Rocks and Minerals
Utah's state rock, it's burned to produce heat & electricity
coal
An ache, or a piece of glass in a window
a pain/pane
Rooney Mara is NFL royalty: her relatives founded the Steelers & also this New York team
the NY Giants
Poe's "ebony bird"
raven
Disproving the adage that you can't teach an old one new tricks, these pets learned to drive as part of an SPCA campaign
dogs
Mount Rushmore is carved into a cliff made of this coarse rock
granite
Got up, or lines of seats
rose/rows
He's the JT in JT & the Tennessee kids, seen on the Grammys in 2013 performing "suit & tie"
Justin Timberlake
Dante's trilogy
"The Divine Comedy"
Bill Maher said if this real estate tycoon could prove his dad isn't an orangutan, Maher would give him $5 million
Donald Trump
Lodestone, a natural picker-upper, is a variety of this mineral
that's named for
its attractive properties
magnetite
To give advice, or an assembly formed to reach conclusions
counsel/council
This "Family Guy" guy hosted the Oscars in 2013
Seth MacFarlane
Sidney's form in "Astrophel and Stella"
a sonnet (3x stumper)
Some golf opens
have weather delays. The one in this country, seen here, was delayed by interference on the fairway
Australia
Composed mostly of talc, this soft rock derives its name from its greasy feel, but don't try to wash with it
A meteorological environment, or to go up a mountain
clime/climb
She appeared on the cover of the 2013 Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition with the caption "polar bare"
Kate Upton
Whitman's 1855 collection
"Leaves of Grass"
Just like our "yule log", Norwegian public TV aired 12 hours of this--but with commentary!
a fireplace
Named for its scaly, snakelike appearance, this mineral commonly passes for jade
serpentine (3x stumper)
A small bit of land surrounded by water, or a small hole for the passage of a shoelace
an islet/eyelet
Chris Pratt, goofy Andy on "Parks and Recreation", played one of the members of this elite group in "zero dark thirty"
SEAL Team Six
Langland's 14th century title "Plowman"
"Piers the Plowman" (3x stumper)
TV viewers were warned of zombies rising from their graves when this warning system, EAS for short, was hacked in 2013
The Emergency Alert System (3x stumper)