SOUNDS LIKE IT TO ME
If your high-flying idea turns out to be a dud it lands with this sound that rhymes with dud
THUD
Spring forward is half a mnemonic used to remember "this" which in the U.S. actually begins in winter
DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME
The 4 standard divisions of singers in a choir are soprano alto tenor & this one
BASS
In Britain this word describes the younger of 2 brothers; in college it's a mini-major
MINOR
Natives along the Amazon basin collect these AKA para nuts which are later used in soaps or as food
BRAZIL NUTS
Hearing this hyphenated sound of tiny feet means you have kids in the house or mice
PITTER-PATTER
This U.S. federal holiday is the only one in the spring
MEMORIAL DAY
Of the 4 seasons the one when you'll most likely find an animal in hibernation
WINTER
This word means hidden when it goes before motives; it can also mean happening later
ULTERIOR
marthastewart.com says to roast these nuts at 350 degrees in an oven; a song suggests on an open fire
CHESTNUTS
Hey! It's a 6-letter bray from Mr. Ed
WHINNY
In Greek myth spring was marked by the return from Hades of this daughter of the goddess of agriculture
PERSEPHONE
Four basic patterns of Greek letter-designated brain waves are beta alpha delta & this one from 4 to 8 Hertz that allows access to the unconscious
THETA
Describing a sharp tone this 6-letter adjective is also a verb meaning to scream
SHRILL
Turkish workers are powering an eco-city by harnessing "this gas" CH4 from the fermentation of pistachio shells
METHANE
THIS WORD THAT RHYMES WITH LONG MAKES A LOUD NOISE IF YOU HIT IT IN THE MIDDLE
GONG
Before spring the season was called this like a religious fasting period
LENT
For UFO fans a close encounter of the 3rd kind is meeting aliens; this is one of the 4th kind
BEING ABDUCTED BY ALIENS
From the Latin for entrance it's a large reception area at the main door of a building
A VESTIBULE
Confectioners in the South are known to take pecans and turn them into this sweet treat that also starts with a P
PRALINES
Renee Zellweger hails from this Texas city that sounds like a girl's first name
KATY
On April 26 this country's Union Day commemorates the 1964 union of Zanzibar & Tanganyika
TANZANIA
For Christmas cards & bills alike these got their new +4 format in 1983
ZIP CODES
Word for the result you get when you divide one number by another
QUOTIENT
Workers at the Mauna Loa Corporation pack & sell these nuts on a street named for them
MACADAMIA NUTS