SHATTERING ALLUSIONS
A person who can get out of tight situations is one of these, the name of a 1920s escape artist
Houdini
Cobble Hill got its name from cobblestones but is better known for this type of "stone" found in 19th C. apartment buildings
brownstone
I'm supposed to "beware of Greeks bearing gifts"--but if they bring me a gift one of these, I shouldn't look in its mouth... hmmm
horse
A classic book ends with "'And here is"' this dog "'too. and oh, Aunt Em! I'm so glad to be at home again!"
Toto
A short film of current affairs formerly shown along with a movie in a cinema
a newsreel
2 feuding families; can be the Montagues & the Capulets or the Hatfields & these
McCoys
Brooklyn Heights' lovely promenade was a concession by Robert Moses to the area for the annoyance of the BQE, short for this
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
OK, OK--"He who hesitates is lost"... but aren't I supposed to do this before I leap?
look
"'But they're mongrels--all white, no spots at all!"' this character cried--"'You must drown them at once"'
Cruella de Vil
It can be a piece of paper to absorb excess ink, or a police station's daily record of arrests
a blotter
You may be "read" this; England passed the original one back in 1714 to deal with noisy protests
the riot act
It's said no other Brooklyn 'hood is as rooted in hip-hop as this hyphenated one, home to Lil' Kim & Big Daddy Kane
Bed-Stuy (Bedford-Stuyvesant)
If this is "mightier than the sword", then why the heck do "actions speak louder than words"?
the pen
In a Stephen King novel, a sick bat takes a bite out of this nice ol' St. Bernard who becomes a not-so-nice ol' St. Bernard
Cujo
"Stratford Mill" & "The Hay Wain" are examples of this type of painting by John Constable, a major artist of the form in the 1800s
landscape
The double whammy goes back to Evil-Eye Fleegle, a character in this Al Capp strip
Li'l Abner
As the last syllable suggests, this neighborhood is the original home of the open-air food court Smorgasburg
Williamsburg
Wait a minute--"Opposites attract", but these "flock together"? huh?
birds of a feather
India Opal Buloni gets a lot more from the supermarket than expected, but that's "Because of" meeting this dog
Winn-Dixie
A structure of this type was built in Ur around 2000 B.C. & dedicated to the moon god Nanna
a ziggurat
Being in the middle of things puts you at this, the point on the surface above the focus of an earthquake
the epicenter
Duke Snider called his memoir "The Duke of" this area, but lived on Marine Ave. in Bay Ridge during baseball season
Flatbush
So do I need a bigger kitchen, or not? "Many hands make light work", but "Too many cooks spoil" this stuff
the stew (the broth)
In "Oliver Twist", Bull's-eye has "faults of temper in common with his owner", this evil man
(Bill) Sikes
16 pieces of eight were once equal to one of these old gold coins
doubloon