Previous World Leaders
Before Raúl Castro, this guy 5 years older than Raúl
Fidel Castro
To those hoping to harvest, literally &/or figuratively: it's when you should make hay, according to a proverb
while the sun shines
Add vinegar to sticky shari rice & spread on a sheet of nori to make this Japanese staple
sushi
Epidemic parotitis isn't parrot fever, it's this disease that causes swelling of the neck, usually in childhood
mumps
$1 U.S. will get you about 500 in the currency of Costa Rica that bears an explorer's name--not the Cristóbal but this
colon
Hu Jintao preceded him as president of China
Xi Jinping
Don't "spout" off about trivial things; you might be accused of brewing one of these mini-squalls
a tempest in a teapot
Amazon Prime Video's comedy "The Sticky" is about a Canadian farmer who plots to steal millions of dollars of this sticky sweet product
A German pharmacist derived this drug from opium circa 1804, delighting doctors who thought it safe
morphine
Grab the check for your dinner of méchoui & harira in this largest African nation in area & you'll be paying in dinars
Algeria
Before Monegasque ruler prince Albert II
Rainier
sGet engaged at someone else's engagement party & you've committed this larceny
stealing thunder
Sticky bumps is a SoCal company that makes & sells this adhesive to keep you onboard your board
surf wax
In the 1950s a culture from an 11-year-old boy led to the first vaccine against this, a vax back in the news in 2025
measles
Prince Mieszko I, who ruled in the 10th century, is on Poland's note worth 10 of these currency units
zloty
He handed the reins to Justin Trudeau
Stephen Harper
(DD) Don't look for this hyphenated companion when dark clouds roll in
a fair-weather friend
Sticky toffee pudding, a classic British dessert, is a dark sponge cake made with chopped these, perhaps the Medjool kind
dates
It's an adjective meaning relating to the lower jaw
mandibular
20 E.U. member countries use the euro, including this former Yugoslav republic, the newest one to adopt the currency
Croatia
Preceding Nelson Mandela, he became second deputy president in the new government
F.W. de Klerk
It's what you've captured if you achieve unlikely success; very loosely speaking, Ben Franklin caught some in a Leyden jar
lightning in a bottle
Hoplodactylus pacificus is the scientific name for a sticky-toed species of this lizard of New Zealand
a gecko
The bacterial type of this inflammation of the membranes covering the brain can be deadly & requires immediate medical attention
meningitis
Ask someone to share a few bob in Kenya or Uganda & you might get the currency called this, like an old British coin
a shilling