Pun-Forgivable
The hog products you crave or a mammal with quills
PORK YOU PINE
The name of this Portland liberal arts college is also the name of part of an oboe's mouthpiece
REED
This famed amphitheater has been dishing out performances since 1922
THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL
Dakar Senegal has been designated as this type of city to Ann Arbor Michigan
A SISTER CITY
This other word for a graduation ceremony comes from the Latin for to begin
COMMENCEMENT
A spot for handing out pink slips or a hearth at the base of a chimney
A FIRE PLACE
6-letter word for a men's jacket or Damian Lillard who plays point guard in Portland
A BLAZER
Muscle Beach is on the Venice Beach boardwalk; before he was California's governor from 2003 to 2011 he helped make the place famous with his outdoor workouts
SCHWARZENEGGER
An empire began when Tom & Louis Borders opened this type of store in Ann Arbor Michigan in 1971
BOOKSTORE
Biblical father of Japheth & Shem
NOAH
What you say to scare a lemon pie topping or an Australian aboriginal weapon
BOO! MERINGUE
Portland Leather Goods makes $34 handmade covers for these available from the State Department for $135
PASSPORTS
11-letter term for a place 2 highways meet; the one at the 110 & 105 was the location for the La La Land opening number
INTERCHANGE
A native of Pontiac, MI, this artist received a dance scholarship to UM in 1978 and attended for two years before moving to NYC and becoming one of the most acclaimed pop icons of the 20th century
MADONNA
Edward Elgar named "Pomp And Circumstance", his musical march often played at graduations, after a phrase in this Shakespeare play
OTHELLO
Where Noah stored his bees aboard his vessel or a place where historical documents & records are kept
AN ARK HIVE
Her characters Beezus & Ramona Quimby live on Klickitat Street a real street near her childhood home in Portland
BEVERLY CLEARY
This California beach town & surfing mecca is named for 19th century railroad magnate Henry
HUNTINGTON BEACH
This digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources has offices in NYC and Ann Arbor
JSTOR
The Cretan bull is dad to this monster
THE MINOTAUR
To break God's law until a prime time hour or to sparkle brightly
SIN TILL LATE
Buildings at this company's Oregon HQ are named for Bo Jackson Steve Prefontaine & Mia Hamm
NIKE
In downtown LA & named for philanthropists Edythe & Eli this $140 million art museum uses a veil-&-vault concept; the fiber-reinforced concrete facade is the veil with the vault within
THE BROAD MUSEUM
This president graduated from the University of Michigan and hosts his presidential library in Ann Arbor
Gerald Ford
The traditional academic costume worn at commencement ceremonies is a gown & one of these caps
A MORTARBOARD