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To stop your car &
to fracture, hopefully while not stopping your car too fast
brake/ break
To enhance an outfit by adding something nice &
the expression of admiration you receive after you do tha
A
In Ancient Egypt, locals often called it Iteru, meaning "river
The Nile
I'm a proud non-smoker, but why are these "ships of the desert" in a caravan when a pack of them would have been spot on?
a camel
Caraway seeds are added to the dough before kneading when making this bread, the standard for a Reuben sandwich
rye bread
If walking in the Smithsonian with a used gum wrapper, don't put it in the trash can occupied by him on "Sesame Street"
Oscar the Grouch
Wheat finely ground into a powder &
a peony or petunia
flour/ flower
"Greetings", Robert De Niro's film debut in 1968, was also the first movie in the U.S. to get this rating
X
In Germany, "Donner" & "Blitz" are atmospheric events that translate to thunder & this
Lightning
A bunch of turkeys seems perfect, but they collectivize as a this, a group gathered by a sheriff to go after Old West bad guys
a posse
Your falafel will taste better if this pocket bread is freshly baked (& it only takes about 4 minutes to knead & 3 minutes in the oven)
pita
You can't spell "garbage" without this kind of boat; the Mobro wandered around the Atlantic in 1987 with 3,000 tons of New York trash
a barge
Granola or Count Chocula &
a story published in sections in consecutive issues of a magazine
cereal/ serial
"Greetings", Robert De Niro's film debut in 1968, was also the first movie in the U.S. to get this rating
Q
One translation of "Kaibab", a Paiute name for this Arizona landmark, is "mountain lying down"
The Grand Canyon
A neck of these African beasts would have almost been as appropriate as a tower of them i
a giraffe
From the French for "rod", this long & narrow loaf is great for a po-bo
a baguette
KitchenAid makes a stainless steel one to turn your overflowing stinky bag into a handy brick--not a garbage smusher, a...
(trash) compactor
Somewhat average or about adequate &
the price an airline charges for a ticket
fair/ fare
It precedes "Claudius" in the title of a 1934 historical novel by Robert Grave
I
A sacred event in Navajo tradition, it's the celestial phenomenon known as jóhonaa'éí daaztsá, or "the Sun is dead"
A Solar Eclipse
A hypnosis of cobras would have been pretty cool to say, but the slitherers group as a this, a long case that holds arrows
a quiver
After you knead the dough for this Jewish bread that's traditional for Shabbat, you start braiding it; bake until golden
challah
One of these in Jersey City, once full of garbage, toxic waste & just maybe Jimmy Hoffa, is becoming a park
a dump or landfill
To enhance an outfit by adding something nice &
the expression of admiration you receive after you do tha
complement/ compliment
A Roman 500, or a report card grade you'd prefer not to see
D
Known as Chogori in a local dialect, it got its English name after it was the 2nd peak in the Karakoram Range to be measured
K2
Damon Albarn led a band of them that ends with a "Z"; these primates band together as well, but we'd go with a magilla
gorillas
There are a total of 3 C's in the name of this Italian bread that can be made with minimal (or even no!) kneading
focaccia
A 2012 first-in-the-nation Vermont law says scraps from home cooking may not go in regular trash but must become thi
compost