CROSSWORD CLUES "R"
Sidewinder or diamondback
(11)
rattlesnake
In 1938 Otto Hahn & Fritz Strassman discovered nuclear fission by splitting atoms of this element.
uranium
Try to remember this musical that features the song "Try To Remember".
The Fantasticks
It was the total length in years of the Thirty Years' War.
30 years
Jabal Katrinah, this country's highest point, rises 8,668 feet over the Sinai Peninsula.
Egypt
Cosmetic that makes you blush
(5)
rouge
Sublimation is the process by which a solid changes into a gas without going through this stage.
liquid
Gosh darn it, it's cursing & swearing.
profanity
If you're running in a race & overtake the person in second place, you're now in this position.
second place
The closest European country to Greenland is this country only 200 miles to the east.
Iceland
"Buyer's" guilt
(7)
remorse
Term first used by James Watt for a unit equivalent to 550 foot-pounds of work per second.
horsepower
This American grape that makes a fine wine has been traced back to an Italian variety known as primitivo.
zinfandel
Some say David Atchison was President of the U.S.; his "term" lasted this long.
1 day
Famed cube-ist Erno Rubik was born in this country.
Hungary
Like a lizard
(9)
reptilian
This branch of physics deals with heat & includes cryogenics, which deals with extremely low temperatures
thermodynamics
To remove the canine teeth.
defang
Total number of Henry VIII's legitimate grandkids.
0
This African country's name is from the Spanish for "Lion Mountains".
Sierra Leone
Garibaldi's gang
(9)
redshirts
Theodore Maiman used this gem in producing the world's first laser in 1960.
a ruby
Boston merchant & "hall" monitor.
(Peter) Faneuil
Of current U.N. member countries with 4-letter names, the one that is first alphabetically
Chad
Now its own country, this former Yugoslav republic borders Italy near the city of Trieste.
Slovenia