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Injury, infection & loud noises can cause this membrane between the external ear canal & middle ear to rupture |
the eardrum
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1980: "Coal Miner's _____" |
Daughter
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Drambuie is a brand of liqueur made with honey & this barley whisky |
scotch
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An American colonel is in love with an Italian countess in Hemingway's "Across" this "And Into The Trees" |
The River
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When you do this to "your time", you wait for a favorable opportunity |
bide
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After the 1979 electoral defeat of the Labour Party, she took over for Prime Minister James Callaghan |
Margaret Thatcher
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It may ring a bell that this 8-letter word is the medical term for ringing in the ears |
tinnitus
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Meaning "white of whites", it's wine made entirely from white grapes, like a champagne made from the chardonnay grape |
blanc de blancs
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This poet wrote of a self-sacrificing apple tree in "The Giving Tree" |
Shel Silverstein
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A sculpture head & shoulders above the rest, or slang for to place under arrest |
bust
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After Aug. 15, 1947 India & Pakistan emerged as 2 independent countries & he became India's first Prime Minister |
Nehru
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1992: "My _____ Vinny" |
Cousin
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This brand of aromatic bitters is named for a town in Venezuela |
Angostura
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In the title of a bestseller by Olive Ann Burns, this word comes between "Cold" & "Tree" |
Sassy
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A thing that ruins or spoils; perhaps it's the this "of your existence" |
bane
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After a psy-ops team blasted Van Halen for 10 days at this general, hiding in Panama's Vatican Embassy, he said no mas |
(Alex: 10 days of Van Halen--right!)
(Manuel) Noriega
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That's right, cowboy! The stapes, the smallest bone in the ear & the body, is more commonly called this |
the stirrup
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2003: "_____ Day Care" |
Daddy
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Armagnac is this type of single distilled spirit |
(Ian: What's a malt?) (Grant: What is cognac?) ... (Alex: What is [*]? It's not a cognac. Cognac is from a specific location.)
brandy
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"Dinosaurs Before Dark" is the first book in this kids' series by Mary Pope Osborne |
the Magic Tree House series
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The second of any series, as in chemistry or physics |
(Grant: What is binary?) ... (Alex: Supposed to contain only 4 letters. What is [*]? Alpha, [*].)
beta
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After leading a 1969 coup that deposed King Idris, he was named Commander in Chief of Libya's Armed Forces |
Gadhafi
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1992: "Stop! Or My _____ Will Shoot" |
Mom
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The desert plant used to make tequila is blue this |
agave
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Francie knows that the tree in her yard isn't a pine or a hemlock in this classic by Betty Smith |
A Tree Grows In Brooklyn
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This monetary unit of Thailand equals 100 satangs |
baht
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After finishing second to Lincoln in the 1860 popular vote for president, this senator died on June 3, 1861 |
(Stephen) Douglas
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