Crossword Clues "M"
A 1,000th anniversary
(10)
What is a millennium?
President
James Marshall
What is Air Force One?
It's a small explosive bomb either thrown by hand or fired from a launcher
What is a Grenade?
Capt. William Driver, who gave this 2-word nickname to the U.S. flag, is buried in Nashville's city cemetery
What is Old Glory?
Tish, one of these won by a British couple at a fair in 1956, swam happily in its bowl for a record 43 years
What is a goldfish?
Type of photo finish
(5)
What is matte?
Detective
John Book
What is Witness?
On Nov. 1, 1952 Eniwetok Atoll was the first place on Earth to face the wrath of one of these bombs
What is the Hydrogen bomb?
In 1993 Alison Krauss joined the cast of this Nashville institution & was its youngest member at that time
What is the Grand Ole Opry?
Though its name is only 3 letters long, it's the biggest retail fashion chain
What is Gap?
Pipe smoker's mineral
(10)
What is meerschaum?
Jack Ryan
(both films)
What is Patriot Games and Clear and Present Danger?
Used against underwater targets, these "charges" operate by water pressure at the level for which they're set
What are Depth charges?
Dollywood, Dolly Parton's theme park in Pigeon Forge, is "The Entertainment Capital of" these mountains
What are the Smokies?
In this 1996 film Madonna went through a record 85 costume changes
What is Evita?
Tenon's woodworking partner
(7)
Who is Mortise?
Businessman
Jack Trainer
What is Working Girl?
From the Latin for "broken piece", this bomb is designed to break into many small pieces when exploded
What is a Fragmentation bomb?
The Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum is in this city, a railroad center
What is Chattanooga?
Guinness lists this product line as the most successful portable music system
What is a Sony Walkman
Salamander also known as a water dog
What is a mudpuppy?
1962 cruiser
Bob Falfa
What is American Graffiti?
Also called an enhanced radiation bomb, it emits a large portion of its energy as radioactivity
What is a Neutron bomb?
The Battle of Stones River is also known as the Battle of this city, once Tennessee's capital
What is Murfreesboro?
Alan Whitworth figures when he's done in 2007, his sketch of this fortification in England will be 73 miles long
What is Hadrian's Wall