ONE LETTER CHANGES EVERYTHING
DANGER! DANGER!
__ & __
4-LETTER ACRONYMS
"G"EOGRAPHY
100
Add a "B" to a chess piece to turn it into this babbling stream
brook
100
National Weather Service danger signs of this impending phenomenon include a dark, often greenish sky & a roaring noise
tornado
100
It's typically a small hotel or a house with private rooms offering a place to lay your head & a morning meal
bed & breakfast
100
The U.S. military gave us this other way to say "at your very earliest convenience"
ASAP
100
This strait narrows to 8 miles between Spain & Morocco
(the Strait of) Gibraltar
200
Subtract an "A" from a word that describes sudden, intense pain to get this word meaning adorable
cute
200
Waves can create a current moving away from the shore, properly called this type of current & much stronger than an undertow
riptide
200
Control C & Control V are the Windows keyboard shortcut for this pair
cut & paste
200
The "E" in this acronym that precedes "package" (_____package) originally stood for Europe, where the packages went
CARE
200
About 1,700 square miles in area, it's the largest inland body of saline water in the Western Hemisphere
the Great Salt Lake
300
Put a "B" on a synonym for donkey & you get this fish
bass
300
You can sleep all night & work all day, but Time magazine listed this outdoor job as the USA's most dangerous
lumberjack
300
Made with a pale ale & stout, it's the colorful name for the beer drink seen here--cheers
black and tan
300
Deaf actor Troy Kotsur won an Oscar in 2022 for his role in this acronym-titled movie that also took home best picture
CODA
300
The Motagua, this country's longest river, flows into the Gulf of Honduras
Guatemala
400
Subtract a "B" from a loose-fitting women's shirt to get this parasite you don't want to find there
louse
400
This U.S. government department issues regular travel advisories on the level of danger in countries to which you might journey
the state department
400
The Pentagon used this jarring term for the intense aerial bombardment of Iraq in 2003
shock & awe
400
Part of the Expedia group, this company pairs families ready for a getaway with over 2 million homes worldwide
VRBO
400
This nation on the border of Europe & Asia declared independence in 1991
Georgia
500
Bite an "S" off a tentacled cephalopod & it becomes this, slang for a British pound
quid
500
Eating certain fish can be dangerous for pregnant women due to this heavy metal; the FDA calls out king mackerel & swordfish
mercury
500
Taxation, tariffs & other revenue-raising measures come under the jurisdiction of this House committee
Ways & Means
500
The M-I is for "musical instrument" in this acronym, the standard that connects instruments with computers
MIDI
500
Which archipelago, belonging to Ecuador, lies on the equator in the Pacific?
Galapagos Islands