SIBLING
If you're this type of twin, from the Latin for "brother", you & your twin have about half-identical DNA
fraternal
Having the high ground was enough, we guess, for Obi-Wan to leave this ex-pal crippled & on fire
Anakin Skywalker
This 6-letter spending plan is based on your expected income--the government version is a lot messier
a budget
The structure of a novel's story & the way events unfold; sometimes it "thickens"
the plot
Triple rhyme time dept.: slang for a pal as close as a sibling, or what Joseph is to Reuben in the Bible
brother from another mother
This language of Oslo has a word for one born long after his siblings:
attpåklatt
Norwegian
Wil Wheaton wasn't above lying about his grandma being dead just to win a card game vs. Sheldon Cooper on this sitcom
The Big Bang Theory
Spain no longer uses this unit of currency, but Chile & Cuba still do
the peso
"Give me the answer!" is an example of this grammatical mood
imperative
Daily Double!!
Triple rhyme time dept.: slang for a pal as close as a sibling, or what Joseph is to Reuben in the Bible
Aaron Boone's playoff home run in 2003 sent the Red Sox home & this historic rival team to the World Series
the Yankees
Equifax & Experian are companies that calculate this "score", a measure of your ability to pay your bills
credit score
A-B-A-B is an example of this, which sounds like a devious plan
rhyme scheme
Galileo's daughters Virginia & Livia were sisters in more ways than one, as in 1613 both entered this religious place
nunnery (or convent)
You will always remember today as the day that you named this captain who took down Barbossa with a single shot in 2003
Jack Sparrow
A 6-horse stagecoach is the symbol of this giant bank
Wells Fargo
New York Times guidelines say with a long quote, it's "usually wise to" do this, restate it in different words
paraphrase
August 12 is the day to celebrate them, sometimes stereotyped as neglected, resentful victims of birth order
the middle child
On "Elementary" Natalie Dormer had this classic last name as Jamie, a woman who kept even Sherlock Holmes guessing
Moriarty
Yay! Your folks made millions selling that house! Not as yay! They must pay the tax called these "gains"
capital gains
Not a city in N.Y., this 10-letter figure of speech is using a part to represent a whole, as in "hired hands"
synecdoche