| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | BOOKS BY REPORTERS $2000: This scribe worked the baseball beat for a N.Y. paper but got his potatoes with the story collection "Guys & Dolls" & whatnot Runyon |
| #8944, aired 2023-10-05 | FRANKLY $1000: This composer got a Pulitzer for "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" Frank Loesser |
| #8690, aired 2022-07-22 | METALLIC EXPRESSIONS $2000: A song in "Guys & Dolls" is called "Fugue For" these, slang for gamblers with more flash than cash Tinhorns |
| #8578, aired 2022-02-16 | 6-LETTER ADVERBS $1000: This good-natured adverb is repeated in the name of a "Guys and Dolls" character nicely |
| #8560, aired 2022-01-21 | THE PRODUCERS $1200: The G in MGM, he produced classic films like "Guys and Dolls" Goldwyn |
| #8445, aired 2021-07-16 | ON LIFE $1200: Always figuring the odds, this "Guys and Dolls" scribe noted, "All life is 6 to 5 against" (Damon) Runyon |
| #8440, aired 2021-07-09 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY OPENING NUMBERS $2000: "Opening (Runyonland)", by the ensemble Guys and Dolls |
| #7999, aired 2019-05-23 | MUSICALS BASED ON LITERATURE $1600: Show your luck & name this musical based on Damon Runyon stories including "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" Guys and Dolls |
| #7792, aired 2018-06-26 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $1200: The songs "Luck Be A Lady" & "A Bushel And A Peck" are featured in this musical Guys and Dolls |
| #7708, aired 2018-02-28 | BOOKS TO BROADWAY $1600: "Runyonland" is the opening number to this show based on the stories of Damon Runyon Guys and Dolls |
| #7548, aired 2017-06-07 | PLAY DOUGH $800: In this show, Nathan Detroit needs a thousand bucks for the oldest established permanent floating crap game in N.Y. Guys and Dolls |
| #7246, aired 2016-02-29 | URBAN LITERATURE $400: Portrayed by Sinatra on film, he runs the craps tables in the "Guys and Dolls" stories Nathan Detroit |
| #7136, aired 2015-09-28 | FROM PAGE TO MUSICAL $1,400 (Daily Double): Damon Runyon's story "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" rolled the dice as this musical Guys and Dolls |
| #7092, aired 2015-06-16 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONGS $800: Take a gamble:
"Fugue For Tinhorns" &
"The Oldest Established (Permanent Floating Crap Game in New York)" Guys and Dolls |
| #6711, aired 2013-11-18 | SHORT STORIES $2,500 (Daily Double): "Bow Wow" & "A Bit of a Shock", 2 of John O'Hara's stories about Joey Evans, were the basis for this 1940 musical Pal Joey |
| #6645, aired 2013-07-05 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONGS $400: Sky Masterson & the Crap Shooters:
"Luck Be A Lady" Guys and Dolls |
| #6198, aired 2011-07-20 | SONGS FROM MUSICALS $400: "Adelaide's Lament" & "Luck Be A Lady" Guys and Dolls |
| #6134, aired 2011-04-21 | MOVIE NICKNAMES $800: A character nicknamed Nicely Nicely sings "Sit down you're rocking the boat" in this 1955 movie Guys and Dolls |
| #5836, aired 2010-01-18 | CHARACTERS IN BROADWAY MUSICALS $600: Sky Masterson &
Nathan Detroit Guys and Dolls |
| #5701, aired 2009-05-25 | NAME THE PLAY $1200: Nathan: "There is the highest player of them all... why do you think they call him Sky? That's how high he bets" Guys and Dolls |
| #5673, aired 2009-04-15 | MUSICALS BY SONGS $1200: "Fugue for Tinhorns",
"The Oldest Established (Permanent Floating Crap Game In New York)" Guys and Dolls |
| #5613, aired 2009-01-21 | BEFORE & AFTER $400: Star of "The Bourne Supremacy" who penned "Guys and Dolls" Matt Damon Runyon |
| #5440, aired 2008-04-11 | WEIGHTS & MEASURES $2000: A song from "Guys and Dolls" begins, "I love you a bushel and a peck", which would be a total of this many pecks 5 |
| #5140, aired 2007-01-05 | NAME THAT MUSICAL $1200: "Luck Be A Lady"
&
"Sit Down, You're Rockin' The Boat" Guys and Dolls |
| #5104, aired 2006-11-16 | IT'LL PLAY IN NEW YORK $800: A floating craps game goes bust at the Bowery's Save-A-Soul Mission in this play Guys and Dolls |
| #4994, aired 2006-05-04 | MUSICAL THEATRE $800: This "Guys and Dolls" composer also gave us "The Most Happy Fella", about Tony the lovestruck wine-grower Frank Loesser |
| #4954, aired 2006-03-09 | FILMS OF THE '50s $800: Frank Sinatra played lovable gambler Nathan Detroit in this 1955 movie musical Guys & Dolls |
| #4623, aired 2004-10-13 | LYRICS FROM MUSICALS $800: "A lady doesn't wander all over the room and blow on some other guy's dice" Guys and Dolls |
| #4435, aired 2003-12-12 | MOVIE CROSSWORD CLUES "G" $200: Dolls' title partners (4) guys |
| #4422, aired 2003-11-25 | POTPOURRI $200: Damon Runyon mentions gefilte fish in this 1932 collection of tales Guys and Dolls |
| #4345, aired 2003-06-20 | MOVIE MUSICALS $600: This 1955 film about gamblers is tops on my list of Marlon Brando musicals Guys and Dolls |
| #4223, aired 2003-01-01 | MOVIE MUSICALS $2000: We're sure that Vivian Blaine never lamented playing Adelaide in this 1955 hit Guys and Dolls |
| #4184, aired 2002-11-07 | QUASI-RELATED PAIRS $800: Telephone pole support wires & Betsy Wetsys guys & dolls |
| #4105, aired 2002-06-07 | THEATRE GAMES $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from a craps table.) In this musical, Nathan Detroit runs the oldest-established permanent floating crap game in New York Guys and Dolls |
| #4012, aired 2002-01-29 | THE "L" IT IS! $600: In 1955's "Guys and Dolls", Marlon Brando belts out this "lucky" song "Luck Be a Lady' |
| #3909, aired 2001-09-06 | ANAGRAMMED BROADWAY MUSICALS $800: The Sky (Masterson) was the limit:
"GLAD SUDS ONLY" Guys and Dolls |
| #3773, aired 2001-01-17 | PLAY TIME $200: Approrpriately, Nathan Lane played Nathan Detroit in a 1992 revival of this musical Guys and Dolls |
| #3746, aired 2000-12-11 | BEFORE & AFTER $800: "Talented Mr. Ripley" actor whose colorful stories became "Guys and Dolls" Matt Damon Runyon |
| #3734, aired 2000-11-23 | PLAYS BY CHARACTERS $500: Nicely-Nicely Johnson,
Sky Masterson,
Nathan Detroit Guys and Dolls |
| #3681, aired 2000-09-11 | MUSICAL THEATRE $600: Damon Runyon's short story "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" inspired this musical "Guys and Dolls" |
| #3590, aired 2000-03-24 | UNCOMPLIMENTARY NICKNAMES $1000: Nickname of "Guys and Dolls" comedian-actor Kaye, who wouldn't tell his real first name "Stubby" |
| #3398, aired 1999-05-19 | NAME THE MUSICAL $400: "Luck Be a Lady" Guys and Dolls |
| #3332, aired 1999-02-16 | MUSICALS $600: Adelaide & the chorus girls at the Hot Box Club sing "Take Back Your Mink" in Act II of this musical Guys And Dolls |
| #3258, aired 1998-11-04 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $600: In 1992 Adam Arkin of "Chicago Hope" took over the role of Nathan Detroit in this musical revival Guys and Dolls |
| #3147, aired 1998-04-14 | STARTS WITH "GU" $1,500 (Daily Double): The 1992 Tony for Best Revival went to this musical, heard here: Guys and Dolls |
| #3130, aired 1998-03-20 | THEY'RE NOT IN KANSAS ANY MORE $1000: This author of the "Guys & Dolls" stories really was from Manhattan--Manhattan, Kansas, that is Damon Runyon |
| #2955, aired 1997-06-06 | MARLON BRANDO FILMS $3,000 (Daily Double): Movie in which you'd hear the following:
"Luck be a lady tonight, luck be a lady tonight, luck if you've ever been lady to begin with, luck be a lady tonight!" Guys and Dolls |
| #2894, aired 1997-03-13 | LITERATI $1000: Eddie Rickenbacker scattered this "Guys and Dolls" author's ashes over Broadway Damon Runyon |
| #2809, aired 1996-11-14 | MUSICAL THEATRE $800: Emily Loesser sang the part of Sarah Brown in a recent recording of this musical written by her father Guys and Dolls |
| #2785, aired 1996-10-11 | SHOW TUNES $2,500 (Daily Double): This 1996 musical revival starring Nathan Lane includes the following: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum |
| #2746, aired 1996-07-08 | SONGS FROM MUSICALS $500: "A Bushel and a Peck" & "Luck Be A Lady" Guys and Dolls |
| #2717, aired 1996-05-28 | LITERATURE $1000: This 1932 collection of Damon Runyon stories featured the adventures of NYC gamblers & gangsters Guys and Dolls |
| #2684, aired 1996-04-11 | ABBOTT & COSTELLO $500: Their 1943 film "It's Ain't Hay" was based on a story by this "Guys and Dolls" author Damon Runyon |
| #2637, aired 1996-02-06 | MUSICAL THEATRE $600: This Frank Loesser musical was based on the stories of Damon Runyon Guys and Dolls |
| #2441, aired 1995-03-27 | SONGS $500: In a song from "Guys and Dolls", "The people all said, 'Sit down, sit down -- you're'" doing this rockin' the boat |
| #2440, aired 1995-03-24 | MUSICAL THEATRE $500: "Brush Up Your Shakespeare" is a song from this Cole Porter musical Kiss Me, Kate |
| #2429, aired 1995-03-09 | FRANK SINATRA FILMS $300: Sinatra sang "The Oldest Established (Permanent Floating Crap Game in New York)" in this film Guys and Dolls |
| #2293, aired 1994-07-20 | MUSICAL THEATRE $500 (Daily Double): Show that features the following: "I got the horse right here / The name is Paul Revere / And here's a guy that says if the weather's clear /Can do /Can do / This guy says the horse can do..." Guys and Dolls |
| #1632, aired 1991-10-08 | MUSICAL THEATRE $1000: It's based on Damon Runyon's short story "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" Guys and Dolls |
| #1584, aired 1991-06-20 | BROADWAY LYRICS $200: A song from "Guys and Dolls" asks this to "be a lady tonight" luck |
| #1514, aired 1991-03-14 | MOVIE TRIVIA $300: This 1957 film is the only one Red Buttons & Marlon Brando made together Sayonara |
| #1441, aired 1990-12-03 | AWARDS $200: Alan Alda's father Robert Alda won a Tony for playing Sky Masterson in this musical Guys and Dolls |
| #1373, aired 1990-07-18 | POTLUCK $400: In "Fugue For Tinhorns", a song from this musical, Paul Revere is the name of a horse Guys and Dolls |
| #1355, aired 1990-06-22 | CHARACTERS IN MUSICALS $200: Harry the Horse, Angie the Ox, Nicely-Nicely Johnson, Sky Masterson Mission Band Guys and Dolls |
| #1294, aired 1990-03-29 | MARLON BRANDO $1000: He took a gamble & made his musical debut in this 1955 film, & he did his own singing, too "Guys And Dolls" |
| #1278, aired 1990-03-07 | A.K.A. $500: Vivienne Stapleton, who played a doll named Adelaide in "Guys & Dolls" Vivian Blaine |
| #1204, aired 1989-11-23 | AUTHORS $600: "Guys & Dolls" Damon Runyon |
| #1165, aired 1989-09-29 | NAME THAT MUSICAL $200: A gambler wins a bet by taking a Salvation Army girl to Havana Guys and Dolls |
| #1088, aired 1989-05-03 | PLAYS $400: In this nostalgic musical, the Pink Ladies are a girls' gang, not a bunch of cocktails "Grease" |
| #1010, aired 1989-01-13 | BROADWAY LYRICS $300: From "Guys & Dolls", it's the title line that precedes "...hug around the neck & a barrel & a heap" "A Bushel and a Peck" |
| #960, aired 1988-11-04 | QUOTES $600: In this show, Adelaide laments, "A person can develop a cold" Guys and Dolls |
| #926, aired 1988-09-19 | ACTORS & ROLES $100: In 1955 Walter Matthau played Nathan Detroit in a revival of this Broadway musical Guys and Dolls |
| #891, aired 1988-06-20 | GIRLS IN SONG $200: In "Guys & Dolls", "Chances are he's insane as only a John can be for a" girl named this a Jane |
| #862, aired 1988-05-10 | MOVIE MUSICALS $1000: She was the only star of the movie "Guys & Dolls" who had starred in it on Broadway Vivian Blaine |
| #833, aired 1988-03-30 | CHARACTERS IN MUSICALS $100: Sky Masterson Guys and Dolls |
| #753, aired 1987-12-09 | KANSANS $800: Born & died in Manhattan, (Kansas & NYC respectively), this writer gave us "Guys & Dolls" Damon Runyon |
| #437, aired 1986-05-13 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $400: 1955's "Guys & Dolls" was only film musical in which this lead actor ever sang Marlon Brando |
| #325, aired 1985-12-06 | SPORT OF KINGS $500 (Daily Double): This musical contains the following song about horse racing:
"I got the horse right here / The name is Paul Revere..." Guys and Dolls |
| #298, aired 1985-10-30 | WEIGHTS & MEASURES $200: Song which could have been titled "I Love You Five Pecks" "A Bushel And A Peck" |
| #270, aired 1985-09-20 | FICTION $400: Appropriately, Nathan Detroit moves his floating crap game to a sewer in this musical "Guys and Dolls" |
| #124, aired 1985-02-28 | TOYS & GAMES $300: The guys of "Guys & Dolls" ask, "Luck, be a lady tonight" while playing this craps |
