| #7646, aired 2017-12-04 | COUNTRIES BY FIRST LETTER $2000: A clockwise tour of southeast Asian bordering countries is B, L, T--Burma followed by this pair Laos & Thailand |
| #7338, aired 2016-07-06 | HIT THE GYM $600: Crunch Gym offers a class that focuses on the lower body called B.L.T., standing for butt & these related parts legs & thighs |
| #7221, aired 2016-01-25 | SPELLING BEE WORDS $800: Joyous or cheerful, like Noel Coward's title "Spirit" B-L-I-T-H-E |
| #6765, aired 2014-01-31 | SHAKESPEAREAN SPELLING BEE $600: In the Cambridge Shakespeare text, title word between "Love's" & "Lost" (don't forget the apostrophe) L-A-B-O-U-R-'-S |
| #6729, aired 2013-12-12 | T.C.L.T. $400: "O.H.B."
by Somerset Maugham Of Human Bondage |
| #6729, aired 2013-12-12 | T.C.L.T. $800: "T.U.L.O.B."
by Milan Kundera The Unbearable Lightness of Being |
| #6496, aired 2012-12-10 | "B-L-T" $200: Ernest Hemingway's "Death in the Afternoon" is a treatise on this Spanish spectacle a bullfight |
| #6496, aired 2012-12-10 | "B-L-T" $400: Count yourself really smart if you know it's the popular cut of diamond seen here brilliant |
| #6496, aired 2012-12-10 | "B-L-T" $600: A decorative cylindrical pillow for a sofa or bed, or to improve something, like morale bolster |
| #6496, aired 2012-12-10 | "B-L-T" $800: This breed of dog originated in England in the 1800s a bull terrier |
| #6496, aired 2012-12-10 | "B-L-T" $1000: Delivered by an inhaler, albuterol is a quick-acting one of these 14-letter medications that open the airways a bronchodilator |
| #6289, aired 2012-01-12 | SPELL IT: -ABLE OR -IBLE? $600: Easily carried, such as a small TV or software that can run on multiple computers with the same operating system P-O-R-T-A-B-L-E |
| #6289, aired 2012-01-12 | SPELL IT: -ABLE OR -IBLE? $1000: Unbearable, such as the "Acts" passed by the British parliament in 1774 I-N-T-O-L-E-R-A-B-L-E |
| #6114, aired 2011-03-24 | THE MANSION FAMILY $800: Marble House in Newport, Rhode Island was bilt in the late 1800s for William, last name this Vanderbilt |
| #5798, aired 2009-11-25 | MMM... BACON $400: Our head writer once received a BLT that was missing the B, bacon, leaving only the L & T, these 2 items lettuce & tomato |
| #5734, aired 2009-07-09 | CITY SPELLING $200: This S-T-E-E-L C-I-T-Y is the seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania P-I-T-T-S-B-U-R-G-H |
| #5509, aired 2008-07-17 | SPELLING "B" $600: Acute form of food poisoning that once claimed as many as 65% of its victims B-O-T-U-L-I-S-M |
| #5447, aired 2008-04-22 | A SPELLING PRODUCTION $400: From the Greek for "vein", it's the inflammation of a vein P-H-L-E-B-I-T-I-S |
| #5408, aired 2008-02-27 | SPELLING "BE" $400: Any insect of the order Coleoptera B-E-E-T-L-E |
| #4691, aired 2005-01-17 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WORDS $2000: This Athenian school founded by Aristotle in 335 B.C. was the last word of the 1992 competition L-Y-C-E-U-M |
| #4268, aired 2003-03-05 | WORD PUZZLES $1000: A difficult & prolonged struggle
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B uphill battle |
| #4261, aired 2003-02-24 | "B-L-T" $400: It's the cry of a sheep or goat bleat |
| #4261, aired 2003-02-24 | "B-L-T" $800: It's the capturing device in the picture seen here butterfly net |
| #4261, aired 2003-02-24 | "B-L-T" $1600: This type of stain "on your escutcheon" means a blemish on your reputation blot |
| #4261, aired 2003-02-24 | "B-L-T" $2000: The emergency transport of people by water, as from Cuba in 1980 boatlift |
| #4261, aired 2003-02-24 | "B-L-T" $3,400 (Daily Double): The name of "High Noon" screenwriter Carl Foreman was put on this in 1951 blacklist |
| #3879, aired 2001-06-14 | WEIRD SCIENCE $600: Georg Brandt isolated the metal that miners called Kobold, after an Earth spirit, & re-spelled it this way C-O-B-A-L-T |
| #3755, aired 2000-12-22 | SPELL IT: -ABLE OR -IBLE? $100: Adjective for an expense that can be subtracted from earnings in regards to income taxes D-E-D-U-C-T-I-B-L-E |
| #3755, aired 2000-12-22 | SPELL IT: -ABLE OR -IBLE? $200: Easily carried, such as a typewriter or radio P-O-R-T-A-B-L-E |
| #3755, aired 2000-12-22 | SPELL IT: -ABLE OR -IBLE? $400: A peace officer having minor judicial functions, usually in a small town C-O-N-S-T-A-B-L-E |
| #3545, aired 2000-01-21 | ALLITERATIVE PEOPLE $100: "T-R-O-U-B-L-E" was a 1992 album by this country singer whose names also start with "TR" Travis Tritt |
| #3364, aired 1999-04-01 | SPELL IT BACKWARDS $500: Punctures grounded the Garfield one of these in the 1998 Macy's parade N-O-O-L-L-A-B |
| #3334, aired 1999-02-18 | SPELL THE LAST NAME $1000: "Finlandia" composer Jean... S-I-B-E-L-I-U-S |
| #3166, aired 1998-05-11 | SPELL CHECK $600: Don't lose your way as you spell... L-A-B-Y-R-I-N-T-H |
| #3037, aired 1997-11-11 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $500: In dictionaries, this 8-letter word that means "no longer in general use" is often abbreviated obs O-B-S-O-L-E-T-E |
| #1609, aired 1991-09-05 | SPELL THAT NAME $100: Harry who sings calypso but doesn't explore on the Calypso B-E-L-A-F-O-N-T-E |
| #1493, aired 1991-02-13 | SPELLING $1,400 (Daily Double): Traditionally, every seventh year a teacher is entitled to this leave of absence S-A-B-B-A-T-I-C-A-L |
| #11, aired 1990-08-25 | SPELLING $400: In German it means “lightning war” B-L-I-T-Z-K-R-I-E-G |
| #1093, aired 1989-05-10 | SPELLING $200: A 200th anniversary B-I-C-E-N-T-E-N-N-I-A-L |
| #1028, aired 1989-02-08 | SPELLING $500: You can amaze us by spelling this 9-letter word for a maze L-A-B-Y-R-I-N-T-H |
| #472, aired 1986-09-30 | 19th CENTURY $187 (Daily Double): In 1881, he merged his company with one owned by James B. Cooper, James L. Hutchinson, & James A. Bailey P.T. Barnum |
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