Soil
The 3 main types of soil particles are sand, silt & this one, popular with sculptors & potters
What is clay?
Not a fairy godmother but a bird gives this character her dress & slippers for the big event
Who is Cinderella?
Alexander Alekhine was said to have resigned a game not by tipping this piece over but by hurling it across the room
What is the king?
Ships threatened by inclement weather often sought "safe" this, now also a term for a protective legal provision
What is harbor?
As a patrician, you could not do this with a plebeian until 445 B.C.'s Lex Canuleia
What is marry?
Called soil heroes, these annelids have a downside as they eat everything: organic leaf matter, the nutrients in compost...
What are earthworms?
Eating a white snake gives a young man this magical ability also associated with Dr. Dolittle
What is talking with animals?
Alexandru Crisan was stripped of the coveted title international this after allegations he'd attained it by fixing games
What is grandmaster?
The OED's first attribution regarding this cautionary acronym dates back to 2002 & a Dave Matthews Usenet newsgroup
What is NSFW?
You could go to the July 23 festival of this sea god & hit his temple in the Circus Flaminius
Who is Neptune?
Seen here, this type of farming to preserve soil & maximize arable land sounds like a backyard patio
What is terrace farming?
Briar Rose is the Grimm brothers' name for the Sleeping Beauty; the Disney film also gave her this bright name
Who is Aurora?
In 2008 Ukrainian star Vassily Ivanchuk stormed out of a Chess Olympiad rather than submit to one of these tests
What is a drug test?
DAILY DOUBLE
What is Fort Knox?
Guess you couldn't be a gladiator judge if you were one of the Roman men who cut this off to avoid military service
What is a thumb?
Legumes like beans & peanuts help "fix" this element into soil, making it more productive
What is nitrogen?
Not the tailor but this worker & his wife make clothes & other items for some helpful elves, who dance & leave, never to return
What is a cobbler?
It took a phone call from Henry Kissinger & a doubling of the prize fund to get this tempestuous American to play his Soviet foe in 1972
Who is Bobby Fischer?
In international law this 6-letter word means temporary refuge given to a foreign national
What is asylum?
The first stop when you went to these was the apodyterium & if you were rich enough, you brought a slave to watch your clothes
What are the baths?
As its name suggests, it's a layer of soil that remains frozen year-round
What is permafrost?
The Grimms had this animal eat 6 baby goats, then get sliced open as it slept, with the "meal" still alive within
What is a wolf?
His name signifies "newcomer", & this relative newcomer sparked accusations of cheating after a 2022 upset of champ Magnus Carlsen
Who is Hans Niemann?
The Latin for "holy" gives us this word for a safe place; churches have been known to offer it
What is sanctuary?
On Sept. 2, 44 B.C. you could take in the first of his 14 Philippic orations; he sure did love to orate, until it got him executed
Who is Cicero?