SOUNDS LIKE FOOD
Types of these include http-only, session & zombie, but none of them go very well with a glass of cold milk
a cookie
From the Latin for "middle", it's definitely smaller than large
medium
This title is "the temperature at which book-paper catches fire and burns"
Fahrenheit 451
Chisel the Z from an abundant mineral & it becomes this liquid measure equal to one-fourth of a gallon
a quart (from quartz)
"Have it your way"! In 2016 a Neb. man threatened to rob this fast food place, left, came back & the cops were waiting
Burger King
Related to Old Norse "hvina", it's a complaining cry or sound
a whine
In 1924 Rogers Hornsby's was .424
(his batting) average
"'Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin"' to do this
To Kill a Mockingbird
Take Z beer away from a word for a heavy drinker & get this person at a sporting event voicing their displeasure
booer (from boozer)
In 2017 a Florida man called this important number--twice!--to complain the clams he had at a seafood shack were too small
911
Not so great with peanut butter on a sandwich, Vaseline has been a brand of this since the 1870s
petroleum jelly
In the sequence 1, 3, 4, 8, 9, 4 is this, like a highway strip
median
"She clutched the child so fiercely to her breast, that it sent forth a cry; she turned her eyes downward at" this symbol
The Scarlet Letter
Pop the Z off a pimple & get this Stephen King title
it (from zit)
"Mine!" In 2018 an Aussie restaurant owner gave customers water pistols to keep these marine birds away at meals
seagulls
While playing, Ginger Baker would hold one of these in each hand, but he'd get little nutrition from them
drumsticks
To intend something, or to be malicious
This numeric title "required that each censored letter bear the censoring officer's name"
Catch-22
Deny the Z of a ballroom dance & it becomes this first name of a 19th century U.S. poet
walt (from waltz)
A 2018 headline read, "I want my data back, data back, data back": this restaurant chain "hit by data breach"
Chili's
It sounds like you're making pasta when engaging in this activity that involves catching catfish with your bare hands
noodling
If you're as far away from one place as another, you're this 11-letter word
equidistant
"'I would give a good deal to know how it comes about that"' this wealthy title man "'is acquainted with M. de Villefort"'
the Count of Monte Cristo
Take the Z off the case in a type of mystery novel with little violence & it becomes this word for shy
coy (from cozy)
A pop-up restaurant paying tribute to this '90s sitcom had Bayside Burgers & Mac & Screech on the menu
Saved by the Bell