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| 8-LETTER CROSSWORD CLUES "P" |
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| ELECTION YEAR BEFORE & AFTER |
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| The daughter of this "30 Rock" creator inspired a catchphrase for Liz Lemon: "I want to go to there" |
(A.J.: Who is Lorne Michaels?)
Tina Fey
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| Pad Thai is a popular dish consisting of the rice type of these, pan fried with egg, shrimp & tofu |
noodles
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| Gruel for Goldilocks |
porridge
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| Most of the small islands in Botswana's Okavango Swamp were formed by mounds built by these insects |
(Laura: What are ants?)
termites
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| One of these was erected in the Place de la Revolution in 1793, & soon heads were rolling |
a guillotine
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| Spokesclown for the Golden Arches who flirts with running for president & hosts "The Celebrity Apprentice" |
Ronald McDonald Trump
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| Jack Donaghy, played by this man, was "working the dayshift at that graveyard & the graveyard shift at that Days Inn" |
Alec Baldwin
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| A basic ingredient in Thai cuisine is prik kee noo, a small, spicy one of these named for its resemblance to a mouse dropping |
(A.J.: What is a [*]?) (Alex: Be more specific.) (A.J.: What is a... Thai [*]?) (Alex: Well, we'll give you it on [*]. It's a chili [*]).
pepper
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| It "makes perfect" |
practice
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| This 700-sq.-mile Georgia-Florida swamp is a critical habitat for the Florida black bear |
the Okefenokee
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| Led by Siegfried, an army of these northern invaders sailed up the Seine & besieged Paris in 885 |
the Vikings
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| This star of "TGS" had a novelty song, "Werewolf Bar Mitzvah": "Boys becoming men, men becoming wolves" |
Tracy Morgan (or Tracy Jordan)
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| One of Thailand's most famous dishes is tom yum goong, a type of this made with shrimp |
soup
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| The Garden of Eden |
paradise
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| Sudan's Sudd Swamp along the White branch of this river is dominated by swamp grasses & papyrus |
the Nile
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| In the 3rd century Barbarians wiped out Roman Paris; the people fled to what's now this Seine ile crossed by the Pont Neuf |
the Île de la Cité
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| Paul Reubens' childlike (& childish) alter ego who once ran Godfather's Pizza |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Pee-wee Herman Cain
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| This NBC page said, "Miss Lemon, your eyes look like my uncle's after he would drink from the air conditioner" |
Kenneth Parcell
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| In names of Thai food dishes, "jade" & "ruby" refer to green & red types of this sauce mixed with coconut milk |
curry
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| Honey Island Swamp in this state's St. Tammany Parish is said to be home to a 7-foot-tall swamp monster |
Louisiana
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| In his 52 B.C. "Commentaries", he wrote that the Parisii burned their town rather than surrender to him |
Julius Caesar
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| "Macbeth" witches' potion ingredient that drafted the "Contract with America" |
eye of Newt Gingrich
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| He was "Bourne" to guest as Carol, a pilot who--unlike Sully--doesn't "hit birds. Where's my ticket to the Grammys?" |
Matt Damon
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| Used as a condiment, nam pla is a type of sauce made from fermented these |
(Laura: What are soybeans?)
fish
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| Once home to runaway slaves, this "Great" swamp in Va. & N.C. appears in Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Dred" |
(Alex: Less than a minute now, A.J., to complete the round.)
the Great Dismal Swamp
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| In the 1572 St. Bartholomew's Day massacre, Paris' Catholics killed thousands of these French Protestants |
Huguenots
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| National Wildlife Federation's magazine for kids that's a conservative ex-senator from Pennsylvania |
Ranger Rick Santorum
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