"MOTHER", "FATHER", "SISTER", "BROTHER"
Bearded codger carrying a scythe & an hourglass
Father Time
Naval engineer Richard James invented this classic toy after watching a spring fall from a table
To "paper" someone at his front door is to give him this before turning the place upside-down
a search warrant
He's the only signer the World Almanac lists with the occupation "printer, publisher"
Benjamin Franklin
A high school requirement for many, it's the scientific study of life
biology
Your native language
mother tongue
Appropriately, Bacchus is often depicted in art holding this fruit
grapes
A record of arrests, or the name of a hip-hop magazine
rap sheet
Francis Lewis was the only signer born in this U.K. country--he was from Llandaff
Wales
William James wished that "by treating" this discipline "like a natural science" it would help it to become one
psychology
Dostoyevsky's last novel
"The Brothers Karamazov"
Young Dill in "To Kill a Mockingbird" was inspired by this author of "In Cold Blood"
Truman Capote
Don't sweat it, just tell us "the box" is this investigative machine
lie detector
Before Benjamin Harrison landed the job of signer, he was getting his hands dirty in this occupation
farmer
In 1585 Pope Sixtus V condemned the practice of this; wonder if anyone saw that coming?
astrology
The inner iridescent layers of the shells of many bivalve mollusks
mother of pearl
In 1962 he became the first Australian to win the Grand Slam of tennis; he won it again in 1969
Rod Laver
Smaller than a precinct, it's the geographic area of an individual patrol; there are 279 in Chicago
a beat
We all know John Hancock signed it, but how many of you know he did it representing this state
Massachusetts
It's the field of study for an expert on diamonds, rubies & emeralds
gemology
This Chekhov play concerns Olga, Masha & Irina Prozorov
The Three Sisters
In 2002 this South American country's Varig Airlines celebrated its 75th anniversary
Brazil
In 1949 the LAPD created this bureau, I.A., to look into police corruption
Internal Affairs
Elder statesman John Witherspoon was the only clergyman to sign; he was part of this church of "Elders"
Presbyterian
The study of poisons & drugs, coroners often wait its report to determine the cause of death
toxicology