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"Tender"
100

Solo piano works by this man include 1846's Opus 60 "Barcarolle" & 17 Polish songs

Frederic Chopin

100

Rachel Chu heads to Singapore with her ultra-wealthy boyfriend in this 2013 novel by Kevin Kwan

Crazy Rich Asians

100

On December 15, 1968 there was no "Brotherly Love" as this NFL home team's fans booed Santa & pelted him with snowballs

Philadelphia Eagles

100

Businesses & professors are among those who give the court information to help one party in an amicus curiae brief, Latin for this

Friend of the court

100

Mixologist is a glorified term for this

Bartender

200

Die Zauberflöte in German, this Mozart opera premiered in 1791, just months before the composer's death

The Magic Flute

200

This "miserable" guy says, "I was a convict. I have spent nineteen years in prison"

Jean Valjean

200

This NFC South team blew a 25-point lead & lost Super Bowl LI in 2017

Atlanta Falcons

200

In many states, a borrower who couldn't pay the mortgage has the right of redemption, to stop this process until auction time

Foreclosure

200

Filet mignon is a cut from this

Tenderloin

300

Compositions by Bach include "Toccata &" this "in D minor" as well as "The Art of the" this

Fugue

300

The Richardson family's house is a victim of arson in this bestseller by Celeste Ng, adapted as a Hulu miniseries

Little Fires Everywhere

300

Vince Coleman of this Midwest National League team fell victim to a mechanical tarp & was out of the 1985 playoffs

Saint Louis Cardinals

300

Let's get inventive & file one of these; the three types are utility, plant, and design

Patent
300

One must "demonstrate a practical use of the taut-line hitch" to achieve this scouting rank

Tenderfoot

400

Handel's 5-movement orchestral suite, "Music for the Royal" these, premiered in 1749 & naturally preceded a display of them

Fireworks

400

Zadie Smith's "On Beauty" is modeled on this author's "Howards End"

E.M. Forster

400

This Earl Weaver-managed American League team lost the 1969 World Series to the Miracle Mets

Baltimore Orioles

400

It was this three-named junior on the Supreme Court who gave the "Clear and Present Danger" restraint on free speech

Oliver Wendell Holmes

400

Bonnie Prince Charlie, who claimed he was England's rightful king, was known as the "Young" one

Pretender

500

One of Gabriel Faure's most famous pieces is his pavane, a centuries-old dance that gets its name from this Italian "P" city

Padua

500

Christopher Isherwood is known for stories based on life in this European city in the 1930s; here's how he looked in that decade

Berlin

500

Long after Dominique Wilkins, this NBA team flew through a rough 2004-05 season, going 13-69

Atlanta Hawks

500

If a judge has ruled against a case and said another lawsuit can't be filed on the same grounds, it's been "dismissed with" this

Prejudice
500

If you've been "left to" someone's this two-word idiom, you have no protection from whatever they wish to do with you. (Also a 1983 film which won Robert Duvall his Best Actor Oscar)

Tender mercies