"O"
A goal of any sort
an objective
Easy on the eyes, like a maiden
fair
A great playwright, but:
I AM A wEAKISH sPELLER
William Shakespeare
A Jan. 11 report from Luther Terry in his capacity in this job said (finally), "Cigarette smoking is causally related to lung cancer"
the Surgeon General
This 20th c. word describes someone who avoids animal products in clothes & household items, not just food
vegan
The trees on this Mediterranean island nation are downright sprucy
Cyprus
Kahlil Gibran wrote that this person "sees the rose and not its thorns"
the optimist
Presidential spokesman Fleischer or NPR voice Shapiro
Ari
A physicist:
eLITE BRaIN NEST
Albert Einstein
On March 27 a 9.2 quake rocked this state's Valdez, forcing the town itself to be moved to the delta of Mineral Creek
Alaska
Synonyms for this adjective include coarse, crude & unrefined
vulgar
They say McGrath's Fish House in this state capital has good meals
Salem
It's the sense you use to sense scents
olfactory
Leon Panetta was its director from 2009 to 2011
the CIA
He was full of ego:
fEUDING DRUMs
Sigmund Freud
At the Academy Awards ceremony in 1964, he became the first Black Best Actor winner
Sidney Poitier
In Norse mythology, it's Odin's palace
Valhalla
To get to this mountainous Asian country, take a plane
Nepal
The Siwa one southwest of Cairo has about 200 natural springs
an oasis
The path of a fired arrow from bow to ground
an arc
A Hungarian composer:
SNAZZ fLIRT
Franz Liszt
Daily Double
The first mission of this post-Mercury NASA program launched on April 8, uncrewed; soon, 2 men would fly in each mission
The name of this form of theatrical entertainment comes from a valley in Normandy
Vaudeville
Many in this peninsular country are priests, but most are members of the laity
Italy
When you're walking & texting, you're this, totally unaware of your surroundings
oblivious
An example of the pine family member
a fir
A 19th century president:
RUN vIbRANT AmEN
Martin Van Buren
Daily Double
In a landmark case the Supreme Court ruled that this newspaper had not libeled Alabama city commissioner L.B. Sullivan
vagary
We kissed at this river's source in the Czech Republic & I'd like a redo
Oder