Casper is a friendly one of "these"
ghost
This classic game's Cavity Sam has been given a new ailment:
Brain Freeze
Operation
For a basketball:
PPG
points per game
Harry Truman had stars & stripes in his eyes when he designated June 14 as this annual "Day"
Flag Day
California is no stranger to these dry spells when average rainfall is below normal for months or years
drought
The Air Force's B-2 Spirit is sprayed with a radar-absorbent coating, helping make it this type of bomber
stealth
This games creator glued gridded blueprints onto checkerboards & hand-lettered wood tiles to create this game
Scrabble
He tries to sack the quarterback:
DE
defensive end
In 1908 founder Anna Jarvis gave birth to the first official observance of this May holiday
Mother's Day
King Juan Carlos I's one of these in Spain lasted from 1975 to 2014
reign
Water & lemon juice are a simple recipe for this junior spy specialty
invisible ink
There's a "Super Spud" version of this classic toy
Mr. Potato Head
A boxer wants to be on the giving end:
TKO
Technical Knockout
I do not like green eggs & ham, but I do like that Read Across America Day, March 2, is his birthday
Dr. Suess
These diminutive spirits from the Renaissance are now reduced to sitting in your garden.
gnome
In the Cygnus X-1 star system, discovered in 1964, a blue supergiant circles this hungry, unseen phenomenon
black hole
What could be more fun than this game featuring plastic simians? Hasbro suggests 2 casks or more are even better
Barrel of Monkeys
In bowling you'd mark it as an X; in baseball a K.
Strike
A June observance celebrates this U.S. national symbol, now back from the brink of extinction
(bald) eagle
Mister Rogers sang, "Would you be mine? Could you be mine?...Won't you be my" this
neighbor
The New Testament says this 5-letter type of belief "is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen"
faith
This classic drawing toy was once called Telecran, still its name in France
Etch-a-Sketch
In soccer this guy keeping shots out is abbreviated GK
goalkeeper
This "colorful" shopping day is the day after Thanksgiving
Black Friday
Wildebeest is another name for this large antelope
gnu