| #8977, aired 2023-11-21 | ALL ABOUT ACTING $400: Stage backdrops are part of this; don't crash through it & don't, by overacting, "chew" it scenery |
| #8938, aired 2023-09-27 | MIXED NUTS $400: New World native that's rich in protein:
CHEW AS cashew |
| #8804, aired 2023-02-09 | MUSIC FOR SHARKS $800: This duo's hit "Maneater" warns, "Watch out boy she'll chew you up" Hall & Oates |
| #8708, aired 2022-09-28 | MATERIAL $1000: Dogs like to chew this untanned material, also the title of an old Clint Eastwood TV Western rawhide |
| #8676, aired 2022-07-04 | SILENT CONSONANT WORDS $800: To bite or chew persistently, like an animal with a bone gnaw |
| #8516, aired 2021-11-22 | CHEW ON THIS $200: Some like them hard, but I really enjoy a Bavarian-style one of these twisty, chewy items with sweet mustard a soft pretzel |
| #8516, aired 2021-11-22 | CHEW ON THIS $400: The name of this hard-to-chew candy literally says it could fracture your mandible a jawbreaker |
| #8516, aired 2021-11-22 | CHEW ON THIS $600: The first name of this chewy-center candied lolly is something you shouldn't call mom; the second name is OK for dad a Tootsie Pop |
| #8516, aired 2021-11-22 | CHEW ON THIS $800: They're not always orange; some of the more interesting varieties of this taproot include purple dragon & solar yellow carrots |
| #8516, aired 2021-11-22 | CHEW ON THIS $1000: Adding an "A" to the middle of a California coastal city gives you this chewy confection caramel |
| #8448, aired 2021-07-21 | SING "OUT" $200: Ed Sheeran won 2015 Song of the Year & Best Solo Pop Performance Grammys for this ruminative tune "Thinking Out Loud" |
| #8364, aired 2021-03-25 | BORN DURING THE CIVIL WAR $400: Here's something to chew on--this Civil War baby would grow up to create a chewing gum empire Wrigley |
| #8321, aired 2021-01-25 | DO ME A FLAVOR $200: Chew on this--a seasonal ice cream flavor from Baskin Robbins is called Pink this, & contains real pieces of it Bubblegum |
| #8312, aired 2021-01-12 | THESE SONGS COULD KILL YOU $1000: Hall & Oates sang that this title killer will "only come out at night...watch out boy she'll chew you up" "Maneater" |
| #8140, aired 2020-01-17 | DEUTERONOMY'S CLEAN & UNCLEAN ANIMALS $2000: The pig is forbidden because it doesn't do this like cows & goats do chew its cud |
| #8044, aired 2019-07-25 | USELESS BODY PARTS $200: AKA permanent maxillary third molars, these teeth can help you chew, but about 85% of us will need to get them removed wisdom teeth |
| #8023, aired 2019-06-26 | THE SAHARA DESERT $800: Sahara plants include the mastic tree, whose name comes from an old word meaning to do this, like to the tree's resin chew |
| #8008, aired 2019-06-05 | CONVERSE $600: When you "chew the cud", you're mulling something over; when you chew this other 3-letter word, you're talking fat |
| #8001, aired 2019-05-27 | VERB: ATE 'EM $800: When cows chew their cud, they do this; in another sense of the word, you meditate over a subject ruminate |
| #7992, aired 2019-05-14 | THE MORE "C"OMMON WORD $400: Masticate:
This 4-letter action chew |
| #7932, aired 2019-02-19 | EATING VERBS $1000: This verb that starts with a silent letter means to chew something that resists being chewed, like a dog's bone gnaw |
| #7669, aired 2018-01-04 | FAUX PAS $600: Church etiquette isn't hard & fast, but you probably shouldn't chew gum or wear your Oakley or Persol these there sunglasses |
| #7517, aired 2017-04-25 | EAT THIS VERB $2000: It's a fancy 3-syallable word for "chew" masticate |
| #7486, aired 2017-03-13 | THE MARCH OF HISTORY $600: In March 1865 this general said all his congress did was "eat peanuts and chew tobacco, while my army is starving" Robert E. Lee |
| #7450, aired 2017-01-20 | MUST "C" TV $600: This daytime talk show about all aspects of food is hosted by Clinton Kelly & Daphne Oz among others The Chew |
| #7428, aired 2016-12-21 | ____ THE ____ $1,000 (Daily Double): To do this provides little sustenance for the amount of mastication, which may be why it refers to idle chatter chew the fat |
| #7365, aired 2016-09-23 | ANIMALS $1000: This term for animals like cows & sheep means they chew their cud a ruminant |
| #7095, aired 2015-06-19 | 1-WORD SONG TITLES $2000: "Oh-oh, here she comes, watch out, boy, she'll chew you up" "Maneater" |
| #7091, aired 2015-06-15 | 3-LETTER WORDS $800: As a noun, it's something you chew; as a verb, it means to chew without teeth gum |
| #7068, aired 2015-05-13 | THE DAILY SHOW $600: Mario Batali is a co-host of this ABC show about all things edible The Chew |
| #7033, aired 2015-03-25 | BEGINS WITH A SILENT LETTER $800: Bite or chew, as a dog does to a bone gnaw |
| #7020, aired 2015-03-06 | "RU" FOR REAL $400: Think it over, chew the cud, do this before you respond ruminate |
| #6947, aired 2014-11-25 | RHYMING BRANDS $1600: It appeared in 1928 to challenge boring old Wrigley's, which you could only sit there & chew Dubble Bubble |
| #6627, aired 2013-06-11 | BIOLOGY $1,000 (Daily Double): Appropriately, the name of this bone is from the Latin for "to chew" the mandible |
| #6601, aired 2013-05-06 | I JUST "ATE" $1600: To reflect on over & over again, or to chew the cud like a cow to ruminate |
| #6593, aired 2013-04-24 | NOT BY SHAKESPEARE $800: A "holistic guide to stopping compulsive eating" is punningly titled "The Taming of" this the Chew |
| #6582, aired 2013-04-09 | CATTLE CALL $400: Cattle are ruminants that chew this, the portion of food returned from the first stomach & chewed a 2nd time their cud |
| #6554, aired 2013-02-28 | CHEW, CHEW $200: This chewy snack is meat that has been cut thin & dried; Native Americans added berries to it to make pemmican jerky |
| #6554, aired 2013-02-28 | CHEW, CHEW $400: Kaiser Wilhelm II & Albert Einstein were fans of these chewy "ursine" sweets gummy bears |
| #6554, aired 2013-02-28 | CHEW, CHEW $600: Fannie Farmer's 1896 recipe for these chewy little baked treats didn't include chocolate; that came later brownies |
| #6554, aired 2013-02-28 | CHEW, CHEW $800: It's said an ocean wave drenched a candy stand on the boardwalk in Atlantic City, giving rise to this chewy confection salt water taffy |
| #6554, aired 2013-02-28 | CHEW, CHEW $1000: How about some nice, chewy squid? it sounds more appetizing when you order it by this Italian name calamari |
| #6503, aired 2012-12-19 | WORDPLAY RANDOM SAMPLER $400: Crossword Clues "M":
to chew
(9) masticate |
| #6489, aired 2012-11-29 | ALL ABOUT ACTING $400: Stage backdrops are part of this; don't crash through it & don't, by overacting, "chew" it the scenery |
| #6483, aired 2012-11-21 | "THE" TV SHOW $1600: Whoopi! & food! The titles of these 2 ABC daytime shows rhyme The View & The Chew |
| #6461, aired 2012-10-22 | HERE'S 2 "U"! $400: Here's something to chew on--they're the classic candies seen here Jujubes |
| #6368, aired 2012-05-02 | HEALTH & MEDICINE $400: Chew on this: humans have 12 of these teeth with broad biting surfaces adapted for grinding molars |
| #6270, aired 2011-12-16 | THE VILLAGE IDIOM $800: Want conversation? At the barbershop you'll find someone ready to sit around & "chew" this the fat |
| #6162, aired 2011-05-31 | "BULL"-Y! $400: Where the relievers wait, talk & chew until the latter stages of a baseball game the bullpen |
| #6047, aired 2010-12-21 | LYRICS OF NO. 1 HITS $2000: 1982: "Oh-oh here she comes, watch out boy, she'll chew you up, oh-oh here she comes, she's a..." "Maneater" |
| #5928, aired 2010-05-26 | CHEW MUST REMEMBER THIS $200: The Wampanoag tribe helped out with the first of these celebrations in autumn 1621 Thanksgiving |
| #5928, aired 2010-05-26 | CHEW MUST REMEMBER THIS $400: Claiming it bore the image of the Virgin Mary, in 2004 Diane Duyser sold one of these sandwiches on eBay for $28,000 grilled cheese |
| #5928, aired 2010-05-26 | CHEW MUST REMEMBER THIS $600: Bobby Flay says "The most basic of grilled foods" are these, named for a German port city hamburgers |
| #5928, aired 2010-05-26 | CHEW MUST REMEMBER THIS $800: In a 1903 work this Irish playwright quipped that "There is no love sincerer than the love of food" Shaw |
| #5928, aired 2010-05-26 | CHEW MUST REMEMBER THIS $1000: In the 1600s this Frenchman lent his name to a creamy white sauce used to make dried cod taste better Louis de Béchamel |
| #5835, aired 2010-01-15 | GRISLY DISNEY $200: Oh, Scar, you ol' backstabber, say hello to your hyena friends; they want to chew the fat with you in this film The Lion King |
| #5810, aired 2009-12-11 | 4-LETTER WORDS $1200: It means to bite or chew, or to wear away with the teeth gnaw |
| #5737, aired 2009-07-14 | THE NEW PUPPY $400: Puppies chew on everything because they're going through this, like human babies do at around 6 months teething |
| #5711, aired 2009-06-08 | POETRY IN EARLY AMERICA $4,000 (Daily Double): An anonymous poet addressed this man as "great patron of the sailing crew / Who gav'st us weed to smoke and chew" Sir Walter Raleigh |
| #5615, aired 2009-01-23 | MEDICINAL PLANTS $1600: Andeans mix this plant's leaves with lime & chew them medicinally; the U.S. Govt. tries to eradicate it coca |
| #5484, aired 2008-06-12 | BEFORE & AFTER $1600: Haley Joel Osment sees Jane Austen spin in her grave as Kate Winslet & Emma Thompson chew scenery in this period piece Sixth Sense and Sensibility |
| #5392, aired 2008-02-05 | "IBLE"S & BITS $1200: You chew with it mandible |
| #5236, aired 2007-05-21 | HOT MOVIES $400: Norman Jewison asked Rod Steiger to chew gum, eventually 263 packs, as Police Chief Bill Gillespie in this 1967 film In the Heat of the Night |
| #5177, aired 2007-02-27 | ALSO A 3-LETTER TREE $200: A type of Eucalyptus, or something kids chew gum |
| #5094, aired 2006-11-02 | I BIT OFF MORE THAN I COULD CHEW $400: Richard LeFevre could eat only 1 1/2 gallons of this "bowl of red" Stagg product in 10 minutes chili |
| #5094, aired 2006-11-02 | I BIT OFF MORE THAN I COULD CHEW $800: Oleg Zhornitskiy turned this sandwich spread into a meal by gulping down 4 32-ounce bowls in 8 minutes mayonnaise |
| #5094, aired 2006-11-02 | I BIT OFF MORE THAN I COULD CHEW $1200: Cookie Jarvis gave 10 minutes of lip service to 6 2/3 pounds of this pasta, from the Italian for "tongue" linguini |
| #5094, aired 2006-11-02 | I BIT OFF MORE THAN I COULD CHEW $1600: In 9 minutes, Sonya Thomas dined on 11 pounds of this cheesy dessert from a Brooklyn restaurant cheesecake |
| #5094, aired 2006-11-02 | I BIT OFF MORE THAN I COULD CHEW $2000: Jim Reeves was top-"seeded" after he chomped 13 pounds of this gourd in 15 minutes watermelon |
| #5021, aired 2006-06-12 | CITY OF THE DAY: PHOENIX $800: Here's something to chew on--for some 40 years the Arizona Biltmore Hotel was owned by this famous Chicago family Wrigley |
| #5004, aired 2006-05-18 | FAMOUS PAIRS $200: One newspaper headline described the 1997 heavyweight fight between this duo as a Pay-Per-Chew event (Evander) Holyfield & (Mike) Tyson |
| #4988, aired 2006-04-26 | 3-LETTER BODY PARTS $200: To chew without teeth gum |
| #4900, aired 2005-12-23 | "RU" BEING SERVED? $1200: We do it when we mull something over; cows do it when they chew their cud ruminate |
| #4874, aired 2005-11-17 | THE IVORY TOWER $600: Chew on this name of the building seen here, a landmark on Chicago's skyline the Wrigley Building |
| #4777, aired 2005-05-17 | IN THE "GN"OW $800: The 2 related words that mean to grind your teeth or to chew with them gnash & gnaw |
| #4717, aired 2005-02-22 | IT'S ALL A PLANT $1200: Andes Indians chew the leaves of this narcotic plant with lime juice for extra stamina coca |
| #4693, aired 2005-01-19 | ODD, OLD & OBSCURE VOCABULARY $800: Manducate, like this word that begins with the same 2 letters, means to chew masticate |
| #4680, aired 2004-12-31 | 3-LETTER WORDS $400: Cows regurgitate this from the first stomach to the mouth & chew it again the cud |
| #4641, aired 2004-11-08 | GRAY'S ANATOMY $400: From the Latin for "to chew", Gray's calls this bone the strongest bone of the face the mandible |
| #4426, aired 2003-12-01 | FRUITS & VEGETABLES $200: The seeds of the Triple Treat pumpkin are easy to eat, as they don't have these like other seeds do shells |
| #4212, aired 2002-12-17 | CAN WE TALK? $200: When having a casual conversation, you do this to "the rag" or "the fat" chew |
| #4002, aired 2002-01-15 | WATER WORLD $200: Chew on this: When a crocodile loses one of these another is there to take its place tooth |
| #3916, aired 2001-09-17 | SPEAKING CAJUN $500: "May a pregnant yak chew on your ears for eternity" is a bad example of what Cajuns call gris gris or this a curse |
| #3852, aired 2001-05-08 | HERSHEY'S $300: Here's something to chew on: Hershey's markets the Twizzlers brand of this candy licorice |
| #3830, aired 2001-04-06 | DEM BONES $600: From the Latin for "to chew", it's the technical name for the bone seen here Mandible |
| #3582, aired 2000-03-14 | LLAMA-RAMA $400: Like typical ruminants, llamas chew their cud, but have only 3 chambers in this organ stomach |
| #3558, aired 2000-02-09 | VOCABULARY $1000: People do it when they ponder something; cows do it when they chew their cud Ruminate |
| #3447, aired 1999-09-07 | CANDY & GUM SLOGANS $400: "4 out of 5 dentists surveyed recommend sugarless gum for their patients who chew gum" Trident |
| #3424, aired 1999-06-24 | BODY PARTS $200: They can take 6 months to grow from base to tip, or from cuticle to what you chew Fingernails |
| #3341, aired 1999-03-01 | AS MOM SAYS... $100: Don't bite off more than... you can chew |
| #3230, aired 1998-09-25 | EMILY POST SAYS... $300: In public, if you hear the opening strains of this, stand, & don't talk, chew gum loudly or smoke "The Star-Spangled Banner" (National Anthem) |
| #3128, aired 1998-03-18 | ALL EARS $100: Chew on this: in the "Bite of the Century" Mike Tyson bit off a bit of this boxer's ear Evander Holyfield |
| #3085, aired 1998-01-16 | ICE CREAM FLAVORS $400: It's the flavor of ice cream with pieces you should chew but not swallow Bubble gum |
| #2899, aired 1997-03-20 | ANCIENT LIFE $500: The chew stick of ancient Egypt was a primitive form of this modern hygienic implement Toothbrush |
| #2664, aired 1996-03-14 | ANIMALS $100: Lions don't do this to their food; they don't have the right teeth for it chew |
| #2396, aired 1995-01-23 | ODD WORDS $400: To manducate is to do this, the same as masticate to chew |
| #1996, aired 1993-04-19 | THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM $400: Chew bread long enough & it'll taste sweet, due to an enzyme in this secretion that breaks down carbs into sugar saliva |
| #1710, aired 1992-01-24 | HOMOPHONES $300: What your dog might chew, or the interjection you could use to scare him away shoe/shoo |
| #1585, aired 1991-06-21 | PLANTS $500: Some people used to chew the inner bark of this elm, also known as the red elm, to treat throat ailments the slippery elm |
| #1536, aired 1991-04-15 | ROCK LYRICS $400: "Oh, here she comes, watch out boy, she'll chew you up, oh, here she comes, she's" this maneater |
| #1532, aired 1991-04-09 | ANTS $800: Unlike termites, these ants chew wood to make living quarters, not for food carpenter ants |
| #1337, aired 1990-05-29 | CATTLE $300: Cows regurgitate this once swallowed ball of food & chew it again cud |
| #1123, aired 1989-06-21 | IN OTHER WORDS... $400: Use one's teeth to tear out a hunk whose size exceeds one's mastication ability bite off more than you can chew |
| #1083, aired 1989-04-26 | "G" WHIZ $800: Sometimes this cartilage makes meat tough to chew gristle |
| #913, aired 1988-07-20 | "MAN"LY WORDS $800: From the Latin "to chew", it's used to chew mandible |
| #869, aired 1988-05-19 | MAMMALS $200: Camels & deer, like cattle, are ruminants, meaning they have compound stomachs & do this chew their cud |
| #866, aired 1988-05-16 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: To masticate chew |
| #841, aired 1988-04-11 | THE BODY HUMAN $200: A malocclusion occurs here; chew on that awhile the mouth |
| #785, aired 1988-01-22 | BIRDS $400: Since birds can't chew, they use this part of the stomach to grind their food the gizzard |
| #743, aired 1987-11-25 | IN OTHER WORDS... $200: Tear free with your teeth an amount in excess of your masticating ability biting off more than you can chew |
| #691, aired 1987-09-14 | DEER $1000: Deer are this type of mammal, named from Latin for "to chew the cud" ruminants |
| #676, aired 1987-07-13 | READ THE LABEL! $500: It's what you'd do with a product labeled "Grandma's Tummy Mint" make tea from it |
| #628, aired 1987-05-06 | COLLEGE NICKNAMES $1000: Since it's their nickname, a Cornell coach could chew out his team after a bad game using this Wrigley gum Big Red |
| #568, aired 1987-02-11 | MARINE BIOLOGY $200: Some filefish can chew in their throats, since they have these located there their teeth |
| #459, aired 1986-09-11 | NOTORIOUS $800: Red revisionist who predicted "In the third year of Soviet rule in America you will no longer chew gum" Leon Trotsky |
| #434, aired 1986-05-08 | U.S.A. $200: 7% of the 3rd graders in Oklahoma say they chew this "adults only" substance tobacco |
| #309, aired 1985-11-14 | NUTS $1000: In the musical “South Pacific”, Bloody Mary was said to chew these nuts which blacken the teeth betel nuts |
| #263, aired 1985-09-11 | ANTS $500: Unlike termites, these ants don't eat wood, only chew out holes big enough to "build" their nests carpenter ants |
| #187, aired 1985-05-28 | ODD JOBS $100: Told not to point, chew gum or gossip, she sits atop the royal court float in a Pasadena parade Queen of Roses |
