The Previous World Leader
Words of Weather
More Than One Meaning
Tough To Spell
2-Word Palindromes
400

Before Raúl Castro, this guy 5 years older than Raúl

Who is Fidel Castro?

400

To those hoping to harvest, literally &/or figuratively: it's when you should make hay, according to a proverb

What is "When the Sun Shines"?

400

Where performers are farthest from a theater audience, or to draw attention away from others to yourself

What is Upstage?

400

It's the "R" in the musical genre name "R&B", & it's a bit tougher to spell than the "B"

What is Rhythm?

400

A sinister Kalamata

What is an Evil Olive?

800

Hu Jintao preceded him as president of China.

Who is Xi Jinping?

800

Don't "spout" off about trivial things; you might be accused of brewing one of these mini-squalls 

What is a Tempest in a Teapot?

800

The force of one object hitting another, or to have a direct effect on.

What is Impact?

800

A handy spelling mnemonic: this word referring to writing paper has an "E" for "envelope"; its homonym has an "A" for "at rest" 

What is Stationery?
800

A drinking receptacle used to hold Juicy Fruit or Trident

What is a Gum Mug

1200

Before Monegasque ruler prince Albert II

Who is Prince Rainer III?

1200

Get engaged at someone else's engagement party & you've committed this larceny?

What is "Stealing Thunder"?

1200

To abrade, or to feed in a field

What is Graze?

1200

To avoid spelling this Yiddish word for, say, your BTS snow globe, try an easier-to-spell synonym like "curio" or "doodad"

What is a Tchotchke?

1200

Your holdings of Au are chronicled in a written record or diary

What is a Gold Log?

1600

He handed the reins to Justin Trudeau?

Who is Stephen Harper?

1600

Don't look for this hyphenated companion when dark clouds roll in.

What is a Fair-Weather Friend?

1600

Made clear or easier to understand, or the type of manuscript seen in the middle ages and Lindisfarne Gospels.

What is Illuminated?

1600

At least to the James Beard Foundation, there's no "N" on the menu when spelling this word for the owner of an eatery

What is a Restaurateur?

1600

A treat after a long day of work in a sliding box in a chest

What is a Drawer Reward?
2000

Preceding Nelson Mandela, he became second deputy president in the new government?

Who is F. W. de Klerk?

2000

It's what you've captured if you achieve unlikely success; very loosely speaking, Ben Franklin caught some in a Leyden jar.

What is "Lightning in a Bottle"?

2000

To discover by intuition, or given by or proceeding from God.

What is Divine?

2000

These pups were called "badger dogs" to disassociate them from Germany after WWI; as a bonus, the non-German name was easier to spell

What is a Dachshund?

2000

I've done this, dug in the earth to find blue twill-woven fabric used to make jeans

What is Mined Denim?

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