Fictional Characters
This Carolyn Keene character has been solving crimes for more than 80 years; her latest books are her diaries
Nancy Drew
Do something stealthily & you're like this kind of criminal "in the night"
A thief
This cake was named for being made with 16 ounces each of flour, butter, sugar & eggs
Pound cake
This South American country has about 4,600 miles of Atlantic coastline
Brazil
AKA ammonium inhalants, these salts that revived enfeebled Victorian women are still used in the NFL to wake people up
Smelling salts
For stealing a loaf of bread during the French Revolution, he ended up serving 19 years
Jean Valjean
Bare-faced, bald-faced or bold-faced, you're one of these & I'm (another cliché) taking your words with a grain of salt
A liar
A Vienna library has a recipe from 1696 for this flaky pastry & ja, the filling is apple
Strudel
Cities along this U.S. state's ocean coast include Astoria & Brookings
Oregon
With the photic sneeze reflex, looking at this can cause some people to spontaneously sneeze
The Sun (light)
On the day of her wedding, she learns that her groom-to-be, Mr. Rochester, already has a wife
Jane Eyre
Until the 1700s a depressed person could be "down in" just 1 of these, but now it's always plural
The dump
Different from the New York style, the Japanese variety of this dessert is known for extreme fluffiness
Cheesecake
This nation's 2,100-mile coastline extends from the Gulf of Thailand to the Gulf of Tonkin
Vietnam
By taking away needed oxygen, a mix of baking soda & vinegar can work as a basic type of this safety device
A fire extinguisher
This teen classic from the '60s features brothers Darry, Sodapop & Ponyboy
The Outsiders
A soft bed & a warm fire are "creature" these, appealing to our animal nature as opposed to more spiritual needs
Comforts
Literally "lightning" in French, this long, thin chocolate-covered pastry really gives me a charge
An eclair
This nation takes its name from the Latin Mare Erythraeum, meaning "Red Sea", the body of water the nation borders
Eritrea
Particles in a solar wind hit the Earth's magnetic shield and head for the Poles then interact with gases in our atmosphere to form this six-letter phenomenon
Aurora
As this book begins, Santiago had "gone eighty-four days... without taking a fish"
The Old Man and the Sea
A feeling of relief or rebirth is a "new" this phrase that mentions a rental agreement
A lease on life
This 4-letter caramel custard dessert associated with Spanish recipes dates back to Roman times
Flan
It's the only Central American country without a coastline on the Pacific Ocean
Belize
This man's scale is based on the logarithm of the amplitude of the largest seismic wave in an earthquake
Richter