| #9019, aired 2024-01-18 | THE MISING LETER $800: Fennig (old coin) P (pfennig) |
| #8824, aired 2023-03-09 | FIRST WORDS $400: It's from the Latin for "beginning", or a letter like the L in Samuel L. Jackson an initial |
| #8647, aired 2022-05-24 | YES, YES, YES $2000: Beginning with an "I", this 11-letter word for an enthusiastic yes undoubtedly is related to the word "doubt" indubitably |
| #8538, aired 2021-12-22 | THE 1920s $400: His 1926 funeral was attended by many mourners & a wand was ceremonially broken on his coffin, beginning an annual tradition Houdini |
| #8507, aired 2021-11-09 | THE BEGINNING $200: When the U.N. was founded, Gladwyn Jebb of the U.K. did this job in an acting capacity from October 1945 through January 1946 Secretary-General |
| #8477, aired 2021-09-28 | ENTERTAINMENT & THE NMAAHC $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the National Museum of African American History and Culture.) Featuring an all-Black cast, songs like "Ease On Down The Road" & the costumes seen here, this 1975 Broadway musical had a rough beginning before becoming a smash hit & winning 7 Tonys The Wiz |
| #8416, aired 2021-06-07 | BRING IT "ON" $400: It means the beginning of, often in regards to an illness onset |
| #8372, aired 2021-04-06 | BADJECTIVES $1200: Drop an "L" from the beginning of a word meaning "legal" to get this truly bad adjective awful |
| #8218, aired 2020-05-20 | THE "END" IS JUST THE BEGINNING $800: This type of medical examination uses a very small camera on a long thin tube to look at the body's interior an endoscopy |
| #8041, aired 2019-07-22 | POETIC WORDS $400: It's the word for a quotation at the beginning of a poem or other text an epigraph |
| #7902, aired 2019-01-08 | ART & MYTHOLOGY $1600: (Sarah of the Clue crew shows a painting on the monitor.) In mythology, many tales deal with transformation; here, having fled from an amorous Apollo, this nymph begs her father to transform her & destroy her beauty--he turns her into a laurel tree, the change just beginning Daphne |
| #7686, aired 2018-01-29 | THE WORDS OF H.G. WELLS $600: Wells preached & definitely practiced this 2-word phrase for ignoring the conventional constraints of marriage free love (or an open marriage) |
| #7686, aired 2018-01-29 | DOG BREEDS $800: This breed is an English greyhound in miniature a whippet (or an Italian greyhound) |
| #7340, aired 2016-07-08 | ANATOMY $1600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an anatomical diagram on the monitor.) The point called the funny bone is a sensitive spot on the pathway beginning in the spine, going through your shoulder, down your arm, to your ring & pinkie fingers, known as this nerve the ulnar nerve |
| #7036, aired 2015-03-30 | THE MUSICAL '90s $800: In the 1990s this group spent an amazing 51 weeks at No. 1, beginning with "End of the Road", on top for 13 weeks Boyz II Men |
| #7005, aired 2015-02-13 | LITERARY TITLE CHARACTERS $1000: At the beginning of his "Adventures", this Saul Bellow character announces, "I am an American, Chicago born" Augie March |
| #6694, aired 2013-10-24 | THIS SIDE "UP" $600: "Casablanca" begins with an order to do this to "all suspicious characters and search them" round up |
| #6684, aired 2013-10-10 | ONE LETTER ONLY $1600: A major blood group, or an interjection used at the beginning of "America the Beautiful" O |
| #6679, aired 2013-10-03 | WORD PUZZLES $1000: On the calendar, it's a beginning, as well as an end turn of the century |
| #6676, aired 2013-09-30 | 19th CENTURY BRIT LIT $400: He set many of his works, beginning with "Far From the Madding Crowd", in an area of England called Wessex Thomas Hardy |
| #6526, aired 2013-01-21 | "AN" THE BEGINNING $400: An iron block on which metals are hammered into shapes; it also hammers roadrunner-chasing coyotes an anvil |
| #6526, aired 2013-01-21 | "AN" THE BEGINNING $800: With the stress on the first syllable, a building add-on; on the second, to incorporate another country's territory an annex |
| #6526, aired 2013-01-21 | "AN" THE BEGINNING $1200: A collection of writings by various authors, often from a specific period an anthology |
| #6526, aired 2013-01-21 | "AN" THE BEGINNING $1600: The runner who goes last for a team in a relay race the anchor leg |
| #6526, aired 2013-01-21 | "AN" THE BEGINNING $2000: A sometimes fatal allergic reaction to bee venom is this type of "shock" anaphylactic |
| #6471, aired 2012-11-05 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $400: Made by Wurlitzer beginning in the early 1900s, the "unit orchestra" was one of these instruments an organ |
| #6361, aired 2012-04-23 | IN THE "SPRING" TIME $1000: A beginning from which an enterprise is launched, it's also a summer Olympic diving event a springboard |
| #6180, aired 2011-06-24 | IN THE BEGINNING $600: Some scholars believe this punctuation mark comes from the Latin word Io, a shout of joy an exclamation point |
| #6108, aired 2011-03-16 | THE BRITISH POET LAUREATE WRITES $400: For an 1858 royal wedding, Tennyson wrote extra verses for this song, beginning, "God bless our prince and bride" "God Save The Queen" |
| #6107, aired 2011-03-15 | ROAM! $800: To go at a slow pace; put an "R" at the beginning & it means to roam aimlessly amble |
| #5899, aired 2010-04-15 | IN THE BEGINNING $1200: It's a 5-syllable formal ceremony for admission into an organization such as a college fraternity an initiation |
| #5825, aired 2010-01-01 | B.C. & AFTER $2000: Homo erectus archaeological find on Jakarta's island by an expatriate U.S. photographer Java Man Ray |
| #5596, aired 2008-12-29 | WHERE AM I? $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from a New Mexico amphitheater.) I'm at this New Mexico national park, where every night from April to October 300,000 to 400,000 hungry flying mammals delight the crowds with an amazing bat flight Carlsbad Caverns |
| #5400, aired 2008-02-15 | AWARDS $800: The ALA presents an award named in honor of Theodore Geisel, aka this author, for beginning readers' books Dr. Seuss |
| #5243, aired 2007-05-30 | BEGINNING & END $600: "From" this to this is an idiom meaning from the start of a meal (or something else) to the end from soup to nuts |
| #5228, aired 2007-05-09 | THE GALEN CENTER $2,500 (Daily Double): Galen might have sworn an oath to this 5th century B.C. Greek man he considered the beginning of all medical learning Hippocrates |
| #4941, aired 2006-02-20 | SEEING RED $1000: Sinopia are the sketches in red an artist makes on a wall before beginning one of these painted murals frescos |
| #4914, aired 2006-01-12 | PARACHUTING WITH THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew prepares to jump from an aircraft at Fort Bragg, NC.) Beginning parachuters usually jump with a partner, referred to as this term from the Latin for "at length" tandem |
| #4890, aired 2005-12-09 | "EN" THE BEGINNING $800: It's a tortilla rolled & stuffed with meat or cheese & served with a sauce spiced with chili an enchilada |
| #4890, aired 2005-12-09 | "EN" THE BEGINNING $1200: It can be a national flag displayed on a ship, or the rank of a sailor on that ship an ensign |
| #4890, aired 2005-12-09 | "EN" THE BEGINNING $1600: It's a territory belonging to one country but lying within another, such as Spain's Ceuta & Melilla in Morocco an enclave |
| #4886, aired 2005-12-05 | AUTHOR! AUTHOR! $800: A play rehearsal is interrupted by strangers at the beginning of his "Six Characters in Seach of an Author" Pirandello |
| #4713, aired 2005-02-16 | TRIOS $400: Beginning an amazing run of about 200 comedy two-reelers, this trio made "Woman Haters" in 1934 the Three Stooges |
| #4706, aired 2005-02-07 | OPPOSITES ATTRACT $800: An epilogue is found at the end of a book; this opposite term is a short section at the beginning of a book a prologue |
| #4700, aired 2005-01-28 | YOU HAD TO EXPECT OPERA $800: At the beginning of an 1893 opera, these little tykes are sent into the woods to pick strawberries Hansel & Gretel |
| #4689, aired 2005-01-13 | WRITE ON, GIRL! $200: Under the name of A.M. Barnard, this "Little Women" author published Gothic tales like "The Abbot's Ghost" Louisa May Alcott |
| #4682, aired 2005-01-04 | THE STARS $600: Add an "A" to the beginning of this star (double the "P") & you get singing without instrumental accompaniment Capella (a cappella accepted) |
| #4659, aired 2004-12-02 | EXTREME TAKEOVER $800: 1975:
Beginning an infamous & murderous 4-year period of rule, this group takes power in Cambodia the Khmer Rouge |
| #4389, aired 2003-10-09 | TALKING RELIGION $2000: An apostle spreads his belief; this word with the same beginning means one who abandons it apostate |
| #4085, aired 2002-05-10 | "EN" THE BEGINNING $800: 2-word term for the consumer, for whom a computer is ultimately designed an end user |
| #3730, aired 2000-11-17 | "IN" THE BEGINNING $200: An alphabetical reference list Index |
| #3128, aired 1998-03-18 | ALL EARS $400: According to folklore, if your ears are doing this, someone is talking about you burning |
| #3033, aired 1997-11-05 | "END" AT THE BEGINNING $400: A long, hard race, like a marathon, is meant to test this in an athlete Endurance |
| #3033, aired 1997-11-05 | "END" AT THE BEGINNING $800: Give a grant of money to support an institution Endowment |
| #2781, aired 1996-10-07 | COMEDIANS $300: An earthquake flattened her sitcom bookstore at the beginning of the 1995-96 season Ellen DeGeneres |
| #2687, aired 1996-04-16 | BALLET $400: At the beginning of Nijinsky's ballet "Jeux", one of these balls bounces onstage from an unseen court tennis |
| #1784, aired 1992-05-07 | GRAMMAR $600: This is the indefinite article used before words beginning with a silent H an |
| #989, aired 1988-12-15 | FICTIONAL DETECTIVES $200: At the beginning of "The Maltese Falcon", he's ending an affair with his partner's wife (Sam) Spade |
| #371, aired 1986-02-10 | AMERICAN INDIANS $200: Imposing Duwamish Indian chief for whom Washington State's largest city was named Seattle |
| #262, aired 1985-09-10 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: Pharaoh Ikhnaton caused an uproar by allowing the worship of only this many gods 1 |
| #262, aired 1985-09-10 | TV NOSTALGIA $800: Crime show which ran 21 yrs. on radio, but only 1 year on TV, failing to "come on like" its name Gang Busters |
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