Huey Long
Louisiana
An infant might exhibit this type of "anxiety" when taken away from someone to whom they have a strong attachment
separation
A box for fishing gear, or a defensive football play
tackle
It's thought Chinese emperor Qin Shi Huang died after ingesting this liquid element that he believed would make him immortal
Mercury
A mind puzzle:
DR. DELI
a riddle
For Vermont:
Statesman Jacob Collamer & this "Green Mountain Boy"
Ethan Allen
Submissive & pugnacious are synonyms for the 2 words in this type of behavior; fine. Whatever
passive-aggressive
Last name of the singer of "What A Wonderful World" in '67 & the man who got a Moon's-eye view of it in '69
Armstrong
Crimes punishable by death in this 282-law collection included robbery, false accusation & priestesses drinking with commoners
The Code of Hammurabi
It's deceptive:
BUST REFUGE
subterfuge
Father Damien
Hawaii
The DSM-5 psychiatry text defines it as "persistent difficulty discarding or parting with possessions"
hoarding
The organ that weighs around 3 pounds in an adult, or Pinky's cartoon pal voiced by Maurice LaMarche
Pinky
In "Meditations" this Roman emperor reminds himself not to be irritated at other people's bad breath: "That's the way his mouth is"
Marcus Aurelius
Like that "object of desire":
ECO RUBS
Obscure
For Oklahoma: Sequoyah and this humorist
Will Rogers
Many speculate that Belle in "Beauty and the Beast" has this syndrome identified in the 1970s; Emma Watson weighed in to disagree
Stockholm syndrome
A vice president under Thomas Jefferson, or the funky leader of Parliament Funkadelic
George Clinton
Praising the defense of democracy, Pericles' funeral oration of 431 B.C. was given for soldiers fallen in this conflict
The Peloponnesian War
Not clear:
I AM BOGUS--U?
ambiguous
Helen Keller: This southern state
Alabama
In the operant kind of this learning process, desired behavior is rewarded; respond correctly & you'll get $2,000
conditioning
Last name of a Watergate burglar, or a nickname of Robert Dole's wife, who has lived at the Watergate
Liddy
The Pyramids of Meroƫ in modern-day Sudan were built in the land of this 4-letter ancient kingdom
Kush
Adjective for specialized knowledge:
SO RECITE
esoteric