A Dickens classic:
"Grandes Esperanzas"
Great Expectations
Its menu has both a Daily Double & a McDouble
McDonald's
A miser would claim this adjective with pride
Frugal
Chuck a weapon called this, used by Aborigines; a good throw can send one 550 feet before it begins its return to sender
I have a craving for this unleavened bread traditionally eaten during Passover
Matza
Oddly, the "small" one of these organs is 25 feet long, the "large" one only 5
The Intestines
A classic:
"La Letra Escarlata"
The Scarlet Letter
It got flak when its footlong sandwiches measured only 11 inches
Subway
The Carnival cruise with this name, for older women & younger men, only sailed once
The Cougar Cruise
Hurl a baseball well & you'll have a good WHIP, a newer stat short for these & hits per innings pitched
Walk
I'm really in the mood to play this board game that features the Chocolate Swamp & Gumdrop Mountain
Candyland
If these 2 external veins in your neck are bulging, it may not be anger but heart disease
The Jugular
Yo ho ho:
"La Isla del Tesoro
Treasure Island
You can get a Crown Card from this chain
Burger King
This country had an Armada too, but an English fleet defeated it in 1615
Portugal
Heave a 16-pound sphere called this 74 feet & you'll have an Olympic record
Shotput
For a pet, I want this marsupial named for an island state, but its diet of roadkill & dead sheep ain't at Petco
Tasmanian Devil
Located at the back of the heel, it is the thickest & most powerful tendon in the body
The Achilles Tendon
Be Wells-read:
"La Maquina del Tiempo"
The Time Machine
Its headquarters are on a street named for its founder, a 15-minute drive from Churchill Downs
KFC
9-letter word meaning to present a pill or bad news so it's easier to swallow
Sugarcoat
Toss a heavy wooden pole called a caber at these "Games" held in Inverness, Scotland every summer
The Highland Games
I have to visit this world capital, though its name is Malay for "muddy estuary"
Kuala Lumpur
DAILY DOUBLE
About 80% of this organ can be removed without creating an insufficiency of the insulin it produces
Beloved by girls:
"Mujercitas"
Little Women
"Under the Roof" is a trademark of this pizzeria
Pizza Hut
It's known as a fictitious force, meaning it's only apparent within a specific frame of reference, like a spinning carousel
Centrifugal
Chuck a sporting item called this; a "leaner" against a stake counts for 1 point
Horseshoe
I gotta wear this brand of pants--the stripes are slimming, right?
Zubaz
Yawning or swallowing opens this tube that extends down from the middle ear
Eustachian tube