Empty Words
Before island this 6-letter word means uninhabited not arid & sandy
DESERT
General Thomas Gage military governor of this colony gave the orders that started the war in 1775
MASSACHUSETTS
It is the title of Stephen King's novel about the creepy clown Pennywise
It
Film in which Kevin Costner hears a mysterious voice while standing in his Iowa cornfield
FIELD OF DREAMS
If your high-flying idea turns out to be a dud it lands with this sound that rhymes with dud
Thud
Tabula rasa is often translated as this 5-letter slate
BLANK
Not Lafayette but this French general brought his soldiers & maybe rocks paper & scissors to Yorktown
ROCHAMBEAU
La Vie Boheme is a song from Rent which was based on this Puccini opera
La Boheme
In this movie 12-year-old 30-year old Tom Hanks tries to eat baby corn row by row
BIG
Hearing this hyphenated sound of tiny feet means you have kids in the house or mice let's get at 'er
PITTER-PATTER
An available job or hotel room
A VACANCY
The sun never shine on a cause of greater worth than the colonists' wrote Thomas Paine in this 1776 work
Common Sense
In 1452 Leonardo da Vinci was born near a small Tuscan hill town called this
Vinci
In The Road To Wellville Anthony Hopkins plays this developer of corn flakes
W.K. KELLOGG
After a few hours in the hot sun I'm ready to drink a cold beverage this way also an engine sound
CHUG
CBS News called the emptying of East Coast states before Hurricane Floyd the biggest peacetime this in U.S. history
EVACUATION
On Dec. 16 1773 members of this 8-year-old group left a meeting to board British ships & dump tea
THE SONS OF LIBERTY
The Declaration of Independence & the Constitution were both signed in this Philadelphia hall
INDEPENDENCE HALL
This movie is named after the tornado that rips through corn fields of Iowa
Twister
Large ones can measure more than 5 feet across
A GONG
In Genesis 1:2 the earth was without form and this
VOID
A British band played a tune titled The World Turned Upside Down during the surrender here on Oct. 19 1781
Yorktown
What the British call a jumper we call this type of sweater that you pull over your head
A PULLOVER
Reviewers went crazy with corn puns reviewing this Eastwood-Streep movie set in Iowa
THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY
Hey! It's a 6-letter bray from Mr. Ed
Whinny