WHAT AN IDIOM!
It doesn't affect me adversely, so it's "No skin" from here
off my nose/back
The high-flying Maverick is on cruise control but Goose gets cooked; oh, & there's some shirtless volleyball
Top Gun
Pertaining to a city, or "outfitters" at a mall
urban
At age 15 in 1825 he played for the Russian czar, who was visiting Warsaw
Chopin
A coherent series of propositions that serves as an explanation; the "Big Bang" is called one
a theory
To do or say the most fitting thing is to do this construction task with a tool to a fastener
hitting the nail on the head
A Raquel Welch poster does a lot more than just hang on the wall in Andy Dufresne's prison cell
Shawshank Redemption
It describes both sharp pain &, say, a 42-degree angle
acute
This march by Sir Edward Elgar is commonly played at high school & college graduations
"Pomp And Circumstance"
It's the ability to form logical conclusions & its "age" began in England & France in the 18th century
reason
A wartime idiom & song says, "Praise the Lord & pass" this
the ammunition
Rosamund Pike disappears from Ben Affleck's life (for a bit)
Gone Girl
A trumpet is a wind instrument in this orchestra section
brass
Nicknamed "The Red Priest", he was an ordained priest before he composed "The Four Seasons"
Vivaldi
Sometimes paired with "psycho-", it's the separation & examination of something's parts to gain knowledge
analysis
I'm going to expose a scandal! So I'll be doing this action involving a device that emits a high-pitched sound
a whistle blower, blowing a whistle
Clint is hacked off at Hackman & the Old West gets wild
Unforgiven
The second-highest ranking graduate in a class, & don't say "runner-up" & make me come over there
the salutatorian
This composer supervised when the Met staged his "Madama Butterfly" in 1907
Puccini
Philosopher Immanuel Kant looked at knowledge from 2 perspectives: "a posteriori" & this one
a priori
19th century British PM Lord John Russell was jeered for writing nonsense when he coined "Conspicuous by its" this
absence
In a 2013 film Tom Hanks takes Alabama to sea & must figure out how to deal with unexpected guests
Captain Phillips
It's that fleshy lobe hanging from a turkey's chin
a wattle
"O"! This best-known song from "Carmina Burana" has a Latin title
"O Fortuna"
8-letter word for one who knows all about lots of things, not just numbers
a polymath