What's "Up"?
The Cardinals beating the Cowboys 28-16 was a big one in 2023
What is an upset?
In 1962, at age 7, this cellist played for President Kennedy, accompanied by sister Yeou-Cheng on the piano
Who is Yo-Yo Ma?
Too little of this is why home cooking is often bland compared with restaurant food--try the Maldon type & feel like a chef
What is salt?
Once used for someone opposed to the slave trade, it can now mean an opposer of capital punishment
What is an abolitionist?
Poke an I out of a 3-syllable figure of speech & get a grin
What is a simile and a smile?
Usually preceded by "one-", it's outdoing or keeping ahead of a friend or rival
What is upmanship?
John Williams (not the composer) put out an album of greatest hits on this instrument with works by Albeniz, Granados & Tárrega
What is a guitar?
From 1949 to 1957 the U.S. went through this climate event worse in some states than the one 20 years earlier
What is a drought?
To remove the active stimulant from coffee or even tea
What is decaffeinate?
An I gets lost in a large, flat & grassy area of land & becomes a strategy to get something done
What is plain and plan?
Hurricanes do it to trees; people do it when they leave a longtime home & move away
What is uproot?
Emmanuel Pahud plays a 14 karat gold one of these woodwinds; Sir James Galway's is platinum
What is a flute?
Hypoglycemia, too little blood sugar, is caused by having too much of this hormone
What is insulin?
This noun can mean recognizing & valuing another's actions & qualities, or a rise in something's value over time
What is appreciation?
A Latin word for a decree drops its I & becomes a synonym for plump
What is fiat and fat?
In the Bible the first line of Job explains that he was from Uz, & that he was "perfect and" this
What is upright?
Soon after this American pianist won the Tchaikovsky Competition in 1958, a major intl. piano competition was named for him
Who is Cilburn?
5-word phrase before "to Ride" for many sad too-little kids; it's the title of a documentary about R.I.'s famed Rocky Point Park
What is "you must be this tall"?
The California Highway Patrol says lane splitting by this person is legal
What is a motorcyclist?
An exercise program to increase flexibility becomes less flexible when it loses an I & becomes dishes or metal sheets
What is pilates and plates?
The highest social class, or the topmost layer of the Earth's lithosphere
What is the upper crust?
L.A.'s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion opened in 1964 with a performance by this Lithuanian-born violinist & longtime USC teacher
Who is Jascha Heifetz?
When the rebels ran out of ammo & fled, the Redcoats were victorious at this June 1775 Boston battle, but at a heavy cost
What is Bunker Hill?
Named for colorful hosiery, it's an old-fashioned term for a female writer
What is a bluestocking?
The verb meaning made a god of loses an I (& its exalted status) to become combative as a verb meaning challenged or confronted
What is deify and defy?