| #8988, aired 2023-12-06 | WHAT DO I "GET" $400: Take aim at this "date" set for completion of a task target date |
| #8845, aired 2023-04-07 | DE-COMPOSING $400: After taking aim at "William Tell" & then quitting theater entirely at age 37, he quit more than that on Nov. 13, 1868 (Gioachino) Rossini |
| #8828, aired 2023-03-15 | THOSE DARN NEBRASKANS $1200: Poet John Trudell, who helped lead the 1969-71 occupation of Alcatraz, later became chairman of the AIM, this movement the American Indian Movement |
| #8723, aired 2022-10-19 | WHAT A BUTTE! $3,699 (Daily Double): Grizzly Bear Lodge is another name for this butte that rises 1,267 feet above Wyoming Devils Tower |
| #8670, aired 2022-06-24 | FOXES $600: Widespread vaccination programs aim to reduce the incidence of this deadly disease in foxes, from the Latin for "madness" rabies |
| #8554, aired 2022-01-13 | WE GOT STUCK $800: Ready, aim, fire--this gun seen here, used in bonding surfaces to make things watertight a caulking gun |
| #8554, aired 2022-01-13 | 5-LETTER WORDS $2000: It can mean the wading bird seen here or take aim at verbally & criticize snipe |
| #8541, aired 2021-12-27 | CLASSIC NOVELS $800: Anna Sewell said the aim of this book was "to induce kindness, sympathy and an understanding treatment of horses" Black Beauty |
| #8483, aired 2021-10-06 | GET A HOBBY $1000: Aim to get better at this game; its PDC World Championship in 2021 included throwing a 180 & winning three legs on the trot darts |
| #8448, aired 2021-07-21 | MED SCHOOL $400: 510 or above (out of a possible 528) is a good score to aim for when you take this 4-letter medical school admissions test the MCAT |
| #8306, aired 2021-01-04 | HOW DO YOU... $2000: Nock the projectile in the string, hold solid part of weapon firmly, pull back on string, aim, release fire a bow & arrow |
| #8260, aired 2020-10-16 | ELVI $800: This rocker's backing band on 1977's "My Aim Is True" included members of the News, of Huey Lewis fame Elvis Costello |
| #8233, aired 2020-06-10 | BLOOD, SWEAT & CHEERS $400: This Minn.-based clinic says, "as a general goal, aim for at least 30 minutes of moderate physical activity every day" the Mayo Clinic |
| #8107, aired 2019-12-03 | WORDS & THEIR MEANINGS $600: It's No. 1 of the 10 objects a bowler takes aim at kingpin (headpin) |
| #8018, aired 2019-06-19 | THE DC UNIVERSE $600: This show starring Stephen Amell as a billionaire who takes aim at crime began in 2012; get the point? Arrow |
| #7853, aired 2018-10-31 | SONG TITLE WOMEN BY LYRIC $1200: "I know this world is killing you... my aim is true" "Alison" |
| #7802, aired 2018-07-10 | YESTERCAREER $1600: The knocker-upper, with a long pole or a peashooter to aim at windows, has been replaced by this bedside device an alarm clock |
| #7712, aired 2018-03-06 | NAME THAT POET! $600: "If you can dream--and not make dreams your master; if you can think--and not make thoughts your aim" Rudyard Kipling |
| #7586, aired 2017-09-11 | SELF-HELP BOOKS $600: "Quantum Healing" & other books by this New Delhi-born man aim to put you on the path to wellness Deepak Chopra |
| #7444, aired 2017-01-12 | DAD BOD $200: For the movie "Southpaw", Jake Gyllenhaal's day included 1,000 sit-ups & 100 this-ups; most dads should aim for 5 pull-ups |
| #7309, aired 2016-05-26 | BEASTLY EXPRESSIONS $1200: To achieve dual goals with a single effort is to do this, perhaps with a pebble--ready, aim, throw! kill two birds with one stone |
| #7056, aired 2015-04-27 | THE VIETNAM WAR $400: A key U.S. aim was winning Vietnamese "Hearts and" these, the title of an Oscar-winning documentary opposing the war Minds |
| #7046, aired 2015-04-13 | INTERNATIONAL LAW $2000: The United Nations defines "human" this-ing as the acquisition of people with the aim of exploiting them trafficking |
| #7037, aired 2015-03-31 | INSTRUMENTAL IN SCIENCE $200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew, at Harvard University's Historical Scientific Instruments, holds a metal right angle with a plumb bob.) One instrument, a geometrical & military compass, was used to find areas & volumes, & even determined how best to load & aim a cannon, thanks to this Italian astronomer, who devised it in 1597 Galileo |
| #7005, aired 2015-02-13 | THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE $800: He wrote, "A prince ought to have no other aim or thought... than war and its rules and discipline" Machiavelli |
| #6991, aired 2015-01-26 | ALISON WONDERLAND $1200: The lyrics of his song "Alison" provided the title for his debut album, "My Aim Is True" Elvis Costello |
| #6956, aired 2014-12-08 | "AIM" $400: A written statement disavowing responsibility a disclaimer |
| #6956, aired 2014-12-08 | "AIM" $800: Enthusiastic public approval & praise acclaim |
| #6956, aired 2014-12-08 | "AIM" $1200: In a pun on a Broadway title, a woman who attacked her nieces had this title in the New York Post Aunty Maim |
| #6717, aired 2013-11-26 | DOOHICKEYS $200: Also one of the senses, it's that little metal notch on a rifle barrel that helps you aim sight |
| #6716, aired 2013-11-25 | ALL YOU NEED IS "OVE" $1000: To aim a gun directly at someone cover |
| #6678, aired 2013-10-02 | AIM! $200: Shaq holds the NBA record for most attempts of these in a game without making one, going 0-for-11 on a rough night in 2000 free throws |
| #6678, aired 2013-10-02 | AIM! $400: Guinness reported the youngest male golfer to achieve this singular feat was 4 years & 195 days old a hole-in-one |
| #6678, aired 2013-10-02 | AIM! $600: Bull's-eye! On "Sport Science", QB Drew Brees of this team hit the center of a target 20 yards away 10 out of 10 times the New Orleans Saints |
| #6678, aired 2013-10-02 | AIM! $800: Bull's-eye! You ski cross-country to return to a 50-meter shooting range in this competition the biathlon |
| #6678, aired 2013-10-02 | AIM! $1000: Bull's-eye! Cricket, baseball & 51 by 5s are varieties of this game darts |
| #6646, aired 2013-07-08 | TEACH YOUR CHILDREN $2000: In the firefighting acronym P.A.S.S., pull the pin, aim at the fire's base, squeeze the lever, then do this until the fire is out sweep |
| #6383, aired 2012-05-23 | MORE THAN ONE MEANING $800: To teach a pet dog to perform a certain way, or to direct, point or aim a camera at something to train |
| #6367, aired 2012-05-01 | HISTORICAL QUOTES $2000: A 1532 book by him says, "A prince should...have no other aim or thought...but war & its organization and discipline" Machiavelli |
| #6159, aired 2011-05-26 | 3-LETTER THE BETTER $200: To point your Mauser aim |
| #5912, aired 2010-05-04 | FROM THE YIDDI"SCH" $800: To converse with the aim of gaining an advantage or making a connection schmooze |
| #5809, aired 2009-12-10 | INSIDE A B-17 $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from inside a B-17.) The bombardier took aim through this top-secret bombsight that was said to be able to drop a bomb in a pickle barrel from 18,000 feet the Norden bombsight |
| #5776, aired 2009-10-26 | & HOW $600: Use your dominant leg; aim for the lock or knob area; first make sure the person inside isn't just in the bathroom break down a door |
| #5529, aired 2008-09-25 | THE 20th CENTURY $1200: In 1973 members of AIM occupied this South Dakota village for 71 days to protest federal policies toward Indians Wounded Knee |
| #5422, aired 2008-03-18 | FROM A TO Y $800: Back in the Middle Ages, the aim of this practice was to change base metals into gold alchemy |
| #5331, aired 2007-11-12 | GIRLS OF SONG $400: Elvis Costello tells this title girl, "My aim is true" Alison |
| #5317, aired 2007-10-23 | BROADWAY DEBUTS $1600: (I'm Susan Lucci.) In 1999 I took aim at Broadway, I made my debut as the title sharpshooter in this musical Annie Get Your Gun |
| #5114, aired 2006-11-30 | ANIMALS $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports.)
Inside zoos, the aim is to increase the population; outside the zoos, the declining number of orangutans are found only on these two Indonesian islands Borneo and Sumatra |
| #5055, aired 2006-07-28 | THAT'S POLITICS $200: In July 1804 in the same N.J. place where his son had died in a duel 3 years before, he did not take aim; oops (Alexander) Hamilton |
| #5046, aired 2006-07-17 | THE DICTIONARY $1200: Dictionaries use archaic for rare usages; this label refers to a sense of a word no longer in use, like "guess" for "aim" obsolete |
| #4938, aired 2006-02-15 | WE HELP WITH YOUR COLLEGE APPLICATION $400: Every year since 1965, at least one grad of this private L.A. school has been up for an Oscar; I aim to join that list University of Southern Cal (USC) |
| #4845, aired 2005-10-07 | 3-LETTER WORDS $200: It comes between ready & fire! aim |
| #4758, aired 2005-04-20 | CALIFUNIA $400: "Ready. Aim. Scream" is the slogan of this Buena Park theme park's Silver Bullet ride Knott's Berry Farm |
| #4671, aired 2004-12-20 | FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT $800: Wright's interiors show his aim to eliminate what he called "the room as" this 3-letter word a box |
| #4626, aired 2004-10-18 | GET A JOB! $200: "Aim high" & get a job in this branch of the military & you might have to memorize their slogan "Aim High" the Air Force |
| #4606, aired 2004-09-20 | ADD A "PIN"CH $400: The type of bowling done on the PBA circuit, or one of the objects you'd aim your ball at tenpin |
| #4412, aired 2003-11-11 | BODY TALK $800: To work diligently toward a desired aim is "to keep" this "to the wheel" your shoulder |
| #4247, aired 2003-02-04 | TECH TALK $1600: 3-letter (sounding like 3-word) name of an instant messaging program introduced in November 1996 ICQ |
| #4246, aired 2003-02-03 | "PE" CLASS $1200: Aim high & maybe one day you'll wind up living in this top-floor luxury apartment penthouse |
| #4241, aired 2003-01-27 | GOLF TALK $2000: (Peter Jacobsen gives the clue) On this type of long putt, you don't aim to hole out, but to leave yourself a short one lag |
| #4109, aired 2002-06-13 | "ALL" WE KNOW $1200: It's an association of groups with a common aim alliance |
| #4056, aired 2002-04-01 | IT HAPPENED ON APRIL FOOL'S DAY $600: "Aim high" & tell us this branch of the U.S. military that established its academy in 1954 the Air Force |
| #3977, aired 2001-12-11 | MAGS FOR MEN $600: In 2001 you could take aim at the special 500th issue of "Guns &" this Ammo |
| #3941, aired 2001-10-22 | THAT'S GOTTA HURT $100: When 2 people are shooting guns & their aim intersects at you, you're caught in one of these crossfire |
| #3937, aired 2001-10-16 | POCKET BILLIARDS $200: (Sofia of the Clue Crew takes her turn.) In this game named for a black sphere, players aim to sink either the stripes or the solids 8-ball |
| #3805, aired 2001-03-02 | SCRAMBLED OPERAS $200: Rossini:
"It'll Aim Well" "William Tell" |
| #3760, aired 2000-12-29 | SLOGANEERING $700 (Daily Double): A branch of the U.S. military:
"Aim High" the Air Force |
| #3744, aired 2000-12-07 | TOOTHPASTE TALK $400: What you have to do to shoot that tube on the top shelf of the medicine cabinet Aim |
| #3429, aired 1999-07-01 | BRAND NAMES $200: It's the part of your body that Aim is made to be used on teeth |
| #3172, aired 1998-05-19 | MEN IN RED $800: On "My Aim Is True", Elvis Costello claimed "The angels wanna wear" these My red shoes |
| #3083, aired 1998-01-14 | "B"s DO IT $200: If right-handed, they aim for the "pocket" between the 1 & 3 pins bowlers |
| #2714, aired 1996-05-23 | BRITISH HISTORY $100: In 1940 this prime minister said, "You ask what is our aim? I can answer in one word: Victory" Winston Churchill |
| #2344, aired 1994-11-10 | MAMMALS $300: These mammals can project their foul-smelling spray 12 feet & they always aim for the face a skunk |
| #2163, aired 1994-01-19 | LITERATURE $800: In his preface to this novel, Oscar Wilde wrote, "To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim" The Picture of Dorian Gray |
| #2003, aired 1993-04-28 | AMERICAN ORGANIZATIONS $400: Abbreviated AIM, it was founded in 1968 to promote the rights of Native Americans the American Indian Movement |
| #1664, aired 1991-11-21 | QUOTES $400: "In the long run", he wrote in "Walden", "men hit only what they aim at" (Henry David) Thoreau |
| #1654, aired 1991-11-07 | FILM BIOGRAPHIES $300: "I Aim at the Stars" told the story of this German rocket scientist & his adjustments to life in the U.S. Wernher von Braun |
| #1415, aired 1990-10-26 | POETRY $1,000 (Daily Double): Poet heard here reading one of his own works:
"Out of the mud two strangers came / And caught me splitting wood in the yard, / And one of them put me off my aim..." Robert Frost |
| #1179, aired 1989-10-19 | TRIVIA $400: Phrase meaning "a selfish aim", a lumberjack with a dull blade also has one an axe to grind |
| #932, aired 1988-09-27 | SOLDIER TALK $200: The point from which riflemen take aim & shoot at a target, or Wm. F. Buckley's TV show firing line |
| #733, aired 1987-11-11 | PROVERBS $1000: "As evidence of skill, a good archer is not known by his arrows" but by this his aim |
| #440, aired 1986-05-16 | 3-LETTER PRODUCTS $500: This cleaning product's "target" is your teeth Aim |
| #434, aired 1986-05-08 | MOTOWN $1000: The Four Aims joined Motown in 1964, after changing their "aim" & their name to this the Four Tops |
| #267, aired 1985-09-17 | PORCUPINES $100: A popular misconception is that porcupines can do this with their quills throw |
| #173, aired 1985-05-08 | MAGIC $700 (Daily Double): Movie the following was from:
"You have to believe we are magic / Nothin' can stand in our way / You have to believe we are magic / Don't let your aim ever stray" Xanadu |
| #168, aired 1985-05-01 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: Follows "On", "Under", or "Ready, Aim" fire |
