A League of Their Own
Brown, Columbia, Cornell, plus 5 other schools
Ivy League
Diverticulitis is common in the U.S., where diets are low in this, AKA roughage
Fiber
Job description of a singer like Bing Crosby
Crooner
You could be this briny word usually reserved for cucumbers & the sort
Pickled
In October 1940 Italy launched an invasion of this country only to get routed by the gyros of General Papagos
Greece
From 1942 to 1967 it had only 6 teams including the Blackhawks, Red Wings & Maple Leafs
the NHL
If you want to vent this lymphatic organ, you'll find out that it filters old red blood cells out of the bloodstream
Spleen
A train crew's quarters are usually found in this last car
Caboose
After that last glass of Chablis, I'm this, what the smith just did at the anvil
Hammered
On Dec. 2, 1941 German troops who wished they'd packed heavier got to the suburbs of this capital but no further
Moscow
This group of Indian tribes was also known as the Five Nations & the Six Nations
the Iroquois Confederacy
The spine bends forward as the thoracic vertebrae become compressed in a condition called kyphosis, more commonly known as a Dowager's hump, a symptom of this disease of thinning bones
Osteoporosis
To cheat, or a type of pool game
Snooker
This 4-word rhyming term for one who has been overserved includes the name of a black & white mammal
Drunk as a skunk
In July 1943, this U.S. general's Seventh Army swept through western Sicily, then turned east to help Montgomery's British Eighth
Patton
The ADL for short, it fights anti-Semitism & other forms of bigotry & protects civil rights for all
Anti-Defamation League
Those who suffer from carpal tunnel or arthritis may get a shot of this 9-letter steroid to reduce inflammation
Cortisone
There's an animal in this slang word starting with "V" that means "get outta here"
Vamoose
I'm this, like a wall that's had wet gypsum applied
Plastered
On Oct. 20, 1944 Douglas MacArthur fulfilled this 3-word promise he'd made to the Philippine people in 1942
"I Shall Return"
Women active in the Junior League include this justice, a past president of the Phoenix chapter
Sandra Day O'Conner
Daltonism is a type of this, a problem with cone receptors
Color Blindness
This woodwind has a doubled tube & a curved metal crook
Bassoon
This is bad if you're hoping for sober, but good if it describes your abs or an '80s jeans style
Ripped
This Japanese admiral planned and led the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor
Admiral Yamamoto