THE HECUBA, YOU SAY
SYMBOLISM
THE FINAL "FORE"
THE NEW YORK TIMES SCIENCE TIMES
CABLE DRAMAS
200
'She eloped with Paris, becoming Hecuba's daughter-in-law'
Helen
200
'(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an animation of Greek letters on the monitor.) Five Greek letters form a wheel--an early Christian symbol; they also spell "ichthus", meaning this--a symbol of Christ'
a fish
200
'In front of
(6 letters)'
before
200
'nytimes.com calls these insects "the angels of agriculture"'
bees
200
'Denis Leary has to deal with fires & ghosts as Tommy Gavin on this show'
Rescue Me
400
'One of Hecuba's daughters, she received the gift of prophecy & foresaw the destruction of Troy'
Cassandra
400
'In meteorology 2 parallel lines denote this, not as dense as fog'
mist
400
'In front of, nautically
(5 letters)'
afore
400
'A Times headline said Beelzebufo ampinga, at 10 pounds the largest of these ever, "hopped with dinosaurs"'
a frog
400
'Starz entered the arena with an ultra-bloody take on this character once played by Kirk Douglas'
Spartacus
600
'This son of Hecuba & title character of a Shakespeare play was ambushed & killed by Achilles'
Troilus
600
'This musical sign tells you to play "F", not F-sharp'
F-natural
600
'Word of query addressed to Romeo'
wherefore
600
'In February 2010 the Times reported on the decoding of the genomes of 5 South Africans, including this Bantu clergyman'
Desmond Tutu
600
'Jennifer Beals & Mia Kirshner are 2 of the women on this long-running Showtime drama'
The L Word
800
'Hecuba became the second wife of this king of Troy & had 19 children with him'
Priam
800
'On an electrical diagram, the symbol here denotes this device that steps current up or down'
a transformer
800
'As a result or inference of what has been stated'
therefore
800
'The Dot Earth blog had an interview with the maker of this documentary about dolphin slaughter that just won an Oscar'
The Cove
800
'In one episode of USA's "Burn Notice", she reunited with her old TV partner, Tyne Daly'
Sharon Gless
1000
'Hecuba lays a guilt trip on this eldest son for going into his final combat'
Hector
1000
'The symbol here could stand for the U.S. as alchemists used it to mean a crucible, also called this 2-word term'
melting pot
1000
'A garment worn by a child, perhaps aboard an operatic ship'
a pinafore
1000
'nytimes.com/health has a handy primer on the PSA blood test done on older gents, PSA standing for this'
prostate-specific antigen
1000
'Timothy Hutton leads a crew of crooks who help the downtrodden get revenge against bigwigs on this TNT drama'
Leverage
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