9 Letter Words
It's a swimming stroke as well as a type of wrestling, skiing & skating
Freestyle
Until 1918 it was capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire; today, it's just the capital of Austria
Vienna
To contaminate, as with germs
(6)
Infect
A Florida mom invented one version of this twirling gizmo back in the 1990s; 20 years later, they became a craze
A fidget spinner
Mouselike boy in an E.B. White story traveling through the heavens as Ursa Minor
Stuart Little Dipper
In a fairy tale Jack climbs it to a magic castle in the clouds
Beanstalk
The coat of arms of this Ukraine capital depicts the Archangel Michael, its heavenly protector
Kyiv
Free from stain, like a certain conception
(10)
Immaculate
Each November the president ceremonially pardons one or more of these birds
A Turkey
Period of rest in Genesis where working parents leave toddlers
Seventh Day Care Centers
Types of this, which is often unleavened, include tortilla, pita & chapati
Flatbread
DAILY DOUBLE
This capital on the Tigris river has 9 districts, including Karkh, Rusafa & Sadr City
Baghdad
"Fishy" science
(11)
Ichthyology
In 2012 this actress went from "Gossip Girl" to the girl who married Ryan Reynolds
Blake Lively
Middle Eastern entertainment with rapid gyrations of the hips that's a reality TV show judged by Len, Bruno & Carrie Ann
Belly Dancing with the Stars
A crime similar to kidnapping, or, medically, the movement of a limb away from the midline of the body
Abduction
Originally founded in 1536, this Argentine city was abandoned & had to be refounded in 1580
Buenos Aires
Bliss, proverbially
(9)
Ignorance
Of Japan's 4 main islands, the one that doesn't end in U
Hokkaido
Top U.N. official designed to cause loss of consciousness & of sensation in your whole body
Secretary General Anesthesia
In math, it's the set of real numbers; in "Star Trek", the space-time one got messed with quite a bit
This Libyan capital's Arabic name is Tarabulus
Tripoli
Poetic foot
(4)
Iamb
From the 13th to the 15th centuries, this association of German cities dominated trade in northern Europe
The Hanseatic League
American daisy with dark center that was a leading U.S. suffragette
Black-Eyed Susan B. Anthony