TOUGH EUROPEAN CAPITALS
A LITERARY MARY
MOVIE COMMON THREADS
FAMOUS PAIRS
THE "X" FACTOR
(Alex: And the X, the letter X will either be the first or the second letter in each correct response.)
400

Zagreb

Croatia

400

In the Sherlock Holmes tale "A Scandal in Bohemia", this man has settled into married life with Mary Morstan

(Dr.) Watson

400

"American ____ & Flow"

Hustle

400

Unveiled in 2013, their star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is just steps away from Houdini's

Penn & Teller

400

Shaft on which a wheel rotates

an axle

800

Nicosia

Cyprus

800

Her books about life on the prairie include telling how her sister Mary lost her eyesight at age 14 in 1879

(Laura) Ingalls Wilder

800

"Maid in ____ Murder Mystery"

Manhattan

800

In the 1990s their "two thumbs up" became a registered trademark

Siskel & Ebert

800

The marimba is a type of this instrument

a xylophone

1200

Minsk

Belarus

1200

This author's father William Godwin has been called the father of philosophical anarchism

(Mary) Shelley

1200

"Bridge of ____ Like Us"

Spies

1200

This couple, shot dead in a 1934 ambush, is believe to have committed 13 murders as well as robberies

Bonnie & Clyde

1200

No need to be anxious with this drug aka alprazolam 

Xanax

1600

Valletta

Malta

1600

Mary Stewart's enchanting Arthurian trilogy starts with "The Crystal Cave", the saga of this character's youth

Merlin

1600

"2 Days ____ ____ ____ of Elah"

in the Valley

1600

They wrote some of England's most popular operettas, including "The Pirates of Penzance"

Gilbert & Sullivan

1600

This horse racing bet is also called a perfect 

an exacta

2000

Podgorica

Montenegro

2000

Mary Jane Reed submerges herself into this Philip Roth character's Jewish identity to reap some missing family love

(Alexander) Portnoy

2000

"Gray Lady ____ by Law"

Down

2000

In 1924, they published the first crossword puzzle book, & their company still publishes them today

Simon & Schuster

2000

A limb of the body, or the terminal point of something

extremity

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