STREET SMARTS
It's a street without an exit, or a phrase commonly used of some jobs
Dead End
Singer P!nk is a cover girl for this brand of makeup
Cover Girl
Both Cervantes & Ben Franklin wrote, "A word to" these people "is enough"
The Wise
Lucy was quite fond of deriding Charlie Brown with this 9-letter term for a less-than-intelligent person
Blockhead
He played himself in 1942's "Pride of the Yankees" & also in "Over the Fence", "Perfect Control" & "Slide, Babe, Slide"
Babe Ruth
Developed to treat sunburn, this cream got its name after a customer said it knocks eczema out
Noxzema
A recessed area at the side of a road to carry off surface water; keep your mind out of it
Gutter
Launched in 1990, this weekly magazine from Time Inc. covers all aspects of the entertainment industry
Entertainment Weekly
Adjective for a blade that has just been honed
Sharp
Archie Bunker called Edith this, also an ornamental typographical character
Dingbat
He formed United Artists with Griffith, Pickford & Fairbanks & in 1915 lost a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest
Charlie Chaplin
Style that got its name from 1925's Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs
Art Deco
While British prime minister, Margaret Thatcher had gates put up on the Whitehall end of this street
Downing St.
The thoroughbred racehorse Man O' War lost only one race: a 1919 upset to a horse named this
Upset
Preceded by "un", it means mysterious; we want the 5-letter version meaning clever
Canny
Shortly after "imbalance" in the dictionary is this noun denoting one who is stupid & inane
Imbecile
In 2004 this company unleashed its legal aces on 17-year-old Mike Rowe in a phonetic dispute over a domain name
Microsoft
This kind of material has superconductivity, which means it has no electrical resistance at very low temperatures
superconductor
The shape of narrowing lanes for drivers gives us this term for the congestion that results
Bottleneck
Among the holdings of this British museum are the Elgin Marbles & the Rosetta Stone
The British Museum
A gem with this cut resembles 2 truncated pyramids set base to base
Brilliant
It was also called a fool's cap
Dunce Cap
In 1778 he wrote, "Sense of pain is the first symptom of recovery in profound stupefactions"
Thomas Paine
If you want to go to this country that was once part of the Gold Coast, fly into Lome
Togo
Camino real is Spanish for this type of "road"
Royal
On the periodic table of elements, which ranks as a great scientific tool, horizontal rows are also called these
Periods
This adjective that means "cunning" probably comes from the name of a "tamed" insectivore
Shrewd
Synonyms for this one-word rhyme include lamebrain, dodo, yo-yo & dum-dum
Nitwit
I love the French name of this lingerie line being produced by actress Jaime Pressly
J'Aime
This acronym refers to a family with a single income, 2 children & an oppressive mortgage
SITCOM