E3
A person who's busy on Election Day might cast his vote this way.
Absentee
This word for an inclined trough is paired with "Ladders" in the name of a board game.
Chute
To set 2 watches to precisely the same time.
Synchronize
"Paint it _____ &"
"Back to _____"
Black
This adjective meaning loathsome is etymologically related to the word horror.
Abhorrent
Put the pedal to the metal & increase your speed.
Accelerate
Smokestack is a synonym for this, from which smoke escapes.
Chimney
This term for a trio of close associates comes from an 1844 novel.
Three Musketeers.
"Used To Be ___" &
"Live While We're ____"
Young
It means to sear with a hot iron or such in order to close a wound.
Cauterize
The transitional teenage years between puberty & adulthood.
Adolescence
This radicchio relative can be dried, roasted & used as a substitute for coffee.
Chicory
Refined & sophisticated, or at an advanced stage of cultural & social development.
Civilized
"Bad ____",
"Jealous ____" &
"Ordinary Average ____"
Guy
If you're friendly & agreeable, especially to eating & drinking, you're this, from the Latin for "live together."
Convivial
It's a right held by one property owner to make use of the land of another for a limited purpose.
An Easement
The name of this upscale casino game is French for "railroad", from the speed of the game.
Chemin-de-fer
It's a lightweight, puckered fabric of linen or cotton.
Seersucker
"I Gotta ____" &
"Hooked On A ____"
Feeling
This term for a volley from multiple rifles begins with "F."
A Fusillade
This portion of the brain coordinates voluntary movements & balance.
The Cerebellum.
In heraldry it's a design shaped like an upside-down V.
Chevron
To form a solid made of atoms in symmetry, like feldspar or quartz.
Crystallize
"Jungle ____" &
"Boot Scootin' ____"
Boogie
The chief officer in a district (such as a shire) in Anglo-Saxon England.
Ealdorman