Before and After
Scripps national contest of word lettering involving a puncture wound from a flying insect
Spelling Bee Sting
Inuit boat of sealskin
KAYAK
A sacred oath; in Catholicism, one can be for chastity, poverty or obedience
Vow
Pay for water? Not when we have a Persian one of these gourds; it's 96% water & we can be fancy & put it in our tap water
Cucumber
"The handwriting is on the ____"
Wall
A list of exceptional students exclaims a University of Alabama rallying cry
Honor Roll Tide
When males take on females, it's called "The Battle of" these
SEXES
Unit of weight equal to 16 drams or 28.35 grams
This 3-letter brine-cured salmon; it's on the shelf next to the cream cheese
Lox
Maya Angelou wrote, "The ____ ____ sings with a fearful trill of things unknown but longed for still"
Caged Bird
Snickers that must be passed to practice law
Candy Bar Exam
Carpenter's tool, or the type of "head" a sensible person has
LEVEL
The 10 Commandments say not to do this to another man's house or wife
Covet
It's another name for the garbanzo bean
Chickpea
From the Lord's Prayer: "Lead us not into ___, but deliver us from evil"
Temptation
Form of capital punishment in the U.S. that is the main judge at a tennis match
Electric Chair Umpire
Air traffic controllers check this screen to get the dish on the flight path of a plane
RADAR
There are 2 Vs in this word meaning extreme enthusiasm or spirit
Verve
Created in Hollywood, this classic salad includes chicken or turkey, Bacon, avocado & blue cheese
Cobb Salad
Lil Wayne's last name & the top-selling album in the U.S. of 2008: "Tha ____ III"
Carter
An 18th century invention for separating seeds from fiber that adds a mixer flavored with an alkaloid from tree bark
Cotton gin & tonic
A firecracker that fails to fire
Meaning to improve or perfect a skill, it comes from the Middle English for whetstone
Hone
A quart of this Greek-named Greek yogurt from Dannon
Oikos
Original title of "The Star-Spangled Banner": "Defence Of Fort ____"
McHenry