"BABY" MOVIES
Hilary Swank stars as Maggie Fitzgerald
What is Million Dollar Baby?
Also a fireplace implement
What is Poker?
No, it's not a metallic sensory organ but a phrase meaning I'm insensitive to music & can't carry a tune
What is a tin ear?
A man... a woman in distress... ladder climbing... a giant ape... this video game that debuted in 1981 had it all!
What is Donkey Kong?
It's celebrated this coming Tuesday
What is St. Patrick's Day?
For a hater of French culture
(11 letters)
What is Francophile?
Ruth Gordon played Mia Farrow's next-door neighbor in this scarefest
What is Rosemary's Baby?
A war vessel of the most heavily armed class
What is Battleship?
It's a term for a short-tempered person, not a feverish condition felt above the eyebrows
What is hot-headed?
The Wayfarer style of this brand of sunglasses was an '80s fave
What are Ray-Bans?
It's a 45-minute ferry ride from Woods Hole on Cape Cod to this place
What is Martha's Vinyard?
For clumsy--resembling Jack vis-à-vis the candlestick (6 letters)
What is nimble?
Ben Affleck directed this tale about the kidnapping of a little girl
What is Gone Baby Gone?
The art of negotiation between nations
What is Diplomacy?
No, this is not a symptom of hepatitis but a deli appetizer smeared on rye bread; what am I...?
What is chopped liver?
This stainless-steel car with gull-wing doors debuted in 1981; fewer than 10,000 were made
What is a DeLorian?
Created by a Hungarian design teacher, it was inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame in 2014
What is Rubik's Cube?
For constant--sounds like it's innermost planet-related
(9 letters)
What is mercurial?
Cary Grant & Katharine Hepburn grapple with a pet leopard
What is Bringing Up Baby?
To overwhelm with wonder
What is Boggle?
I don't personally have a gnarled extremity--this feature is on my old-fashioned bathtub
What is a claw foot?
"Say You, Say Me" is on his album "Dancing On The Ceiling"
Who is Lionel Richie?
This 1996 memoir was originally supposed to end with the scattering of the author's mother's cremains, but that came in a later book
What is Angela's Ashes?
For antisocial--starts with a Brady boy
(10 letters)
What is gregarious?
A wheelman for Atlanta bank robbers, Ansel Elgort plays a tinnitus-afflicted hero in this Edgar Wright flick
What is Baby Driver?
A hand weapon made of leather-covered metal
What is Blackjack?
No, my scapula doesn't have osteomalacia--I'm talking about a road sign meaning the highway's edge is not firm
What is a soft shoulder?
He was elected governor of Massachusetts in 1982 & 1986 & then it was on to the presidency--well, not quite
Who is (Michael) Dukakis?
After the events of April 14, 1865, the owner of this venue was jailed for a month, but cleared of any wrongdoing
What is Ford's Theater?
For wild 'n' crazy--rhymes with Elvis' shoe material
(5 letters)
What is staid?