ANIMAL-NAMED ANIMALS
Like certain marsupials these desert-dwelling rodents hop on 2 legs
KANGAROO RATS
____ Rock: It became a symbol of freedom after it split in two in 1774
PLYMOUTH
This Sesame Street character fittingly appears as a census taker in a 2020 public service announcement
THE COUNT
It's one direction of a crossword answer
DOWN
Although the red type of this tree can provide sap for syrup it mainly gives us shade
MAPLE
This fearsome predator gets the first part of its name from the stripes on its sides
A TIGER SHARK
____ Slugger: It's used to hit in the big leagues
LOUISVILLE
Chernobyl & this comic book movie won Iceland's Hildur Gudnadottir, an Emmy, a Grammy, & an Oscar within the same awards season
JOKER
Predatory sobriquet for a poolroom hustler
SHARK
Pull out the stopper & let's celebrate this live oak species that produces a useful spongy lightweight product
CORK
This largest pinniped gets its name from its size & its trunk-like snout
AN ELEPHANT SEAL
____ Ward: Since 1872 great deals for those from Chicago & Alabama alike
MONTGOMERY
The first season of this series said the title location lies between the pit of man's fears & the summit of his knowledge
THE TWILIGHT ZONE
We all return to this per Genesis 3:19
THE DUST
The southern species of this tree gives us the flower seen here
MAGNOLIA
Large ears like those on a donkey hybrid give this its name
A MULE DEER
____ sausage: Oddly in Austria it's called a frankfurter
VIENNA
Tony Todd was paid $1000 each time he was stung by a bee playing the title villain in this 1992 horror movie
CANDYMAN
A manufacturing facility or a person in the audience who's there to help a performer
A PLANT
There's a big cat in the name of these colorful Pacific reef dwellers with venomous spines
LIONFISH
____ jar: A Dutchman stored electricity in it
LEYDEN
The French film Les Traducteurs was inspired by the real-life efforts to translate this novelist's Inferno into many languages
Dan Brown
The very pale Pierrot is a type of this performer
A CLOWN
The leaves of Brazil's carnauba palm yield a type of this used in lipsticks & shoe polish
WAX