21st CENTURY DEALS
In 2015 representatives of 195 nations agreed to a landmark climate change accord in this city
Paris
This royal elephant in a green three-piece suite was created by illustrator Jean de Brunhoff
Babar
I like eggs this way, not stolen in violation of game laws but cooked in water just below the boiling point
poached
A 14-line poem in iambic pentameter
a sonnet
"Unable to read and write"
illiterate
This telecom co. dating back to the early days of the telephone bought DirecTV for about $50 billion
AT&T
Kids really dig this 1998 book featuring Stanley Yelnats & Zero, 2 of the young inmates at Camp Green Lake
Holes
Nachos supreme & the Meximelt are on this fast food chain's menu
Taco Bell
The horizontal part in football goalposts
a crossbar
A 7-letter "preventative inoculation to confer immunity"
a vaccine
Samuel Taylor Coleridge is not a signatory to ACAP, the Agreement on the Conservation of these & Petrels
an albatross
In a Dr. Seuss story he said, with fingers nervously drumming, "I must find some way to stop Christmas from coming!
the Grinch
This process of steeping a food in a seasoned liquid should be done in the refrigerator if you're doing it overnight
marinating
Circling the wagons, a Conestoga was larger than a prairie this
a schooner
A breakfast "batter cake", or "to speak or write equivocally"
Metlife used Snoopy in ads, but paid more than peanuts to get its name on the stadium shared by these 2 NFL teams
The New York Giants and New York Jets
Fast friends Jess & Leslie create a secret & magical kingdom across the creek in this Katherine Paterson book
Bridge to Terabithia
This Swedish word is a buffet meal of various hot & cold meats & cheeses
a smorgasbord
The -ly in the word correctly, for example
suffix
"A German emperor"
a kaiser
The U.K. & the Philippines signed one of these treaties, so London crooks can't hide out in Luzon any more
an extradition treaty
Lois Lowry won a 1990 Newbery Medal for this book about helping Jews to escape Denmark & the Nazis during World War II
Number the Stars
Mangoes & bell peppers are loaded with ascorbic acid, AKA this
Vitamin C
This pendent ornament will be on your head at graduation
a tassel
"A tentlike dwelling of the Mongol(s)... covered by felt or skins"
a yurt