It's said walking out into this season's humid weather in D.C. is like "stepping into the breath of a large dog"
Summer
Ocean you'd cross if you rowed from the Cape of Good Hope to Cape Horn the short way
The (South) Atlantic Ocean
Nicknamed "the flower with a face", this "wimpy" bloom is a domesticated violet
Pansy
Comes as a "stic", a "clic", or the type that you "flick"
bic
According to popular saying, if something works, don't do this to it
fix it
This best-known composer of patriotic marches was, fittingly, a D.C. native son
John Philip Sousa
The Straits of Mackinac connect Huron with this lake
Lake Michigan
From French for "buttonhole", it's a flower worn in one
Boutonniere
To some, a dog or a frog; to others, a brand of evaporated milk
pet
Shortened name for type of cable bringing this answer to your TV, if you have CATV
coax
Its museums' collections include Charles Lindbergh's plane & George Washington's false teeth
The Smithsonian
Any 3 countries bordering the Baltic Sea
(3 of)
Sweden, Finland, Russia, Poland, East Germany, West Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
Classical Greek name for the daffodil, from myth about a vain youth turned into a flower
a narcissus
Not to be left out, in early 1985 this other Coca Cola cola acquired a new taste, too
Tab
Semi-precious stone with alternating color bands, seen frequently making a cameo appearance
Onyx
Main N/S streets are numbered, E/W streets lettered, & diagonals named for these
the states
WWII Japanese offensive was checked for 1st time in this sea named for its many reefs
The Coral Sea
Known also as the marsh marigold, it sounds like it could be bovine lingerie
the cowslip
Using a scent, not an extract, it's "lemon"ed for your nose's benefit, not your dishes'
Joy
After 273 yrs., the Royal Greenwich Observatory moved to castle in this English coastal county
Sussex
In 1974, for 1st time in over 100 years, D.C. residents were allowed to vote for this
A city government
The Salmon River in this Western state is longest U.S. river entirely within 1 state
Idaho
Flowers ending with bane, such as the dogbane, were believed to be this
Poisonous
This cleaning product's "target" is your teeth
Aim
American actress whose career saw the "Light in the Piazza" before she stumbled into "The Black Hole"
Yvette Mimieux