In a Victor Hugo novel Quasimodo is the hunchback bell ringer at this Paris cathedral
NOTRE DAME
It's also called a twister
A TORNADO
Tom Carvel is famous for this type of ice cream created when truck problems caused his product to melt
SOFT SERVE
The Judiciary Act of 1789 said the Supreme Court would have 1 Chief Justice & 5 of these which seems problematic in close decisions
ASSOCIATE JUSTICES
It's a small recess in a wall or room
AN ALCOVE
Although best known for their fairy tales these brothers were pioneers in creating a German dictionary
THE BROTHERS GRIMM
Borrowed from Spanish it's a big fan or devotee of something perhaps sports
AFICIONADO
This type of ice cream engenders debate about which flavor to eat last & some strange folks take all three in one spoonful
NEAPOLITAN
A 1909 act of Congress describes this symbol as the letter C enclosed within a circle
A COPYRIGHT
It's from Arabic for calendar & the first one printed in America was for New England for the year 1639
AN ALMANAC
His The Unbearable Lightness Of Being was banned in his native Czechoslovakia until 1989
MILAN KUNDERA
Tequila Sunrise is a track from this Eagles album that had an Old-West concept
DESPERADO
This brand's first ice cream scoop shop was in a renovated gas station in Burlington Vermont
BEN & JERRY'S
Britain's Constitution Act of 1982 gave complete independence to this big country
CANADA
It will neutralize an acid & it's from Arabic for the ashes
ALKALINE
In 1703 this Robinson Crusoe author offended each side in a religious dispute & was sentenced to Newgate Prison
DANIEL DEFOE
When you're out of touch or refuse to have contact with someone you're this 13-letter word
INCOMMUNICADO
This stately ice cream dish was originally cooked in the oven but now blowtorches are used
BAKED ALASKA
This European country's history of being permissive on soft drugs dates back to its 1919 Opium Act
THE NETHERLANDS
This plant is widely cultivated as feed but can also be found growing wild
ALFALFA
Tolstoy titled a story after these horsemen of the steppes based on his travels as a soldier
THE COSSACKS
A Cask of this sherry figures prominently in an Edgar Allan Poe tale
AMONTILLADO
The Chicago mob had a bad temper when they destroyed this ice cream bar company's fleet for not paying protection in 1929
GOOD HUMOR
The Anti-Union Labor-Management Relations Act of 1947 known as Taft-this congressman overcame the veto of Harry Truman
FRED HARTLEY
A set of rules to be followed in computer calculations it comes from the name of a 9th century mathematician
ALGORITHM