'50s Pop
In '57 title, it's what Billy Williams sang he was "Gonna Sit Right Down &" do
Write Myself a Letter
Your nephew's name, a bird's beak, or a restaurant's check
Bill
Cleveland is situated where the Cuyahoga River meets this Great Lake
Erie
Bang! Add a few letters to get this other word for a shot of booze like a Kamikaze or a Flaming Dr. Pepper
a shooter
AFL:
if it walks like a duck...
Aflac
Your choice: do or don't name this play in which the QB runs the ball & can choose to pitch it to another back
option play
Phrase found in a Gene Vincent title before "A-Lula" & in a Ricky Nelson title before "Baby"
Be-Bop
What you stick your pimento in
an Olive
Abbreviated WCTU, this group that promoted abstinence from alcohol was founded in Cleveland in 1874
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Merriam-Webster defines it as "intoxicating liquor" & "especially: illegally distilled corn whiskey"
moonshine
MMM:
that kind of says it all
3M
Tom Landry perfected the shotgun formation with this team
Dallas Cowboys
The following was 1 of his 4 Top 40 hits in the '50s with a girl's name in the title:
"Lucille, you won't do your sister's will? Oh, Lucille..."
Little Richard
A single serving of butter for Mrs. Nixon
Pat
The opening of this international waterway in 1959 allowed oceangoing ships to reach Cleveland
St. Lawrence Seaway
The 1980s had these fizzy drinks, mixing something like Chardonnay & 7UP; today there are hard seltzers
wine coolers
GIS:
Cheerios & Yoplait are on us!
General Mills
By signaling for one of these, a returner can reel in a kick without fear of getting tackled
fair catch
Diminutive Anthony Gourdine was the lead singer of this group
Little Anthony and the Imperials
A fast rabbit or used to lift one
Jack
The world's largest collection of manuscripts of this celibate religious sect is in Cleveland
Shakers
This premium vodka brand is made from French winter wheat & spring water
Grey Goose
SCHW:
we're invested in your response
Charles Schwab
These "penalties" are simultaneous violations by the offense & defense that cancel each other out
offsetting penalties
Tommy Edwards' "It's All in the Game" was knocked out of #1 by this Conway Twitty "It's Only..." song
"It's Only Make Believe"
A completely honest hot dog
Frank
In 1967 he became mayor, the first African American to hold that office in a major U.S. city
Carl Stokes
This brand of British gin says every batch is made with "labour and patience"
Boodles Gin
CMCSA:
your technician will arrive between 7 A.M. & 11 P.M. (We kid, there's a 2-hour window)
Comcast
As Minneapolis' U.S. Bank Stadium prepares to host Super Bowl LII, I'm looking at the Ring of Honor, with names from this defensive line that took the Vikings to four Super Bowls
the Purple People Eaters