BEASTLY BUSINESS
The western spotted variety of this animal does a handstand before it sprays its enemies
Skunk
When a Brit tells you to hold on "arf a mo", "mo" is short for this word
Moment
Early 18th century Russian czar for whom Linus waits on Halloween night
Peter the great pumpkin
Derogatory term for a short person, or a tasty crustacean of the suborder natantia
Shrimp
"The Canterbury _____ of a Wayside Inn"
Tales
These tree-dwelling marsupials that are imprecisely called "bears" have fingerprints similar to human ones
Koalas
It's what "Pro" & "Am" are short for in the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
Professional and amateur
Pair of Disney chipmunks, one of whom is a popular NASCAR driver
Chip and dale earnhart
An old term for a tree stump, these days it refers to the smallest animal in a litter
Runt
"The Old Man and the _____ Around Us"
Sea
Naturally Nemo's a boy--these fish are all born male
Clown fish
Rather than meaning the chip company, "Intel" is probably short for this in news stories about Langley
Intelligence
Retired longtime CNN talk show host who's the world's largest venomous snake
Larry king cobra
It may sound like a mini meerschaum,
but it's actually
this lab tool, used to transfer small
measured volumes of liquid
Pipette
"A Tale of Two _____ of the Plain"
Cities
A supercolony of an invading Argentine species of this insect stretches almost 4,000 miles from Italy to Portugal
Ants
You've nailed it if you know this short form is most often paired with "mani"
Pedi
The "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes" battle site is the setting for a 1980s ensemble cop drama
Bunker hill street blues
6-letter word used by People magazine to describe Rachael Ray's "Dancing with the Stars" dress
Skimpy
"A Room with a _____ From the Bridge"
View
The Abyssinian colobus, a type of this, has a fluffy brush at the end of its long tail
Monkey
If you throw "Cat" around, you may hear from this Peoria company that trademarked it
Caterpillar
A 7-time women's singles Wimbledon champion takes to the skies as a German rigid airship
Steffi Graf Zeppelin
Unimportant, or an old Louisiana term for a small coin
Picayune
"Tales of a Fourth Grade _____ Lasts Forever"
Nothing