ABNORMAL BIOLOGY
This informal name for a migratory bird is also slang for a "prominently large nose"
What is a honker?
The crossword puzzle's origins can be traced back to a Sunday edition of the New York World in this quiet-before-the-storm year
When was 1913?
Generically, orange juice contains 138% of this essential vitamin's daily value
What is Vitamin C?
It could be said of Jane Austen's day that life was this
What is "simpler"?
Chess, whose framework originated in the 6th century CE, traces its roots to this modern-day country
Where is India?
Voted the third most common dog name of 2025 by the American Kennel Club, this not-so attention-getter is also the name of a common flower
What is Daisy?
Among the most commonly used words in the New York Times' crossword puzzle are "era," "Erie," "aloe," and this term, an abbreviation found at the airport
What is ETA?
Approximately 1 in 1,700 Americans have this in common with Bart and Lisa
What is a last name?
Prudence is defined as "the ability to govern and discipline oneself by the use of reason," via this online and in-print dictionary
What is Merriam-Webster?
Aboriginal Australians used this tool, now branded as a children's toy, to aid in hunting small birds
What is a boomerang?
Introduced to North America by European settlers, this backyard weed is becoming a nuisance in Alaska's Kenai Fjords National Park
What is the dandelion?
According to the Times, this sandwich cookie's name has appeared over 457 times in the puzzle since 1942
What is Oreo?
Third in orange production in the U.S. is this traditionally outlier state
Where is Texas?
Mr. Darcy would be awed upon learning of the advent of this modern preventive technology
What are contraceptives?
Utilized in volleyball is this scoring system, named after spurts of uninterrupted, continuous play from serve to finish
What is rally point?
Author of "Silent Spring" and catalyst in the nationwide ban on DDT, this conservationist was a notoriously unseasoned swimmer
Who was Rachel Carson?
This pop singer and acclaimed star included a mention of crossword puzzles in her album Red
Who is Taylor Swift?
Many memorabilia associated with football legend OJ Simpson involve this aspect of his public image
What is his signature?
This term, referring to excessive pride in one's own ethnicity, has been used to describe the rise of Nazism in post-WW1 Germany
What is ethnonationalism?
Among early dice games played in the American West were Chuck-a-Luck, Hazard, and this game, now a staple in casinos across the country
What is craps?
Weighing in at nearly 3 pounds, this behemoth squirrel species is outlawed in Europe due to its invasive nature and presence in the exotic pet trade
What is the fox squirrel?
Incepted in their September 1977 issue, this mixed-bag magazine has produced crossword puzzles on both a monthly and a daily basis since then
What is The Atlantic?
Contrary to popular belief, oranges did not originate in Florida, but rather in this geographic subsection of the East
Where is Southeast Asia?
What are brothers?
The new American pastime, according to speculation published in The New Yorker, is not baseball, but this rather
What is high school debate?