AMERICAN ISLANDS
SORE WINNERS
WOMEN'S TUITION
CROSSWORD CLUES "F"
ALL THINGS OPERA
200
'Cha-ching!
This resort lies on Absecon Island on the southeast coast of New Jersey'
Atlantic City
200
'After a marathon 1996 U.S. Open match, this American ace needed an I.V. drip'
Pete Sampras
200
'This college in Maryland doesn't have Fighting Irish on the gridiron, but their Gators are tough in field hockey'
College of Notre Dame of Maryland
200
'Happiness or bliss,
to Keri Russell?
(8)'
felicity
200
'On Nov. 23, 1903 this tenor made his U.S. debut playing the Duke in "Rigoletto" at the Metropolitan Opera'
Caruso
400
'In the 1870s Father Damien arrived at the leper colony on this, which has been called the most Hawaiian isle'
Molokai
400
'He had four surgeries on his knees, but he still led his team to Super Bowl victory'
Joe Namath
400
'At $35,700 a year, a Bryn Mawr student should at least know that "Bryn Mawr" is this language'
Welsh
400
'A lie
(9)'
a falsehood
400
'Adelheid Wette, Engelbert Humperdinck's sister, wrote the libretto for this 1893 opera of a fairy tale pair'
Hansel and Gretel
600
'Destroyed in a 1906 earthquake, the first lighthouse on the West Coast was located on this island'
Alcatraz
600
'Sutures in this Red Sox pitcher's ankle gave way and turned his white sock red, but he still beat the Yanks in 2004'
Curt Schilling
600
'Like the University of this state, Stephens College for Women is in Columbia, but Stephens is older'
Missouri
600
'Eggs-acting
Russian goldsmith
(7)'
Faberge
600
'This Finn's only opera, "The Maiden in the Tower", had a libretto in Swedish'
Sibelius
800
'Gay Head, on this island off Cape Cod, has been renamed Aquinnah'
Martha\'s Vineyard
800
'Hobbled by a bad hamstring & bum knee, he homered to win Game 1 of the 1988 World Series & limped around the bases'
Kirk Gibson
800
'Hillary Clinton became a Democrat while attending this Massachusetts school'
Wellesley
800
'Dangerously attractive woman
(5, 6)'
a femme fatale
800
'The role Placido Domingo has played more than any other is Cavaradossi in this Puccini opera'
Tosca
1000
'Otter & Walrus are 2 islets of this Alaskan group that is known for its fur seals'
the Pribilofs
1000
'After limping off with a knee injury, he came back to inspire the New York Knicks to victory in the 1970 NBA Finals'
Willis Reed
1000
'A Virginia college founded in honor of Daisy Williams is called "Sweet" this'
Sweet Briar
1000
'In physics, splitting the nucleus
(7)'
fission
1000
'In Act II of this Verdi opera, a band of Gypsies sings the "Anvil Chorus", one of opera's most familiar numbers'
Il Trovatore
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