It's your last name if you're a '70s TV dad with a wholesome "Bunch" of kids... or if you're the host of "Let's Make a Deal"
Brady
Freight carried by a ship or other vehicle.
Cargo
Actually brewed more like a beer, this Japanese "rice wine" is about 15% alcohol & often drunk warm.
Sake
It's the crime of making someone pay you to not reveal their embarrassing secrets.
Blackmail
"It's raining" these means it's coming down hard, not that there's a deluge of Angoras & Akitas.
Cats & Dogs
It's how you might describe a leafy tree that helps you beat the heat... or that weird neighbor who keeps trying to sell you crypto.
Shady
A symbol that represents a company or an organization.
Logo
This word for a Swedish-style buffet comes from words meaning "butter" & "table"
Smorgasbord
It's a structure made of glass to grow plants, or what some fear man-made gases are turning our planet into.
Greenhouse
Something insecure or unstable might be described as one of these; you can build a literal one with jacks & aces.
House of Cards
She's the pampered cocker spaniel who falls for a stray mutt in a 1955 animated film.
Lady
Music for this South American ballroom favorite, rose optional.
Tango
Dom Perignon was a Benedictine monk whose name is on bottles of this potent potable.
Champagne
These drawings are used to show how to construct something, like a building or a machine.
Blueprint
I have no idea what you said--it was this language to me, a phrase used by Shakespeare.
Greek
With his on-screen partner in crime Faye Dunaway, he presented the Best Picture Oscar in 2017... to the wrong film.
Warren Beatty
A wild canine from Down Under.
Dingo
“Mastering the Art of French Cooking" is the 1961 book that launched this chef's career.
Julia Child
This 2-word fishy term refers to a piece of information that is a distraction from the main issue.
A red herring
To "batten down" these is to prepare for a coming storm, literal or otherwise.
The Hatches
It's what you are if you reside in the small emirate nestled between Iraq & Saudi Arabia.
Kuwaiti
A color between blue & violet.
Indigo
If you order fried squid as an appetizer, it will likely be served under this name.
Calamari
A member of the armed forces who has been wounded in action may receive this medal.
The Purple Heart
To the Brits, a difficult situation is a sticky this, a phrase taken from cricket.
A wicket