SHAKE IT OFF
Beignets are usually covered with piles of this stuff, so you may want to shake a little off if you don't want a mess
powdered sugar
In "Frankenstein's Aunt", the plucky heroine tries to clear the family name & of course meets a werewolf & this vampire
Dracula
Thoreau wrote, "If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different" one of these
Drummer
Acquire property, avoid jail, pay your taxes, run your possibly now-former friends into bankruptcy
Monopoly
Metallic strands on a Christmas tree & to heed
tinsel & listen
"The Private Investigator's Handbook" talks about shaking this 4-letter follower
a tail
In this classic of American lit, the mischievous title boy lives with Aunt Polly, who opens the novel by calling his name
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Sounding like a part of a saddle, it means to beat with the fists
pummel
Employ the Benko Gambit... wait, maybe the Grünfeld Defense.... ooh, the Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack! Let's go with that!
Chess
Fuzzy fruit & inexpensive
peach & cheap
Here's this breed of herding dog shake, shake, shaking it off
a Border Collie
Early on in a book from 1900, we learn that she came to the Kansas prairies as a "young, pretty wife" but sun & wind had turned her gray
Auntie Em
Certain naval vessels must attain negative buoyancy in order to do this
submerge
Be last off the Battle Bus & land by a quiet spot instead of the Citadel; have a wide range of weapons & a medkit; use headphones
Fortnite
A magical elixir & a choice
potion & option
If you're "anti-" allergies, you can shake off symptoms with one of these drugs like Zyrtec
an antihistamine
This semi-autobiographical novel by Charles Dickens features Betsey Trotwood, an aunt of the title character
David Copperfield
In Finnish, this celebration of the longest day of the year is called Juhannus & is a national holiday
Midsummer
Pick up the 1-3-6-10 "picket fence"; rolling 2 turkeys should probably do it
Bowling
A cherub & to gather, like information or grain
angel & glean
As testosterone rises, male moose shake off the soft covering on their antlers known by the name of this plush fabric
Aunt Mary Beton, mentioned in "A Room of One's Own", has been compared to this author's own Aunt Caroline
Virginia Woolf
The Latin for "increase" gives us this 7-letter word meaning to enlarge in size or strength
Augment
Score 12 hoop points & hit the peg with both balls; toss away your mallet like a boss & have a spot of tea
Croquet
Overall instruction received at school & sold to the highest bidder
education & auctioned