STARTS & ENDS WITH E
It means to free a slave from bondage
EMANCIPATE
A British currency loses its U & becomes this
POND (POUND)
The geographic cone snail is called the cigarette snail because you'd have just enough time to smoke your last one due to this
VENOM
Meaning to improvise it comes from Latin meaning at one's pleasure
AD LIB
Jennifer Egan won a Pulitzer for the book A Visit from this group
THE GOON SQUAD
5-letter word meaning to make very happy
ELATE
An artificial water channel drops its U & turns into this perfect pie portion
SLICE (SLUICE)
Flex your... mind & show us you know that the freshwater types of this bivalve mollusk are called naiads
MUSSEL
It describes a committee quickly put together for a specific purpose
AD HOC
This part of the LAPD dates back to explosives expert DeWayne Wolfer joining the department in 1950
THE BOMB SQUAD
If you're 18 you're part of this body of persons entitled to vote
ELECTORATE
A truly destitute person divests himself of U becoming this tree product
PAPER (PAUPER)
The three-banded this is the only one that can roll up into an armored ball
ARMADILLO
The title of this 2019 Brad Pitt space movie translates as to the stars
AD ASTRA
Supervillains housed at Belle Reve Prison are recruited for this movie title DC Comics group
When the moonlight doesn't hit your eye like a big pizza pie that's this scientific phenomenon
ECLIPSE
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ROTE (ROUTE)
Watch your fingers around the alligator type of this turtle
SNAPPING TURTLE
This type of attack goes after the speaker rather than the idea
In 2016 Best Buy's Geek Squad ditched its VW Beetles for this Toyota model
PRIUS
The art of using language with fluency & aptness
ELOQUENCE
A device that dispenses water expels its U becoming this gem surface
FACET (FAUCET)
Flamingos are pink partly due to pigments in the brine type of this shelled creature they consume
SHRIMP
This tax term means in proportion to value
AD VALOREM
A Cleveland Browns owner put reserve players on the payroll of his cab company hence this name
TAXI SQUAD