| #8741, aired 2022-11-14 | STREAKERS $600: Our stage was recently graced by Dan Feyer, who won the Stamford, Conn. tournament for solving these from 2010 through 2015 crosswords |
| #7653, aired 2017-12-13 | THEY SAY IT KEEPS YOU SHARP $400: If you're a cruciverbalist, you probably already know that working on these improves brain function crosswords |
| #6789, aired 2014-03-06 | IN THE DICTIONARY $2000: Often seen in crosswords, this 4-letter word for a small decorative case to hold needles is from the Old French etui |
| #6286, aired 2012-01-09 | WEIRD WORDS $1200: A cruciverbalist is someone who engages in this endeavor crosswords |
| #5895, aired 2010-04-09 | THE 1920s $800: Among the fads of the 1920s were crosswords, dance marathons & this Chinese game that uses tiles mah-jongg |
| #5489, aired 2008-06-19 | AFRICAN ANIMALS $2000: This giraffe relative is also called a forest giraffe the okapi |
| #5340, aired 2007-11-23 | WORDS WITHIN WORDS $800: Whenever I do crosswords, I find the clue for this is "rapier" sword (in crosswords) |
| #4684, aired 2005-01-06 | CROSSWORDS $400: "Oliver on 'Still the Beaver'" & "Sherman Hemsley series" have been clues in this publication's weekly puzzle TV Guide |
| #4684, aired 2005-01-06 | CROSSWORDS $800: You'll find the crossword in the "Life" section of this, "The Nation's Newspaper" USA Today |
| #4684, aired 2005-01-06 | CROSSWORDS $1200: 2004 puzzle themes in this daily paper included "Financial Trouble" & "Buy, Buy, Baby" The Wall Street Journal |
| #4684, aired 2005-01-06 | CROSSWORDS $1600: Will Shortz, this newspaper's crossword editor, presents puzzles on NPR's "Weekend Edition" The New York Times |
| #4684, aired 2005-01-06 | CROSSWORDS $2000: A decade after crosswords were invented, this company with an alliterative name published the 1st book of them Simon & Schuster |
| #4589, aired 2004-07-15 | "S" TOUGH $2000: The 2 last names of R.L. & M.L., who formed a company in 1924 to publish a book of crosswords Simon & Schuster |
| #4419, aired 2003-11-20 | 3-LETTER WORDS IN YALE $600: In crosswords, you may come across this 3-letter word for a meadow lea |
| #4388, aired 2003-10-08 | 3-LETTER WORDS $400: In crosswords a swamp may be a fen or this bog |
| #4005, aired 2002-01-18 | LITERARY CROSSWORDS CLUES "T" $200: Peter Pan's pixie (6, 4) Tinker Bell |
| #4005, aired 2002-01-18 | LITERARY CROSSWORDS CLUES "T" $400: The Queen of Hearts made some (5) tarts |
| #4005, aired 2002-01-18 | LITERARY CROSSWORDS CLUES "T" $600: Adjective for Hammett's title "Man" (4) Thin |
| #4005, aired 2002-01-18 | LITERARY CROSSWORDS CLUES "T" $800: Home to a "Scarlett" woman (4) Tara |
| #4005, aired 2002-01-18 | LITERARY CROSSWORDS CLUES "T" $1000: "Colorful" novelist Amy (3) Tan |
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