| #9027, aired 2024-01-30 | STARTS WITH SOFT "G" $800: A punk band fronted by Billy Idol, or the group born following the baby boom Gen X (Generation X) |
| #8998, aired 2023-12-20 | DON'T EAT WITH YOUR HANDS $800: This type of fork has a special leftmost tine for cutting the treat, maybe while standing a cake (a dessert fork) |
| #8802, aired 2023-02-07 | LITERARY TITLE CHARACTERS $400: Lord Henry tells him, "to get back my youth (I'd) do anything... except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable"; Wilde! Dorian Gray |
| #8800, aired 2023-02-03 | THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM $1200: An Alabama historic site invites you to journey back to the 1940s & learn about this group of Black military aviators the Tuskegee Airmen (or Red Tails) |
| #5, aired 2022-10-23 | YES, CHEF! $300: Whether the second part of its name is "chuck" or "rump", this dish needs to cook an hour per pound & the old folks start ordering it at 5:00 P.M. pot roast |
| #8480, aired 2021-10-01 | GERUNDS $400: Of all sad words of tongue or sign, the saddest are "We no longer validate" this parking |
| #8014, aired 2019-06-13 | "SINGLE" SERVINGS $800: A 1610 legal text is titled "The Duello, or," this, which means going mano-a-mano single combat |
| #7797, aired 2018-07-03 | TIME FOR OPERA $800: 13th century Switzerland:
this opera, Rossini's last William Tell (or Wilhelm Tell) |
| #7424, aired 2016-12-15 | ODD WORDS $800: Nephrolithotomy is the medical term for the surgical removal of one of these kidney stone |
| #7395, aired 2016-11-04 | THE LIVES OF AUTHORS $2000: Written while she lived in France, "Tender Buttons" is a 1914 collection of poems by this American author & art patron Gertrude Stein |
| #7362, aired 2016-09-20 | FICTIONAL LANGUAGES $1600: Tolkien created these languages whose forms include Quenya before writing his books, not the other way around Elvin (or Elvish) |
| #7274, aired 2016-04-07 | "I.M." $800: This Filipina power broker reportedly said "Win or lose, we go shopping after the election" Imelda Marcos |
| #7268, aired 2016-03-30 | WORD ORIGINS $800: A wealthy person who controls a government, it comes from the Greek for "wealth", not a dwarf planet plutocrat |
| #7250, aired 2016-03-04 | "YES" "NO" "OR" "MAY" "BE" $400: In 1965 this Beatles song was No. 1 on Billboard's Top 40 for 4 weeks "Yesterday" |
| #7250, aired 2016-03-04 | "YES" "NO" "OR" "MAY" "BE" $800: Helium & krypton are this type of gas noble |
| #7250, aired 2016-03-04 | "YES" "NO" "OR" "MAY" "BE" $1200: To get your bearings geographically; the word can also have -ate at the end orient |
| #7250, aired 2016-03-04 | "YES" "NO" "OR" "MAY" "BE" $1600: 6-letter term for violence with a chaotic or random quality mayhem |
| #7250, aired 2016-03-04 | "YES" "NO" "OR" "MAY" "BE" $2000: From the Latin for "blessedness", one of these starts, "Blessed are the peacemakers" the Beatitudes |
| #6939, aired 2014-11-13 | OBSOLETE WORDS $600: The office or jurisdiction of a bishop see |
| #6160, aired 2011-05-27 | ENDS WITH A BODY PART $1200: Smugglers who hid booze in their footwear gave rise to this adjective for something made or sold illicitly a bootleg |
| #6159, aired 2011-05-26 | FASHION FROM HEAD TO TOE $600: This company's canvas All Star basketball shoe goes all the way back to 1917 Converse |
| #6018, aired 2010-11-10 | HOMOPHONES $400: A hiding place, or the moolah you might put there cache/cash |
| #6010, aired 2010-10-29 | U.S. MAGAZINES $400: No. 15:
For the athletically inclined or those who dig chicks in thongs Sports Illustrated |
| #5910, aired 2010-04-30 | NOT GREAT WORK $1200: This adjective, referring to the fabric seen here, has come to mean "cheap" or "crummy" chintzy |
| #5839, aired 2010-01-21 | ARTS NEWS 2009 $400: Rocco Landesman, a producer of Broadway's "The Producers", was named to chair this federal arts organization the NEA |
| #5488, aired 2008-06-18 | GONE VISION $2,000 (Daily Double): Also the title of a 1985 movie, this Native American rite of passage or of spiritual renewal often includes fasting vision quest |
| #5299, aired 2007-09-27 | CONSUMER REPORTS ROAD TEST $2000: (Jon of the Clue Crew reports from the Consumer Reports road test facility.) To see how the car handles without it, Consumer Reports has disabled a system becoming standard on U.S. autos, ESC, electronic this control stability |
| #5263, aired 2007-06-27 | NO MATTER WHAT YOU'VE HEARD $200: 6-letter word for the whistling sound produced by labored or asthmatic breathing wheeze |
| #5125, aired 2006-12-15 | 3-LETTER MEN $800: Shepard or
Donaldson Sam |
| #5107, aired 2006-11-21 | MOVIE QUOTES $1600: "I tell you things, you tell me things, not about this case, though, about yourself. Quid pro quo... yes or no, Clarice?" The Silence of the Lambs |
| #4847, aired 2005-10-11 | MUSICAL THEATRE $2000: "Annie" is based on a comic strip; "Annie Get Your Gun" is based on this real-life girl who "shot" to fame in the 1800s Annie Oakley |
| #4834, aired 2005-09-22 | POW-ER $400: Alfred Nobel named this explosive after the Greek word for power dynamite |
| #4667, aired 2004-12-14 | MED. ABBREV. $400: 2 of the 3 illnesses for which a DPT vaccination provides immunity diphtheria & pertussis (or tetanus) |
| #4254, aired 2003-02-13 | ___ OG $400: "Pea Soup" describes a dense one fog |
| #4194, aired 2002-11-21 | TAKE A LETTER $600: This letter paired with "H" at the end of a word sometimes results in an "F" sound P (or) G |
| #4081, aired 2002-05-06 | MUSIC APPRECIATION $6,400 (Daily Double): The name of this small harpsichord may come from the Latin for "rod" or the Latin for "maiden" virginal |
| #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!" |
| #3648, aired 2000-06-14 | NUMERICAL EXPRESSIONS $200: The phrase "Animal, vegetable or mineral" is associated with this game of yes-or-no responses Twenty Questions |
| #3498, aired 1999-11-17 | THE BIG APPLE $400: It's what John Smith could have called his dad's mom, or a variety of green apple grown in the U.S. Granny Smith |
| #3398, aired 1999-05-19 | SWORDS $800: The swords the Romans & Vikings used had this quality which could probably work for them or against them double-edged |
| #3204, aired 1998-07-02 | A GOOD LAUGH $600: Disrespectful laughter, or a popular candy bar Snickers |
| #3142, aired 1998-04-07 | G IS FOR GRAFTON $100: Not guilty,
"I is for..." Innocent |
| #3073, aired 1997-12-31 | BONUS TV $400: While "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" was still in production, this sitcom was spun off from it Rhoda & Phyllis |
| #3062, aired 1997-12-16 | BONUS MOVIE $600: Late '80s Kevin Costner film whose subject was baseball Bull Durham & Field of Dreams |
| #2838, aired 1996-12-25 | BY GEORGE $400: This country singer has charted more than 25 No. 1 songs, including 1995's "Check Yes Or No" George Strait |
| #2745, aired 1996-07-05 | PROVERBS $1000: "See" one of these "and let it lie, you'll want" one "before you die" a penny (a pin) |
| #2616, aired 1996-01-08 | NEW YEAR'S EVE BABIES $600: Born LaDonna Gaine December 31, 1948, she was "Hot Stuff" in the disco era Donna Summer |
| #2548, aired 1995-10-04 | THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH $1000: A pharmacist or druggist is called this *a chemist (**apothecary) |
| #1875, aired 1992-10-30 | OPERA $600: Part of this Rossini opera takes place on the shores of Lake Lucerne William Tell |
| #1873, aired 1992-10-28 | JAZZ $600: His "The Girl From Ipanema" won the Grammy for Record of the Year in 1964; the first jazz record to do so Stan Getz |
| #1688, aired 1991-12-25 | ZOOLOGY $800: It's the term for the grasping claw on a crab or lobster pincer |
| #1623, aired 1991-09-25 | FASHION $100: The long or full length one of these falls 1 inch below the wristbone sleeve |
| #859, aired 1988-05-05 | GOVERNMENT $800: Adopted by Congress in 1913, this act completely reorganized the U.S. banking system the Owen-Glass Act (the Federal Reserve Act of 1913) |
| #690, aired 1987-09-11 | TV $100: Depending on where you lived in the U.S., her "Special" either preceded or followed the '87 Oscars Barbara Walters |
| #658, aired 1987-06-17 | JAPANESE WORDS $200: Of yes, no, or maybe, the one that's a form of drama developed from religious dance no |
| #495, aired 1986-10-31 | "YES" OR "NO" $200: It's said he lived to be 950 years old, including 350 after the flood Noah |
| #495, aired 1986-10-31 | "YES" OR "NO" $400: "Lone Ranger" announcer asked listeners to "Return with us now to the those thrilling days of..." yesteryear |
| #495, aired 1986-10-31 | "YES" OR "NO" $600: A subordinate who indiscriminately agrees with a superior yes man |
| #495, aired 1986-10-31 | "YES" OR "NO" $800: From Latin for "nine", it's a Catholic devotion that's repeated 9 times novena |
| #495, aired 1986-10-31 | "YES" OR "NO" $1000: Its chemical name is p-aminobenzoyl-diethylamino-ethanol hydrochloride novocaine |
| #369, aired 1986-02-06 | DOCTORS $200: Special name for physician who specializes in the use of x-rays a roentgenologist or a radiologist |
| #92, aired 1985-01-15 | HOMOPHONES $200: To understand or the opposite of yes know/no |
| #23, aired 1984-10-10 | LITERARY QUOTES $400: Dante advised, “All hope abandon, ye who enter here” Inferno (or hell) |
| #15, aired 1984-09-28 | POTENT POTABLES $200: It makes a Black Russian "white" cream |
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