NUMB WITH NUMBERS
ALLITERATIVE PHRASES
ELEMENTAL RESPONSES
SPELL IT WITH STATE ABBREVIATIONS
HOMONYMS
IDIOMS MADE FANCY
400
One half minus one sixth equals this amount when reduced to its simplest fraction
one third
400
To be near the end is to be "on your" these anatomical items
last legs
400
Collective term for metal dining utensils regardless of what they're made of
silverware
400
To distribute playing cards
DEAL (Delaware and Alabama)
400
A serving dish & to throw towards the pins
bowl
400
All those things that enhance the buoyancy of your vessel
whatever floats your boat
800
If the legs of a right triangle are 6 inches & 8 inches, this is the length of the hypotenuse
10 inches
800
Ordinal term for Joe, Jill, Ashley & Hunter, though they don't all live in the White House
First Family
800
A container with flint, steel & matches, or a situation with the potential for violence & destruction
tinderbox
800
It precedes "Ho" in a shipboard sighting
LAND (Louisiana and North Dakota)
800
It's the extraordinary achievement of the terminal parts of your legs
feat/feet
800
Present another with the very blouse one has on
give them the shirt off your back
1200
There are this many spots total on 2 standard dice
42
1200
Per the Farmers' Almanac, the hot period from July 3 to August 11
dog days
1200
Adjective for a statement meant to convey the opposite of its literal meaning
ironic
1200
Jack and Jill were carrying one
PAIL (Pennsylvania Illinois)
1200
Track of turbulence behind a boat & to cease to sleep
wake
1200
Remain on your rim of the byroad.
stay in your lane
1600
It's the product of a baker's dozen & the classic number of hills of Rome
91 (13 × 7)
1600
This crusty phrase means a meal is about to be shared
break bread
1600
A car driver who habitually puts the pedal to the metal
leadfoot
1600
To decrease, as opposed to "wax"
WANE (Washington and Nebraska)
1600
The tilt of an aircraft when turning & the land alongside a river
bank
1600
To accord an advantage of uncertainty.
give the benefit of the doubt
2000
A pound & a half of coffee costs $480, so it's this much per ounce
$20 ($320/pound ÷ 16)
2000
This literary character was also known as the "Galloping Hessian of the Hollow"
Headless Horseman
2000
North American reptile seen here
copperhead
2000
Othello was one "of Venice"
MOOR (Missouri Oregon)
2000
A lively folk dance & a cylinder on which film is wound
a reel
2000
To be personally vested:
"Possess ones dermis in the contest"
Have skin in the game.