MIRROR WORDS
The kind of chatter some have "the gift of" & a sack that might hold a gift
gab and bag
We don't see what was so good about this 2-word term for the worldwide 1930s economic disaster
The great depression
In French, l'oiseau is this; it sports les plumes
bird
Devout Muslims fast in the daylight hours during this holy month, the ninth on the Islamic calendar
Ramadan
It's just a pterm for a ptremendous pterosaur
pterodactyl
A navigator's charts & unwanted inbox messages
spam and maps
Both pleasant & painful, as in a memory
bittersweet
If Popeye spoke Hebrew he'd ask for tered, this
spinach
Decoration Day is another name for this May observance
Memorial Day
Lambeth or Staten Island, for example
a borough
DAILY DOUBLE. Your best buddies & an open hand smack to the face
slap and pals
Alliterative 2-word term for action by one's own forces causing casualties to one's own troops
friendly fire
Tredici is Italian for this symbol of bad luck
thirteen
DAILY DOUBLE The liturgical season of Lent begins on this holy day in the middle of the week
Ash Wednesday
Kim Kardashian's 4th kid, or a sacred song
Psalm
Ceramic vessels & a save made by a goalie
pots and stop
2-word term for something supposedly confidential but actually known quite generally
In German, berg is this topographical feature on a map
a mountain
The Hebrew name of this festival that often falls in March means "lots", which were cast as part of a plot against the Jews
Purim
The OED's first citation for this surfing slang for a challenging wave goes back to 1977
gnarly
Money for the return of something lost & a compartment in a cabinet to keep it in
reward and drawer
This computer language gets oxymoronic when it follows "advanced"
BASIC
Here's the truth--it's Russian for "truth"
pravda
In England, November 5 is Bonfire Night or his day, commemorating the failed Gunpowder Plot
Guy Fawkes Day
This word with a rare silent "Q" can mean a resinous varnish
lacquer