LET'S MAKE A TREE
ROBOTS
YOUR TV GOVERNMENT AT WORK
CLOTHES MINDED
I'M READING YOU
200
The letter "S" deserts a "wet" word, leaving this mighty tree
oak
200
iRobot, maker of the Braava robot mop, is better known for this robot vacuum
the Roomba
200
Pawnee civil servant Ron Swanson, on this show:
"Fishing relaxes me. It's like yoga, except I still get to kill something"
Parks and Recreation
200
The extra-large pocket on the front of the hoodie is named for this creature
a kangaroo
200
Looking for Alaska & Paper Towns
John Green
400
A word meaning "well liked" loses its middle "U" & becomes this tree
poplar
400
The company Ozobot makes robots that introduce kids to this activity, the art of writing instructions that direct computers
coding
400
"I am the Lord your God. Thou shalt worship no other god before me. Boy those were the days"--Sheen's 1st line on this drama
The West Wing
400
James Brudenell, the 7th Earl of this, gave his title to the name of a button-down sweater
Cardigan
400
Ulysses & Finnegans Wake
James Joyce
600
The "D" drops from the front of a short race, leaving this tree at the finish line
ash
600
With the Lynx robot you can see your home remotely by using this 12-letter mode, from the French for "watch over"
surveillance
600
Illinois governor Peter Florrick turned out to be not the ideal spouse for Alicia, trying to make her way as a lawyer on this drama
The Good Wife
600
This cropped jacket gets is name from a Spanish dance & the music for that dance
bolero
600
Notre-Dame de Paris & Les Miserables
(Victor) Hugo
800
The "H" is removed from a ship's steering wheel, leaving this 3-letter tree
elm
800
Robots like the Sunfish have been cleaning up reactors damaged in this 2011 meltdown in Japan
Fukushima
800
Michael J. Fox starred as the deputy mayor of New York in this sitcom
Spin City
800
Clothes will drape softly when cut "on the" this synonym for diagonal or slant
bias
800
Jacob's Room & Mrs. Dalloway
Virginia Woolf
1000
A lord protector is emancipated from the last letter of his first name, becoming this tree
olive
1000
As a social experiment, in 2014 a bot traveled 9,500 km through Canada this way, but in the U.S. in 2015 it soon met a bad end
hitchhiking
1000
First Lady Mellie Grant was set to only appear in 3 episodes of season 1 of this drama, but by the end of season 6 she was president!
Scandal
1000
A city in India gives its name to these riding pants
jodhpurs
1000
The Temple of My Familiar & The Color Purple
Alice Walker