BEFORE & AFTER
Simple wooden furniture for lunch in a park that outlines what's contained in a book
A picnic table of contents
Proverbially, it "makes perfect"
Practice
"The Heart Of Rock & Roll" lead singer who also wrote "Alice in Wonderland"
Huey Lewis Carrol
Ship steering wheel
Helm
If buying stuff at the mall is your equivalent of a fifth of booze, you're this
A shopaholic
The "IT" in finance's REIT tips over backward, believing that it'll be caught
Investment Trust Fall
A 200th anniversary
Bicentennial
Folk trio that was "Blowin' In The Wind" with the writer of "Frankenstein"
Peter Paul and Mary Shelly
A guru's retreat in India
Ashram
In the late 19th century, new technology made possible this method of capital punishment
Electrocution
We'll see "The Friendly Confines" & lots of ivy on this group school outing in Chicago
Wrigly Field Trip
Pain-controlling care facility for the terminally ill
Hospice
"Super Freak" singer who also told "Tales of the South Pacific"
Rick James Michner
Immerse in liquid, as when washing dishes
Soak
Unpack the portmanteau word "bit" & you'll find it's made up of this word & "digit"
Binary
It's "your old" home turf where you really put your foot down about having that hamburger meat
stomping ground beef
It's a narrow opening in a cliff
Crevice
"Hit The Road Jack" with the singer & pianist who also came up with the theory of evolution by natural selection
Ray Charles Darwin
It's the Italian name for Florence
Firenze
From a gardening term, it's the way males deal with unwanted body hair
manscaping
Free 2-day shipping for $12.99 a month from Aristotle's entity that causes all motion
Amazon Prime Mover
Decorative molding along the top of a wall or building
Cornice
"Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" singer who takes up a pen & creates "The Mayor of Casterbridge"
BJ Thomas Hardy
Slang for a detective
Gumshoe
It's the word for online clickbait pieces with titles like "14 Ways Ferns Can Change Your Life"
A listicle