Gynarchy
A Woman
My sleep routine was way off due to this after I flew from Australia to Los Angeles
Jetlag
In 1613 the Romanov family came to power in this country & ruled until 1917
Russia
I've decided to participate; I'm throwing this item "into the ring"
Hat
Dave had a place with games near the restaurant of a guy with this nickname; the 2 teamed up in 1982
Buster
Gerontocracy
The Elderly
Having rough notches, like Alanis Morissette's "Little Pill"
Jagged
Her marriage to John Rolfe was the Virginia social event of 1614
Pocahontas
Look at the size of you! You're "growing like" one of these normally unwelcome plants
A Weed
This ice cream chain is named for brothers-in-law Burt & Irv
Baskin-Robbins
Anarchy
No one
A chapter on used cars in "The Grapes of Wrath" uses this word for a rundown auto
Jalopy
Hits of the stage included Moliere's "L'Avare", French for this type of greedy, money-obsessed man
A Miser
That pair is so alike, they're like these, a pair of legumes together
Peas in a Pod
Fancy British cars were born after 1904, when Charles Stewart Rolls got into business with this Henry
Royce
Mesocracy (this class)
The Middle Class
Pertaining to Jupiter
Jovian
It was founded in Massachusetts in 1636 & if you didn't get in, your college options were very limited
Harvard
We're doing it, no matter what, "come hell or" this other condition
High Water
This bookstore chain traces its roots to 1873 & a book business in Wheaton, Illinois
Barnes and Noble
Ergatocracy
The Workers
An info-gathering Congressional excursion paid with public funds
Junket
European settlement in South Africa began with the wreck of a Dutch ship rounding this cape in 1647
The Cape of Good Hope
You can do this for exercise, or to "your memory"
Jog