Animals
Generally battling leadoff alphabetically, this "earth pig" has a foot-long tongue
an aardvark
A live performance of this musical genre that showed its "age" in the 1920s often includes improvisation
jazz
This instrument has been in use since the time of the Crusades
golf
Don't place your hot dishes directly on the table; put them on this little stand
a trivet
"Arabian Nights"
Aladdin
Wisconsin's state mammal, this weasel family member stores up body fat in summer and fall for long winter sleeps
a badger
This monarchical title was relinquished for good in 1917
czar
Bert wasn't a doctor, but Dr. Paul Bert made important studies of divers with decompression sickness, also known as this
the bends
It means to diagnose a problem you're having with a computer or an appliance & then solve it
troubleshoot
"A Cinema In Buenos Aires; July 26, 1952"
Evita
The Indian gray is a type of this mammal that has no problem going after cobras
a mongoose
It sounds like part of a wheel, but it's a jump in ice skating with one & a half or more turns in the air
an axel
Accompanying him on his post-White House trek to the Amazon, Kermit was the second son of this U.S. president
Theodore Roosevelt
It's a small castle tower or something that holds a gun on a military tank
turret
"I Hope I Get It"
A Chorus Line
Sure, this Aussie mammal lays eggs like a bird, has a bill like a bird & dives under-water for 40 seconds, but flying? Nope!
a platypus
A human-eating giant of folklore, or any terrifying person
an ogre
Big birds of the world include the 6-foot, 30-pound Dalmatian variety of this avian with a large bill & an elastic throat pouch
a pelican
Mentioned in "A Wrinkle in Time", it's a 4-dimensional analogue of a cube, or what Carl Sagan called a hypercube
a tesseract
"Good Morning, Baltimore"
Hairspray
The adorable pygmy this monkey lives up to its name; it can be less than a foot long & weight just 10 ounces
marmoset
This instrument has been in use since the time of the Crusades
a fife
The grandfather of this Broadway lyricist was a major impresario of Vaudeville & opera
Oscar Hammerstein
From Latin for "to go over", it means temporary or fleeting
transiet
"Opening (Runyonland)", by the ensemble
Guys and Dolls