Fictional Doctors
To hear him tell it some of this psychiatrist's unusual meals have been accompanied by a nice Chianti
Who is HANNIBAL LECTER
A pestle is used to grind spices & other foods; this pestle's partner is the bowl in which the food is ground
What is a MORTAR
The winner of the battle for survival per Darwin
What is The FITTEST
DAILY DOUBLE
To live until you are very very old or to widen one's pupils
what is to Die-Late or DILATE
An extended ballad
What is a LONG SONG
Drs. Stone Hall Burton & Leavitt all work to avert bio-disaster in the Michael Crichton thriller about this strain
What is THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN
This smooth cylinder is used to flatten bread dough or to inflict a cranial injury on a philandering husband
What is a ROLLING PIN
A short half-suppressed laugh or giggle
Things that can be seen from the Eiffel Tower or animals that live & feed on other animals
What is PARIS SITES or PARASITES
The Beatles' drummer's automobiles
What is STARR'S CARS
Dr. Maturin is ship's surgeon & friend to captain Aubrey in this Patrick O'Brian novel that launched a series and a movie
What is MASTER AND COMMANDER
This brilliant yellow ultra-spendy spice is sold powdered or as threads (the flower's stigma)
What is SAFFRON
Miss Manners is an expert on this standard of appropriate behavior in social settings
What is ETIQUETTE
What a female softball player catches the ball with or a religious recluse
What is HER MITT or HERMIT
An extra piece of fruit
what is a SPARE PEAR
With the help of Jonathan Harker & others this physician & metaphysician helps dispatch Dracula
Who is VAN HELSING
DAILY DOUBLE
Beans with equine names include PINTO & _____
What is a appaloosa bean
This women's underskirt has been worn since the Middle Ages
What is a PETTICOAT
What a chicken does to an egg or a small ax
What is HATCH IT or HATCHET
An unmotivated flower
what is a LAZY DAISY
A doctor himself he created Dr. Stapleton who solves medical mysteries in thrillers like Contagion
Who is ROBIN COOK
Despite its name it's a slicing tool not a guitar-like instrument so don't strum it
What is a MANDOLINE
Crenels are the empty parts & merlons are the solid parts in this structure
What is a BATTLEMENT
Former circus big top enclosure or the distance something encompasses
what is EX-TENT or EXTENT
an insane hot chocolate
what is a LOCO COCOA