2-WORD PALINDROMES
A sinister Kalamata
an evil olive
Go about 761 mph in air at sea level & you'll get one of these phenomena for your trouble
a sonic boom
Bob Cratchit was known to cheerfully carry this character on his shoulder
Tiny Tim
Hope you're walking this slim 3-word path of honesty & virtue
straight and narrow
Baskin-Robbins started out offering this many flavors; now the company has 1,400-plus
31
A drinking receptacle used to hold Juicy Fruit or Trident
a gum mug
Loud mating cries are characteristic of this feline with many names, including catamount & painter
the mountain lion (or cougar, or panther, or puma)
In a Grimm Brothers tale, this lad's dad, a tailor, gives him a darning needle to use as a sword on his travels
Tom Thumb
To vote this is to cast a ballot solely for candidates of a single party
straight ticket
This Apollo mission put the first humans on the Moon
11
Your holdings of
Au
are chronicled in a written record or diary
gold log
Malicious intent through loud & unreasonable noises & fighting in public are grounds for this 3-word criminal charge
disturbing the peace
Known to twirl his whiskers, Reepicheep, one of these creatures in Narnia, was "most valiant of all the talking beasts"
a mouse
You're holding a jack, 10, 8 & 7 & hoping to draw a 9 for one of these? Lotsa luck!
an inside straight
Number of points a team gets for a safety in the NFL
two
A treat after a long day of work in a sliding box in a chest
drawer reward
George H.W. Bush marveled at John Major dealing with PMQs, short for this, with everyone "nose to nose... yelling at each other"
prime minister questions
This 1954 book features the line "Some sort of a creature of very small size, too small to be seen by an elephant's eyes"
Horton Hears a Who!
As 2 words, it's a punk subculture that eschews booze & drugs; as one word, it's a drawing tool
straight edge
In myth this many champions went against Thebes after Oedipus died
seven
I've done this, dug in the earth to find blue twill-woven fabric used to make jeans
mined denim
An "earthquake in the air", shock waves from the 1883 volcanic eruption on this island went around the globe 7 times
Krakatoa
Éomer tells him, "I would cut off your head, beard & all, master dwarf, if it stood but a little higher from the ground"
Gimli
This 3-word phrase meaning simple & direct is the title of a Thelonious Monk album
straight, no chaser
This rare isotope of uranium is the only naturally occurring fissile material, so be careful out there
uranium-235