A Category for Free
This 2-word term is used to describe animals like poultry that have been raised in natural conditions
free-range
To pull, or a big clumsy oaf
lug
This ex-first lady was part of the Tractors for Freedom Committee to pay a ransom for prisoners taken at the Bay of Pigs
Eleanor Roosevelt
This can be a circumnavigator of the waist or a shot of liquor
a belt
Roberta Flack & later the Fugees sang about a man "strumming my pain with his fingers", then committing this title crime
killing me softly
Freestyle swimmers use this stroke that ironically doesn't sound very fast
the crawl
When you disengage mentally, you do this 3-letter verb--no broccoli or cabbage required
veg
In the 10th century the hajj was suspended for some 20 years after the theft of the black stone from the Kaaba in this city
Mecca
The OED calls this, named for an atoll, "a scanty two-piece beach garment"
a bikini
In "A Clockwork Orange", the Droogs were up for "a bit of the old ultra-" this; Lana Del Rey sang about it in 2014
violence
The first freedom mentioned in the Bill of Rights is "the free exercise" of this
religion
This shortened word precedes "league" or "team" when it's a local sports league for fun rather than money
rec
One cemetery holds the remains of the first & the last British soldiers killed in WWI--the latter, at 9:30 A.M. on this date in 1918
November 11
Chukkas & Chelseas are types of these
boots
Ask Maverick; Kenny Loggins sang of "metal under tension" & "red line overload" as you approach this "risky" title area
Danger Zone
Active from 1848 to 1854, this minor but influential political party opposed the spread of slavery into the western USA
Free Soil
There are more than 40 species of this conifer, including the 200-foot-tall noble
fir
This early 20th century leader advocated a more European & modernized Turkey, including in clothing
Ataturk
In the 1950s a sexy movie with this infantile title inspired Balenciaga to design a dress of the same name
baby doll
Call the FBI! This title madman of a Talking Heads song is on the loose; qu'est-ce que c'est
Psycho Killer
DAILY DOUBLE
The port of Freetown is the largest city & capital of this nation of western Africa
Sierra Leone
To Chaucer it was the belly; now it's the gaping mouth of a hungry creature
maw
How do you start a Civil War? Agree to the Magna Carta & then turn around & ask the pope to annul it like this king did
John
Khaled Hosseini conceived "A Thousand Splendid Suns" after seeing women wearing these during a trip to Afghanistan
burkas
Hall & Oates sang that this title killer will "only come out at night...watch out boy she'll chew you up"
Maneater