September
Everyday Football Terms
Blank that Guy
Cistern Cities
It's Hyphenated
200
September's birthstone is this precious gem that's a variety of corundum
sapphire
200
A mental pause related to a certain subject, perhaps due to a psychological issue
block
200
Connived his way to control of the New York City Treasury in the 1870s:
William "____" ____
"Boss" Tweed
200
Ancient cisterns were basically rainwater barrels; in 79 A.D., some Pompeiians tried to hide in them from this disaster
The eruption of Vesuvius
200
It's a synonym for carousel
merry-go-round
400
The third Saturday in September is the start of this German festival first observed in 1810 to celebrate a royal wedding; cheers!
Oktoberfest
400
A long walk through the woods
a hike?
400
Alliterative SS chief:
Heinrich ____
Himmler
400
Located near the Hagia Sophia, the Basilica Cistern is a huge one Justinian I built under this city
Istanbul
400
According to the Flag Code, for 30 days after the death of a president, the flag should be flown this way
at-half-staff?
600
September is the heritage month for this style of music that rose to new heights in the Black church
gospel music
600
"Explosive" word denoting a giant failure, maybe at the box office
a bomb
600
Ran a brutal gang in Prohibition-era NYC:
Dutch ___
Schultz?
600
This tippy-top area of Athens employed wells & cisterns
The Arcopolis?
600
Like the platypus, dinosaurs known as hadrosaurs have this descriptive facial adjective applied to them
duck-bill?
800
In 2019 Sept. 8-14 is the national week for this type of facility housing seniors who need help but not full-time nursing care
assisted living centers
800
Prayer AKA an Ave Maria
a hail mary
800
Shot near a Virginia farmhouse in April 1865:
____ ____ ____
John Wilkes Booth
800
Seen here are the cisterns of Carthage, which you can now see when you visit this country/GettyImages-5756643251-5bbd9273c9e77c0058b04383.jpg&usqp=CAU)
Tunisia
800
It takes about a week to travel the 5,700-mile route from Moscow to Vladivostok on this railway
The Trans Siberian?
1000
These heavenly occurrences due in September 2019 include the Southern Taurids
a meteor shower
1000
A sudden rushed or ill-informed type of judgment
snap
1000
Took over in Cambodia in 1975:
____ ____
Pol Pot
1000
This western U.S. city, fire-prone since the Shades Hotel burned in 1849, still has around 200 buried cisterns
San Francisco?
1000
During the Revolutionary War, George Washington had many of these confidential assistants including Alexander Hamilton
aide-de-camp