MILITARY IDIOMS
NAME THE SEASON
ADVERBIALLY
A NATIONAL MONUMENTAL CHALLENGE
DE PLUS 3
100
Having these items on the ground means soldiers have been deployed to a hostile environment
BOOTS
100
Earth Day
SPRING
100
Hurry up! This adverb meaning with haste is worth a big 25 points in Scrabble
QUICKLY
100
O say can you see this national monument & historic shrine? You sure can at 2400 East Fort Avenue in Baltimore
FORT MCHENRY
100
Your first appearance on stage or screen
A DEBUT
200
Getting in trouble is called catching this a type of anti-aircraft gun
FLAK
200
Daylight saving time ends (in 2020)
AUTUMN
200
Not at any time not now not in the past not in the future not under any condition
NEVER
200
The 20-room cliff dwelling in Arizona with the name of this Aztec ruler provides a look at the culture of the Sinagua people
MONTEZUMA
200
A railway station often a small and quaint one as seen here
DEPOT
300
Referring to a clock position if a soldier says he's got your this number he's watching your back
SIX
300
National Hangover Day (think about it a half-sec you'll get it)
WINTER
300
Steve Jobs liked to say Apple products were this crazy kind of great also the title of a book about the Macintosh
INSANELY
300
Including the nickname of African-American troops an Ohio site is named Charles Young these Soldiers National Monument
BUFFALO
300
The typically triangular mouth of a river
DELTA
400
Meaning a choice to use atomic weapons it was applied by Trent Lott to a drastic change in Senate rules
A NUCLEAR OPTION
400
Burning Man
SUMMER
400
Specifically taking place every 8760 hours
ANNUALLY (YEARLY)
400
Enjoy a close encounter with this national monument in Wyoming AKA Grizzly Bear's Lodge a remnant of a volcanic intrusion
DEVILS TOWER
400
My god your god any god
A DEITY
500
By tradition you can fool an enemy ship with a fake flag until battle begins--then you have to show your these
TRUE COLORS
500
Ash Wednesday
WINTER
500
From the Greek for angle to angle it means in the direction of a slanting straight line
DIAGONALLY
500
Wind-blown gypsum gives this national monument in New Mexico it's self-evident 2-word name
WHITE SANDS
500
Named for a city it's a specific type of Dutch earthenware
DELFT