| #9012, aired 2024-01-09 | WATERLOGGED WORDS $800: Damp means wet, as does this other 4-letter "D" word that the cool kids use to mean "excellent" dank |
| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | RAIN $400: Scientists use the term "petrichor" to refer to this pleasing property of rain; you can thank the bacteria in wet soil smell |
| #8955, aired 2023-10-20 | BODY LANGUAGE $600: Someone as naive or innocent as a newborn baby is said to be this "moist" phrase wet behind the ears |
| #8905, aired 2023-06-30 | COMPOUND WORDS $200: Emily Post wrote that when meeting others, this should not feel viselike, nor like a wet rag a handshake |
| #8877, aired 2023-05-23 | MEDICINE $1600: Wet & dry are 2 types of this age-related eye disorder that causes gradual loss of central vision macular degeneration |
| #8875, aired 2023-05-19 | HURRAY FOR HOLLYWOOD! $400: In 1927 Norma Talmadge began a tradition here when she accidentally stepped in wet cement while it was under construction Mann's Chinese Theater |
| #8873, aired 2023-05-17 | POE"M"S $2000: "The apparition of these faces in the crowd: petals on a wet, black bough" is the entirety of Ezra Pound's "In a Station of" this the Metro |
| #12, aired 2023-05-16 | BRITISH MUSICAL GEOGRAPHY $1600: From this isle off southern England, the duo Wet Leg has said their name is a nickname for visitors from the mainland the Isle of Wight |
| #8864, aired 2023-05-04 | 21st CENTURY FILMS $800: (I'm Reggie Watts.) In addition to music, I had done some stand-up & sketch work but found the type of comedy I wanted to perform in this 2001 "wet hot" movie starring Paul Rudd & Elizabeth Banks Wet Hot American Summer |
| #8820, aired 2023-03-03 | QUOTATIONS $1600: "Throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because you are not getting wet" was part of her dissent of dismantling the VRA Ruth Bader Ginsburg |
| #8802, aired 2023-02-07 | HOLIDAYS AROUND THE GLOBE $1600: Thais celebrate Buddhist New Year by doing this to each other, with elephants using their trunks to join in bathe, wash (getting wet) |
| #13, aired 2023-02-02 | WIL(L), WILLEM OR WILLIAM $300: In 2018 Willem Dafoe was all wet as Vulko, the trident-wielding trainer of this title superhero Aquaman |
| #8749, aired 2022-11-24 | IT'S A THANKSGIVING MIRACLE! $400: We got through our annual viewing of this 1990 film even with a contrarian uncle rooting for "Wet Bandits" Joe Pesci & Daniel Stern Home Alone |
| #8725, aired 2022-10-21 | WHY ARE MY PANTS WET? $400: This body of stored water, from French for "storehouse" , was starting to flood as I jogged past it a reservoir |
| #8725, aired 2022-10-21 | WHY ARE MY PANTS WET? $800: I knelt next to one of these teeming-with-life small basins of water left by the receding ocean a tide pool |
| #8725, aired 2022-10-21 | WHY ARE MY PANTS WET? $1200: From walking with my friend Ti-Maurice along 106-mile Lafourche, one of these slow-moving bodies of water a bayou |
| #8725, aired 2022-10-21 | WHY ARE MY PANTS WET? $1600: From playing with my dog near this fatal-sounding type of northeast creek or river, from a Dutch word meaning "channel" a kill |
| #8725, aired 2022-10-21 | WHY ARE MY PANTS WET? $2000: I waded in one of these down-under ponds, also the name of a brand of beach & surf apparel billabong |
| #8698, aired 2022-09-14 | AFRICA $6,000 (Daily Double): One of the most impressive sections of this wet landmark lies between Livingstone & Cataract Islands Victoria Falls |
| #8648, aired 2022-05-25 | 5-LETTER "W"s $400: To twist a wet towel to extract all the moisture wring |
| #8618, aired 2022-04-13 | HOUSEHOLD INITIALS $1000: M.R.:
It's a vestibule where you take off wet clothes the mud room |
| #8585, aired 2022-02-25 | HOW PUNGENT! $1200: John Goodman's Sulley gives Mike his choice of odorants--old dumpster, smelly garbage or wet dog--in this film Monsters, Inc. |
| #6, aired 2022-02-10 | WHAT'S THAT SMELL? $200: Sorry, it's my dog, this breed, who got a little wet (an English) bulldog |
| #2, aired 2022-02-08 | THE MOVIE'S CAST $400: 2017:
Sally Hawkins,
Doug Jones, who probably got wet a lot The Shape of Water |
| #8569, aired 2022-02-03 | IDIOMS & EXPRESSIONS $400: I'm going to get a taste of your profits--not a lot, just to do this, as in the photo here wet my beak |
| #8495, aired 2021-10-22 | ACTORS & ACCENTS $1600: She got the feel of her Brooklyn accent in "The Wolf of Wall Street" by waving her nails around as if they were still wet from a manicure Margot Robbie |
| #8395, aired 2021-05-07 | A CINEMATIC WEDDING ABROAD $600: The bride (& bridesmaids, too) had wet feet getting to the altar in this Singapore-set movie from 2018 Crazy Rich Asians |
| #8381, aired 2021-04-19 | WET WORDS $400: Heat index is calculated using this, the measure of water vapor in the atmosphere humidity |
| #8381, aired 2021-04-19 | WET WORDS $800: This process of supplying agricultural land with water often can involve a system of canals or pipes irrigation |
| #8381, aired 2021-04-19 | WET WORDS $1200: This "precipitous" verb means to soak something, like a tea bag, in a liquid long enough so that its flavor is infused steep |
| #8381, aired 2021-04-19 | WET WORDS $1600: From the Latin for "wash away", it's a word for the flood in the Old Testament a deluge |
| #8381, aired 2021-04-19 | WET WORDS $2000: It's the 5-letter word for the lowest internal portion of a ship's hull where water collects the bilge |
| #8312, aired 2021-01-12 | AMERICAN CITIES $400: The Magic Kingdom south, it was once known as Jernigan but got a name change in 1857 & a Wet 'n Wild water park, a bit later Orlando |
| #8269, aired 2020-10-29 | A SERIOUSLY FLUFFY CATEGORY $200: An ingredient in S'mores, it gets its name from a plant found in wet areas near the sea marshmallow |
| #8269, aired 2020-10-29 | NATIONAL PARKS $800: Francis Marion could tell you this wet type of terrain was once in the name of what's now Congaree National Park a swamp |
| #8258, aired 2020-10-14 | '80s & '90s HIT PARADE $1600: This Bon Jovi album yielded the No. 1 hits "You Give Love A Bad Name" & "Livin' On A Prayer" Slippery When Wet |
| #8169, aired 2020-02-27 | BEFORE SWINE $1000: This sweeper started cleaning floors in 1999; the wet system soon followed Swiffer |
| #8166, aired 2020-02-24 | ELECTRICITY $1200: A wet cell is a battery containing ions in one of these that's a liquid; in a dry cell, it's a paste electrolyte |
| #8019, aired 2019-06-20 | METEOROLOGY $800: When one of these devices that measures air pressure is falling, wet weather is likely on the way a barometer |
| #8013, aired 2019-06-12 | "MAC"-INATIONS $1000: When it comes to vision problems, there are wet & dry types of this degeneration macular degeneration |
| #8002, aired 2019-05-28 | LET'S MAKE A TREE $400: The letter "S" deserts a "wet" word, leaving this mighty tree oak |
| #7948, aired 2019-03-13 | THE WET TORTUGAS $400: All female sea turtles come ashore to do this; Ridley turtles are known for a mass event called the arribada lay eggs |
| #7939, aired 2019-02-28 | IDIOMS DELIGHT $1200: Raally upset? You're "mad as" this moistened fowl a wet hen |
| #7934, aired 2019-02-21 | TRIPLE RHYME TIME $400: Wet earth-smeared pal who's part of your test prep team a muddy study buddy |
| #7927, aired 2019-02-12 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $400: Rescinded in 2017, the "Wet Foot, Dry Foot" policy allowed refugees from this country to stay if they reached U.S. soil Cuba |
| #7869, aired 2018-11-22 | ON THE 2018 BILLBOARD CHARTS $400: This "Slippery When Wet" band entered the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame & were on the charts with "This House Is Not For Sale" Bon Jovi |
| #7858, aired 2018-11-07 | COMING OF AGE $1200: Wet cultivation of this crop marks the start of Japan's Yayoi Period rice |
| #7771, aired 2018-05-28 | BEACH SEASON $400: Don't put a beached whale or dolphin back in the water; keep it wet, cool & shaded & don't cover this nostril the blowhole |
| #7716, aired 2018-03-12 | BEAUTY TRENDS $1000: Add some bling to your fingers with Swarovski Pixie--crushed these to sprinkle on wet nails crystals |
| #7685, aired 2018-01-26 | CAUTIONARY TRAILS $600: Bon Jovi could help you with this sign, also the title of their hit album from 1986 slippery when wet |
| #7641, aired 2017-11-27 | WET SCIENCE $400: This element, Mg, can be used in underwater flares because it can pull oxygen from the water when combusting magnesium |
| #7641, aired 2017-11-27 | WET SCIENCE $800: At sea level at this temperature Fahrenheit, the volume of water expands about 1,700 times into steam 212 |
| #7641, aired 2017-11-27 | WET SCIENCE $1200: A halocline occurs when fresh water sits on top of salt water, the separation caused by the difference in this specific gravity (or density) |
| #7641, aired 2017-11-27 | WET SCIENCE $1600: The zebra type of this mollusk is so successful at filtering the Great Lakes, water clarity is causing algae blooms a mussel |
| #7641, aired 2017-11-27 | WET SCIENCE $2000: The lake in the center of the Kawah Ijen this in Indonesia has a pH of less than 1 a volcano |
| #7576, aired 2017-07-17 | JOURNALING JOURNEYERS $800: Alexander Frater was "Chasing" this wet weather event around India to see its impact the monsoon |
| #7566, aired 2017-07-03 | UNDERWATER $1600: Visit this "Dry" park in the straits of Florida & get wet in its many snorkeling adventures Dry Tortugas |
| #7453, aired 2017-01-25 | THREE SHEETS TO THE WIND $800: I'm this, like a wall that's had wet gypsum applied plastered |
| #7431, aired 2016-12-26 | ON "EDGE" $1000: This plant is found in wet areas all over the world sedge |
| #7424, aired 2016-12-15 | THE OCEANS $1600: Despite its wet name, Ocean City in this state's Cape May county is dry regarding alcohol New Jersey |
| #7334, aired 2016-06-30 | FAMILIAL TERMS $600: For dogs & their descendants, this brand makes Dentastix treats as well as wet & dry food Pedigree |
| #7324, aired 2016-06-16 | INDOORS $400: Germany's Tropical Islands Resort has a vast dome housing this type of wet, jungly environment a rainforest |
| #7251, aired 2016-03-07 | THE INDIAN OCEAN $800: The area north of 10 degrees south latitude is this "zone", for the wet wind system that reverses direction with the seasons monsoon |
| #7157, aired 2015-10-27 | 2 CONSONANTS, ONE VOWEL $800: An area of wet, spongy ground with soil mainly of decayed vegetable matter bog |
| #7126, aired 2015-09-14 | DANGEROUS $600: This swimming superstar made many a movie right here at Sony studios, including 1953's "Dangerous When Wet" Esther Williams |
| #7121, aired 2015-07-27 | TECH SAVVY $200: If this happens to your cell phone, try leaving the frame & battery in uncooked rice it getting wet |
| #7084, aired 2015-06-04 | A FIFTH OF (COLIN) FIRTH $400: Colin emerged as a bona fide heartrhrob after his wet shirt scene in this BBC adaptation Pride & Prejudice |
| #6992, aired 2015-01-27 | GREAT BALLS OF "IRE" $1600: Wet land that gives way underfoot a mire (or a quagmire) |
| #6973, aired 2014-12-31 | THUMP! $200: Slump to the floor "like a bag of wet" this, a mix of clay & limestone, & you're not likely getting up soon cement |
| #6902, aired 2014-09-23 | BOOZE HOUNDS $600: Mentioned in "The Pickwick Papers", warm ale & gin is called a dog's this, which is wet & black, just like the drink a nose |
| #6883, aired 2014-07-16 | A CHEMISTRY SET $1600: These 2 common antonyms precede "cell battery"; one type is in your car, the other, in your flashlight wet & dry |
| #6880, aired 2014-07-11 | BEAUTY & SKIN CARE PRODUCTS $600: The Philips SensoTouch is one of these that can be used when you're wet or dry an (electric) shaver (a razor accepted) |
| #6855, aired 2014-06-06 | SCIENCE STUFF $1600: Let's get to the point--they're the stone formations rising from the floor of a wet cave stalagmites |
| #6779, aired 2014-02-20 | COLD-BLOODED KILLERS $200: Research on this beast's vision led to a wet suit developed in Australia to look as unlike its usual prey as possible a shark |
| #6722, aired 2013-12-03 | STINKER $800: The red trillium flower gives off a unique foul odor, earning it this "drenched pet" nickname wet dog |
| #6717, aired 2013-11-26 | 4-SYLLABLE WORDS $800: Since cars first met wet roads, drivers have had problems with loss of control due to this event, as seen here hydroplaning |
| #6712, aired 2013-11-19 | INDEPENDENCE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK $200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, PA.) A quill box & shaker for sprinking sand over wet ink to speed drying are accessories of the silver ink stand used by the Declaration of Independence signers leading off with this Massachusetts man John Hancock |
| #6687, aired 2013-10-15 | "PUN" INTENDED $800: In a poem this fairy tale lass says, "on the marble parapet / I lean my brow, strive to forget / fathoms below my hair grows wet" Rapunzel |
| #6685, aired 2013-10-11 | WET BAR GLOSSARY $200: That fifth of whiskey you picked up today means 1/5 of this liquid measure gallon |
| #6685, aired 2013-10-11 | WET BAR GLOSSARY $400: Here come the "Jeopardy!" writers; better tap this cask that can hold 165 12-ounce beers a keg |
| #6685, aired 2013-10-11 | WET BAR GLOSSARY $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew holds a goblet of cognac.) This special goblet used to serve fine cognac narrows at the top to trap & enhance the aroma of the liquor a snifter |
| #6685, aired 2013-10-11 | WET BAR GLOSSARY $800: Avast ye hearties! Hand me the large beer glass named for this large sailing vessel with at least 2 masts a schooner |
| #6685, aired 2013-10-11 | WET BAR GLOSSARY $1000: It's a tall, often pewter mug with a hinged lid a tankard |
| #6657, aired 2013-07-23 | WITHIN LIMITATIONS $800: Slightly wet moist |
| #6611, aired 2013-05-20 | UNREAL TV NEWSPEOPLE $2000: On this '70s show radio reporter Les Nessman said turkeys dropped from a chopper fell "like sacks of wet cement" WKRP in Cincinnati |
| #6589, aired 2013-04-18 | SIGNS & SYMBOLS $400: It's the three-word warning symbolized here slippery when wet |
| #6588, aired 2013-04-17 | ON "EDGE" $1000: A grasslike plant that grows in wet areas sedge |
| #6539, aired 2013-02-07 | BIOLOGY $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew takes a sponge out of a microwave oven.) Your microwave can be a weapon in the fight against germs; zapping a wet sponge in the microwave for 2 minutes should remove 99% of these organisms, like E. coli bacteria |
| #6508, aired 2012-12-26 | TALK OF THE TOWN $800: "I guess God made Boston on a wet Sunday", wrote this mystery novelist; maybe the town put him into a "big sleep" Raymond Chandler |
| #6473, aired 2012-11-07 | LOVE & MARRIAGE $1600: The ink on her divorce papers was still wet when she married Gregg Allman in 1975 Cher |
| #6466, aired 2012-10-29 | DO NOT PASS "O" $600: A wall painting on wet plaster a fresco |
| #6371, aired 2012-05-07 | BAD KISSERS $1000: Thandie Newton griped that this "Mission: Impossible" star's kisses were "icky & sort of wet" Tom Cruise |
| #6365, aired 2012-04-27 | PLANT IT! $1600: Plant formation is determined by the p/e ratio, for precipitation to this process, showing how wet or dry an area is evaporation |
| #6345, aired 2012-03-30 | KROSSWORD KLUES "K" $1200: "Lethal" wet blanket (7) killjoy |
| #6340, aired 2012-03-23 | THERE IS STRENGTH $2000: (Sarah and Jimmy of the Clue Crew demonstrate with wet paper towel and a stack of coins.) When wet, paper products have varied amounts of this type of strength, the maximum load a material can support without fracture tensile strength |
| #6283, aired 2012-01-04 | BEASTLY EXPRESSIONS $600: "Mad as a wet" this bird a hen |
| #6280, aired 2011-12-30 | "RE"SEARCH $1200: In music production, "wet" & "dry" refer to sound with more or less of this effect--ect--ect reverberation |
| #6255, aired 2011-11-25 | GRHYME TYME $800: Wet ground for Wynonna or Ashley Judd mud |
| #6190, aired 2011-07-08 | WASHINGTON $400: This biggest Washington city is pretty wet with Elliott Bay to the west, Lake Washington to the East Seattle |
| #6189, aired 2011-07-07 | GOOD OLD PLANET EARTH $400: It's wet, sticky earth; it's also a term for nasty accusations politicians throw at each other mud |
| #6159, aired 2011-05-26 | 3-LETTER THE BETTER $600: Saturated wet |
| #6140, aired 2011-04-29 | SCRAMBLED ACHES $1000: WET GIN a twinge |
| #6104, aired 2011-03-10 | LEARN SOME GERMAN $400: A place to get your feet wet:
Der Strand the beach |
| #6063, aired 2011-01-12 | BODY LANGUAGE $600: Someone as naive or innocent as a newborn baby is said to be this "moist" phrase still wet behind the ears |
| #6059, aired 2011-01-06 | "V" SHALL SEE $400: You're all wet if you can't name this location the Victoria Falls |
| #5981, aired 2010-09-20 | BLARNEY $400: For peat sake, you should know this word for wet, spongy ground a bog |
| #5961, aired 2010-07-12 | ADD A TREE $2000: Add a tree to an "S" & you get this wet word soak (slime accepted) |
| #5932, aired 2010-06-01 | BORN TO "RUN" $1000: This small, silvery food fish spawns at high tide in wet sand a grunion |
| #5910, aired 2010-04-30 | POPULAR SCIENCE $1200: (Sarah demonstrates a happy drinking bird.) An internal pressure imbalance forces liquid up to the duck's head, making it tip over for another drink; it's caused by this process that cools the wet head but not the dry tail evaporation |
| #5822, aired 2009-12-29 | YOU'RE ALL WET $200: To see the tides in the Bay of Fundy at their highest, visit Minas Basin in this country Canada |
| #5822, aired 2009-12-29 | YOU'RE ALL WET $400: Wisconsin honeymooners may visit Big Manitou, at 165 feet one of the highest of these east of the Rockies a waterfall |
| #5822, aired 2009-12-29 | YOU'RE ALL WET $600: 3 streams, the Jordan, Bear & Weber, flow in, but there are no streams that empty this large U.S. lake the Great Salt Lake |
| #5822, aired 2009-12-29 | YOU'RE ALL WET $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows an animated map of the Atlantic on the monitor.) The fusion of the north & south equatorial currents along with water from the Gulf of Mexico form this warm current the Gulf Stream |
| #5822, aired 2009-12-29 | YOU'RE ALL WET $1000: The name of this ocean is derived from the name of a Titan in Greek myth who was a brother of Prometheus the Atlantic |
| #5740, aired 2009-07-17 | TRICKS ARE FOR KIDS $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew tugs a string in a cup.) The paper cup seems to laugh because the wet string is transmitting vibrations that form these waves inside the cup sound waves |
| #5725, aired 2009-06-26 | FROM THE BRITISH MONARCHY'S WEBSITE $600: Please note: "There is no guard mounting" (also known as this ceremony) "in very wet weather" Changing of the Guard |
| #5645, aired 2009-03-06 | A DISCOURAGING WORD $200: Someone who "dampens" enthusiasm, or what Linus might use to extinguish a small fire a wet blanket |
| #5614, aired 2009-01-22 | WATERY TERMS $400: This term originally applied to a woman hired to suckle another woman's infant a wet nurse |
| #5613, aired 2009-01-21 | THEME PARK FUN $800: You'll get wet when you ride Blazing Fury at this theme park named for a country singer Dollywood |
| #5603, aired 2009-01-07 | INVENTIVE MINDS $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew takes a sip, gets wet.) S.S. Adams was not just a prankster, but a businessman & got a patent on this item that has small hidden holes to create its effect a dribble glass |
| #5569, aired 2008-11-20 | CELEBRITY SCENTS $800: This singer smells like wet gardenia petals & marshmallow in her M perfume Mariah Carey |
| #5511, aired 2008-07-21 | ON "Q" $600: This wet, boggy ground can put you in quite a predicament a quagmire |
| #5501, aired 2008-07-07 | CHRIS COLUMBUS $2000: Chris wrote three rules for these title characters: no bright lights, don't get them wet & no food after midnight Gremlins |
| #5428, aired 2008-03-26 | HATS $200: Cold & wet conditions led him, in 1865, to make the "hat that could tame the American West" a Stetson |
| #5371, aired 2008-01-07 | LOTS OF STUFF $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew runs a wet finger around the rims of two crystal glasses with different amounts of water in them.) The more water in the glass, the slower these are, & the deeper the tone vibrations |
| #5367, aired 2008-01-01 | "AIN" WE GOT FUN $600: You can do it to a muscle or wet spaghetti strain |
| #5303, aired 2007-10-03 | LET'S PLAY ODDBALL $400: In 2006 a Wyo. teen spilled gas on his pants committing this car crime, then (oops!) used a lighter to see how wet he got stealing gas (siphoning) |
| #5278, aired 2007-07-18 | AMERICANA $800: Company lore says that a shiny black bathing suit gave this clothing store its name Wet Seal |
| #5240, aired 2007-05-25 | HAVE SOME "T" $800: Instead of making the wet land type of this Polynesian tuber into poi, I've used the dry land type to make chips--have some! taro |
| #5226, aired 2007-05-07 | BODY LANGUAGE $200: Innocent & naive? You must be "wet behind" these the ears |
| #5223, aired 2007-05-02 | HOMOPHONES $200: With an initial W, it's done to necks & wet rags; without one, it's done to bells wring/ring |
| #5209, aired 2007-04-12 | 3-LETTER WORDS $1200: To place wet hair in position by use of rollers & clips set |
| #5177, aired 2007-02-27 | ANAGRAMMED BOOKS OF THE BIBLE $400: WET MATH Matthew |
| #5137, aired 2007-01-02 | MEASURING UP $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports with a hygrometer.) Calculated from the difference between the wet & dry thermometers, a hygrometer measures this two-word weather term relative humidity |
| #5131, aired 2006-12-25 | AZTEC GODS $600: As the goddess of this, Acuecucyoticihuati probably would be all wet the ocean (the sea) |
| #5026, aired 2006-06-19 | MOVIES THAT ARE ALL WET $400: Steven Spielberg named the mechanical shark in this 1975 classic "Bruce" after his lawyer Jaws |
| #5026, aired 2006-06-19 | MOVIES THAT ARE ALL WET $800: Commercial fisherman George Clooney faces disaster in the North Atlantic in this fact-based 2000 film The Perfect Storm |
| #5026, aired 2006-06-19 | MOVIES THAT ARE ALL WET $1200: The overinflated budget of this moist 1995 film earned it the nickname "Kevin's Gate" Waterworld |
| #5026, aired 2006-06-19 | MOVIES THAT ARE ALL WET $1600: Jon Voight & Burt Reynolds head to Appalachia for a canoe trip that goes horribly wrong in this 1972 flick Deliverance |
| #5026, aired 2006-06-19 | MOVIES THAT ARE ALL WET $2000: Meryl Streep & her son go not so gently down the stream in this 1994 rafting suspense movie The River Wild |
| #4948, aired 2006-03-01 | EIGHTH NOTES $400: If you don't know it's the eighth planet from the Sun, you're all wet Neptune |
| #4924, aired 2006-01-26 | STUPID ANSWERS $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew stands underneath a fountain in St. Petersburg, Russia.) Be careful of the umbrella fountain here in Peterov--if you step under it, this will happen you'll get wet (it will rain accepted) |
| #4905, aired 2005-12-30 | NONFICTION $400: In 1965 Johnny Carson wrote "Happiness is a Dry Martini"; 3 years earlier, Charles Schulz wrote "Happiness is" this a Warm Puppy |
| #4791, aired 2005-06-06 | FLY FISHING $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew gives her line a good cast wading in a stream.) Of the two most basic types of fly-fishing, this one in which your lure is underwater is simpler to cast wet (fly) |
| #4789, aired 2005-06-02 | THIS SONG'S ALL WET! $200: In 1970 this "Travelin' Band" wondered "Who'll Stop The Rain" Creedence Clearwater Revival |
| #4789, aired 2005-06-02 | THIS SONG'S ALL WET! $400: In 1984 Prince "Never meant 2 cause U any sorrow" with this colorful tune "Purple Rain" |
| #4789, aired 2005-06-02 | THIS SONG'S ALL WET! $600: The 2 title items in this Carpenters' tune, No. 2 in '71, "always get me down" "Rainy Days And Mondays" |
| #4789, aired 2005-06-02 | THIS SONG'S ALL WET! $800: Though this 1969 No. 1 hit may occur, "that doesn't mean my eyes will soon be turnin' red" "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" |
| #4789, aired 2005-06-02 | THIS SONG'S ALL WET! $1000: "I Go Swimming" appeared on the album this British singer "Plays Live" Peter Gabriel |
| #4760, aired 2005-04-22 | METEOROLOGY $600: While western Oregon & Wash. are wet, this mountain range functions as a "rain shadow" for the eastern part the Cascades |
| #4716, aired 2005-02-21 | WHY NOT? $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew holds down a sheep on a farm.) Tiny scales on sheep's wool, unlike processed wool, are aligned in the same direction--that's why this doesn't happen when it rains shrinkage |
| #4684, aired 2005-01-06 | HOUSEHOLD WORDS $400: To mix drinks in the comfort of your living room, it's handy to have this counter with a sink and running water a wet bar |
| #4525, aired 2004-04-16 | 20th CENTURY AMERICA $400: The "wet" movement in 1930 wanted this amendment repealed the 18th Amendment (Prohibition) |
| #4486, aired 2004-02-23 | TREES $800: Because of its durability in wet soil, this "spreading" tree is used to make fenceposts chestnut |
| #4480, aired 2004-02-13 | THE DRIVING TEACHER $1000: Hey leadfoot--at 60 mph on a wet road, this can be 140 yards--almost 1 1/2 football fields a stopping distance |
| #4415, aired 2003-11-14 | SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC $1000: It's Zeus' wet nurse Capricorn |
| #4375, aired 2003-09-19 | BEST PICTURES IN OTHER WORDS $800: 1988:
"Wet Weather Dude" Rain Man |
| #4369, aired 2003-09-11 | "EE" $400: During this growth process a baby may be given a wet washcloth to gnaw on teething |
| #4362, aired 2003-07-15 | INVENTIVE MINDS $2000: Scott Archer came up with the wet collodion process used in the first 20 years of this art photography |
| #4257, aired 2003-02-18 | KIDDY LIT $1,000 (Daily Double): This book begins, "The sun did not shine. It was too wet to play. So we sat in the house all that cold, cold, wet day" The Cat in the Hat |
| #4229, aired 2003-01-09 | HEY, THAT RHYMES! $600: A rained-on fast plane wet jet |
| #4218, aired 2002-12-25 | 3-LETTER WORDS $200: An inexperienced person is this 'behind the ears" wet |
| #4180, aired 2002-11-01 | LET'S VISIT BELIZE $800: The Belize Online website suggests these transparent boats "to snorkel without getting wet" glass-bottomed boats |
| #4098, aired 2002-05-29 | CHEMISTRY EXPERIMENTS $600: Wet steel wool in a jar helps demonstrate the formation of this; so does an old car rust |
| #4080, aired 2002-05-03 | YOUR FEMININE SIDE $200: A "wet" one of these breast-feeds another woman's child a wet nurse |
| #3986, aired 2001-12-24 | MYTHS & LEGENDS $2000: In an Incan version of the flood story this wooly beast of burden tells a farmer to go to higher ground llama |
| #3969, aired 2001-11-29 | SIGNS OF THE TIMES $800: It might be Bon Jovi's favorite slippery when wet |
| #3959, aired 2001-11-15 | TO "L" AND BACK $400: The first wet dock in Britain was built in this city back in 1715 Liverpool |
| #3923, aired 2001-09-26 | HARRY THE POTTER $800: Harry uses the elephant's ear type of this absorbent item to wet his pots & to take water off a sponge |
| #3914, aired 2001-09-13 | POOCH PROVERBS $300: "A dog's nose and a maid's knees are always" this cold |
| #3898, aired 2001-07-11 | BEFORE & AFTER $400: Morticia gets a big wet one from Richard Dawson on this ooky game show The Addams Family Feud |
| #3853, aired 2001-05-09 | HAIR DON'TS $100: Don't go out in winter with hair in this condition -- you won't actually catch cold, but Mom will worry wet hair |
| #3772, aired 2001-01-16 | PAPER $400: This translucent identifier in paper is made by pressing a wire pattern into the paper while it's still wet a watermark |
| #3718, aired 2000-11-01 | THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH $200: When it's wet out, don't forget to take your brolly, one of these Umbrella |
| #3648, aired 2000-06-14 | POEM-POURRI $400: Sara Teasdale wrote about these plants' "wet, sleepy fragrance"; Monet would understand Water lilies |
| #3617, aired 2000-05-02 | WORD UP! $100: Wet, sticky substance campaigners "sling" mud |
| #3614, aired 2000-04-27 | A DAY AT THE RACES $300: It's not a horse's female parent, it's a horse that runs well on soft, wet ground Mudder |
| #3590, aired 2000-03-24 | MILITARY RHYME TIME $200: A moist F-16 Wet jet |
| #3560, aired 2000-02-11 | ARCHAEOLOGY $100: This boy pharaoh's tomb was discovered in 1922; that of his wet nurse, in 1999 King Tut |
| #3557, aired 2000-02-08 | TEEN PEOPLE $100: Having jumped in a lake during their Orlando photo shoot, these "Boys" sported the wet look on a 1998 cover Backstreet Boys |
| #3555, aired 2000-02-04 | INVENTORS $1000: In 1851 Frederick Scott Archer developed a wet-plate process, the first practical way to produce copies of these Photographs |
| #3539, aired 2000-01-13 | QUOTABLE POTENT POTABLES $500 (Daily Double): A Mae West movie included the line "You ought to get out of those wet clothes and into a dry" one of these Martini |
| #3533, aired 2000-01-05 | SPORTS RHYME TIME $300: A damp webbed ping pong table divider Wet net |
| #3497, aired 1999-11-16 | THAT'S SO CLICHE! $400: Like a colt or calf, those who are innocent & naive are said to be "wet" here Behind the ears |
| #3385, aired 1999-04-30 | THE COLD WAR $400: Of stress, enlarged tonsils or wet feet, the one which experts say would most likely lead to a cold stress |
| #3322, aired 1999-02-02 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $200: Dorothy's pal in "The Wizard of Oz" who wiped his eyes with his tail so often that "it became quite wet" the Cowardly Lion |
| #3318, aired 1999-01-27 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $600: In this largest Swiss city, you can wet your whistle at the James Joyce Pub which Joyce described in "Ulysses" Zurich |
| #3282, aired 1998-12-08 | BREAKING UP $500: This "amphibious" Santa Barbara band that sang "All I Want" & "Walk On The Ocean" croaked in 1998 Toad the Wet Sprocket |
| #3280, aired 1998-12-04 | HOW DO YOU WORK THIS THING? $400: Set it in motion with your feet, then wet your fingers before centering the clay throwing a pot on a potter's wheel |
| #3274, aired 1998-11-26 | OH "MI" $600: A sticky situation, or an area of wet, soggy ground mire |
| #3256, aired 1998-11-02 | CRIME & PUNISHMENT $300: When Ann Landers admits an error, she sentences herself to 40 lashes with one of these Wet noodle |
| #3199, aired 1998-06-25 | ANATOMIC QUOTES $300: Ben Franklin advised, "Keep your mouth wet" & these "dry" Feet |
| #3147, aired 1998-04-14 | GET A GRIP $300: The part of a tire that gives it the power to grip a road in wet weather Tread |
| #3078, aired 1998-01-07 | WET & WILD $100: Of a bird, a fish or an insect, what a water boatman is Insect |
| #3078, aired 1998-01-07 | WET & WILD $200: The American Water & Irish Water breeds of this dog are both noted for retrieving waterfowl Spaniel |
| #3078, aired 1998-01-07 | WET & WILD $300: Bubalus babalis is the scientific name of this animal also known as the water ox Water buffalo |
| #3078, aired 1998-01-07 | WET & WILD $400: Water hog is another name for this, the largest living rodent, that looks like a giant guinea pig Capybara |
| #3078, aired 1998-01-07 | WET & WILD $500: The water opossum is also called the yapok, in honor of this continent's Oyapok River South America |
| #3071, aired 1997-12-29 | SIGNS & SYMBOLS $100: [video clue] Slippery When Wet |
| #3059, aired 1997-12-11 | BANKRUPTCY $1000: This "wet" term means selling off a bankrupt person's assets to pay creditors Liquidation |
| #3058, aired 1997-12-10 | WE'RE "THROUGH" $500: Having undergone a difficult experience, like a wet sock in an old washing machine "Going through the wringer" |
| #3053, aired 1997-12-03 | LANGUAGE $400: Natives on Gomera in the Canaries talk by using these warbling sounds, so wet yours before chatting Whistle |
| #3038, aired 1997-11-12 | YOU'RE ALL WET! $200: Almost all of Austria's rivers flow into this beautiful blue one Danube |
| #3038, aired 1997-11-12 | YOU'RE ALL WET! $400: The Mexican ports of Guaymas & La Paz lie on the shores of this gulf Gulf of California |
| #3038, aired 1997-11-12 | YOU'RE ALL WET! $600: It's only about 1,200 miles across this ocean between Russia's Taymyr Peninsula & Greenland Arctic Ocean |
| #3038, aired 1997-11-12 | YOU'RE ALL WET! $800: Strong currents & prevailing winds make navigation on this Spanish-French bay hazardous Bay of Biscay |
| #3038, aired 1997-11-12 | YOU'RE ALL WET! $1000: Before John Speke named this largest African lake in 1858, it was known to the Arabs as Ukerewe Lake Victoria |
| #3035, aired 1997-11-07 | THEME PARK FUN $200: You'll get wet when you ride the Grand Canyon Rapids at MGM Grand Adventures in this Nevada city Las Vegas |
| #3025, aired 1997-10-24 | FROGS & TOADS $400: Group seen here, it took its name from a Monty Python skit: [video clue] Toad The Wet Sprocket |
| #3019, aired 1997-10-16 | MIND YOUR "P"s & "Q"s $1000: Soft wet miry land, like Vietnam, or a predicament, like Vietnam in the '70s a quagmire |
| #2976, aired 1997-07-07 | TEXTILES $200: Tennis balls & pool tables are covered by this material made from wet woolen fibers Felt |
| #2921, aired 1997-04-21 | HOMONYMS $1,000 (Daily Double): To soak in liquid, or marked by an extreme angle Steep |
| #2807, aired 1996-11-12 | FAMILIAR PHRASES $500: The origin of this phrase is unknown, since chickens don't seem to get angry in the rain mad as a wet hen |
| #2733, aired 1996-06-19 | COMMON BONDS $400: Wet,
Navajo,
security blanket |
| #2700, aired 1996-05-03 | GARDENING $500: Caused by bacteria or fungi, the dead tissue in this plant disease can be "soft", "hard", "dry" or "wet" rot |
| #2642, aired 1996-02-13 | THE MOVIES $500: This "Slippery When Wet" rock star played a hunky house painter in "Moonlight and Valentino" Jon Bon Jovi |
| #2554, aired 1995-10-12 | AROUND THE HOUSE $400: If you don't have a wet bar, you can store this in a cabinet called a cellarette wine |
| #2540, aired 1995-09-22 | INVENTORS & SCIENTISTS $600: 2 early reapers he sold in 1840 got hopelessly clogged when cutting wet grain McCormick |
| #2483, aired 1995-05-24 | ART $200: Giotto di Bondone was one of the great masters of this painting form done on wet plaster fresco |
| #2306, aired 1994-09-19 | ANIMAL PHRASES $400: Someone who is quite angry is as "mad as a wet" one of these a hen |
| #2172, aired 1994-02-01 | HINTS FROM HELOISE $200: You needn't lick these postal items; use a burned-out light bulb in a dish of water to wet them stamps |
| #2058, aired 1993-07-14 | MOVIE STARS $300: Fernando Lamas, her co-star in "Dangerous When Wet", became her third husband Esther Williams |
| #1879, aired 1992-11-05 | DOLLS $400: When Mattel introduced this male doll in 1961 he had fuzzy hair that came off if it got wet Ken |
| #1774, aired 1992-04-23 | FOOD $400: The double-acting kind of this leavener releases gas when first wet & when heated baking powder |
| #1751, aired 1992-03-23 | WHISTLES $200: It means to take a drink wet your whistle |
| #1590, aired 1991-06-28 | BEATLES LYRICS $500: It's "in my ears and in my eyes, wet beneath the blue suburban skies" Penny Lane |
| #1442, aired 1990-12-04 | CRIME & PUNISHMENT $100: Elmyr de Hory was exposed as one in 1968 when buyers noticed wet paint on paintings he was selling a forger |
| #1436, aired 1990-11-26 | WORLD RELIGION $100: As an infant, he was given to a nomadic wet nurse in the desert outside Mecca Muhammad |
| #1319, aired 1990-05-03 | WINE $100: Wine should be stored lying down, so this remains wet & swollen Cork |
| #1317, aired 1990-05-01 | WEIGHTS & MEASURES $600 (Daily Double): You're not wet behind the ears if you know this international unit equals 6,076.11549 feet Nautical Mile |
| #1316, aired 1990-04-30 | COMPLETES THE FILM TITLE $100: "Séance on a Wet..." Afternoon |
| #1265, aired 1990-02-16 | CHEMISTRY $200: The "wet" type is used for cars, the "dry" type for flashlights a battery |
| #1250, aired 1990-01-26 | AMUSEMENT PARKS $100: People who rode on the earliest flume rides complained when this didn't happen -- so now it usually does they get wet |
| #1160, aired 1989-09-22 | "WET" $100: A neoprene garment worn by surfers to retain body heat in a cold ocean a wetsuit |
| #1160, aired 1989-09-22 | "WET" $200: Some hotel rooms have these service area featuring running water & sometimes a small fridge a wet bar |
| #1160, aired 1989-09-22 | "WET" $300: This phrase can describe someone who's just washed her hair or an immature, naive person wet behind the ears |
| #1160, aired 1989-09-22 | "WET" $400: A pertygoer who tells all the revelers they're having too much fun a wet blanket |
| #1160, aired 1989-09-22 | "WET" $500: Soaking your small instrument in water, or taking a drink when you're thirsty wetting your whistle |
| #1131, aired 1989-07-03 | WEATHER $800: High wet winds from the tropics mixing with dry ground air help create these Arizona "black blizzards" sand storms (dust storms) |
| #1125, aired 1989-06-23 | LEFTOVERS $200: Heloise says that keeping a glass over your salt shaker will keep the salt from doing this from sticking to the top of the shaker (sticking) |
| #1046, aired 1989-03-06 | OLD TESTAMENT $100: His foster mother, the Pharaoh's daughter, hired his real mother to be his wet nurse Moses |
| #1044, aired 1989-03-02 | THE ARTS $100: The N.Y. Times reports this country's films often have an obligatory wet sari scene India |
| #1014, aired 1989-01-19 | MUSIC $400: As a reed instrument, it's played with the mouth; made of glass, it's played with wet fingers or mallets harmonica |
| #976, aired 1988-11-28 | HOMOPHONES $100: Squeeze a wet cloth, or clang a bell wring/ring |
| #973, aired 1988-11-23 | SWEETS $100: It's easier to make taffy & other pulled candies if you do this to your fingers grease them |
| #966, aired 1988-11-14 | SIGNS & SYMBOLS $400: A road sign showing the back of a car with two wavy lines trailing from it stands for this slippery when wet |
| #906, aired 1988-07-11 | THE ARTIST OF RECORD $500: "Wet",
"Guilty"
"Butterfly" Barbra Streisand |
| #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 |
| #815, aired 1988-03-04 | ROYS & RAYS $500 (Daily Double): Singer of the following 1956 hit:
"Just walking in the rain / Gettin' soakin' wet" Johnnie Ray |
| #787, aired 1988-01-26 | SWIMWEAR $500: Regarding that '78 S.I. shot, to this day she swears she didn't know the suit became transparent when wet Cheryl Tiegs |
| #692, aired 1987-09-15 | HOUSE PLANTS $100: When watering African violets, never use cold water, & never get these wet the leaves |
| #615, aired 1987-04-17 | FOREIGN SPORTS $200: Eton boys are called dry-bobs if they play cricket & this if they row wet-bobs |
| #541, aired 1987-01-05 | THE BRITISH ISLES $500: These open wastelands covered by wet peat & heather are found in Eng., Scotland & most T. Hardy novels moors |
| #501, aired 1986-11-10 | WOMEN IN SPORTS $200: "Dangerous When Wet", she was elected to Int'l Swimming Hall of Fame in 1966 Esther Williams |
| #499, aired 1986-11-06 | DIRTY WORDS $300: Wet spongy earth, or what follows "ad-" "quag-" mire |
| #487, aired 1986-10-21 | "FOR" WORDS $400: HCHO, or the wet stuff in which you preserve a dead frog formaldehyde |
| #309, aired 1985-11-14 | POTENT POTABLES $100: For wines, it never means the opposite of wet dry |
| #269, aired 1985-09-19 | FAMILIAR PHRASES $300: Meaning "innocent as a babe", it comes from part of newborn animals that takes longest to dry wet behind the ears |
| #171, aired 1985-05-06 | PARAPSYCHOLOGY $300: In a 1964 film, they had one of these "on a wet afternoon" a séance |
| #147, aired 1985-04-02 | TRIOS $800 (Daily Double): The 3 warnings on the care & feeding of Gremlins do not get them wet, do not feed after midnight, and keep out of bright light |
| #104, aired 1985-01-31 | CARTOONS $300: They swam with Esther Williams in "Dangerous When Wet" & danced with Gene Kelly in "Anchors Aweigh" Tom & Jerry |
| #59, aired 1984-11-29 | SPORT OF KINGS $300: Race horse that runs well on a wet track, or a Bronx mommy a mudder |
