Alexander Alekhine was said to have resigned a game not by tipping this piece over but by hurling it across the room
The King
"You've Got A Friend In Me" (the original & the sequels)
Toy Story
Al Gore
Clinton
This team began in Oakland, moved to L.A., thought about going to Irwindale, went back to Oakland, then hit the tables in Vegas
Raiders
The North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher has these animals at the north end of their natural range, including a popular albino one
Alligator
Put "NE" before a word for a buddy & climb up to this mountainous Asian country
Nepal (Pal)
Alexandru Crisan was stripped of the coveted title international this after allegations he'd attained it by fixing games
Grandmaster
"Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo"
Cinderella
Spiro Agnew
Nixon
Winning the war but not the battle, this U. took the national crown in 2025, but a loss to Michigan kept them out of the Big Ten title game
Ohio State
Adwaita, the oldest recorded land animal at about 250 when he died, was one of these critters. (Family is ok, not species).
(Aldabra giant) Tortoise
Add an "NE" to the end of a genre of music & give us the last name of this Notre Dame football coach
Rockne (Rock)
In 2008 Ukrainian star Vassily Ivanchuk stormed out of a Chess Olympiad rather than submit to one of these tests
A Drug Test
It features "You'll Be In My Heart" by Phil Collins
Tarzan
John Nance Garner
FDR
After college, his salary went up from $5.50 an hour in an Iowa grocery store to, I'm gonna guess, at least double that as a Super Bowl MVP.

Kurt Warner
This snake of the desert Southwest, named for its unusual locomotion, can hit speeds of 18 miles per hour
Sidewinder
Take an adjective for sinewy & insert "NE" to get this business that might make a pinot noir
Winery (Wiry)
It took a phone call from Henry Kissinger & a doubling of the prize fund to get this tempestuous American to play his Soviet foe in 1972
Bobby Fischer
Performed by Baloo in the original & in the remake: "The Bare Necessities"
The Jungle Book
Charles Dawes, a man with a plan
Coolidge
If you're receiving a punt in the NFL, you can't be tackled if you make this signal--arm straight up, waving a hand side to side
Fair Catch
From service in the Southwest, the U.S. Army's 9th Engineer Battalion has as its crest this scary-sounding lizard
Gila Monster
A Russian mountain range gets more cerebral when you put "NE" at the start & make this word
Neural (Ural)
His name signifies "newcomer", & this relative newcomer sparked accusations of cheating after a 2022 upset of champ Magnus Carlsen
Hans Niemann
"Listen With Your Heart" & "Colors Of The Wind"
Pocahontas
Charles Curtis, the first person of Native American descent to be elected vice president
Hoover
Not only does he own the Dallas Cowboys & have a net worth of $19 billion or so, but he was surprisingly great as an actor on TV's "Landman".

Jerry Jones
This fossil of New Zealand looks like a lizard, but unlike lizards it has no external ears.
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Tuatara
Give "NE" help you can as you insert those 2 letters in a word that precedes "off course" & get this word for a facade
Veneer (Veer)