Palindromes
In the frozen food section, it's a tiny type of tater
Tot
Dirty, like Santa after he comes down the chimney
Until Alaska joined the union, this South American country was larger than the U.S.
Brazil
Stoned to death in Baltimore, the 1st 4 casualties of the war were soldiers of this side
North
If your allowance is $10 a week, you'll be given this much in a year
Christmas, New Year's or Adam's
Eve
This word can precede editor, hall or slicker
City
Of due south, southeast or southwest, direction a boat travels thru the Panama Canal to the Pacific
Southeast
Edward Everett's 2-hour long 1863 oration at this Penn. site was followed by a 2-minute speech by Lincoln
Gettysburg
2/3 of 18
12
You can take a little look with this word
Though its symbol resembles a figure 8 lying down, it's beyond any number
Infinity
Encyclopedia Americana says 1 capital of this country is Bengazi; our other sources say its only capital is Tripoli
Libya
After they surrendered this S. Carolina fort April 14, 1861, the defenders were allowed to sail to New York
Fort Sumter
After Bob bought 16 acres & Ted bought 18 acres of Sid's 124 acre estate, he had this many acres left
90
It's a young dog, from head to tail or vice versa
Pup
When your folks say "Grow up", they want you to reach this state of being fully grown
Maturity
Some of the buildings in this 120-island city are deteriorating due to water pollution
Venice, Italy
Civil War generals Lee, Grant & "Stonewall" Jackson all previously fought in this war
The Mexican War
Cost of 4 gallons of water at 25c a quart
$4
More & more scarlet
Redder
As an adverb it means moderately, but as an adjective it means more than moderately attractive
Pretty
Though Cuba is less than 100 miles from Florida, this island nation is even closer
the Bahamas
Early 19th century invention which made slavery more profitable than ever in the South
the cotton gin
At 5 1/2%, the simple interest on this amount of money is $55
$1,000