"A"UTHORS
This prolific author used the name Paul French for some sci-fi works
(Isaac) Asimov
These 2 words denote the bigger & smaller of the 2 Ursa constellations
Major and Minor
The first recorded Girl Scout cookie sale occurred in December 1917 by the Mistletoe Troop in Muskogee in this state
Oklahoma
One trip around the track, or a way to take in liquid
Lap
Smirnoff
Russia
DAILY DOUBLE
By tradition, he was a Phrygian slave who probably lived from 620 to 560 B.C.
An organized social cause, like the Civil Rights one
A Movement
Due to flour, sugar & butter shortages, the Girl Scouts sold calendars instead of cookies during this period
World War II
Courage, or to remove feathers
Ketel One
the Netherlands
Her novels include "The House of the Spirits" & "Of Love and Shadows"
(Isabelle) Allende
A type of model with the same proportions as the larger object it copies
Scale
Once known as chocolate mints, they are the most popular Girl Scout cookies, accounting for 25% of sales
Thin Mints
A dark beer, or one who handles your luggage at a railway station
Porter
Skyy
United States
Written in 1866, "A Long Fatal Love Chase", a Gothic novel by this American woman, was finally published in 1995
(Louisa May) Alcott
This adjective can mean "very useful" or "performed without vocals"
Instrumental
Also called Do-si-dos, this sandwich cookie is one of 3 varieties sold every year by all Girl Scouts
Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookie
Impartial, or a public exposition
Fair
Grey Goose
France
Offred is a handmaid in the republic of Gilead in her novel "The Handmaid's Tale"
Margaret Atwood
DAILY DOUBLE
Geometrically, it's a line segment that joins 2 points on a curve
New for 2012, Savannah Smiles are this fruit flavor, reviving the "Coolers" of a few years back
Lemon
An evergreen tree, or to make neat & trim
Spruce
Belvedere
Poland