POP CULTURE RELATIVES?
Movie characters cross over when a fedora-wearing archaeologist from 1981 sweeps a title diarist from 2001 off her feet
Indiana & Bridget Jones
A whit or a jot, an owl may not give one, but then again it may
a hoot
You forced yourself to do a difficult job, so yes, you had to "bite" this projectile but no, not literally
the bullet
S.F. attraction that despite “ups & downs” reopened in time for the Democratic Convention
the cable cars
Groucho Marx depended on this bird to bring him the secret word on "You Bet Your Life"
a duck
It's said he lived to be 950 years old, including 350 after the flood
Noah
It's pretty obvious Captain America's alter ego & the man with a TV "Neighborhood" are both superheroes, so maybe cousins too?
Steve & Fred Rogers
You're free as a bird if you fly this & we don't mean a 2-door automobile
a coop
Though the cause had a lot of mass appeal, you only "jumped on" one of these conveyances proverbially
the bandwagon
Hollywood eatery named for the hat Al Smith wore there
the Brown Derby
Like a myna & parrot, some species of this black bird can be taught to talk
crow
"Lone Ranger" announcer asked listeners to "Return with us now to the those thrilling days of..."
yesteryear
The diva who sang "Love Takes Time", comes on down! & hangs out with the host of "The Price is Right"
Mariah & Drew Carey
A farewell performance is this type of song
a swan song
Studying for that test until dawn, you "burned" this timely 2-word phrase but probably not for real, as it's not 1855
the (mid)night oil
One of the Big 3 of the Confederacy carved on Stone Mountain in Georgia
Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis or Stonewall Jackson
Pronounced one way, it's a bird; pronounced another way it means "jumped in head first"
dove
A subordinate who indiscriminately agrees with a superior
yes man
We'd actually love to see a wacky family sitcom with Al Pacino's "Scarface" character & Miley Cyrus' TV one
Tony Hannah Montana
In the rhyme "Sing a Song of Sixpence", the maid had this body part pecked off by a blackbird
the nose
A tailor using a certain number of yards of material to make a suit is one theory of being "dressed to" these
the nines
“The Shot Heard ’Round the World” was fired in this Massachusetts town
Lexington
Often found in crossword puzzles, this sea eagle can also be a 3-letter bird when its final E is dropped
an erne
From Latin for "nine", it's a Catholic devotion that's repeated 9 times
novena
The 2 "Property Brothers" could help Steve Carell's "Office" role set up a new plasma TV in his condo (we need all 3 names)
Jonathan, Drew & Michael Scott
It can precede tip, nut or ding
wing
Using every means available, you "pulled out all" these, like pipe organists once did to get full volume
the stops
Color of the “Hills” that hold Mt. Rushmore
the Black Hills
The white & glossy varieties of this bird live in the Americas, the sacred in Egypt
an ibis
Its chemical name is p-aminobenzoyl-diethylamino-ethanol hydrochloride
novocaine