Celebrations of the Month
Mother Goose Day, as well as Mother's Day
May
In Krzysztof Kieslowski's "Three Colors" film series:
"Red", "White" & _____
blue
Businesses & professors are among those who give the court information to help one party in an amicus curiae brief, Latin for this
friend of the court
Mixologist is a glorified term for this
a bartender
"Moon" adjective
(5 letters)
lunar
Black History Month
February
The 3 states with the highest number of electoral college votes:
California, New York & _____
Texas
In many states, a borrower who couldn't pay the mortgage has the right of redemption, to stop this process until auction time
foreclosure
Filet mignon is cut from this
the tenderloin
"Flesh devouring" adjective
(11 letters)
carnivorous
[DD]
Pi Day,
on the 14th
March
Inferior planets:
Mercury, _____
Venus
[DD]
Let's get inventive & file one of these; the 3 types are utility, plant & design
patent
One must "demonstrate a practical use of the taut-line hitch" to achieve this scouting rank
Tenderfoot
"Before the war"
(10 letters)
antebellum
National Humor Month & in New England, Patriots' Day
April
Before Alice joins them, the 3 sitting at the table for the tea party:
Mad Hatter, March Hare & _____
the Dormouse
It was this 3-named junior on the Supreme Court who gave the "Clear & Present Danger" restraint on free speech
(Oliver Wendell) Holmes
Bonnie Prince Charlie, who claimed he was England's rightful king, was known as the "Young" one
Pretender
"Underground"
(12 letters)
subterranean
National Native American Heritage Month & in England, Guy Fawkes Day
November
The sons of George H.W. Bush:
George, Jeb, Marvin & _____
Neil
If a judge has ruled against a case & said another lawsuit can't be filed on the same grounds, it's been "dismissed with" this
prejudice
If you've been "left to" someone's this 2-word idiom, you have no protection from whatever they wish to do with you
tender mercies
"The knowledge of laws"
(13 letters)
jurisprudence