16-LETTER WORDS
The paper bag method is no longer widely recommended if you find yourself doing this--learn controlled breathing
hyperventilating
A male turkey & guitarist Garcia
Tom and Jerry
It's loosely defined as the area from north Africa to Arabia; George Mitchell was a U.S. special envoy to try to make peace there
the Middle East
Have a magical time at this oldest British university where you can see filming locations from the "Harry Potter" movies
Oxford
Kitchen ovens left unattended by King Charles II's bakers may have led to this 1666 disaster
the Great London Fire
A body of water smaller than a lake adds a vowel to become a unit of weight
a pond and a pound
TV ratings went through the roof on Feb. 27, 2019 when this attorney testified before the House Oversight Committee
Michael Cohen
Look at a map of the contiguous U.S. & you'll see that this 16-letter superlative adjective applies to Maine
northeasternmost
Title for lord's wife & Charlie Chaplin's classic character
Lady and the Tramp
This capital of Prince Edward Island was named for the wife of King George III
Charlottetown
You can go lots of places flying out of this busiest airport in the Midwest
O'Hare
This tribunal targeting heretics reached a peak under Torquemada in the 1490s with about 2,000 burned at the stake
the Inquisition
A broad smile welcomes a vowel & turns into a seed of wheat
grin and grain
3 years after this Ohioan's days as House Speaker ended, he backed a marijuana startup going public in Canada in 2018
John Boehner
Adjective meaning working the opposite way from what instinct suggests
counterintuitive
A declaration of victory in a card game & a musical synonym for "keynote"
gin and tonic
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The southern border of Argentina's Pampas is this region that's about the size of Texas
Patagonia
You're headed to this island region of the Pacific that includes Melanesia, Micronesia & Polynesia
Oceania
Drink up, mes amis! In 1814 this dynasty returned to power in France
the Bourbons
A daily meal eats up a vowel to start a new venture
lunch and launch
A new contest was ordered in 2019 due to election fraud in the 9th Congressional district in this Southern state
North Carolina
Adjective for the part of the life & career of George W. Bush that began in January 2009
postpresidential
A cute-sounding type of promise & what the skull protects
Pinky and the Brain
Most of this 4-letter river's 530 miles lie in Poland
the Oder
Pack your bags for this city, Japan's third-largest & the first in Asia to host a World's Fair
Osaka
This extreme right-wing ideology big in 1930s & '40s Europe gets its name from a Roman bundle of wooden rods
Fascism
One of the 4 divisions in a card deck antes up a vowel to be a hotel room upgrade
suit and suite
In Feb. 2019 this N.J. Democratic sen. announced for pres. & hoped to "channel our common pain back into our common purpose"
Cory Booker
Anything that excludes you from consideration for a job
disqualification
IBM president Thomas & a pain in the neck
Watson and Crick
This canyon separates Idaho's Seven Devils & Oregon's Wallowa mountain ranges
Hells Canyon
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Step on, up or down the Potemkin steps in this city
Odessa
6th century Byzantine emperor Justinian defeated these eastern Goths in Italy
Ostrogoths
To fuse metal using heat fires up a vowel to emerge as a word meaning to exercise power
weld and wield
In Feb. 2019 this GOP ex-Massachusetts gov. announced for pres. & urged "people of good will to take a stand & plant a flag"
William Weld