7-letter words
A crease in facial skin, or an unexpected development
wrinkle
The largest cities in Maine & Oregon share this name
Portland
Jan, Cindy, Greg, Bobby & don't forget Oliver
The Brady Bunch
While Isaac Newton was figuring out gravity & motion, Bernini was making a fancy cover for the pope's throne at this church
St. Peter's
There's a bivalve mollusk in this 2-word idiom meaning to become silent
clam up
I lost by 3 votes? I demand this second tabulation!
recount
This largest city in Alabama was named for the second largest city in the United Kingdom
Lily, Manny, Alex, Haley, Luke
Modern Family
In 1824 the House of Reps picked John Quincy Adams as president &, further south, this man chose himself as dictator of Peru
Simón Bolívar
If you're reticent to speak, you "wouldn't say" this word meant to scare
boo
It's also called a seismic sea wave
tsunami
The largest city in southern Germany, it's also the largest city & capital of Bavaria
Munich
Lucas, Dustin, Will, Eleven
Stranger Things
On March 5, 1770 Crispus Attucks was slain in the Boston massacre; on May 16 she married the Dauphin of France
Marie Antoinette
A British WWII slogan punned, "Be like Dad, keep" this word for quiet
mum
The "under"lying message in a novel or a conversation
subtext
Guayaquil is this country's largest city as well as its leading manufacturing center
Ecuador
Mika, Lizzie, Sophia, Carl
The Walking Dead
In 1698 Captain Kidd sailed the seas & this leader came home from a 17-month European tour to crush a revolt in Moscow
Peter the Great
A sign on some restaurant tables, or a noncommunicative disposition
reserved
An evergreen, such as the spruce
conifer
This largest city in the U.S. Virgin Islands was named for the wife of a Danish king
Charlotte Amalie
Arnold, Sam, Kimberly, Willis
Diff'rent Strokes
While China's dowager empress Tzu Hsi helped instigate the Boxer Rebellion in 1900, he formulated quantum theory
Max Planck
This game, a forerunner of bridge, is also an interjection meaning "Hush!"
whist