Italian Food
Real Portmanteau
Deal the Cards
Stop-Motion
Word Puzzles
200

This deep-fried pastry horn filled with sweetened ricotta, chocolate and/or candied fruit is a specialty of Sicily

cannoli
200

7-letter term for a TV show like "Desperate Housewives" that mixes seriousness with humor

dramedy

200

In a variant of this game, instead of "Do you have any aces?", you ask for an ace of a specific suit

Go Fish

200

The series centres on a good-natured, eccentric, cheese-loving inventor, and his loyal and intelligent anthropomorphic beagle.

Wallace and Gromit

200

Said of help that arrives long overdue
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LITTLE LITTLE
LATE LATE

too little, too late

400

The classic pasta for clam sauce, it's sometimes referred to as flat spaghetti

linguine

400

A dog breed resulting in mixing a poodle with an American Cocker spaniel

cockapoo

400

Each player is dealt 26 cards in this game; if both players turn up a card of the same rank, it's this, the name of the game

War

400

Wes Anderson made a stop-motion film based on this tale of a cunning animal who steals poultry from 3 mean farmers

Fantastic Mr. Fox

400

With this insight, things are almost finished
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TUNNELLIGHT

light at the end of the tunnel

600

Naples is famous for pizza, including this simple but delicious one named for the queen who visited the city in 1889

pizza Margherita

600

There are 3 birds jammed into this portmanteau word for the poultry dish equivalent of Russian nesting dolls

turducken

600

Ochos Locos, as its name suggests, is an Android app for this card came

Crazy 8s

600

This spooky director filmed his stop-motion animation film "Frankenweenie" in black & white to emulate classic monster movies

Tim Burton

600

A branch of some governments
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N AFFAIR
N AFFAIR
N AFFAIR
N AFFAIR

foreign affairs

800

A popular side dish, these round dumplings are often made from potatoes or flour & served with a sauce Italian dumplings made with flour, eggs, and potatoes.

gnocchi

800

In 2013 chef Dominique Ansel launched this hybrid pastry, & a breakfast/dessert craze was born

a cronut

800

Hold the gin & deal 7 cards when 3 or 4 play this game instead of just 2 people

Rummy

800

A true chick-flick, this stop motion film from Aardman Animations concerns a band of barnyard fowl making an escape

Chicken Run

800

Time of day when I rise on my day off
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NOON IN THE

in the afternoon
1000

Saltimbocca is a veal dish seasoned with sage & topped with slices of this ham

prosciutto

1000

This unit of distance is equal to 3.26 light years

a parsec

1000

The 3 initial community cards that are dealt in Texas Hold 'Em are called this

the flop

1000

This is an American clay animation franchise, centered on the titular green clay humanoid character created and modeled by Art Clokey

Gumby

1000

The time to stand up for what you believe
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YOUR 1111 LIFE

for once in your life