THE RIGHTEOUS GEMSTONES
FULL OF HOLES
ALSO IN THE CIRCUS
THE BEATLE'S NON-BEATLES SONG
ALL THAT GLITTERS
"GO"ING PLACES
400
Jewelry made of this has special significance to many Native American peoples, including the Navajo & Zuni
turquoise
400
Worker bees build this structure & storage area in the hive from wax they produce
honeycomb
400
2-word term for insurance or social programs designed to assist those that have "fallen" on hard times
safety net
400
Paul sang of these "Love Songs"
Silly
400
Glitter rock was another name for this makeup-heavy rock style of early '70s stars like David Bowie & T. Rex
glam
400
This arid region occupies 500,000 square miles of northern China & southern Mongolia
the Gobi Desert
800
A 15- to 23-million-year-old scorpion was found frozen in this gemstone in Mexico
amber
800
Emmentaler is what we call this, & for the record, the holes aren't called holes but eyes
Swiss cheese
800
This Adobe product helps you read a pdf pdq
Acrobat
800
Ringo:
& by the way, "you're beautiful & you're mine"
"You're Sixteen"
800
Most glitter is made from a mix of polyethylene terephthalate & this element, commonly encountered in foil
aluminum
800
This island on the U.S. side of Niagara Falls is named for a herd of ruminants that roamed there in the 1700s
Goat Island
1200
Also a difficult type of ski slope, one of these two-word gems called the Enigma sold for $4.3 million in 2022
black diamond
1200
In Colonial America, this instrument with holes for the head & hands put the "P" in "punishment"
pillory
1200
A secondary event, especially one that distracts attention from something of import
a sideshow
1200
John:
A celeb-filled March 2020 video fell flat
"Imagine"
1200
Glittery works by Gustav Klimt include this masterpiece seen here
The Kiss
1200
Southeastern Wyoming is the land o' this county that shares its name with an ancient home of the Hebrews
Goshen
1600
Only four letters but a 14-point Scrabble word, even excluding bonuses, this black stone is used to make intaglios & cameos
onyx
1600
His children's book "Holes" earned him a 1999 Newbery Medal
Louis Sachar
1600
Tolkien wrote that these were "for the Elven-kings under the sky"
three rings
1600
3-word title of George's song of Krishnas & hallelujahs
"My Sweet Lord"
1600
Sisters named Golden & Glitter are among the few twin chimpanzees observed by this pioneering primatologist
(Jane) Goodall
1600
Protruding from the Bosphorus like an appendage from an animal's head, this colorful inlet helped bring wealth to Istanbul
the Golden Horn
2000
Pliny the Elder called this alliterative bright blue gem "a fragment of the starry firmament"
lapis lazuli
2000
This Brit was known for his hole-y abstract sculptures like "Recumbent Figure"
Henry Moore
2000
Foremost of the Muses, she was said to be mother to Orpheus
Calliope
2000
John says it's "gonna get you"
"Instant Karma!"
2000
One of Portia's disappointed suitors learns that "All that glisters is not gold" in this Shakespeare play
The Merchant of Venice
2000
It's Sweden's second-biggest city & biggest seaport
Gothenburg (Göteborg)