Easter
Easter eggs were a welcome sight to some, since eggs were once forbidden during this previous period.
Lent.
This Motown star was shot by his father April 1, 1984, the day before his 45th birthday.
Marvin Gaye.
Burial vault (4).
Tomb.
East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Eswatini, Ethiopia.
Egypt.
Patrick, Gary & Squidward.
Spongebob Squarepants.
Along with yellow rabbits, this purveyor of fluffy sweets offers blue marshmallow chicks for Easter.
Peeps.
The "core" of this computer company goes back to its founding, April 1, 1976.
Apple.
A hairy, scary spider (9).
Tarantula.
Iceland, India, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast.
Indonesia.
Apu, Krusty the Clown, Marge, Lisa & Maggie.
The Simpsons.
Judy Garland sang about one of these "with all the frills upon it".
In effect from April 1, 1988, a 60-day truce between the gov't & Contras in this country lasted 19 mos.
Nicaragua.
France's flag (8).
Tricolor.
Palau, (Palestine*), Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal.
Pakistan.
Ross, his sister Monica, his ex-wife Carol, his ex-wife Emily & his ex-wife Rachel.
Friends.
This president's wife Lucy moved the Easter Egg Roll to the White House in 1878.
On April 1, 1789, the House had its first quorum & elected Frederick A.C. Muhlenberg to this post.
Speaker of the House.
Good luck charm (8).
Talisman.
Uganda, Ukraine, U.A.E, U.K, U.S.A, Uruguay.
Uzbekistan.
Ray, Debra, their 3 kids, Robert, Marie & Frank.
Everybody Loves Raymond.
This animal is the traditional main course of the pope's Easter dinner.
Lamb.
Founded in Britain April 1, 1918, 2 months later it was bombing Germany.
Royal Air Force (RAF)
Old-fashioned "fool"ishness (10).
Tomfoolery.
Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Gabon, Guyana.
Guinea-Bissau.
Hank, Peggy, Bobby & Luanne.
King of the Hill.