The Presidency
FDR was elected president this many times
4
The sound a cannon makes, or a pole that holds a camera or microphone on set
Boom
This Carolyn Keene character has been solving crimes for more than 80 years; her latest books are her diaries
Nancy Drew
Useful tools in a home workshop include the ball-peen & claw types of these
Hammers
These sidewalk fixtures allow firefighters to tap into the municipal water supply
Hydrants
It's the number & street address for the White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave
Spelled one way, it's the sound of a bell; spelled another, it's how you can prep carrots or apples
Peal/Peel
For stealing a loaf of bread during the French Revolution, he ended up serving 19 years
Jean Valjean
In Spanish, this room is la cocina
The kitchen
You can draw the pattern for hopscotch with Crayola's rhymingly named sidewalk this
Chalk
According to the Constitution, it's the minimum age you have to be to become president
35
4-letter term for gossip or the predominant sound in an apiary
Buzz
On the day of her wedding, she learns that her groom-to-be, Mr. Rochester, already has a wife
Jane Eyre
Their original purpose was to hold skim & 2%, but these plastic stackable bins are great for storage
Milk Crates
Head outdoors for this 3-word game, also the object of the board game Stratego
Capture the Flag
A 1929 fire damaged the West Wing, including this important alliterative room
The Oval Office
This Nestle candy bar is "for the kid in you"
Crunch
This teen classic from the '60s features brothers Darry, Sodapop & Ponyboy
The Outsiders
In a real estate listing, it's what "3BD, 3BA" means
Three bedrooms, three bathrooms
Go lie in one of these hanging beds made of canvas or netted cord & strung between 2 trees
Hammock
Air Force One is the President's jet; Marine One is this transport that often departs the South Lawn
Helicopter
This mournful cry is a homophone of an enormous mammal
Wail
DAILY DOUBLE: As this book begins, Santiago had "gone eighty-four days... without taking a fish"
The Old Man and the Sea
3-letter area where cubs sleep or where you can sit & watch the cubs play
Den
It's an outdoor structure used for a newsstand or Redbox rentals
Kiosk