Tomahawk hatchet
AN AX
The basic ingredients of custard are milk sugar eggs & this flavorful extract from a vine of the orchid family
VANILLA
4 kids born at once; it's a cooler way of saying you had twin twins
QUADRUPLETS
Tom Cruise was Cole Trickle a driver on the southern stock-car circuit in this action flick
DAYS OF THUNDER
In 1980-81 the eyes of Texas--& apparently everyone else--were on this CBS nighttime soap No. 1 for the season
DALLAS
Cutlass falchion
A SWORD
Barilla says of this Italian phrase The firm bite... allows you to taste the pasta better
AL DENTE
Totally irrational in 1706 mathematician William Jones came up with this symbol
PI
Spoiler alert: at the end of this film after surviving a break-up Joseph Gordon-Levitt meets a girl named Autumn
500 DAYS OF SUMMER
Ken Levine & David Isaacs penned The Boys in the Bar & The Last Angry Mailman episodes of this sitcom
CHEERS
Compound recurve
A BOW
The name of this French stew of fish & vegetables comes from words meaning boil & low
BOUILLABAISSE
Without wild cards 4 of a kind in poker is tough to beat--only these 2 hands can do it
A STRAIGHT FLUSH & A ROYAL FLUSH
Al Pacino robs a bank & takes hostages in this 1975 film that sounds perfect for an August matinee
DOG DAY AFTERNOON
The song Kiss says You don't have to watch this ABC drama to have an attitude but many did watch those Carringtons
Dynasty
Bolt action; AR also called modern sporting
RIFLE
The leaves of this aromatic herb also called wild marjoram are used in pasta sauce
OREGANO
This alphanumeric designation is the Army saying we don't want you
4-F
She was a regular good luck charm as Jinx Johnson in Die Another Day
HALLE BERRY
Not Hawkeye but this M*A*S*H tentmate became the title character of an '80s drama
TRAPPER JOHN
Cudgel shillelagh
A CLUB
This 4-letter mixture of flour & fat is used to thicken soups & sauces
A ROUX
Pestilence War Famine & Death make up this biblical quartet
THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE
A quote from this 1951 sci-fi classic: Gort! Klaatu barada nikto
THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL
She played a dazzling array of characters on her show that earned the FOX network its first Emmy nomination
Tracey Ullman