ADD A TREE
Add a type of tree to a "D" & you get this sprinting race
dash
If you've got a cape, you could be a member of this fictional D.C. comics group, JLA
he Justice League of America
This type of doll represents a particular person; sticking pins in it is said to reinforce spells cast on that person
a voodoo doll
Yellowstone Lake
Wyoming
The principal dish at a meal
the main course
The chess piece that there are the most of
the pawns
Put a tree after "H" & you get this nautical wheel
helm
Step into the octagon & tell us the name of this activity, MMA
mixed martial arts
In the 1880s this inventor reduced the size of a phonograph so that it could fit inside a doll & make it "talk"
Edison
Grand Lake O' the Cherokees
Oklahoma
He's a guy's best male friend, his No. 1 buddy, his this
a main man
The 2 chess pieces of which each side has only one
the king & queen
Add a fruit tree to an "S" & you get this long, sharp weapon
a spear
Between Chad & the Democratic Republic of the Congo is this country, C.A.R.
the Central African Republic
Mattel has announced 2 new "I Can Be..." dolls of her: news anchor & computer engineer
Barbie
Lake Shasta
California
A central computer that supports peripheral or subordinate ones
a mainframe
The piece that shares its name with a job in the Catholic church
the bishop
Put a tree after "S" & you get this part of a book or a man
a spine
Use a tire iron on a person & you've committed an ADW, short for this
assault with a deadly weapon
Chrissa Maxwell, who moved to Minnesota to live with her grandmother, is the 2009 girl of the year in this line
American Girl
Sam Rayburn Lake
Texas
10-letter word for the prevailing current of thought or opinion
mainstream
The one that shares its name with a crow relative
a rook
Add a tree to an "S" & you get this wet word
soak (slime accepted)
2 of the 3 professions in the acronym ASCAP
(2 of) composers, authors & publishers
This doll with the red-&-white striped legs & red yarn hair was created by cartoonist Johnny Gruelle in 1915
Raggedy Ann
Lake Peekskill
New York
A strong rope on a sailing vessel, or a chief support on which you rely
a mainstay
The only piece in the back row that can start a game
a knight