| #8549, aired 2022-01-06 | LITERARY CHARACTERS $400: This character known for its grin tells Alice that everyone in Wonderland is mad the Cheshire Cat |
| #8528, aired 2021-12-08 | TRIPLE RHYME TIME $2000: A narrow
Tanqueray
smirk a thin gin grin |
| #8041, aired 2019-07-22 | ANAGRAMMED HOBBIES $600: It's what you yeast expect:
GRIN WEB brewing |
| #7994, aired 2019-05-16 | ADD A VOWEL $800: A broad smile welcomes a vowel & turns into a seed of wheat grin and grain |
| #7766, aired 2018-05-21 | "YI" OUGHTA...! $800: "Youthful" 6-letter adjective often used to describe a type of grin boyish |
| #7293, aired 2016-05-04 | SCRAMBLED EGG-LAYERS $800: Busy little breed:
HIM GRIN DUMB hummingbird |
| #7211, aired 2016-01-11 | TECH LOGOS $1600: Now known as "Noface Chillah", the ghost logo of this social networking site lost its silly grin in 2013 Snapchat |
| #7141, aired 2015-10-05 | STILL ALICE IN WONDERLAND $200: Grin & name this feline character who can disappear & reappear at will the Cheshire Cat |
| #7061, aired 2015-05-04 | INTERNET SHORTHAND $200: E2EG:
This kind of "grin" ear-to-ear |
| #7055, aired 2015-04-24 | I'M TELLING YOU 2 TIMES--"SH"! $1000: This "animal" adjective meaning bashful due to doing something wrong is often found before "grin" sheepish |
| #7001, aired 2015-02-09 | LEAVES $200: This Lewis Carroll feline "vanished quite slowly, beginning with the end of the tail, and ending with the grin" the Cheshire Cat |
| #6996, aired 2015-02-02 | TEXT TALK $600: I'm not laughing out loud, but I do have a VBG, one of these a very big grin |
| #6928, aired 2014-10-29 | MALTIN ON MOVIES $1200: (Leonard Maltin delivers the clue.) Javier Bardem sports blond hair & a lunatic grin as one of the more notable Bond villains of recent memory in this 007 film Skyfall |
| #6833, aired 2014-05-07 | READ"ING" $10,000 (Daily Double): Squire Allworthy is a character in a 1749 novel by this man (Henry) Fielding |
| #6808, aired 2014-04-02 | SAME FIRST & LAST 2 LETTERS $1200: Ruminant adjective for a bashful grin sheepish |
| #6754, aired 2014-01-16 | NO VOWEL BUT Y $600: Meaning bitterly ironic, it also describes a lopsided grin wry |
| #6638, aired 2013-06-26 | ANAGRAMMED VIRGINIA PLACES $800: Things can be "grave" there:
TALON GRIN Arlington |
| #6277, aired 2011-12-27 | TIPS ON NETWORKING $400: At least grin at "Workaholics" & "Nick Swardson's Pretend Time" Comedy Central |
| #6132, aired 2011-04-19 | ALICE $1200: A common phrase in Lewis Carroll's day was "grin like" one of these; it grins in his story the Cheshire Cat |
| #5951, aired 2010-06-28 | I'M AUSTRALIAN $2,000 (Daily Double): Colleen McCullough wrote this 1977 novel about generations of sheep ranchers The Thorn Birds |
| #5851, aired 2010-02-08 | FACIAL EXPRESSIONS $800: It's a self-satisfied smile or grin that you may be asked to wipe off your face smirk |
| #5761, aired 2009-10-05 | "GRIN" $400: Ferociously fast falcon type a peregrine falcon |
| #5761, aired 2009-10-05 | "GRIN" $800: This derisive nickname for a non-Spanish speaker may come from the Spanish word for "Greek" gringo |
| #5761, aired 2009-10-05 | "GRIN" $1200: All usages of this word meaning "spoilsport" trace to Dr. Seuss' 1957 book a Grinch |
| #5761, aired 2009-10-05 | "GRIN" $1600: It's what many New Englanders call a hero sandwich a grinder |
| #5761, aired 2009-10-05 | "GRIN" $2000: To my this, I'll have this strong feeling of embarrassment if you fail to respond chagrin |
| #5707, aired 2009-06-02 | ANGRY MOMS OF FUTURE PRESIDENTS $600: The southern lad seen here might not grin when Mom calls him this & says, "Get your hands off that horse" James Earl Carter |
| #5673, aired 2009-04-15 | ON THE LABEL, LABEL, LABEL $2000: Grin & bear it when you name this hotel chain Travelodge |
| #5444, aired 2008-04-17 | FICTIONAL FEMALES $400: Her lines include "What a curious feeling!", "How queer everything is today!" & "I didn't know that cats could grin" Alice |
| #5326, aired 2007-11-05 | SHAKESPEAREAN I.M.s $400: Played Cassio like a keyboard (BEG) Iago |
| #5301, aired 2007-10-01 | "Y" IS THE ONLY VOWEL $2000: Adjective describing an ironic grin wry |
| #5296, aired 2007-09-24 | "C"HEESE $1000: Perhaps it'll make you grin to know that this British cheese is traditionally used to make Welsh rarebit cheshire |
| #5074, aired 2006-10-05 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $1000: In "Alice in Wonderland", it "vanished quite slowly... ending with the grin, which remained some time" Cheshire Cat |
| #4728, aired 2005-03-09 | ONLINE LINGO $800: In online lingo, "BEG" stands for "big, evil" this grin |
| #4502, aired 2004-03-16 | ANAGRAMMED RESPONSES $800: A bride's smile & what's placed on her finger that put it on her face grin/ring |
| #4469, aired 2004-01-29 | THAT'S MY NICKNAME, DON'T WEAR IT OUT $2000: Grin & bear it as you tell us the name of this movie producer nicknamed "Cubby" Albert "Cubby" Broccoli |
| #4383, aired 2003-10-01 | ENGLISH COUNTY NAMES $600: Smile or grin and say "Cheese!" -- this one Cheshire |
| #3891, aired 2001-07-02 | JACK NICHOLSON $800: In a 1992 movie, Nicholson portrayed this famous American, who's seen here with kind of a Jack-like grin Jimmy Hoffa |
| #3849, aired 2001-05-03 | KIDS SAY THE DARNEDEST THINGS $100: Sensitive names for kids who get these include "Train Tracks", "Metal Mouth" & "Tin Grin" braces |
| #3583, aired 2000-03-15 | YOU SHOULD "C" $300: At times, only the grin of this Lewis Carroll feline could be seen Cheshire Cat |
| #3263, aired 1998-11-11 | JUDGE NOT $500 (Daily Double): From old Norse for "grin scornfully", you may do it over your enemy's misfortunes gloat |
| #3109, aired 1998-02-19 | GRINNIN' $100: About this character, Alice remarked "I didn't know cats could grin" Cheshire Cat |
| #3109, aired 1998-02-19 | GRINNIN' $300: According to the Disney version, this frontiersman could grin down a b'ar Davy Crockett |
| #2929, aired 1997-05-01 | TV ATTORNEYS $200: Not all TV lawyers do nude scenes, but this Hemingway did on the "Grin and Bare It" episode of "Civil Wars" Mariel Hemingway |
| #2829, aired 1996-12-12 | AUTHORS & THEIR WORKS $400: This character from an 1865 work could vanish at will, with its grin the last part to disappear the Cheshire Cat |
| #2818, aired 1996-11-27 | LANGUAGES $1000: Punjabi is spoken by about half of all households in this country Pakistan |
| #2086, aired 1993-10-04 | ALICE IN WONDERLAND $100: The Duchess says all of these can grin, not just the Cheshire ones, "and most of 'em do" cats |
| #1426, aired 1990-11-12 | KITTY LITERATURE $200: "It vanished quite slowly, beginning with the end of the tail, and ending with the grin" the Cheshire Cat |
| #678, aired 1987-07-15 | ANAGRAMS $1000: It's what a girl gets on her face when she gets a diamond ring on her finger grin (from ring) |
| #421, aired 1986-04-21 | ALL EARS $400: In other words, "smile really big" to grin from ear to ear |
| #361, aired 1986-01-27 | ENGLISH LITERATURE $400: "It vanished quite slowly, beginning with the end of the tail & ending with the grin" the Cheshire Cat |
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