3 TOUGH LITTLE LETTERS
Sardonic, or slyly & dryly humorous
Wry
This band's name was the nickname that Rivers Cuomo's biological dad used for him
Weezer
A section of I-75 in Florida is alliteratively known as this animal "Alley"
Alligator
In 2024 a 40-ounce quencher tumbler from this company seemed harder to get than the same-named NHL trophy
Stanley
As this character, Tom Cruise radioed the tower, "This is Ghost Rider requesting a flyby" but was told the pattern was full
Maverick
Intense anger, & it's not "mad"
Ire
We have "High Hopes" you'll know that this group's name is not from a Smiths song but one by an obscure group called Name Taken
Panic! at the Disco
The African clawed variety is an exception, but most frogs use this body part to catch their prey
DAILY DOUBLE
tongue
Oxford dictionaries once defined this 2-word event as when a group of strangers "perform a pointless act & then disperse"
Flash mob
Client Rod Tidwell gets agent Jerry Maguire to say this 4-word phrase again & again, louder each time
Show me the money
A bog is fed by rainwater; this type of marshy area is fed by groundwater
This group of anarchists with a nonsensical name gained fame with its pro-drinking earworm "Tubthumping"
Chumbawumba
The fire kind of this amphibian defends itself from predators by spraying poison from behind its eyes
Fire salamander
The manual for this robotic '90s toy says, "You can feed me by inserting your fingertip into my mouth"
Furby
In this comedy, Tom as studio exec Les Grossman dances to "Low" by Flo Rida & T-Pain & says, "This is... when the job gets fun"
DAILY DOUBLE
Tropic Thunder
A cog is a fixed part of a gear or wheel; this linking part rotates or slides
Cam
A statuary store on Route 46 in New Jersey unwittingly bestowed its name on this power pop group
Fountains of Wayne
Pogona is the genus name for the 8 species of this lizard lovingly known as "beardies"
Bearded dragons
Co-founder Tom Anderson was your first friend on this social media platform; in 2005 he sold his company
MySpace
"I am the world's last barman poet", Tom declaims in this film, "America's getting stinking on something I stir or shake"
Minority Report
Measure of work equal to 10^-7 joules
Erg
This band with songs like "1985" & "Today Is Gonna Be A Great Day", the "Phineas & Ferb" theme, riffed on a Steve Martin sketch for its name
From a Latin word for "blind", this worm-like amphibian spends most of its life underground
Caecilian
This 4-letter photo-editing app has given rise to a meme that describes a person with a specific fashion aesthetic
VSCO
Tom Cruise tells Max von Sydow in this flick, "If you don't kill me, precogs were wrong & pre-crime is over"
Minority Report