This Planet
...is called Earth's twin, but it must be fraternal, as we don't enjoy the same thick clouds of sulfuric acid
Venus
Grip the ball with your index and middle fingers along the narrow part of the seams to throw this sinking, two-seam variety of this basic baseball pitch
a fastball
Rihanna sang of this title treat, "can't wait to blow my candles out"
birthday cake
HNL: Shaka, brah!
Hawaii
A 2014 film: "Captain America: The ____ Soldier"
Winter
...has about a dozen moons at least 6 miles in diameter, including Ganymede
Jupiter
To keep a football pass on target, throw it so it spins in a tight one of these 6-letter motions
a spiral
Formed in Seattle, not Atlanta, The Presidents of the United States of America nevertheless desired "Millions Of" these
peaches
LIT: A wee city in this state
Arkansas
By Megan Thee Stallion: "Hot Girl ____"
Summer
...can get within about 29 million miles of the sun
Mercury
If your basketball team is extra savvy, you can teach them this motion offense named for an Ivy League school & its Tigers
Princeton
On "Check Mr. Popeye", seminal Jersey rocker Southside Johnny asks, is this "running low"
spinach
MGM: Not a studio, it's a southern thing
Alabama
A Broadway musical: "____ Awakening"
Spring
...is noted for a dark gap called the Cassini division
Saturn
In a classic volleyball scoring sequence, this finishing hit follows "bump, set"
spike (double jeopardy)
Warrant had a Top 10 hit with this song about a dessert (really), "put a smile on your face, ten miles wide"
cherry pie
SAF: Get enchanted there
New Mexico
A play by James Goldman: "The Lion in ____"
Winter
...may have used its gravity to capture an independent object that would become one of its moons--Triton
Neptune
If your golf ball gets stuck in a bunker, reach for this club with a loft of around 54 to 56 degrees & an "S" on the head
the sand wedge
Kendrick Lamar quoted a folk saying when he sang, "The blacker the berry", then this result
the sweeter the juice
BTR: It's on the Mississippi
Louisiana
Directed by Ingmar Bergman: "____ Sonata"
Autumn