Crossword Clues "L"
There's normally only four of these on a table or animal, but some longer ones have more; (4)
What is Legs
In 1984 this 17th c. Quaker who governed a colony was made an honorary U.S. citizen.
Who is William Penn
Clement C. Moore's poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas" is more popularly known by this title.
What is T'was the Night before Christmas
In musical slang this number refers to a piano, referencing the amount of keys.
What is 88
Khrushchev once said, "If you start throwing hedgehogs under me, I shall throw two" of these similarly prickly animals "under you."
What is Porcupine
Museum where the Mona Lisa is kept; (6)
What is Lourve
In a Jan. 1, 1946 broadcast, he repudiated his semi-divine status as emperor.
Who is Hirohito
This Mark Twain character's father "Pap" briefly held him prisoner in a cabin on the Illinois side of the Mississippi.
Who is Huckleberry Finn
If you throw 12 strikes in a row in a game of bowling, you'll achieve this perfect score.
What is 300
This famous animated duo was named in a contest for $800. The winner chose the two names based off a cocktail.
What is Tom & Jerry
Ancestry/family tree background; (7)
What is Lineage
Each take from 1930s robberies committed by this pair was rarely more than $1,000.
What is Bonnie & Clyde
In this Hemingway WWI novel, ambulance driver Frederic Henry falls in love with British nurse Catherine Barkley.
What is A Farewell to Arms
Baskin-Robbins ice cream started out offering this many flavors, the number even being hidden in their logo.
What is 31
It's the term for where a river's mouth meets the ocean.
What is Estuary
Clothing worn by an acrobat; (7)
What is Leotard
His "Last Stand" came at the hands of the Cheyenne & the Sioux.
Who is George Custer
Washington Irving's tale of this farmer who takes a big snooze was based on a German folktale.
Who is Rip Van Winkle
Rome was built (not in a day) but on this many hills.
What is 7
This fast food chain built a portable restaurant to be raised and lowered for the construction workers during the building of the One World Trade Center.
What is Subway
To set free from oppression; (8)
What is Liberate
An excise officer in England, he hunted for smugglers & collected taxes before coming to America & writing "The Crisis."
Who is Thomas Paine
The "winner" of the title event of this Shirley Jackson story is stoned to death.
What is The Lottery
Social scientist Herbert P. Windschitl released a 2003 book of this many "affirmations" to improve the mind (just enough for Scheherazade).
What is 1,001
In the Southern Hemisphere summer begins in this month.
What is December