AT THE TINY DESK CONCERT
LATER, DUDE
GRAPHIC NOVELS
"AB"SOLUTELY
LEGAL LINGO
BODIES OF WATER
400
This woman + The Machine performed "Ship To Wreck" from their album "How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful"
Florence
400
When you're eager either to leave or to hop on your Pogo stick, you might say "gotta" this
bounce
400
"Usagi Yojimbo" is an epic tale of a rabbit one of these feudal warriors
a samurai
400
In 2012 Microsoft introduced its first computer--the Surface, this type of portable PC
a tablet
400
The 4-letter postponement of a legal proceeding; it may precede "of execution"
stay
400
Naturally, this river forms the Arizona-California border
Colorado, Duh 😂
800
Juvenile, Mannie Fresh, Jon Batiste & Trombone Shorty all hail from this "Crescent City" & showcased bounce hits
New Orleans
800
A British way of saying goodbye is this, which sounds like a single piece of a circular General Mills cereal
cheerio
800
In Brian K. Vaughan's graphic novel "Y: The Last Man", the "Y" stands for one of these, as most of the guys have dropped dead
a chromosome
800
Any deviation from what's normal, or the failure of light rays to focus properly
an aberration
***
800
Larceny is "grand" when it exceeds a certain amount; this, when it's less
petty
800
This sea named for a country & a direction is one of the world's 10 largest bodies of water
the South China Sea
1200
The "T" on the 2014 performance of this future winner on "The Masked Singer" is that he sang "Buy U A Drank" sans Auto-Tune
T-Pain
1200
At a White House correspondents' dinner, Pres. Obama said goodbye with one of these actions that could have hurt the equipment
a mic drop
1200
Nite Owl was one of these title crimefighters in an Alan Moore graphic novel, later a movie
Watchmen
1200
A young or newly hatched pigeon
a squab
1200
The place where a court trial is held; a "change of" it may be requested because of possible prejudice
venue
***
1200
This mighty river that runs along the Oregon-Washington border was once known as the Oregon River
the Columbia
1600
This Motown legend played "The Tears Of A Clown" & "Cruisin'" during his Tiny Desk Concert
Smokey Robinson
1600
This word used for wishing someone well on their upcoming journey sounds like it could be Thor's time in a sprint
godspeed
1600
The March trilogy about his experiences during the civil rights era, was co-written by this current (2020) congressman
John Lewis
1600
A summary, like one "of title" that covers the history of a parcel of real estate
an abstract
***
1600
This word refers to an illegally high rate of interest charged by loan sharks
usury
1600
Churchill, Manitoba, population 921, is one of the largest communities on this vast bay
the Hudson Bay
2000
This acerbic songwriter sang about "Putin puttin' his pants on one leg at a time”
Randy Newman
2000
As this 8-letter word can mean "goodbye forever" in Japan, most Japanese people don't use it that often
sayonara
2000
Not the Spider-Man villain of the same name, this subject of Neil Gaiman's graphic novels is Morpheus, lord of the dreaming
Sandman
2000
The Latin for "wandering" gives us this name for one who wanders with no means of support
a vagabond
2000
Treason is betraying one's country by committing hostile acts; this is inciting the betrayal
sedition
***
2000
This river forms the boundary between Laos & Myanmar & a large part of the boundary between Laos & Thailand
the Mekong