Clue | 4-Letter Word |
★ US President in 1845-1849 and subject of this word ladder ★ | |
Meat from a pig | |
Public place where people play | |
★ Because of his surprise victory at the 1844 Democratic convention, he is known as a '____ horse' candidate. ★ | |
Something thrown at a board | |
Place to put items when shopping | |
What electors do to their votes | |
★ One of his rivals for the nomination: politician and general Lewis ____ (who did get the nomination in 1848) ★ | |
Cylindrical soda containers | |
Walking stick | |
Ice cream delivery device | |
★ How many children he had ★ | |
★ Number of ballots at the convention (On the first seven ballots, he received no votes at all!) ★ | |
Common response to 'How are you?' | |
Discover | |
Affectionate | |
It's what's for dinner | |
Silly or stupid person | |
Athlete's infraction | |
★ Oregon expansionist slogan: 'Fifty-____ Forty or Fight!' ★ | |
How lemon or vinegar tastes | |
A drunk might do this to his speech | |
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Dirty, crowded part of a city | |
Shut a door angrily | |
Kill a monster or other foe | |
★ His opponent in the general election was veteran politician Henry ____, who had run twice before ★ | |
What appreciative audiences do | |
Short music or video excerpt | |
Item in a poker pot | |
What a hard taskmaster cracks | |
★ Aforementioned opponent Henry was a leader of this political party. ★ | |
Old Scottish word meaning to beg | |
★ Unlike William Howard Taft, he was relatively this. ★ | |
★ Unlike Rutherford B. Hayes, he did not have a beard on his this. ★ | |
Originate a phrase | |
Become part of a larger group (like Texas and the US in 1845) | |
★ Incumbent president ____ Tyler, at odds with his party, did not run. ★ | |
Roy ____, McCarthy era prosecutor | |
What Americans call maize | |
Where an apple's seeds reside | |
Restore to health | |
Six-sided regular polyhedron | |
★ He offered $100 million to Spain for this island, but they declined. ★ | |
A large brass instrument | |
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What baths are taken in | |
File folder protrusions | |
Skin decorations, for short | |
Large containers where wine ferments | |
Soldiers who returned from the Mexican War, for short | |
★ As president, he did this to Congress's Rivers and Harbors Act. ★ | |
Mother of Apollo and Artemis | |
Tonight Show host Jay | |
Provide to a borrower | |
Watch over something, like a bar | |
★ Like his mentor Andrew Jackson, he hailed from this state (abbrev.). ★ | |
A migrating sea bird | |
★ True to his promise, he did not seek a second one of these. ★ | |
Group of ball players | |
Site for stitches | |
Something fake, possibly a pillow cover | |
Pygmalion author George Bernard, or Jaws and The Sting actor Robert | |
There's no business like this business. | |
What Frosty is made of | |
Be acquainted with | |
★ His middle name (and his mother's maiden name); also a fort known for a precious metal ★ | |
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