5-LETTER WORDS
Tight shoes will do this to your toes as pince-nez glasses do it to your nose
pinch
Secretaries in NYC, Washington, D.C., & L.A. ritually toss these out of windows on December 31
calendars
The 1st False Dmitri became this in 1605, but don't worry, he was killed the next year
Tsar
The oried covering of the nutmeg, it's not used in the mixture sprayed in an attacker's face
mace
An antonym of humble, it's how the Marines describe themselves
proud
From Arabic for "a forbidden place", it's a section of a Muslim house usually forbidden to men
harem
In Roget's thesaurus, "a jiffy" is considered synonymous with "2 shakes of a this animal's "tail"
lamb
She didn't use nepotism to get the throne in 1762, she used force
Catherine the Great
It can describe a piece of garlic or be a spice by itself
cloves
A phrase meaning intermittent, or the antonyms on a light switch
off & on
An athletic contest, a perfect counterpart, or a fire starter
match
In the Northern Hemisphere, month in which the harvest moon appears
September
Name by which the Communists went in 1917
Bolsheviks
Plant of the mint family, or a member of the Rathbone family
basil
It describes a sauce containing sugar & vinegar
sweet & sour
It describes an unsheathed sword, a finished sketch, or a haggard look
drawn
1982 film set in 1954 & starring Peter O'Toole
My Favorite Year
In the 1200s, a conquered Russia became part of this Asian empire
Mongol
In French, this herb is "estragon"
tarragon
Pair of action antonyms used for both dinner tables & typewriter tabs
set & clear
Word which precedes jump, cloth, ax, & in our case, cast
broad
Song which begins "Once upon a time there was a tavern..."
"Those Were the Days"
1 of the 5 composers collectively known as the "Moguchaya Kuchka", or "Mighty Handful"
(1 of) Balakirev, Borodin, Cui, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov
Jamaican pepper is also known by this totally encompassing name
allspice
Meaning "flowing", in handwriting, it's the opposite of manuscript
cursive