My "Shot"
Roll With It
Colorful Terminology
Abbreviated ABC
Their Final Novel
100
The front passenger seat--did you call it?
Shotgun
100
This wood cylinder with a handle at each end will have you undulating in dough
Rolling pin
100
One who does this threatens to reveal damaging information if not paid to keep quiet
blackmail
100
In names of U.S. TV networks, ABC stands for this company
the American Broadcasting Company
100
"The Mystery of Edwin Drood"
(Charles) Dickens
200
Unaided, your voice can be heard from this distance
earshot
200
Instead of evaluating all applications after a hard deadline, some colleges use this 2-word process & reply more quickly
Rolling admission
200
When one of these is "raised", it's a warning of danger
Red flag
200
In some states, the ABC is an organization charged with the "control" of these drinks
alcoholic drinks
200
"Jude the Obscure"
(Thomas) Hardy
300
A clever last word as you are leaving
A parting shot
300
What you say when you want to go somewhere
Let's roll!
300
Not a full but a partial loss of electrical power
Brownout
300
In 1895 the ABC or "American" this sport "Congress" was organized in NYC & helped standardize the game's rules
bowling
300
"Lady Chatterley's Lover"
Lawrence
400
Also the title of a 1964 Pink Panther film, this phrase refers to an uneducated guess
A Shot in the dark
400
They're not ice skates...
What are roller blades
400
A drawing made in designing a building, or any plan, as in one "for success"
blueprint
400
In the Anglican Church, ABC refers to this high personage
400
"Hornblower During the Crisis"
Forester
500
Also called a gravity assist, this maneuver uses the gravity of a celestial body to accelerate a spacecraft
A slingshot
500
You get bread these sometimes when you're at a restaurant
Bread rolls
500
More verdant paddocks, or something more promising, like a new job
greener pastures
500
If you're a salesman, ABC refers to this hard-sell strategy
Always be closing
500
"You Can't Go Home Again"
Thomas Wolfe