CROSSWORD CLUES "C"
PITHY WORDS & PHRASES
HERBS & SPICES
FORMER NAMES OF CAPITAL CITIES
__ OR __
200

Container like the Igloo Party Bar (6 letters)

COOLER

200

Whether good or bad, the acronym TFW stands for this, an emotional time for sure

THAT FEELING WHEN

200

Used to flavor a certain ale, its name is from the Sanskrit meaning "horn body", referring to the shape of its root

GINGER

200

Under the Moors this European capital was called Olissibona

LISBON

200

The Scottish & Irish custom of guising, dressing in costume & getting rewards, was a predecessor of this activity

TRICK OR TREAT

400

Ohio hoopster of offhand attitude (8 letters)

CAVALIER

400

This rhyming phrase that means going too quickly can lead to mistakes & loss

HASTE MAKES WASTE

400

The elephant type of this can weigh a pound or more per bulb & is more closely related to the leek than to "the stinking rose"

GARLIC

400

4th century A.D. Roman emperor Jovian was born in Singidunum, now this Serbian capital

BELGRADE

400

This expression meaning "do as I say" ends with a multi-lane road

MY WAY OR THE HIGHWAY

600

A merchant of Gouda (12 letters)


CHEESEMONGER
600

If fashion is your "bag", use this 5-letter designer name when you want to say something is "great" or "going well"

GUCCI

600

Used to flavor stews & stuffing, this aromatic leaf comes from a laurel tree

BAY LEAF
600

This former name of Kinshasa reflects its nation's history as a colony of the Belgian monarchy

LEOPOLDVILLE

600

If you don't want to reveal your secrets in this party game, you may have to do something risky

TRUTH OR DARE

800

An official rebuke in Congress (7 letters)

CENSURE

800

In the King James Version, Matthew 6:24 says, "Ye cannot serve God and" this, a term for money

MAMMON

800

Other names for this herb include black sugar & sweet root

LICORICE

800

Dushanbe, capital of this landlocked "stan", was called Stalinabad until 1961

TAJIKISTAN

800

Succeed or fail is at the heart of this "watery" alliterative idiom

SINK OR SWIM

1000

A squid of nautilus (10 letters)

CEPHALOPOD

1000

If something is meh, you might say this French phrase, literally "like this, like that"

COMME CI, COMME ÇA

1000

Similar to marjoram, it's native to the hills of the Mediterranean & has a name that goes back to Latin for wild marjoram

OREGANO

1000

Called Ciudad Trujillo from 1936 to 1961 in honor of its dictator, this city returned to its old name after his assassination

SANTO DOMINGO

1000

Robert Burns wrote, "Liberty's in every blow, let us" this, meaning succeed at all costs

DO OR DIE