Country Drop a Letter
When a big Asian country loses its last vowel, it becomes this body part
chin (China)
Thought to contain material transmitted orally over centuries, the "Iliad" is attributed to this poet
Homer
Very alert: "bright-eyed &" this
bushy-tailed
Let me give you a hand with a practical joke using a "joy" this
buzzer
midwestliving.com posted a mouth-watering slideshow of 12 foods that won this prize at state fairs--mmm, butterscotch pie
a blue ribbon
A Nordic country loses its first letter & becomes this area away from the coast
inland (Finland)
In book 3 Menelaus fights Paris, who ran off with this wife
Helen
Important people: "movers & " these
shakers
The Motorola LS350 is this type of device also called a pager
a beeper
For 300 years the French government gave young artists the prize of a stay in this city. On winner's work is seen here
Drop the fourth letter from an Iberian country & you get this general term for a distance
span (Spain)
There's quite a bit of graphic violence, as when Patroclus kills a Trojan with this long weapon, then hauls him up on it like a fish
a spear
Completely settled: "cut &" this
dried
Types of this attention getter are slide, train & wolf, but it's probably best not to employ the wolf one anymore
a whistle
Tata Steel of India was a 2008 winner of the Deming Prize in the field of TQM, total this management
quality
Subtract a letter from a 4-letter African country & you get this man who behaves badly, especially to women
a cad (Chad)
The main character & the greatest Greek warrior, he leads the Myrmidons against the Trojans
Achilles
With little hope of success: "on a wing &" this
a prayer
In Greek myth, sailors resisted the calls of these sea nymphs by putting wax in their ears
Sirens
The Abel Prize in this field is named for Niels Abel, famed for his work on the quintic function
Math
When a Mediterranean isle loses its last letter, it becomes this soda fountain drink
malt (Malta)
This Trojan warrior is saved by Aphrodite, or there might never have been that epic by Virgil
Aeneas
"All dressed up &" this problem
nowhere to go
Chicago Blackhawks owner Bill Wirtz liked the sound of this on his yacht & used it when his team scored; the custom spread
a foghorn
Seen at the ceremony of the Breakthrough Prize for scientific discoveries are co-sponsors Mark Zuckerberg and this physician wife
(Priscilla) Chan