Sports
This word for the snapper should tell you he lines up in the middle of the offensive line
A center
It's the cord you were born to lose
Umbilical
It has the largest enrollment of any university in Utah
BYU
This young pop star recently won three Grammys for her album "Sour"
In this Steinbeck work, George kills his friend Lennie to spare him from a lynch mob.
Of Mice and Men
Don't grab this, the protective cage in front of a player's helmet, or you'll get a 15-yard penalty
A facemask
This musical instrument is played by striking a row of wooden bars of graduated length with one or more small wooden or plastic mallets
xylophone
Oberlin, home to an underground railroad stop & one of the first U.S. colleges with black students, is in this state
Ohio
Multiple modern songs such as "Thank U, Next", "Bad Guy", and "Wildest Dreams" get classical covers in this hit Netflix show
Bridgerton
Among his great works of fiction are "The Sun Also Rises" & "The Old Man and the Sea"
Ernest Hemingway
The Gold Glove & Silver Slugger Awards are for this sport (both sound like it could be boxing, but it's not)
Baseball
Dear contestants, it means earnestly or honestly.
This adverb,
Samantha
Sincerely
This university in New York City that was founded as King's College in 1754 uses a crown as its logo
Columbia
This country star is the godmother of Miley Cirus
Dolly Parton
In an epic poem, he not only kills the monster Grendel, but also Grendel's mother
Beowulf
This is the newest NHL franchise
The Seattle Kraken
Random House describes it as "a greenish blue or bluish green" & ooo, sorry... aquamarine has 10 letters
Turquoise
Robert Winship Woodruff, the President of coca-cola from 1923-1955, famously flunked out of this university
Emory
This former Nickelodeon star is also the longest-running member of the Saturday Night Live cast?
Kenan Thompson
1949's "The Kingdom of This World," an early work in this style blending naturalism and fantasy, includes a manifesto of it.
Magical realism
This basketball player has won the most NBA Championships all-time
Bill Russell
"V" know this adjective means lively or animated
Vivacious
This university that hosts the Georgia Shakespeare festival is named for Georgia's colonial founder
Oglethorpe
Before finding fame, Kim Kardashian once worked as an assistant for which socialite?
Paris Hilton
A mom & daughter are forced to flee Mexico for a farm labor camp in California in this "hopeful" tale by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Esperanza Risisng