'(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Waikiki Beach in Oahu, Hawaii.) Around 1830 these conservative religious workers made hula dancers wear long dresses instead of skirts'
missionaries
200
'Gertrude, or her beer mug (5)'
stein
200
'"Scorecard Report" & "Peter Jacobsen Plugged In" are seen on the sports channel devoted to this'
golf
200
'An energetic person is full of these, maybe the fava type'
beans
200
'If you're looking at a long time in Tempe, try Studio 6, the extended-stay version of this chain'
Motel 6
400
'St. Augustine's mother was a Christian, but his father was one of these, from the Latin for "country dweller"'
pagan
400
'It's paired with "Sense" (11)'
Sensibility
400
'One of the most popular shows on the Food Network is "The Essence of" him'
Emeril
400
'Government money that a congressman steers toward his home district'
pork
400
'What some say the movie "Stagecoach" is, or "The World's Largest Hotel Chain", with more than 4,000 hotels'
Best Western
600
'(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from in front of Westminster Abbey in London.) The statues over the west front door are all of these, people who died for their Christian faith'
martyrs
600
'Caldecott Medalist Maurice (6)'
Sendak
600
'"The Eulogy" is HBO's e-mail newsletter devoted to this series'
Six Feet Under
600
'To mean a quarrel, vegetarians can use "rhubarb" & carnivores can use this'
beef
600
'Spelled the same way as a type of regular payment, it's a small European hotel or boarding house'
pension
800
'Pedilavium is this ceremony, part of the Maundy Thursday observance'
the washing of the feet
800
'Miserly Marner (5)'
Silas
800
'(Hi, I'm Billy Ray Cyrus.) In 2001 I began practicing medicine in the Big Apple on this Pax TV drama'
Doc
800
'Diana Prince occasionally has to take her hair out of this to become Wonder Woman'
a bun
800
'In 1912 King Alfonso inaugurated this -- not his own home, but the Madrid hotel'
the Palace
1000
'An apostle spreads his belief; this word with the same beginning means one who abandons it'
apostate
1000
'Hesse-ian Buddhist saga (10)'
Siddhartha
1000
'What Sonya Fitzpatrick is, or the Animal Planet series on which she communicates with animals telepathically'
The Pet Psychic
1000
'A story or joke that's been repeated often, maybe too often'
a chestnut
1000
'Escoffier was once the chef of this elegant French-named hotel at Fifth Avenue & 61st Street'