JOEY
DEAN
SAMI
THE "RAT" PACK
PETER
200
'There are 3 species of this marsupial with flat skulls, small eyes & adorable joeys'
wombats
200
'"Dean" comes from the Latin decan, meaning a ruler or chief of this many'
ten
200
'The Sami are also known by this name; a "land" within the European Arctic Circle has been named for them'
the Lapps
200
'Snake's end, or baby's plaything'
a rattle
200
'He wrote & directed the most recent incarnation of "King Kong"'
Peter Jackson
400
'Mr. & Mrs. eastern gray this animal welcome joey, 1 inch long & weighing less than a gram'
a kangaroo
400
'In May 2010 this former Dean of Harvard Law was nominated to succeed Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens'
(Elena) Kagan
400
'The Sami live in Norway, Sweden & Finland & on this country's Kola Peninsula'
Russia
400
'The formal confirmation of a treaty by a government'
ratification
400
'In an HBO biopic John Lithgow played Blake Edwards, & Geoffrey Rush, this late actor'
Peter Sellers
600
'A joey of this marsupial with the same name as a non-powered aircraft takes flight at about 3 and a half months'
a glider
600
'New Yorker staff writer Nicholas Lemann is also dean of the USA's best-known school of this, at Columbia'
journalism
600
'Many of the Sami make their living herding these animals of the family Cervidae'
reindeer
600
'A toothed wheel that allows movement in only one direction'
a ratchet
600
'The Peter of the Rat Pack was this British actor who married Patricia Kennedy'
Peter Lawford
800
'In marsupials only, these glands develop independently to provide tailored nutrition to individual joeys'
mammary glands
800
'Jonathan Swift was dean of this cathedral with a saintly Irish name-- in Dublin, not New York'
St. Patrick\'s
800
'The Sami were long considered this type of people, from the Greek for "to wander in search of pasture"'
nomads
800
'Climbing palm of Asia used to make furniture'
rattan
800
'His first Oscar nomination came in 1986 for directing "Witness"'
Peter Weir
1000
'Seen here is a joey of this marsupial species whose name is from the Telugu word pandi-kokku, meaning "pig-rat"'
bandicoot
1000
'This association that accredits U.S. law schools stipulates that "a law school shall have a full-time dean"'
the American Bar Association
1000
'The Sami were gravely affected by this 1986 disaster as fish & livestock meat became tainted'
Chernobyl
1000
'9-letter word for the underlying reason for a belief or course of action'
rationale
1000
'This British actor from "The Usual Suspects", "In the Name of the Father" & "The Town" passed away in 2011'
Pete Postlethwaite
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