"A" IS FOR AUTUMN
An October festival for the harvest of these has been held for decades in Arendtsville, Pennsylvania
Apples
In a classic by Natalie Babbitt, this title family is "Everlasting"
Tuck
I hope you're pleased with yourselves. We could all have been killed--or worse, expelled"
Hermione Granger
In 2024 this university in Durham, North Carolina celebrated its centennial
Duke
Etymologically, disheveled describes messy or unkempt this, something your coiffeur may be able to help with
Hair
Each fall Alabama & this S.E.C. football archrival meet in "The Iron Bowl"
Auburn
A burp takes down the totalitarian king in this story by Dr. Seuss
Yertle the Turtle
"You have permitted your friends to die for you rather than face me yourself. I shall wait for one hour in the Forbidden Forest"
In the early 17th c. plans to build this Virginia school were disrupted by the Powhatan uprising; it wasn't founded until 1693
William & Mary
The first 2 Greek letters gave us this word for a series of symbols
alphabet
This period in the ecclesiastical year leading up to Christmas begins Sunday, Nov. 29, 2020
Advent
One offering in this series for kids is "Twilight Sparkle & the Crystal Heart Spell"
My Little Pony
"Tiny little bloke, my dad was. By the time I was six I could lift him up an' put him on top o' the dresser"
Hagrid
Called one of the first HBCUs, Storer College was in this town, the site of a failed 1859 revolt
Harpers Ferry
he Scottish firth is related to this word, found all over the map in Scandinavia
fjords
Though as zodiac signs they're in January, February, March & April, these 2 constellations are best viewed in fall in the N. Hemisphere
Aries and Aquarius
One review said this provocative 1993 novel by Lois Lowry "is sure to keep older children reading. and thinking"
The Giver
"You are here to learn the subtle science & exact art of potion-making"
Snape
This university was founded in Philadelphia, after "night owls" studied in founder Russell Conwell's church
Temple
The word "assassin" came from the Arabic for someone who consumed this
hashish
Sometimes called "quaking", this tree brings glorious color to autumn in Colorado (also a neighborhood tree)
Aspen
A modern favorite by Alexandra Day is called "Good Dog," this first name
Carl
"I want to commit the murder I was imprisoned for"
Sirius Black
Chartered in 1901, this college in Southern California was named for a Quaker poet
Whittier
The official of yore known as a presbyter gave us this 6-letter word, a synonym that starts with the same 2 letters