#8914, aired 2023-07-13 | ESPAÑ-O $1600: This word completes a Spanish-language release title of a classic '70s film, "Fiebre del ____ por la Noche" Sábado |
#8818, aired 2023-03-01 | BRIDGES $400: O say, can you see the Francis Scott Key Bridge that opened in 1977 & crosses the harbor of this city? Yes, yes you can Baltimore |
#8724, aired 2022-10-20 | POETS & POETRY $1600: He wrote, "O my luve's like a red, red rose that's newly sprung in June" Rabbie Burns |
#8704, aired 2022-09-22 | OLD FASHIONED $1600: In dictionaries O.E. is Old English & O.H.G. is this European language used until about 1200 Old High German |
#8690, aired 2022-07-22 | SPELLING THEIR EGOTS $2000: This singer/songwriter/producer's O: Best Original Song for "Glory", from "Selma" John Legend |
#8625, aired 2022-04-22 | WHINE $400: This tormented Shakespeare title character moans, "O, what a rogue and peasant slave am I" the Hamlet |
#8591, aired 2022-03-07 | SINGLE-NAMED CELEBRITIES $400: In 2020 a super deluxe edition of his "Sign o' the Times" was released with 63 previously unreleased tracks Prince |
#8573, aired 2022-02-09 | 20th CENTURY HISTORY & THE MOVIES $1600: Peter O'Toole played "the most shameless exhibitionist since Barnum & Bailey" in this epic film set in the Mideast Lawrence of Arabia |
#8499, aired 2021-10-28 | AT THE BALLET $800: Subtitled "The Courting at Burnt Ranch", this Aaron Copland ballet uses elements of hoedown dancing & bronco busting Rodeo |
#8466, aired 2021-09-13 | SOMEBODY WROTE THAT $1000: Newspaper editor Francis Pharcellus Church wrote the 1897 reply to young Virginia O'Hanlon that's known by these 7 words Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus |
#8314, aired 2021-01-14 | 2-LETTER LIT $600: L. Frank Baum said he got the name for this after looking at his file cabinet Oz |
#8289, aired 2020-11-26 | ON YOUR WEDDING DAY $200: A true MVP, an unwed M.O.H., short for this, plans the bridal shower, answers guest queries & yes, hits the dance floor! maid of honor |
#8104, aired 2019-11-28 | DICTATOR TOTS $400: Hitler tried to return Yakov Dzhugashvili, this Soviet leader's son, in a P.O.W. swap; dad declined, saying "War is war" Stalin |
#8052, aired 2019-09-17 | SHAKESPEARE'S EXIT LINES $1200: "O true apothecary! Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die" Romeo |
#7895, aired 2018-12-28 | TOP 40 COUNTDOWN $2000: In a 1997 hit the Wallflowers drove it home with this "One Headlight" |
#7597, aired 2017-09-26 | "O" YES, OPERA! $400: Rossini operized this Shakespeare play about a jealous lover Othello |
#7597, aired 2017-09-26 | "O" YES, OPERA! $800: Citrus growers competed to advertise at the premiere of "The Love for Three" these For the Love of Three Oranges |
#7597, aired 2017-09-26 | "O" YES, OPERA! $1200: A comic operetta by Offenbach tells the story of this hero of myth "in the Underworld" Orpheus |
#7597, aired 2017-09-26 | "O" YES, OPERA! $1600: In 1727 Vivaldi made this man "Furioso" Orlando |
#7597, aired 2017-09-26 | "O" YES, OPERA! $2000: Oh boy! The title role in Verdi's first opera is an Italian count who shares his name with this sausage & jerky maker Oberto |
#7576, aired 2017-07-17 | "O" YES! $400: A Tandoor is a traditional clay one an oven |
#7576, aired 2017-07-17 | "O" YES! $800: Comedian Henny Youngman was "The King of" these short, witty remarks one-liners |
#7576, aired 2017-07-17 | "O" YES! $1200: With its distinctive cone-shaped speculum, this instrument is used to examine your ears the otoscope |
#7576, aired 2017-07-17 | "O" YES! $1600: Wild marjoram is another name for this pizza herb oregano |
#7576, aired 2017-07-17 | "O" YES! $2000: This gem is often used in cameos as in the example seen here from Roman times onyx |
#7496, aired 2017-03-27 | THE WORD IS FLAT $1000: "O" yes, this 6-letter word means flattened at the poles oblate |
#7374, aired 2016-10-06 | BRITISH SPELLING TEST $400: Recognize R-E-C-O-G-N-I-S-E |
#7320, aired 2016-06-10 | JAPANESE CITIES $200: Yes, that's a roller coaster passing through the centerless Big O Ferris wheel in this capital of Japan Tokyo |
#7090, aired 2015-06-12 | A RIVER RUNS THROUGH THE BOOK $400: It's "over" or "on" in the title of this Pierre Boulle WWII novel about a Japanese attempt to get a train route in Burma Bridge over the River Kwai (or Bridge on the River Kwai) |
#6974, aired 2015-01-01 | "O" SAY CAN YOU "C" $400: Pertaining to the care of women in childbirth obstetric |
#6860, aired 2014-06-13 | "O" YES $200: You don't need to be a wizard to know oz. is short for this measure an ounce |
#6860, aired 2014-06-13 | "O" YES $400: In Madrid, it follows nueve, diez... once |
#6860, aired 2014-06-13 | "O" YES $600: It's egg-shaped & sounds like so the ocarina |
#6860, aired 2014-06-13 | "O" YES $800: Government by the few an oligarchy |
#6860, aired 2014-06-13 | "O" YES $1000: Not just the art of speaking, it can also be a place of prayer, like the one seen here an oratory |
#6850, aired 2014-05-30 | WHAT A "CO"-INCIDENCE $400: Made from sand, lime, and cement, this durable applied covering may have been used on pyramids thousands of years ago stucco |
#6822, aired 2014-04-22 | CROSSWORD CLUES "O" $800: A long, strange trip
(7) odyssey |
#6716, aired 2013-11-25 | 4-LETTER EDIBLES $800: A Greek specialty similar to shawarma, lamb roasted on a spit, shaved off & put in a pita has this 4-letter name a gyro |
#6482, aired 2012-11-20 | DIFFERS BY A LETTER $600: With an "O" as the second letter, it's one's profession; with an "A", it's time away for rest & relaxation vocation/vacation |
#6182, aired 2011-06-28 | "O" YES! $400: Reliable park attraction seen here Old Faithful |
#6182, aired 2011-06-28 | "O" YES! $800: His song "Caribbean Queen" sailed to No. 1 in 1984 Billy Ocean |
#6182, aired 2011-06-28 | "O" YES! $1200: You definitely wanted to be on the good side of this god when you went to the other side Osiris |
#6182, aired 2011-06-28 | "O" YES! $1600: It's an Italian word for a rule enforcing silence omerta |
#6182, aired 2011-06-28 | "O" YES! $2000: This endangered giraffe relative is more at home in the rainforest than on the open plain okapi |
#6150, aired 2011-05-13 | WELL, IT'S NOT SHAKESPEARE $800: Sure & 'tis the name of playwright John Casey, after he changed it to its Irish form Sean O'Casey |
#6117, aired 2011-03-29 | ANCIENT NAMES FOR MODERN PLACES $600: Greeks & Romans wrote about this island, Hibernia, though they never settled on it Ireland |
#6115, aired 2011-03-25 | JACK NICHOLSON'S OSCAR-NOMINATED ROLES $2000: Playwright Eugene O'Neill
(1981) Reds |
#5768, aired 2009-10-14 | THE SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR CHRONICLES $3,000 (Daily Double): In 2000 O'Connor attended the dedication of the federal courthouse named for her in this state capital Phoenix |
#5743, aired 2009-07-22 | BAY O' WOLF $200: After this actor is bitten in the 1994 film "Wolf", he marks his territory all over James Spader Jack Nicholson |
#5730, aired 2009-07-03 | ART SCENARIOS $2,000 (Daily Double): 1893:
2 people on a rail behind a bald man; hands clasped over his ears; his mouth contorts to an "O" shape The Scream |
#5727, aired 2009-06-30 | POTENT POTABLES, SOUTHERN STYLE $200: A classic Scarlett O'Hara cocktail contains a squeeze of this (remember the color of Scarlett's eyes) lime |
#5609, aired 2009-01-15 | FUN WITH ASTROLOGY $1200: Oh, yes! They're the 3 signs of the zodiac that end with the letter "O" Scorpio, Virgo and Leo |
#5544, aired 2008-10-16 | O CAPTAIN, MY POP CULTURE CAPTAIN $2000: "You will always remember this as the day that you almost caught" this captain, seen in a trilogy of films Jack Sparrow |
#5428, aired 2008-03-26 | WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS $1600: From a misspelling of the words "all correct", it was later used by Democratic partisans of Martin Van Buren O.K. |
#5408, aired 2008-02-27 | SPELLING "BE" $1600: A doughnut-like treat from New Orleans' Cafe du Monde B-E-I-G-N-E-T |
#5393, aired 2008-02-06 | FROM THE FRENCH $1600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew inspects a jewel.) Once a French term for an imperfect gem, it's now the name of the magnifying glass jewelers use to find flaws in gems a loupe |
#5291, aired 2007-09-17 | "O" YES! $400: It's the third-largest Hawaiian isle Oahu |
#5291, aired 2007-09-17 | "O" YES! $800: A carefully planned military attack, or a football "line" offensive |
#5291, aired 2007-09-17 | "O" YES! $1200: It's the O in an IPO, a corporation's first attempt to sell stock to the public offer[ing] |
#5291, aired 2007-09-17 | "O" YES! $1600: To use this "razor" named for a 14th century English philosopher means to use economy in explanation Occam's razor |
#5291, aired 2007-09-17 | "O" YES! $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands in sunlight and shadow.) A total solar eclipse where the Moon hides the Sun is an example of this, from the Latin for "conceal", as in the mysteries of the supernatural the occult |
#5264, aired 2007-06-28 | SOUNDS LIKE A U.S. STATE $400: Jill of "Crossing Jordan" knows this cognac brand has a Paradis Extra variety in addition to V.S.O.P. & X.O. Hennessy |
#5166, aired 2007-02-12 | LETTER PERFECT $200: At the end of a card or letter, they mean hugs O's |
#4911, aired 2006-01-09 | THE SPORT OF KINGS $1,500 (Daily Double): It's been said that this grandson of Man O' War had more newspaper coverage in 1938 than any public figure Seabiscuit |
#4852, aired 2005-10-18 | SITCOMS $800: Mike O'Malley & Anthony Clark play brothers-in-law on this CBS sitcom Yes, Dear |
#4716, aired 2005-02-21 | LITERARY TITLE PAIRS $1000: 1904:
"...and Kings" Cabbages |
#4604, aired 2004-09-16 | SPORTS STARS $200: When he plays for the Lakers he wears a size 23 shoe Shaquille O'Neal |
#4585, aired 2004-07-09 | THE FIRST WORD $1600: In the novel "Gone with the Wind" Scarlett |
#4573, aired 2004-06-23 | MEXICO $1600: "O" it's the state in southern Mexico with the country's largest indigenous population Oaxaca |
#4548, aired 2004-05-19 | WHO WAS THE VICE PRESIDENT WHEN... $800: ...Sandra Day O'Connor became the first female on the U.S. Supreme Court George Bush |
#4544, aired 2004-05-13 | 20th CENTURY WOMEN $200 (Daily Double): "Brooklyn Bridge" was one of the last of her NYC paintings before she moved permanently to New Mexico Georgia O'Keeffe |
#4500, aired 2004-03-12 | "O" YES! $400: A dangerously large ingestion of a drug leading to hospitilization or death overdose |
#4500, aired 2004-03-12 | "O" YES! $800: They're now the Tennessee Titans the Houston Oilers |
#4500, aired 2004-03-12 | "O" YES! $1200: From the Greek for "correct teeth", it's the dental specialty that's used to give you them orthodontics |
#4500, aired 2004-03-12 | "O" YES! $1600: One of the earliest, this Mesoamerican people's civilization flourished around 1200 B.C. the Olmecs |
#4500, aired 2004-03-12 | "O" YES! $2000: 3-word title of the play Abraham Lincoln was watching when he was shot Our American Cousin |
#4136, aired 2002-09-02 | -O-O-O- YES! $200: At this game's start, each player gets $1,500 Monopoly |
#4136, aired 2002-09-02 | -O-O-O- YES! $400: This son of Bathsheba was noted for a meeting with the Queen of Sheba Solomon |
#4136, aired 2002-09-02 | -O-O-O- YES! $600: In October 1973 this show debuted with Tom Snyder as its host Tomorrow |
#4136, aired 2002-09-02 | -O-O-O- YES! $800: The city of Perm in Russia used to be called this, also the name of an infamous cocktail Molotov |
#4136, aired 2002-09-02 | -O-O-O- YES! $1000: This decorative style originated in France in the early 18th century Rococo |
#4135, aired 2002-07-19 | IT'S BEEN FUN $2000: "O" yes, more than 2 million spectators have thrilled to Cirque du Soleil's "O" show at this Las Vegas hotel the Bellagio |
#4101, aired 2002-06-03 | "O" YES! $400: A mythological hunter killed by Artemis Orion |
#4101, aired 2002-06-03 | "O" YES! $800: From the French for "high wood", it's the noisemaker heard here oboe |
#4101, aired 2002-06-03 | "O" YES! $1200: A stone pillar, usually monolithic & having a pyramidal apex obelisk |
#4101, aired 2002-06-03 | "O" YES! $1600: In James Merrill's poem "The Changing Light at Sandover", this device assists in dialogues with spirits ouija board |
#4101, aired 2002-06-03 | "O" YES! $2000: To swing back & forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm oscillate |
#4078, aired 2002-05-01 | WATER TRANSPORTS $600: This liquid is the first O carried by an O/B/O cargo ship oil |
#4039, aired 2002-03-07 | ENDS IN "EE" $4,000 (Daily Double): Used to express scorn or disbelief, it's one of Scarlett O'Hara's favorite expressions "Fiddle-dee-dee!" |
#3980, aired 2001-12-14 | "LING"O $600: Adjective used in the title of the 1973 No. 2 hit heard here dueling |
#3925, aired 2001-09-28 | I'M SO CUTE! $500: O, yes, this tree-climbing feline seen here would fit into a "STARTS WITH 'O'" category an ocelot |
#3815, aired 2001-03-16 | "GREEN" THINGS $800: Oh yes, this North Carolina city was the birthplace of O. Henry Greensboro |
#3703, aired 2000-10-11 | HOW TO SAY YES! $1000: "Sim O Senhor!" is the way to say "Yes Sir!" in this romance language Portuguese |
#3609, aired 2000-04-20 | "O" YES! $100: A synonym for scent, this noun is from the Latin for "smell" odor |
#3609, aired 2000-04-20 | "O" YES! $200: Impenetrable to light, like some glass opaque |
#3609, aired 2000-04-20 | "O" YES! $300: It's a single performance by a band in a single locale, or the title of a Wesley Snipes film One Night Stand |
#3609, aired 2000-04-20 | "O" YES! $400: A temporary suspension of operation; of electrical power, for example outage |
#3609, aired 2000-04-20 | "O" YES! $500: From the Old Norse for "manager", it's a non-governmental investigator who resolves complaints ombudsman |
#3497, aired 1999-11-16 | POTPOURRI $1000: His Ninth Symphony includes the "Ode to Joy"; his opera "Fidelio" includes "O Nameless Joy" Beethoven |
#2820, aired 1996-11-29 | AUTHORS & THEIR WORKS $200: O yes, the title of this 1913 Willa Cather novel is taken from a poem by Walt Whitman "O Pioneers" |
#2289, aired 1994-07-14 | 1993 $1000: These 2 women were given t-shirts that read "The Supremes" Sandra Day O'Connor & (Ruth) Ginsburg |
#2007, aired 1993-05-04 | CONTEMPORARY WOMEN $200: In January 1989 this Supreme Court justice swore in Dan Quayle as vice president Sandra Day O'Connor |
#1795, aired 1992-05-22 | WORLD CITIES $1000: Regina, this Canadian province's capital, was originally called Pile O'Bones Saskatchewan |
#898, aired 1988-06-29 | U.S. CITIES $1,600 (Daily Double): City celebrated in song in both a 1959 Wilbert Harrison No. 1 hit & the following:
"Y' c'n turn the radiator on whenever you want some heat /
With ev'ry kind o' comfort ev'ry house is all complete /
You c'n walk to privies in the rain and never wet your feet! /
They've gone about as fur as they can go (Yes sir!) /
They've gone about as fur as they can go!..." Kansas City |
#883, aired 1988-06-08 | LOVE & MARRIAGE $200: Of a cathedral, cemetery or city hall, the place where Ronald Reagan married Jane Wyman a cemetery |
#819, aired 1988-03-10 | HOLLYWOOD MARRIAGES $400: She swung with Tarzan, but married John Farrow Maureen O'Sullivan |
#391, aired 1986-03-10 | THE 1920's $600: Sons of millionaires who killed Bobby Franks as a "scientific experiment" Leopold & Loeb |
#335, aired 1985-12-20 | SEPTEMBER $800: Famous lines summing up the New York Sun editor's September 1897 reply to Virginia O'Hanlon Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus |
#292, aired 1985-10-22 | MOVIE QUOTES $200: After being forced to kill a Union soldier, she says, "I'll think about that tomorrow" Scarlett O'Hara |