
Time's up! The correct answer was Grisham
IT CAME FROM THE NEW WORLD
In 1604 King James I called this plant a "perpetual stinking torment" & "dangerous to the lungs"; he was right
Time's up! The correct answer was tobacco
GET YOUR MOVIE FACTS STRAIGHT
"First Blood" was a Rambo movie; this 2007 film had Daniel Day-Lewis searching for oil
Time's up! The correct answer was There Will Be Blood
EUROPEAN HISTORY
He filed for divorce citing Leviticus 20:21, "If a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing"
Time's up! The correct answer was Henry VIII
APOLLO 11
Some 1 million spectators surrounded this space center to watch the lift-off
Time's up! The correct answer was Cape Kennedy
GOOD CAUSES
A "Mission" to help the homeless is named for this Lower Manhattan street known as a skid row since the 1800s
Time's up! The correct answer was Bowery
LITERATURE
He published his third novel, "A Cool Million", in 1934, one year after "Miss Lonelyhearts"
Time's up! The correct answer was Nathanael West
THE NEW YORK TIMES THEATER
Frank Rich wrote you could feel Broadway history being made in this musical about a black female singing group
Time's up! The correct answer was Dreamgirls
ALASKA
Tony Knowles is pulling in $81,648 per annum in this job
Time's up! The correct answer was Governor
EUROPE
Some 40% of this country's land has been reclaimed from the sea
Time's up! The correct answer was the Netherlands
WORLD "P"s
Gunmen after this South American dictator in 1986 used rockets, bazookas, rifles & grenades--& missed!
Time's up! The correct answer was Pinochet
PUNJAB
In this Kipling work, the title orphan's father was a sergeant in an Irish regiment in the Punjab
Time's up! The correct answer was Kim
3-LETTER WORDS
In geologic time one of these, shorter than an eon, is divided into periods & subdivided into epochs
Time's up! The correct answer was era
FEELING "ANCY"
This for life in the U.S. is currently about 76 years
Time's up! The correct answer was Life expectancy
THE MUSICAL DR. IS IN
Despite its name, this synth-pop English band who gave us 1984's "Doctor! Doctor!" was a trio
Time's up! The correct answer was The Thompson Twins
"A" SCIENCE CATEGORY
(Kelly of the Clue Crew stands behind a table) The experiment showing that two objects weighing the same displace different amounts of water because they have different densities was developed by this mathematician
Time's up! The correct answer was Archimedes
TRANSPORTATION
The transport for a 19th century double date might have been a barouche, one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was a carriage
BRITISH ROYAL HOUSES
Henry VIII
Time's up! The correct answer was Tudor
NATURE
This spotted cat is also known as the hunting leopard
Time's up! The correct answer was the cheetah
ON THE "WAR"PATH
The 14th Chief Justice of the United States
Time's up! The correct answer was Earl Warren
THE BODY WOMAN
A fertilized egg travels to this female body part & implants itself there
Time's up! The correct answer was the uterus
FLEETS
The Duque de Medina- Sidonia commanded this fleet in 1588
Time's up! The correct answer was the Spanish Armada
THE FUNNIES
Creator of “Beetle Bailey”, whose name was defined in “B.C.” as “a dead nightcrawler”
Time's up! The correct answer was Mort Walker
ROUGH POLITICS
In March 1974, 7 ex-Nixon officials were arrested for conspiracy, including this former Chief of Staff
Time's up! The correct answer was Haldeman
THE NEW CAR LOT
Cadillac doesn't want to rub you the wrong way with its new optional front seats that do this to you
Time's up! The correct answer was Massage
I'M GOING "INN"
2-word term for a tuxedo
Time's up! The correct answer was dinner jacket
WHO DO YOU THINK I AM?!
Newspapers I own include the Daily Telegraph of Sydney & the Australian
Time's up! The correct answer was Rupert Murdoch
OH MY GOD! YOU'VE GOT 3 "I"s
Sports Illustrated's 1997 Swimsuit Issue (the Tyra Banks cover) featured "Nothing but" these
Time's up! The correct answer was Bikinis
THAT OLD "BLACK" MAGIC
Early in his career, Burt Reynolds played Quint Asper, one of these on "Gunsmoke"
Time's up! The correct answer was Blacksmith
1987
A judge said no custody of "Baby M" for this type of mother who'd agreed to bear her for $10,000
Time's up! The correct answer was a surrogate
NORSE MYTHOLOGY
Roskva, the farmer's daughter, was always under the hammer as a personal assistant to this god
Time's up! The correct answer was Thor
HAVE A CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
G'Day Mate! Room service hopped in with kangaroo-tail soup, your breakfast from this continent
Time's up! The correct answer was Australia
REALLY BIG
Growing over 20 feet, it's the largest predatory fish
Time's up! The correct answer was Great White Shark
20th CENTURY DESIGN
The firm of Piano & Rogers is famous for this high-tech Paris landmark built 1971-77
Time's up! The correct answer was the Pompidou Centre
WORDS OF THE WRITER
"I beheld the wretch--the miserable monster whom I had created"
Time's up! The correct answer was Mary Shelley
CALL OUT THE VOICE SQUAD
He voiced Puss In Boots in "Shrek 2"
Time's up! The correct answer was Antonio Banderas
"F"OOD
It's the Japanese name for certain species of puffer fish that contain lethal poison but can be eaten as a delicacy
Time's up! The correct answer was fugu
1999
The native Inuit in this country got a new territory--Nunavut
Time's up! The correct answer was Canada
WHEAT
Pasta is made from this coarsely-ground grain of durum wheat
Time's up! The correct answer was Semolina
WAITER!
To get us started, a serving of this dish named for an oilman: oysters topped with spinach & then baked
Time's up! The correct answer was Oysters Rockefeller
GETTING POSSESSIVE
This bovine took the rap for the disastrous fire of October 8, 1871
Time's up! The correct answer was Mrs. O'Leary's cow
MUSEUM HOPPING
Before going "Out Of Africa", you might visit the museum devoted to this author near Nairobi
Time's up! The correct answer was Isak Dinesen
NOT A CURRENT NATIONAL CAPITAL
Belize City, Guatemala City, Panama City
Time's up! The correct answer was Belize City
FROM THE GREEK
The name of this solid figure used to disperse light into a spectrum is from the Greek for "something sawed"
Time's up! The correct answer was a prism
FOOD
The Bismarck type of this fish is made of fillets cured in vinegar, salt & onions
Time's up! The correct answer was Herring
MILLIONS OF REASONS
It was the "grateful" title of philanthropist Percy Ross' syndicated radio show & newspaper column
Time's up! The correct answer was Thanks a Million
"DOUBLE" JEOPARDY
In this form of jumping rope, 2 people twirl 2 jump ropes in the opposite direction simultaneously
Time's up! The correct answer was Double Dutch
AMERICAN LITERATURE
This captain of the Ghost rescues literary critic Humphrey Van Weyden & poet Maude Brewster from a shipwreck
Time's up! The correct answer was Wolf Larsen
WOMEN'S FIRSTS
Registering as K. Switzer, in 1967 Kathrine Switzer became the first woman to officially enter & run this race
Time's up! The correct answer was the Boston Marathon
TAKE A PILL
Estramustine is a chemotherapy agent for this glandular cancer in men
Time's up! The correct answer was prostate cancer
SPORTS SHORTS
Since 2009 the Mercury, Storm & Lynx have been championship teams in this league
Time's up! The correct answer was the WNBA
CELEBRITY MARRIAGES
Drama coach Uta Hagen was his 1st wife & singer Rosemary Clooney his 3rd
Time's up! The correct answer was José Ferrer
THE EMERALD ISLE
This Irish port city on the River Suir is world famous for its crystal
Time's up! The correct answer was Waterford
ADJECTIVES
As a noun, it's pieces for fastening; as an adjective it's large & robust, like some young men
Time's up! The correct answer was strapping
SWEET!
Some pies have a top named for this garden structure
Time's up! The correct answer was a lattice
CROSSWORD CLUES "F"
Chips' aquatic partner (4)
Time's up! The correct answer was fish
ROCKS & MINERALS
Single-letter chemical designation of a diamond
Time's up! The correct answer was C
ANIMAL GROUPS
Wisconsin folks know a cete is a group of these carnivores
Time's up! The correct answer was Badgers
FOOD
While these small bread cubes often top salads, larger versions can be used to catch drippings
Time's up! The correct answer was croutons
WORLD BOOK DESCRIBES THE "G" MAN
"See Simon, Paul"
Time's up! The correct answer was Garfunkel
"TOMORROW"
Annie told us you could "bet your bottom dollar that" this would happen
Time's up! The correct answer was the sun will come out tomorrow
INITIAL T.V.
[Hi, I'm Pat O'Brien] David E. Kelley won 2 Emmys for this show in 1991, one as executive producer, one as writer
Time's up! The correct answer was L.A. Law
CZECH, PLEASE
Treaty of friendship, cooperations, & mutual assistance that Czechoslovakia signed in 1955
Time's up! The correct answer was the Warsaw Pact
ASIAN CAPITALS
This capital lies on the north coast of West Java at the mouth of the Liwung River
Time's up! The correct answer was Jakarta
SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS
"Cordelia"
Time's up! The correct answer was KIng Lear
RECORD LOSSES IN 2005
This company that owns HBO & Turner Broadcasting lost a backup tape with 600,000 names & SSNs
Time's up! The correct answer was Time Warner
WAR STORIES
"The Good Soldier Schweik", "Paths of Glory"
Time's up! The correct answer was World War I
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
From the Greek "psallein", to pluck, we get this plucked type of zither that's mentioned in the Bible
Time's up! The correct answer was Psalterion
FLAG 'EM DOWN
The first 50-star U.S. flag was officially raised on July 4 of this year
Time's up! The correct answer was 1960
INDIA
Gandhi famously sent a letter stating this many demands to Lord Irwin.
Time's up! The correct answer was 11
"NEVER" AT THE MOVIES
Despite the promise of its title, this 1984 fantasy movie is 94 minutes long; the 1991 sequel is only 90 minutes
Time's up! The correct answer was The Neverending Story
EUROPE
Some 40% of this country's land has been reclaimed from the sea
Time's up! The correct answer was the Netherlands
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
This Dallas-based electronics firm started out as Geophysical Service, an oil exploration company
Time's up! The correct answer was Texas Instruments
SI's SIGNS OF THE APOCALYPSE
"A ski jumping competition in" this country, Land of the Midnight Sun, "rewarded competitors for landing in trees"
Time's up! The correct answer was Norway
PARTS OF THE WHOLE
Eyepiece, declination setting scale, azimuth fine adjustment
Time's up! The correct answer was a telescope
MAMMALS
The African & Sumatran species of this animal have 2 horns; the Indian & Javan species have one
Time's up! The correct answer was rhinoceros
ACTORS & ACTRESSES
Don't blink--or you'll miss Richard Dreyfuss in this 1967 film based on a Jacqueline Susann novel
Time's up! The correct answer was Valley of the Dolls
ACTING PRESIDENTS ON TV
Blair Underwood as President Elias Martinez
Time's up! The correct answer was The Event
OSCAR NIGHT 2003
Chris Cooper won his Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his work in this film seen here
Time's up! The correct answer was Adaptation
DOUBLE MEANINGS
I liked that girl with the cute little _____ nose, so to have her _____ me really hurts
Time's up! The correct answer was snub
A DICKENSIAN NIGHTMARE
The prospect of an endless lawsuit winding through generations leaves a "bleak" vision
Time's up! The correct answer was Bleak House
THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM
Celebrating "a century of sanctuary" in 2009, it's Utah's first national park, though it's last alphabetically
Time's up! The correct answer was Zion
SYMPHONIES ON FILM
The 1934 drama "The Unfinished Symphony" was director Anthony Asquith's tribute to this Austrian composer
Time's up! The correct answer was Shubert
FANTASTIC FILMS
Marty McFly traveled back to 1955 in a souped-up DeLorean in this 1985 film
Time's up! The correct answer was "Back To The Future"
PSYCHOLOGY
According to psychoanalytic theory, it’s part of the personality which balances the id & superego
Time's up! The correct answer was the ego
KOREA
It's enlightening to know the eighth day of the fourth lunar month is celebrated as his birthday
Time's up! The correct answer was Buddha
PETER, PAUL & MARY
The author of a "monstrous" 1818 classic, she later wrote the autobiographical "Lodore" in 1835
Time's up! The correct answer was Mary Shelley
ENGLISH LITERATURE
Ian Fleming introduced James Bond in this 1953 novel, which became a 1967 film starring David Niven
Time's up! The correct answer was "Casino Royale"
FAIRY TALE FEMMES
He wrote a little about women: "The Little Match Girl", "The Little Mermaid"...
Time's up! The correct answer was Hans Christian Andersen
PROVERBS
It's the type of pot that "never boils"
Time's up! The correct answer was a watched pot
INDONESIA
An economic downturn in 1998 forced this president to resign & vice president Habibie succeeded him
Time's up! The correct answer was Suharto
THAT'S BUSINESS
He started a book business from his home in 1873; his son William joined forces with G. Clifford Noble in 1917
Time's up! The correct answer was Barnes
BEFORE THEY WERE FIRST LADIES
Bloomer was the maiden name of this first lady who blossomed as a fashion model in pre-WWII NYC
Time's up! The correct answer was Betty Ford
TO NEIL
From 1979 to 1981, Neil Goldschmidt was Secretary of this department abbreviated D.O.T.
Time's up! The correct answer was the Department of Transportation
WHAT A WEEK
In 1958 the theme of the first national week for these places was "Wake up & read!"
Time's up! The correct answer was libraries
THE CAT
Of all the varieties of cats big & small, the cheetah is the only one that can't fully retract these
Time's up! The correct answer was the claws
SHAKESPEARE
The lines “And thereby hangs a tale” & “All the world's a stage” come from this comedy
Time's up! The correct answer was As You Like It
PEOPLE
Evicted from his Oregon ashram, he now lives in Bombay & is called "Zorba The Buddha"
Time's up! The correct answer was Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
FLOWERS
The white petals of this flower are usually pulled to see if "she loves me" or "she loves me not"
Time's up! The correct answer was a daisy
"TEEN" SCENE
Golfing "hole" with a bar (where you can't go), or the amendment granting women's suffrage
Time's up! The correct answer was 19th
SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS & BALLETS
It's the play that inspired Reynaldo Hahn's opera "Le Marchand de Venise"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Merchant of Venice
KOREA
South Korea's second-largest city, it gave its name to a Korean war "perimeter"
Time's up! The correct answer was Pusan
ANIMALS
The genus of this Asian animal is Ailuropoda, & its species name, appropriately, is melanoleuca
Time's up! The correct answer was the giant panda
OUT OF THIS WORLD
Galileo was the first person to see the rings around this planet
Time's up! The correct answer was Saturn
HISTORIC AMERICA
This city's Independence Nat'l Historical Park has been called "The most historic square mile in America"
Time's up! The correct answer was Philadelphia
"L.B."s
Herbie, the endearing Volkswagen in a classic Disney film
Time's up! The correct answer was The Love Bug
SCRAMBLED EGGS?
Denver dish: TOT MELEE
Time's up! The correct answer was omelette
FUNDRAISING
Keep a big donor's gifts flowing: put him on this "of directors" or "of governors"
Time's up! The correct answer was board
OH, BEE GEE
In a Bee Gees hit, this title sort of communication means "you're telling me lies"
Time's up! The correct answer was jive talkin'
UP & ATOM
In 1932 James Chadwick discovered these non-charged particles
Time's up! The correct answer was neutrons
ANGELS
With an appropriate-sounding name, John Dye plays the angel of this on "Touched By An Angel"
Time's up! The correct answer was Angel of Death
SONGS
It's what "everybody in the whole cell block was dancin' to"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Jailhouse Rock"
QUOTATIONS
In a 1961 speech he said, "...ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man"
Time's up! The correct answer was JFK
SHAKESPEAREAN WORDS
From Latin for "indecent", this word in "Love's Labour's Lost" is the type of book banned by the Comstock Law
Time's up! The correct answer was obscene
MUSICAL PRIME NUMBERS
Foreigner: "Well I'm hot blooded, check it and see, got a fever of ____"
Time's up! The correct answer was 103
ACTORS & THEIR ROLES
This British actress played Isadora Duncan on film in 1968 & onstage in 1991
Time's up! The correct answer was Vanessa Redgrave
LITERARY CROSSWORD CLUES "L"
Imagist Amy (6)
Time's up! The correct answer was Lowell
BIRDS! BIRDS! BIRDS!
A national symbol, this endangered bird has been making a comeback in recent years
Time's up! The correct answer was Bald eagle
PARTS OF PEACH
These parts of a peach tree are glossy green, pointed & lance shaped
Time's up! The correct answer was leaves
BIG "STAR"
It's a dessert made of eggs, sugar & milk, either baked, boiled or frozen
Time's up! The correct answer was custard
MUSCAT LOVE
A main strategic value of Muscat stems from its position at the entranceway to this 90,000 sq. mi. body of water
Time's up! The correct answer was the Persian Gulf
EUROPE
In 1917 the name of this castle that dates back to the 11th century was adopted by a royal house
Time's up! The correct answer was Windsor
YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS STUFF
Non-potent potable for which your first set of teeth is named
Time's up! The correct answer was milk teeth
4-LETTER WORDS
Gloomy & forbidding, like a certain "reaper"
Time's up! The correct answer was Grim
RICHARD
Either of the 2 parents of Richard the Lion-Hearted
Time's up! The correct answer was Henry II & Eleanor of Aquitaine
IT MIGHT SURPRISE YOU
The actual quote from this star of gangster films was "you dirty yellow-bellied rat!"
Time's up! The correct answer was Jimmy Cagney
4 CONSONANTS IN A ROW
This important mechanism is what you're turning when you wind a clock
Time's up! The correct answer was the mainspring
SEXPERTISE
P.D. James, G.K. Chesterton, A.A. Milne
Time's up! The correct answer was P.D. James
THE 17TH CENTURY
In his 1613 "Letters On Sunspots", he openly supported the Copernican theory
Time's up! The correct answer was Galileo
IT HAD TO "BU"
From the Greek for "herdsman", it means pastoral or idyllic
Time's up! The correct answer was bucolic
SHAKESPEAREAN PHRASES
In this play, Casca says Cicero's speech "was Greek to me"
Time's up! The correct answer was Julius Caesar
LITERARY ALLUSIONS
A type of nonsexual love is named for this Greek philosopher who discussed it in his "Symposium"
Time's up! The correct answer was platonic
SHAKESPEARE'S WOMEN
Name shared by Brutus' wife & the longest female role in "The Merchant of Venice"
Time's up! The correct answer was Portia
MIDDLE "C"
Define-A-Lash from Maybelline is a line of this
Time's up! The correct answer was mascara
NURSERY RHYMES
It's what Peter, Peter ate; later he kept his wife in the shell of one
Time's up! The correct answer was Pumpkin
WANT ADS
In the June 3, 2011 paper: this country wants new president after bomb explodes in Ali Saleh's presidential palace
Time's up! The correct answer was Yemen
BOB DYLAN CHRONICLES
"In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you"
Time's up! The correct answer was "Mr. Tambourine Man"
"IP" SO FACTO
Idle talk about the private affairs of others
Time's up! The correct answer was gossip
NOVELS OF THE PAST
In Barry Unsworth's "The Songs of the Kings", the Greek fleet bound for here is trapped by unfavorable winds
Time's up! The correct answer was Troy
WORLD HISTORY
In 1832 Otto, a Bavarian prince, was named the first king of this Balkan country
Time's up! The correct answer was Greece
CROSSWORD CLUES "D"
Horn of Africa country (8)
Time's up! The correct answer was Djibouti
ASSASSINS
In May 1981 would-be assassin Mehmet Ali Agca shot this man in St. Peter's Square
Time's up! The correct answer was Pope John Paul II
GOOSE...MOTHER GOOSE
Assuming that they lost them all, total number of mittens lost by the kittens
Time's up! The correct answer was 6
JULIUS CAESAR
In 46 B.C. this Egyptian came with Caesar to Rome, where her statue was placed in the temple of Venus Genetrix
Time's up! The correct answer was Cleopatra
DEAR JUNTA
The "Juntas Provinciales" organized the Spanish resistance to this man's 1808 invasion
Time's up! The correct answer was Napoleon
THE 1890s
Relationship of Lizzie Borden to the woman she was acquitted of killing
Time's up! The correct answer was stepdaughter
NIGHT WATCH
If you stay up really, really, late (like till 2061), you'll see this, named for the guy who identified it in 1705
Time's up! The correct answer was Halley's Comet
RELIGION
Founded by & named for a Persian prophet, this religion flourished during Persia's Achaemenian empire
Time's up! The correct answer was Zoroastrianism
SAINTS BE PRAISED
In September 1999 an abridged version of his "City of God" ranked 9,821st on Amazon.com's sales list
Time's up! The correct answer was Saint Augustine
FICTIONAL CHARACTERS
In a 2001 tale by Alice Hoffman, Aquamarine is a beautiful & brokenhearted one of these creatures
Time's up! The correct answer was a mermaid
LET'S BOUNCE
This device whose name is from the Italian for "springboard" was perfected in the 1930s
Time's up! The correct answer was a trampoline
THE LOYOLA OPPOSITION
In 1521, Ignatius was struck by a cannonball while defending this country against the French
Time's up! The correct answer was Spain
SCIENCE
In 1973 it became the first comet studied by men in space
Time's up! The correct answer was Kohoutek
DANCE IN THE DICTIONARY
Our team won 55-0--you could call it this 19th century African-American dance
Time's up! The correct answer was a cakewalk
SKIRTING THE ISSUE
On the original "90210":, Donna wore this type of skirt to the prom; she couldn't sit down all night
Time's up! The correct answer was a hoop skirt
OFF TO A GOOD START
A baker who never uses packaged mixes always "starts from" here
Time's up! The correct answer was scratch
AWARDS
Richard Pryor was the first recipient of a Kennedy Center humorists' prize named for this American author
Time's up! The correct answer was Mark Twain
THAT'S WHERE IT'S AT, MAN!
It's borders are the Atlantic Ocean to the south & west & Spain to the north & east
Time's up! The correct answer was Portugal
THE FALL
On Nov. 8, 1519 the sight of his forces made the Tenochtitlaners feel like they'd "eaten stupefying mushrooms"
Time's up! The correct answer was Cortés
NEEDY NO.1 HITMAKERS
1987: "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)"
Time's up! The correct answer was Houston
PHOTOGRAPHERS
He once said that his life was "colored and modulated by the great earth gesture of the sierra"
Time's up! The correct answer was Adams
KNIGHTS
A young boy between 7 & 14 who trained as a knight, or his hairdo
Time's up! The correct answer was Page
MIDDLE INITIAL C.
Born in South Carolina in 1782, he was known as a "war hawk" because he supported the War of 1812
Time's up! The correct answer was John C. Calhoun
MOVIES
This was the nickname of the Irish man "who knew how to get things" in The Shawshank Redemption.
Time's up! The correct answer was Red
BIOLOGY
Associated with this sense, the olfactory lobe is better developed in most vertebrates than in man
Time's up! The correct answer was smell
THE "UNDER" WORLD
It means to weaken support for something or to unearth too little ore
Time's up! The correct answer was undermine
CIVIL WAR LITERATURE
His works about the war include the essay "What I Saw of Shiloh" & the story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"
Time's up! The correct answer was Ambrose Bierce
IT'S A COUP D'ETAT
In Pakistan Nawaz Sharif tried to dismiss this military leader in 1999 but was overthrown by him instead
Time's up! The correct answer was Musharraf
MOUNTAINS
To trek through its Khumbu Icefall, Lhotse Face & South Col, your team needs a $70,000 permit from Nepal's government
Time's up! The correct answer was Mount Everest
SPOUSE IN COMMON
Ursula Andress, Linda Evans
Time's up! The correct answer was John Derek
ITALIAN ART
For her 1997 calendar, singer Gloria Trevi recreated this artist's "Birth Of Venus" with herself as Venus
Time's up! The correct answer was Sandro Botticelli
FLY COUNTRIES
Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatshappij (you might know it by its abbreviation)
Time's up! The correct answer was The Netherlands
SNL CELEBRITY JEOPARDY!
As he did in "Anchorman", Will Ferrell sports this facial feature in the "SNL" "Jeopardy!" skits
Time's up! The correct answer was a mustache
THE REDCOATS ARE COMING!
On Sept. 5, 1781, 24 of this country's ships engaged British ships in Cheaspeake Bay & turned them back
Time's up! The correct answer was France
STATE CAPITALS
It's nicknamed the "Center of the Pineapple Industry"
Time's up! The correct answer was Honolulu
"EVER"S
Eddie Rabbitt sang the title song for this 1978 Clint Eastwood movie about a boxer & his simian sidekick
Time's up! The correct answer was Every Which Way but Loose
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
This state's largest county, San Bernardino, was divided in 1893 to form Riverside county
Time's up! The correct answer was California
HOMOPHONIC PAIRS
A squash that's been pierced by a bull's horn
Time's up! The correct answer was gored gourd
TRUE LIVES
Extra! Extra! Read all about this retired Washington Post publisher in "Personal History"
Time's up! The correct answer was Katharine Graham
POLITICAL MOVIES
Jimmy Stewart played Jefferson Smith, the naive & idealistic appointee to the U.S. Senate in this Capra classic
Time's up! The correct answer was Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
TIME TO CONVERT
.001 grams is equal to one of these
Time's up! The correct answer was a milligram
FIRST NAME'S THE SAME
Henson, Morrison, Lehrer
Time's up! The correct answer was Jim
SENIOR SENATORS
In 1990 she lost the race for California governor; in 1992 she won the race for California senator
Time's up! The correct answer was Dianne Feinstein
HOW TO BE A BAD SPORT
If you're cornered in Kamchatka, end this board game by bumping your opponent's armies off the board
Time's up! The correct answer was Risk
SELLERS
In 1978 Campbell Soup bought this pickle producer famous for its stork symbol
Time's up! The correct answer was Vlasic Foods
SHAMANISM ON YOU
Shamans on this Southeast Asian peninsula, also called the Kra Peninsula, use quartz crystals for healing
Time's up! The correct answer was the Malay Peninsula
THEIR ALMA MATERS
Radio's Garrison Keillor
Time's up! The correct answer was The University of Minnesota
MOTORCYCLE MAKERS
"Let the good times roll" with this company's supersport cycle, the Ninja ZX-14
Time's up! The correct answer was Kawasaki
TAIWAN
During Japanese control of Taiwan, this largest city was called Taihoku
Time's up! The correct answer was Taipei
THE REEL STORY
He played Mozart in the 1984 film "Amadeus"
Time's up! The correct answer was Tom Hulce
WHEAT
South America's main wheat-growing area is the Pampa in this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Argentina
ART & ARTISTS
This Dutch master served as chairman of the Delft Artists' Guild from 1662-63 & 1670-71
Time's up! The correct answer was Jan Vermeer
19th CENTURY AMERICA
To avoid Boss Tweed's graft, Alfred Beach secretly built one of these under Broadway in 1869-70
Time's up! The correct answer was a subway
TIMELESS TV
In 1948 Douglas Edwards became the first anchor of this network's Evening News
Time's up! The correct answer was CBS
PSYCHOLOGY
Brought to the U.S. in the 1930s, this movement's name is German for "pattern" or "shape"
Time's up! The correct answer was gestalt
WHO'S THE MRS.?
Mrs. James Carville
Time's up! The correct answer was Matalin
"PER"CUSSION
Russian for "rebuilding", this term was first used by Gorbachev in the mid-1980s
Time's up! The correct answer was perestroika
MIXED DRINKS
The juice of one of these citrus fruits makes a Whiskey Sour sour
Time's up! The correct answer was a lemon
UP IN THE AIR
At under 6,000 feet, this 7-letter layered type of cloud is one of the lowest
Time's up! The correct answer was stratus
HOMOPHONES
A native of Copenhagen, or to stoop to do something
Time's up! The correct answer was dane/deign
SNL CELEBRITY JEOPARDY!
As he did in "Anchorman", Will Ferrell sports this facial feature in the "SNL" "Jeopardy!" skits
Time's up! The correct answer was a mustache
SECRET IDENTITIES
The original Robin, the Boy Wonder
Time's up! The correct answer was Dick Grayson
FRUITS & VEGETABLES
Poi, a luau treat, is made from these mashed roots
Time's up! The correct answer was taro
THAT OLD TIME NEW WAVE MUSIC
Last name of Gary, the former Tubeway Army leader who charted with New Wave hits like "Cars"
Time's up! The correct answer was Gary Numan
RHYMES WITH STONEHENGE
Head down south to see this, a plain covered with pieces of fried corn bread
Time's up! The correct answer was Ponehenge
WORKING ON THE RAILROAD
The Tokaido Shinkansen, known by this "weapon" name, can hit 185 mph
Time's up! The correct answer was the bullet train
WORLD CITIES
In May 1998 this metropolis of 7 million voted to start electing its mayor for the first time
Time's up! The correct answer was London
BRAZILIAN WORDS & PHRASES
Cousin Fred said he was Napoleon last night; I'm afraid he might be "maluco", this
Time's up! The correct answer was crazy
SNACK ATTACK
I'd love some Honey Apple Raisin Chocolate Cookie ice cream, but this duo purposely misplaced the recipe
Time's up! The correct answer was Ben & Jerry
ASSASSINS
Yigal Amir, a student at Bar-Ilan University, is serving a life sentence for assassinating this leader in 1995
Time's up! The correct answer was Rabin
LET'S TAKE A PEAK
Canada's highest peak, Mount Logan, lies in the St. Elias Range in the SW corner of this territory
Time's up! The correct answer was the Yukon
EVERYBODY LOVES RAY
"X-Ray" is the 1994 "Unauthorized Biography" of this leader of the Kinks
Time's up! The correct answer was Ray Davies
THE PRODUCERS
It leads the states in apple production
Time's up! The correct answer was Washington
STATE GOVERNMENT
In this post, Jim Ryan is Illinois' chief law enforcement & consumer protection official
Time's up! The correct answer was attorney general
SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS & BALLETS
The Bolshoi presented this ballet at the Met in 1959, with Yuri Zhdanov & Galina Ulanova as the title lovers
Time's up! The correct answer was Romeo & Juliet
TOUGH MOVIE TRIVIA
In this 1989 film, Eddie Murphy was the adopted son of a 1930s nightclub owner played by Richard Pryor
Time's up! The correct answer was Harlem Nights
1800
This vulcanization inventor was born a bouncing baby boy in 1800
Time's up! The correct answer was Charles Goodyear
THE NEXT BIBLE BOOK AFTER...
Numbers
Time's up! The correct answer was Deuteronomy
RUSSELING
On Nov. 7, 1959 he grabbed 35 rebounds in his first showdown with Wilt Chamberlain
Time's up! The correct answer was Bill Russell
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Light flashes in the field of vision may mean this optic tissue has become detatched
Time's up! The correct answer was the retina
MUD
In 1999 scientists found the remains of one of these giant creatures embedded in the frozen mud in Siberia
Time's up! The correct answer was mammoth
CURRENT BLACK PRESIDENTS
President Amadou Toure has led this Saharan nation with a 4-letter name since 2002
Time's up! The correct answer was Mali
OLYMPIC POTPOURRI
En Garde! Women have competed in this Olympic sport since 1924
Time's up! The correct answer was Fencing
PRESIDENTS IN IOWA
He dedicated the Rathbun Dam July 31, 1971
Time's up! The correct answer was Richard Nixon
PRESIDENTIAL STATES OF BIRTH
1 of the 2 born in Vermont
Time's up! The correct answer was Coolidge
ANTIQUES
(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE): The kind of clock shown here, invented c. 1800 & named for the musical instrument it resembles:
Time's up! The correct answer was Banjo Clock
CAPITAL IDEA
Long before it was a capital, this city on the Thames River was a communications center
Time's up! The correct answer was London
THE EMPEROR NERO
At age 16, Nero was proclaimed emperor by this military unit & immediately confirmed by the Senate
Time's up! The correct answer was Praetorian Guard
SCIENCE CLASS
During this plant process, carbon dioxide & water combine with light energy to create oxygen & glucose
Time's up! The correct answer was photosynthesis
WORDS OF LOVE
He concludes "The Divine Comedy" with "The love that moves the sun and the other stars"
Time's up! The correct answer was Dante
WORDS WITHIN WORDS
A 1,496-pound one was unfortunate enough to get caught in 1979
Time's up! The correct answer was Tuna
THE RENAISSANCE
The name of this musical form probably came from the Latin "matricale", meaning in the mother tongue
Time's up! The correct answer was Madrigal
THE "CO"-CATEGORY
A Greek word for "poppy" gives us the name of this analgesic, an alkaloid of opium
Time's up! The correct answer was codeine
FEDERAL AID PROGRAMS
The National School Lunch Program comes from this dept., also concerned with foot-and-mouth disease
Time's up! The correct answer was Agriculture
YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS STUFF
In the '30s she starred in "The Little Princess", "The Little Colonel" & "Little Miss Marker"
Time's up! The correct answer was Shirley Temple
ARCHITECTURE
After WWI he became director of the Grand Ducal art school in Weimar; in 1925 he moved the school to Dessau
Time's up! The correct answer was Walter Gropius
THINGS ON NFL HELMETS
A white arrowhead with a black outline; inside are 2 letters
Time's up! The correct answer was the Kansas City Chiefs
WHAT'S ON TV?
In 2007 Marie Osmond blamed allergies & L.A. air quality for her waltz into unconsciousness on this show
Time's up! The correct answer was Dancing with the Stars
TAKE-OFFS
"Go for Barocco" is a take-off of Balanchine by this hairy, all-male ballet troupe
Time's up! The correct answer was the Trockadero de Monte Carlo
THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS
Like Jews, many Adventists follow Leviticus 11:7 in abstaining from this meat
Time's up! The correct answer was pork
LANDINGS
You land, not anchor, at this Phoenix airport, named by a board member from Scenic Airways
Time's up! The correct answer was Sky Harbor Airport
STATE CAPITALS
No beans about it, this capital is the largest city in New England
Time's up! The correct answer was Boston
METALLICA
Among coinage metals, this one, atomic number 28, is only a fair conductor of electricity
Time's up! The correct answer was nickel
PLANT LIFE
The spiny shrub ocotillo takes these as its habitat & is common in the Sonoran & Chihuahuan ones
Time's up! The correct answer was a desert
BIBLICAL PAIRS
The sons of Rebekah
Time's up! The correct answer was Jacob & Esau
A BUG'S LIFE
Known as Wandermeisen in German, these conspicuously mobile ants move about in long, orderly columns
Time's up! The correct answer was army ants
WORD ORIGINS
Originally a brand applied to slaves & criminals, it has come to mean a mark of disgrace
Time's up! The correct answer was a stigma
CITY OF BIRTH
Sidney Bechet
Time's up! The correct answer was New Orleans
LESSER-KNOWN ANCIENT ROMANS?
Unconquerable & undefeated, he led Rome to victory in the Rugby World Cup championship
Time's up! The correct answer was Invictus
EPONYMS
This submachine gun was named for an Israeli army officer whose design won a competition in the 1950s
Time's up! The correct answer was Uzi
THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS
Like Jews, many Adventists follow Leviticus 11:7 in abstaining from this meat
Time's up! The correct answer was pork
MUSICAL THEATER
It's the musical featuring the song heard here: ("I'm Getting Married in the Morning")
Time's up! The correct answer was "My Fair Lady"
MUSICAL BY CHARACTERS
Rolf Gruber & Mother Abbess of Nonnberg Abbey
Time's up! The correct answer was The Sound of Music
WORLD LEADERS
It's prime minister Mr. Tuila'Epa, won a silver medal in archery at the 2007 South Pacific Games
Time's up! The correct answer was Samoa
COLORFUL GROUPS
They're "Under The Bridge": ____ ____ Chili Peppers
Time's up! The correct answer was Red Hot
SWEET!
Butter is an ingredient of this hard candy that has "butter" in its name; the rest of its name doesn't refer to whisky
Time's up! The correct answer was butterscotch
A FASHIONABLE CATEGORY
Romance is a perfume from this designer whom you might call a major "polo" player
Time's up! The correct answer was Ralph Lauren
MOTTOES
This international sports competition's motto is "Faster, higher, stronger"
Time's up! The correct answer was the Olympics
BEST PICTURE OSCAR-WINNERS IN OTHER WORDS
1932: "Magnificent Inn"
Time's up! The correct answer was Grand Hotel
"PIN" ME
This type of frijole may end up refried
Time's up! The correct answer was Pinto bean
MY PLACE?
A western camper pitches a tent; a central Asian nomad pitches this
Time's up! The correct answer was yurt
ONE BUCK OR LESS
99 cents got me a 4-pack of Ytterlig coasters from this Swedish chain
Time's up! The correct answer was IKEA
THE HUSBAND MARRIED
Mary Todhunter Clark & Margaretta "Happy" Murphy
Time's up! The correct answer was Nelson Rockefeller
THE 1960s
Vanishing in the ‘60s, it’s what YUkon, KLondike & VAlencia were examples of
Time's up! The correct answer was telephone prefixes
DOUBLE TALK
This full, loose women's garment with a bright print is traditional attire in Hawaii
Time's up! The correct answer was Muumuu
THE CAT
When a lioness & one of these mate, they produce a leopon
Time's up! The correct answer was Leopard
THEATRE CROSSWORD CLUES "M"
It "Becomes Electra" (8)
Time's up! The correct answer was Mourning
MAGIC
According to tradition, this prop used by magicians should be made of hazel wood cut at sunrise
Time's up! The correct answer was a wand
ON THE MOVE
When it opened, it cut the distance from London to Bombay by 5,100 miles
Time's up! The correct answer was Suez Canal
MIDDLE "C"
It means of or pertaining to the sense of smell
Time's up! The correct answer was olfactory
SOUNDS LIKE A RAPPER
"It's" one of these "that blows nobody any good"
Time's up! The correct answer was an ill wind
BIBLICAL QUOTES
In Exodus Moses & Aaron inform pharaoh that the lord has this very strong 4-word suggestion
Time's up! The correct answer was "Let my people go"
BOXING MOVIES
Before starring on TV's "Thunder In Paradise", this "Hulkster" played Thunderlips in "Rocky III"
Time's up! The correct answer was Hulk Hogan
SPORTS EQUIPMENT
Alternate name for the number one wood in golf
Time's up! The correct answer was Driver
RECORD LOSSES IN 2005
A medical group lost 185,000 personal & medical records in this city, the seat of Santa Clara County
Time's up! The correct answer was San Jose
ROCK MUSIC
This Seattle grunge band backed Neil Young on his "Mirror Ball" CD
Time's up! The correct answer was Pearl Jam
ANY FIRST WORDS?
Meaning "first", it can precede color, election or health care
Time's up! The correct answer was primary
19th CENTURY LITERATURE
Ydgrun is a goddess worshipped by residents of this Samuel Butler country
Time's up! The correct answer was Erewhon
1994 FILMS
Jean Vander Pyl, who played Wilma in the original cartoon series, played Mrs. Feldspar in this movie adaptation
Time's up! The correct answer was The Flintstones
BREAKING NEWS
Nearly 10 million YouTubers saw Dave Carroll's clip called this "friendly skies" airline "Breaks Guitars"
Time's up! The correct answer was United Airlines
HORSE & RIDER
Bucephalus
Time's up! The correct answer was Alexander the Great
LANGUAGES
This Scandinavian language changed "aa" to a circle-topped "a", making it closer to Swedish and Norwegian
Time's up! The correct answer was Danish
MOVIE TRIVIA
In his best English Bronx accent he cried "Yonder lies the castle of my father"
Time's up! The correct answer was Tony Curtis
EARLY AMERICA
In 1685 he joined his father in pastorship of the Old North Church, a post he held until his death
Time's up! The correct answer was Cotton Mather
GREEK LETTERS
Precedes "-bits" in the name of a sweet Post cereal
Time's up! The correct answer was alpha
DOWN AT THE OLD FACTORY
Company that ran the Hawk-Eye Works in Rochester, N.Y.
Time's up! The correct answer was Kodak
A MASSIVE "M"ETROPOLIS
1.1 million: in the heart of the Po River Valley
Time's up! The correct answer was Milan
1800
His "The Wealth of Nations" was one of the first books bought to stock the new Library of Congress
Time's up! The correct answer was Adam Smith
THE "BUTLER" DID IT
A former Dodger outfielder & TV's "Grace Under Fire" both go by this name
Time's up! The correct answer was Brett Butler
AIN'T THAT "GRAND"
At 15 in 1991, Judit Polgar became the youngest person & one of the few women to attain this rank
Time's up! The correct answer was a grandmaster
ORGANIZATIONS
Not surprisingly, this organization, founded in 1884, maintains one of the world's finest reference libraries on dogs
Time's up! The correct answer was the American Kennel Club
FIRST NAME'S THE SAME
Connelly, Garner, Holliday
Time's up! The correct answer was Jennifer
B FOLLOWS A
These 1st & 2nd century B.C. Jewish patriots were active in liberating Judea from Syrian rule
Time's up! The correct answer was the Maccabees
ANTIQUES
Used as early as the 15th century, apostle spoons usually came in sets of this number
Time's up! The correct answer was 12 or 13
SO YOU WANT TO BE A 19th CENTURY HEROINE
Like Gertrude in this author's "The Europeans", go ahead & marry a relative (it might get you out of your house, too)
Time's up! The correct answer was Henry James
JAY
This child actor played Dennis the Menace on TV in the early '60s
Time's up! The correct answer was Jay North
WOMEN OF THE WORLD
This Nobel Peace Prize winner was born in what is now Skopje, Macedonia in 1910
Time's up! The correct answer was Mother Teresa
KIDS IN BOOKS
"The Sword in the Stone" is a book about a kid who grows up to be this king
Time's up! The correct answer was King Arthur
BALLET
The School of American Ballet is the official school of this major metropolitan ballet company
Time's up! The correct answer was New York
ART & ARTISTS
He painted "Irises" & "Pink Roses" as well as "Sunflowers"
Time's up! The correct answer was Vincent Van Gogh
EMOTICONS
:-* Gene Simmons might accept one of these from any pretty woman
Time's up! The correct answer was a kiss
BOXING MOVIES
Jack Palance starred in the TV version of this "heavy" Rod Serling drama; Anthony Quinn, in the film version
Time's up! The correct answer was "Requiem For A Heavyweight"
"O"PERA
Disney World crowds might go nuts for this title knight, aka Roland, made famous by both Hande & Vivaldi
Time's up! The correct answer was Orlando
SHIPS
The Queen Elizabeth was a few feet lnger than this, her sister ship
Time's up! The correct answer was the Queen Mary
INDONESIA
Most of the world's supply of this medicine comes from Indonesia's cinchona trees
Time's up! The correct answer was quinine
ISLANDS
Singapore seceded from this country in 1965
Time's up! The correct answer was Malaysia
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES
Argentina
Time's up! The correct answer was Spanish
WON THE BATTLE
In the Battle of Thermopylae, the Greeks felt the heat of these people under Xerxes I
Time's up! The correct answer was the Persians
OLD VIRGINIA
President Jefferson sent this fellow Virginian, later our 5th president, to negotiate the Louisiana Purchase
Time's up! The correct answer was Monroe
GEOGRAPHY "E"
It's the largest kingdom in the United Kingdom
Time's up! The correct answer was England
ISRAEL
If you're getting engaged, consider a visit to Netanya, a world center for cutting & polishing these
Time's up! The correct answer was diamonds
GEOLOGY
The Mercalli scale measures the intensity of these from I to XII
Time's up! The correct answer was earthquakes
JUAN
1998's MVP in the American League was outfielder Juan Gonzalez, then with this team
Time's up! The correct answer was Texas Rangers
SRO
3-letter word that's the title of Yasmina Reza's hit play about an all-white painting
Time's up! The correct answer was Art
MOTHER GOOSE
Some say these 2 were actually Louis XVI & Marie Antoinette, who were beheaded (or broke their crowns) in 1793
Time's up! The correct answer was Jack & Jill
MARK TWAIN: BOOK LOVER
One of Twain's favorite books was the "Diary of" this Englishman; Twain credited it as the model for his book "1601"
Time's up! The correct answer was Pepys
5-LETTER WORDS
Headgear for a king, or part of a tooth
Time's up! The correct answer was crown
BEING THOREAU
While in New York in the 1840s, Thoreau met this newspaper editor, who then acted as his literary agent
Time's up! The correct answer was Horace Greeley
TIME TO CONVERT
Multiply your liters by 1.0567 to get your amount of these units
Time's up! The correct answer was a quart
THE MIDDLE AGES
It's estimated this dread 14th century epidemic killed 1/3 of the population of Europe
Time's up! The correct answer was Black Death
"EZ" DOES IT
Columbus' first landing on the mainland of the Americas was on the coast of what is now this country
Time's up! The correct answer was Venezuela
LITERATURE
The title of this 1965 Frank Herbert novel refers to the desert planet of Arrakis
Time's up! The correct answer was Dune
"B" IN GEOGRAPHY
It's the capital of Catalonia
Time's up! The correct answer was Barcelona
LET'S MESS WITH TEXAS
Educated at Phillips Academy, Yale & Harvard, this part-time Crawford resident was born in Connecticut in 1946
Time's up! The correct answer was George W. Bush
CORAL REEF LIFE
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, the USA's first underwater park, is just off the coast of this Florida key
Time's up! The correct answer was Key Largo
NO. 1 ALBUMS
"Glass Houses"
Time's up! The correct answer was Billy Joel
COLONIAL ARTS
Some of the earliest surviving colonial portraits are of Richard & Increase, members of this family
Time's up! The correct answer was the Mathers
PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING DRAMAS
In 1928 this playwright had a "Strange Interlude"
Time's up! The correct answer was O'Neill
VOLCANOES
This youngest surface volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii has distinctive lava formations like Pele's Hair
Time's up! The correct answer was Kilauea
PAINTERS
Dr. Tulp was so pleased with this artist's painting of his "Anatomy Lesson" that it hung in his school of surgery
Time's up! The correct answer was Rembrandt
NOT A POPE
Romanus I, Julius I, Caesar III
Time's up! The correct answer was Caesar III
BRITISH POETS & POETRY
He called "Prometheus Unbound" "The best thing I ever wrote"
Time's up! The correct answer was Percy B. Shelley
COMPANIES
In 1959 Richard De Vos & Jay Van Andel founded this company that now has 3 million independent distributors
Time's up! The correct answer was Amway
UNOFFICIAL STATE NICKNAMES
It's "The Plantation State" because its full name includes the words "And Providence Plantations"
Time's up! The correct answer was Rhode Island
TV PRODUCERS
He probably has another 6 or 7 "Law & Order" offshoots on his desk just waiting for network slots
Time's up! The correct answer was Dick Wolf
THE MOVIES
The first episode in the story told by this popular film series is subtitled "The Phantom Menace"
Time's up! The correct answer was Star Wars
MOVIE TAG LINES
1982 film that showed "A world inside a computer where man has never been. Never before now"
Time's up! The correct answer was Tron
BLARNEY
Tiny pieces, or the New Jersey band that sang "Only a Memory"
Time's up! The correct answer was smithereens
THAT'S SOME NERVE
A knock to the ulnar nerve at the bend of the elbow, which we call this, causes that weird tingling sensation
Time's up! The correct answer was the funny bone
WHO PLAYED 'EM
2003 & 2004: The bride who's trying to kill Bill
Time's up! The correct answer was Uma Thurman
BRITISH FASHION
Designer Vivienne Westwood ran a shop with Malcolm McLaren, who launched this Johnny Rotten band
Time's up! The correct answer was The Sex Pistols
CHEESE
"To Kiss in Shadows" & "Stealing Heaven" won 2003 Rita Awards for this type of novel
Time's up! The correct answer was romance
"E" CHANNEL
Before going bankrupt in 1989, this airline tried selling $12 plane tickets between Boston & New York
Time's up! The correct answer was Eastern
THAT'S WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THE SOUTH
A state capital since 1849, it showed Southern hospitality in 2005 as its population grew by 50% after Katrina
Time's up! The correct answer was Baton Rouge
EPONYMS
This big hair style is derived from the title of a mistress of Louis XV
Time's up! The correct answer was a madame pompadour
THE ANIMALS
Resembling a small lobster, it's Louisiana's state crustacean
Time's up! The correct answer was crawfish/crayfish
& HONEY
& Honey, could you take the minivan to the mechanic? It's still making noise here, also called the gearbox
Time's up! The correct answer was the transmission
NAME THE POET
"His pride had cast him out from heaven, with all his host of rebel angels"
Time's up! The correct answer was John Milton
ON THE STAGE
Title of a Jonathan Larson musical, or what the East Village residents in it have trouble coming up with
Time's up! The correct answer was Rent
THE 1930s
In 1936, in defiance of the Treaty of Versailles, this country began remilitarizing the Rhineland
Time's up! The correct answer was Germany
HERBS & SPICES
The dried pods of a certain climbing orchid provide this flavoring
Time's up! The correct answer was vanilla
COUNTRIES THAT END IN "O"
This small country is about 1/20th the size of NYC & its primary language is Italian
Time's up! The correct answer was San Marino
LET THE GAMES BEGIN
A total of 22 means you've gone "bust" in this card game
Time's up! The correct answer was blackjack
AFRICANA
Meaning "guided one", it was the title of the 1880s Sudanese leader whose forces defeated General Gordon
Time's up! The correct answer was The Mahdi
"TABLE"S
Moving around a restaurant to hobnob & exchange gossip with friends & acquaintances
Time's up! The correct answer was Table Hopping
WORKING ON THE RAILROAD
The Tokaido Shinkansen, known by this "weapon" name, can hit 185 mph
Time's up! The correct answer was the bullet train
TONY WINNERS OF THE '50s
This redhead won 4 Tonys in the '50s, for "Can-Can", "Damn Yankees", "New Girl in Town" & "Redhead"
Time's up! The correct answer was Gwen Verdon
AROUND THE POKER TABLE WITH SLIM
To do this in stud poker, Slim turns all his cards face down
Time's up! The correct answer was Fold
LESSER-KNOWN ANCIENT ROMANS?
Unconquerable & undefeated, he led Rome to victory in the Rugby World Cup championship
Time's up! The correct answer was Invictus
HOW'S THE WEATHER?
Mountain passes speed up hot, dry air, giving this U.S. state its Santa Ana winds
Time's up! The correct answer was California
PROVERBS
"Every" one of these "fits not every foot"
Time's up! The correct answer was a shoe
PHYSICS
The farad, the unit of capacitance, is named for this scientist
Time's up! The correct answer was Faraday
POLITICS & SHOW BIZ
Artists like Gladys Knight have recorded the songs of this senior senator from Utah
Time's up! The correct answer was Orrin Hatch
GENERAL INFORMATION
This title folk story guy steals a golden egg-laying hen, bags of gold & a golden harp; the "giant-cide" comes later
Time's up! The correct answer was Jack
TELEVISION
In 1999 an ABC sitcom dropped "a Pizza Place" from its name, which changed to this
Time's up! The correct answer was Two Guys and a Girl
WITH BROTHERHOOD
Last name of Kevin, Joe & Nick, whose album "Lines, Vines And Trying Times" debuted at No. 1 in 2009
Time's up! The correct answer was Jonas
LITERARY BEFORE & AFTER
Faulkner novel about Joe Christmas that's the Swedish playwright of "The Dance of Death"
Time's up! The correct answer was The Light in August Strindberg
THREE CHEERS!
The 4-legged Omaha made the record books in 1935 with this 3-feat
Time's up! The correct answer was racing's Triple Crown
SOCIOLOGY
A plant, animal or object that's the symbol of a clan; it's often taboo & was paired with "Taboo" in a Freud title
Time's up! The correct answer was totem
WORD ORIGINS
This compass direction may come from the Proto-Germanic for "to the left of the rising sun"
Time's up! The correct answer was north
WORLD COINS
Its 1-shekel coin features a flower taken from a Judean coin during the Persian period
Time's up! The correct answer was Israel
YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS STUFF
In the '30s she starred in "The Little Princess", "The Little Colonel" & "Little Miss Marker"
Time's up! The correct answer was Shirley Temple
"G"ARDEN GLOSSARY
Rich in nutrients, this bat or bird dropping is good for your garden
Time's up! The correct answer was guano
PEN NAMES
Pseudonym of the mysterious recluse who wrote "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre"
Time's up! The correct answer was B. Traven
BRITISH PRIME MINISTERS
1940-1945, 1951-1955
Time's up! The correct answer was Winston Churchill
WORD ORIGINS
This compass direction may come from the Proto-Germanic for "to the left of the rising sun"
Time's up! The correct answer was north
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE
Synonym for dignity that's the term for a group of lions
Time's up! The correct answer was a pride
STATE OF THE UNION
The Trinity site in this state was the location of the USA's first atomic explosion
Time's up! The correct answer was New Mexico
MEATS
These gastropods are sometimes fed aromatic herbs to give them a special savor
Time's up! The correct answer was snail
"PUN" JAB
William Gibson pioneered this sci-fi genre of characters in a dark, futuristic world dominated by computers
Time's up! The correct answer was cyberpunk
TV CASTS
In 2000 this Oscar nominee joined the cast of "Ally McBeal" as a lawyer
Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Downey, Jr.
AWARDS
"Pearls for Pigs" was 1998's best play in these off-Broadway awards given by the Village Voice
Time's up! The correct answer was Obies
4-LETTER FRIENDS
In "Jaws", it's what Roy Scheider threw overboard to lure the shark
Time's up! The correct answer was chum
FOR THE BIRDS
One of the 2 U.S. states with a bird in its official state nickname
Time's up! The correct answer was Iowa or Louisiana
BE FRUITFUL & MULTIPLY
4 x 12
Time's up! The correct answer was 48
COMPANIES YOUNGER THAN YOU
The first name of this company's search engine was Backrub, as it analyzed the back links pointing to websites
Time's up! The correct answer was Google
STARTS WITH "W"
It found no evidence of a conspiracy involving Oswald & Ruby
Time's up! The correct answer was the Warren Commission
IT'S OURS!
Madeira Islands
Time's up! The correct answer was Portugal
SOMETHING'S FISHY
Until one was caught in 1938, it was thought that this fish had been extinct for more than 70 million years
Time's up! The correct answer was the coelacanth
CELEB STUFF
In a 1997 issue of "George", he said his cousins Michael & Joseph were "poster boys for bad behavior"
Time's up! The correct answer was John F. Kennedy, Jr.
THE HAYES YEARS
In early 1880 Wabash in this state became the first city to illuminate its streets by electricity
Time's up! The correct answer was Indiana
FATHER'S IN LAW
Father learned about the quaint problems of the poor at Chicago's "Edwin F. Mandel" this type of "Clinic"
Time's up! The correct answer was legal aid
SPORTS OF THE FEMALE OLYMPIANS
Lisa Fernandez, Jennie Finch & their 7 teammates on the field
Time's up! The correct answer was softball
THE HUSBAND MARRIED
Virginia Cherrill, Barbara Hutton, Betsy Drake, Dyan Cannon & Barbara Harris
Time's up! The correct answer was Cary Grant
WAR MOVIES
1936: Errol Flynn leads a cavalry unit into cannon, annihilation & everlasting glory
Time's up! The correct answer was Charge of the Light Brigade
WHERE'S MY COFFEE?
Java is a synonym for coffee; a high-grade bean also comes from this next most populous Indonesian island
Time's up! The correct answer was Sumatra
LITERARY FIRST LINES
1976: "In our family there was no clear line between religion and fly fishing"
Time's up! The correct answer was "A River Runs Through It"
MEDICINE
Symbolized Ba, this element is put in your body, one way or another, to be seen on X-rays
Time's up! The correct answer was barium
NEWMAN'S OWN
Newman played Irish mob boss John Rooney in Depression-era Chicago in this 2002 film
Time's up! The correct answer was Road to Perdition
BATTLE TO NAME THE WAR
Quang Tri City; the cavalry was sent!
Time's up! The correct answer was the Vietnam War
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
Abbreviated "P", this element comes in red, white, & black forms
Time's up! The correct answer was phosphorus
THE UPPER CRUST
Ulysses Grant's granddaughter Julia married a prince from this country & had to flee its revolution in 1917
Time's up! The correct answer was Russia
GRAPES
In 1962 this man organized migrant grape pickers into what became known as the United Farm Workers
Time's up! The correct answer was Cesar Chavez
WORD ORIGINS
From Dutch “kaban huis”, meaning ship’s galley, in U.S. it came to mean last car on a train
Time's up! The correct answer was the caboose
VOLCANOES
At least 57 people died as a result of this U.S. volcano's May 18, 1980 eruption
Time's up! The correct answer was Mount St. Helens
10-LETTER WORDS
Lionel Hampton's instrument
Time's up! The correct answer was Vibraphone
WORD ORIGINS
This 5-letter synonym of "question" comes from the Latin for "to ask" or "to seek"
Time's up! The correct answer was a query
CARY GRANT FILMS
Joan Fontaine thinks that hubby Cary Grant is trying to murder her in this Hitchcock film
Time's up! The correct answer was Suspicion
SHAKESPEAREAN WORDS
This word in "Henry VI Part 2" meant blase & world-weary, not having to do with nephrite
Time's up! The correct answer was jaded
THE RECORD SHOWS I TOOK THE BLOWS
In 1775 his leg was severely wounded in an assault on Quebec & he was promoted to brig. gen.; 5 years later, he'd be in disgrace
Time's up! The correct answer was Benedict Arnold
FROM B TO C
Branch of the Indo-European family of languages
Time's up! The correct answer was Baltic
BEING THOREAU
Thoreau praised this man's actions at Harpers Ferry & eulogized him in 3 lectures
Time's up! The correct answer was John Brown
DOWN MEXICO WAY
In 1986 Mexico scored as the first country to host this international sports competition twice
Time's up! The correct answer was the World Cup
CROSSWORD CLUES "M"
When it's "praying", it's preying (6)
Time's up! The correct answer was mantis