FOOTWEAR
"Anatomical" term for the part of a shoe under the lacing
tongue
Robert Louis Stevenson based this pirate on his friend, writer W.E. Henley
Long John Silver
you burn them once you eat them (8)
calories
An obese feline
fat cat
It's home to the world's largest tropical rain forest
South America
A woman's low-heeled shoe, or a British slang for an apartment
flat
The 1933 book "Farmer Boy" describes the childhood of her husband, Almanzo Wilder
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Rooster's hairdresser (4)
comb
Heated housing for students on or near campus
warm dorm
Because it has little or no precipitation, this continent is technically classified as a desert
Antarctica
A classic low-cut shoe, or a device used to raise water
pump
This Hans Christian Andersen story is partly derived from the story of Melusine the water sprite
"The Little Mermaid"
Apple seed site (4)
core
Hide money under the mattress
stash cash
This continent leads the world in the production of gold, diamonds & cocoa beans
Africa
Italian firm whose loafers display a distinctive horse bit buckle across the vamp
Gucci
In 1970 this Russian count's story "How Varinka Grew Up in a Single Night" was published as a children's book
Leo Tolstoy
14, 13, 12, 11, 10 (9)
countdown
A slender shaft shot from a bow
narrow arrow
The world's major religions, including Christianity & Judaism, originated on this continent
Asia
Wellingtons are a style of these that sometimes have straps attached
boot
This J.R.R. Tolkien fantasy for children is subtitled "There and Back Again"
The Hobbit
Reindeer cleanser (5)
Comet
It's what you might call a mother or father who strays from the right course
errant parent
Boothia Peninsula is the northernmost portion of this continent's mainland
North America