ALTERED WORDS
An "official greeting" at the campus of Texas A&M is this 5-letter one, a shortening of an old phrase
Howdy
Famous Slovenians include this first lady, who in 2018 launched the children-focused initiative Be Best
Melania Trump
On March 1, 1872, it officially became the USA's first national park; it even has its own Grand Canyon
Yellowstone
Of this type of poem, Shakespeare was keen / Its number of lines totals fourteen
Sonnet
Like a plant that keeps its leaves year round, lush Thiruvananthapuram in India is known as this city
The Evergreen City
Brits might inquire if you'd fancy a spot of tea by offering this, a 5-letter alteration of a 3-word term
The National Tourist Board proudly hypes Slovenia as "the only country in the world with" this word "in its name"
Love
In 44 B.C. a world leader received the ultimate veto at the Senate on this date
March 15
"O Captain! My Captain!", its words full of grief / Whitman's lament to this commander in chief
Abe Lincoln
The New Jersey city called this was incorporated as a town in 1860; East this, West this & South this soon followed
Orange
Meaning you're preparing to do something, finna is a variation of these 2 words
DAILY DOUBLE
"Fixing to"
Central to its lore, this creature appears on capital city Ljubljana's coat of arms; Daenerys Targaryen would approve
Dragon
Things were looking up on March 13, 1781 when William Herschel discovered this planet, named for a Greek deity & not a Roman one
Uranus
If you read "If—", you'll be taking a look / At a poem by this author of "The Jungle Book"
Kipling
Magenta, Italy gave its name to a color after the III emperor of this name beat the Austrians in a nearby 1859 battle
Napoleon III
Mark Twain liked to use this word, a contraction of ordinary, for someone disagreeable
Ornery
In 2004, Slovenia became the first former republic of this Communist country to join the European Union
Yugoslavia
On March 6, 1836 the last fortification to fall at the battle of this landmark was the chapel
DAILY DOUBLE
The Alamo
A mentor to Oprah on & off TV / "Phenomenal Woman", that's she
Maya Angelou
For the color of many buildings, the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago had this nickname referenced in the title of a 2003 bestseller
The White City
Have your way & tell us you know the word druthers smushed together these 2 words
Would rather
Can't find Slovenia on a map? Look for the shape of this animal, which it's widely said to resemble
A chicken
Ratified on March 1, 1781, this document included No. 11, in which Canada got the option to join the U.S. (spoiler--Canada did not)
The sun got too bright inaugurating Kennedy / This poet recited "The Gift Outright" from only his memory
Robert Frost
In his version of "The Yellow Rose of Texas", Elvis Presley sang, "My heart's in" this appropriate panhandle city
Amarillo