IN OTTER NEWS
GIVE THEM SOME CANDY
WORDS FROM ROMAN NUMERALS
("I", "V", "X", "L", "D", "C" and "M".)
("I", "V", "X", "L", "D", "C" and "M".)
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ITS BIGGEST NEIGHBOR
CHARCUTERIE
200
As an otter uses its tail to steer, the tail is called this, just like a ship's steering device
a rudder
200
Requiring 20 min. of pulling, the salt water type of this has been described as a candy & an upper body workout all in one
taffy
200
A cover for a container or for your eye
lid
200
How about "first year" instead of this term for students entering high school
freshmen
200
Colombia's biggest
Brazil
200
Used to cure meat for sausages, a mix of sodium nitrite & sodium chloride is called pink this seasoning
salt
400
So they don't drift apart while sleeping, sea otters hold hands, or wrap themselves in strands of this
seaweed (or kelp)
400
A smooth, heavy paste made from sugar & these nuts is the traditional basis of marzipan
almonds
400
Adjective for a bright color or a strong recollection
vivid
***
400
Longcase clock is another way to refer to this antique
a grandfather clock
400
Norway's
Russia
400
Though chorizo comes from Spain, its red color comes from this spice associated with Hungary
paprika
600
The aquarium on Cannery Row in this California city has a sea otter cam & celebrates Sea Otter Week, the last week of Sept.
Monterey
***
600
Egg whites & sugar syrup go into recipes for this versatile goo found in Snickers & Toblerone
nougat
600
In a product from V8, it follows the words "Bloody Mary"
mix
600
These days, Rita prefers to be a parking enforcement officer rather than this antiquated term
a meter maid
600
Guatemala's
Mexico
600
The most famous mortadella comes from this Italian city that also has an Oscar Mayer product named for it
Bologna
800
Here are some of the colorful characters from this brand
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Otter Pops
800
It's not booze, it's the liquid produced when cocoa beans are ground into paste, releasing the cocoa butter
liquor
800
According to Freud, it contains the primitive instincts of the body
the id
800
An equal-opportunity archvillain can call his employees lackeys or minions instead of this 8-letter word
henchmen
800
**DAILY DOUBLE**
Nepal's
China
800
Gavage is the force-feeding of ducks to create this rich yet controversial foodstuff
foie gras
1000
Otters are members of this family, Mustelidae
the weasel family
***
1000
This confection of pecans & brown sugar is named for the French military officer whose cook is credited with inventing it
pralines
1000
Calf-length fashion style seen here that got its name in the late 1960s
midi
1000
A ship could embark on its first sailing rather than this traditional term
its maiden voyage
1000
Syria's
Turkey
***
1000
Robert Burns called this offal Scottish dish the "great chieftain o' the puddin'-race"
haggis