Sounds Like a Sandwich
The main character in a story, especially if brave & admirable
hero
Goal, swimsuit
Swimsuit
This bird can stop on a dime & hover while doing 4,000 wing beats per minute
hummingbird
In the "Shrek" movies, it's the name of the donkey voiced by Eddie Murphy
Donkey
Proverbially, "It's a marathon, not a" this
sprint
Until 1939 this nation was known as Siam
Thailand
A playing card suit, or a cudgel a
club
Rocks, brooms
curling
Scientists think the corvids, including the American & carrion this, are the smartest of all birds
crow
To get from Edinburgh to Gothenburg, go north & east across this sea
the North Sea
My secret is out! Selling homemade doilies to make some extra cash is my "side" this
hustle
This world capital was built on the ruins of the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan
Mexico City
An unkempt Biden or Pesci
Bindings & a tube with 22-foot-high walls
snowboarding
Related to pigeons but larger than turkeys, this bird was the 1st modern species to become extinct
dodo
The major powers of Europe were involved in this war that lasted the 7 years between 1756 & 1763
the Seven Years' War
You can shoot one out of a blowgun or toss one in a pub
dart
This city in northern Italy, the country's industrial center, got Europe's first electric power plant in 1883
Milan
Edmond Dantes found a fortune there
Monte Cristo
Hoops, ribbons
rhythmic gymnastics
Lack of a fully developed syrinx keeps this long-necked bird mostly voiceless, perhaps not to wake the baby it's bringing
stork
In Dutch, this royal was known as Willem Hendrik, Prins van Oranje
William of Orange
It's a word for a lightning strike or a fastening aid
bolt
Before it was a gulf that made 1960s news, it was a region of northern Vietnam
Tonkin
Government funds handed out to constituents--now taken away!
pulled pork
Horse, epee
modern pentathalon
Literally having this bird around your neck would be cumbersome, as the wandering type has an 11-foot wingspan
albatross
In 1981 this 9-letter word was added to the state flag of Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Word preceding a maddening "hour", or the band that did "Tom Sawyer"
rush
The site of a temple to Apollo & an ancient oracle, this city was located on the slopes of Mount Parnassus
Delphi