ADD "S" TO THE START OF THE WORD
A word following "ready, willing &" becomes this weasel-like animal
sable
2004: "For reshaping the rules of politics to fit his ten-gallon style"
George W. Bush
A French landmark becomes a Biblical spot where language comprehension breaks down
the Eiffel Tower of Babel
Someone held against his will & the cost to mail a letter
hostage & postage
Chemical element:
COIL SIN
silicon
"Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk, I'm a woman's man, no time to talk"
"Stayin' Alive"
To choose by vote; with an "S" in front, you get this related word meaning to choose in preference to another
select
1995: "Speaker of the House spearheaded G.O.P.'s sweeping Congressional victory"
(Newt) Gingrich
A New Jersey governor tries a modeling career & marries Billy Joel (for a while)
Chris Christie Brinkley
A baboon & a burro
monkey & donkey
Unwanted facial feature:
CHUB ON DELI (two words)
double chin
"I can't remember if I cried when I read about his widowed bride, but something touched me deep inside the day the music died"
"American Pie"
A word meaning to analyze a sentence in terms of grammar becomes this word meaning meager or scant
sparse
1958: "Crisis in Algeria brought WWII hero back to power in France"
de Gaulle
Laughing Green Giant exclamation to the first president of Vietnam
Ho, ho, Ho Chi Minh
Medieval pestilence & a Central European capital city
plague & Prague
Any temperamental diva:
PIN ON DRAMA
prima donna
"Holly came from Miami, F‑L‑A, hitchhiked her way across the U.S.A."
"Walk On The Wild Side"
A European viper, front-loaded with an "S", gets a little more depressed as this word
sadder
1981: "Solidarity leader struck first blows against Kremlin's empire"
Lech Walesa
James Joyce's last novel goes back to school at a university in Winston-Salem
Finnegans Wake Forest
One of your parents & someone in a tub
father & bather
California city:
NO SERF
Fresno
"Blue jean baby, L.A. lady, seamstress for the band"
"Tiny Dancer"
Non-magical "Harry Potter" folk illegally import an "S" to make this word
smuggle
Daily Double
1935: "Ethiopia's king fought an incursion by Italy's strongman, Mussolini"
Founding father Patrick Henry's "choice" quote leads into the 1949 Tony-winning Best Play
"Give me liberty or give me Death of a Salesman"
A big toe ailment & the Teamsters
bunion & union
Doing things the easy but sloppy way(two words
INCORRECT STUNG
cutting corners
Daily Double
"All you did was wreck my bed, and in the morning kick me in the head"