THEY'RE BACK
Submitted for your approval, Jordan Peele as host & narrator of the reboot of this anthology series
The Twilight Zone
Francis Drake became Sir Francis in April 1581 in the presence of this monarch
Elizabeth I
Gory horror movies are not for these people who are easily nauseated
squeamish
Spiel or speech
(7 letters)
oratory (oration)
U.S. BUSINESSES:
In 2024 this company said only 4 of its 400+ locations will let Mr. Munch, Helen Henny, Jasper T. Jowls & its namesake still perform
Chuck E Cheese
The reboot of this soapy series about the wealthy Carrington & Colby families changed the setting from Denver to Atlanta
Dynasty
Making it tough on the pres. seeking re-election, the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit an all-time low of 41.22 in this year
1932
To add fake details to a real story to make it sound better
embellish
It means family in Hawaiian
(5 letters)
PRESIDENTS & THE BIBLE:
"Silent" Calvin Coolidge was inaugurated in 1925 on a Bible open to this 6-word first line of the Gospel According to John
"In the beginning was the Word"
In 2019 this detective was back on the case, working with her dad to solve cases in Neptune, California
Veronica Mars
In 1976 a military junta seized power in Argentina not from Eva Peron but from this widow
Isabel Perón
In a chemical reaction, sulfur combines with silver to create this dark coating
tarnish
Like Pollyanna
(10 letters)
optimistic
ASTRONOMERS:
This man's name was given to a comet that crashed into Jupiter in 1994; he's the only human whose remains lie on the Moon
Shoemaker
This reboot made the divorced mom & her family Cuban American & moved the setting from Indianapolis to Los Angeles
One day at a time
A heroic last stand at the Battle of Camaron in Mexico holds a special place in the lore of this French group founded in 1831
the Foreign Legion
Estuaries & swamps have this type of water not quite as briny as the ocean
brackish
Egg-shaped
(5 letters)
ovoid
21st CENTURY OSCAR WINNERS:
These 2 foreign-born directors have each won 2 Best Director Oscars, but none of their films has won Best Picture
Ang Lee & Alfonso Cuarón
Candace Cameron Bure stars as a grown-up, raising kids of her own, on this reboot
Fuller House
In 1967 part of Nigeria broke off & declared its independence as this land
Biafra
This, another word for a fanfare, means the king has arrived
a flourish
Government by the few
(9 letters)
oligarchy
IT'S ALL GREECE TO ME:
This area of Greece, home to Pan, is synonymous with a rural paradise; it's a setting for Virgil's shepherd poems the "Eclogues"
Arcadia