I'M BLUE
This Oscar-winning actress has a certain mystique playing Mystique, who, deep down, is all blue
Jennifer Lawrence
When Santa gives these creatures P.T.O. in the summer, some travel up to 800 miles for grazing grounds
reindeer
2021 Pro Bowlers at this position included
Josh Allen,
Russell Wilson &
Patrick Mahomes
quarterback
Found in a small grove of trees, 1,257-foot Hoosier Hill
Indiana
A baby bear &
a solid square
cub & cube
The Wilson brothers, Mike Love & Al Jardine, surfin' over '60s high notes
The Beach Boys
Robert Frost wrote, "A saying that every maid knows is... nothing is gained by not gathering" these
roses
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In this novel, a character is described as having "the half-tint blue eyes that told of off-planet foods in his diet"
Dune
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It's the last name of a film character played by both Gary Cooper & Adam Sandler
Deeds
Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor, of this NFC East team: "Let's go out there like a bunch of crazed dogs & have some fun"
the New York Giants
Humphreys Peak in the Kachina Peaks Wilderness
Arizona
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A small rounded lump of something soft & a model of the Earth
glob & globe
"Don't Lie"--will.i.am, apl.de.ap, Taboo & Fergie totally hip-hopped through the 2000s
Black Eyed Peas
The gentian has bell- or trumpet-shaped flowers that are usually an intense shade of this
blue
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This company with a blue logo calls itself "one of the largest home improvement retailers in the world"
Lowe's
Its name origin is African but this instrument is now widely associated with the music of Latin America
marimba
Video games bearing the name of this late legendary NFL coach & broadcaster have made over $7 billion in sales
Madden
In Alaska, this mountain peak, of course
Denali
Expel saliva,
out of meanness
spit & spite
Here come Annie Lennox & Dave Stewart again, falling on your heads like an '80s memory
the Eurythmics
The trailing arbutus, which once told the Pilgrims spring was here, is also called this, a name the Pilgrims knew well
the mayflower
This artist's blue period began around the time of his friend Carles Casagemas' public suicide
Picasso
It's a word describing motorcyclist Bud Ekins, or the name of a Marvel hero
daredevil
He went 36-44 as head coach of the Browns; he's had a bit more success in New England
Bill Belichick
Wheeler Peak in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains
New Mexico
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A fable's lesson & the emotional outlook of a group, such as employees
moral & morale
Thomas Bangalter & Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, giving robot-ic performances in the 2010s
Daft Punk
The American this Plant Society says nowadays these are affordable--spend as little as you like, but you won't be able to own just one
orchids
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The skinny on the flag of this South American nation is that the blue symbolizes the sky; while the white is for the snow on the Andes
Chile
Herb Caen referred to San Francisco as this place "by-the-Bay"
Baghdad
Last name of the man who said, "Better to have died as a small boy than to fumble" but whose trophy carries the ball with one hand
Heisman
In Hawaii, this dormant volcano whose name means "white mountain" because it gets snow in winter
Mauna Kea
Prudish &
optimal or top notch
prim & prime
Last name, nickname, last name of Ricky, Michael, Ronnie, the R&B trio who dripped "Poison" in the '90s
Bell Biv DeVoe
The Japanese imperial family's crest features the kiku, this flower
a chrysanthemum
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