First Names
It's the first name shared by Russian heads of state in 1924 & 2024
Vladimir
"Over a period of several weeks, the competitors must fight to the death. The last tribute standing wins" in this novel
The Hunger Games
Mayhem is classified as this type of crime, which kinda rhymes with "dope melody"
a Felony
It's about 700 arid miles across this country from the Red Sea to the Persian Gulf
Opposable digit held aloft to keep off precipitation
Thumbrella
This Spanish name for boys & old fishermen literally means "Saint James"
Santiago
We'll keep you in suspense... Jack Ryan Jr. is on the campus in "The Teeth of the Tiger" from this author
Tom Clancy
"Check out the" this attention-getter in a song
the hook
Its 700,000 square miles of land area are spread across more than 17,000 islands
Indonesia
Your self in psychoanalytic theory out in the yard digging tunnels with its paws
Egopher
Owl tell you right now, Hedy, as in Hedy Lamarr, was short for this German name
Hedwig
Chapter 1 of "The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game" is about the changes caused by this New York Giant who terrified quarterbacks
Lawrence Taylor
Time to rock a mic, like a this, perhaps Gaiseric, a 5th century king of that Germanic people
Once claimed by Italy, Cyrenaica is an historic region & former province of this 650,000-square-mile land
Lybia
A holy church table made from a hairy arachnid
Altarantula
Borrowed from Sanskrit & reflecting her Indian heritage, this first name of a D.C. VIP means "lotus flower"
Kamala
By Feb. 2024 this juvenile journal, the first of almost 20, had spent 778 weeks on the N.Y. Times children's series list
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Slang for a convertible car with a soft cover
a Ragtop
It borders Russia, China & nothing else
Mongolia
Niacin or folate reigning as the Roman goddess of the arts & war
Vitaminerva
Girls' names derived from the color white include Alba & this one, like a character in "The Taming of the Shrew"
Bianca
Rhonda Byrne wrote this 2006 book, a hidden "principle of the universe", but don't tell anyone; scratch that. Tell me, now
The Secret
Vanilla Ice mysteriously can "flow like" one; it's also wielded by Tashtego
a Harpoon
With a population of more than 100 million, it covers about 900,000 square miles in the heart of Africa
Democratic Republic of Congo
Metronomic measure of music used for the medical study of tootsies
Tempodiatry