Connections
rubber, sweat, jug, Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club
bands
Mia Farrow and Twiggy helped this short, androgynous hairstyle to become a hit with the youth.
pixie cut
The four nucleotide bases are represented by A, C, T, and this letter.
G (guanine)
Simon & Garfunkel: "In the clearing stands a ____ and a fighter by his trade".
boxer
This time of day is one of the only ones that has a non-numerical name.
(12:00) midnight, midday, noon
relief, political, heat, treasure
maps
The invention of vulcanized rubber made it possible for these ankle boots to appear on such notable feet as the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and Andy Warhol
Chelsea boots
The "23" in DNA testing company "23andme" refers to our (usually) 23 pairs of these.
chromosomes
Once used to swat flies in the pasture, this now makes a rich, tasty stew.
oxtail
Rock on: this Wiltshire landmark may have served as a solar calendar.
Stonehenge
candy, sugar, offset, birch
cane
This London street, first famous for its custom tailored suits, rose to prominence in the swinging 60s and is now synonymous with high fashion.
Savile Row
In Jurassic Park, scientists used DNA from these slippery creatures to fill in the gaps of dino-genes.
frogs
This smooth brown cardinal-shaped bird is named for the red tips that form on its secondary feathers.
waxwing
Your sundial should point this cardinal direction.
true north
face, log, comic, note
books
A pacifist prime minister lends his name to this type of coat with a mandarin collar and no lapels. Sammy Davis, Jr. helped to popularize it among mods in the West.
Nehru jacket
When copying DNA, one strand is called the leading and the other is called the ___ .
lagging
Rob Thomas band who sang "Unwell": ___ 20
Matchbox
Are we currently in Daylight Saving Time, or out of it?
in (3/10/24 - 11/3/24)
scone, weight, asinine, often
ending in numbers (one, eight, nine, ten)
The iconic miniskirt is credited to this cutting edge fashion designer, who also invented hot pants
Mary Quant
The culmination of over 30 years of effort, the Telomere-to-Telomere consortium filled in the gaps of DNA sequencing to form the first complete picture of the human ___ in 2022.
genome
Also fits the 60s fashion category: a flat, brimless hat found in a Bob Dylan song and Jackie Kennedy's head.
pillbox
A candle with nails stuck in it was an early predecessor to this timepiece (when the candle burned down, the nails would fall with a loud clatter to the metal plate below).
alarm clock