Rated "G"
Methane or laughing, for example Harwich, Mass. celebrates the harvest of this berry about 2 months before it's needed at Thanksgiving
gas (laughing gas accepted)
To put on the character & appearance of someone else, like a police officer, in which case it's a crime
impersonate
Take a small drink
sip
Raven or jet
black
He was the first to refer to the flag as a star-spangled banner
Francis Scott Key
A small, freshwater stream, perhaps babbling
a brook
The chief executive of a state
the governor
3-letter animal verb meaning "take more than your share of"
hog
It's the "stiff upper" projecting rim of a pitcher
lip
Alabaster or bone
white
You can fly the flag 24 hours a day, but if you fly it at night, you have to do this
light it
It used to mean to woo or court; now it means take to court
sue
Things are just right for trouble when this little fairy tale girl goes to the 3 bears' house
Goldilocks
To express one's own opinions, as if in a newspaper you ran
editorialize
Nada, nothing, or perhaps, to fasten your pants
zip
Mandarin or pumpkin
orange
The number of these was set by law in 1818, & it hasn't changed since
stripes
It precedes mater when referring to one's former school
alma
This natural wonder in Arizona can be up to a mile deep & 18 miles wide
the Grand Canyon
Verb commonly used with "a letter", "a lecture" & "a baby"
deliver
It can precede cord, tide & -roaring
rip
Dresden or cobalt
blue
The flag code says this is the preferable way to dispose of an old flag
by burning it
A female donkey
a jenny
Your mom may complain that your hands are this, meaning dirty or, more literally, infested with larvae
grubby
From the German for "punish", it's to fire on ground troops from a plane
strafe
After a 1997 golf injury, Evel Knievel got this body part replaced
hip
Slate or mouse
gray
It was reported that the flag first flew here April 6, 1909
North Pole
"And then there's" this shawl or wrap, made of gray striped plaid, that's worn in Scotland
maud