PEOPLE WHO BECAME WORDS
Don't lose your head trying to name this execution device named after a French doctor
Guillotine
Rice whose length is over 4 times its width is typed with this 2-word name
Long grain
During his first term as president, the Bill of Rights became law
George Washington
A spinning toy, or the location of this clue in the category
Top
Related to the fear of falling, climacophobia is the fear of climbing these
Stairs
Up on the highwire you might wear this bodysuit named for a famous 19th century trapeze artist
Gouda cheese is named for Gouda, a town in this country
The Netherlands
In 1813 the U.S. defeated the British in the Battle of the Thames River in what is now this country
Canada
Magically conceal a card in your hand, or a tall tropical tree
Palm
Givenchy, Armani & Nicole Miller have chic shops on this street synonymous with the ad industry
Madison Avenue
This term for artillery fragments is named for a British officer who invented a new kind of shell
Shrapnel
Kimbunda speakers know nguba, from which we get goober, means this
Peanut
n 1832 this president declared, "The bank, Mr. Van Buren, is trying to kill me; but I will kill it"
Andrew Jackson
To trample underfoot, a closed court sport or a vegetable
Squash
Heloise cleans this bowl by pouring in cola that has gone flat & letting it soak for an hour
Toilet bowl
This food poisoning bacteria is named after the scientist who identified it, not a fish
Salmonella
An Englishman might "win one for" this flattened, cold-smoked herring
Kipper
In November 1689 Joseph Wadsworth hid this colony's charter from the British by placing it in an oak tree
Connecticut
Vulgar, or a dozen dozen
Gross
Spanish for "sauce", this chip dip may be so spicy it'll make you want to dance
Salsa
She must have been hairy, as this hairstyle is named for the big-haired mistress of a French emperor
Pompadour
Obtained by hard milling durum wheat, this flour is used in cream of wheat cereal
Semolina
He earned his captain's commission by burning the Philadelphia at Tripoli in 1804
Steven Decatur
Somber, serious matter, or where a body's buried
Grave
He became clerk of the Pennsylvania assembly in 1736
Benjamin Franklin