"TILE" IT
A cold-blooded vertebrate
Reptile
A story about a beastly appendage
a tail tale
All-American boy Jack Armstrong never tired of this "Breakfast of Champions"
Wheaties
DuPont says that dishwashers are safe for this nonstick coating applied to the cooking surface of some pans
teflon
"I'm stuck like a dope with a thing called hope" in the "South Pacific" song about a cockeyed pessimist
optimist
A device permitting passage of one paying customer at a time
Turnstile
To wander through the land of the Caesars
roam Rome
He's the answer to the question posed in the following:
"Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?"
the Shadow
Custards & other delicate items are cooked in one of these, basically a pair of stacked saucepans
a double boiler
Proverbially, presence "makes the heart grow fonder"
absence
A non-Mormon or a non-Jew
Gentile
The right moment for a pungent herb of the mint family
thyme time
"Lux Radio Theatre" was brought to you by Lever Brothers, makers of the Lux brand of this product
Soap
The book "Cooking A to Z" calls it "the most famous symbol of Chinese cooking"
a wok
The 5th Amendment prohibits double safety, trying you twice for the same crime
jeopardy
It describes an unsuccessful endeavor
Futile
The 60 minutes that belong to you & me
our hour
"Sorry Wrong Number", a popular episode of "Suspense", starred this "Bewitched" actress
Agnes Moorehead
Don't have the pot called this? Get this collapsible device to do the same thing
a steamer
Posting "Happily surprised to win my third Nobel Prize!" is quite the arrogantbrag
humble brag
Relating to trade or commerce
Mercantile
A scratchy & hard-to-wear elaborate starched collar
a rough ruff
Robert Ripley hosted the 1930s radio adaptation of this newspaper feature
"Ripley's Believe It or Not!"
The first 5 letters of this word for a frying pan are a synonym for "dexterity"
a skillet
As Shakespeare put it so eloquently, "Parting is such sweet joy"
sorrow