If your high-flying idea turns out to be a dud it lands with this sound that rhymes with dud
THUD
Tale as old as time song as old as rhyme
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
This word is combined with trailer in a standard truck type used for hauling loads
A SEMI (OR TRACTOR)
A lawyer doing this is generally allowed to ask leading questions since he or she generally didn't call the witness
CROSS-EXAMINING
Much of this capital of New South Wales lies on the Cumberland Plain named for a British duke
SYDNEY
Hearing this hyphenated sound of tiny feet means you have kids in the house or mice
PITTER-PATTER
You're just too good to be true can't take my eyes off of you
JERSEY BOYS
In trucker jargon a dragon wagon is one of these vehicles you don't want to have to call when out on the road
A WRECKER (OR TOW TRUCK)
It can mean to inquire too closely into another's private affairs or to use force to open or move something
TO PRY
Henry Oxnard gave his name to a Calif. city & its plain; he wanted to name them Zachari Greek for this product derived from beets
SUGAR
After a few hours in the hot sun I'm ready to drink a cold beverage this way also an engine sound
CHUG
He's a pinball wizard there has to be a twist a pinball wizard's got such a supple wrist
TOMMY
Many large trucks have this many gears matching the number of wheels in a popular nickname for the vehicles
EIGHTEEN (18)
This verb precedes me this in a catchphrase of a guy in a question mark suit
RIDDLE
Named for 19th century polymath Alexander von Humboldt Mare Humboldtianum is a huge plain here
THE MOON
Large ones can measure more than 5 feet across
A GONG
They chained me & left me for dead just for stealing a mouthful of bread
LES MISERABLES
This company almost synonymous with heavy duty American trucks builds them in Macungie Penn.
MACK
A synonym for canvass it means to survey the opinions of a group to gain insight
TO POLL
Named for a geologist the Ice Age remnant Lake Agassiz Plain is in northwest Minnesota & northeast this state
NORTH DAKOTA
Hey! It's a 6-letter bray from Mr. Ed
WHINNY
On the avenue I'm taking you to...
42ND STREET
To a trucker hammer & granny refer to these 2 types of highway lanes
THE FAST LANE & THE SLOW LANE
The second syllable of a 4-syllable synonym for curious sounds the same as this questioning word
QUIZ
Quebec's Plains of him were the site of a key 1759 battle between the British & French
THE PLAINS OF ABRAHAM