| Not quite annual |
nearly yearly |
200 |
December 8, 2022 |
| A really chill gentleman |
a mellow fellow |
400 |
December 8, 2022 |
| A brand of lighter just for the fibers of a candle |
a wick Bic |
600 |
December 8, 2022 |
| Webelo uncertainty |
scout doubt |
800 |
December 8, 2022 |
| One who owes due to gambling |
a bettor debtor |
1000 |
December 8, 2022 |
| A respite from eating a porterhouse |
a steak break |
200 |
April 19, 2022 |
| A sibilant sound of disapproval in Geneva |
a Swiss hiss |
400 |
April 19, 2022 |
| A concern regarding your Kleenex |
a tissue issue |
600 |
April 19, 2022 |
| A boisterous cowboy hello |
a rowdy howdy |
800 |
April 19, 2022 |
| A verified fact from a private detective |
a sleuth truth |
1000 |
April 19, 2022 |
| Rodent husband or wife |
mouse spouse |
200 |
March 28, 2022 |
| Partial guffaw |
a half laugh |
400 |
March 28, 2022 |
| Flying raptor jargon |
hawk talk |
600 |
March 28, 2022 |
| Next-door toil |
neighbor labor |
800 |
March 28, 2022 |
| Single eyeglass history |
a monocle chronicle |
1000 |
March 28, 2022 |
| An M&M after it has been dropped at the beach |
a sandy candy |
200 |
February 19, 2021 |
| A scream in an upper register |
a high cry |
400 |
February 19, 2021 |
| A strategy in Karachi |
a Pakistan plan |
600 |
February 19, 2021 |
| An eating utensil for a military unit |
a spoon platoon |
800 |
February 19, 2021 |
| An unoriginal artificial waterway |
a banal canal |
1000 |
February 19, 2021 |
| Hippies advocated this nonviolent strategy to promote peace & love |
flower power |
200 |
November 18, 2019 |
| This type of shirt bares the midriff |
a crop top |
400 |
November 18, 2019 |
| Let's go tropical with this Polynesian-style cocktail made with rum, Curacao & fruit juices |
a mai tai |
600 |
November 18, 2019 |
| It calls itself "the nation's leading online and mobile food-ordering and delivery marketplace" |
Grubhub |
800 |
November 18, 2019 |
| "Jeopardy! " categories include Potpourri & this 10-letter synonym for "potpourri" |
Hodgepodge |
1000 |
November 18, 2019 |
| Mickey or Minnie's mansion |
a mouse house |
200 |
July 15, 2019 |
| An odd group of connected mountains |
a strange range |
400 |
July 15, 2019 |
| Calamitous sleight of hand |
tragic magic |
600 |
July 15, 2019 |
| Down at the docks, he clips your locks |
the harbor barber |
800 |
July 15, 2019 |
| A thick cup for tea on a small, powerful boat that likes to push or pull |
a mug tug |
1000 |
July 15, 2019 |
| A nursery rhyme pumpkin eater's units of measure |
Peter\'s meters |
200 |
April 17, 2019 |
| Paddy grain cost |
rice price |
400 |
April 17, 2019 |
| An overconfident thoroughbred rider |
a cocky jockey |
600 |
April 17, 2019 |
| A tin pot for cooking or boiling water |
a metal kettle |
800 |
April 17, 2019 |
| Ms. Doe without her makeup |
plain Jane |
1000 |
April 17, 2019 |
| Reddening of the face in the presence of someone you're crazy about |
a crush blush |
200 |
February 23, 2018 |
| An oxford that's a piece of evidence at a crime scene |
a clue shoe |
400 |
February 23, 2018 |
| A sense of excitement in Sao Paulo |
a Brazil thrill |
600 |
February 23, 2018 |
| An irritating inconvenience at Balmoral |
a castle hassle |
800 |
February 23, 2018 |
| The most essential chorus |
the main refrain |
1000 |
February 23, 2018 |
| A thick baseball stick |
a fat bat |
200 |
November 27, 2017 |
| A defensive ditch dug in Dijon |
a French trench |
400 |
November 27, 2017 |
| An artificial New York strip or sirloin |
a fake steak |
600 |
November 27, 2017 |
| To unsettle cows |
rattle cattle |
800 |
November 27, 2017 |
| Telecommunication device in a river flowing from Switzerland to the Mediterranean |
a Rhone phone |
1000 |
November 27, 2017 |
| This seasoned coating mix from Kraft comes in varieties like crunchy pretzel & Parmesan crusted |
Shake \'N Bake |
200 |
June 16, 2017 |
| This rhyming synonym for "unwaveringly loyal" is also colorful |
true blue |
400 |
June 16, 2017 |
| What the French call un haricot vert, we call this vegetable |
green bean |
600 |
June 16, 2017 |
| It's the derogatory slang term for a tattoo on a woman's lower back |
tramp stamp |
800 |
June 16, 2017 |
| The Flex 2 is a tracker from this company |
a FitBit |
1000 |
June 16, 2017 |
| Perhaps this egg-shaped nursery rhyme character shouldn't have been sitting where he sat |
Humpty Dumpty |
400 |
November 29, 2016 |
| It's essentially a Wi-Fi access point that provides network or internet access to mobile devices like laptops |
hot spot |
600 |
November 29, 2016 |
| "Even at this ____ ____" means past the time when something should have happened |
late date |
800 |
November 29, 2016 |
| Danny Elfman, formerly of this rock band, sang the part of Jack the Pumpkin King in "The Nightmare Before Christmas" |
Oingo Boingo |
1000 |
November 29, 2016 |
| One who chooses the alcohol |
a liquor picker |
200 |
July 4, 2016 |
| A liberated Stockholm native |
a freed Swede |
400 |
July 4, 2016 |
| A highly politically biased & highly skilled craft maker |
a partisan artisan |
600 |
July 4, 2016 |
| One who instructs a spreader of the gospel |
a teacher preacher |
800 |
July 4, 2016 |
| A gold-covered sword handle |
a gilt hilt |
1000 |
July 4, 2016 |
| Trader Vic is said to have created this cocktail that's made with rum & Curacao |
a mai tai |
200 |
February 23, 2016 |
| Nick Woodman wanted a camera to strap to his wrist while surfing & ended up creating this point-of-view camera brand |
a GoPro |
400 |
February 23, 2016 |
| This brand has a Simply Cocoa mix that must be made with hot milk |
Swiss Miss |
600 |
February 23, 2016 |
| Chapter Six of "Through the Looking-Glass" is named for him |
Humpty Dumpty |
800 |
February 23, 2016 |
| An event where a donor might get to introduce himself to a politician |
a meet-and-greet |
1000 |
February 23, 2016 |
| Self-help book for a woman on her wedding day |
a bride guide |
200 |
October 23, 2015 |
| A slender arm or leg |
a slim limb |
400 |
October 23, 2015 |
| A ginormous mold or mushroom |
a humongous fungus |
600 |
October 23, 2015 |
| A safe place to store your sodium chloride |
a salt vault |
800 |
October 23, 2015 |
| Any action word used in a short publicity statement |
a verb blurb |
1000 |
October 23, 2015 |
| A command to the Lone Ranger's companion to move quickly |
"Pronto, Tonto" |
200 |
November 5, 2014 |
| An Athenian computer nerd |
a Greek geek |
400 |
November 5, 2014 |
| Home for a king in the "Big D" |
a Dallas palace |
600 |
November 5, 2014 |
| A pleasant-smelling tramp or rover |
a fragrant vagrant |
800 |
November 5, 2014 |
| The sense that the science of plants is getting repetitive, day in & day out |
botany monotony |
1000 |
November 5, 2014 |
| A neat, smartly dressed musical performer like 50 Cent or Eminem |
dapper rapper |
400 |
July 4, 2013 |
| A magazine story about a neutron or proton |
particle article |
600 |
July 4, 2013 |
| An egotistical person from Copenhagen |
vane Dane |
800 |
July 4, 2013 |
| Early bird, caller, dauber, free space |
bingo lingo |
1000 |
July 4, 2013 |
| A wide & heavy rectangular block for building |
a thick brick |
200 |
February 4, 2013 |
| Dumb god of love |
stupid Cupid |
400 |
February 4, 2013 |
| Ball-peen noise |
a hammer clamor |
600 |
February 4, 2013 |
| Filet of cobra |
a snake steak |
800 |
February 4, 2013 |
| A surgeon who oversees your exams |
a doctor proctor |
1000 |
February 4, 2013 |
| To toss unbaked bread |
to throw dough |
200 |
October 22, 2009 |
| Genuine azure or teal |
true blue |
400 |
October 22, 2009 |
| Puppet Judy's pugilistic spouse's midday meals |
Punch\'s lunches |
600 |
October 22, 2009 |
| Movie for a fever-causing Rocky Mountain insect |
a tick flick |
800 |
October 22, 2009 |
| A refuting argument regarding the reusable space vehicle |
a Shuttle rebuttal |
1000 |
October 22, 2009 |
| The scowl of a circus buffoon |
a clown frown |
200 |
March 13, 2009 |
| The mark of Zorro, when he doesn't charge you for it |
a free "Z" |
400 |
March 13, 2009 |
| An African equine born under the sign of the scales |
a zebra Libra |
600 |
March 13, 2009 |
| The only tibia |
a lone bone |
800 |
March 13, 2009 |
| An aristocratic prestidigitator |
a patrician magician |
1000 |
March 13, 2009 |
| A fat & sagging striped house cat |
a flabby tabby |
200 |
May 8, 2008 |
| What's that putrid odor coming from Paris & Nice? |
a French stench |
400 |
May 8, 2008 |
| A minuscule spirit in a magic lamp |
a teeny genie |
600 |
May 8, 2008 |
| A nearer food merchant |
a closer grocer |
800 |
May 8, 2008 |
| Fine powdery remains from a piece of oxidized metal |
rust dust |
1000 |
May 8, 2008 |
| A black layer of accumulated dirt |
grime |
200 |
March 6, 2008 |
| A white-faced impersonator |
a mime |
400 |
March 6, 2008 |
| Adjective meaning so awe-inspiringly beautiful as to be almost heavenly |
sublime |
600 |
March 6, 2008 |
| To prepare a gun for firing by inserting a charge |
to prime |
800 |
March 6, 2008 |
| Adjective for 3 Canadian provinces on the Gulf of St. Lawrence |
maritime |
1000 |
March 6, 2008 |
| A 10-cent small green citrus fruit |
a dime lime |
200 |
February 21, 2008 |
| A stage play about a woolly South American beast of burden |
a llama drama |
400 |
February 21, 2008 |
| Desires an assortment of letter types & characters for the computer |
wants fonts |
600 |
February 21, 2008 |
| Washes a pair of eye contacts |
cleanses lenses |
800 |
February 21, 2008 |
| One orator who is more timid than another |
weaker speaker (or meeker speaker) |
1000 |
February 21, 2008 |
| A really extensive musical ballad |
a long song |
200 |
July 19, 2007 |
| A jacket for a nanny or a billy |
a goat coat |
400 |
July 19, 2007 |
| A rather hefty Webelo or Tenderfoot |
a stout Scout |
600 |
July 19, 2007 |
| A bed covering made from bits & pieces of Scottish skirts |
a kilt quilt |
800 |
July 19, 2007 |
| An engineless aircraft for a brown recluse |
a spider glider |
1000 |
July 19, 2007 |
| It's common slang for a huge 18-wheeler |
a big rig |
200 |
May 4, 2007 |
| Dirt on a 10-cent piece |
dime grime |
400 |
May 4, 2007 |
| Throw dental thread around |
toss floss |
600 |
May 4, 2007 |
| A query about the process by which food is broken down, absorbed & assimilated by the body |
a digestion question |
800 |
May 4, 2007 |
| Debacle following the spilling of McIlhenny's famous hot sauce |
a Tabasco fiasco |
1000 |
May 4, 2007 |
| Cozy corner where you'd keep paperbacks & hardbacks |
book nook |
200 |
February 13, 2007 |
| A Twix or Jolly Rancher after it's been dropped on the beach |
sandy candy |
400 |
February 13, 2007 |
| Place designed for a small spraying striped animal to sleep |
skunk bunk |
600 |
February 13, 2007 |
| A weak, not in the best of health gastropod of the common garden variety |
frail snail |
800 |
February 13, 2007 |
| A sofa-bound grumbling, sulky person |
couch grouch |
1000 |
February 13, 2007 |
| TIGI has a line of hair products called this, to give you that tousled, just woken up look |
Bed Head |
200 |
November 22, 2005 |
| Glow with nostalgia & name this brand seen here |
Lite-Brite |
400 |
November 22, 2005 |
| This candy, taffy with a peanut butter center, comes in a yellow & black checkered wrapper |
Abba-Zaba |
600 |
November 22, 2005 |
| This kids' show features the colorful character seen here |
<i>Blue\'s Clues</i> |
800 |
November 22, 2005 |
| Allen Ginsberg is said to have coined this phrase for the peaceful goals of the '60s counterculture |
flower power |
1000 |
November 22, 2005 |
| Any pigment on the wall so faded you can barely see it |
faint paint |
200 |
November 18, 2005 |
| A manly tortilla chip smothered with melted cheese |
a macho nacho |
400 |
November 18, 2005 |
| The way to the tub |
the bath path |
600 |
November 18, 2005 |
| Accept the loan of someone else's pain & sadness |
borrow sorrow |
800 |
November 18, 2005 |
| Mitral valve or ventricle |
a heart part |
|
November 18, 2005 |
| A sentimental song about a Waldorf or Caesar |
a salad ballad |
200 |
July 7, 2005 |
| A quick drawing of a curly-haired dog |
a poodle doodle |
400 |
July 7, 2005 |
| A story with a moral about Adam & Eve's second son |
an Abel fable |
600 |
July 7, 2005 |
| Salute that grand old university in New Haven |
hail Yale |
800 |
July 7, 2005 |
| One who steals a legal document like a summary or abstract |
a brief thief |
|
July 7, 2005 |
| An intelligent beginning |
a smart start |
200 |
January 27, 2005 |
| A more obese baseball slugger |
a fatter batter |
400 |
January 27, 2005 |
| A wealthy sorceress |
a rich witch |
600 |
January 27, 2005 |
| Written text of a movie about an underground burial chamber |
a crypt script |
800 |
January 27, 2005 |
| Voraciously eat an "all-purpose" baking ingredient |
devour flour |
1000 |
January 27, 2005 |
| Term used about a baseball team that's hot until the end of May then collapses |
June swoon |
200 |
December 28, 2004 |
| If you have a grudge against Clinton, you bear Bill this feeling |
ill will |
400 |
December 28, 2004 |
| A person who dresses & behaves like a member of the opposite sex |
a gender bender |
600 |
December 28, 2004 |
| No one would apply this term for a drab or unattractive woman to actress Seymour |
plain jane |
800 |
December 28, 2004 |
| Woo her with an expensive Chateau Petrus & a fine gigot d'agneau |
wine & dine |
1000 |
December 28, 2004 |
| One-word name of a portable dwelling of native Americans, especially on the great plains |
teepee |
200 |
December 13, 2004 |
| The title of this Dr. Seuss book is evident from the illustration seen here |
<i>Hop on Pop</i> |
400 |
December 13, 2004 |
| Varieties of this brand of seasoned coating mix from Kraft include Tangy Honey Glaze & Original Pork |
Shake \'n Bake |
600 |
December 13, 2004 |
| To tell someone to relax, you can use the slang phrase "take a" this rhyming pharmaceutical term |
a chill pill |
800 |
December 13, 2004 |
| At many Starbucks you can surf the Internet cordless with this type of rhyming computer network card |
Wi-Fi |
1000 |
December 13, 2004 |
| $1.99 for a box of Uncle Ben's |
rice price |
200 |
March 3, 2004 |
| A chilly swimming basin |
cool pool |
400 |
March 3, 2004 |
| A large, noisy group of people |
loud crowd |
600 |
March 3, 2004 |
| Where to hide your sodium chloride |
salt vault |
800 |
March 3, 2004 |
| Smooched with the composer of "Hungarian Rhapsodies" |
kissed Liszt |
1000 |
March 3, 2004 |
| Society of Friends member who works as a bread cook |
Quaker baker |
200 |
September 24, 2002 |
| A frightening milk production facility |
scary dairy |
400 |
September 24, 2002 |
| An overloaded Corvette |
heavy Chevy |
600 |
September 24, 2002 |
| Someone who gorges himself on sheep meat |
mutton glutton |
800 |
September 24, 2002 |
| A defeated Minoan |
beaten Cretan |
1000 |
September 24, 2002 |
| A short golf stroke by a mongrel dog |
mutt putt |
200 |
May 30, 2002 |
| Odd-looking hair growth on your chin |
weird beard |
400 |
May 30, 2002 |
| Potentially dangerous bourbon |
risky whiskey |
600 |
May 30, 2002 |
| Non-evil tree product |
good wood |
800 |
May 30, 2002 |
| An automobile gear-shifting device from Holland |
Dutch clutch |
1000 |
May 30, 2002 |
| The person who shows up after the agreed upon time to take you to the movies |
a late date |
200 |
February 5, 2002 |
| A feline run over by a steamroller |
a flat cat |
400 |
February 5, 2002 |
| A distant Sun-like object |
a far star |
600 |
February 5, 2002 |
| A shy Athenian who will inherit the Earth |
a meek Greek |
800 |
February 5, 2002 |
| A eating utensil for hog meat |
a pork fork |
1000 |
February 5, 2002 |
| Mus musculus, this grayish-brown rodent lives in or near domiciles |
a house mouse |
100 |
September 3, 2001 |
| Abbreviated term for the genre that includes Isaac Asimov & Ursula K. Le Guin |
sci-fi |
200 |
September 3, 2001 |
| The title of hits by Madonna & Tommy James & the Shondells, it's slang for naughty behavior |
hanky panky |
400 |
September 3, 2001 |
| This hyphenated term means haphazard or disorganized |
willy-nilly |
500 |
September 3, 2001 |
| Restaurateur Trader Vic created this rum & curacao cocktail |
a mai tai |
|
September 3, 2001 |
| This cocoa brand will "warm the heart" |
Swiss Miss |
100 |
February 23, 2001 |
| The pacifistic influence of the 1960s hippie movement |
flower power |
200 |
February 23, 2001 |
| In 1992 Charles Barkley, Karl Malone, Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, et al. |
the Dream Team |
300 |
February 23, 2001 |
| A holiday song says, "Have" this type of "Christmas, it's the best time of the year" |
holly jolly |
400 |
February 23, 2001 |
| Rae Dawn Chong starred in this 1984 film about urban kids who breakdance & rap |
<i>Beat Street</i> |
500 |
February 23, 2001 |
| A noisy cumulonimbus |
Loud cloud |
100 |
January 1, 2001 |
| A grizzly that isn't hip |
Square bear |
200 |
January 1, 2001 |
| An adorable wind instrument |
Cute flute |
300 |
January 1, 2001 |
| A hilarious little rabbit |
Funny bunny |
400 |
January 1, 2001 |
| A fake foot covering |
a mock sock |
500 |
January 1, 2001 |
| Weighty package shouldered by a frog relative |
Toad load |
100 |
July 13, 1999 |
| A non-excited ointment |
Calm balm |
200 |
July 13, 1999 |
| A speech disease-ridden rats might hear in church |
Vermin sermon |
300 |
July 13, 1999 |
| A small army unit for Shiva or Zeus |
God squad |
400 |
July 13, 1999 |
| A polecat who emulates the Sex Pistols |
Punk skunk |
500 |
July 13, 1999 |
| A skinny female monarch |
Lean queen |
100 |
May 13, 1998 |
| Any seasoning for pilaf |
Rice spice |
200 |
May 13, 1998 |
| Instruct college kids on the art of oration |
Teach speech |
300 |
May 13, 1998 |
| A casaba or cantaloupe in serious trouble with the law |
Melon felon |
400 |
May 13, 1998 |
| A disease that breaks out in the Netherlands' seat of government |
Hague plague |
500 |
May 13, 1998 |
| Noah's boat, if he painted it black |
Dark ark |
100 |
March 16, 1998 |
| A thief who steals tomes from the library |
Book crook |
200 |
March 16, 1998 |
| A fruity bread spread that really reeks |
Smelly jelly |
300 |
March 16, 1998 |
| Mr. Doody, when he looks frumpy |
Dowdy Howdy |
400 |
March 16, 1998 |
| Faux gateau |
Fake cake |
500 |
March 16, 1998 |
| An oak or elm at no cost |
Free tree |
100 |
May 19, 1997 |
| A lunar eating utensil |
Moon spoon |
200 |
May 19, 1997 |
| Amiable rodents |
Nice mice |
300 |
May 19, 1997 |
| Amply heated housing for students |
Warm dorm |
400 |
May 19, 1997 |
| Any irritable New York baseball player |
Cranky Yankee |
500 |
May 19, 1997 |
| A short, chunky race horse rider |
a stocky jockey |
100 |
April 7, 1997 |
| Cozy corner in which to store your bestsellers |
a book nook |
200 |
April 7, 1997 |
| It's what you might call a smart-mouthed young Scottish woman |
a brassy lassie (or a sassy lassie) |
300 |
April 7, 1997 |
| A stain from a hot chocolate sundae |
a fudge smudge |
400 |
April 7, 1997 |
| Official penman for the Pima or Navajo |
a tribe scribe |
500 |
April 7, 1997 |
| Holiday celebrating the first of the fifth month, or an S.O.S. |
May Day |
100 |
March 20, 1997 |
| To disdain an eared vegetable |
Scorn corn |
200 |
March 20, 1997 |
| It's where Pele stores his ball |
Soccer locker |
300 |
March 20, 1997 |
| A perch platter |
Fish dish |
400 |
March 20, 1997 |
| It's the second of 3 violins in a row |
Middle fiddle |
500 |
March 20, 1997 |
| To knock down General George S. |
Flatten Patton |
100 |
March 12, 1997 |
| A really big southpaw |
Hefty lefty |
200 |
March 12, 1997 |
| A humorous Scandinavian dwarf of folklore |
Droll troll |
300 |
March 12, 1997 |
| A person who teaches you to imitate an owl |
Hooter tutor |
400 |
March 12, 1997 |
| A pumpkin suffering from ennui |
Bored gourd |
500 |
March 12, 1997 |
| A king's wife who's been on a diet |
lean queen |
100 |
October 30, 1996 |
| A pallid escargot |
pale snail |
200 |
October 30, 1996 |
| A gander that got away |
loose goose |
300 |
October 30, 1996 |
| What a witch has instead of a garage |
broom room |
400 |
October 30, 1996 |
| A titian-haired Jerry Garcia fan |
redhead Deadhead |
500 |
October 30, 1996 |
| A fedora for a flying mammal |
bat hat |
100 |
July 9, 1996 |
| A 10c citrus fruit |
dime lime |
200 |
July 9, 1996 |
| A malicious monarchess |
mean queen |
300 |
July 9, 1996 |
| A conceited Copenhagener |
vain Dane |
400 |
July 9, 1996 |
| A single Scottish quick bread |
lone scone |
500 |
July 9, 1996 |
| Petula's songbirds |
Clark\'s larks |
100 |
May 21, 1996 |
| Avalon's nose wipers |
Frankie\'s hankies |
200 |
May 21, 1996 |
| Ricki's reptiles |
Lake\'s snakes |
300 |
May 21, 1996 |
| Earhart's flowers |
Amelia\'s camellias |
400 |
May 21, 1996 |
| Gibson's tintinnabula |
Mel\'s bells |
500 |
May 21, 1996 |
| Handbags for RNs |
Nurses\' Purses |
100 |
April 1, 1996 |
| A strange goatee |
Weird Beard |
200 |
April 1, 1996 |
| An insatiable eater of aged sheep meat |
Mutton Glutton |
300 |
April 1, 1996 |
| Donor of a hepatic organ |
Liver Giver |
400 |
April 1, 1996 |
| A magazine piece on the neutron or electron |
Particle Article |
500 |
April 1, 1996 |
| Above-average balsa or oak |
good wood |
100 |
November 6, 1995 |
| A heavy & unbroken slumber |
a deep sleep |
200 |
November 6, 1995 |
| The principal pickpocket |
the chief thief |
300 |
November 6, 1995 |
| Exaggerated tale about a farm structure |
barn yarn |
400 |
November 6, 1995 |
| An all-important bet |
a major wager |
500 |
November 6, 1995 |
| A humorous rabbit |
a funny bunny |
100 |
October 18, 1995 |
| An intelligent Simpson |
a smart Bart |
200 |
October 18, 1995 |
| Young ladies' ringlets |
girls\' curls |
300 |
October 18, 1995 |
| A tiny legume |
a wee pea |
400 |
October 18, 1995 |
| Lewis Carroll's "egg"head |
Humpty Dumpty |
500 |
October 18, 1995 |
| Playthings for male children |
boys toys |
100 |
July 18, 1995 |
| Thrower of cup plates |
a saucer tosser |
200 |
July 18, 1995 |
| A nervous dealer who buys stolen goods |
a tense fence |
300 |
July 18, 1995 |
| A bright & happy captain of the Minnow |
a chipper skipper |
400 |
July 18, 1995 |
| A license to live alone |
a hermit permit |
500 |
July 18, 1995 |
| "Moby Dick" or a similar story |
whale tale |
100 |
May 9, 1994 |
| A large timepiece made of stone |
rock clock |
200 |
May 9, 1994 |
| Talk in Homer's tongue |
Greek speak (speak Greek) |
300 |
May 9, 1994 |
| An engagement to go to the roller rink |
skate date |
400 |
May 9, 1994 |
| A saloon set inside a large cave |
cavern tavern |
500 |
May 9, 1994 |
| For some employees, it's every Friday; for others it's twice a month |
pay day |
100 |
February 25, 1994 |
| A dishonest student can get in big trouble during a test if he's caught with this |
a cheat sheet |
200 |
February 25, 1994 |
| A very small spirit in a magic lamp |
a teeny genie |
300 |
February 25, 1994 |
| Instruct a class on the art of oration |
teach speech |
400 |
February 25, 1994 |
| A flaccid crustacean |
a limp shrimp |
500 |
February 25, 1994 |
| A uncommon grizzly |
a rare bear |
100 |
February 24, 1993 |
| A talkative taxi driver |
a gabby cabby |
200 |
February 24, 1993 |
| A washbasin in a "shocking" color |
a pink sink |
300 |
February 24, 1993 |
| A handbook published yearly |
an annual manual |
400 |
February 24, 1993 |
| Precipitation "Down East" |
Maine rain |
500 |
February 24, 1993 |
| Mickey Mouse's girlfriend after she goes on a diet of low-fat cheese |
a skinny Minnie |
100 |
November 25, 1992 |
| What happens to Pinocchio when he tells a lie |
nose grows |
200 |
November 25, 1992 |
| An 18-wheeler that's immobilized in quicksand |
a stuck truck |
300 |
November 25, 1992 |
| An extremely wicked cotton boll insect |
an evil weevil |
400 |
November 25, 1992 |
| Cleopatra might have borrowed these from Julius to pluck her eyebrows |
Caesar\'s tweezers |
500 |
November 25, 1992 |
| 2,000 pounds |
one ton |
100 |
September 28, 1992 |
| A hit below the belt |
a low blow |
200 |
September 28, 1992 |
| A class that teaches you all about equines |
a horse course |
300 |
September 28, 1992 |
| The type of tome penned by Paul Prudhomme |
a cookbook |
400 |
September 28, 1992 |
| She played the beauty in a classic 1933 film about a beast |
Fay Wray |
500 |
September 28, 1992 |
| A feline fedora |
a cat hat |
100 |
July 17, 1992 |
| The cash you could make by selling rabbits |
bunny money |
200 |
July 17, 1992 |
| Samuel F.B.'s equines |
Morse\'s horses |
300 |
July 17, 1992 |
| A fight between cows & steers |
a cattle battle |
400 |
July 17, 1992 |
| Late columnist Wilson's witticisms |
Earl\'s pearls |
500 |
July 17, 1992 |
| An obese feline |
fat cat |
100 |
May 8, 1992 |
| Heated housing for students on or near campus |
warm dorm |
200 |
May 8, 1992 |
| Hide money under the mattress |
stash cash |
300 |
May 8, 1992 |
| A slender shaft shot from a bow |
narrow arrow |
400 |
May 8, 1992 |
| It's what you might call a mother or father who strays from the right course |
errant parent |
500 |
May 8, 1992 |
| A public recreation area devoid of light |
a dark park |
100 |
March 6, 1992 |
| A cloaklike garment for a gorilla |
an ape cape |
200 |
March 6, 1992 |
| An inexpensive Army vehicle |
a cheap jeep |
300 |
March 6, 1992 |
| A quick, casual kiss on the nape |
a neck peck |
400 |
March 6, 1992 |
| A silent mob scene |
a quiet riot |
500 |
March 6, 1992 |
| Buckingham, if it were moved to "Big D" |
Dallas palace |
100 |
July 8, 1991 |
| Blonde tresses |
fair hair |
200 |
July 8, 1991 |
| An organization for young bears or foxes |
cub club |
300 |
July 8, 1991 |
| A phony gateau |
fake cake |
400 |
July 8, 1991 |
| It's where you'll find Kowloon |
Hong Kong |
500 |
July 8, 1991 |
| A dog or a wanderer on the White Cliffs in England |
a Dover rover |
100 |
January 28, 1991 |
| A big freight-carrying, flat-bottomed boat |
large barge |
200 |
January 28, 1991 |
| Light-colored tresses |
fair hair |
300 |
January 28, 1991 |
| A faux pas made by your employees |
staff gaffe |
400 |
January 28, 1991 |
| An Athenian who'll inherit the Earth, biblically speaking |
a meek Greek |
500 |
January 28, 1991 |
| A person of consequence in a high official position, or what Dolly Parton wears on her head |
big wig |
100 |
October 30, 1990 |
| Your M&M's after you drop them on the beach |
sandy candy |
200 |
October 30, 1990 |
| The lemon-flavored variety of a wobbly dessert |
yellow Jell-O |
300 |
October 30, 1990 |
| In the title of an '89 film, Michael Keaton & his mental patient pals were collectively known as this |
<i>The Dream Team</i> |
400 |
October 30, 1990 |
| An Andean pack animal that has offspring |
llama mama |
500 |
October 30, 1990 |
| What Mia would keep in her quiver if she took up archery |
Farrow\'s Arrows |
100 |
May 2, 1990 |
| What you could have filled at a pharmacy in Cairo |
Egyptian Prescription |
200 |
May 2, 1990 |
| A more adorable guy who wants to marry you |
Cuter Suitor |
300 |
May 2, 1990 |
| To hurt Fred Astaire's dancing partner |
Injure Ginger |
400 |
May 2, 1990 |
| A typical evening gown |
Normal Formal |
500 |
May 2, 1990 |
| Mother Goose character who sat on a wall & had a great fall |
Humpty Dumpty |
100 |
March 16, 1990 |
| Knock, KnockWho's there?Boo! |
Boo, Who? |
200 |
March 16, 1990 |
| 1940s style with tight cuffed trousers, wide lapels & heavily padded shoulders |
zoot suit |
300 |
March 16, 1990 |
| Mischievous imp that might wreck the machinery in a Moscow landmark |
Kremlin Gremlin |
400 |
March 16, 1990 |
| A minor traffic accident |
Fender Bender |
500 |
March 16, 1990 |
| A person who finally arrives at midnight to take you to the prom |
late date |
100 |
February 15, 1990 |
| A porcelain platter used to present plaice, pickerel or piranha |
fish dish |
200 |
February 15, 1990 |
| Your maternal uncles |
mother\'s brothers |
300 |
February 15, 1990 |
| Tabasco for Bruce Springsteen |
boss sauce |
400 |
February 15, 1990 |
| A tasty treat for Chewbacca |
Wookiee cookie |
500 |
February 15, 1990 |
| An over-eater of sheep meat |
Mutton Glutton |
100 |
November 3, 1989 |
| A rapid reeling out of fishing line |
Fast Cast |
200 |
November 3, 1989 |
| In boxing it could be Caesars Palace or Madison Square Garden |
Fight Site |
300 |
November 3, 1989 |
| Animator Tex Avery described this Walter Lantz penguin as devoid of personality |
Chilly Willy |
400 |
November 3, 1989 |
| He takes the minutes at a powwow |
Tribe Scribe |
500 |
November 3, 1989 |
| Way up there, aeronautically speaking |
sky high |
100 |
April 5, 1989 |
| Any author who's been dieting successfully |
lighter writer |
200 |
April 5, 1989 |
| A petrified femur |
stone bone |
300 |
April 5, 1989 |
| An azure oxford |
blue shoe |
400 |
April 5, 1989 |
| If Jim Wright couldn't defeat Tip O' Neill at arm wrestling, he'd be this |
weaker speaker |
500 |
April 5, 1989 |
| A verdant vegetable |
a green bean |
100 |
January 3, 1989 |
| An order to put shaving cream all over the face of CBS news anchor Dan |
lather Rather |
200 |
January 3, 1989 |
| A ship for shipping the animals from whose milk we get feta cheese |
a boat goat |
300 |
January 3, 1989 |
| A discriminating gumshoe |
a selective detective |
400 |
January 3, 1989 |
| An enthusiastic promoter of chanticleers |
a rooster booster |
500 |
January 3, 1989 |
| Officially, a punch below the belt; unofficially, hitting a guy when he's down |
low blow |
100 |
March 18, 1988 |
| Solidified hog fat |
hard lard |
200 |
March 18, 1988 |
| A less expensive electronic paging device |
cheaper beeper |
300 |
March 18, 1988 |
| Recipes are bound to end up in this |
cook book |
400 |
March 18, 1988 |
| All the blazers belonging to comedian Buddy |
Hackett\'s jackets |
500 |
March 18, 1988 |
| All the sisters of President Ulysses' parents |
Grant\'s aunts |
100 |
March 2, 1988 |
| A scrawny little horse |
a bony pony |
200 |
March 2, 1988 |
| The women that "Psychos" Norman might have taken to dinner |
Bates\' dates |
300 |
March 2, 1988 |
| A long, lean Union soldier |
a lanky Yankee |
400 |
March 2, 1988 |
| In "Margaritaville", Jimmy Buffett "stepped on" this & cut his heel |
a pop top |
500 |
March 2, 1988 |
| A grandstander, or one especially good at pistol target practice |
a hot shot |
100 |
January 25, 1988 |
| Counterfeit cash |
funny money |
200 |
January 25, 1988 |
| This fruit-garnished rum cocktail isn't indigenous to Hawaii but arrived there in 1953 |
a mai tai |
400 |
January 25, 1988 |
| The queue at the cashier's widow to pay your traffic ticket, or what's drawn by a pen with a 0.3mm point |
a fine line |
500 |
January 25, 1988 |
| Title of the following, it was Shirley Ellis' follow-up hit to "The Nitty Gritty":"Tony, Tony, bo Bony banana fanna fo FonyFee fy mo Mony, Tony!(Pretty good! Let's do Billy!)Billy, Billy, bo Billy..." |
"The Name Game" |
|
January 25, 1988 |
| Almost ale |
near beer |
100 |
October 19, 1987 |
| A towering partition |
tall wall |
200 |
October 19, 1987 |
| A deceased cranium, especially that of a Jerry Garcia fan |
dead head |
300 |
October 19, 1987 |
| What you might call the leg joints of a flying social insect |
bee\'s knees |
400 |
October 19, 1987 |
| A "minyan", the number of males needed for a Orthodox Jewish service |
ten men |
500 |
October 19, 1987 |
| A sad city, or a city's center |
down town |
100 |
May 14, 1987 |
| A pleased papa |
glad dad |
200 |
May 14, 1987 |
| The hens of a great English author |
*Pepys cheeps (**Dickens chickens) |
300 |
May 14, 1987 |
| A woman "with a past" |
shady lady |
400 |
May 14, 1987 |