Beaches
The pink sands and crystal-clear waters of Elafonisi Beach await you on this island, 68 miles south of mainland Greece.
Crete
This Hans Christian Andersen story concludes, “his noblemen held high the train that wasn’t there at all”.
The Emperor's New Clothes
The college's color scheme & the nickname of certain French soldiers in WWI gave rise to this college sports team nickname.
Duke Blue Devils
Shrieve is an archaic variant of this job, but either way, looks like there’s a new one in town.
Sheriff
In other words, “on” this would be allied with those seraphim.
On The Side Of The Angels
Home to skyscraper hotels, nightclubs and 2016 Olympic beach volleyball, it's a narrow but famous part of Rio de Janeiro.
Copacabana
The setting of this 1,300+-page tale is chronologically first in James Clavell's “Asian Saga” series.
Shogun
This King of England Born c. 1028 was the son of a duke known as Robert the Devil & his mistress arlette.
William the Conqueror
Not necessarily a young lad, the second in command to the key grip or gaffer on a movie set is credited as this.
Best Boy
Women? Fine scotch? International banking? I know about them all, for I am this, the title of a 1773 novel by Henry Mackenzie.
Man Of The World
This Florida beach city just south of Cape Canaveral was a setting for “I Dream of Jeannie.”
Cocoa Beach
Vikram Seth's epic “A Suitable Boy” takes place amid the struggles of post-this India, the term for the 1947 split with Pakistan.
Partition
The 1926 film “Flesh & The Devil” helped make this Swedish actress a major movie star at age 21.
Garbo
One hired to transcribe documents has this gig, like a Melville title guy; we dare you to say Foretopman. We dare you.
Scrivener
Stationary phrase for a quick, rough calculation.
Back Of The Envelope
Of the 5 Normandy beaches assaulted on D-Day, this one between gold & sword was landed on by the Canadian 3rd Infantry.
Juno
Flannery O'Connor's story “A Good Man Is Hard To Find” is a classic of this disturbing sub genre that indicates a certain setting.
Southern Gothic
Orange Hawkweed is also known by this name, an indicator that you shouldn’t let it fall into idle artistic hands.
Devils Paintbrush
Latin for “hand” is one source of this word for someone who takes dictation or copies writing.
Amanuensis
When it seemed Joe Louis was fighting 12 times a year, sportswriters dismissed his opponents as this “club”.
Bum Of The Month
Near George Town on this island, the biggest in a British possession in the Caribbean, lies 5-Mile-Long 7-Mile Beach.
Grand Cayman
At the end of an Ambrose Bierce story, the protagonist is left dangling beneath the Timbers of this title structure.
Owl Creek Bridge
Erik Larson vaulted onto the best seller list with this true story of murder at the 1893 World's Fair In Chicago.
Devil In The White City
An army combat engineer, working on jobs from Road building to mine, clearing, is known by this 6-letter term.
Sapper
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In an early chapter of an 1864 book, the narrator says, “The very idea of going down” here “was simply absurd”.
Center Of The Earth