An increase in wages
Raise
The 2012 London Paralympic Games included this type of basketball & fencing
Wheelchair
Death Valley
U.S.A
A smooch
Kiss
Also a musical term, it's the adjective for a fixed rate like the $52.00 for JFK airport to Manhattan
Flat
You get poor treatment if you get a "raw" one of these
Deal
The British use this 9-letter word for what we call a vest
Waistcoat
Lake Hachiro-gata
Japan
An attempt to gain ground by an NFL running back
Rush
In law, this type of rational "man" represents the ordinarily sensible, prudent member of society
The Reasonable Man
A rosy glow of the face
Flush
In TV cartoons, Shoeshine Boy would take an energy pill & become this canine superhero who spoke in rhyme
Underdog
Zuidplaspolder
Netherlands
Any hammer or wrench
Tool
3-letter word found before maid, master or money
Old
2-word term for why Joseph & Mary were refused lodging
Full-House
DD: This owner of squalid housing overcharges his tenants while allowing the property to deteriorate
Slumlord
Sebkha Tah, southwest of Marrakech
Morocco
A tasty gateau
Cake
It can mean "relating to sight, touch & their 3 friends" or "lushly satisfying"
Sensual
A steep cliff
Bluff
A troublemaker, or a piece of burning wood
Firebrand
Lake Erie
Australia
River where Achilles was dipped
Styx
From the name of a god, it can refer to ancient books of secrets, or to the airtight seal that was one of the secrets
Hermetic