| Slothful & a graven image |
idle/idol |
200 |
November 4, 2022 |
| Archery accessory & old-time boyfriend |
bow/beau |
400 |
November 4, 2022 |
| A potent potable flavored with berries & a class of spirits in Muslim demonology |
gin/jinn |
600 |
November 4, 2022 |
| Zero & a clove hitch |
naught/knot |
800 |
November 4, 2022 |
| A visual aid following "pie" & newspaper slang following "nut" |
graph/graf |
1000 |
November 4, 2022 |
| To tint & to perish |
to dye/die |
200 |
January 26, 2022 |
| A mineral supply & a paddle |
ore/oar |
400 |
January 26, 2022 |
| A good source of protein & a gathering for track events |
meat/meet |
600 |
January 26, 2022 |
| An alloy & to pilfer |
steel/steal |
800 |
January 26, 2022 |
| A type of liquor & an evil spirit in Islamic folklore |
gin/Jinn |
1000 |
January 26, 2022 |
| An empress' tenure & a downpour |
reign/rain |
200 |
September 30, 2021 |
| An Oracle & a monetary yield |
a prophet/profit |
400 |
September 30, 2021 |
| A sense of style & a sudden solar explosion |
flair/flare |
600 |
September 30, 2021 |
| A church singing group & an enclosure for horses |
a chorale/corral |
800 |
September 30, 2021 |
| A sculpted decoration on a wall near the ceiling & the act of keeping prices or wages at a fixed level |
frieze/freeze |
|
September 30, 2021 |
| To offer something for purchase, or the basic structural unit of an organism |
sell/cell |
200 |
March 4, 2021 |
| A measure of gold purity, or a Bugs Bunny favorite |
carat/carrot |
400 |
March 4, 2021 |
| A female antelope, or material to be baked |
doe/dough |
600 |
March 4, 2021 |
| To fire a .45, or a sloping channel for water |
shoot/chute |
800 |
March 4, 2021 |
| A lowly servant in the era of knights, or the central part of a church |
a knave/nave |
1000 |
March 4, 2021 |
| A military rank & a corn seed |
*colonel & **kernel |
200 |
April 9, 2020 |
| Time of dawn & time of sorrow |
morning & mourning |
400 |
April 9, 2020 |
| A way of behaving & a lord's estate |
manner & manor |
600 |
April 9, 2020 |
| To lift up & to tear down |
raise & raze |
800 |
April 9, 2020 |
| Gets ahead by the whole length of a track, or a slip-up in judgment |
laps & lapse |
1000 |
April 9, 2020 |
| Garbage, or where a belt goes |
waste/waist |
200 |
November 4, 2019 |
| That fancy lodging at your favorite hotel, or the "saccharine" word that describes it |
suite/sweet |
400 |
November 4, 2019 |
| A statement of admiration for another, or a "full" number of soldiers to do a job |
compliment/complement |
600 |
November 4, 2019 |
| The opposite of slack, or what slackers weren't getting in school |
taut/taught |
800 |
November 4, 2019 |
| An old word for the Christian cross, or a description of one's impolite disposition |
rood/rude |
1000 |
November 4, 2019 |
| A medieval farm worker, or to browse the internet |
serf/surf |
200 |
July 9, 2018 |
| A cereal grass, or sardonic, like some humor |
rye/wry |
400 |
July 9, 2018 |
| To smell really bad, or to inflict, usually havoc |
reek/wreak |
600 |
July 9, 2018 |
| The type of fabric seen here, or the little piece of land seen here |
eyelet/islet |
800 |
July 9, 2018 |
| Containing little fat, or a legal claim on a property |
lean/lien |
1000 |
July 9, 2018 |
| An ache, or a piece of glass in a window |
a pain/pane |
200 |
May 6, 2013 |
| Got up, or lines of seats |
rose/rows |
400 |
May 6, 2013 |
| To give advice, or an assembly formed to reach conclusions |
counsel/council |
600 |
May 6, 2013 |
| A meteorological environment, or to go up a mountain |
clime/climb |
800 |
May 6, 2013 |
| A small bit of land surrounded by water, or a small hole for the passage of a shoelace |
an islet/eyelet |
1000 |
May 6, 2013 |
| This 4-syllable word can refer to a stage of youth or the youths themselves |
adolescence/adolescents |
200 |
November 10, 2010 |
| A hiding place, or the moolah you might put there |
cache/cash |
400 |
November 10, 2010 |
| This word can refer to a boat's large hooked pole or a social blunder |
gaff/gaffe |
600 |
November 10, 2010 |
| Operated a small boat, or operated a horse |
rowed/rode |
800 |
November 10, 2010 |
| Shortcuts to webpages, or certain wildcats |
links/lynx |
1000 |
November 10, 2010 |
| Showers, or leather straps that control a horse |
rains/reins |
200 |
May 5, 2009 |
| A horse's harness, or pertaining to a wedding |
bridle/bridal |
400 |
May 5, 2009 |
| To acquire through merit, or a large decorative vase |
earn/urn |
600 |
May 5, 2009 |
| A plant of the parsley family, or a unit to measure the fineness of gold |
carrot/karat |
800 |
May 5, 2009 |
| Transparently thin, or to cut wool |
sheer/shear |
1000 |
May 5, 2009 |
| It can be a permanent coloring, or a cube with dots--roll again |
dye/die |
200 |
November 4, 2008 |
| Ran after someone, or pure & virginal |
chased/chaste |
400 |
November 4, 2008 |
| Kissed, or a head-to-shoulders sculpture |
bussed/bust |
600 |
November 4, 2008 |
| A young deer, or a half-man, half-goat deity |
fawn/faun |
800 |
November 4, 2008 |
| Reduce, or something to be learned or studied |
lessen/lesson |
1000 |
November 4, 2008 |
| A native of Copenhagen, or to stoop to do something |
dane/deign |
200 |
April 16, 2008 |
| To take a quick look, or the top of a mountain |
peek/peak |
400 |
April 16, 2008 |
| Antagonistic, or an inexpensive lodging place for young people abroad |
hostile/hostel |
600 |
April 16, 2008 |
| It's a sausage, or the absolute least best |
wurst/worst |
800 |
April 16, 2008 |
| A dish, or a braid of hair |
plate/plait |
1000 |
April 16, 2008 |
| With an initial W, it's done to necks & wet rags; without one, it's done to bells |
wring/ring |
200 |
May 2, 2007 |
| Pirates' plunder, or an item of baby footwear |
booty/bootie |
400 |
May 2, 2007 |
| A pronoun, or a song like "Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed?" |
him/hymn |
600 |
May 2, 2007 |
| Ending in -ue, it helps a detective find a killer; ending in -ew, it was thread that led the way out of a classic maze |
clue/clew |
800 |
May 2, 2007 |
| A participle for one who has reached adulthood, or a sound of misery on hearing a bad pun |
grown/groan |
1000 |
May 2, 2007 |
| To rule over, or to shower upon |
reign/rain |
200 |
March 13, 2006 |
| Jetties, or people of the same legal status, as on a jury |
piers/peers |
400 |
March 13, 2006 |
| Finished, or a grayish-brown horse color |
done/dun |
600 |
March 13, 2006 |
| Had a meal, or an octet |
ate/eight |
800 |
March 13, 2006 |
| A brutal form of embroidery? |
cruel/crewel |
1000 |
March 13, 2006 |
| It can be a blood vessel, or being excessively proud of oneself |
vein/vain |
200 |
February 17, 2006 |
| An aroma, or transmitted |
scent/sent |
400 |
February 17, 2006 |
| Select, or masticates |
choose/chews |
600 |
February 17, 2006 |
| Writing paper, or standing still |
stationery/stationary |
800 |
February 17, 2006 |
| Part of a horse's harness, or pertaining to a woman on her wedding day |
bridle/bridal |
|
February 17, 2006 |
| A squash or pumpkin, or pierced by a bull's horn |
gourd/gored |
200 |
March 5, 2004 |
| A corridor, or to drag away a load |
hall/haul |
400 |
March 5, 2004 |
| A jack in a deck of cards, or part of a church |
knave/nave |
600 |
March 5, 2004 |
| A young deer, or a mythical Roman deity, half-man, half-goat |
fawn/faun |
800 |
March 5, 2004 |
| Rough in texture, or a semester-long class at school |
coarse/course |
1000 |
March 5, 2004 |
| An ermine coat, or a coniferous tree |
fur/fir |
200 |
October 16, 2003 |
| Zero, or a religious sister |
none/nun |
400 |
October 16, 2003 |
| Put pen to paper, or correct |
write/right |
600 |
October 16, 2003 |
| An equal, or a jetty |
peer/pier |
800 |
October 16, 2003 |
| A term used for Shakespeare, or the species of owl seen here |
bard/barred |
1000 |
October 16, 2003 |
| Enjoyed a book, or a primary color |
read (red) |
200 |
September 22, 2003 |
| Moved like the wind, or a primary color |
blew (blue) |
400 |
September 22, 2003 |
| A penny, or mailed a letter |
cent (sent) |
600 |
September 22, 2003 |
| Walk through water, or determined the heaviness of something |
wade (weighed) |
800 |
September 22, 2003 |
| Took a plane, or part of a chimney |
flew/flue |
200 |
January 3, 2003 |
| Moved to & fro, or leather finished with a soft nap |
swayed/suede |
400 |
January 3, 2003 |
| The smallest amount, or rented out for a long term |
least/leased |
600 |
January 3, 2003 |
| (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Belize Zoo) It can be a gradual decrease in sickness, or this mammal right here |
taper/tapir |
800 |
January 3, 2003 |
| A kind of evergreen tree, or a female sheep |
a yew/ewe |
200 |
February 4, 2002 |
| A unit of weight for gemstones, or a root veggie |
a carat/carrot |
400 |
February 4, 2002 |
| A member of the nobility, or lacking vegetation, like a tree without its leaves |
baron/barren |
600 |
February 4, 2002 |
| Pulled tight, like a rope; or instructed |
taut/taught |
800 |
February 4, 2002 |
| (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents holding a bird.) A British term for a truck, or this Australian parrot |
a lorry/lory |
1000 |
February 4, 2002 |
| To wander, or a European capital |
Roam/Rome |
100 |
January 15, 2001 |
| A big gun, or a book of religious law |
Cannon/canon |
200 |
January 15, 2001 |
| A member of a royal family, or some photographs |
Prince/prints |
300 |
January 15, 2001 |
| Large ocean mammals, or a small division of Great Britain |
Whales/Wales |
400 |
January 15, 2001 |
| Masticates, or select |
Chews/choose |
500 |
January 15, 2001 |
| A frothy French dessert, or Bullwinkle, for instance |
mousse/moose |
100 |
December 21, 2000 |
| An artist's set of colors, or the roof of the mouth |
palette/palate |
200 |
December 21, 2000 |
| Closing an envelope, or the overhead part of a room |
sealing/ceiling |
300 |
December 21, 2000 |
| A portion, or a state of harmony |
piece/peace |
500 |
December 21, 2000 |
| A poem of praise, or was indebted to |
ode/owed |
|
December 21, 2000 |
| Rain heavily, or a tiny opening in the skin |
a pour/pore |
100 |
October 3, 2000 |
| Masculine, or letters & packages |
male/mail |
200 |
October 3, 2000 |
| A walkway between sections of seats in a theater, or a small piece of land surrounded by water |
an aisle/isle |
300 |
October 3, 2000 |
| A monetary gain, or one who foretells the future |
profit/prophet |
400 |
October 3, 2000 |
| Deserve, or a large decorative vase |
earn/urn |
|
October 3, 2000 |
| When Clem got arrested for stealing this bundle of hay, he had to make this to get out of jail |
Bale/bail |
100 |
November 4, 1999 |
| A shore area, or a hardwood tree growing near it |
Beach/beech |
200 |
November 4, 1999 |
| Run away? This insect hops away |
Flee/flea |
300 |
November 4, 1999 |
| It's what Lipton's could put in golf bags, or what's already there |
teas/tees |
400 |
November 4, 1999 |
| Spell loot & liar this way to turn them into musical instruments |
L-U-T-E & L-Y-R-E |
500 |
November 4, 1999 |
| Entreatments that precede "Thank You" |
Please & pleas |
100 |
October 23, 1998 |
| Run the flag up one to take a survey on how many people would salute |
Pole & poll |
200 |
October 23, 1998 |
| Thick as a brick or dings in a fender |
Dense & dents |
300 |
October 23, 1998 |
| Fall back to plant again |
Recede & reseed |
400 |
October 23, 1998 |
| A speck of dust or the area around a castle |
Mote & moat |
500 |
October 23, 1998 |
| Lift up, or tear down & demolish |
raise/raze |
100 |
December 26, 1997 |
| Instructed, or tightly drawn |
taught/taut |
200 |
December 26, 1997 |
| A flash of light, or a knack for doing something |
flare/flair |
300 |
December 26, 1997 |
| A sharp-bladed tool, or puts 2 + 2 together |
adz/adds |
400 |
December 26, 1997 |
| Unfriendly & threatening, or a friendly shelter for traveling students & hikers |
hostile/hostel |
500 |
December 26, 1997 |
| Uncomplicated, or a carpenter's tool used to level wood |
plain-plane |
100 |
April 26, 1996 |
| Food & drink or an exhibition of farm products where you might buy some |
fare-fair |
200 |
April 26, 1996 |
| A squeaking sound, or a small stream |
creak-creek |
300 |
April 26, 1996 |
| A slight error, or the reindeer herders of Northern Europe |
lapse-Lapps |
400 |
April 26, 1996 |
| Pertaining to the mouth or to the ear |
oral-aural |
500 |
April 26, 1996 |
| A ballet dancer's exercise equipment, or a place for a drinker to belly up |
barre/bar |
100 |
December 1, 1995 |
| A ballet ensemble, or an apple center |
corps/core |
200 |
December 1, 1995 |
| A Proust character, or a ballet lake |
Swann/Swan |
300 |
December 1, 1995 |
| Ballet "Igor" or what you make from negatives |
Prince/prints |
400 |
December 1, 1995 |
| Popular netting used for a ballet tutu, or an implement for a task at hand |
tulle/tool |
500 |
December 1, 1995 |
| A tree having single flattened needles or the pelt of an animal |
Fir/Fur |
100 |
November 18, 1994 |
| Free from illness or precipitation falling in the form of large ice pellets |
Hale/Hail |
200 |
November 18, 1994 |
| The actors in a play or one of the hereditary groups that make up Hindu society |
Cast/Caste |
300 |
November 18, 1994 |
| A wharf where ships are unloaded or a metal implement used to open a lock |
Quay/Key |
400 |
November 18, 1994 |
| A river that empties into the Adriatic or an author of macabre verses |
Po/Poe |
500 |
November 18, 1994 |
| A group of two, or a type of fruit |
a pair/pear |
100 |
February 21, 1994 |
| A piece of jewelry, or to twist water from a cloth |
ring/wring |
200 |
February 21, 1994 |
| A large vase, or a synonym for the verb merit |
urn/earn |
300 |
February 21, 1994 |
| A European nobleman, or a theatre overhang that displays the name of the show |
marquis/marquee |
400 |
February 21, 1994 |
| Way or direction, or unrefined |
course/coarse |
500 |
February 21, 1994 |
| A wild pig, or the past tense of the verb bear |
boar/bore |
100 |
April 22, 1992 |
| A covering worn on the face to conceal one's identity, or an entertainment popular in the 16th century |
a mask/masque |
200 |
April 22, 1992 |
| A valley, or a piece of mesh fabric worn by a bride |
a vale/veil |
300 |
April 22, 1992 |
| A basic truth, or the head of an elementary school |
a principle/principal |
400 |
April 22, 1992 |
| A medieval merchant, or a patty of ground meat |
a burgher/burger |
500 |
April 22, 1992 |
| = |
= |
100 |
January 30, 1992 |
| = |
= |
200 |
January 30, 1992 |
| = |
= |
300 |
January 30, 1992 |
| = |
= |
400 |
January 30, 1992 |
| = |
= |
500 |
January 30, 1992 |
| The crossbar that connects a team of oxen, or the yellow part of an egg |
yoke/yolk |
100 |
January 24, 1992 |
| To be in want, or to fold & stretch dough with your hands |
need/knead |
200 |
January 24, 1992 |
| What your dog might chew, or the interjection you could use to scare him away |
shoe/shoo |
300 |
January 24, 1992 |
| Trash, or the part of the body between the rib cage & pelvis |
waste/waist |
400 |
January 24, 1992 |
| A card game from the 1600s that's still played, or an ancient king of Egypt |
faro/pharaoh |
500 |
January 24, 1992 |
| A small stream, or the sound a squeaky stair makes |
Creek/Creak |
100 |
May 15, 1991 |
| A wild hog, or to drill a hole |
Boar/Bore |
200 |
May 15, 1991 |
| A measure of wood, or three or more musical notes played together |
Cord/Chord |
300 |
May 15, 1991 |
| To coat with gold, or an association for members of the same profession |
Gild/Guild |
400 |
May 15, 1991 |
| To interfere in someone's business, or an Olympic award |
Meddle/Medal |
500 |
May 15, 1991 |
| To make money, or a vase to stash ashes |
earn/urn |
100 |
February 22, 1991 |
| Antagonistic & adverse, or a supervised shelter for young travelers |
hostile/hostel |
200 |
February 22, 1991 |
| Inscribed on paper, or a routine way of doing something |
wrote/rote |
300 |
February 22, 1991 |
| An ursine creature, or any naked creature for that matter |
a bear/bare |
400 |
February 22, 1991 |
| To impose a tax, or an embankment built along a river |
levy/levee |
500 |
February 22, 1991 |
| Where you see the biggest pig in the state, or what you pay the bus driver to take you there |
fair/fare |
100 |
February 8, 1991 |
| To ring a bell, or to skin an orange |
to peal/peel |
200 |
February 8, 1991 |
| A small, bloodsucking insect, or to run away from danger |
to flee/flea |
300 |
February 8, 1991 |
| A treaty, or filled to capacity |
pact/packed |
400 |
February 8, 1991 |
| Of sound health, or to beckon a taxi |
hale/hail |
500 |
February 8, 1991 |
| The lowest part of a column or the lowest singing voice in a vocal composition |
base/bass |
100 |
November 7, 1990 |
| A segment of a curve or a chest for 10 Commandments |
arc/ark |
200 |
November 7, 1990 |
| Peel the skin of 2 identical pieces of fruit |
pare/pair/pear |
300 |
November 7, 1990 |
| To fly high above the clouds or something painful to the touch |
soar/sore |
400 |
November 7, 1990 |
| The vertical part of a doorframe or the current fashion |
stile/style |
500 |
November 7, 1990 |
| = |
= |
100 |
January 6, 1989 |
| = |
= |
200 |
January 6, 1989 |
| = |
= |
300 |
January 6, 1989 |
| To inflict terrible vengeance on a person, or exude a terrible odor |
wreak/reek |
400 |
January 6, 1989 |
| It's used to indicate either a negative vote or a married woman's maiden name |
nay/née |
500 |
January 6, 1989 |
| A bunch of money to get you out of jail, or a bunch of hay |
bail/bale |
100 |
May 31, 1988 |
| A moan for Moby |
wail/whale |
200 |
May 31, 1988 |
| To stand by, or a measure of heaviness |
wait/weight |
300 |
May 31, 1988 |
| Wander aimlessly to a world capital |
roam/Rome |
400 |
May 31, 1988 |
| All the gold you gathered up, or a golden group known for marauding |
hoard/horde |
500 |
May 31, 1988 |
| To color a fabric or kick the bucket |
to dye (die) |
100 |
October 29, 1987 |
| A small stream or the noise old bones might make |
a creek creak |
200 |
October 29, 1987 |
| It can describe the type of grip Crockett & Tubbs have on their department |
a vise vice |
300 |
October 29, 1987 |
| The time gone by |
the passed past |
400 |
October 29, 1987 |
| One does this to do this to the Lord |
prays praise |
500 |
October 29, 1987 |
| To feel ill, or a heavy beer |
ail/ale |
100 |
January 16, 1987 |
| Hunting for Moby or the wall in Jerusalem |
whaling/Wailing |
200 |
January 16, 1987 |
| Carry something down the passageway |
haul/hall |
300 |
January 16, 1987 |
| A singer named Frankie or a street name Penny |
Laine/Lane |
400 |
January 16, 1987 |
| To discover by chance, or penalized monetarily |
find/fined |
500 |
January 16, 1987 |
| Achilles died because his wound here would not do this |
heel/heal |
100 |
November 18, 1985 |
| Only a few of these in the Pennsylvania coal fields are under 18 years old |
miners/minors |
200 |
November 18, 1985 |
| A big kiss upon parting, or the Greyhound that carries you away |
buss/bus |
300 |
November 18, 1985 |
| Vacationing on a ship, or people that staff them |
cruise/crews |
400 |
November 18, 1985 |
| Emotional state of a cow who bellowed |
mood/mooed |
500 |
November 18, 1985 |