'Scientists worry about the fast melting of these Antarctic bodies, like the vast body called the Pine Island this'
the ice shelf
200
'An aviator with 5 air kills'
an ace
200
'A Geiger counter is used primarily to measure this'
radiation
200
'It's the last name of the designer whose website is usa.tommy.com'
Hilfiger
200
'British theater director Trevor, or ex-Georgia Senator Sam'
Nunn
400
'Snowmelt plus ground still frozen from winter can equal this, the most common type of U.S. natural disaster'
flood
400
'A crack in the earth's crust'
a fault
400
'A capotasto or capo is attached to the fingerboard of a guitar to raise this for all the strings at once'
the pitch
400
'Hello, designers! This ""Project Runway" man, AKA as the Silver Fox, is chief creative officer at Liz Claiborne'
(Tim) Gunn
400
'As a baby's chest cover for meals, it doesn't have enough letters; as a type of lettuce, it does'
Bibb
600
'Instructions for doing this: remove food; insert pan of hot water; wipe out melt; return food'
defrosting your freezer
600
'The retinue of a reigning monarch'
the court
600
'This, named for a 10th C. Danish king, enables short-range wireless communication between electronic devices'
bluetooth
600
'He was hired at age 17 as Christian Dior's assistant; after Dior's death 4 years later, he was head of the House of Dior'
Yves St. Laurent
600
'A temporary calm or stillness'
lull
800
'The melting of the snowpack in this mountain range supplies the water of over half of California's population'
the Sierra Nevadas
800
'An automobile race run over public roads'
a rally
800
'An epipen delivers a dose of epinephrine to treat this type of severe allergic reaction, partly from the Greek word for "watching"'
anaphylactic
800
'In 1967 he began marketing his unique line of ties under the name Polo'
Ralph Lauren
800
'Impudent or disrespectful back talk'
sass
1000
'(Sara of the Clue Crew stands before a map of Europe) Snowmelt from the Alps feeds major rivers, including the Rhine that flows to the North Sea, the Danube which heads to the Black Sea, and emptying into the Mediterranean Sea is this river'
the Rhone
1000
'Ambrose Bierce described this as "a temporary insanity curable by marriage"'
love
1000
'This seen here is used for fastening ropes in mountaineering'
a carabiner
1000
'Originally know for his menswear, this Italian created the A/X line that features leisure & active sportswear'
(Giorgio) Armani
1000
'Historian William, or Connecticut Senator Christopher'