Rhyme Time
An edible crustacean gangster
a lobster mobster
In 1982 an Oregon man was acquitted of gambling charges when a judge ruled this stones & dice game was one of skill, not chance
backgammon
Oscar-winning epic D-Day film about rescuing American Idol Host
Saving Private Ryan Seacrest
John Keating in "Dead Poet's Society" & Alan Parrish in "Jumangi"
Robin Williams
A pale purple (8)
Lavender
According to a No. 1 hit, Justin Bieber gets himself these title fruits "out in Georgia"
peaches
A less risky thin cracker
A safer wafer
Released in 1996, the "64" version of this video game series gave its star new abilities like backflips & triple jumps
Super Mario Bros
Form of capital punishment in the U.S. that is the main judge at a tennis match
Electric Chair Umpire
Tyler Durden in "Fight Club" & Rusty Ryan in "Ocean's Eleven"
Brad Pitt
Potato pancake (5)
Latke
Chappell Roan wrote this hit single after her first visit to a gay bar, The Abbey in West Hollywood
Pink Pony Club
A sturdy nightstand
a stable table
The name of this game comes from Chinese for "sparrows" or "little birds", which you may see on some of the tiles
mahjong
Sunshine State city with a 500-mile auto race that sang "Wouldn't It Be Nice"
Daytona Beach Boys
Regina George in "Mean Girls" & Allie Hamilton in "The Notebook"
Rachel McAdams
Sane or easily understood (5)
Lucid
An aquarium once told Salt-N-Pepa that when this late '80s hit played, "the sharks started mating"
"Push It"
A traditional woman's cloth hat worn to recite a 14-line poem
a sonnet bonnet
Run in & bust your pals out of jail; dash back into your territory with your enemy's symbolic property to win this outdoor game
Capture the Flag
Scripps national contest of word lettering involving a puncture wound from a flying insect
Spelling Bee Sting
Keyser Söze in The Usual Suspects & John Doe in Se7en
Kevin Spacey
A go-between, or a relationship that could be "dangerous" (7)
Liaison
This M.I.A. track samples "Straight To Hell" by The Clash & was memorably featured in "Slumdog Millionaire"
Paper Planes
A slothful Shasta
a lazy daisy
Like square pizza, a popular system of chess defense gets its name from this Mediterranean island
A hidden feature in a music video becomes evidence of public embarrassment
Easter egg on your face
Neil McCauley in "Heat" & Ben in the "Intern"
Robert DeNiro
Bagel topper (3)
Lox
A style of Reebok sneakers is thought to have inspired the title of this Foster The People hit from 2011
Pumped Up Kicks