An Onamonapia Romance
When I see you, my beating heart does this, like the wings of a black swallowtail as it flies
Flutter
Featured in multiple Icelandic sagas, he was exiled from Iceland in the 10th century & set up camp in Greenland
Erik the Red
Today, fewer cars have this installed from the factory; you'll pay extra to have one put in to stash your gum wrappers
an Ashtray
Unlike its larger neighbor to the west, Switzerland still uses this as its monetary unit
a Franc
By the 1910s he had adopted a last name derived from the Russian for steel
Stalin
Ah, yes, my dearest, I can't wait to say words of love to you as we "bill &" do this, like pigeons
Coo
In 2023, Xolo Maridueña played Jaime Reyes, also known as this multi-limbed DC superhero
the Blue Beettle
A giant city edifice stretching toward the heavens, usually with more than 40 or 50 stories
a Skyscraper
On this November holiday in Mexico, families gather to celebrate & remember their loved ones who have passed on
Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)
The Apache leader given the name Goyathlay, meaning "one who yawns", took on this name, perhaps the Spanish version of Jerome
Geronimo
Darling, they're playing our song, this one by Charli XCX from "The Fault in Our Stars" soundtrack, & the beat goes on & on
"Boom Clap"
It was coined in the 1890s to describe the sensational tactics used by NYC newspapers the World & the Journal
Yellow Journalism
This condiment can be white if bottled in vinegar or red if bottled in beet juice
Horseradish
Part of a British overseas territory, this huge limestone monolith is a habitat for Europe's only wild monkey, the Barbary ape
the Rock of Gibraltar
Born Tafari Makonnen, this emperor died in Addis Ababa in 1975
Haile Selassie
I desperately await this sound of you at the doorbell; it's the title of a Thoreau poem with "song" as one of the rhymes
"Ding Dong"
Judo practitioners should know this term for land where building is prohibited & nature flourishes
a Green Belt
Grade No. 10 is the most porous type of this fabric used to strain liquids
Cheesecloth
China's longest river, it's also the longest river in Asia
the Yangtze
This billionaire was born György Schwartz in Budapest; his family changed their surname to avoid persecution as Jews
George Soros
When you ended things between us, it felt like this word that can precede "happy", with you as Moe & me as Larry
Slap
In the 1740s growers of this dye plant in South Carolina benefited from government subsidies
Indigo
This phosphorescent glow is produced by certain fungi found on decaying wood
Fox Fire
You can get a good feeling for Denmark, literally, with a this & happiness tour, this being a Danish concept for coziness & comfort
Hygge
This 18th century French writer may have derived his mononym from an anagram of a Latinized version of his surname, Arouet
Voltaire