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200

The Big Bukowski is an offering at the L.A. literary pub called Catcher in this a kind of whiskey

Rye

200

An adynaton is an idiom referring to an impossibility like when this event involving swine happens

When Pigs Fly

200

When it comes to mental ability, I.Q. stands for this

Intelligence Quotient

200

In August 2020, Louis DeJoy holder of this job said his organization was ready to handle whatever volume of election mail

Postmaster General

200

The fried chicken franchise Los Pollos Hermanos was a front for nefarious fowl-ness on this show

Breaking Bad

400

In 1960 this stout brewery introduced Harp Lager

Guinness

400

Watch what you consume according to this; in German it's a pun: Man ist was man isst

You are what you eat

400

A chamber music ensemble consisting of 2 violins a viola & a cello

String quartet

400

Federal prisoners whose crimes were after 1987 can't get this but a commission reviews the cases of those still eligible

Parole

400

With her mystical lariat, Lynda Carter roped troublemakers into shape on this series from the late 1970s

Wonder Woman

600

In a play on a book title, it's the liquor that precedes 'Mockingbird' in the name of a cocktail

Tequila

600

To gain experience is to cut these canine teeth of the upper jaw

the eye teeth

600

This rodent with a 2-word name glides between trees using a furry membrane that stretches from wrist to ankle

Flying squirrel

600

In 2020 Charles Q. Brown got this 3-word title for the Air Force & is the 1st African-American general to lead a military branch

Chief of Staff

600

A crime that wasn't solved is considered this, also the name of a CBS drama series that ran for 7 seasons

A cold case
800

You might croon like Elvis or maybe not after having a Blue Hawaii made with this blue liqueur

CURAƇAO

800

Rover knows it's the hottest period during the summer

The dog days

800

Adjective meaning repulsively ugly & distorted

Grotesque

800

Every 5 years, not 10, the National Agricultural Statistics Service takes this count of farms & farmers

Census

800

The Hatfields & the McCoys were appropriately armed for an appearance on this game show

Family Feud

1000

The name of this Scandinavian spirit derived from grain or potatoes is a shortening of the Latin for water of life

Aquavit

1000

A humorist wrote Why not go here take a chance in unknown territory? Isn't that where the fruit is?

Out on a limb

1000

This Native American language group is used along the East Coast from Canada to the Carolinas

Algonquin

1000

The Bureau of Labor Statistics produces the CPI this index that confirms, yes, groceries are getting pricier

Consumer Price Index

1000

Tom Hanks & Peter Scolari starred in this 1980s show whose title punningly refers to close friends

Bosom Buddies