Letter W0rds Part 1

2-LETTER WORDS $200: Before the grand jury, Bill Clinton said, "It depends on...your definition of" this word

"is"

FOOD DUDE $1600: Emeril Lagasse began shouting this 3-letter word years ago to jolt cameramen to attention

Bam!

7-LETTER WORDS $1000: If it ain't this period of music said to have ended with Bach's death in 1750, don't fix it

Baroque

WORD"Z" $3,000 (Daily Double): Last name of German engineer Karl, who in 1885 developed a 3-wheeled vehicle called the Motorwagen

Benz

INSIDE THE COUNTRY $1200: I could live simply in a "hut" in this Himalayan country

Bhutan

LITERARY LETTER DROP $1200: Courageous neologisms abound when a Huxley title drops a letter

Brave New Word

10-LETTER WORDS $400: Temperature scale

Fahrenheit

ALPHABET HOMOPHONES $600: This 2-letter word precedes "Pretty Woman" in the title of a Roy Orbison No. 1 hit

Oh

2-LETTER WORDS $1000: This Italian river begins near Mount Viso

Po

FAMOUS LAST WORD $800: In the constitutional text of the presidential oath of office--a 6-letter word

States

LETTER-WORD $600: One of the first versions of this, in Michigan in 1956, had the kids hitting off a metal pipe

T-ball

INSIDE THE COUNTRY $800: All "hail" this country & its beautiful Buddhist temples

Thailand

2-LETTER WORDS $1000: It preceded "MTV Raps" in the title of a TV show

Yo!

LETTER-HEADS $600: This term for an FBI agent dates back to before the 1920s

a G-man

4-LETTER WORDS $800: Peaceful percher pictured

a dove

WORDS FROM GEOGRAPHY $400: It's the geographic Germanic alternate name for a hot dog

a frankfurter

THE "G"-8 $1200: A rooster of a fighting breed, like the University of South Carolina's mascot

a gamecock

9-LETTER WORDS $1200: This removable footway connects a ship with a pier

a gangplank

LIKE A "G"6 $1200: A South American cowboy of the pampas, usually of mixed Spanish & Indian ancestry

a gaucho

12-LETTER WORDS $2000: A woman in charge of an all-girls school, or perhaps the top lady in a harem

a headmistress

SILENT-LETTERED WORDS $1000: Hanseatic or Little

a league

THEY DIFFER BY ONE LETTER $1600: A big spotted cat's ballet suit

a leopard leotard

13-LETTER WORDS $2000: From the Greek word for "scale", it's the term for a butterfly or moth expert

a lepidopterist

SILENT-LETTERED WORDS $1600: M: This memory-assisting type of phrase

a mnemonic

FOUND IN MONGOLIA $800: A low volume expression of pain

a moan

LETTERS IN TOMATOES $400: The old section of Riga is surrounded by one of these trenches

a moat

SILENT-LETTERED WORDS $400: C: The levator scapulae, for example; it helps raise the shoulder blade

a muscle

MIDDLE "C" $1200: This smallest member of the flute family sounds an octave higher than an ordinary flute

a piccolo

THE JOY OF 6-LETTER WORDS $400: It's the top, or a meeting of heads of state

a summit

ARCHAEOLOGY $600: Archaeologists have found Vespasian's country house--or as he'd have called it in Latin, this 5-letter word

a villa

IN DENIAL $800: Top fermented brew

ale

4-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS $2000: You'll use up 3 vowels playing this word that means toward the side of a ship that's sheltered from the wind

alee

IN DENIAL $400: Not local, like an E.T.

alien

SKIP TO MY "LOO" $400: 5-letter word for "remote in manner"

aloof

WORDS IN ALEX TREBEK $200: A hatchet is a small one

an axe

3 Bs, IF YOU PLEASE $800: 6-letter word meaning to talk in an incoherent fashion, on & on & on...

babble

7-LETTER WORDS $400: To take care of kids while their parents are out for the night

babysit

MIDDLE "C" $400: It's the "B" in a BLT

bacon

PREFIXES $2000: Dys- (of several definitions, give us a simple 3-letter word)

bad

MY "B*FF" $1000: I'm confused, perplexed, absolutely this

baffled

G"RAD" SCHOOL $400: It's a 7-letter word for a fellow Communist Party member, Tovarich

comrade

4-LETTER WORDS $600: This word for factual information is a Latin plural, but most English speakers treat it as singular

data

COMBINED STATE ABBREV. $200: To whom it may concern: Delaware + Arkansas

dear

10-LETTER WORDS $1600: Slow down, as in a car

decelerate

THE OFFICE GAMES $200: () Even with a rubber band, this 4-letter term means to pull back the string to bend the bow--yes!--a word used by archers & artists

draw

A WINE-WINE SITUATION $400: "Sec" on a wine bottle means that what you're about to consume is this other 3-letter word

dry

EXCEPTIONAL WORDS $400: To force out, like a student from school (but not you, of course!)

expel

"F"IVE-LETTER WORDS $400: One who's been convicted of a more serious type of crime

felon

COMBINED STATE ABBREV. $1000: Think of a bouquet: Florida + Oregon + Alabama

floral

10-LETTER WORDS $1000: It's the branch of medicine dealing with diseases of the aged

geriatrics

13-LETTER WORDS $1600: A doctor who specializes in the elderly

gerontologist

11-LETTER WORDS $200: The author of a book with someone else's name on it instead

ghostwriter

ONE IN A MILLION $600: Not healthy

ill

OTHER 4-LETTER WORDS $2,000 (Daily Double): This measurement comes for the Latin for "twelfth part"

inch

COMBINED STATE ABBREV. $400: Dark: Indiana + Kentucky

inky

SCHOOLING YOU IN LATIN $1200: It's not beginner & it's not advanced, it's this 12-letter word from the Latin for "in the middle"

intermediate

RHETORIC $400: 5-letter word for when the intended meaning is different from the literal meaning

irony

2-LETTER WORDS $200: Twisted Sister sang, "We're not gonna take" this

it

10-LETTER WORDS $1200: In a children's song, this bird "sits in the old gum tree"

kookaburra

PILLOW TALK $400: Paul Reiser could tell you that this 3-letter word doesn't mean "angry" when used for how I feel about you

mad

12-LETTER WORDS $1200: Oui, ma cherie! It's the French equivalent of "miss"

mademoiselle

REMEMBER THE "MAIN" $1600: 10-letter word for the prevailing current of thought or opinion

mainstream

JUST SAY NO $1200: In German, this 4-letter word

nein

2-LETTER WORDS $600: Supernatural elements appear in kiri, a play in this Japanese form

no

"PAN"HANDLING $1600: It's an 8-letter word for a long, slender cigar

panatela

12-LETTER WORDS $200: Leavenworth, established in 1895, is a federal one

penitentiary

10-, 11- & 12-LETTER WORDS $2000: It means next to last

penultimate

"PER"CUSSION $2000: 11-letter word for the sac containing the heart

pericardium

WORDS IN SEPTEMBER $600: A destructive insect, or just anyone annoying you

pest

WORD"Z" $800: A granular form of this common mineral is used to make sandpaper

quartz

WORDS ON THE QWERTY ROW $400: Silence! I need this on the set & the Western Front, please!

quiet

14-LETTER WORDS $2000: Pertaining to a period of 500 years

quincentennial

4-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS $1200: Here's a little test--if you're lucky enough to play this as the opening word, you'll score 44 points

quiz

STORAGE $600: Store your manly possessions using a gun, bat or pipe type of this 4-letter word

rack

I GOT A 4-LETTER WORD FOR YA, PAL! $400: A sudden attack, perhaps on bugs by a certain insecticide brand

raid

TRANSPOSITION WORDS $200: These dried grapes were grown as early as 2000 B.C. in Egypt

raisins

THAWS $1000: This 13-letter word for the reestablishment of good relations is apt when France makes up, as with Rwanda in 2009

rapprochement

WORDS IN FEBRUARY $400: Extremely uncommon, or how I like my steak

rare

THE "RAT" PACK $2000: 9-letter word for the underlying reason for a belief or course of action

rationale

WORDS ON THE QWERTY ROW $1200: To need

require

13-LETTER WORDS $400: It's the "R" of CPR

resuscitation

ALL A DREAM $400: Add 3 letters to reve, French for "dream", & you'll have this word for a daydream

reverie

WORDS IN AMERICA $400: Edible paddy product

rice

8-LETTER WORDS $2,000 (Daily Double): A French term for the skipping of a stone on water gave us this word meaning "Rebound", often used of bullets

ricochet

NAUTICAL TERMS $1200: Collectively, it's the 7-letter word for all the ropes & chains used to support & work the masts, booms & sails

rigging

WORDS IN HISTORY $800: A violent public crowd disorder

riot

3-LETTER WORDS $800: It can precede cord, tide & -roaring

rip

ECON 101 $600: It's the 4-letter word for the degree of hazard involved in making a loan or investment

risk

3-LETTER WORDS $200: Steal from "Peter to pay Paul"

rob

3-LETTER WORDS $400: In Psalms, "thy" this "and thy staff they comfort me"

rod

1 SYLLABLE + 1 LETTER = 3 SYLLABLES $200: Add a letter to "rode" & you get this public exhibition of cowboy skills

rodeo

3-LETTER WORDS $800: Sushi-wise, uni is this from sea urchins

roe

WORDS IN NOVEMBER $1000: 3-letter synonym for caviar

roe

WORDS FROM GEOGRAPHY $800: This word for a love affair comes from the name of the "eternal city"

romance

WORDS IN TOURNAMENT $800: To learn by repetition is to "learn by" this

rote

IN COURAGE $400: It's a cosmetic used to color the cheeks

rouge

DOUBLE-LETTER WORDS $1000: A sophisticated debating technique is to point out that "I'm" this, "you're glue"

rubber

MEASURE THIS, TREBEK! $1600: 8-letter word for the level of NaCl in your solution

salinity

SILENT "L" $2000: This 5-letter word for a soothing medicinal ointment comes from the Sanskrit for "melted butter"

salve

4-LETTER "S" WORDS $800: This French word means "without"

sans

ENDS IN "SS" $400: It's a 4-letter word for back talk

sass

"S"EVEN-LETTER WORDS $2000: () Several blocks of explosive clumped together for extra power, as in demolition, are called this type of charge; they're often carried in

satchel charges

13-LETTER WORDS $1600: Formerly dementia praecox, this term does not mean a patient has more than one personality

schizophrenia

3-LETTER WORDS $200: Take a small drink

sip

ONE LETTER CHANGES THE VOWEL SOUND $2000: Pig feed suddenly gets delivered with less than usual speed

slop & slow

4-LETTER WORDS $800: () The moisture in the air combines with particles of dust from the smoke to form this; Los Angeles is known for it

smog

LETTERS IN TOMATOES $5,200 (Daily Double): Struck mightily, in the Bible

smote

LETTERS IN TOMATOES $1200: It's the bane of a chimneysweep

soot

2- OR 11-LETTER WORDS $800: Growing on land; not aquatic

terrestrial

WORDS FROM GEOGRAPHY $400: The tunneling of this rodent ruins many a garden--it especially likes root crops

the gopher

2-LETTER WORDS $600: For Freud it was an unconscious, instinctual force

the id

ONE IN A MILLION $400: A cut of meat from the back of an animal, between the ribs & the rump

the loin

5-LETTER WORDS $800: If you're in trouble you've been "left in" this, also a decisive defeat in games like cribbage

the lurch

LETTERS IN TOMATOES $800: For the Olympics it's "Citius, altius , fortius"

the motto

LET'S LEARN HEBREW $1200: () Hebrew letters can also indicate numbers; the word for 14 is yod-dalet, or 10 + 4; but 15 is to avoid writing one of the many of these sacred names

the names of God

INSIDE JOHNNY GILBERT $200: Seat fit for a king

throne

ALL EARS $800: It may ring a bell that this 8-letter word is the medical term for ringing in the ears

tinnitus

4 "N" LANGUAGE $2000: Edgar Allan Poe used this 16-letter word for the sound "that so musically wells from the bells, bells, bells..."

tintinnabulation

IN THE MIDDLE WITH "U" $200: To kidnap

to abduct

"OUT" IS IN $200: 5-letter word meaning to utter loudly

to shout

"V" 8-LETTER WORDS $400: Prohibited, German style

verboten

10-LETTER WORDS $400: It's the glass above a car's dashboard

windshield

6-LETTER WORDS $1000: Any member of the Industrial Workers of the World, even if he's not unsteady

wobbly

10-LETTER WORDS $400: This bird of the family Picidae uses its chisel-like bill to hammer into trees for food

woodpecker

FLOWERS $1600: In the names of flowers, this 4-letter word that means "plant" or "root" follows bladder, St. John's & slipper

wort

THE IG NOBEL PRIZE $800: An Aussie woman's study of this 3-letter word & the alphabetical order problems it creates won a literature award

"the"

THE LOSING TICKET $800: In 1976 Ford & this man were a pair of 4-letter words to voters

(Bob) Dole

HORTON HEARS A HOOSIER $400: From this Hoosier's "Top Ten New Words of 2010": Lohab & baconfetti

(David) Letterman

LETTER-WORD $400: This shortened term for a weapon appeared as early as August 1945

A-bomb

3 LITTLE LETTERS $400: In 2001 it merged with Time Warner

AOL

CHOICE 4-LETTER WORDS $800: Trojan warrior who was the son of Telamon, or the powdered cleanser named after him

Ajax

LAUNDRY DETERGENT $600: 3-letter word meaning "the whole of"

All

DOUBLE-LETTER WORDS $200: In Islam, the supreme being

Allah

MIDDLE "C" $2000: After she challenged Athena to a weaving contest, Athena turned her into a spider

Arachne

2-LETTER WORDS $1200: It's the name of the long-awaited new White House dog

Bo

CLASSIC GAMES $1200: The name of this word search game with lettered cubes means "bewilder"

Boggle

GAME GOALS $800: Shake container with little lettered cubes; after they settle into the pockets, make more words than your opponent

Boggle

DON'T SAY THE L-WORD $200: He co-led an 1804 expedition to explore the Pacific Northwest

Clark

"C"ULINARY CROSSWORD CLUES $1600: "Darling" Mandarin orange relative (10)

Clementine

CROSSWORD CLUES "C" $2000: The muse of history (4)

Clio

CANDY IS DANDY $2000: In the name of candies with sayings on them, this 12-letter word comes between "Sweethearts" & "Hearts"

Conversation

1 SYLLABLE + 1 LETTER = 3 SYLLABLES $2,000 (Daily Double): Add a letter to "crime" & you get this peninsula in southern Ukraine

Crimea

LETTER & WORD $200: June 6, 1944

D-Day

IN DENIAL $200: Old Testament book

Daniel

2-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS $400: It's first on the diatonic scale

Do

PHONETICS $1600: Of the letters in the word "agency", the one that represents the most common English sound

E

INSIDE ALEX TREBEK $1000: In the 1820s this British university's campus was a farm that served Devonshire cream to strollers

Exeter

THERE'S A WORD FOR THAT $1200: We could call this vocabulary category (one of our favorites) TETRAGRAMS

FOUR-LETTER WORDS

YES $400: In this language, yes is still a 3-letter word, but all the letters are vowels

French

OH, I'VE GOT A 4-LETTER WORD FOR YOU $1000: The nerve of this ancient region of Europe, consisting of Cisalpine & Transalpine divisions!

Gaul

INSIDE JOHNNY GILBERT $1000: Last name of one of our last 3 vice presidents

Gore

CHOICE 4-LETTER WORDS $1000: This was the first inhabited territory of the U.S. that was seized by enemy forces in WWII

Guam

TO THE LETTER $1600: Speakers of Cockney are known for dropping this letter from the beginning of words

H

2-, 3- & 4-LETTER WORDS $2000: Former "SNL" co-star Julia Sweeney's memoir of family tragedy & cancer is called "God Said," this

Ha

NORSE $800: Our word for the underworld is derived from this 3-letter Norse goddess who presided there

Hel

IN THE ENCYCLOPEDIA $400: Cold & volcanic island nation of the North Atlantic

Iceland

2-LETTER WORDS $400: It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superego & his sidekick, Ego, suppressing this

Id

LETTER & WORD $1000: During World War II, these soldier meals included a stick of gum, toilet paper & 4 cigarettes

K rations

OTHER 4-LETTER WORDS $400: In 2010 American Humane celebrates "Be" this "to Animals Week" from May 2 to 8

Kind

"LETTER"-LETTER WORDS $400: A college sports participant, or a popular late-night talk show host

Letterman

"L" 8-LETTER WORDS $1600: The this & Lymphoma Society is a charity fighting blood cancers

Leukemia

5-LETTER WORDS $400: Fortuitous, like Mr. Luciano

Lucky

INSIDE THE COUNTRY $1600: "Our" trip to Europe won't be complete without a visit to this small grand duchy

Luxembourg

5-LETTER WORDS $200: The 2 months that fit the category

March & April

3-LETTER WORDS $1600: In Russian it means "village" or "peace"; its core module was launched in 1986

Mir

RUSSIAN WORDS & PHRASES $1200: This 3-letter word means "peace" or "village" in Russian; the space station named for it fell to Earth in 2001

Mir

10-LETTER WORDS $1600: I scream, you scream, we all scream for this vanilla, strawberry & chocolate ice cream flavor

Neapolitan

LETTER & WORD $2,500 (Daily Double): The most common human blood type (make sure to include whether it's positive or negative)

O-positive

WOOD YOU OR WOODN'T YOU? $800: Schwarzenegger was billed as "The Austrian" this 3-letter word

Oak

LEND ME YOUR IROQUOIS $800: The 4-letter name of this state comes from an Iroquois word for "Great River"

Ohio

"PH"UN WORDS $2000: Because the Greek goddess Artemis was associated with the Moon, she was also called this, which means "light one"

Phoebe

2-LETTER WORDS $600: An Italian river, or the red Teletubby

Po

THE JOY OF 6-LETTER WORDS $2000: The "truth" is it was the Communist Party's newspaper in the USSR

Pravda

TO THE LETTER $800: A big one of these letters appears next to the words "under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian"

R

THE THEAT-"R" $2000: It's the 3-letter name of Karel Capek's play from which we get the word "robot"

R.U.R.

"RA", "RA", "SIS", "BOOM", "BA" $400: The Jewish Exodus from Egypt is thought to have occurred during his rule

Ramses (II)

RAJAS $2000: Meaning "queen", this 4-letter word is the female form of "Raja" & is mainly used for a Raja's wife

Rani

"RA", "RA", "SIS", "BOOM", "BA" $200: It was Bob Marley's religion

Rastafarianism

3-LETTER WORDS $1600: A male given name, it's also the Latin word for "king"

Rex

LETTER-WORD $800: A double bend in a road, or a record label with Tom Jones on its roster

S-curve

ARE YOU GAME? $400: This game to build words from lettered tiles began as "Lexico" in 1931

Scrabble

IT'S ALL IN THE GAME $600: Letter tiles, double word score space, triple word score space

Scrabble

TOYS & GAMES $1000: Scrabble this is a card game in which players throw down their cards to change existing 4-letter words

Scrabble Slam

INSIDE THE COUNTRY $400: There's a lot of "love" inside this country that borders Croatia

Slovenia

10-LETTER WORDS $600: There are 360 members of the famous Mormon this Choir

Tabernacle

WORDS FROM RELIGION $2000: Lao-Tzu referred to this 3-letter word as "the unproduced producer of all that is"

Tao

NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES $400: 2 of the top 4 U.S. papers by circulation have this 5-letter word in their names

Times

WORDS IN HISTORY $1200: Hector's home in mythology

Troy

2-LETTER WORDS $2000: The book of Genesis says this ancient city "of the Chaldees" was the home of Abraham

Ur

WORD"Z" $1600: It's true! This city, the first colonial post in Mexico, was founded by Hernando Cortes in 1519

Veracruz

DON'T SAY THE L-WORD $400: An August zodiac sign

Virgo

BOOKS WITH SUBTITLES $400: "Moby Dick" is subtitled "or, the" this 5-letter word

Whale

LETTER-WORD $200: The Motion Picture Association of America gave us this term meaning explicit or obscene

X-rated

LETTER-HEADS $800: Originally made to accompany the main feature on a double bill, today it's any quickly made low-budget film

a B movie

LETTER-WORD $1000: In varying sizes, versatile item holds almost anything together & is especially useful when glue is drying

a C-clamp

4-LETTER WORDS $1000: This powerful engine from Dodge gets its name from the half-sphere shape of the combustion chamber

a Hemi

"OO" 7-LETTER WORDS $400: Nickname for a native of Indiana

a Hoosier

10-, 11- & 12-LETTER WORDS $400: It's anyone who lives in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin--that part of the U.S.

a Midwesterner

WORDS FROM GEOGRAPHY $3,000 (Daily Double): To accuse someone of being dopey, crude or just unevolved, you can call him this, from a valley near Dusseldorf

a Neanderthal

"PH"UN WORDS $1600: Now meaning those who are hostile to the arts, in biblical times it was a people subdued by King David

a Philistine

FOOD, FAST $1200: A letter plus a word make this steak from the short loin

a T-bone steak

WORDS IN HISTORY $2000: It's a member of the British Conservative Party, m'lord

a Tory

MR. "T" $1600: 10-letter word for one who holds a late Marxist's theory of permanent revolution

a Trotskyite

LETTER-HEADS $200: In a car, you missed your street--now this is the maneuver you'll make to head in the opposite direction

a U-turn

LETTER-HEADS $400: 22nd-letter style of sweater

a V-neck

"RA", "RA", "SIS", "BOOM", "BA" $1000: Dog-faced monkey of the genus Papio

a baboon

12-LETTER WORDS $400: It's a pre-wedding ladies-only party where a scantily-clad man may turn up

a bachelorette party

THEY DIFFER BY ONE LETTER $800: A lumpy bunk

a bad bed

MY "B*FF" $800: This officer maintains order in the court & also has custody of the jury

a bailiff

9-LETTER WORDS $1600: A person in a savage, primitive state, like Conan (no, not O'Brien, the other one)

a barbarian

"OO" 7-LETTER WORDS $1200: It's the military item seen --trust me, it doesn't have a funny comic inside

a bazooka

WORDS IN ALEX TREBEK $600: French visorless cap

a beret

12-LETTER WORDS $800: It can be a 200th anniversary, or something lasting 200 years

a bicentennial

ONE LETTER DIFFERENT $200: A large sack

a big bag

10-LETTER WORDS $400: Colorful term for a person who forges objects of iron

a blacksmith

WORD"Z" $400: In football, it's a charge on the QB by linebackers or defensive backs

a blitz

"IT" IS A 7-LETTER WORD $600: A marauding linebacker, or CNN's Wolf

a blitzer

$1000: urbandictionary says that this 3-letter word can mean a boyfriend or girlfriend or be a "word used to scare people"

a boo

TRIPLE DOUBLE-LETTER WORDS $1200: This is the person who records the accounts & transactions of a business

a bookkeeper

"RA", "RA", "SIS", "BOOM", "BA" $800: A thrown object; as a verb, it can mean to cause harm to the originator

a boomerang

9-LETTER WORDS $800: The non-returning type of this Australian weapon is used for hunting

a boomerang

GREAT "B"-GINNINGS $800: 4-letter word for something beneficial or lucky

a boon

WORD WORDS $1600: This 7-letter word can mean a trite remark, a bore or any of the salts of hydrobromic acid

a bromide

KID-FRIENDLY 4-LETTER WORDS $400: It's the male of a rabbit, sheep or deer, it's also a dollar

a buck

MY "B*FF" $200: It's the state animal of Kansas & Oklahoma

a buffalo

MY "B*FF" $600: It frequently refers to a help-yourself all-you-can-eat meal

a buffet

"OO" 7-LETTER WORDS $800: Traditionally, it was red & found at the end of a freight train

a caboose

"C"ULINARY CROSSWORD CLUES $400: Naples-born stuffed pizza (7)

a calzone

WORDS IN CONTESTANT $1000: A political subdivision of Switzerland

a canton

"LETTER"-LETTER WORDS $200: T, as opposed to t

a capital letter

IN THE MIDDLE WITH "U" $1000: This device is used in an internal-combustion engine to produce an explosive mixture of vaporized fuel & air

a carburetor

THE END $2000: In the law of war, when this 9-letter word precedes "of hostilities", the shootin's over & the talkin' starts

a cessation

"LETTER"-LETTER WORDS $600: "Dear Alex, mail this to 10 of your pals & make $1 ,000 or your mustache will grow back" is found in this type of communication

a chain letter

CROSSWORD CLUES "C" $2,000 (Daily Double): A reddish-brown horse (8)

a chestnut

PEOPLE & PLACES $400: 5-letter word for the leader of an African (as well as an Indian) tribe, like the moro-naba of Ouagadougou

a chief

C3 $800: If Snickers & Hershey bars are your obsession, you may be this 10-letter word

a chocoholic

"IT" IS A 7-LETTER WORD $400: A native or naturalized member of a state or nation

a citizen

IT'S A GROUP THING $200: It's okay to use this 4-letter word for a group of people or relatives, even if they aren't Scottish

a clan

10-LETTER WORDS $600: Isn't there a song about variety of tangerine?

a clementine

3-LETTER WORDS $1000: A male swan

a cob

3-LETTER WORDS $400: It means "a male swan"; it's also what you eat corn on

a cob

ODD 4-LETTER WORDS $1200: Led Zeppelin knows that this word refers to a concluding passage of a musical piece or a ballet

a coda

CROSSWORD CLUES "C" $400: Delaware or Virginia in the 1760s (6)

a colony

IN THE MIDDLE WITH "U" $600: Headaches & nausea may accompany this injury to the brain, often caused by a jarring blow to the head

a concussion

IT'S A GROUP THING $1000: It's the 12-letter word for an assembly of people who worship together at a temple or church

a congregation

POLITICAL TALK $1200: A "strict" one of these 15-letter words tends to interpret the Constitution literally

a constructionist

10-LETTER WORDS $400: Elizabeth II's was held at Westminster Abbey, June 2, 1953

a coronation

SILENT-LETTERED WORDS $1200: P: This French word for a highly successful & unexpected act

a coup

URBAN PLANNING $1600: () In suburban planning, additional green space created by curved streets & houses with varying setbacks is called this 4-letter word, also a small, sheltered bay

a cove

4-LETTER WORDS $400: It's the comfortable-sounding name for the fuzzy item seen on the teapot

a cozy

4-LETTER WORDS $1600: From the Welsh, it's a steep, rugged rock, or a rough, broken projecting part of a rock

a crag

5-LETTER WORDS $800: It's a glass bottle used to hold vinegar or oil for salad dressing

a cruet

"C"ULINARY CROSSWORD CLUES $1200: Oblong, twisty doughnut (7)

a cruller

SILENT-LETTERED WORDS $600: 5-letter word for a small morsel of bread or cake

a crumb

THEY WILL "COMB" $1000: 9-letter word for a tool used to groom a horse

a currycomb

5-LETTER WORDS $2,000 (Daily Double): A follower of the philosopher Diogenes was called this, from the Greek for "doglike"

a cynic

2-, 3- & 4-LETTER WORDS $800: When it's in the wrist, this type of enlargement is called a ganglion

a cyst

12-LETTER WORDS $600: I'll take a pastrami on rye from one of these shops that sell ready-to-eat foods like meats & salads

a delicatessen

11-LETTER WORDS $600: If you live in Paris, Texas but get married in Paris, France, you're having this type of wedding

a destination wedding

POLYSYLLABIC VOCABULARY $1200: A mere dabbler wouldn't know that this 10-letter Italian word means "a lover of the arts"

a dilletante

11-LETTER WORDS $800: It's a complete list of the recordings by a composer, performer or conductor

a discography

5-LETTER WORDS $800: In golf, if you gouge out this clump of grass during a swing, it's proper etiquette to replace it

a divot

WHAT'S UP, "DOC"? $1200: 8-letter word for a waterfront location where ships are built & repaired

a dockyard

4-LETTER WORDS $1000: A small boat with a flat bottom: when it follows "John", it's a kind of fish

a dory

4-LETTER WORDS $200: A measured quantity of medicine, it's also a homophone of a Spanish numeral

a dose

5-LETTER WORDS $400: A bee with no sting

a drone

THEY DIFFER BY ONE LETTER $1200: A mallard's playing card set

a duck deck

HODGEPODGE $800: It sounds rude, but this 5-letter word is the correct term for a ventriloquist's puppet

a dummy

IN FLORIDA $200: A short-lived craze

a fad

4-LETTER "F" WORDS $200: A young deer, or Ms. Hall

a fawn

10-, 11- & 12-LETTER WORDS $1,800 (Daily Double): It's the more common term for a dactylogram

a fingerprint

4-LETTER WORDS $1200: It can be a custardy tart or a creme caramel

a flan

4-LETTER WORDS $400: On a tent, it's the equivalent of the door

a flap

4-LETTER WORDS $800: A tire that has lost its air

a flat

4-LETTER "F" WORDS $400: The small, bloodsucking wingless insect lives in a dog-eat-dog world

a flea

4-LETTER "F" WORDS $800: A flexible, 4-sided weapon having a blunt point

a foil

4-LETTER "F" WORDS $600: Stick this point where a river divides into branches in him, he's done

a fork

5-LETTER WORDS $600: I'd like to call the meeting to order, but I need one of these small mallets

a gavel

MIDDLE "C" $1600: Not only can this lizard walk across a ceiling, it can also chirp & make clicking sounds

a gecko

IT'S IN ARGENTINA $1200: Any very large person, like pitcher Ed Halicki

a giant

"GL"OSSARY $1600: 5-letter word for an open space in a forest

a glade

FOUND IN MONGOLIA $1600: A soccer scooooooore!

a goal

13-LETTER WORDS $400: The female offspring of one of your own children

a granddaughter

LIKE A "G"6 $800: It's a feeling of resentment; you may "hold one" against someone who wronged you

a grudge

RIDING THE "RAIL"S $400: 9-letter word for a metal strip placed along a turn in a roadway for safety

a guardrail

LIKE A "G"6 $400: This musical instrument usually has 6 strings

a guitar

8-LETTER WORDS $1200: () like to have this to get airborne, by increasing lift if it's 10% of takeoff air speed, it reduces takeoff distance by about 20%

a headwind

10-LETTER WORDS $1000: A figure with 6 plane faces

a hexahedron

A PLACE FOR MY STUFF $1000: This 3-letter word can be a coal scuttle or a trough for carrying bricks

a hod

RECESS $1000: This 7-letter word for a day off from school or work originally referred to a religious observance

a holiday

THEY DIFFER BY ONE LETTER $400: A fiery fedora

a hot hat

4-LETTER WORDS $200: The group empowered to make findings of fact in a court procedure

a jury

6-LETTER WORDS $1200: A grain or seed of an ear of corn

a kernel

13-LETTER WORDS $400: From a Washington Irving character, it's a nickname for a New Yorker, Dutch-descended or otherwise

a knickerbocker

SILENT-LETTERED WORDS $400: In song, it was wielded by Mack

a knife

4-LETTER WORDS $1000: The name of a bird probably was shortened to this 4-letter term for an eccentric person

a kook

SCIENCE-Y 3-LETTER WORDS $400: It's short for the room or building where experiments are done

a lab

VOCABULARY $2000: A person who eats only milk & plant products may be described by this 15-letter word

a lactovegetarian

FOUND IN MONGOLIA $2000: A body of water cut off from a larger body of water by a reef of sand

a lagoon

"OO" 7-LETTER WORDS $1600: A sharp, often virulent satire, perhaps a "National" one

a lampoon

IN DENIAL $1000: The actor playing the principal role in a production

a lead

"L" 8-LETTER WORDS $800: There once was a clue in our place/ about this type of poem, not mace/ short & quick/ a niffy old trick/ but then we ran out of

a limerick

3-LETTER WORDS $400: It's the "stiff upper" projecting rim of a pitcher

a lip

FOUND IN MONGOLIA $1200: A temporary provision of money (usually at interest)

a loan

3-LETTER WORDS $800: In tennis, a high-arcing shot hit deep into the opponent's court

a lob

4-LETTER WORDS $400: A female horse, of course

a mare

PORTMANTEAU WORDS $200: This 9-letter word for a procession of cars is often used to refer to that of the U.S. president

a motorcade

ONE LETTER DIFFERENT $1000: A speechless minute arachnid

a mute mite

IN DENIAL $600: "For want of" this, "the shoe was lost"

a nail

10-LETTER WORDS $3,000 (Daily Double): Greek for "city of the dead", it's the term for a large, ancient cemetery

a necropolis

12-LETTER WORDS $600: It's a doctor who operates on the brain

a neurosurgeon

4-LETTER WORDS $600: An eft is the juvenile terrestrial stage of this amphibian

a newt

AMPHIBIANS $2000: 4-letter word for a salamander that leans toward the land side of amphibianness

a newt

EXCEPTIONAL WORDS $800: Term for the daughter of a person's sister or brother

a niece

WORDS IN UNIVERSITY $1200: It can be a type of shark or a medical professional

a nurse

IT'S A LOCK $400: () In their combinations, old-time locks of this popular portable type often used letters rather than numbers

a paddlock (puzzle lock originally ruled incorrect)

WHAT A DECADE IN THE U.S. $1600: The 1850s saw a bad one of this 5-letter word that refers to an economic crash & the fear-driven rush to sell

a panic

I GIVE YOU AN "NCH" $600: 6-letter word for a large & protruding belly, not Erik Estrada's "CHiPs" character

a paunch

IN THE ENCYCLOPEDIA $600: You use it when you play the organ or propel a bike

a pedal

ONE LETTER DIFFERENT $600: Humorous wordplay about a quill

a pen pun (a pun about a pen accepted)

LIFE SCIENCE $2000: This 5-letter word for a virus that infects a bacterial cell is sometimes prefixed by "bacterio"

a phage

DOUBLE-LETTER WORDS $400: In baseball, it's a play in which a runner is caught off base & thrown out by the pitcher or catcher

a pickoff

ONE LETTER DIFFERENT $800: A hole in the ground for your baked pastry

a pie pit

WHATCHAMACALLIT $1600: It's the 3-letter word for an apple seed or any of the spots on a pair of dice

a pip

TOBACCO $800: 4-letter "electrical" word for a flat, compressed wad of chewing tobacco

a plug

SILENT-LETTERED WORDS $200: Someone who repairs water pipes & bathroom fixtures

a plumber

5-LETTER WORDS $1200: A column of smoke, or a feather

a plume

5-LETTER WORDS $1600: A usually nonmalignant tumor causing obstruction

a polyp

LITERARY TERMS $2000: Oui! Lewis Carroll came up with this 11-letter term for a blended word like smog from smoke & fog

a portmanteau

12-LETTER WORDS $400: Something needed before you can do something else, like a course you must take before enrolling in a more advanced one

a prerequisite

HANDHELD $800: 4-letter word for any article used to dress a stage for a scene, or any object carried by hand onstage

a prop

I THINK I LOVE SHOE $600: This 4-letter word describes a high-heeled, slip-on shoe with a low-cut or V-shaped throat

a pump

4-LETTER WORDS $1200: It's short for one of the muscles, or a large open space on campus surrounded by buildings

a quad

5-LETTER WORDS $800: It can be a braid or plait of hair worn hanging down one's back

a queue

IN FLORIDA $800: A sudden, short attack, like the Great Northfield, Minnesota one

a raid

WORDS IN AMERICA $800: One 500-sheet pack of paper for a copy machine or a printer

a ream

12-LETTER WORDS $200: The person who usually answers the phone at an office

a receptionist

5-LETTER WORDS $1000: It can be an object from the past, or a personal item associated with a saint

a relic

WORDS FROM GEOGRAPHY $200: If you don't make your car payments, watch out for this type of man played on film by Emilio Estevez

a repo man

IN THE MIDDLE WITH "U" $400: This type of government is mentioned in the Pledge of Allegiance

a republic

10-LETTER WORDS $2000: In journalism it's more serious than a correction & means "we take the whole story back"

a retraction

10-LETTER WORDS $800: A rotation, as on an axis, or a violent replacement of an established government

a revolution

7-LETTER WORDS $2000: It's not what took you to school; it's this equilateral parallelogram seen

a rhombus

WORDS IN NOVEMBER $200: A flowing gown for a judge or for you after getting out of the bath

a robe

KID-FRIENDLY 4-LETTER WORDS $800: This chess piece can go across the entire board in one move, but only in a straight line

a rook

WORDS IN TOURNAMENT $400: Things get dull when you "fall into" this furrow in the ground

a rut

4-LETTER WORDS $1000: Fashion accessory in red seen

a sash

5-LETTER WORDS $1600: A university crewing boat

a scull (or shell)

WORDS IN CONTESTANT $600: A usually dissenting subdivision of a religious group

a sect

4-LETTER "S" WORDS $1000: Dude, this term for a vassal serving on a lord's land is totally up!

a serf

PAN & POT POURRI $1000: The first 5 letters of this word for a frying pan are a synonym for "dexterity"

a skillet

WORDS FROM GEOGRAPHY $2000: Soloi, a Greek colony whose residents didn't talk good, gave us this word for an improper statement

a solecism

WORDS IN CONTESTANT $200: Yo, Shakespeare! It's a 14-line poem

a sonnet

5-LETTER WORDS $200: A tall structure rising from a tower or roof, especially the tapering point of a church's steeple

a spire

TRANSPOSITION WORDS $1000: It's another word fer cuspidor (fer yer tobaccy, ya low-down varmint!)

a spittoon

4-LETTER WORDS $600: It's slang for a potato

a spud

THE BIG 10-LETTER WORDS $400: Relatively speaking, it's your mom's husband by a later marriage

a stepfather

"S"EVEN-LETTER WORDS $400: A navy petty officer in charge of a mess

a steward

GET A JOB, KID! $1200: 11-letter word for one who acts for others in buying shares in a business or corporation

a stockbroker

PHONETICS $2000: A letter like P or D, where some part of the mouth is blocked off to make the sound, is called this simple word of cessation

a stop

9-LETTER WORDS $1600: Seen are the remnants of one of these star imploding & exploding transformations

a supernova

9-LETTER WORDS $400: To pump, fade or hang ten, you'll need this piece of equipment

a surfboard

6-LETTER WORDS $400: () The name of this long hairpiece is a homonym for a device that turns electric current on and off

a switch

THE VIKINGS $200: Almost a yard long, this 5-letter weapon had a decorated hilt & was often given a personal name by its Viking owner

a sword

9-LETTER WORDS $400: Hirsute arachnid of the Theraphosidae family

a tarantula

12-LETTER WORDS $6,000 (Daily Double): Man of War was a famous one

a thoroughbred

IT'S IN ARGENTINA $800: A subspecies of this type of large cat lives on the island of Sumatra

a tiger

5-LETTER WORDS $1600: () In Spanish spelling, this mark above the "N" means that rather than "oona", the word should be pronounced "oon-ya"

a tilde

LETTERS IN TOMATOES $1600: Skal!, for example

a toast

9-LETTER WORDS $400: A stone marker on a grave, or an Old West Arizona town

a tombstone

10-LETTER WORDS $200: A mat attached to a frame used as a springboard; sorry, gotta bounce!

a trampoline

9-LETTER WORDS $1200: You hear this term meaning a term of 3 months a lot regarding pregnancy

a trimester

WORDS IN HISTORY $400: A group of 3, musically

a trio

COUNTRY ADD A LETTER $1600: () Add a letter to the country shown here & you get this word describing a fully equipped business opportunity

a turnkey (for Turkey)

WORDS ON THE QWERTY ROW $800: It's the pre-computer machine on which you'd find a QWERTY keyboard

a typewriter

13-LETTER WORDS $1200: Usually the highest academically ranked student in a graduating class

a valedictorian

13-LETTER WORDS $800: From the Latin for "to speak", this type of performer tries to keep a stiff upper (& lower) lip

a ventriloquist

WORDS IN NOVEMBER $800: A part of speech

a verb

OTHER 4-LETTER WORDS $800: The Constitution grants the president a "pocket" this

a veto

ALTERNATE MEANINGS $200: 4-letter word for a vantage point or a belief

a view

5-LETTER WORDS $400: It's a ballroom dance or the music for the dance, like the "Blue Danube" one

a waltz

3-LETTER WORDS $3,000 (Daily Double): The insightful E.B. White said, "The time not to become a father is eighteen years before" one of these

a war

THEY DIFFER BY ONE LETTER $2000: Military conflict over a bee product

a wax war

"W"HAT? $1600: 5-letter word for a hauling machine using a chain wrapped around a drum

a winch

6-LETTER WORDS $600: Harry Potter knows that this synonym for sorcerer is also a British slang term meaning "excellent"

a wizard

COUNTRY ADD A LETTER $2,000 (Daily Double): () Add a letter to the country in red & you get this word for a female

a woman (for Oman)

10-LETTER WORDS $1200: Like many CEOs, it's someone who spends close to every waking minute on the job

a workaholic

SILENT-LETTERED WORDS $800: Circular foliage arrangement used for ornamental purposes

a wreath

3-LETTER WORDS $400: A large ruminant, or to talk idly

a yak

WORDS IN FEBRUARY $1000: For Mercury it's only 88 days long

a year

2-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS $1,500 (Daily Double): Colloquially, a muscle in the torso

ab

10-LETTER WORDS $800: Repugnantly hateful, though we have nothing personal against the "Snowman"

abominable

7-LETTER WORDS $200: A lack or deficiency; it's said to "make the heart grow fonder"

absence

ONLY IN AMERICA $1000: The highest point or summit

acme

ONLY IN AMERICA $200: It's equal to 4,840 square yards

acre

TYPES OF POEMS $1200: () The first letter of each line spells out a word or name; here, it's the name "Alice" that Lewis Carroll puts into this type of poem, from the Greek for "tip of the line"

acrostic

HISTORIC DOCUMENTS $600: The American Recovery & Reinvestment ___ (A 3-letter word)

act

5-LETTER WORDS $1200: () With a measure of less than 90 degrees, an angle like the one seen here is referred to as this type of angle

acute

2-LETTER WORDS $800: Meaning "to" in Latin, it can precede "hoc" or "infinitum"

ad

2-, 3- & 4-LETTER WORDS $1600: This axlike tool is a 3- or a 4-letter word, depending on whether you spell it with that final "E"

adz(e)

YOU "AST" FOR IT $600: I'm completely shocked & horrified, I'm this 6-letter word

aghast

WORDS FROM GEOGRAPHY $1000: Anticipating a joyous event, you might be this "with excitement"

agog

ADD A LETTER $1000: A letter added to amiable gets you this word that means the same thing

amicable

ODD 4-LETTER WORDS $800: "To run" this way means to run viciously, frenzied for blood; originally the term referred to a crazy malay

amok

3 LITTLE LETTERS $2000: In the desert, you can get a real lift from the transport seen

an ATV

12-LETTER WORDS $800 (Daily Double): An archeologist who specializes in the land of the pharaohs & its artifacts

an Egyptologist

3 LITTLE LETTERS $1200: Russia's Tupolev Tu-144 was the world's first type of this speedy jet

an SST

IN THE DICTIONARY $200: This 10-letter word refers to one's partner in crime, perhaps as an accessory

an accomplice

9-LETTER WORDS $800: It's the instrument heard

an accordion

IN FLORIDA $600: The hairdo sported by the young Michael Jackson

an afro

1 SYLLABLE + 1 LETTER = 3 SYLLABLES $800: Add a letter to "lien" & you get this word for a foreigner

an alien

ODD 4-LETTER WORDS $1600: A symbol of life in Egypt, it's also known as an Ansate Cross

an ankh

10-LETTER WORDS $400: If you don't know this word for a person who works for another in order to learn a trade, "You're fired!"

an apprentice

9-LETTER WORDS $2000: It's a plot of land on which many different trees are grown for study or display

an arboretum

IT'S IN ARGENTINA $1600: A large structure for open-air sports or other entertainments

an arena

9-LETTER WORDS $1000: Starry navigational instrument seen

an astrolabe

10-LETTER WORDS $200: Horoscope maker

an astrologer

5-LETTER WORDS $800: 1570's "Epitome of the Theatre of the World" was an early one of these books

an atlas

FOR YOUR REFERENCE $200: It's a 5-letter word for a book of maps

an atlas

OTHER 4-LETTER WORDS $1200: From the Greek for "breath of air", it's an invisible emanation

an aura

KID-FRIENDLY 4-LETTER WORDS $600: The line about which a rotating body, such as the world, turns

an axis

WORDS IN ALEX TREBEK $800: The shaft around which a wheel rotates

an axle

LETTER & WORD $400: An airplane reservation made on the Internet & that you print out yourself

an e-ticket

5-LETTER WORDS $400: This creature is gripping a bunch of stuff on the back of the U.S. dollar bill

an eagle

3-LETTER WORDS $1000: One female gamete

an egg

WORDS IN NOVEMBER $400: A smoldering remnant in a dying fire

an ember

SCIENCE-Y 3-LETTER WORDS $2000: These 2 similarly spelled words mean a span of time longer than an era & an electrically charged atom

an eon & an ion

"IT" IS A 7-LETTER WORD $800: A notable one of these read, "Here lies Ann Mann, who lived an old maid but died an old Mann"

an epitaph

THE LAW $1200: This word for someone who can testify about events he saw includes a 3-letter body part

an eyewitness

9-LETTER WORDS $800: Chemical weedkiller

an herbicide

FOUND IN MONGOLIA $400: An Eskimo house

an igloo

IT'S IN ARGENTINA $400: Monica Lewinsky was one at the White House

an intern

3-LETTER WORDS $1200: If you're an atom & you lose or gain an electron, you're one of these

an ion

IN FLORIDA $400: Don't venture up the creek without this synonym for a paddle

an oar

3-LETTER WORDS $1600: () Maiko, or apprentice geisha, traditionally use darari, 1 of over 300 ways to tie the called this around a kimono

an obi

THE JOY OF 6-LETTER WORDS $800: () Bongos are generally tuned this 8-toned diatonic interval apart

an octave

THE BRITISH POET LAUREATE WRITES $1200: Wordsworth wrote this 3-letter type of poem on the installation of prince Albert as chancellor of Cambridge

an ode

SPHERES $800: An archaic 3-letter word for a sphere, or for the eye

an orb

7-LETTER WORDS $400: Get your head out of the sand! Struthio camelus is this large, swift-footed flightless bird

an ostrich

TIME FOR A HAIRCUT $2000: Any style that takes a woman's long hair & piles it atop the head is known bv this 4-letter word

an updo

CURSE WORDS $2000: "Maranatha" often followed this 9-letter word used as an ecclesiastical curse involving excommunication

anathema

5-LETTER WORDS $1200: It was a geek tragedy when you were 2 hours late to the festival of this Japanese type of animation

anime (manga accepted)

3-LETTER WORDS $800: The name of this primate also means to mimic

ape

FROM THE LATIN $800: The 4-letter Latinate word for "highest point" that ends in "X"

apex

SILENT-LETTERED WORDS $2000: S: This 7-letter word that means "fitting" or "opportunely"

apropos

VOWEL HAPPY $1,263 (Daily Double): There are only 2 consonants in this 7-letter word meaning "watery"

aqueous

WORDS IN AMERICA $1000: For a rectangle, it's width multiplied by length

area

4-LETTER WORDS $800: Even the Turkish ordu, this, travels on its mide, "stomach"

army

WORDS IN CONTESTANT $400: A movement upward, perhaps to climb a hill

ascent

ON THE WEBSITE'S FRONT PAGE $600: "Lots of answers" are promised when you search with this 3-letter word followed by .com

ask

TRANSPOSITION WORDS $400: Take one of these, C9H8O4, & call me in the morning

aspirin

IN COURAGE $1600: This carpenter's tool bores holes in wood

auger

PRO SPORTS $400: This 4-letter word is the second "a" in NASCAR

auto

FROM "A" TO "W" $800: 4-letter word meaning to declare openly

avow

GOLF $200: The right to hit first goes to the person who's this 4-letter word, meaning his ball is farthest from the hole

away

GREAT "B"-GINNINGS $200: 4-letter word for a soothing salve

balm

WORDS IN FEBRUARY $600: Exercise rail used by ballet dancers

barre

2- OR 3-LETTER WORDS $200: Exist/ unwanted "bonnet" intruder

be/bee

WORDS IN ALEX TREBEK $1000: Bird bill

beak

INSIDE ALEX TREBEK $600: This can be a large drinking vessel or a small lipped one used for science experiments

beaker

WORDS IN NOVEMBER $600: An alcoholic beverage made from the fermentation of certain grains

beer

WORDS IN SEPTEMBER $800: Grolsch or Molson, for example

beer

COUNTRY ADD A LETTER $2000: () Add a letter to the country that's highlighted & you get this word meaning "harmless"

benign (for Benin)

5-LETTER WORDS $1000: This diminutive of Bridget usually refers to a fussy old woman

biddy

POTPOURRI $2000: 14-letter word for cooperation between 2 partners, leading to smoother political sailing

bipartisanship

5-LETTER WORDS $200: You probably made your first entrance through this "canal"

birth

THE BIG 10-LETTER WORDS $2000: Something that's the first son's due; Esau sold his

birthright

2- OR 11-LETTER WORDS $1600: The plant also called woody nightshade, or an oxymoron for the taste of some chocolate

bittersweet

ODD 4-LETTER WORDS $400: It means sad or listless; when tripled, it means "and so on"

blah

INSIDE ALEX TREBEK $400: An 1852 Dickensian title "house"

bleak

MODERN WORDS $400: A 5-letter word said once or repeated, it's flashy jewelry worn as an indication of wealth

bling

A DATE $1200: Giving personal details makes you charmingly do this 5-letter word, also used for the white Zinfandel you're drinking

blush

2-LETTER WORDS $2000: The second-largest city in Sierra Leone, or an Indian fig tree under which Buddha once sat

bo

MY "B*FF" $400: Variety has long used this word for a box office hit

boffo

THAT'S THE KIND OF MAN I WANT $400:

bold

ADJECTIVES $400: Yawn! 6-letter word describing the dull, tedious time spent drilling a hole

boring

$2000: Millions of spam messages are generated by "rogue... software programs" called these, a 4-letter word

bots

6-LETTER WORDS FROM THE LATIN FOR... $800: "Pertaining to oxen or cows"

bovine

6-LETTER WORDS $1600: Meaning "of brass", this brassy adjective describes many a shameless hussy

brazen

WELL, "B"! $600: After you see an inspiring view described by this 12-letter word, you might need oxygen

breathtaking

"IT" IS A 7-LETTER WORD $200: Proverbially, this "is the soul of wit"

brevity

10-LETTER WORDS $800: It's the oxymoronic longer term for a man on his wedding day

bridegroom

OH, I'VE GOT A 4-LETTER WORD FOR YOU $200: Basically jail on a ship, it's the boat compartment where prisoners are confined

brig

INSIDE JOHNNY GILBERT $600: Thin clear soup of concentrated stock

broth

WINE A LITTLE $800: This 4-letter word indicates that a champagne is dry; "extra" this means it's extremely or totally dry

brut

9-LETTER WORDS $600: A synonym for "ludicrous parody", it's also the bawdy type of entertainment seen

burlesque

10-LETTER WORDS $1600: This liquid that's left after cream is churned can be an ingredient in a delicious biscuit

buttermilk

2- OR 3-LETTER WORDS $1000: Next to/ automatic advance to second round without having to play

by/bye

SPELLING IT OUT IN ROMAN NUMERALS $1600: Be nice & string together the letters for 100, 4, 1, 50 to get this word

c-i-v-i-l

7-LETTER WORDS $2,000 (Daily Double): "Wilkommen" to this type of supper club, from the Old French for "small room"

cabaret

"LETTER"-LETTER WORDS $800: For TV stations, KABC, WDIV, KTVT

call letters

1 SYLLABLE + 1 LETTER = 3 SYLLABLES $400: Add a letter to "came" to get this word for a minor acting part played by a prominent performer

cameo

WORDS IN AMERICA $600: One of these can be pinhole or single-lens reflex

camera

WORD ORIGINS $2000: From the Italian word for bell, it's the 9-letter term for a bell tower like the Venetian one seen

campanile

13-LETTER WORDS $1200: Adjective describing any organism that eats its own kind

cannibalistic

WORDS FROM RELIGION $800: 5-letter word for the set of books that have authority in a religion & no, you can't fire it off

canon

TURTLES $400: If your boat has "turned turtle", it's done this 8-letter word (past tense, please)

capsized

12-LETTER WORDS $800: It's an adjective meaning cancer-causing

carcinogenic

"C"ULINARY CROSSWORD CLUES $800: Beluga's the most expensive type of it (6)

caviar

OTHER RED STATES $1200: "Much to my" this 7- letter word, I find that when I look carefully at the word, I find a little smile

chagrin

WORDS $200: Chat about this in your chat room: "chat" is merely a shortened form of this 7-letter word

chatter

5-LETTER WORDS $600: This part of the face can mean "impudence" or "sass"

cheek

9-LETTER WORDS $800: A branch of science, or a sympathetic rapport between 2 people

chemistry

WORD"Z" $1200: Many French eateries include this word in their names; it means "at the home of"

chez

10-LETTER WORDS $4,000 (Daily Double): Jay M. Arena, director of the Duke Poison Control Center, devised this type of bottle cap

childproof

SOUNDS LIKE FOOD $200: Not "con carne", this 6-letter word can mean unfriendly

chilly

MOVIE MUSIC $400: 5-letter word for a group that sings exalting music, like the Bulgarian women's one heard in "Brother Bear"

choir

HASTA LA VISTA, BABY $1600: There are 3 vowels in this 4-letter Italian word for "so long"

ciao

FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $400: This 5-letter Latin word meaning "about" or "around" is used of approximate dates

circa

VOCABULARY $1600: This 14-letter word means to sail or fly around, especially around the Earth

circumnavigate

11-LETTER WORDS $800 (Daily Double): 11-letter name of the CIA service not suitable for those who like to talk about their jobs at parties

clandestine

GET A "CL"UE! $200: 11-letter word meaning without a beard or mustache

clean-shaven

PADDLE $200: On "ER" it's not uncommon to hear this 5-letter word just before defibrillator paddles are discharged

clear

8-LETTER WORDS $2000: () Mica minerals are known for their excellence in this property; see how

cleavage

KNOCK U OUT $2,000 (Daily Double): It can mean strong influence; knock out the "U" & you've blocked the flow of blood

clout & clot

6-LETTER WORDS $800: This synonym for "split" most often describes certain hooves

cloven

ADD A LETTER $400: Add a letter to a word meaning "an assembly of witches" & you get this word that describes a hoof

cloven

GET A "CL"UE! $200: This 4-letter word can precede steak, soda & sandwich

club

7-LETTER WORDS $800: There's no business like shoe business if you're in this job; it's also a type of pie

cobbler

10-LETTER WORDS $2000: Security pledged for the payment of a loan; in a familiar but unrelated phrase, it precedes "damage"

collateral

RANK-LY SPEAKING $2000: In the South, this 7-letter word is a title of respect prefixed to the name of distinguished elderly men

colonel

5-LETTER WORDS $800: To perform this kids' activity "inside the lines" is to conform; to do it "outside the lines" is to be a free spirit

color

ONE LETTER CHANGES THE VOWEL SOUND $400: A toothed strip of plastic for arranging hair turns into an ancient burial chamber

comb & tomb

CHANGE A LETTER $2000: Change a letter in "homely" & you get this word that means just the opposite

comely

DON'T SAY THE L-WORD $1000: In Britain's Royal Navy, it's the rank just below captain

commander

12-LETTER WORDS $400: Meaning a beginning, it's also a school graduation ceremony

commencement

10-LETTER WORDS $800: A cafeteria on a movie studio lot

commissary

TRIPLE DOUBLE-LETTER WORDS $400: In the U.S. House of Representatives, these include Agriculture, Judiciary & Ways & Means

committees

HISTORIC DOCUMENTS $200: The Mayflower ____ (a 7-letter word)

compact

10-LETTER WORDS $2000: Oddly, this word describing couples who get along & can live together in harmony comes from the Latin for "to suffer"

compatible

TEEN-LETTER WORDS $2000: It describes an "objector" who refuses on moral grounds to serve in the army

conscientious

TEEN-LETTER WORDS $400: Examples of these include Cygnus, Centaurus & Cepheus

constellations

17-LETTER WORDS $800: Judicial review tests congressional legislation for this, conformity with a certain U.S. document

constitutionality

13-LETTER WORDS $400: Calling HAZMAT! It's the act of making something impure or polluted

contamination

WARRIN' $1,000 (Daily Double): The first 7 letters of this word meaning "quarrelsome" spell a word meaning satisfied

contentious

REMORSE CODE $1200: This synonym for remorseful adds 3 letters to "trite" & comes from the same Latin word

contrite

HEART-FELT WORDS $2000: () Leaves that are shaped like hearts are referred to by this 7-letter term, a homophone for a word describing a true vertebrate

cordate

11-LETTER WORDS $1000: To back up or confirm another person's version of events

corroborate

"ODE" TO JOY $400: 7-letter word meaning to wear or eat away by the action of a chemical

corrode

IN COURAGE $800: It's another name for the mountain lion

cougar

FAUX $1200: This 11-letter word for a fake comes from the Latin for "against fact"

counterfeit

17-LETTER WORDS $4,800 (Daily Double): This adjective means "thwarting an intended goal", like living on credit while trying to save money

counterproductive

WORDS THAT SOUND ODD WITHOUT PREFIXES $1600: "Un-" this 5-letter word describes crude behavior in high society; without "un-", it means showing sophistication

couth

CROSSWORD CLUES "C" $800: Hooded cape for a monk (4)

cowl

WORDS IN AMERICA $200: To study intensely at the last minute for a test

cram

ONLY IN AMERICA $600: This fatty part of milk is also slang for "to defeat decisively"

cream

5-LETTER WORDS $400: The top of a hill, or the ornamental tuft appearing on the top of the head of a bird

crest

A DISCOURAGING WORD $600: No, your toothpaste hasn't hit the ground, but this 11-letter word sure sounds like it

crestfallen

SHAPE UP $800: This 9-letter word for "cross-shaped" comes from the Latin word for "cross"

cruciform

3-LETTER WORDS $1200: Ruminate on this--it's what a cow chews the second time around

cud

"C"ULINARY CROSSWORD CLUES $2000: Raisin-like fruit named for a Greek port (7)

currant

WHO'S RUNNING THIS OPERATION? $800: William Bennett's website mentions his tenure as the USA's "drug" this 4-letter word

czar

YOUR WEAPON OF CHOICE $1000: Is this a 6-letter short, swordlike weapon with a pointed blade, used for stabbing, which "I see before me?" Yep!

dagger

PLEASANT 4-LETTER WORDS $1600: An adjective meaning cherished, it's often found in the salutation of a letter

dear

IN THE BEGINNING $600 (Daily Double): This 5-letter word is from the French & means "to make one's first appearance"

debut

5-LETTER WORDS $1200: A decorative sticker, it is partly derived from calquer, meaning "to trace"

decal

"DEC" THE HALLS $400: 6-letter word for an authoritative order having the force of law

decree

'80s FADS $1000: This 5-letter word preceded "boppers" or "bobbers" in the name of novelty bobbing antennas that you wore on your head

deely

6-LETTER WORDS FROM THE LATIN FOR... $1200: "To ward off", like a champion boxer does to his title

defend

HAVE SOME "FUN" $200: 7-letter word meaning extinct or no longer in use

defunct

4-LETTER WORDS $400: This negative verb is found in "For He's A Jolly Good Fellow"

deny

ONE B & 2 D's $2000: 10-letter word meaning reliable or worthy of trust

dependable

FROM THE GREEK $800: This 10-letter term used by doctors for any number of skin inflammations is from the Greek word for "skin"

dermatitis

CROSSWORD CLUES "D" $2000: Branch of medicine for the skin (11)

dermatology

WE'RE GOING BACKWARDS $800: Add 1 letter to a Darwinian word to get this, meaning assuming characteristics of an earlier form

devolution

CROSSWORD CLUES "D" $1200: pious, or ardent (6)

devout

THE BIG 10-LETTER WORDS $800: From the late Latin for "word", this book is the last word on words

dictionary

INSIDE OUTSIDE $200: Nutritional program to get you back into your old Levi's

diet

PEEKABOO, "ICU"! $400: Our judges estimate the degree of this 10-letter word meaning "trouble" to be 2.5

difficulty

BORN TO "RUN" $600: Meaning sulky or peevish, this 11-letter word seems to precede "ex-employee" a lot

disgruntled

5-LETTER WORDS $200: To skip school, or the furrow on the side of the road

ditch

GOOD APPLICATION ESSAY WORDS $800: Wanted: candidates whose interests are this 7-letter word, i.e. made up of various elements

diverse

2-LETTER WORDS $800 (Daily Double): "Ut" used to be used for the first or key note of the musical scale; this has replaced it

do

4-LETTER WORDS $600: It can mean a landing pier for a ship, or to deduct from one's pay as a penalty

dock

OTHER 4-LETTER WORDS $2000: Etymologically related to "duress" is this word meaning glum

dour

INSIDE OUTSIDE $600: To put out a fire by pouring water on it

douse

4-LETTER WORDS $600 (Daily Double): This soft underlayer of feathers from a duck or goose is used to stuff pillows

down

5-LETTER WORDS $200: Historically it was the goods, money or property that a bride brought to her husband at marriage

dowry

CHOICE 4-LETTER WORDS $200: You'd find this in the bowl section of the dry Midwest of the 1930s

dust

BRAVE NEW WORD $1600: Reusing components in old electronics is termed this, one letter shorter than the word it's derived from

eCycling

SCIENCE-Y 3-LETTER WORDS $800: It's the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea

ebb

POETIC WORDS $800: "L'allegro" by Milton uses this 4-letter word for a deep shade of black, a shortening of the name of a wood

ebon

9-LETTER WORDS $1000: Some believe this substance emanates from a medium during a seance

ectoplasm

13-LETTER WORDS $1200: () When you drop Alka-Seltzer in water, a series of reactions, including the release of carbon dioxide, creates this bubbly effect, from the Latin for "begin to boil"

effervescence

WORDS FROM GEOGRAPHY $600: This word can precede "timer" or "nog"

egg

IN COURAGE $2000: It's just "I" in Latin

ego

12-LETTER WORDS $1000: In this method of hair removal, a current is applied to each follicle to destroy the root

electrolysis

IN THE ENCYCLOPEDIA $200: Run off & get married

elope

"ON" THE END $400: The Greek words for "exit" & "elastic" start with this Greek letter

epsilon

WORDS IN ALEX TREBEK $400: Cenozoic, for example

era

THAT'S JUST WRONG $1000: Proverbially, when you find you're wrong, you "see the" this 5-letter word "of your ways"

error

FROM THE GERMAN $1200: This 6-letter word refers to a replacement or substitute that is inferior

ersatz

IT'S GOT MEANING $1000: "E" is for this 7-letter word meaning educated or wise: prove you are, now

erudite

NOT YOUR EVERYDAY WORDS $400: Exoteric, meaning "simple" or "commonplace", is the opposite of this word, one letter different

esoteric

2-LETTER WORDS $800: It's Latin for "and" , Y'al.

et

I'M LATIN INTOLERANT $400: I don't care that it's only 4 letters long; I'm not using this abbrev. phrase meaning "and others" in a crossword clue

et al.

2-LETTER WORDS $600: A prefix meaning "out of", or informally, your former spouse

ex

5-LETTER WORDS $600: To surpass, or a Microsoft spreadsheet program

excel

"E" BAY $1600: 11-letter word meaning to use known facts to infer or draw conclusions about something unknown

extrapolate

IN THE MIDDLE WITH "U" $800: It can mean ability, the powers of the mind, or a school's teaching staff

faculty

WORDS IN FEBRUARY $200: The cost to ride a bus or subway

fare

ENDS IN "X" $1200: It's a choice 4-letter (French) word for "fake"

faux

"F"IVE-LETTER WORDS $1200: The thighbone

femur

3-LETTER WORDS $2000: From the German for "bog", it's a lowland covered wholly or partially with water

fen

"F"IVE-LETTER WORDS $800: Assume this position seen

fetal

5-LETTER WORDS $400: A command to your pooch to retrieve something

fetch

10-LETTER WORDS $400: A decorative item on a ship's prow, or a leader with a title but no power

figurehead

4-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS $800: Instead of with a "P-H", there's an alternate 4-letter spelling of this Greek pastry dough

filo

6-LETTER WORDS $400: This Italian word for the concluding part of a performance is often "grand"

finale

PLEASANT 4-LETTER WORDS $2000: It means delicate in texture, or consisting of minute particles, like a puree

fine

4-LETTER "F" WORDS $1000: Securely fixed in place, or a law business

firm

"F"IVE-LETTER WORDS $2000: Sogne is the name of one of these geographic features in Norway

fjord

4-LETTER WORDS $1600: Fatty flesh around people's tummies

flab

4-LETTER WORDS $2000: The unfortunate quality that brings ruin to the hero of a tragedy is called the tragic this

flaw

4-LETTER WORDS $2000: Used in linoleum & paints, linseed oil is made from the seeds of this plant

flax

DOUBLE LETTER, DOUBLE MEANING $200: This 5-letter word can refer to an event in Genesis or to what you do in supplying too much fuel to your carburetor

flood

"F"IVE-LETTER WORDS $1600: The plants & animals of a given region are known by these 2 5-letter words

flora & fauna

11-LETTER WORDS $1600: A type of lamp powered up by a ballast

fluorescent

2-LETTER WORDS $1600: Third syllable intoned by the giant who smells the blood of an Englishman

fo

2-LETTER WORDS $200: Chinese for "Buddha" (it's not fe, fi or fum)

fo

HORSE SMARTS $800: It's the 4-letter word for a colt or filly up to a year of age

foal

7-LETTER WORDS $1200: Collective term for the leaves of trees, particularly in the fall

foliage

10-LETTER WORDS $2000: Literary term meaning to show or indicate earlier in the story

foreshadow

6-LETTER WORDS FROM THE LATIN FOR... $400: "An unenclosed wood"; see it for the trees

forest

KNOCK U OUT $1200: This person is an originator; take out "U" & you get how "absence makes the heart grow"

founder & fonder

9-LETTER WORDS $2000: () Rubbing your finger on the rim causes the glass to vibrate; the sound's pitch is due to this 9-letter term, the number of vibrations per second

frequency

9-LETTER WORDS $200: This cold-induced condition can progress dangerously from tingling to gangrene

frostbite

LETTER & WORD $600: In a 1954 experiment John Stapp accelerated to 632 mph in 5 seconds, surviving 46 of these units

g-forces

COMBINED STATE ABBREV. $600: A party: Georgia + Louisiana

gala

LIKE A "G"6 $4,500 (Daily Double): The Greek word for milk gives us this word for a large feature of the skies

galaxy

THE "G"-8 $1600: This is necrosis of soft tissue caused by obstructed circulation

gangrene

10-LETTER WORDS $800: This big adjective comes from Rabelais' giant king

gargantuan

3-LETTER WORDS $800: In some dictionaries, "cheerful" is now a secondary definition of this

gay

HERE'S SOMETHING RANDOM $800: 2-letter word for the white pants & jacket karate ensemble, preferably accessorized with a black or red belt

gi

5-LETTER WORDS $800: A type of star, sequoia or slalom

giant

LIKE A "G"6 $2000: This root is seen

ginger

ONE LETTER CHANGES THE VOWEL SOUND $1600: A word meaning to grant something becomes a bee colony home

give & hive

"INT"Y FRESH $800: 5-letter word for gleaming brightness or luster

glint

THE "G"-8 $400: It's a list of defined terms in a special subject at the end of a book

glossary

4-LETTER WORDS $1200: It means to bite or chew, or to wear away with the teeth

gnaw

2-LETTER WORDS $1000: "To say or utter" is one of the American heritage dictionary's many definitions for this word--ask any teen

go

2-LETTER WORDS $400: It can mean vitality, as when it's paired with "get up &..."

go

CHANGE A LETTER $400: Change a letter in "good" & you get this word meaning "incite"

goad

PLEASANT 4-LETTER WORDS $800: It precedes "conduct medal", "samaritan" & "-for-nothing"

good

ONE LETTER DIFFERENT $400: Excellent eats

good food

5-LETTER WORDS $600: As a noun, it's a steep-walled canyon; as a verb, it means to stuff yourself with food

gorge

THE "G"-8 $800: 2008 job title for Ted Strickland, Tim Pawlenty & Bill Richardson

governor

MONEY SLANG $200: We'll give you $200, not $1,000, for this five letter word meaning stately or majestic

grand

DON'T SAY THE L-WORD $600: Scientifically, this tart-tasting fruit is Citrus paradisi

grapefruit

"PH"UN WORDS $1200: The bar type is one common form of this chart

graph

ODD 4-LETTER WORDS $2000: This word from Heinlein's "Stranger In A Strange Land" means "to communicate sympathetically"

grok

THE BIG 10-LETTER WORDS $1200: Don't lose your head: this French device shares its name with an instrument for surgically removing tonsils

guillotine

SILENT-LETTERED WORDS $800: U: This feeling of remorse that your grandmother may try to instill in you

guilt

THE "G"-8 $2000: This adjective means "pertaining to the throat"; it can describe a type of cry

guttural

CHANGE A LETTER $1600: Change a letter in "half" & you get this word meaning "robust"

hale

ONE GOOD TURN $800: At sea, if you want the wheel turned all the way in 1 direction, say this 4-letter word "a-port" or "a-starboard"

hard

4-LETTER WORDS $800: It's the steering wheel of a ship

helm

"H"EALTH & MEDICINE $1200: This 8-letter word for a collection of blood, usually clotted, comes from words for "blood" & "tumor"

hematoma

NEW WORDS & PHRASES $600: Merriam-Webster gives 1988 as the date this masculine word evolved from "bimbo", 1 letter different

himbo

3-LETTER WORDS $1000: After a 1997 golf injury, Evel Knievel got this body part replaced

his hip

2- OR 3-LETTER WORDS $800: Gardening tool/ interjection following "Westward" or "Land"

hoe/ho

WORDS IN HISTORY $1600: It means to raise something mechanically, like a flag

hoist

3-LETTER WORDS $200: It's the center part of a wheel, or the center of an activity

hub

WORLD WIDE WEBS $1000: () The catching spiral is covered with a sticky substance & stops short of the center of the web, known as this 3-letter word, just like the middle of a wheel

hub

CHAPTERS IN THE WIZARD OF OZ $600: Shades of Scrooge? Chapter XVI is "The Magic Art of the Great" this 6-letter word for "impostor"

humbug

JURY DUTY $400: A deadlocked jury is this 4-letter word

hung

9-LETTER WORDS $400: When its wind speed hits 74 MPH, a tropical storm is then designated one of these

hurricane

FARM AID $400: It's not a gal's intent on match.com; this 9-letter word refers to the science of raising animals

husbandry

4-LETTER WORDS $600: It's a song, frequently sung in church, in praise of God

hymn

3-LETTER WORDS $800: To a criminal, this slang term can mean "diamonds" or "to kill", so be specific when taking out a contract

ice

IN THE ENCYCLOPEDIA $1000: Spelled one way, it's someone who's worshipped; spelled another, it means inactive

idol & idle

VERSE CASE SCENARIO $400: This 2-letter word is the title & first word of Kipling's poem that ends, "you'll be a man, my son!"

if

4-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS $1600: With double Fs you might play this word meaning full of uncertainty

iffy

9-LETTER WORDS $400: Impossible to read because of poor handwriting

illegible

NOT OF GOOD CHARACTER $400: You're not yourself today; you're this 8-letter word OED defines as "one who assumes a false character"

impostor

FUNDRAISING $800: Donations in the form of equipment or time instead of money are called "in" this 4-letter word

in kind

INCLUDES A PAPAL NAME $3,000 (Daily Double): Meaning "not merciful", it's a 9-letter word for harsh weather

inclement

17-LETTER WORDS $400: The introduction of power-driven machinery in the early 1800s was a big factor in this process

industrialization

12-LETTER WORDS $1,200 (Daily Double): Starting & stopping at intervals, like today's windshield wipers

intermittent

OH, I'VE GOT A 4-LETTER WORD FOR YOU $800: Greek to me, it means a very small quantity (like this word's total number of consonants--one)

iota

2-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS $800: Third person singular of "be"

is

2-LETTER WORDS $800: In a game of tag, this player attempts to catch other players

it

HIDDEN AGENDA $400: When played in a minefield, the game of tag endangers this 2-letter word, the player chasing the others

it

THEM'S FIGHTIN' WORDS! $1000: This 3-letter word means to poke abruptly, as with the point of a stick

jab

9-LETTER WORDS $600: In this dive, you bend in midair to touch the toes while keeping the legs straight, then straighten the body

jackknife

3-LETTER WORDS $1600: This term meaning "to mark or write quickly" comes from the Greek letter "iota"

jot

CHOICE 4-LETTER WORDS $400: To the Chinese, it's a boat; on Wall Street, it's a bond with a low rating

junk

13-LETTER WORDS $800: On completing law school, you're likely to receive a J.D., a doctor of this degree

jurisprudence

4-LETTER WORDS $200: Once you turn 18 it's your "duty" as a U.S. citizen to serve on one of these groups in court when called

jury

PARTS OF A SHIP $800: If you faint due to the heat, you're said to do this 4-letter word "over"

keel

3-LETTER WORDS $400: Your closest relatives are you "next of" this

kin

WHO'S RUNNING THIS OPERATION? $1000: If Pablo Escobar had a website, it would mention his tenure as a "drug" this 4-letter word

king (or lord)

4-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS $400: Often preceding "& kin", it's one's friends & neighbors

kith

4-LETTER WORDS $5,000 (Daily Double): An accent over the last letter turns a word meaning disabled into this fabric with metallic threads

lamé

MIDDLE "C" $800: This type of theft may be grand or petty

larceny

4-LETTER WORDS $400: With no trans fats & less saturated fat than butter, tubs of this rendered pig fat are making a comeback

lard

ADD A LETTER $800: Add a letter to a word for a product of Mount Etna & you get this term describing a very young insect

larva

"L"EGALESE $400: These 2 4-letter words often precede "and testament" in the name of a legal document

last will

"L" 8-LETTER WORDS $1200: One honored for achieving distinction in a certain field; poet is one type

laureate

4-LETTER WORDS $400: When this cools quickly after an eruption, it can form a type of glass called obsidian

lava

5-LETTER WORDS $400: A superlative form of little, it's an antonym of utmost

least

"LETTER"-LETTER WORDS $1000: It's the type of video format seen

letterbox

10-LETTER WORDS $1200: () Pyrolytic graphite repels either pole of a magnet, so when you suspend a magnet between 2 plates of the graphite, the magnet does what a magician would call this 10-letter trick

levitation

13-LETTER WORDS $1600: It's one who compiles a dictionary

lexicographer

BALLET BASICS $1600: This 4-letter word refers to the configuration of the body resting or in motion; a good one is partly natural physique

line

ONE IN A MILLION $800: The puma is also called the mountain this

lion

11-LETTER WORDS $400: A vacuuming cannula is used in this body-reshaping surgery

liposuction

"L" 8-LETTER WORDS $2000: To contest in court or to carry on a lawsuit

litigate

9-LETTER WORDS $1200: Cattle, sheep & other useful animals raised on a farm

livestock

2-, 3- & 4-LETTER WORDS $400: This 2-letter exclamation can mean "look!" & is often paired with "and behold"

lo

KID-FRIENDLY 4-LETTER WORDS $200: An oblong unit of bread, or to idle away time

loaf

"L" 8-LETTER WORDS $400: It's said there are 3 things that matter in real estate: this. this, this

location

FUN WITH WORDS $1600: Sesquipedalophobia is a fear of these, of which sesquipedalophobia is one

long words

IN THE ENCYCLOPEDIA $800: It's a 3-letter word meaning to cut off, especially a limb from a tree

lop

KNOCK U OUT $1600: A parasitic insect; remove the "U" to find a word meaning "to suffer defeat"

louse & lose

PLEASANT 4-LETTER WORDS $400: "All You Need Is" this; it "Makes The World Go 'Round"

love

WORD ORIGINS $2000: From the Norwegian for "to pull by hair", this 3-letter word means to carry with effort, or a blockhead

lug

SCIENCE-Y 3-LETTER WORDS $1600: This unit of illumination shares its name with an old brand of soap & detergent

lux

ONLY IN AMERICA $800: Spicy name for a spiked weapon of war used during the Middle Ages

mace

SAY IT IN SPANISH $800: As well as "manly" or "virile", this 5-letter word can mean "sledgehammer"

macho

ANGRY WORDS $800: They said I was this 3-letter word meaning angry or insane--I am this! This, I tell you!

mad

WORDS IN TOURNAMENT $600: The lovely locks of a Lipizzaner

mane

ONLY IN AMERICA $400: A female horse

mare

10-LETTER WORDS $1200: To go about under false pretenses, or a type of party with historical costumes

masquerade

WORDS IN TOURNAMENT $200: It follows alma when referring to your school (& yours must be proud)

mater

5-LETTER WORDS $2,000 (Daily Double): & then there's this color also known as aniline purple

mauve

JUST SAY NO $1600: In Hollywood, this 5-letter word of possibility (per the L.A. Times)

maybe

7-LETTER WORDS $400: Connect the dots & name the disease seen

measles

HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW "ME"? $400: 8-letter word for neither very good nor very bad, just plain ordinary

mediocre

5-LETTER WORDS $1600: From the Latin for "price", it's compassionate treatment or clemency

mercy

WORDS IN SEPTEMBER $400: Approximately 1.094 yards

meter

RUSSIAN $1600: To get around underground, the letter seen stands for this word

metro

VOCABULARY $1600: From the Greek for "small" & "life" comes this 7-letter word for a germ or a disease-causing bacterium

microbe

17-LETTER WORDS $1600: A cosmetic treatment that gently sands the skin

microdermabrasion

SPELLING IT OUT IN ROMAN NUMERALS $2000: The letters for 1,001 followed by 50 give you this word, a unit of length equal to .001 inches

mil

PLEASANT 4-LETTER WORDS $1200: In "Silent Night", the holy infant is said to be "tender and" this

mild

7-LETTER WORDS $600: It precedes "Man March" & "-aire"

million

11-LETTER WORDS $1000: A weak & timid person with an unassertive nature, named for comic strip character Caspar

milquetoast

COMBINED STATE ABBREV. $800: Has a white face: Michigan + Maine

mime

5-LETTER WORDS $1600: To cut up into small parts, or to walk with small, dainty steps

mince

I HAVE A PREPOSITION FOR YOU $400: 5-letter word meaning less by the subtraction of; don't overthink it

minus

3-LETTER WORDS $400: A riotous crowd of people

mob

THE "MOD" SQUAD $800: From the Latin for "regulate", this 6-letter word means to alter or change

modify

4-LETTER WORDS $200: As a verb, it can mean "to give shape to"; as a noun, it can mean "that fuzzy green stuff on the bread"

mold

13-LETTER WORDS $1200: It's known as both glandular fever & the kissing disease

mononucleosis

"PH"UN WORDS $400: From the Greek for "shape", it means to transform an image into something else by computer

morph

ONE LETTER CHANGES THE VOWEL SOUND $800: One turn in chess becomes passionate affection

move & love

THE GREAT AMERICAN NOVEL $200: A 9-letter word for one who attends a film, or the title of a 1961 prize-winning novel by Walker Percy

moviegoer

2-LETTER WORDS $800: Don't have a cow, man, it's just the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet

mu

COMMON SIMILES $800: Ironically, something incomprehensible is said to be "as clear as" this 3-letter word

mud

5-LETTER WORDS $1200: It's the organic material, such as straw or compost, on the ground around plants used to enrich the soil

mulch

10-, 11- & 12-LETTER WORDS $800: Originally a computer term, it now refers to doing any number of jobs at the same time

multitasking

6-LETTER WORDS $1600: If that "spring lamb" you bought was really a 3-year-old animal, it should have been labeled this

mutton

THE JOY OF 6-LETTER WORDS $2,000 (Daily Double): It can mean both narrow-minded & also nearsighted

myopic

WE DON'T NEED NO STINKIN' BADGERS! $400: This 3-letter word means to pester or badger; it can also refer to a worthless horse

nag

8-LETTER WORDS $800: Relating to ships, as in a type of mile

nautical

4-LETTER WORDS $800: The name of this central part of a church comes from the Latin for "ship", a reference to its shape

nave

11-LETTER WORDS $1200: It's an abnormal fear of dead bodies

necrophobia

LOW TECH $1000: 11-letter word for embroidery on canvas, with uniform spacing of stitches in a pattern

needlepoint

A NEGATIVE ATTITUDE $400: 8 isn't enough to say this 4-letter German word for "no"

nein

WORDS IN CONTESTANT $800: Atomic number 10, this odorless gaseous element is obtained from fractional distillation of liquid air

neon

ETIQUETTE $600: Add one letter to "etiquette" to get this word for online etiquette

netiquette

5-LETTER WORDS $800: An organism's ecological role in the community, or a recess in the wall for a statue

niche

HELLO GOODBYE $2000: At a Chinese restaurant, greet your server with this 5-letter Mandarin word for hello

nihao

ONE IN A MILLION $1000: Zero, to a Brit

nil

2-LETTER WORDS $800: In a proverb this word precedes "fool like an old fool"

no

JUST SAY NO $400: In Spanish, this 2-letter word

no

4-LETTER WORDS $1600: Before you shoot an arrow, you do this to it, which sounds like something cars do on low octane

nock

THIS IS N-P-R $800: 10-letter word meaning impervious to sound

noiseproof

JUST SAY NO $800: In French, this 3-letter word

non

INSIDE JOHNNY GILBERT $400: Cardinal compass direction

north

"NOT" IN FRONT $1000: This 15-letter word means "in spite of"

notwithstanding

2-LETTER WORDS $800: It's the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet, which is very old

nu

VOCABULARY $1200: It's an 11-letter word for coin collecting

numismatism

2-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS $2000: For men in France, it means "born with the name of"

né

ONE IN A MILLION $200: The Hebrews got theirs from olives & used it for anointing the dead & for burning in lamps

oil

CHEERY "O"s $200: This 3-letter Spanish word is used as a shout of approval or triumph

olé

2-LETTER WORDS $200: This mystical word used in mantras contains 3 sounds, but in English it's 2 letters

om

10-, 11- & 12-LETTER WORDS $1600: Almighty or infinite in power, as god is

omnipotent

6-LETTER WORDS $800: () Because it does not allow light to pass through it, thick nylon, which is not transparent, is described as this from the Latin for "shaded"

opaque

11-LETTER WORDS $200: An old proverb states that this "knocks only once"

opportunity

CONJUNCTION JUNCTION $400: This 2-letter word is a homophone for a metal-bearing mineable mineral

or

2- OR 3-LETTER WORDS $600: Conjunction/ mineral

or/ore

"ARD" STUFF $600: 7-letter word for a grove of fruit or nut trees

orchard

11-LETTER WORDS $400: New students may go through this process to familiarize themselves with their school & environment

orientation

INSIDE OUTSIDE $800: To remove, as from office

oust

THE SHAPE OF THINGS $200: This 4-letter word for egg-shaped comes from the Latin word for "egg"

oval

PLAYING BY "EAR" $800: 8-letter word for what you do when you eavesdrop

overhear

11-LETTER WORDS $800: 1930s movies were sped up with this type of dialogue in which actors don't let each other finish

overlapping

2-, 3- & 4-LETTER WORDS $600 (Daily Double): This 2-letter word can precede "blood" &, "incident"ally, "bow"

ox

2-LETTER WORDS $400: To spell this animal, just use a hug & a kiss from the bottom of a letter

ox

HISTORIC DOCUMENTS $400: The Kellogg-Briand ___ (A 4-letter word)

pact

3-LETTER WORDS $400: This word for a buddy or chum is often followed by "around"

pal

WORDS FROM GEOGRAPHY $800: To remove the skin of an apple

pare

5-LETTER WORDS $1000: From French for "to ward off", it means to ward off a blow, especially in fencing

parry

10-LETTER WORDS $1600: Jugglers don't focus on any 1 particular ball; they use this type of vision to keep track of the whole area

peripheral

P.O. $2,000 (Daily Double): It's the 9-letter word for the hobby of collecting stamps

philately

"PH"UN WORDS $800: In the scientific classification of animals, it's Chordata for a domesticated dog

phylum

2- OR 11-LETTER WORDS $400: It's both a math term & the 16th Greek letter

pi

YOU'RE THE TOP $3,000 (Daily Double): 8-letter word for the highest point of success or the highest part of a rock formation

pinnacle

TRANSPOSITION WORDS $800: It's a type of bean or horse

pinto

$1600: By shortening an , the Design Squad raised this 5-letter word indicated in hertz

pitch

A CATEGORY OF FEW WORDS $1200: Insert 1 letter in "pity" for this word. I won't say it twice.

pithy

2-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS $1600: Za is a slang word for this treat

pizza

WORDS THAT SOUND ODD WITHOUT PREFIXES $2000: The "Re-" that can precede this word seems redundant; when you want to fill up or furnish, "P" is for this 7-letter word

plenish

ONE THING OR ANOTHER $2000: Meaning completely, in cowboy talk this 5-letter word usually precedes "loco"

plumb

SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER $400: This 5-letter word can mean "overweight"

plump

ART STYLES $800: Warhol & Lichtenstein were figures in this 2-word style that's one letter off from a Kellogg's treat

pop art

CASTLING $1000: It's the 10-letter word for the grille seen

portcullis

THE "END" ZONE $2,400 (Daily Double): This 7-letter word means to presage or forebode

portend

14-LETTER WORDS $800: If I mess up, it'll be fixed in this process that includes editing & sound mixing

postproduction

KNOCK U OUT $400: It's a British unit of currency; knock "U" out & you get a small body of water

pound & pond

PODGE-POURRI $1000: "Dynam" is a combining form meaning this 5-letter word that can precede drill, broker or brake

power

FROM THE HALLS OF MANITOBA $400: Manitoba is the smallest & easternmost of the Canadian provinces known by this "grassy" 7-letter word

prairie

I SPEAK MANY TONGUES $1,500 (Daily Double): Also the name of a pasta sauce, this 5-letter Italian word can mean please, thank you, or excuse me

prego

13-LETTER WORDS $800: This word means to put off until another day or time

procrastinate

GOING "PRO" $200: 10-letter word for the owner of an establishment

proprietor

WORDS ON THE QWERTY ROW $2000: 10-letter word for the owner of a hotel

proprietor

7-LETTER WORDS $1200: From "The Star-Spangled Banner": "What so" this "we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?"

proudly

4-LETTER WORDS $800: French for "flea", this 4-letter color is a dark brownish purple

puce

5-LETTER WORDS $600: You have one of these, aka a heartbeat, I assume

pulse

4-LETTER WORDS $400: Pronounced one way, it's the top of the head; pronounced another, it's French chopped liver

pâté or pate

2- OR 11-LETTER WORDS $1200: Used chiefly in law, it means "in the matter of"; it's seen a lot in e-mails, too

re

2-LETTER WORDS $400: It often follows "in" to mean "concerning"

re

ONE LETTER CHANGES THE VOWEL SOUND $1200: To peruse a book or magazine, & a Jerry Garcia fan

read & dead

5-LETTER WORDS $1000: This synonym for "kingdom" comes from the Latin for "regal"

realm

WORDS IN UNIVERSITY $800: Leather strips that help a rider control a horse

reins

INSIDE ALEX TREBEK $200: To loosen, as a grip, or just to take it easy

relax

A WORD ODDITY $2000: With a hyphen added, this 6-letter word meaning "to quit" can mean "to join again", as in pro sports

resign

IT'S IN ARGENTINA $2000: Light-sensitive membrane on the back of your eye

retina

WORDS IN UNIVERSITY $1600: These alphabetic characters are seen

runes

WORDS IN FEBRUARY $800: Grain for sandwich bread

rye

3-LETTER WORDS $3,000 (Daily Double): These homophones are both 3 letters long; one refers to a grain, while the other means "bitterly amusing"

rye/wry

10-LETTER WORDS $2,000 (Daily Double): From the Latin for "sugar", this adjective means sugary or exaggeratedly sentimental

saccharine

5-LETTER WORDS $800: () It once meant a notch used to record a tally in a game. That meaning is still used for the cuts that will make your sourdough bake and look better

score

LET'S LEARN HEBREW $400: () Hebrew is based on 3-letter roots. The equivalent of "S", "D", "R" gives us "Sidrah", a Torah reading, "Siddur", a prayer book, and this word for a special meal

seder

4-LETTER "S" WORDS $400: Meaning "half", it's a combining form borrowed from Latin

semi-

6-LETTER WORDS $800: Officially, Prince Albert of Monaco is this "tranquil" kind of highness

serene

STUPID WORD ORIGIN ANSWERS $800: Feeling lucky? This 5-letter word comes from the Old English "seofon"

seven

4-LETTER WORDS $200: A rug with a thick pile, or to chase & catch fly balls

shag

5 OTHER SENSES $1200: You streaked the wedding reception! Have you no sense of this 5-letter word? This on you!

shame

9-LETTER WORDS $1600: This type of computer program is available for free on a trial basis; then a fee is paid for continued usage

shareware

4-LETTER WORDS $800: The 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet, it's also the lower front part of your leg

shin

THE L"ONE"LIEST NUMBER $1600: 8-letter word for your tibia

shinbone

ALTERNATE MEANINGS $400: 4-letter word for the iron fitting on the hoof of a horse or a card-dealing box in a casino

shoe

5-LETTER WORDS $800: As a verb, it means to remove the husk from an ear of corn or the top shell of an oyster or clam

shuck

AskOxford.com $400: Put this 3-letter Latin word meaning "thus" or "so" right after the error in a quoted passage

sic

REARRANGING WORDS $400: Rearrange the letters in "listen" to get this not-so-audible word

silent

1 SYLLABLE + 1 LETTER = 3 SYLLABLES $1000: Add a letter to "smile" & you get this figure of speech

simile

3-LETTER WORDS $1200: St. Paul wrote, "by one man" this "entered into the world",--that'd be yours, Adam

sin

STRONG WORDS $1600: Meaning tough or resilient, this 6-letter word refers to tendons

sinewy

3-LETTER WORDS $1200: The name of this pop music style may have originated with Jamaican bassist Cluett Johnson's greeting

ska

"S"EVEN-LETTER WORDS $1600: This '50s style of music heard influenced the Beatles

skiffle

HODGEPODGE $600: 10-letter word describing a woman's dress without arm coverings

sleeveless

"OO" 7-LETTER WORDS $2000: To deceive or cheat, possibly at this variety of pool

snooker

3-LETTER WORDS $600: Weep aloud, or cry uncontrollably

sob

INSIDE OUTSIDE $400: Grass & dirt in squares for your new backyard

sod

IT'S RAINING "MN" $1600: 6-letter word meaning mirthless, sober, or grave

solemn

I GOT A 4-LETTER WORD FOR YA, PAL! $1600: Pilots & musicians know this word derives from the Latin for "alone"

solo

10-LETTER WORDS $1200: It can mean immature, or pertaining to a second-year college student

sophomoric

10-LETTER WORDS $800: Heard , it's the type of tuba named for a composer

sousaphone

10-LETTER WORDS $1600: If you do a little exploring, you'll find that this is the term for the recreational exploring of caves

spelunking

11-LETTER WORDS $400: Unplanned or without premeditation, like some combustion

spontaneous

KNOCK U OUT $800: Something that discharges water; without the "U", it's a small stain

spout & spot

TRANSPOSITION WORDS $600: To wrench an ankle without fracture

sprain

8-LETTER WORDS $400: The name of this arboreal rodent can also mean to hide something away, like money

squirrel

5-LETTER WORDS $400: A group of full-time employees, or the set of 5 horizontal lines on which notes of music are written

staff

4-LETTER "S" WORDS $600: A man "goes" this animal term when attending a social event unaccompanied by a woman

stag

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS $1200: 9-letter word for the right side of a clipper or a brigantine

starboard

5-LETTER WORDS $1000: A form of matter--solid, liquid or gas

state (phase accepted)

WORKING ON THE RAILROAD $600: 13-letter word for the operations manager of a depot or terminal

stationmaster

THE LAW $2000: Add 1 letter to "statue" to get this word for a law passed by the legislature

statute

WORDS IN SEPTEMBER $200: Neil Armstrong famously took a small one

step

10-LETTER WORDS $200: The wife of one's dad by a later marriage (& she's not necessarily wicked!)

stepmother

6-LETTER WORDS $400: A coward is said to have a yellow one down his back

streak

"SUB" GROUPING $800: 12-letter word meaning beneath the epidermis

subcutaneous

THE LIGHTER "SIDE" $1000: This 7-letter word means to abate

subside

TRIPLE DOUBLE-LETTER WORDS $1600: This adverb describes how an act that had a favorable outcome was performed

successfully

10-LETTER WORDS $400: I'm going to use my power of this to tell you it's from the Latin for "supplying a hint"

suggestion

INSIDE OUTSIDE $1000: Like all fine hotels, New York City's Waldorf Astoria has a presidential one

suite

6-LETTER WORDS $200: This adjective that can mean hot & damp or hot & passionate is an alteration of "sweltery"

sultry

4-LETTER "S" WORDS $200: At 6'8" & 740 lbs. Emanuel Yarbrough was one of the heaviest men in the amateur division of this sport

sumo

"SUPER" $600: 12-letter word meaning pertaining to the eerie or occult

supernatural

"OUND" ABOUT $600: 8-letter word meaning to encircle or enclose on all sides

surround

CHOICE 4-LETTER WORDS $600: A great perk of being a presenter at an awards program like the Oscars is getting this assortment of free gifts

swag

2-LETTER WORDS $1000: In British slang this word alone means thank you; 2 together means good-bye

ta

PLAYING FOOTBALL FOR VOCABULARY $800: 6-letter word for fishing equipment

tackle

A FINE CATEGORY $800: 6-letter word for one who sprays his own name in graffiti; no matter how cool the signature, he may get fined for it

tagger

10-LETTER WORDS $1200: It's the round instrument heard

tambourine

"TAR" FOR THE COURSE $800: 9-letter word for a protective canvas covering

tarpaulin

6-LETTER WORDS $2000: This tiny type of Yorkshire terrier is so small... it might fit in the object of the same name

teacup

INSIDE ALEX TREBEK $800: Thai kings considered this a "royal tree" under strict protection

teak

13-LETTER WORDS $2000: () I'm simulating this futuristic method of conveying a person from place to place

teleportation

"TEN" & UP $800: 9-letter word meaning unsure or hesitant

tentative

2011 NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WORDS $2000: Round 8 served up this 10-letter Japanese word for meat & vegetables cooked tableside on a griddle

teppanyaki

WORDS IN TOURNAMENT $1000: A water bird related to seagulls; we hope you don't take one "for the worse"

tern

9-LETTER WORDS $200: This enclosed glass container is used to keep plants & small animals such as turtles & lizards

terrarium

3 LITTLE LETTERS $3,500 (Daily Double): Headquartered in Atlanta, this agency, established in 1946, grew out of a U.S. anti-malaria program

the CDC

CROSSWORD CLUES "C" $1600: Slide Mountain's range (9)

the Catskills

CROSSWORD CLUES "D" $1600: Strauss' Beautiful Blue body of water (6)

the Danube

14-LETTER WORDS $1200: Mary E. Peters fights congestion, among other things, as the 15th secretary of this cabinet dept.

the Department of Transportation

9-LETTER WORDS $2000: 270 is the magic number for this "college" of U.S. politics

the Electoral College

"IT" IS A 7-LETTER WORD $1000: Nickname of Andrew Jackson's informal "cabinet", which included Martin Van Buren

the Kitchen Cabinet

INSIDE THE COUNTRY $2000: I could "dive" & swim all day in this island republic in the Indian Ocean

the Maldives

TRIPLE DOUBLE-LETTER WORDS $800: This river receives the waters of more than 100 tributaries, including the Des Moines & Arkansas Rivers

the Mississippi

3 LITTLE LETTERS $800: Yasir Arafat was the head of it from 1969 to 2004

the PLO

LETTER-HEADS $1000: Leo Gerstenzang created this product in the 1920s after observing his wife applying cotton to toothpicks

the Q-tip

"RA", "RA", "SIS", "BOOM", "BA" $600: Its altar wall once displayed Perugino's "Nativity"

the Sistine Chapel

7-LETTER WORDS $800: It's the body cavity containing the stomach, intestines, etc.

the abdomen

TRIPLE DOUBLE-LETTER WORDS $2000: The person to whom you are sending a letter

the addressee

2-LETTER WORDS $400: To be fired from a job is "to get" this bladed tool

the ax

CROSSWORD CLUES "D" $400: 10-sport olympic event (9)

the decathalon

10-LETTER WORDS $800: On an insurance policy, it's the amount you have to "meet" before the company will make a payment

the deductible

4-LETTER WORDS $400: This term for the Japanese parliament sounds like a restrictive nutrition program

the diet

7-LETTER WORDS $2000: () If "a" is a real number, & "a" is not equal to zero, then the equation here demonstrates this property of multiplication

the inverse property

LITERARY TERMS $400: 4-letter word for the storyline of a book: occasionally it's been known to thicken

the plot

13-LETTER WORDS $2000: This military officer is charged with providing shelter, clothing & transportation for troops

the quartermaster

WORDS IN UNIVERSITY $400: The smallest member of a litter

the runt

PARTS OF PEACH $600: 5-letter word for the hard interior of a peach

the stone

OH, I'VE GOT A 4-LETTER WORD FOR YOU $600: To avoid taking unnecessary risks, "play it close to" this piece of clothing

the vest

WORDS IN UNIVERSITY $2000: The room in a church where sacred vessels & vestments are kept

the vestry

THE "THE" $1600: 7-letter word for a formula in mathematics deduced from other propositions

theorem

6-LETTER WORDS $1200: This synonym for frugality often precedes "shop" in the names of secondhand stores

thrift

DON'T SAY THE L-WORD $800: This phenomenon results from the accumulation of electrical charges in cumulonimbus clouds

thunder

3-LETTER WORDS $200 (Daily Double): Of the chemical elements, it has the shortest name

tin

SCIENCE-Y 3-LETTER WORDS $1200: Sn is the chemical symbol for this

tin

5-LETTER WORDS $2000: Those little prongs on your fork

tines

DOUBLE-LETTER WORDS $600: To baby, or to cook eggs in water just below the boiling point

to coddle

CROSSWORD CLUES "D" $800: to consume quickly, like a good book (6)

to devour

WORDS FROM GEOGRAPHY $1200: The course of a river in present-day Turkey gave us this word meaning to wander in an aimless, circuitous way

to meander

DOUBLE-LETTER WORDS $800: From the Middle English for "knife", it means to cut small shavings from a piece of wood

to whittle

ACT YOUR "AGE" $800: The carrying capacity of a large ship is measured in this 7-letter word

tonnage

11-LETTER WORDS $2000: One who describes the surface features of a region

topographer

LOTS OF "OIL" $600: 7-letter word for the highest layer of dirt from which plants take nutrients

topsoil

I GOT A 4-LETTER WORD FOR YA, PAL! $1200: It's the Spanish word for "bull" (not for "lawn mower")

toro

EXCEPTIONAL WORDS $3,000 (Daily Double): It's a 5-letter word for "poisonous"

toxic

THE BIG 10-LETTER WORDS $2,000 (Daily Double): The report's back from the lab; it's the science dealing with the detection of poisons

toxicology

10-LETTER WORDS $800: To move a kidney from one body to another

transplant

"TRICK" OR "TREAT" $2000: 8-letter word meaning a written work dealing formally & systematically with a subject

treatise

WORDS IN SEPTEMBER $1000: The larch

tree

2- OR 11-LETTER WORDS $2000: Every 3 years; make it an adverb to fit the category

triannually

10-LETTER WORDS $600: Adjective for one who speaks English & 2 others

trilingual

INSIDE JOHNNY GILBERT $800: One story told in 3 books

trilogy

PEACEFUL, EASY FEELING $600: From Old English for "fidelity", it's a 5-letter word for a ceasefire

truce

11-LETTER WORDS $800: Boy Scout law No. 1 says "a scout is" this, meaning deserving of confidence

trustworthy

A SCOUT IS... $200: Deserving of confidence; this 11-letter word is the first on the Scout Law's list

trustworthy

10-LETTER WORDS $1000: It's a myth that this amino acid in turkey is the reason you nod off after a Thanksgiving meal

tryptophan

7-LETTER WORDS $800: It's the word for what college costs; for 2009-10, Vassar's was $41,335, so start saving

tuition

17-LETTER WORDS $2000: In politics, really, really traditional & right wing

ultraconservative

10-LETTER WORDS $800: Not above

underneath

14-LETTER WORDS $400: Not given the sufficient food to maintain or promote health or normal growth

undernourished

13-LETTER WORDS $1600: Indelibly impressed on the memory, like Nat King Cole

unforgettable

ABSOLUTE ADJECTIVES $600: This 6-letter word for "one of a kind" should never be preceded by "very"

unique

TEEN-LETTER WORDS $1600: This type of "conduct" will cost you 15 yards on a football field

unsportsmanlike

ALL GROWN "UP" $400: 6-letter word for the costs & activities involved in maintaining something in working order

upkeep

PREPOSITIONS $600: It's the 4-letter preposition in the 4-word phrase that starts many a fairy tale

upon

TEEN-LETTER WORDS $800: "U" know this term that refers specifically to a junior or senior in college

upperclassman

THINGS ARE LOOKING "UP" $800: 6-letter word for a disturbance, especially a noisy one

uproar

ANATOMICAL ETYMOLOGY $2000: () The hyoid bone, which supports the tongue, takes its name from the Greek word hyoeides, meaning shaped like the lowercase form of this Greek letter

upsilon

4-LETTER VERBS $2,000 (Daily Double): It means "to strongly encourage", & all its letters are found in the word encourage

urge

IN COURAGE $1200: Impel or goad

urge

"V" $800: 9-letter word meaning to waver between courses of action

vacillate

"V" LIKE 7-LETTER WORDS $1000: It means boldly courageous or brave, as in a comic strip prince

valiant

"V" LIKE 7-LETTER WORDS $400: A person who preys ruthlessly upon others, or Anne Rice's Lestat

vampire

"V" LIKE 7-LETTER WORDS $200: Crayolas & Band-Aids come in this kind of pack that gives you lots of choice

variety

"V" LIKE 7-LETTER WORDS $800: After it dries, this leaves a hard, glossy coating on wood

varnish

CHANGE ONE LETTER $1600: Change direction quickly with this 4-letter word into this one that precedes "sucker" in fashion

veer & seer

5-LETTER WORDS $400: Honey is an animal product & can be excluded from a strict this type of diet

vegan

13-LETTER WORDS $800: The dietary practice of not eating meat or meat products

vegetarianism

"V" 8-LETTER WORDS $200: It's a synonym for speed

velocity

"V" 8-LETTER WORDS $800: Revenge, Italian style, especially between families

vendetta

10-LETTER WORDS $1600: "V" know it's another term for a respirator; do you?

ventilator

"V" 8-LETTER WORDS $600: Word for word

verbatim

THE JOY OF 6-LETTER WORDS $1200: This French word for "truth" is often found after "cinema"

verite

YOU'RE MAKING ME ANGRY $2000: In Scrabble words, "irk" has face value of 7; this 3-letter synonym, 13

vex

I GOT A 4-LETTER WORD FOR YA, PAL! $800: An immoral or evil habit, especially in "Miami"

vice

TEEN-LETTER WORDS $1200: It's the "VC" in "VCR"; are you even old enough to remember it?

videocassette

6-LETTER WORDS $2000: This flowery shade of reddish blue was one of the original Crayola colors

violet

"V" 8-LETTER WORDS $1000: When you make an active decision, you do it of your own this

volition

3-LETTER WORDS $800: A solemn promise, or to promise solemnly

vow

"V" LIKE 7-LETTER WORDS $600: You're like this scavenging bird seen

vulture

5-LETTER WORDS $2000: To voluntarily give up a claim or a right, maybe with a gesture meaning bye-bye

waive

OH, I'VE GOT A 4-LETTER WORD FOR YOU $400: To decrease in strength; moon-wise, it's the opposite of wax

wane

9-LETTER WORDS $800: This identifying design pressed into some paper products dates back to late 13th century Italy

watermark

2- OR 3-LETTER WORDS $400: Nominative plural of "I"/ "Willie Winkie" preceder

we/wee

SMALL WORDS $800: This 3-letter word can refer to something really small or the early hours of the morning

wee

5-LETTER WORDS $400: A kind of cereal grain, triticale is produced by crossing rye & this

wheat

NO MATTER WHAT YOU'VE HEARD $200: 6-letter word for the whistling sound produced by labored or asthmatic breathing

wheeze

"W"ORDS $1200: As Juliet knows, this 9-letter word means "why?"

wherefore

5-LETTER WORDS $2000: 2 words combine to make this old term used in radio communications to indicate agreement or compliance

wilco

7-LETTER WORDS $1600: A small crease in the skin of older folks

wrinkle

3-LETTER WORDS $600: A sweet potato lookalike

yam

I GOT A 4-LETTER WORD FOR YA, PAL! $2000: A loud, harsh cry; Walt Whitman's was "barbaric"

yawp

2-LETTER WORDS $1600: Archaic second-person pronoun found before "gods" in a mild expletive

ye

CONJUNCTIONS $1000: Synonyms for this 3-letter word include however, nevertheless & still

yet (or but)

WORDS ON THE QWERTY ROW $1600: Medieval knights jousted in days of this, meaning time past or long ago

yore

2-LETTER WORDS $1200: Slang for the featured product at Papa John's & Domino's

za

CATCHING A FEW "Z"s $400: 6-letter word: go to the left, now right, back left, then right again

zigzag

3-LETTER WORDS $600: Nada, nothing, or perhaps, to fasten your pants

zip