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(I'm Kimberly Gill.) Detroit was often the last stop before freedom on this network, & the Second Baptist Church, still a vibrant house of worship, was an important station |
the Underground Railroad
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Any type of apple such as McIntosh, or a Hollywood weekly magazine about all sorts of entertainment |
variety
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Made of coral, this 2-word structure usually runs parallel to the shore |
a barrier reef
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Sur La Table, which offers cooking classes & kitchenware, first opened in 1972 in this city's Pike Place Market |
Seattle
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Basically a cheeseburger on rye bread: ____ melt |
a patty melt
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"You think you've lost your love, well, I saw her yesterday-yi-yay" |
"She Loves You"
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(I'm Rhonda Walker.) Speaking in Tiger Stadium in 1990, four months after his release from prison, this man quoted Marvin Gaye, "Brother, brother, there's far too many of you dying" |
Nelson Mandela
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Kenesaw Mountain Landis was the first one in Major League Baseball |
commissioner
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Seen here, the formation known as an alluvial this 3-letter word is formed by the detritus deposited by a river |
a fan
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In 2021, she opened Smize Cream, a premium ice cream shop in California, with a surprise in every cup |
Tyra Banks
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A policeman's nightstick: ____ club |
a billy club
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"Nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be" |
"All You Need Is Love"
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(I'm Devin Scillian.) On October 3, 1997, the International Hockey League's Detroit Vipers welcomed a new teammate playing in his sixth decade; this 69-year-old ex-Red Wing, Alex Trebek's hero, took a 46-second shift in his very last pro game |
(Ken: You got it; Alex would be pleased.)
Gordie Howe
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Exactly as far away, or exactly as close |
equidistant
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Icebergs & glaciers go through this "bovine" process in which large chunks dramatically break off |
(Ken: Ryan?) (Ryan: [No response])
calving
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In 2009 Ursula Burns became the first Black woman to head a Fortune 500 company, this one; copy that! |
(Ryan: What is Kinkos?)
Xerox
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Popular in the 1920s, it weighed almost 10 pounds empty: ____ gun |
a tommy gun
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"I'll always be true, so please..." |
"Love Me Do"
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(I'm Evrod Cassimy.) After GM's president told Detroit car executives, "We must outbuild Hitler", Ford's Willow Run plant churned out the B-24 Liberator, a 4-engine this type of warplane at an unbelievable rate of one per hour |
a bomber
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This verb often used before "last rites" ends with a type of holy man |
(Louis: What is sacrament?)
administer
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The spire called a hoodoo, seen here, was formed by this 7-letter weathering process |
erosion
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In 2002 Elon Musk launched this company to produce more affordable rockets |
SpaceX
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Often used for pot roast: ____ roast |
a chuck roast
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"A love like ours could never die as long as I have you near me" |
"And I Love Her"
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(I'm Kimberly Gill.) December 10, 2014 was a bright day in a long saga as Detroit officially exited the largest municipal one of these in the history of the United States, & emergency manager Kevyn Orr's resignation took effect |
(Ken: We'd like to thank our friends at WDIV for their help with that category.)
a bankruptcy
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The Brits use this word to refer to a layoff; elsewhere, it's needless repetition of words |
redundancy
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The Latin for "water" gives us this word for a layer of rock that contains water |
an aquifer
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In 1837 a candlemaker & a soapmaker merged their businesses in Cincinnati to become this giant in consumer goods |
Procter & Gamble
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In the Marine Corps, it's also called an E-3: ____ corporal |
a lance corporal
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"I can see them laugh at me & I hear them say, hey..." |
(Louis: What is "Hide Your Love Away"?)
"You've Got To Hide Your Love Away"
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