If you drive west from the "Green Mountain" state, you'll be in this, the "Empire State"
New York
Neither he nor his Kentucky horse, Vic, survived the Battle of Little Bighorn
Custer
This "Dynasty" vamp's new perfume is "Spectacular", & so is she
Joan Collins
Musicals based on his plays include "Catch My Soul" & "Rockaby Hamlet"
Shakespeare
As an adjective, this 5-letter word can precede bank, brother, count, group, money, sugar, test & vessel
blood
Cactus forests can be found in the Saguaro Nat'l Monument east & west of this southern Arizona city
Tucson
We've Anglicized this explorer's name--in Portuguese it was Fernao de Magalhaes
Magellan
The company that makes this French perfume says its name means "I shall return"
Je Reviens
His play "Back to Methuselah" covers a span of over 35,000 years & includes a scientist named Pygmalion
George Bernard Shaw
15 players per side are used when amateurs play this English ancestor of American football
rugby
Wyoming valley named for beaver trapper Davey Jackson; it has since become a major ski resort
Jackson Hole
He was born in the winter & beheaded in the summer, but he was "A Man for All Seasons"
Thomas More
We assume this perfume will make you smell like Picasso's daughter, since it's named for her
Paloma (Picasso)
He was furious when his 18-year-old daughter Oona married Charlie Chaplin who was 54
Eugene O'Neill
To hang someone without due process of law; it was the name of an 18th century justice of the peace
lynch
This city, the oldest in Kansas, is known for its fort & federal prison
Leavenworth
Lady Mountbatten's love letters to this Indian leader were found 12 years after her death
Nehru
Vol de Nuit perfume was inspired by the aviation feats of this "Little Prince" author
Saint-Exupéry
His screenplay for "Tom Jones" won him an Oscar, so he doesn't have to look back in anger
John Osborne
This word, from the Latin for "grown fat by eating", describes a person who's done just that
obese
In California & Michigan, capes are not called capes but this
points
In 1793 Haitian revolutionary leader Francois Dominique Toussaint changed his name to this
Toussaint Louverture
Guerlain created Eau Fraiche perfume for this empress, the wife of Napoleon III
Eugenie
He directed the Cary Grant film "None But the Lonely Heart" before he wrote "The Country Girl"
Clifford Odets
A recess in a wall for placing a statue, or an activity suited to one's abilities
a niche