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In chapter 16 of this novel, Friday's father is rescued from cannibals |
Robinson Crusoe
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That sang the 2012 hit "Die Young" |
Ke$ha
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When you get a scare, you might say "my heart skipped" one of these |
a beat
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In lactation, milk is produced; in lacrimation, these are produced |
tears
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Island groups belonging to this nation include the Antipodes, the Bounty Islands & the Auckland Islands |
New Zealand
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Enthusiastic, fervent (5) |
(Tori: What is excited?) ... (Alex: Too many letters in that, Tori. [*] is the word we're going for. Kelton, back to you.)
eager
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In this futuristic but not Orwellian novel, Mustapha Mond was called "the Resident Controller for Western Europe" |
(Tori: What is A Clockwork Orange?) ... (Alex: No. What is [*] by Aldous Huxley.)
Brave New World
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Behind the album (look carefully) "Mr. A-Z" |
Jason Mraz
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It's money an accused criminal puts up to make sure he'll show up for trial; if he skips it, bye-bye money |
bail
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Normally, when the glucose level in the blood is high, the pancreas secretes this hormone to lower it |
insulin
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Go as far east as you can in South Africa & you'll wade into this ocean |
Indian Ocean
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A crude representation made for hanging (6) |
an effigy
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She took part of her pen name from her friend, journalist George Henry Lewes |
George Eliot
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Of this singer is heard here |
Adam Levine
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If you skip a curling team, it means you're the captain & must be good at keeping your balance on this surface |
ice
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Muslims make up the largest religious group of this nation once part of Yugoslavia |
(Kelton: What is Albania?)
Bosnia
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Having keen vision (5-4) |
eagle-eyed
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Ralph Allen, a rich philanthropist, was the inspiration for Squire Alworthy in this author's "Tom Jones" |
(Henry) Fielding
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Doing her own singing as young Juliette on TV's "Nashville" |
(Tori: Who is Carrie Underwood?) ... (Alex: Who is [*]? You knew that, Tori. You just misspoke. I understand.)
Hayden Panettiere
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It means getting bumped up in army rank or school grade; if you skip a grade, you get a double one |
promotion
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For a giraffe, this, the period of pregnancy, is about 15 months |
gestation
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It's the largest fruit export for Honduras |
bananas
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To make abnormally thin (8) |
(Tori: What is elongate?) (Kelton: What is emacerate?)
emaciate
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In "Kidnapped", this young boy discovers that his uncle Ebenezer has cheated him out of his inheritance |
(Tori: Who is Jim?)
David Balfour
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That duetted with fellow country star Kenny Chesney on "Feel Like a Rock Star" |
Tim McGraw
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Like moths, skippers belong to this order of insects |
Lepidoptera
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Most of the water absorbed by a plant is given off by the leaves via this 13-letter process |
(Kelton: What is respiration?)
transpiration
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Decade in which North Korea invaded South Korea |
1950s
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White species of heron (5) |
egret
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