I’m Thesaurus Famous
This boss is so miserly in a classic 1843 story, his name became a synonym for "cheapskate"
Scrooge
On warm nights, some 3 million of the Mexican free-tailed type of these flying mammals emerge from the Devil's Sinkhole in Texas
Bats
The "Chairman of the Board", this singer once crooned for jazzy bandleaders like Harry James & Tommy Dorsey
Frank Sinatra
It's a specific type of morbid or grim humor, or a terrible place where people used to hang around
Gallows
It would be especially appropriate to use this Cockney greeting with California's Gavin Newsom
Hello Gov’nor
Ink ain't cheap, you know! His name became a synonym for "signature" after he chose to supersize his on a 1776 document
John Hancock
A mammoth is stuck in bitumen while its family watches in horror in a sculpture outside of this research site in Los Angeles
La Brea Tar Pits
Thundercat has a robot hand in "The Book of" this "Star Wars" character but doesn't play any space jatz music in Mos Eisley
Boba Fett
This 6-letter word means to slake or to put out
Quench
It's a stereotype that Brits say goodbye with this 3-word exclamation that begins by repeating the first word
Pip pip cheerio
DAILY DOUBLE: This character from an 1818 novel really should be a synonym for "scientist"; instead, he's a synonym for "monster"
Frankenstein
The town of Mirny in this chilly region of Russia is built around a large pit for mining diamonds
Siberia
This singer who lent her voice to bands formed by Count Basie & Artie Shaw received the nickname Lady Day from Lester Young
Billie Holiday
This rhyming phrase means "here & there" and starts with the same letters as those 2 words
Hither and thither
This slogan about sober restraint was coined for World War II posters that were never officially used
Keep Calm and Carry On
When you write "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies" like he did, that's when your name becomes synonymous with "genius"
Einstein
Chuquicamata in Chile is a large open-pit mine providing ample amounts of this element, symbol Cu
Copper
Terrence Blanchard blew some jazz for the alligator in this Disney film set in New Orleans
The Princess And The Frog
It often precedes "& between", but it means "between" all by itself, so you're really saying "between & between"
Betwixt
In the face of trouble, a Brit is told to keep "a stiff" this body part
An upper lip
This American's name is used of anyone who gets out of a tough spot
Houdini
DAILY DOUBLE: Take a deep dive near Tulum at the Pit cenote, one of the deepest sinkholes on this peninsula
Yucatán
Louis Armstrong lent his iconic voice to the film version of this musical where Barbra Streisand is a matchmaker
Hello Dolly
Maybe using sulfur instead of this synonym in the King James Bible wouldn't have had the same impact in Luke 17:29
Brimstone
American bars have last call; pubs have this gendered equivalent (because apparently ladies aren't there at closing?)
Time gentlemen please