Don't Eat That
It comes before poor, nap, cheap & bag
dirt
Originally a way of using stale leftovers, this breakfast item is also called pain perdu ("lost bread")
French Toast
Canada's fifth province (8)
Manitoba
Pirates' plunder, or an item of baby footwear
Booty/Bootie
A fat-free monarch
lean queen
A rook is a type of this, another 4-letter fowl
crow
This crumbly Greek cheese is typically made from sheep's or goat's milk & preserved in brin
Feta
Type of photo finish (5)
Matte
A pronoun, or a song like "Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed?"
Him/Hymn
A merciless academy
cruel School
Types of these devices include atomic & grandfather
clocks
The name of this corkscrew-shaped pasta is from Italian for "spindle"
Fusilli
Pipe smoker's mineral (10)
Meerschaum
(a fine light white clayey mineral that is a hydrous magnesium silicate found chiefly in Asia Minor and is used especially for tobacco pipes.)
Ending in -ue, it helps a detective find a killer; ending in -ew, it was thread that led the way out of a classic maze
Clue/Clew
A violin conundrum
fiddle riddle
Binney & Smith began selling boxes of these, made from wax, in 1903; colors ranged from black to yellow
crayons
Fern fronds, eaten as a vegetable, have this instrumental name
Fiddlehead
Feminine form of address for character Quickly (8)
Mistress
A part of the whole, or a state of harmony
Piece/Peace
A kayak inspection
canoe review
This Peter Frampton band sang "30 Days In The Hole"
Humble pie
The national dish of Brazil is this stew of black beans cooked with fresh & smoked meats
The "Mama" of all nursery rhymes (6, 5) - Two Words
Mother Goose
Having a beak, or to construct
Billed/Build
Someone more rapid of movement when he begins fly fishing
Faster Caster