7-LETTER ANAGRAMS
A term for any snake & a tense in grammar
What is serpent and present?
It precedes "bean" in something you may enjoy & precedes "stone" in something you very much would not
What is Kidney?
3-letter edge of a glass
What is Rim?
A task on a recent one in New York State was to draft a memo regarding sovereign immunity under a tort claims law
What is the Bar Exam?
When it follows "and the", it means "similar things"
What is like?
If you're between a rock & a hard place, you might also be between the devil & this salty expanse
What is the deep blue sea?
Made someone aware of danger & changed something
What is alerted and altered?
It's the organ that's often contrasted with brawn
What is Brain?
As a verb, it means to grip tightly; as a noun, it's a woman's small purse
What is clutch?
In the 1950s half of U.S. hospital deaths were followed by a postmortem exam, also called this; now it's under 10%
What is autopsy?
It comes before "Field" in a Dallas airport
What is love?
Ooh, tough break, looks like "you're up a creek without" this item
what is a paddle?
Using too many words & to watch
What is verbose and observe?
This protein- & iron-rich chicken part in "chopped" form is also in a common rhetorical question
What is Liver?
Isiah Thomas & Bill Laimbeer were "Bad Boys" for this team
Who are the (Detroit) Pistons?
These exams are required for many Ph.D. degrees; for a Stanford history doctorate, you take them in your third year
What is oral exam?
No joke--this double-talk name comes before Clinton-Dix in the name of an NFL star
What is Ha-Ha?
This grotto is the part of a dwelling where the male of a household might typically isolate
What is a mancave?
Something that can cause itchy eyes & a place to view art
What is allergy and gallery?
Speak with one of these, also found in some snakes' mouths, & your intent is to deceive
It's another word for a wool scarf
What is muffler?
To do your taxes, look for someone who passed this 3-letter exam first standardized in 1917
A palindromic exclamation of amazement
what is wow?
The Atlantic gets downgraded in this slangy expression for traveling between the United Kingdom & the United States
What is the pond?
A building for a legislature & having to do with vision
What is capitol and optical?
Synonyms for this word, also an organ, include vesicle, sac & pouch
What is Bladder?
An unlawful beating of a person
What is battery?
Mydriatic eye drops do this to help in an eye exam
What is dilate your pupils?
It's an acronym for depression caused by the gloomier winter months
What is SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder)?
John Updike said writing criticism compared to fiction is like "hugging" this compared to sailing in open water
What is the shore?