Come on, champ, you have to be brave & "keep a stiff" this
Upper lip
"Could you expect me to rejoice in the inferiority of your connections?" is a zinger from this proud Jane Austen guy
Darcy
A more attractive semi-aquatic weasel relative whose job is to make sure your bench press doesn't crush you
Hotter Spotter Otter
At a Marseilles prison in 1977, Hamida Djandoubi became the last person executed using this
Guillotine
“Livin’ on a Prayer” by Bon Jovi
It doesn't make a difference if we're naked or not
It doesn't make a difference if we make it or not
It's an honest & sincere talk between 2 people (& their cardiac muscles)
Heart to heart
It's the first name of Ian Fleming's Mr. Goldfinger
Auric
An autumn dance reception area
Fall Ball Hall
Dying in 1914, Martha was the last of these alliterative birds; a monument to them said, "It died due to avarice of man"
Passenger Pigeons
“Purple Haze” by Jimi Hendrix
Scuse me while I kiss this guy
Scuse me while I kiss the sky
When vou're idle or just plain bored, you do this with your pollex digits, literally or figuratively
Twiddle your thumbs
Walter Scott wrote of him, "conspicuous by his long gun, waving tartans, and the single plume" of "the Highland gentleman"
Rob Roy
To pretend your thoughts hurt
Feign Brain Pain
The "Angel of Rome", Alessandro Moreschi, who died in 1922, was the last of these singers, many "sold" by poor parents
Castrati
"Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen
Saving his life from this warm sausage tea
Spare him his life from this monstrosity
To attack where someone is most vulnerable is to go for one of these large blood pathways
Go for the Jugular
This fairy in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" causes no end of trouble with his mischievous deeds
Puck
A hirsute, eerie pixie
Hairy Scary Fairy
Designed for parades, the 1939 Packard Super 8 Phaeton was the last car that this Argentine heroine rode in in public
Eva Peron
"Enter Sandman" by Metallica
Dreams of war, dreams of liars, dreams of dragon's fire, and of baked apple pie
and of things that will bite
When you barely succeed at something or escape danger just in time, you do it by the 'skin of' these, despite them not having any!
Teeth
The title character in "Humboldt's Gift" by this author is based on his friend, poet Delmore Schwartz
Saul Bellow
It's the item that removes lint from the guy trying to knock the pins down at the top extremity of the world
Rome put Carthage on the mat for the final time with the third of these wars in a campaign that lasted from 149 to 146 B.C.
Punic Wars
"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" by The Beatles
The girl with colored scope eyes
The girl with kaleidoscope eyes