WORDS WITH A SILENT LETTER
You've become a legatee of your uncle's estate, which also makes you one of these
An heir
In a video teaching British slang, Idris Elba explains chirpsing means hitting on & is related to this word for a woman
A bird
In a big hit, she sang, "I love rock & roll, so put another dime in the jukebox, baby"
Joan Jett
Philosophy, with Plato, quoting Socrates: "The life which is" this "is not worth living"
unexamined
An additional matriarch
Another mother
Following the French pronunciation, both the "Z" & the "S" are silent in this word for an appointed place
Rendezvous
If you say you can't go to the pub because you're skint, that's this reason
Out of money/broke
In their signature song, this band just wanted to "rock & roll all nite & party every day"
KISS
Music:
After Offenbach's 1880 death, colleagues finished "The Tales of" him, which premiered the following year
Hoffmann
An ersatz gâteau
Fake cake
At the start of the 2024-25 NBA season, the average for this was 78.54 inches
Height
Don't worry, mate, it's all this--more than just arranged in categories, it means fixed, settled, taken care of
sorted
The Ramones took us all down to "rock, rock, rock, rock" this title location
"Rock 'n' Roll High School"
Poli sci:
On June 25, 1998 the Supreme Court ruled this kind of presidential veto was unconstitutional
line-item veto
The steeple chorale
Spire choir
From the French for "red", this thickening base for soups & sauces contains flour
A roux
It means a wild party & precedes "Mother Brown" in a song that some say has sexual meanings (but Raffi sang it)
Knees-up
Many years apart, Willie "The Lion" Smith & Weezer recorded songs called "Pork &" these
"Beans"
Psychology:
Before graduating from the University of Zurich in 1912, he got the nickname Klecks, or "Inkblot"
Rorschach
Nuptial coverlets
Wedding bedding
The NOAA says this, formed from 2 words with one meaning "wave", can have a wavelength in excess of 300 miles
If it's time to go to sleep, you're headed for this ceremonial county, home to Clapham; think of the first three letters in its name
Off their album "French Exit", "Lovers Rock" is the biggest hit by this "Girl" group big on TikTok
DAILY DOUBLE
TV Girl
Anthropology:
An American who uses a fork & spoon & disses the Chinese use of chopsticks is an example of this 13-letter "-ism"
ethnocentrism
Payroll tax for your work reading the book of the minor prophet that follows Jonah
Micah FICA