'To get this roe, wade in the Caspian Sea & visit a sturgeon'
caviar
200
'"The employee has reached rock bottom & has started to" do this, like a backhoe'
dig
200
'He's the first baseman'
Who
200
'Appropriately, this is Rhode Island's diminuitive nickname'
"The Littlest State" (or "Little Rhody")
400
'You have to send at least 500 pieces first class to get a discount for this type of mail, also called presorted'
bulk
400
'Cajun popcorn is made from the tails of these crustaceans'
crayfish
400
'"If you stand close enough to him, you can hear" this, like the Atlantic or the Indian'
the ocean
400
'It's understood that he's the third baseman'
I Don\'t Know
400
'Officially, the state is known as "Rhode Island and" these "Plantations"'
Providence
600
'(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from a post office.) The United States Postal Service has endured for over 200 years, starting with this first postmaster general, who also appeared on the post office's first stamp issue'
Ben Franklin
600
'It's also called silver salmon'
coho (salmon)
600
'"It takes him 2 hours to watch" this CBS Sunday night staple that first aired in 1968'
60 Minutes
600
'Don't question me, this is the left fielder'
Why
600
'Civil War general Ambrose Burnside held this post in Rhode Island from 1866 to 1869'
governor
800
'These federal lawmen who protect the mails used to be called special agents'
postal inspectors
800
'It's the name for the medium-size clams that come between littleneck & chowder clams'
cherrystone
800
'"He is depriving a village somewhere of its" this, a Dostoyevsky title'
idiot (village idiot accepted)
800
'I'm sure you'll tell me this pitcher's name soon'
Tomorrow
800
'The work of this painter born in Rhode Island in 1755 is seen on the one-dollar bill'
Gilbert Stuart
1000
'(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows some video of mail trucks.) The United States Post Office has the USA's largest civilian motorized fleet: its workhorses are 140,000 LLVs, short for these vehicles expected to last 24 years each'
a long life vehicle
1000
'San Francisco's Italian immigrants are credited with creating this fish stew with tomatoes, wine & spices'
cioppino
1000
'"The wheel is turning, but" this rodent, Cricetus cricetus, "is dead"'
the hamster
1000
'Tell me that the name of this shortstop matters to you'
I Don\'t Care
1000
'Before the Europeans, a few thousand of these Indians lived on the Rhode Island bay that shares their name'