Make Time for Time
This short span of time comes before "messaging" or "coffee."
What is Instant?
In early law, this wasn't a crime if it was to your own house; now, burning your place for insurance is a no-no!
What is Arson?
It's the name of a musical group with 5 members.
What is a Quintet?
A statue of a seated Genghis Khan graces an entrance to the government palace in Ulaanbaatar in this nation.
What is Mongolia?
It's from the Latin for "careful" but it's what "killed the cat" who wasn't careful enough.
What is Curiosity?
This date, which doesn't happen often, is AKA Bissextile Day.
What is February 29th.
You took property worth more than $100, so that's grand this, which is ironic, 'cause what you stole is worth about a grand.
What is Larceny?
To shake, or what an archer keeps their arrows in.
What is a Quiver?
This Israeli city was founded in 1909 as a suburb of the ancient Mediterranean port of Jaffa.
What is Tel Aviv?
To appear bedraggled is to look like something that arrived this way.
What is something that the cat dragged in?
It's the fixed time designated by authority by which citizens must be inside at night.
What is Curfew?
Yeah, there was no intention to kill or do grievous bodily harm, so we'll plead to this "2", the negligent or involuntary type.
What is Manslaughter?
The California valley type of this is California's state bird.
What is a Quail?
The only big city in a nation of small towns & villages, this Asian capital is located on the delta of the Chao Phraya River.
What is Bangkok?
If a secret has been exposed, it's where "the cat" is.
What is out of the bag?
It's how you say "tomorrow" in Madrid.
What is Mañana?
Using political office to collect unlawful fees is this; "Futurama" was right! The "X" does make it sound cool.
What is Extortion?
Robert Frost ended a poem, "I had a lover's" this "with the world."
What is Quarrel?
Also famous for its textiles, this traditional center of Japanese culture & Buddhism was the capital for 1,000 years.
What is Kyoto?
A fleeting rise in a stock's price after a fall is this type of "bounce."
What is a Dead Cat Bounce?
It's the plural word for the time of evensong prayers, or the name of the prayers themselves.
What is Vespers?
You appeared to be adversaries, but had a secret pact with your pal to make illegal gains; you're guilty of this 9-letter crime.
What is Collusion?
Made from the bark of a tree, it was once the only effective treatment for malaria.
What is Quinine?
Bishkek, which began as a fortress in 1825, is today the leading city of this "stan."
What is Kyrgyzstan?
Act assertively! "A cat in gloves" has this inability.
What is catches no mice?