TAILOR, THE CREATOR
THE LANGUAGE OF FAITH
BOOK COVERS
RADIO STATIONS
DD!!
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19th century tailor Jacob William Davis created a modern version of these pants & partnered with Levi Strauss to mass-produce them

blue jeans

200

A setback that later leads to a great outcome is one of these "in disguise"

a blessing

200

A predatory bird is staring right at you on the cover of Helen MacDonald's acclaimed 2016 book "H Is for" this

Hawk

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Similar to the Pride Flag, the logo for KGAY 106.5 FM in Palm Springs also features the colors of this

the rainbow

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Hindu belief led to this phrase meaning a person or idea that no one dares criticize

a sacred cow

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Suits tailored by Brioni were worn by this character in "The World Is Not Enough"


James Bond

400

A business opportunity too good to be true or some foods mentioned in the book of Leviticus may not be this

kosher

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Giving away the plot, a cover of the 2001 novel "Life of Pi" shows a boat whose passengers are a boy & this animal

a tiger

400

Known as "The Vine", KVYN is an FM music station that broadcasts from this famed California valley

Napa

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Eccentric tailor Nudie Cohn designed "Nudie suits" for country musicians, bedazzled with these sparkly faux gems


rhinestones

600

Daily Double!!

Hindu belief led to this phrase meaning a person or idea that no one dares criticize

600

S. Neil Fujita's designs include one that looks like a drop of you-know-what for the cover of this Truman Capote book

In Cold Blood

600

Sound it out, if it helps: WZLY, a college radio station, serves the school whose alums include this first lady

Hillary Clinton

800

Harlem haberdasher Dapper Dan illegally used this company's "GG" monogram on clothes in the '80s; decades later, the company hired him

Gucci

800

My friend Ed reads the sports pages, Roxane Gay's Substack & especially the New Testament this way, with regularity

religiously

800

A haunting paperback cover of a 1979 V.C. Andrews book shows a girl gazing out of the window of this room

the attic

800

Borrowing its name from a local delicacy, 105.9 KPOI serves this state capital

Honolulu

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This president, Lincoln's successor, rose from poverty by making fellas look unimpeachably fly as a tailor

Andrew Johnson

1000

It's an event no human could have prevented, & it may not be covered by your insurance

an act of God

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Patti Smith used a photo booth pic she took in 1969 with this photographer for the paperback cover of her 2010 memoir "Just Kids"

Mapplethorpe

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This 4-letter Texas city is home to a country radio station whose call letters spell the city's name

Waco

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