Facts about Animals
Silk from the orb-weaver type of this animal can be packed so densely that it has been used to make violin strings
Spider
Man with the golden touch
(5 letters)
Midas
Hasbro pits red vs. yellow:
Connect ____
Connect Four
Saltines are a type of one
Cracker
In 1582 the Gregorian one of these began to replace the Julian one
Calendar
The 2-toed one of these can live up to 20 years, most of it upside down in the canopy of the rainforest
Sloth
Supplement containing the ABCs & more
(12 letters)
Multivitamin
The cinematic hunt for bin Laden:
"____ Dark ____"
Zero Dark Thirty
Heavy fabric is stretched tight & tacked into place on a frame to make one of these art surfaces
Canvas
Twice in the 1800s China & Britain went to war over this drug
Opium
When faced with danger, certain ducks, snakes & mammals do this, also called thanatosis
Play dead
Fashion dummy
(9 letters)
Mannequin
Time to get hitched on TLC:
"____ Day Fiance"
90 Day Fiance
Divided into 64 squares, it's usually found with royalty on it
Chessboard
Dead by her own hand in 30 B.C., she was thought to have been buried in Alexandria, but her tomb has never been found
Cleopatra
The black species of this African mammal vulnerable to poaching is recovering from a 98% drop in its numbers
Rhino
Marsh gas
(7 letters)
Methane
Actor & OutKast:
Andre ____
Andre 3000
Splash & ride are types of these on a drum kit
Cymbals
On November 9, 1918, Philipp Scheidemann proclaimed this new German republic; he later became its first chancellor
Weimar Republic
Sweden's only wild feline is this short-tailed cat that's able to bring down much larger animals, like reindeer & roe deer
Lynx
Written declaration of political intentions or views
(9 letters)
Manifesto
Groove metal band:
____ Finger Death Punch
Five Finger Death Punch
The X's give an extra hint to this popular form of embroidery
Cross-stitch
Historians have been confounded by the disappearance of Rome's ninth this, lost in the 2nd century A.D.
Legion