16-LETTER WORDS
Some news you can use about screws: turn 'em right to get 'em tight & in this direction to loosen things up.
Counterclockwise
For Egyptians, 2 goats; for Arabs, 2 peacocks.
Gemini
Legend of Zelda Fitzgerald
A beloved TV scientist takes a detour from the lab to Flavortown with a spiky-haired chef.
Bill Nye the Science Guy Fieri
A peach is covered with it.
Fuzz
Happy 400th birthday, aka this, Gian Domenico Cassini! You don't look a day over 395.
Quadricentennial
A harvest maiden--maybe Ishtar, maybe Persephone.
Virgo
Ken's rhyming dream abode in the film "Barbie" hatches into a prequel of "Game of Thrones.
Mojo Dojo Casa House of the Dragon
Prince's iconic song/movie needs to reschedule for another time.
Purple Rain Check
Jade, Cloe, Sasha & Yasmin were the first 4 of these fashion dolls.
Bratz
If you're an Olympic sprinter, it's the unfortunate consequence of a false start, aka jumping the gun.
Disqualification
It had a Golden Fleece.
Aries
The Bronx female rapper on "Boy's A Liar, Pt. 2" joins forces with a British girl group featuring Posh and Sporty.
Ice Spice Girls
A fast-talking TV mother-daughter duo sells your favorite door-to-door sweet treat.
Gilmore Girl Scout Cookies
A ballroom dance, it can also mean something that can be accomplished with little effort.
Waltz
At a Sierra Club meeting, avoid "tree hugger" & use this less disparaging synonym for someone concerned about conservation.
Environmentalist
Pinched Heracles whilst the hero was fighting a Hydra.
Cancer
A certain ancient civilization that men obsess over in a tiktok trend time travels and becomes a Jay-Z song about NYC
Roman Empire State of Mind
Spielberg's DNA-cloned dinosaurs take up residence in Monopoly's second-most-expensive property.
Jurassic Park Place
Varieties of this round snack cracker made by Nabisco include whole wheat & honey butter.
Unable to be broken down by microorganisms--like Styrofoam, which takes about 500 years to decompose.
Nonbiodegradable
Pan, who jumped into a river & became a mer-Pan.
Capricorn
A "Fresh Off the Boat" actress joins the rap group with members RZA, GZA and Ghostface Killah.
Constance Wu-Tang Clan
The sweetest & sparkliest breakfast cereal races against a looming deadline.
Cinnamon Toast Crunch Time
As a verb it can mean to move swiftly; as a noun, it's one who has remarkable skill.
Whiz