Please Bear With Me
A Feb. 2023 headline said this movie about one seriously hopped-up ursine “snorts up $23 million opening weekend”
What is Cocaine Bear
In this Edgar Allan Poe story, our loopy narrator kills an old man, but thinks he still hears part of his victim beating on
What is The Tell Tale Heart
World War II rationing meant bakers used beetroot juice for this colorful cake that’s now made with food coloring
What is red velvet cake
All powerful, like God (10 letters)
What is omnipotent
No running near the pool! Save your energy for this swimming stroke with an insect name; you’ll need your legs to dolphin kick
What is butterfly
Wocka wocka! To voice this Muppet, Frank Oz said, “I had to flesh him out, so I made him desperately insecure”
Who is Fozzie Bear
Halfway through this Gillian Flynn novel, we move from one unreliable narration, Nick, to his wife, Amy Dunne
What is Gone Girl
Though it sounds European, the name of this cake refers to the brand of chocolate used, not its country of origin
What is German chocolate cake
A human-eating monster from fairy tales (4 letters)
What is an ogre
A rare archery feat in which one arrow splits another that’s already lodged in the target is named after this storied outlaw
What is Robin Hood
Movie within a movie time! In the “Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent,” Nic Cage & Pedro Pascal swoon over this Brit based bear “2”
Who is Paddington
No doubts here, this narrator of “American Psycho” deadpans to another, “I’m utterly insane”
Who is Patrick Bateman
The spiral shape of the sponge cake and what it’s filled with are big hints to the name of this treat
What is jelly roll
Singularly oppressive or burdensome (7 letters)
What is onerous
olympics.com describes this sport as “formerly the world’s major form of long-distance trade and transport”
What is sailing
This man as Jackie Moon, after a stunt on the court with a bear goes awry in “Semi-Pro.” “If you have a small child, use it as a shield
Who is Will Ferrel
The obsessive narrator in this du Maurier novel isn’t the title woman; the previous Mrs. de Winter died suspiciously
What is Rebecca
Jenny Akerstrom created princess cake, which is covered with a green layer of this sweetened almond paste
What is marzipan
Up to the chef, in Japanese (7 letters)
What is omakase
Smaller than half a square inch, the triple 20 is the highest-value subsection of the board in this sport
What is darts
Phil Harris provided the bear necessities as this character in 1967’s “The Jungle Book”
Who is Baloo
Merricat Blackwood, who narrates her book “We Have Always Lived in the Castle,” is a superstitious woman from a dark family
Who is (Shirley) Jackson
Michael Bras was inspired by an apres-ski hot cocoa when he invented his version of this cak with its signature ganache core
What is lava cake
Neither perpendicular nor parallel (7 letters)
What is oblique
2024 Olympics fans went nuts for Yusuf Dikeç, a silver medalist in shooting from this country
What is Turkey