OXYMORONS
SAY CHEESE!
FROM THE ITALIAN
BAD ENGLISH
OOH, LOOK, SHINY THINGS!
CURRENCY
400
Alliterative expression of dismay favored by "Peanuts" characters
good grief
400
This cheese usually aged & grated is named for the "Eternal City"
Romano
400
Italian for "unknown", it's how you travel when you don't want to be recognized
incognito
400
The clue I am reading had an example of a shift in this
tense
400
In song, he "had a very shiny nose... you would even say it glows"
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
400
It's said this currency of India goes back to a silver coin introduced by Sher Shah in 1542
the rupee
800
1980 Travolta movie about mechanical bulls & bravery
Urban Cowboy
800
Edam is made in a ball; this other Dutch cheese is made in wheels with a waxed red or yellow rind
Gouda
800
Tossed at New Year's, it has a name meaning "sweetmeats", the little candies tossed during carnival
confetti
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800
Its the typographical mark that is missing in the first line of this clue.
the apostrophe
800
Referring to its rapid movement & shiny surface, quicksilver is an old name for this liquid metal
mercury
800
Add a letter to the Angola currency & it becomes this December Pan-African holiday
Kwanzaa
1200
A substitute master of ceremonies for a TV talk show
guest host
1200
Herman & Lily know that this oft-imitated cheese shares its name with the Alsace valley where it originated
Muenster
1200
These quick appearances by guest stars in films can carve out a little comic "relief"
a cameo
1200
In a sentence, this noun & its verb has--excuse me, have to agree in number
the subject
1200
By making them durable, Herbert Lieberman was the Henry Ford of these shiny discs, seen on skates & Michael Jackson
sequins
1200
In a symbol for Japanese currency, parallel bars adorn this letter
a Y
1600
It's the oxymoronic name for the comparatively small instrument seen here
a baby grand
1600
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Danbo, a cheese originally from this country, is also known as King Christian IX when made with caraway seeds
Denmark
1600
Ben Jonson's 1598 comedy "Every Man in His Humour" uses this Italian term for a brothel
a bordello
1600
Flout, meaning "to show scorn for", is often confused with this word meaning "to show off"
flaunt
1600
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These artificial gems are named for a river that begins in the Alps & flows through Germany
rhinestones
1600
The front of a 2015 Argentine 50 peso note features a map of these islands
the Falklands
2000
"People talking without speaking" is from this Simon & Garfunkel song
"The Sound Of Silence"
2000
This Swiss cheese that dates back to the 12th century is named for a valley in the Canton of Fribourg
Gruyère
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2000
Somewhere along the line this instrument's name lost its big finish of "forte"
piano
2000
8-letter term for a "sentence" error. Found in the present clue.
a fragment
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2000
Small bits of pyrite in this alliterative blue rock give the appearance of gold specks
lapis lazuli
2000
Curacao uses the Netherlands Antillean this, the name of the old Dutch currency
a guilder