POTPOURRI
Minimum number of handles on a loving cup
2
Malcolm Forbes flies one resembling his Chateau de Balleroy; talk about castles in the air
hot air balloon
The criminal investigation department of the London Metropolitan Police is better known as this
Scotland Yard
Tight shoes will do this to your toes as pince-nez glasses do it to your nose
pinch
An antonym of humble, it's how the Marines describe themselves
proud
The L.A. Times reports this symbol has been removed from most Vegas slots due to its sour image
lemon
One strong rival to the Wright Brothers was financed by this telephone pioneer
Alexander Graham Bell
Unlike her brother, the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, this 19th c. author didn't endorse soap or trusses
Harriet Beecher
From Arabic for "a forbidden place", it's a section of a Muslim house usually forbidden to men
harem
A phrase meaning intermittent, or the antonyms on a light switch
off & on
Common item taken on vacations that has an iris, diaphragm & speed control
camera
Though it took nearly 3 years, the Columbia was the first U.S. ship to do this
go around the world
The odds are 600 to 1 against getting a letter printed in either of these twins' advice columns
Ann Landers or Abigail
An athletic contest, a perfect counterpart, or a fire starter
match
It describes a sauce containing sugar & vinegar
sweet & sour
Albuquerque police learned German & Dutch to work with these European-trained operatives
dogs
Common term for hauling truck-trailers on railroad flatcars or kids on daddy's shoulders
piggyback
Relatively speaking, a son of a son of a son
great grandson
It describes an unsheathed sword, a finished sketch, or a haggard look
drawn
Pair of action antonyms used for both dinner tables & typewriter tabs
set & clear
Option on ballot offered to Nevada's voters, it "won" the state treasurer primary in 1986
none of the above
In May 1911, its 1st pace car was a Stoddard Dayton driven by Carl G. Fisher
Indianapolis 500
The tune for this popular arboreal German Christmas carol is used for Maryland's state song
"O Tannenbaum"
Word which precedes jump, cloth, ax, & in our case, cast
broad
Meaning "flowing", in handwriting it's the opposite of manuscript
cursive