In the "Shrek" movies, it's the name of the donkey voiced by Eddie Murphy
Donkey
The Hawkeyes' home is this 2-word town
Iowa City
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Popular in the South, chess pie is basically this pie without those big brown nuts
pecan pie
Adding olive juice to a martini earns the drink this sullied adjective
dirty
Coming before "departed", this word begins an alliterative idiom referring to the recently deceased
dearly
We used to walk 8 miles in the snow between Minneapolis & this capital city to get to school at Concordia University
St. Paul
In this 1997 film Jack Nicholson asks a group of psychiatric patients, "What if this is as good as it gets?"
As Good As It Gets
This Illinois city was originally called West Urbana; here's to it, so say we all!
Champaign
This Spanish dessert with a 4-letter name is custard with a layer of caramel sauce
flan
To release their oils & flavor, use a special tool called a muddler to crush these leaves when making a mojito
mint
Often found on prescriptions, P.O. means a medicine should be taken this way
orally
In the Himalayas, you bet we saw the big creature of myth who got this anglicized name from a journalist in the '20s; no pics though
the Abominable Snowman
It's the eponymous title of the 1988 collection of early hits by R.E.M. on I.R.S. Records
Eponymous
They're the westernmost & the easternmost Big Ten Schools; the westerners are 5-0 in the football rivalry (2/25/22)
Nebraska & Rutgers
A line from "The Godfather": "Leave the gun, take" this dessert
a cannoli
Flair bartending is the term used for entertaining, flamboyant mixing & serving as done by Tom Cruise in this film
Cocktail
The Latin adverb semper translates to this other 6-letter adverb
always
Hard to believe we just beat Dan Jansen's 1994 gold medal-winning time in the 1,000 meters in this sport
speed skating
Before co-starring in "Get Out", Allison Williams played one of the girls on this HBO series
Girls
Named for an explorer, this Big Ten capital city is at the junction of the Olentangy & Scioto rivers
Columbus
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Marshmallows, almonds & chocolate ice cream pave the way to make this classic flavor
An Irish nut mixes amaretto or Frangelico & this brand of cream liqueur
Bailey's
*DAILY DOUBLE*
Old-timey adverb that can follow "come" & precede "yon"
hither
We snowmobiled all the way up this alphanumeric mountain, all 28,251 feet of it! Then played some Yahtzee at the peak
K2
Redd Foxx of TV's "Sanford and Son" had the real name John this
Sanford
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Home to a Big Ten school, this state capital was named for a president who died in the year of its founding, 1836
Madison, Wisconsin
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What the French call an omelette norvégienne is what Americans call this dessert
a Baked Alaska
The appropriate garnish is important; use a lemon slice for this drink that combines beer & lemonade
a shandy
This good-natured adverb is repeated in the name of a "Guys and Dolls" character
nicely
We would've given our beloved mail carrier a Mercedes to observe this day, December 26, but federal law maxes single gifts at $20
Boxing Day