FAMILIAR PHRASES
Someone angry about a past event might be balancing a "chip" here
their shoulder
A hammer has a specific striking zone while this tool delivers more even pounding (& works great in croquet)
a mallet
Invented the lightning rod around 1750
Franklin
Japanese teahouse entertainer
(6)
a geisha
There are 4 cups of wine & 4 questions at the seder celebrating this Jewish holiday
Passover
To "throw someone under" this vehicle is to make him a scapegoat
the bus
Used in drafting to measure distances, a divider has 2 sharp points; this similar item has one sharp point & a pencil
a compass
Beat Bobby Riggs in 1973's tennis "Battle of the Sexes"
Billie Jean King
Mythical eagle-lion hybrid
(7)
a griffin
This thigh muscle consisting of 4 parts lets you straighten your leg
quadricep
Plans may not work out, so "don't" practice this act of poultry accounting
don't count your chickens before they're hatched
A rasp is a coarser type of this other 4-letter tool
a file
Wrote her autobiography "Lady Sings the Blues"
DOUBLE JEP POINTS! (600)
Billie Holiday
A turkey's gizzard, heart & liver, collectively
(7)
the giblets
Of the "4 Corners States", it's the southeastern one
New Mexico
Trying again after a failure is going "back to" this, a synonym for drafting table or an item on a drafting table
a drawing board
Generally a screw is driven into a surface while this other threaded item is affixed with a matching nut
bolt
First proposed a temperature scale that begins at absolute zero
(Lord) Kelvin
Potato dumplings
(7)
gnocchi
For easier movement, these 1920s golf pants were 4" longer than normal--thus their name
plus fours
A possible origin for "living" this way is that upper cuts of pork are more a luxury item than the feet
high on the hog
This small kind of gardening spade is shaped more like a scoop
a trowel
Designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial when she was 21
Maya Lin
To move about aimlessly
(3)
gad
Of the 4 parts of Wagner's epic "Ring" cycle, this installment has a man's name
Siegfried