THE BEGINNING
When the U.N. was founded, Gladwyn Jebb of the U.K. did this job in an acting capacity from October 1945 through January 1946
Secretary-General
Jamal wins 20 million rupees after getting the final question right in this 2008 movie
Slumdog Millionaire
After his wife had a terrifying jump with an automatically deploying parachute, Floyd Smith invented this manual release
A Rip Cord
I want some more key lime pie, especially with a crust made using these Honey Maid items
Graham Crackers
Tights & stockings
(7 letters)
Hosiery
With about 240 athletes from 14 countries, the modern Olympics began in this year in Athens, Greece
1896
In "Brave", Merida discovers a loophole & "wins" her own hand in marriage through a contest in this sport
Archery
Many Australians celebrate this holiday in a homegrown way with a chocolate bilby; that's a marsupial
Easter
In 1995 Pizza Hut introduced original stuffed crust pizza, stuffed with "100% real" this cheese
Mozzarella
Songbook for Sunday
(6 letters)
A Hymnal
This body first assembled Feb. 1, 1790, but John Jay had to postpone actual proceedings a day as not all the members had made it
The Supreme Court
In a 1994 film this character receives a Medal of Honor from LBJ after being wounded "in the buttocks"
Forrest Gump
The 1921 book "The Witch-Cult in Western Europe" sets 13 as the number of members in this group
A Coven
It's French for "in crust" & salmon is one food often prepared comme ça
En Croute
God of the underworld
(5 letters)
Hades
A short film by these brothers of workers leaving a factory is considered the world's first motion picture
The Lumieres
In "Never Say Never Again", this Bond actor settles for a dance with Kim Basinger after winning a game vs. the villainous Largo
Sean Connery
Extremely cold & difficult to store, this gas is prone to shortages, like one in 2019 that made life tough for Party City stores
Helium
The Washington Post noted, "The thinner the wrapper, the flakier the crust" in this "seasonal" Chinese appetizer
Spring Rolls
A daily in Miami
(6 letters)
Herald
Around 650 B.C.Greek colonists founded a city on the Bosporus that they called this; it would later be the capital of empires
Byzantium
At the end of a 2009 movie this title guy is offered his dream job but instead continues to protect shoppers at the West Orange Pavilion
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
When MLB pitcher Jim Gott faced batter Tim Teufel, in German it was a confrontation of these 2 beings
God & The Devil
A Pillsbury recipe offers up their original crescent rolls for a crisp crust enclosing tenderloin steaks in this dish for 2
Beef Wellington
Shaggy-haired & bewhiskered
(7 letters)
Hirsute