Colorful Calendar
Stone's hit => RUBY TUESDAY
Shopping day after Thanksgiving => BLACK FRIDAY
Domino hit => BLUE MONDAY
Publish or Perish
It's first cover (1925) had a monocle and butterfly => THE NEW YORKER
First published in New Haven, it contained one page => TELEPHONE BOOK
Revolutionary work published in 1848 => COMMUNIST MANIFESTO
Sacred Spaces
Feature of a living room with an overhanging balcony => CATHEDRAL CEILING
Voice of an Angel singer => CHARLOTTE CHURCH
Florida export => TEMPLE ORANGE
George W.
George W. was the 1st president to be... => ON A POSTAGE STAMP
George W. was the only president.... => ELECTED UNANIMOUSLY
George W. was the only president... => NOT TO LIVE IN D.C.
Grimm Reapers
Story that teaches humility => KING THRUSHBIRD
Gruesome Grimm tale of cannibalism => THE JUNIPER TREE
Story spun around a riddle => RUMPELSTILTSKIN
Someone's in the Kitchen
Gale Norton, for one => CABINET MEMBER
Hindering advancement => COUNTERPRODUCTIVE
Luxury SUV => RANGE ROVER
Global Music
It carried Cash => RING OF FIRE
Joni Mitchell song that starts "Sixteen Springs..." => THE CIRCLE GAME
Monk classic => ROUND MIDNIGHT
Eight Is Enough
Elizabeth Taylor's first husband => NICKY HILTON
Elizabeth Taylor's political husband => JOHN WARNER
Elizabeth Taylor's last husband => LARRY FORTENSKY
Better Red...
She came out of retirement to star in "No, No Nanette" => RUBY KEELER
It contains tomatoes and cream => BLUSH SAUCE
It helps when fixing overhead power lines => CHERRY PICKER
Lost in Space
Painting featured in Thomas Pynchon's "V" => THE BIRTH OF VENUS
Since 2000, it's been called Snickers Almond => MARS BAR
1998 Bruce Willis-Alec Baldwin film => MERCURY RISING
Slightly Imprecise
Miles Davis album that includes "Freddie Freeloader" => KIND OF BLUE
He called California "the big burrito" => DAN RATHER
Don't worry, to Leo Rosten => ISH KABIBBLE
Opposites Attract
Prolonged hunger strike => SLOW FAST
Lengthy legal document => LONG BRIEF
Bordering on hideous => PRETTY UGLY
That Toddlin' Town
Chicago => KANDER EBB MUSICAL
Chicago => GAMBLING CARD GAME
Chicago => MAKE ME SMILE, GROUP
Ivy League
Scarlet side-dish => HARVARD BEETS
6 ft 6 in talking member of a duo => PENN JILLETTE
Security device => YALE LOCK
The clock strikes.
Author of "Alibi Ike" => RING LARDNER
Bake sale favorite => TOLL HOUSE COOKIES
Big blow out => WING-DING
Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah
1985 novel made into a Robert Downey, Jr. film => LESS THAN ZERO
Phrase of refusal => NOTHING DOING
Alcohol-free cocktail => NADA DAIQUIRI
Grove Trove
Northern Ireland Unionists called him King Billy => WILLIAM III OF ORANGE
Huckleberry Hound's favorite song => DARLING CLEMENTINE
Start of the Beatles "Savoy Truffle" => CREME TANGERINE
Hospital Visit
Winner of 9 Oscars => THE ENGLISH PATIENT
Bottom-dwelling predator => NURSE SHARK
Marvel Comics super-villain => DOCTOR DOOM
Call Out the Troops
Silver Bells was inspired by their ringers => SALVATION ARMY
It had a spokesdog named Magic => OLD NAVY
Warhammer forces => SPACE MARINES
Tender Loving Care
Douglas Adams's holistic tec => DIRK GENTLY
Song covered by the Fugees with Lauryn Hill singing lead => KILLING ME SOFTLY
Superficial treatment => ONCE OVER LIGHTLY
First Family
George and Martha's neighbor => DENNIS THE MENACE
2005 George to Kathleen Turner's Martha => BILL IRWIN
Martha's last names before marrying George => DANDRIDGE CUSTIS
Talking Take Out
Matt Damon's screen debut => MYSTIC PIZZA
Nixon court appointee => WARREN BURGER
Hurry! => SHAKE A LEG
Watch This
Haley Joel Osment was attacked by a pig while filming this => SECONDHAND LIONS
Apparent worth => FACE VALUE
10-part mini-series produced in 2001 => BAND OF BROTHERS
Crafty Show
Family Affair guy => SLY STONE
1974 Pam Grier title role => FOXY BROWN
2005 Philippa Stockley novel => A FACTORY OF CUNNING
Auto-Awareness
1950 Oscar winner for "All the King's Men" => MERCEDES MCCAMBRIDGE
The Good Soldier author => FORD MADOX FORD
1972 Dolphins perfect season runner => MERCURY MORRIS
Cuckoo for Sudoku
Possible translation for su doku for the Japanese => SOLITARY NUMBER
What starting numerals on the sudoku grid are called => THE GIVENS
Leonhard Euler puzzle that's a sudoku ancestor => LATIN SQUARE
Art Heists
Masterpiece stolen from the Louvre in 1911 => MONA LISA
1999 movie remake whose title character is an art thief => THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR
Twice stolen Norse masterpiece => THE SCREAM
Get the Point?
He directed Michael Jordan's Nike ads => SPIKE LEE
Account-access code => PIN NUMBER
With force and ferocity => TOOTH AND NAIL
Sign Language
Motor Trend's 1981 car of the year => DODGE ARIES
Villain of "You Only Move Twice" on "The Simpsons" => HANK SCORPIO
Its larva bores into bark => CAPRICORN BEETLE
Death Be Not Proud
He also wrestled as The Master of Pain => THE UNDERTAKER
Author of Letters to a Young Debtor => WILLIAM SLOANE COFFIN
Midnight to 8 a.m., perhaps => GRAVEYARD SHIFT
Courting Lunacy
Court tactic => INSANITY PLEA
Court event => MARCH MADNESS
17th-century Dutch craze that often led to court cases => TULIPOMANIA
Sock It to Me
Don't Lie group => BLACK EYED PEAS
Fish also called a seven-eleven => SHINER PERCH
Time spent at the computer => MOUSE MILES
Women's Mags
1st living Aussie to be on a postage stamp => ELLE MACPHERSON
It promotes social justice and diversity in Canada => COSMOPOLITAN PARTY
Witchcraft, to Tennyson => GLAMOUR GIFT
Searching for an Answer
Working title for game show "Jeopardy!" => WHAT'S THE QUESTION
Behind Blue Eyes album => WHO'S NEXT
Commercial catch phrase used by Walter Mondale => WHERE'S THE BEEF
Rolling Stone Magazine's Top Records of 2005
No.1 "Rolling Stone" record by Kanye West => LATE REGISTRATION
No.2 "Rolling Stone" record by the Rolling Stones => A BIGGER BANG
No.3 "Rolling Stone" record by the White Stripes => GET BEHIND ME SATAN
Guide Book
Baby on the first issue of TV Guide => DESI ARNAZ JR.
No.1 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest Shows of All Time => SEINFELD
TV Guide's No.1 Cartoon Character of All Time => BUGS BUNNY
That's Miss to You
First outing => MAIDEN VOYAGE
Plaintive TV cry => LASSIE COME HOME
Winner of 2 Tonys, 2 Obies, and 4 Emmys => COLLEEN DEWHURST
Hold the Noise Down!
Clark Gable-Spencer Tracy film of 1940 => BOOM TOWN
Inspiration for some performers => ROAR OF THE CROWD
It might promise to teach you Italian in two weeks => CRASH COURSE
Good Housekeeping
Twinkies component => GOLDEN SPONGE CAKE
Beatles-based game featured on BBC Liverpool => MATCH UP THE MOPTOP
Shrubby evergreen of the lily family => BUTCHER'S BROOM
Game Room
It predicted a Communist takeover => DOMINO THEORY
Computer feature often used by students => SPELL CHECKER
Place where someone who's broke sees a broker => PAWN SHOP
In the Vault
2005 HBO film about FDR => WARM SPRINGS
E-mails that get returned due to a full mailbox => SOFT BOUNCES
Duo indicating great rapidity => LEAPS AND BOUNDS
Big Numbers
Collection that included "The Gift of the Magi" => THE FOUR MILLION
Carl Sagan's final book => BILLIONS AND BILLIONS
Brilliant gemstone with 44 facets => TRILLION CUT
Candyland
Ann Miller-Mickey Rooney musical => SUGAR BABIES
Some Asians believe it was the "Silver River" of heaven => MILKY WAY
Perfect man, to Diane Keaton's Theresa Dunn => MR. GOODBAR
For Eggheads
It spawned the movie "The Nude Bomb" => GET SMART
"Sound of Music" director => ROBERT WISE
Sylvester Stallone's first born => SAGE MOONBLOOD
Gotta Altitude Problem?
Barry Levinson film of 1999 => LIBERTY HEIGHTS
Laura's Theme was written for this => TWIN PEAKS
Richard Bass book about climbing Mt. Everest => SEVEN SUMMITS
Change Is Going to Come
AKA the Royale with Cheese => QUARTER POUNDER
Symbol of worthlessness => PLUGGED NICKEL
Stay close in the ballroom => DANCE ON A DIME
Shut Up!
It charted for Gary Lewis then Bobby Vinton => SEALED WITH A KISS
Company that hires only union members => CLOSED SHOP
When a bid price and ask price are the same => LOCKED MARKET
A Slew of Debuts
Daffy's debut => PORKY'S DUCK HUNT
Silver screen debut for Bugs => A WILD HARE
Tweety's debut => A TALE OF TWO KITTIES
Triple Play
Pirates old home => THREE RIVERS STADIUM
Beethoven work => GHOST TRIO
Phish member => TREY ANASTASIO
Just About
Its soundtrack includes Elton John's "Tiny Dancer" => ALMOST FAMOUS
John Cleese as a "Harry Potter" ghost => NEARLY HEADLESS NICK
Carpenters hit => CLOSE TO YOU
Out of Order
2005 Jim Jarmusch film => BROKEN FLOWERS
Ray Charles singing of his cow that went dry => I'M BUSTED
Brownielocks and the Three Bears, for one => FRACTURED FAIRY TALE
First and Foremost
1996 best-selling tell-all work => PRIMARY COLORS
Place for a pirate => BOUNDING MAIN
Doodyville figure => CHIEF THUNDERTHUD
Family Movies
John Waters film with a Patty Hearst cameo => SERIAL MOM
1992 film originally meant to star Bette Midler => SISTER ACT
1990 Cosby film directed by Sidney Poitier => GHOST DAD
Lingerie Department
Exclusive chivalry group => ORDER OF THE GARTER
Animatronic creature with a Grubby pal => TEDDY RUXPIN
Flip side of "Something So Right" => SLIP SLIDIN' AWAY
Step Lively
He walks onto the field to Ozzy Osbourne's "Crazy Train" => CHIPPER JONES
Two-wheeled horse-drawn wagon once used in Ireland => JAUNTY CAR
Vaudeville actress who was the original Alice Kramden => PERT KELTON
Poetic License
Phrase on Michigan's license plate => GREAT LAKES SPLENDOR
Phrase on Illinois' license plate => LAND OF LINCOLN
Phrase on Utah's license plate => GREATEST SNOW ON EARTH
Mr. Clean: Not!
Won Tonys for "A Thousand Clowns" & "Any Wednesday" => SANDY DENNIS
On her variety show, she duetted with Jimi Hendrix => DUSTY SPRINGFIELD
He wrote "Iodine in My Coffee" among many other songs => MUDDY WATERS
Out of Sorts
Eric Carle kiddy book => THE GROUCHY LADYBUG
Video game character who gave hits to Donkey and Diddy => CRANKY KONG
1993 Ann-Margret film => GRUMPY OLD MEN
Hurry Up!
I Can't Quit You Baby bluesman => OTIS RUSH
House Judiciary Committee chief counsel during Watergate => SAMUEL DASH
A Man for All Seasons author => ROBERT BOLT
Military Press
Unemployment protestors of 1894 => COXEY'S ARMY
Where Gavin MacLeod played Happy Haines => MCHALE'S NAVY
Tracks tearers in "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" => STONEMAN'S CAVALRY
Queen of the May
Mayday! => DISTRESS SIGNAL
May Day => SPRING FESTIVAL
Mayday => TAIWANESE ROCK BAND
Circus Critters
Thumbs up from "Good Housekeeping" => SEAL OF APPROVAL
Type of forceps => LION-JAW
Cinnamon-dusted treat at a fair => ELEPHANT EAR
United We Stand
Dallas episode on which J.R. was shot => A HOUSE DIVIDED
Popular "Spy" magazine column => SEPARATED AT BIRTH
Pronto => LICKETY SPLIT
Other Grammy Categories
Favorite Grammy category of uke lovers: Best... => HAWAIIAN MUSIC ALBUM
Favorite Grammy category of air guitarists: Best... => METAL PERFORMANCE
Favorite Grammy category of engineers: Best... => REMIXER OF THE YEAR
Direction-less
Defunct flyer => EASTERN AIRLINES
Cancelled show set in Alaska => NORTHERN EXPOSURE
It's no longer in the dot-dash biz => WESTERN UNION
A Number of Clooney Films
1999 Clooney film => THREE KINGS
2004 Clooney film => OCEAN'S TWELVE
1996 Clooney film => ONE FINE DAY
I Feel the Earth Move
Famed photography pioneer => EDWIN LAND
Wonder hit that was #1 on the R&B charts => HIGHER GROUND
It chose Martin Van Buren as a presidential candidate => FREE-SOIL PARTY
Best of Breed
Nixon's Checkers => COCKER SPANIEL
Dubya's Barney => SCOTTISH TERRIER
Clinton's Buddy => LABRADOR RETRIEVER
The Biggest Little City
1999 movie filmed in Reno => MAGNOLIA
2003 movie filmed in Reno => THE COOLER
1992 movie filmed in Reno => SISTER ACT
Birds of Prey
Skateboarder known as "The Birdman" => TONY HAWK
One with a pretentious interest in the arts => CULTURE VULTURE
Another name for a dor beetle => BUZZARD CLOCK
Gonna' Take a Miracle
Original Musiquarium artist => STEVIE WONDER
Home of the Human Torch => MARVEL COMICS
Repentance time for Jews => DAYS OF AWE
A Whole Bunch
Oscar-nominated actor for "Written on the Wind" => ROBERT STACK
Edgar Guest poetry collection => HEAP O' LIVIN'
Likely candidates for vanity publishing => SLUSH PILE
Workshop
Short that introduced Mickey and Minnie => PLANE CRAZY
He claimed to be the only one to know Lenin and Reagan => ARMAND HAMMER
Biggest hit on "Something/Anything?" => I SAW THE LIGHT
Multi-Media Poker
Full House => BOB SAGET TV SHOW
Ace high => TOM MIX FILM
Flush => VIRGINIA WOOLF BOOK
Evasion Tactics
One rowdy cowtown => DODGE CITY
It came with early Nintendo consoles => DUCK HUNT
Possible source of large capital gains => HEDGE FUND
Untamed Melody
He was the Artful Dodger in the film "Oliver!" => JACK WILD
Dorian Gray's creator => OSCAR WILDE
His matchmaker inspired "Hello, Dolly!" => THORNTON WILDER
That's a Wrap
'50s nuclear fallout advice => DUCK AND COVER
Diner classic => PIGS IN A BLANKET
Feature of a folksy home => WRAP-AROUND PORCH
Glass Act
Hitchcock film based on "It Had to be Murder" => REAR WINDOW
Potter prop => GOBLET OF FIRE
Hip specs => MIRROR AVIATORS
Adieu!
Short-story collection that includes "Eli, the Fanatic" => GOODBYE, COLUMBUS
Oscar-winning film of 1993 => FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE
Tony Curtis gold-digging film => ARRIVEDERCI, BABY
Under a Spell
Five "Harry Potter" statues => MAGICAL BRETHREN
1992 film set on the Italian Riviera => ENCHANTED APRIL
Response to an introduction => CHARMED, I'M SURE
It's Greek to Me!
Ludlum work published posthumously => THE SIGMA PROTOCOL
He named Natal on Christmas Day => VASCO DA GAMA
It typically includes slide guitar and harmonica => DELTA BLUES
Hoss Country
Large-scale agro-business of the late 19th century => BONANZA FARMS
Montana's state tree => PONDEROSA PINE
Lost in Space actress => ANGELA CARTWRIGHT
The Emperor's New Clothes
BBC program => THE NAKED CHEF
Most basic facts => BARE BONES
1980 Maxwell Smart film => THE NUDE BOMB
Way!
What Jim Thorpe's mother named him => BRIGHT PATH
Unfaithful actress => DIANE LANE
What didn't make it to the shredder => PAPER TRAIL
B-B Queue
It's featured at the end of "Gangs of New York" => BROOKLYN BRIDGE
Setting for "Dirty Dancing" and "A Walk on the Moon" => BORSCHT BELT
Deprioritizing locale => BACK BURNER
Lady Godiva
Lady Godiva's husband: => LEOFRIC III
She rode naked to protest her husband's: => OPPRESIVE TAXATION
A tailor who ogled her naked trek became known as: => PEEPING TOM
Desert Storm
1813 "don't" => GIVE UP THE SHIP
Phrase at Hell's entrance, says Dante => ABANDON HOPE
Professional wrestling's 1999 Royal Rumble, e.g. => I QUIT MATCH
Cat Killer
A Natural Curiosity author => MARGARET DRABBLE
Curiouser and curiouser speaker => ALICE IN WONDERLAND
Tagline of 2006's "Curious George" => SHOW ME THE MONKEY
All Aboard!
Thomas, most famously => TANK ENGINE
While You Were Sleeping actor => BILL PULLMAN
Focus of Gertrude Chandler Warner's series => THE BOXCAR CHILDREN
Without a Question
Allen Iverson's nickname => THE ANSWER
Beatles for Sale cut => NO REPLY
Bodily defense reaction => IMMUNE RESPONSE
Lapin It Up
1978 Billy Crystal bomb => RABBIT TEST
Ski resort feature => BUNNY SLOPE
Outdoor game of pursuit => HARE AND HOUNDS
Roman Numerals
Showtime's answer to "Sex and the City" => THE L WORD
2006 Natalie Portman film => V FOR VENDETTA
Marvel Comics series => X-MEN UNLIMITED
GWTW Gals
Triumph on Ice author => TARA LIPINSKI
Vanity Fair cover girl of 2006 => SCARLETT JOHANSSON
She played India Wilkes in "GWTW" => ALICIA RHETT
Green Thumb
Gene Wilder, in "The Producers" => LEO BLOOM
Moth attracted to light and sugar => PEACH BLOSSOM
Solitaire game aka The Bouquet => FLOWER GARDEN
Dental Work
Niagara River crosser => PEACE BRIDGE
Artwork stealing film affair => THOMAS CROWN
Where regular is sold at a premium these days => FILLING STATION
When I Was in Art Class I...
98 Degrees baritone => DREW LACHEY
Badlands that look good => PAINTED DESERT
Material for a lavish banquet centerpiece => SCULPTED ICE
Inclination Station
Tourist attraction that took two centuries to build => LEANING TOWER OF PISA
When something unique becomes common, to Malcolm Gladwell => THE TIPPING POINT
Another name for a teeter-totter => TILTING BOARD
Demonstration
Show Me State => MISSOURI
Show Me musical => MY FAIR LADY
Show me the money movie => JERRY MAGUIRE
Agriculturally Speaking
John Wayne film set in Key West => REAP THE WILD WIND
Bellyshirt, for one => CROP TOP
End of the Christmas holidays => PLOW MONDAY
Chaste Scene
The pinnacle of the Chrysler Building is clad with this => STAINLESS STEEL
Weightlifting maneuver => CLEAN AND JERK
Genuine => SIMON-PURE
Folks in a Hurry
He played mandolin on "Summer Breeze" => DASH CROFTS
See, I Told You So author => RUSH LIMBAUGH
Oscar winner for "Doctor Zhivago" => ROBERT BOLT
Scaredy Cat
27,000 Nuclear Weapons. One Is Missing film => THE SUM OF ALL FEARS
1981 Peter Tosh reggae album => WANTED DREAD AND ALIVE
Disneyland simulated freefall ride => TOWER OF TERROR
Gone to Cede
2001 Sarah McLachlan album => SWEET SURRENDER
Rate of return on a bond, e.g. => YIELD TO MATURITY
Take one's last breath => GIVE UP THE GHOST
Mooovies
1980 Scorsese film => RAGING BULL
1978 Kate Hepburn film => OLLY, OLLY, OXEN FREE
1996 Dustin Hoffman film => AMERICAN BUFFALO
Think Pink
Fleer sold it to Tootsie Roll Industries in 2004 => DUBBLE BUBBLE
April ornamentation in D.C. => CHERRY BLOSSOMS
She was a regular on "Veterinarian's Hospital" => MISS PIGGY
Scrub-a-Dub-Dub
Event sponsored by Chevy in the '50s and '60s => SOAP BOX DERBY
They hold Charlie Brown's exclamations => SPEECH BUBBLES
Agitated and anxious => IN A LATHER
Sag Harbor
Nookie group => LIMP BIZKIT
Intimidating look => WILTING GAZE
Cartoon character known as Happy Hound until 1949 => DROOPY DOG
Stop, Thief!
1968 Truffaut film => STOLEN KISSES
One of Detective Dupin's cases => THE PURLOINED LETTER
Expression attributed to Schmeling manager, Joe Jacobs => WE WUZ ROBBED
American Beauty
They ended with Henry VII becoming king => WARS OF THE ROSES
Sarah McLachlan hit from her album "Solace" => THE PATH OF THORNS
Human tongue's 10,000 => TASTE BUDS
Come Clean
MGM WWII morale-boosting film => THOUSANDS CHEER
Cause a reversal => TURN THE TIDE
Brouhaha => FREE-FOR-ALL
Pooch Parade
It brought Darwin to Tierra Del Fuego => HMS BEAGLE
Fashion of the 50's => POODLE SKIRT
Deadlier Than the Male detective => BULLDOG DRUMMOND
Clue Locales
Famous door-offerer => MONTY HALL
State of deep absorption => BROWN STUDY
Sleazy guy in search of a sugar mama => LOUNGE LIZARD
About-Face
Film in which Ron Silver played Alan Dershowitz => REVERSAL OF FORTUNE
Wear for the casually shod => FLIP-FLOPS
An eye-for-an-eye philosophy => TURNABOUT IS FAIR PLAY
Weekend's Over
First player ever taken in the baseball draft => RICK MONDAY
The press called her "Fox's answer to Sandra Dee" => TUESDAY WELD
12-year-old who always dresses in black => WEDNESDAY ADDAMS
Half the Distance
Famed Pacific atoll => MIDWAY ISLAND
Military command hot spot => NERVE CENTER
Vehicle for La Lohan => MEAN GIRLS
Hew Said It!
One from Column B, perhaps => CHOP SUEY
She played Tiffany on "Charlie's Angels" => SHELLEY HACK
Grievance => AX TO GRIND
Tennis's A-Rod
Andy Roddick was the 2nd tennis player to host this show => SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE
2003 honor conferred on Roddick by "People" => SEXIEST ATHLETE
Actress Roddick dated => MANDY MOORE
Scott Riggs Racing Sponsors
Oily sponsor => VALVOLINE
Sponsor that is a favorite of handymen => STANLEY TOOLS
Auto Parts sponsor => BUMPER TO BUMPER
Just the Facts
Edith Ann's observation => AND THAT'S THE TRUTH
Song covered by Aaron Neville => TELL IT LIKE IT IS
Survivor genre => REALITY TV
A Kind of Hush
Take TR's advice => SPEAK SOFTLY
Game aka Telephone => WHISPER DOWN THE LANE
Possible indication of valve damage => HEART MURMUR
Greetings!
Beetle Bailey spin-off => HI AND LOIS
He ran for "President of All the Kids" => HOWDY DOODY
Sounds of Silence start => HELLO DARKNESS
Seasoned Traveler
Stranded Kansas farm girl => MARY ANN SUMMERS
Optimistic Alexander Pope phrase => HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL
It won a Pulitzer for Richard Russo => EMPIRE FALLS
Past Tense
1966 film that spawned a best-selling poster => ONE MILLION YEARS B.C.
Start to "American Pie" => A LONG LONG TIME AGO
Classical antiquity => ANCIENT HISTORY
Fe-te Accompli
Iron Man => CAL RIPKEN, JR.
Iron Lady => MARGARET THATCHER
Iron Duke => WELLINGTON'S NICKNAME
Playing Catch
First "Star Trek" episode => THE MAN TRAP
Kit part => SNARE DRUM
Popular playground game => CAPTURE THE FLAG
De Nada
Billy Preston's flip side of "You Are So Beautiful" => NOTHING FROM NOTHING
It battled Godzilla in the 6th Godzilla film => MONSTER ZERO
Storage device => ZIP DRIVE
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
Ava Elizabeth's daddy => RYAN PHILLIPPE
Shiloh Nouvel's daddy => BRAD PITT
Violet Anne's daddy => BEN AFFLECK
Love Me Slender
Ludacris, in "Hustle and Flow" => SKINNY BLACK
Highway 61 Revisited cut => BALLAD OF A THIN MAN
He played poker with Larry Flynt and LBJ => AMARILLO SLIM
Lift-Off
Rockets center => YAO MING
Rocket Man singer => ELTON JOHN
Home of Rocket J. Squirrel => FROSTBITE FALLS
Head-Liners
2003 Judith Martin book => STAR-SPANGLED MANNERS
Cause to be submissive => LEAD BY THE NOSE
Recurring "South Park" character => PRINCIPAL VICTORIA
Filamentary School
Playground game => THREAD THE NEEDLE
Brother's need, once => TYPEWRITER RIBBON
Matthew Modine film based on a David Rabe play => STREAMERS
When?
Naive => BORN YESTERDAY
It's known by some as "McPaper" => USA TODAY
Revolver cut => TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS
Time Without End
1947 Otto Preminger film that raised eyebrows => FOREVER AMBER
1982 #1 on the Country charts => ALWAYS ON MY MIND
Natalie Babbitt book that's a summer reading list staple => TUCK EVERLASTING
Please Come to Boston
One nickname for Boston => CRADLE OF LIBERTY
One nickname for Boston => THE CITY ON A HILL
One nickname for Boston => ATHENS OF AMERICA
We Shawl Overcome
Hall of Famer on a 2006 postage stamp => MICKEY MANTLE
2006 Sheri Reynolds multigenerational novel => FIREFLY CLOAK
The southernmost point of Greenland => CAPE FAREWELL
Ciao for Now
What scientist call cereal-clumping in a bowl of milk => THE CHEERIO EFFECT
Song popularized by Duke Ellington => EAST ST. LOUIS TOODLE-OO
Simpsons episode about Lisa being bullied => BYE BYE NERDIE
Circumnavigation
Around the World => MARIAH CAREY ALBUM
Around the world => BASKETBALL GAME
Around the World => VERNE TITLE START
Subtitles
There and Back Again => THE HOBBIT
The Modern Prometheus => FRANKENSTEIN
What You Will => TWELFTH NIGHT
Armed Forces
Gene Tunney's nickname => THE FIGHTING MARINE
Wild at Heart protagonist => SAILOR RIPLEY
Utah skiing site used during the 2002 Olympics => SOLDIER HOLLOW
Going Up
Cut from Springsteen's "We Shall Overcome" => JACOB'S LADDER
Escher used one in his "Ascending and Descending" => PENROSE STAIRWAY
Roald Dahl's "Charlie and the __" => GREAT GLASS ELEVATOR
We Concur!
First Japanese car to be produced in the U.S. => HONDA ACCORD
Indiana site of a utopian community in the early 1800s => NEW HARMONY
Part of many a website => USER AGREEMENT
Wedding Day Wear
Yosemite attraction => BRIDALVEIL FALLS
Source of easy money => GRAVY TRAIN
Subject of a campus newspaper editorial, perhaps => TOWN AND GOWN
Phrom Philly
Celeb Buddhist born in Philly in 1949 => RICHARD GERE
Rapper born in Philly in 1974 => BEANIE SIEGEL
Singer born in Philly in 1921 => MARIO LANZA
On the Lookout
Google, e.g. => SEARCH ENGINE
She played Murray's daughter on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" => HELEN HUNT
Certain guided missile => SPACE PROBE
According to Confucius
Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus... => MAKE THEM CRIMES
Before you embark on a journey of revenge... => DIG TWO GRAVES
He who will not economize... => WILL HAVE TO AGONIZE
Stamp of Approval
Longest U.S. span => VERRAZANO-NARROWS BRIDGE
Largest U.S. land mammal => AMERICAN BISON
Oldest trees in the U.S. => BRISTLECONE PINES
Lucifer Matches
Film that takes a shot at fashion magazines => THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
Soul Coughing song => BUS TO BEELZEBUB
Church Lady's question => COULD IT BE SATAN
Grand Elusion
IRS scofflaw => TAX EVADER
Plumbing piece => DIVERTER VALVE
It goes with a diamond in L.A. => DODGER DOG
Down-Home Mini
Li'l Folks was the embryonic version of this strip => PEANUTS
2001 comedy film that featured Lil' Kim => ZOOLANDER
Siberian land in "Li'l Abner" => LOWER SLOBBOVIA
Whistle While You Work
Its theme song was whistled => ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW
This "My Fair Lady" song incorporates whistling => WOULDNT IT BE LOVERLY
The music to this '88 Grammy winner was almost all whistling => DON'T WORRY BE HAPPY
In the End
Wide portion of the Hudson River => TAPPAN ZEE
Government auto, down under => ZED CAR
Sci-fi film based on the novel "I Am Legend" => THE OMEGA MAN
Elevations
First U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security => TOM RIDGE
Procter and Gamble product introduced in 2001 => CREST WHITESTRIPS
Phrase following the cock crowing => RISE AND SHINE
Move It!
Flick, formally => MOTION PICTURE
Title role for Carl Weathers => ACTION JACKSON
1941 film noir starring Gene Tierney => THE SHANGHAI GESTURE
Replication Station
Xerox's ancestor => CARBON COPY
1984 mystery novel by Jane Smiley => DUPLICATE KEYS
Investment emulating an already successful investment => CLONE FUND
Nothing But the Best
They produced Mouse Trap and Hands Down => IDEAL TOY COMPANY
Pitcher's coup => PERFECT GAME
Anne Perry Victorian mystery of 1986 => PARAGON WALK
Recipe Roster
Jamie Oliver cookbook => THE NAKED CHEF
Bobby Flay cookbook => BOY MEETS GRILL
Nigella Lawson cookbook => HOW TO EAT
Little Athletes
Little E => DALE EARNHARDT, JR.
Little Poison => LLOYD WANER
Little Miss Poker Face => CHRIS EVERT
Good Morning!
Buffy's sis => DAWN SUMMERS
New type of business that is quickly expanding => SUNRISE INDUSTRY
19th-century NYC street gang => DAYBREAK BOYS
Educators All
One Frank Morgan role in "Oz" => PROFESSOR MARVEL
Oliver Goldsmith poem => VILLAGE SCHOOLMASTER
On of Stine's Goosebumps books => CREATURE TEACHER
Former Capital Idea
Alabama's capital before Montgomery => TUSCALOOSA
Nigeria's capital before Abuja => LAGOS
Turkey's capital before Ankara => CONSTANTINOPLE
Steering You Right
R&B artist who's part owner of the Cleveland Cavs => USHER RAYMOND
Part of a Douglas Adams title => GUIDE TO THE GALAXY
What many companies offer employees => DIRECT DEPOSIT
Shared Nickname
The Great One => JACKIE GLEASON
The Great One => WAYNE GRETZKY
The Great One => DWAYNE JOHNSON
Taking Shape
John Mayer's first album => ROOM FOR SQUARES
Nickname for the office of many a high-tech company => CUBE FARM
Choice sites in November => BALLOT BOXES
Three-Lane Highway
Lois in 4 Superman flicks => MARGOT KIDDER
The original TV Lois => NOEL NEILL
2006's Lois => KATE BOSWORTH
Ahoy, Matey!
First mate of the "Pequod" => STARBUCK
Cap'n Crunch's first mate => SEADOG
Jack Sparrow's former first mate => BARBOSSA
Nosy Parkers
Most well-connected rapper according to an MIT study => SNOOP DOGG
Automotive tool that helps force out a dent => INSIDE PRY SPOON
Striped orchard item => NORTHERN SPY
Mane Event
Pitcher whose nickname came from his hair color => WHITEY FORD
Maiden name of an hair-aptly named comic strip character => BLONDIE BOOPADOOP
One famous "Big Red" => SECRETARIAT
Come to Your Senses
Supremes sensory hit of 1966 => I HEAR A SYMPHONY
Sensory lyrics for Louis Armstrong => I SEE TREES OF GREEN
carole King sensory hit => I FEEL THE EARTH MOVE
Restaurant Row
In which Dutch Schultz was iced => CHOPHOUSE MASSACRE
R-rated Marilyn Chambers film => BIKINI BISTRO
Chattanooga Choo Choo phrase => DINNER AT THE DINER
Colorful Calendar
She "comes and goes" => RUBY TUESDAY
1929 event that devastated many => BLACK THURSDAY
One of the earliest R&B songs to get on the Billboard charts => BLUE MONDAY
Anything's Possible
1991 Anne Tyler book => SAINT MAYBE
2005 film, the first movie musical made in China in over 40 years => PERHAPS LOVE
Opening to "Something's Coming" ("West Side Story") => COULD BE, WHO KNOWS
O.K. Guys
O.K. Crackerby star => BURL IVES
I'm OK, You're OK author => THOMAS HARRIS
He met his end at the O.K. Corral gunfight => BILLY CLANTON
Downpour
Broadway debut for Julia Roberts => THREE DAYS OF RAIN
1914 Charlie Chaplin film => BETWEEN SHOWERS
Great black deer, in Irish folklore => OX OF THE DELUGE
She-Critters
He succeeded President William Tolbert => SAMUEL K. DOE
Dirt-dishing event => HEN PARTY
JLo song => JENNY FROM THE BLOCK
Stark Ravine Mad
Gold-discovery site of 1864 => LAST CHANCE GULCH
It's also known as Lady's Tears => LILY OF THE VALLEY
Comic strip character visually based on Gary Cooper => STEVE CANYON
Consecutive Trios
Embarrassing event during the John Adams presidency => XYZ AFFAIR
Chris Rock, Bernie Mac, et al. appeared on this show => DEF COMEDY JAM
Actor nominated for an Oscar in "Pigskin Parade" => STU ERWIN
The Flame Game
What Daniel Boone was hired to do => BLAZE A TRAIL
Make haste, in a flivver => BURN RUBBER
Signal serious intent => FIRE A WARNING SHOT
Hush!
Phrase of support coined by Richard Nixon => SILENT MAJORITY
Some cygnets => MUTE SWANS
Title role for Audie Murphy and Brendan Fraser => THE QUIET AMERICAN
Place Setting
T.S. Eliot's Prufrock measured out his life with them => COFFEE SPOONS
Instrument makers' musts => TUNING FORKS
Canadian tribe => YELLOWKNIVES
Active Sorts
Columnist born Elda Furry => HEDDA HOPPER
Trunk item, often => JUMPER CABLES
Barbie's little sis => SKIPPER ROBERTS
Philosophy 101
1st Actress offered the role Regan in "The Exorcist"mom said "no" => DANA PLATO
Second husband of Jacqueline Lee => ARISTOTLE ONASSIS
1935 film role for Paul Muni => DR. SOCRATES
Bath Time
Paradise Falls => SOAP OPERA
What Australians call Rice Krispies => RICE BUBBLES
Thumps pulpit => TUB-THUMPER
In-Laws
A brother-in-law of JFK => SARGENT SHRIVER
Sister-in-law to Shirley Maclaine => ANNETTE BENING
Former son-in-law of Eddie Fisher => PAUL SIMON
Cosmetic Counter
Document signed by 41 males => MAYFLOWER COMPACT
Kidman movie => MOULIN ROUGE
Consumers buying small items of comfort during a recession => LIPSTICK EFFECT
Under a Spell
Fairy tale film based on a book by Gail Carson Levine => ELLA ENCHANTED
Response to an introduction, perhaps => CHARMED I'M SURE
Album that includes "Blue Jay Way" => MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR
Incorrect!
1889 R.L. Stevenson comic novel => THE WRONG BOX
Spoof device, perhaps => MISTAKEN IDENTITY
It may make a program abort => FATAL ERROR
First Light
Monet painting that inspired an art movement => IMPRESSION SUNRISE
Cat Stevens song => MORNING HAS BROKEN
When the cock crows => CRACK OF DAWN
Wendy's Fast Food Phrases
1970 Wendy's slogan => QUALITY IS OUR RECIPE
1984 Wendy's slogan => WHERE'S THE BEEF
2005 Wendy's slogan => IT'S GOOD TO BE SQUARE
I Talk to the Trees
Marg's "CSI" role => CATHERINE WILLOWS
Languishes => PINES AWAY
night on the town => SPRUCES UP
Fraction Action
Equine originally bred for sprinting => QUARTER HORSE
Mary I, to Elizabeth I => HALF-SISTER
It has the same time value as a quaver => EIGHTH NOTE
Sounds Small
Aunt of Millie and Melody and niece of Mortimer => MINNIE MOUSE
Song of Hiawatha woman => MINNEHAHA
Tiny word, often misspelled => MINUSCULE
On an Envelope
Saturday morning TV show of the '90s hosted by Mario Lopez => NAME YOUR ADVENTURE
It's delivery lasted only two minutes => GETTYSBURG ADDRESS
He debuted as Billy Budd in the 1962 film => TERENCE STAMP
Gents' Songs
One of Sally Bowles' numbers in "Cabaret" => MEIN HERR
John C. Reilly sang it in the movie of "Chicago" => MISTER CELLOPHANE
Phantom song => BRAVO, MONSIEUR
Linen Closet
It involved Nicollette Sheridan and Terrell Owens => TOWELGATE
Pre-hardened plaster of Paris => SHEET ROCK
Cocktail party faves => PIGS IN A BLANKET
Most Looked in Webster's Online (2005)
Third most looked up word, it means "disdain" => CONTEMPT
Second most looked up word, it means "political exile" => REFUGEE
Most looked up word, it means "honesty" => INTEGRITY
Trimming Station
Cutty Sark, for one => CLIPPER SHIP
Selection process of sorts => ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS
Where I'm Calling From author => RAYMOND CARVER
Sentry Duty
1863 battle site in Tennessee => LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN
To Kill a Mockingbird daughter => SCOUT FINCH
Those unwilling to learn "new tricks" => OLD GUARD
Hit Parade
First Woody Woodpecker cartoon => KNOCK, KNOCK
Grammy category => RAP ALBUM
Needing adjustment => OUT OF WHACK
NHL Originals
One of the NHL's original teams => MONTREAL WANDERERS
One of the NHL's original teams => QUEBEC BULLDOGS
One of the NHL's original teams => TORONTO ARENAS
There's a Parade in Town
This balloon debuted at the 1927 Macy's Day Parade => FELIX THE CAT
He came out of retirement to star in "Easter Parade" => FRED ASTAIRE
Don't Rain on My Parade was from this musical => FUNNY GIRL
Furniture Showroom
It was founded by Osman I => OTTOMAN EMPIRE
Big Red Machine cog => JOHNNY BENCH
They reported to Captain Dobey => STARSKY AND HUTCH
Magical Creatures
Rapunzel, e.g. => FAIRY TALE
What good deeds might earn you => BROWNIE POINTS
It likes to hide in woodpecker holes => ELF OWL
Eve of Destruction
Cherub Rock group => THE SMASHING PUMPKINS
TV show interruption, perhaps => BREAKING NEWS
Trying to get guffaws => CRACKING A JOKE
Hair-Styling Tools
Charmed actress => HOLLY MARIE COMBS
Hoodlum's collection => BRUSHES WITH THE LAW
Magician's request => PICK A CARD
Quay Sera Sera
Former Atlantic City tourist attraction => STEEL PIER
Spot for wasting time in song => THE DOCK OF THE BAY
Seaside petty criminal => WHARF RAT
Greek Guys
Dominant critter => ALPHA MALE
Character on Disney's "Teamo Supremo" => CHIEF EPSILON
2006 addition to the Nicktoons Network => KAPPA MIKEY
Hurrah!
Shirley Ellis tune covered by Aaron Carter => THE CLAPPING SONG
Musical based on "All About Eve" => APPLAUSE
MGM film intended as a morale booster during WWII => THOUSANDS CHEER
Time for Fun
It includes the story "The Catbird Seat" => THE THURBER CARNIVAL
1933 film nominated for Best Picture => STATE FAIR
1956 Seuss book => IF I RAN THE CIRCUS
Flower Girls
Under the Net author => IRIS MURDOCH
Aunt of April, May, and June => DAISY DUCK
Song from "The Music Man" => LIDA ROSE
Super Heroes
Comic about a billionaire turned Robin Hood => GREEN ARROW
Eel O'Brian after a chemical accident => PLASTIC MAN
He's also known as the Scarlet Speedster => THE FLASH
Barbershop
AKA Joltin' Joe => YANKEE CLIPPER
Heart or star, in the kitchen => COOKIE CUTTER
Body-shaping exercise wear => WAIST TRIMMER
Nosegay
TV role for Mayim Bialik => BLOSSOM RUSSO
Home to Opus => BLOOM COUNTY
Rodgers and Hammerstein collaboration => FLOWER DRUM SONG
XX Marks the Spot
Grammy-nominated, Best Actor Oscar winner => JAMIE FOXX
Former name of the "Sea River Mediterranean" => EXXON VALDEZ
Its mascot is Soccerroo => PHILADELPHIA KIXX
You Gotta' Have Heart
Heart of Dixie => ALABAMA
Heart of Darkness protagonist => CHARLIE MARLOW
Heart of Gold was his only #1 hit single => NEIL YOUNG
Bye-Bye
1,400 actresses tried out for the female lead in this film => GONE WITH THE WIND
Meeting with an almost-former employee => EXIT INTERVIEW
Memorial monument in Madrid => FOREST OF THE DEPARTED
Protrusions
Last German offensive on the Western Front => BATTLE OF THE BULGE
Sign of a chicken? => GOOSE BUMP
Sealing wax recipient => PUFF THE MAGIC DRAGON
Capital Personalities
She was convicted of treason after WWII => TOKYO ROSE
Tinkerbell's belle => PARIS HILTON
Marie Antoinette director => SOFIA COPPOLA
Wall to Wall Questions
It did not receive its colorful name unitl 1947 => THE GREEN MONSTER
It's often simply called "The Wall" => VIETNAM MEMORIAL
It divides New Orleans => RAMPART STREET
The Spice of Life
SUV made since 2002 => PORSCHE CAYENNE
Redford performed his own stunts in this great role => WALDO PEPPER
It was fought during the Mexican-American War => BATTLE OF TABASCO
The Cosmos
It published the first crossword puzzle => NEW YORK WORLD
George Clooney got one for "Syriana" => GOLDEN GLOBE AWARD
Negative-heel footwear => EARTH SHOES
Track Meet
Elvis's first #1 Billboard single => MYSTERY TRAIN
Song featured in "Sun Valley Serenade" => CHATTANOOGA CHOO-CHOO
Grateful Dead Live song => BIG RAILROAD BLUES
Toast Toppers
Last Kiss band => PEARL JAM
Inexpensive jewelry item of the '90s => JELLY BRACELET
Orlando of kiddy lit => THE MARMALADE CAT
Hush-Hush
Elizabeth Angela Marguerite, later => QUEEN MUM
It was first performed in an Austrian church with a guitar => SILENT NIGHT
Hollywood shout => QUIET ON THE SET
Ho, Ho, Ho
Santa... => ANITA DERBY
Santa... => FE TRAIL
Santa... => BARBARA, CALIFORNIA
Think Pink
Film directed by Melvin Van Peebles => WATERMELON MAN
Where 1960's "Ocean's Eleven" was filmed => FLAMINGO HOTEL
Club music on upbeat topics => BUBBLE GUM RAP
Cook's Tour
Character who first appeared in "Little White Bird" => PETER PAN
Difficult situation, slangily => KETTLE OF FISH
Fleeting pet fad => POT-BELLIED PIG
I Quit!
First U.S. Vice President to resign => JOHN C. CALHOUN
Pres. Clinton asked her to resign as Surgeon General => JOCELYN ELDERS
He resigned as Speaker of the House => NEWT GINGRICH
Rhyme Time
He studied the expanding universe => EDWIN HUBBLE
Pebbles' father-in-law => BARNEY RUBBLE
Tootsie Roll Industries bought it in 2004 => DUBBLE BUBBLE
Eternally Yours
Natalie Babbitt book frequently on summer reading lists => TUCK EVERLASTING
Hit for Elvis and Willie Nelson => ALWAYS ON MY MIND
It features the villain Two-Face => BATMAN FOREVER
Salute to Isis
Don Corleone was held here in "The Godfather: Part II" => ELLIS ISLAND
Reason for buying a Porsche, perhaps => MIDLIFE CRISIS
The King's first album after his army stint => ELVIS IS BACK
Report Card
Kate Bosworth's "Beyond the Sea" role => SANDRA DEE
This rapper also uses the name Gnarls Barkley => CEE-LO GREEN
2006 Laurence Fishburne film => AKEELAH AND THE BEE
Observation Deck
Item eschewed by many hippies => WRISTWATCH
Daytime talk show => THE VIEW
On Gold Mountain author => LISA SEE
In the Nursery
It featured Kathy Bates and Kim Delaney in 1984 => ALL MY CHILDREN
Welch Co. creation of 1935 => SUGAR BABIES
They were originally called "Little People" => CABBAGE PATCH KIDS
Eve of Destruction
World destroyer => NUCLEAR HOLOCAUST
Cardinal star nicknamed "Country" => ENOS SLAUGHTER
Movie that generated a buzz, after "The" => TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE
Out of Sight
1937 Jane Wyatt film => THE LOST HORIZON
Descriptive word in the wrong spot => MISPLACED MODIFIER
Puzzle lover's bane => MISSING PIECE
The Essence of Adolescence
Wilson's blueprint for lasting peace => FOURTEEN POINTS
1958 hit for The Crests => SIXTEEN CANDLES
Warhol's measure of fleeting celebrity => FIFTEEN MINUTES
Bookmaking Biz
Yardbird who founded Led Zeppelin => JIMMY PAGE
Like many a Stephen King novel => SPINE-TINGLING
Japanese spurge, e.g. => GROUND COVER
Making the Grade
The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead group => CRASH TEST DUMMIES
Film based on the book "Remembering America" => QUIZ SHOW
Pat Robertson didn't pass it => BAR EXAM
Measure for Measure
Strong impulse to travel => ITCHY FEET
Film featuring Bruce Willis as Jimmy the Tulip => THE WHOLE NINE YARDS
Creeps => INCHES ALONG
Elation Station
Wayne Wang film from an Amy Tan novel => THE JOY LUCK CLUB
Song from "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown" => HAPPINESS IS
High schooler's extra curricular activity => GLEE CLUB
Hammer's Target
Comedic husband of Julia Louis-Dreyfus => BRAD HALL
Saddle-storing spot => TACK ROOM
Do the impossible, slangily => NAIL JELL-O TO A TREE
It's a Hit!
2002 Adam Sandler film => PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE
Sure thing => SLAM DUNK
Create with little care => SLAP TOGETHER
Donkey Time
He turned into a donkey and was bought by a circus owner => PINOCCHIO
World leader who had a donkey named Ebenezer => CALVIN COOLIDGE
The name of Sancho Panza's donkey => DAPPLE
Being Green
The face of Chanel's fragrance Coco Mademoiselle => KATE MOSS
Cold, Sassy Tree author => OLIVE ANN BURNS
Her debut album was "Thankful" => KELLY CLARKSON
Fore!
Fictional symbol of intolerance => ARCHIE BUNKER
Kill time => PUTTER AROUND
Photographer's cry, once => WATCH THE BIRDIE
Lunchbox
The 50th, before the 19th century => SANDWICH ISLANDS
Her mom's maiden name is Boopadoop => COOKIE BUMSTEAD
Well off => IN THE CHIPS
Refusals
I Want to Be Happy show => NO, NO NANETTE
With the Beatles cut => NOT A SECOND TIME
Johnny Mathis hit => THE TWELFTH OF NEVER
Painter's Tools
Japan's Steel Dragon, e.g. => ROLLER COASTER
It's sometimes caused by lightning => BRUSH FIRE
Bond investor's way to reduce interest rate risk => LADDER STRATEGY
Athletic Olympiad
Golfer Jack Nicklaus => GOLDEN BEAR
Outfielder Duke Snider => SILVER FOX
Pitcher Jose Contreras => TITAN OF BRONZE
Wriggle-letto
1521 meeting in Germany => DIET OF WORMS
What King Henry I is said to have died from => A SURFEIT OF EELS
Popular kiddy board game, across the Pond => SNAKES AND LADDERS
Elementary
Group that included "Howling Mad" Murdock => THE A-TEAM
Slumber Party Massacre, e.g. => B-MOVIE
Moonlight Sonata key => C-SHARP MINOR
No Doubt
He wrote the Monkees song "I'm a Believer" => NEIL DIAMOND
Believe It or Not guy => ROBERT RIPLEY
Reason to Believe singer => ROD STEWART
Popular Marriage Melodies
First dance song => IT HAD TO BE YOU
Garter-tossing song => YOU SEXY THING
Father/daughter song => SUNRISE, SUNSET
Salute to X-Men
Michigan => WOLVERINE STATE
It keeps the heat in => STORM WINDOW
Wild critter that's left the herd => ROGUE ELEPHANT
Punch Bowl
Response to foreign influence in China => BOXER REBELLION
Hillerich & Bradsby's most famous product => LOUISVILLE SLUGGER
Start of a Sunday breakfast => PANCAKE BATTER
Pleased As Punch
Elijah Wood voiced Mumble in this 2006 film => HAPPY FEET
Dave Clark Five hit => GLAD ALL OVER
The Three Tenors' sang this on their Christmas album => O JOYFUL CHILDREN
See Me...
N.Y. paper that had Poe as a literary critic => EVENING MIRROR
Christina Aguilera album from 2000 => MY REFLECTION
1965 Le Carre spy novel => THE LOOKING GLASS WAR
Stat!
Book subtitled: "The Dark Side of the All-American Meal" => FAST FOOD NATION
Aka "two-minute drill" => HURRY UP OFFENSE
Tutor's hope => QUICK STUDY
Hey Bartender
Improvised lint remover => SCOTCH TAPE
It ruled in France from 1589-1793 => BOURBON DYNASTY
One of Christie's Miss Marple stories => A POCKET FULL OF RYE
Reference Desk
The most-quoted female in the Oxford English Dictionary => GEORGE ELIOT
The most-quoted work in the OED => HAMLET
He researched etymologies from Waggle to Warlock for the OED => J.R.R. TOLKIEN
Table Settings
Liz Smith's "title" => GRAND DAME OF DISH
Arctic bird => SPOON-BILLED SANDPIPER
Kilt feature => KNIFE PLEAT
Say Cheese!
Cheesy Jack Nicholson film => AS GOUDA AS IT GETS
Cheesy aphorism: "Where there's a..." => WHEEL THERE'S A WHEY
Hamlet's cheesy conundrum => TO BRIE OR NOT TO BRIE
So Possessive
The third act of this play is called "Death" => OUR TOWN
1964 biopic of Hank Williams => YOUR CHEATIN' HEART
Collectible toy of the '80s => MY LITTLE PONY
Orange You Glad
PM known for reforming Britain's police force => ROBERT PEEL
Film about Vincent Vega among others => PULP FICTION
Famed fossil field => LA BREA TAR PITS
In the Beginning
Third U.S. veep => AARON BURR
Designer of the TWA terminal at JFK => EERO SAARINEN
Knee-high creations of Roald Dahl => OOMPA-LOOMPAS
Decision Making
2005 Academy Awards host => CHRIS ROCK
It grows orange-red fruit => PAPER MULBERRY
It's used with the sidestroke => SCISSORS KICK
Center of Attention
Heat center during the Knicks-Heat rivalry => ALONZO MOURNING
Kennedy Center Honors recipient in 2006 => DOLLY PARTON
His mural was removed from Rockefeller Center => DIEGO RIVERA
Is There a D.R. in the House?
Where Duarte Day is celebrated every January => DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
He had a comedy album "Hello Dummy!" => DON RICKLES
Part of a Clue board => DINING ROOM
Fear Not!
Brecht title character => MOTHER COURAGE
Phrase heard in many a baseball stadium => HOME OF THE BRAVE
Royal Navy flagship in "Pirates of the Caribbean" => HMS DAUNTLESS
Portmanteau Words
Controversial form of redistricting => GERRYMANDERING
Demopublican's kin => REPUBLICRAT
This Is Spinal Tap, for one => MOCKUMENTARY
Lucky 13
Founder of Georgia, the 13th U.S. colony => JAMES OGLETHORPE
Her album "13" included "Sweetheart of the Pines" => EMMY LOU HARRIS
13 was on his jersey throughout his career => WILT CHAMBERLAIN
Torah, Torah, Torah
Genesis front man => PETER GABRIEL
Exodus actress => EVA MARIE SAINT
TV's "Numbers" ("Numb3rs") star => ROB MORROW
Candy Hearts
Necco candy heart phrase that has been around since 1902 => SWEET TALK
Candy heart phrase in the 2006 batch => CALL HOME
Candy heart phrase in the 2005 batch => FIT FOR LOVE
Victoria's Secret
Million-selling song of 1932 => TEDDY BEARS PICNIC
Verbal faux pas => SLIP OF THE TONGUE
Big closet, in Australia => WALK-IN-ROBE
Ivy League
The Barretts of Wimpole Street star => KATHERINE CORNELL
Unofficial anthem of the U.S. until 1931 => HAIL COLUMBIA
Pin-tumbler lock inventor => LINUS YALE
How Far?
He appeared on a "Bewitched" Thanksgiving episode => MILES STANDISH
AKA parking enforcement technician => METER MAID
It occupies a 20-story office block => SCOTLAND YARD
Hot Stuff
Travolta in "Get Shorty" and "Be Cool" => CHILI PALMER
Christian times of prayer and fasting => EMBER DAYS
Someone encountered at a class reunion, perhaps => OLD FLAME
Happy New Year
New Year's tradition in British Columbia => POLAR BEAR SWIM
Japanese New Year's tradition => FLYING KITES
Song played by he Viennese Orchestra on New Year's => BLUE DANUBE WALTZ
Simon Says
Simon's publishing partner => MAX SCHUSTER
Simon's reunited partner => ART GARFUNKEL
Simon's manager => DAVE SEVILLE
End of the Line
China-based epic that won 9 Oscars => THE LAST EMPEROR
Popular series of role-playing video games => FINAL FANTASY
Courtroom presentations => CONCLUDING ARGUMENTS
Body Shop
Stratocaster, for one => FENDER GUITAR
Farmer's hope => BUMPER CROP
Part of the Cascade Range => MOUNT HOOD
It's Greek to Me
Greek's response after a close call? => PSI OF RELIEF
Greek remake of a Walter Matthau film? => IOTA BE IN PICTURES
Merry Greek lyrics? => RHO RHO RHO YOUR BOAT
Blend In
Oater star who's on the "Sgt. Pepper" cover => TOM MIX
Restless to the max => STIR CRAZY
Aid in answering office correspondence => MAIL MERGE
Gomez's Girl
Morticia on TV's "The Addams Family" => CAROLYN JONES
Morticia in the "Addam's Family Values" => ANJELICA HUSTON
Morticia in the "Addam's Family Reunion" => DARYL HANNAH
Ursa-tility
Nicklaus nickname => THE GOLDEN BEAR
Novice on the newspaper => CUB REPORTER
Animal-friendly TV character of the '70s => GRIZZLY ADAMS
Ariel Maneuvers
Animation's Ariel => THE LITTLE MERMAID
Poet who wrote "Ariel" => SYLVIA PLATH
Bard play featuring Ariel => THE TEMPEST
Fast Food Nation
Wendy's => WHERE'S THE BEEF
McDonald's => I'M LOVIN IT
Burger King => HAVE IT YOUR WAY
Cheers!
1793 Eli Whitney invention => COTTON GIN
Famed L.A. nightspot => WHISKEY-A-GO-GO
Noxious yellow weed => SCOTCH BROOM
Last But Not Least
Superhero power => X-RAY VISION
Female's lack => Y-CHROMOSOME
Technique used by facelift doctors => Z-PLASTY
Found: Mound
Airplane! actor => ROBERT STACK
Landfill => GARBAGE HEAP
Large, hammering device => PILE DRIVER
A Punny Wardrobe
Benedict Arnold's wear? => TURNCOAT
Cowardly Lion's wear? => YELLOWJACKET
Wear for Natty Bumppo? => TRAILBLAZER
Joy to the World
Show inspired by "American Graffiti" => HAPPY DAYS
19th-century British prime minister => WILLIAM GLADSTONE
Billy Rose/Ira Gershwin/Harry Warren tune => CHEERFUL LITTLE EARFUL
Inner Sanctum
Where Brian Epstein discovered the Beatles => CAVERN CLUB
Weasley family home in the "Harry Potter" books => THE BURROW
Dark, secluded "Pajama Game" locale => HERNANDO'S HIDEAWAY
Li'l Critters
Robert James Ritchie, as he's better known => KID ROCK
Ollie's dolly => FAWN HALL
He played electric piano for Miles Davis => CHICK COREA
The Butler Did It
Sebastian Cabot role => GILES FRENCH
Christopher Hewett role => LYNN BELVEDERE
Robert Guillaume role => BENSON DUBOIS
Across the Board
He regularly played Scrabble in the White House => RICHARD NIXON
John Goodman movie featuring Scrabble => KING RALPH
Scrabble's inventor used this to decide letter frequencies => NEW YORK TIMES
Blown Away
Selective group => DRAFT BOARD
2003 Mockumentary => A MIGHTY WIND
Garage-house connector => BREEZEWAY
Monster Mash
DJ who appeared in "American Graffiti" => WOLFMAN JACK
Tropical plant species with sinister-looking flowers => GENUS DRACULA
Brooks classic => YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
Oh, My!
Ivy team => COLUMBIA LIONS
Ivy team => PRINCETON TIGERS
Ivy team => BROWN BEARS
Hot Literary Works of 1904
Twain volume => A DOG'S TALE
Best-seller from London => THE SEA-WOLF
Potter piece, after "The" => TALE OF BENJAMIN BUNNY
The Winter Olympics
Locale of the 1st Winter Olympics => CHAMONIX, FRANCE
Locale of the last Winter Olympics => SALT LAKE CITY
Locale of the 2006 Winter Olympics => TURIN, ITALY
Joanne's Man
Newman's Own pasta topper => SOCKAROONI SAUCE
Newman's Own dip => SAY CHEESE SALSA
Newman's Own juice => ORANGE MANGO TANGO
Hey Pal
Gunpowder Plot leader => GUY FAWKES
Small pamphlet of old => CHAPBOOK
Sympathy => FELLOW FEELING
Board Meeting
Frodo Baggins's portrayer => ELIJAH WOOD
Outdoorsy outerwear => LUMBER JACKET
Easily undone knot => TIMBER HITCH
Refusal Bamboozle
Not Again => NEVERMORE
No Joe => NO WAY JOSE
Refusal => NOT ON YOUR LIFE
A Whole Bunch
American Psycho star => CHRISTIAN BALE
Birth announcement phrase => BUNDLE OF JOY
Fibber's output => PACK OF LIES
What's Buzzing?
Publisher-turned-superhero => THE GREEN HORNET
Like Scarlett => WASP-WAISTED
Myla Goldberg book popular with reading groups => BEE SEASON
Super Sunday
Victor in Super Bowl I => GREEN BAY PACKERS
Loser in Super Bowl I => KANSAS CITY CHIEFS
MVP of Super Bowl I => BART STARR
Folks in Days of Yore
Fraternal group founded in New Haven, CT => KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
Traffic hit => EMPTY PAGES
Female do-gooders of yore => LADIES AUXILIARY
Beat It!
Beat member turned Merry Prankster => NEAL CASSADY
Plutonian Ode penner => ALLEN GINSBERG
Beat author born Jean-Louis => JACK KEROUAC
What a Pare!
Two-time British PM => ROBERT PEEL
Escape -- just! => CLOSE SHAVE
Reason to don flippers => SKIN-DIVING
Excavation Station
Secretary star => JAMES SPADER
He was "The Best Man" => TAYE DIGGS
She played wise-cracking manicurist Madge => JAN MINER
Checkmate
Questions of Travel poet => ELIZABETH BISHOP
Security stub => PAWN TICKET
Blustering cheat, to Shakespeare => BULLY-ROOK
Grammys 25 Years Ago
Song of the Year => WHAT A FOOL BELIEVES
Best Disco Recording => I WILL SURVIVE
Best Cast Show Album => SWEENEY TODD
Greek Spelling Bee
All Too Human author => GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS
Zorba the Greek author => NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS
Agamemnon author => AESCHYLUS
Au Naturel
Leslie Nielsen spoof => THE NAKED GUN
B-52's anthology => NUDE ON THE MOON
Sans boxing gloves => BARE-KNUCKLED
3 Out of 7
Christina Ricci was Katrina in this film => SLEEPY HOLLOW
1993 Ann-Margret film => GRUMPY OLD MEN
1991 Michael J. Fox film => DOC HOLLYWOOD
In the Beginning
Abigail Bartlet, e.g. => FIRST LADY
Pre-November contest => PRIMARY ELECTION
Churchill Downs offering, e.g. => MAIDEN RACE
Candy Hearts
Classic phrase used since 1902 => SWEET TALK
2003 phrase for Necco's literacy-promotion campaign => CLASS ACT
Recent addition => E-MAIL ME
Free Fall
Home of Apu and Krusty => SPRINGFIELD
Maxwell Anderson play => WINTERSET
A.S. Neill's school => SUMMERHILL
Land of Enchantment
Three-time NBA MVP => MAGIC JOHNSON
Harry Potter title phrase => SORCERER'S STONE
Parker-Hart comic strip => THE WIZARD OF ID
Rain Gear
Cats producer => CAMERON MACINTOSH
It may cover libel and slander => UMBRELLA POLICY
Palance comedy => CITY SLICKERS
Gangland
Gangster who survived four shootings => LEGS DIAMOND
Scott Baio gangster role => BUGSY MALONE
Cut from "Mud Slide Slim" => MACHINE GUN KELLY
Bridge Mix
For Love Alone author => IVANA TRUMP
Goodness gracious! => I DO DECLARE
Very bad driver => CRASH TEST DUMMY
Rapid Transit
Plop plop, fizz fizz fellow => SPEEDY ALKA-SELTZER
New Mexico marshal of cartoons => QUICK DRAW MCGRAW
The Hustler protagonist => FAST EDDIE FELSON
Pleasure Principal
Principal Steven Harper => BOSTON PUBLIC
Principal Willis DeWitt => GROWING PAINS
Principal Seymour Skinner => THE SIMPSONS
The Greatest of E's
Peter Fonda in "Ulee's Gold" => BEEKEEPER
Bubbly quality => EFFERVESCENCE
Helpless one's plight => DEFENSELESSNESS
Who's There?
Jules Feiffer play => KNOCK KNOCK
Arrest record => RAP SHEET
Recital performer => TAP DANCER
Shipwrecked
Shipwrecked Harvard grad => THURSTON HOWELL III
28-year Caribbean shipwreck survivor => ROBINSON CRUSOE
Cast Away castaway => CHUCK NOLAND