8 Letter words
Crossword Clues "W"
I've Got a Beef with You
Compound Words
Fruit
100
A temporary elevated platform for workmen or hangmen
Scaffold
100
Japanese horseradish
(6 letters)
Wasabi
100
I want to be a part of it, this steak, this steak, confusingly also called Kansas City
New York
100
This winning declaration in a chess game is from the Arabic for "the king is dead"
Checkmate
100
This fruit's world crop, including plantains, is estimated at 35-40 million metric tons
Bananas
200
This jug for holding & pouring wine didn't have a specific name until the 18th century
Decanter
200
"Blemish"ed word for one who's overanxious
(9 letters)
Worrywart
200
A porterhouse has a larger amount of the tenderloin than this smaller, letter-perfect steak
T-Bone
200
A place where alcohol was served illegally during prohibition, so named because its customers talked discreetly
Speak Easy
200
Citrus aurantium is the scientific name of the Seville type of this fruit found in marmalade
Orange
300
In photography it's the relative difference between areas of light & dark on a print
Contrast
300
Hershey candy bar, or nonspecific object
(15 letters)
whatchamacallit bar
300
Some wagyu cattle are fed beer & grain & given regular massages & sold as this type of prized, well-marbled beef
Kobe
300
They're the botanic beasts seen here
Snapdragon
300
This fruit, Mangifera indica, is produced by a tree of the cashew family
Mango
400
This word that's sometimes confused with "energize" means to deprive of energy
enervate
400
Facing a gale, or a group of islands
(8 letters)
Windward
400
Amarillo's Big Texan restaurant is famed for a 72-ounce steak--that's 4 1/2 pounds of "top" this, y'all
Sirloin
400
A descending slope in a road, it can also mean to lower one's status or salary
Downgrade
400
The flesh of this melon weighing up to 50 pounds can be red, pink, yellow or white
watermelon
500
Philosophy opposed to the hedonism of epicureanism, its followers probably had less fun
stoicism
500
German for a travel urge (10 letters)
Wanderlust
500
I say, do be a love & prepare my flank steak this "British" way; tenderize the meat by marinating, then thinly slice across the grain
London Broil
500
In the Bible, "there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire... and Elijah went up by" one of these "into heaven"
Whirlwind
500
The Romans called this seedy red fruit Punicum, from their word for Carthaginians
DAILY DOUBLE!!!!!!!
Pomegranate