"Y"S UP!
Yikes!
Some of these sweet potato lookalikes can measure 6 feet long & weigh 100 pounds
Yams
A quickly taken informal photo
Snap
If you make a house for these flying mammals, mount it at least 15 feet above the ground to attract them
Bats
To give up or resign
Quit
A golf course worker who carries clubs & assists golfers
Caddy
In 1973 Arab states attacked Israel on this Jewish Day of Atonement
Yom Kippur
You may not have ever seen it, but it's the back of your neck
Nape
In an annual contest in Oatman, Arizona, folks try to fry these on the sidewalk with solar power
Eggs
The coverlet for a bed
Quilt
Not as superfluous as it sounds, it's a person with a nonspeaking background part in a movie
An Extra
Beware these snazzy dressers seen here--they can sting repeatedly
Yellow jackets
I love the smell of this incendiary jelly-like substance in the morning!
Napalm
When exposed to air, a cut apple turns brown & copper turns green because of a chemical process called this
Oxidation
Having an old-fashioned attractiveness or charm
Quaint
11-letter word for one who acts for others in buying shares in a business or corporation
Stock broker
It's another name for the Abominable Snowman
Yeti
Unsuitable
Inappropriate
Add 4 tbsp, vinegar & 3 tbsp. baking soda to a glass of water & this gas will make raisins bounce in it
Carbon dioxide
An adventurous expedition
Quest
A Japanese woman who plays classical Japanese music & performs traditional dances at private parties
Geisha
A dynasty in China from 1279 to 1368, it's also the name of China's basic unit of currency
Yuan
In the nervous system, when an impulse gets to the end of a nerve, cell neurotransmitters shoot across one of these spaces
Synapses
Put celery in red-colored water, & after 24 hours, the leaves turn red because of this process by which plants absorb fluids, from the Greek for "push" or "thrust"
Osmosis
An arc of 90 degrees
Quadrant
From the Latin for "goddess", it's a distinguished female opera singer
Diva