FRUITS
They were "Wild" in the title of a 1957 Bergman film
Strawberries
This 2-word women's wear item from the Middle Ages led to more low-key Saturday nights--wink wink, say no more
Chastity Belt
Now at the Smithsonian, it was called the "Blue Diamond of the Crown" when owned by Louis XIV
In 1899 President McKinley took a turn in the Locomobile, a car made by Stanley & propelled by this
Steam
It follows a foul in soccer
Free Kick
Caribbean cooks use this fruit to marinate chicken & beef; an enzyme called papain tenderizes the meat
Papaya
The former name of Sri Lanka, before it got an agent & went all Hollywood on us
Ceylon
The Premier Rose Diamond is one of the world's largest diamonds cut in this fruit shape; it was sold for $10 million
Pear
Andrew Jackson was one of the landowners who founded this Tennessee town overlooking the Mississippi in 1819
Memphis
Unconfined poultry
Free Range
All individual plants of this berry trace their roots to Knott's Berry Farm, near where it was developed in 1923
Boysenberry
A habitual practice, or an adjective meaning "made to order"
Custom
It's equivalent to about 1/142 of an ounce
Karat
Victor Marie du Pont served as a captain of this state's volunteers in the War of 1812
Delaware
A professional sports athlete no longer under contract & who can thus sign with another team
Free Agent
This golfball-sized fruit, Citrus aurantifolia swingle, is now grown mostly in Mexico, not Southern Florida
Key Lime
We're betting 2-1 you know Chiron was this type of mythological creature
Centaur
Not decolletage but this property of diamonds allows them to split in certain directions
Cleavage
When this convened in May 1787, Adams was in London, Jefferson was in Paris & Patrick Henry refused to attend
Constitutional Convention
Robert Frost said, "I'd as soon write" this type of poetry "as play tennis with the net down"
Free verse
This tiny berry shares its name with a dried fruit named for its place of origin, Corinth, Greece
Current
Last name of navigators John or Sebastian, or Doctor Richard C.
Cabot
Most diamond crystals are in the form of this solid figure having 8 faces
Octohedron
Americans began to occupy this even before we could send Russia the $7.2 million we paid for it
Alaska
"Zone" on a battlefield where troops may shoot without requesting permission from a higher command
Free-fire zone