HERBS
ALSO KNOWN AS
CLASSIC TOYS & GAMES
MAKING FETCH HAPPEN
FASHIONABLY
THE MAIN LIQUOR
200

While southern Europe embraced this bulb, a late 17th c. British discourse on salads spoke of its "intolerable rankness"

garlic

200

In the U.S. the area you play soccer on is a field, but the Brits call it this, also a verb

pitch

200

The name of this block-stacking game comes from a Swahili word for "build"

Jenga

200

In nursery rhyme news, this pair were airlifted from a hill after one suffered a severe head injury fetching water

Jack & Jill

200

Japanese gives us the name for this wide-sleeved garment tied with a sash called an obi

a kimono

200

In a Highland Fling

Scotch whiskey

400

Washington State's Yakima Valley is the USA's center of producing these, which give beer its distinctive taste

hops

400

Kids in this country learn to draw their homeland as a 6-sided figure, so the nickname "l'Hexagone" makes sense

France

400

Combining silicone oil & boric acid creates the bouncy, moldable material first sold as this in 1949

Silly Putty

400

Punning on a rodent, it's a low-ranking employee who may fetch papers or dry cleaning

a gofer

400

Basque & pancake are 2 styles of this flat French-named hat

a beret

400

In a strawberry margarita

tequila

600

Oil of peppermint is almost half this chemical that flavors cigarettes but can also aid digestion & ease cramps

menthol

600

Due to its conservative leanings, Britain's daily telegraph is sometimes called the Daily this -graph

the Torygraph

600

In Clue, this weapon may be found in the dining room but can be used to illuminate any room of the mansion

the candlestick

600

In this movie, Regina says, "Gretchen, stop trying to make 'fetch' happen. it's not going to happen"

Mean Girls

600

Wrap yourself up snug as a bug in its chrysalis state in this type of coat named for an insect structure

a cocoon

600

In a Gorky Park

vodka

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800

It's an "F"-festival: the Florence type of this herb that tastes like licorice is also called finocchio

fennel

800

The supercilia are these body parts that you may raise to appear supercilious

eyebrows

800

***DAILY DOUBLE***

First sold in 1976, this gel-filled action figure can be twisted, pulled & tied in knots but always returns to its original shape

Stretch Armstrong

800

Hercules' 11th labor was a fruit run to fetch these valuable items guarded by the Hesperides

golden apples

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800

I say, old chap! Wide neckties include the cravat & this one suitable for wear at the British racecourse of the same name

an ascot

800

In a Planter's Punch

rum

1000

Eating one seed from the castor bean can be fatal due to the presence of this blood-clumping toxin

ricin

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1000

Originally known as St. Ann's Valley, a San Francisco neighborhood eventually got this meatier moniker

the Tenderloin

1000

Ailments in Operation include Broken Heart, Brain Freeze & these internal feelings of apprehensions

Butterflies in the Stomach

1000

In "The Tempest", this ex-Duke of Milan says Caliban "does make our fire, fetch in our wood"

Prospero

1000

This typically red & black checked pattern now popular at Christmas is said to be named for a herd of animals

buffalo plaid

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1000

In a Caruso, a confirmed bachelor or a Ramos Fizz

gin

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