Ale"x"
It's an evil spell or a curse
What is a hex?
Get the double P out of a word meaning elated to get this fodder grass
What is hay (from happy)?
Engaged to be married
What is betrothed?
You can call a certain flat fish a giant devil ray or this 5-letter ray--same creature
What is manta?
cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing
What is a bauble?
6-letter synonym for an oaf
What is a lummox?
Delete the P from a word meaning cost & you'll get this non-costly grain
What is rice (from price)?
Emitted gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth
What is belched?
Before she was a TV personality, she offered a cooking class called 30-Minute Mediterranean Meals
Who is Rachel?
To make or put together roughly or hastily
What is cobble?
Watson & Crick said DNA comes coiled in a double one of these
What is a helix?
Cut all 3 Ps from a flower of remembrance to get this Yiddish interjection
What is oy (from poppy)?
Beleaguered is a synonym for this, whether by soldiers around your castle or by problems
What is besieged?
He didn't just discover X-rays--he coined the term
Who is Rontgen?
to move or proceed with an irregular rocking or staggering motion or unsteadily and clumsily from side to side
What is wobble?
The title for a woman put in charge of carrying out the terms of a will
Lose the paired Ps from a small wave to get this verb meaning to anger
It's the state of a sailing ship that can't move because there's no wind
What is becalmed?
In 1954 this salesman visited the McDonald Brothers' California restaurant & the rest was history
What is Ray Kroc?
Someone who another person admires and tries to be like
What is a role model?
This bone in your body was named for its resemblance to a cuckoo's beak
What is a coccyx?
Slice the double P out of a tree fruit to get this fermented beverage
What is ale (from apple)?
Lacking knowledge, unenlightened; literally, it refers to a traveler who must stop because it gets dark
The mossbauer effect permits atomic nuclei to absorb these shortest Greek-letter rays
What is gamma?
A virus. It’s contagious and may cause severe illness, so early diagnosis and treatment is important.
What is pneumococcal?