CURRENT EVENTS
POP MUSIC
7-LETTER WORDS
LET'S TAKE A WALK
DD!!
200
On Aug. 8, 2022 FBI agents executed a search warrant here, which Donald Trump calls "my beautiful home"
Mar-a-Lago
200
"Easy come, easy go, little high, little low", says "Bohemian Rhapsody" by this group
Queen
200
Sauerkraut is fermented this
cabbage
200
A Sony exec wanting to hear opera was the original impetus for this portable cassette player
the Walkman
200
This pain reliever went on the market in 1899, long before ibuprofen
aspirin
400
The latest sad result of climate change: drought has largely deprived France, where Grey Poupon was born, of this condiment
mustard
400
This '60s group loved the waves with hits like "Surfer Girl", "Surfin' Safari" & "Surfin' U.S.A."
The Beach Boys
400
It can mean both clothes to wash & a place to do it
laundry
400
Captain Hook made prisoners do this, involving a board leading over the water; real-life pirates, not so much
walk the plank
600
In the 2022 U.S. Open, likely the last tournament of her incredible career, she lost in a valiant third-round match
Serena Williams
600
"Valerie" is a soulful tune from this singer who died too young in 2011
Amy Winehouse
600
In Judaism, observance of this seventh day of the week begins just before sunset on Friday
shabbat (or the sabbath)
600
Someone going home early Sunday morning in Saturday night's clothes is taking this stroll
the walk of shame
800
This 3-digit national hotline phone number for suicide prevention went live in 2022
988
800
In a 2018 release, Childish Gambino told us in this song, "Don't catch you slippin' now, look what I'm whippin' now"
"This Is America"
800
As the song says, life is a this, a restaurant with booze & live entertainment
a cabaret
800
There's tension in the wire & among the crowd when these circus performers take their walk high in the air
a tightrope walker
1000
Subjected to Islamist death threats since the 1980s, this author was savagely attacked at a speaking engagement
Salman Rushdie
1000
A hit from 2012, "I Will Wait" is by this band who, despite the "Sons" in their name, are unrelated
Mumford and Sons
1000
Daily Double!!
This pain reliever went on the market in 1899, long before ibuprofen
1000
When Nancy Sinatra sang "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'", she probably meant these repetitive boots she favored
go-go boots