SPORTING CLICHES
Hit below the belt
BOXING
Diamonds are so colorless, I prefer these gems for my rings
EMERALDS
In 1989 George Bush had the DEA buy drugs in a park across from this building to show on TV
THE WHITE HOUSE
Ska & rock steady were predecessors of this style that developed in Jamaica in the 1960s
REGGAE
Cheers! This became legal again on December 5 1933 when Utah ratified the 21st Amendment
ALCOHOL
Par for the course
GOLF
Instead of mere cream puffs, give me these oblong pastries with icing & a French name
ECLAIRS
Walk through the Vanderbilt Gate at 5th Avenue & 105th Street to get to the conservatory garden in this park
CENTRAL PARK
Anatomical term for the part of a string instrument where you'll find the fingerboard
THE NECK
After a 1995 law change in most states you can legally exceed this 1974 limit
55 MPH
Threw him a curve
BASEBALL
I never travel without this group around me; including a bodyguard, publicist, & manicurist
ENTOURAGE
You can walk up Hippie Hill in this alliterative San Francisco park
GOLDEN GATE PARK
Troy Aikman is probably happy that this kind of football play is no longer illegal as of 1906
FORWARD PASS
No holds barred
WRESTLING
It's less than an hour's drive from my Geneva apartment to this French spa known for its water
EVIAN
30-mile Wildwood Trail is in this northwest city's "Forest Park"; William Clark visited when it was just forest
PORTLAND, OREGON
Often abbreviated cresc. it's the opposite of diminuendo
CRESCENDO
In Norfolk VA. it used to be illegal for women to go out without one of these tight-fitting garments
CORSET
Not pulling one's weight
ROWING
Viscounts & barons needn't bother inviting me over -- I only hobnob with at least this grade of nobleman
EARL
"The Bridge of Perfect Wisdom" is a landmark of Beihai Park in this world capital
BEIJING
A song from the '60s told us "A Taste Of" this is much sweeter than wine
HONEY
On July 10 1991 sanctions imposed in this country were lifted allowing legal U.S. trade
SOUTH AFRICA