Books
The children in this 1981 Chris Von Allsburg book play a jungle board game that turns real
Jumanji
Inuit boat or travel website
Kayak
This dinosaur was swift, but not as fast or as smart as in "Jurassic Park"; it did have that scary sickle-like claw, though
Velociraptor
As Ernie, Jim Henson was “awfully fond” of this title toy than earned him a hit record
Rubber Ducky
Lump of wisdom or chicken (6)
Nugget
Jim Hawkins, the Hispaniola's cabin boy, narrates this Robert Louis Stevenson tale
Dud
When the first specimen of this horned dinosaur was found in Colorado in 1887, it was mistaken for an extinct buffalo
Triceratops
What kid's television show where you could “dance your cares away” was set underground and was inhabited by characters like Gobo and Wembley
Fraggle Rock
Fraction's top half (9)
Numerator
Popular books by this author include "Ramona the Pest" & "The Mouse and the Motorcycle"
Beverly Cleary
Muscle "cuff" that permits free shoulder movement
Rotator
"Sue", the skeleton of this creature, is an attraction at Chicago's Field Museum
Tyrannosaurus Rex
This puppeteer, voice actor, and close friend of Jim Henson was the performer behind a number of muppets including Fozzie Bear and Miss Piggy. He went on to become a successful director and was also the voice and puppeteer of Yoda in the Star Wars movies.
Frank Oz
Buddhist freedom, maybe for Dave Grohl (7)
Nirvana
This was the full, legal name of Dr. Seuss
Theodore Seuss Geisel
Jeff Gordon's company vehicle
Racecar
The Stegosaurus lived 150 million years ago; this even more heavily-armored grade A relative came 80 million years later
Ankylosaurus
The Skeksis and the Mystics were saved by the Gelflings in this 1982 fantasy film directed by Henson and Oz
The Dark Crystal
Amiable French city (4)
Nice
He illustrated Else Minarik's "Little Bear" books as well as his own "Where the Wild Things Are"
Maurice Sendak
To be turned into a God
Deified
The name of the Laplatasaurus honors a river on the border of Uruguay & this country
Argentina
This Jim Henson Company produced series ran on the Sci-Fi Channel for five seasons and spawned a successful mini-series. The cast included two puppet main characters in Rygel and Pilot
Farscape
Ornamental recess (5)
Niche