In 1980-81 the eyes of Texas--& apparently everyone else--were on this CBS nighttime soap No. 1 for the season
DALLAS
WHAT DOES THE FIRST W IN WWE STAND FOR?
WORLD (WORLD WRESTLING ENTERTAINMENT)
The Tigris River flows through this capital
BAGDAD
This tasty verb precedes favor when you are using flattery as a means of advancement
CURRY
To win every game in a playoff series
SWEEP
Ken Levine & David Isaacs penned The Boys in the Bar & The Last Angry Mailman episodes of this sitcom
CHEERS
The A in the disease AIDS
ACQUIRED (ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME)
In troubled Venezuela many have scoured the polluted waters of the Quaire River in this capital in search of anything of value
CARACAS
As a verb this seasoning means to hit rapidly & repeatedly or to pelt with questions
TO PEPPER
Plant-related word meaning to tear away violently from a native environment
UPROOT
The song Kiss says You don't have to watch this ABC drama to have an attitude but many did watch those Carringtons
DYNASTY
The F in FISA authorized in 1978
FOREIGN (FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE ACT)
Of the 4 capitals that stand on the Danube 3 start with a B: Bratislava Budapest & this one further south
BELGRADE
The brown coloring of the coat of the animal seen here gives it this spicy name
A CINNAMON BEAR
What a plane is doing moving down a runway preparing for take-off
TAXIING
Not Hawkeye but this M*A*S*H tentmate became the title character of an '80s drama
TRAPPER JOHN
In AT&T it's what the T&T originally was short for
TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH
(AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH)
A tributary of the Rhine the Aare River wraps around this city on three sides in a canton of the same name
BERN
The name of this piquant bud also means a crime or an antic
CAPERS
Also called the Taal this language is much like Dutch
AFRIKAANS
She played a dazzling array of characters on her show that earned the FOX network its first Emmy nomination
TRACEY ULLMAN
The L in the drug LSD
LYSERGIC ACID DIETHYLAMIDE
This capital of Laos lies on the Mekong
VIENTIANE
This architectural style was popular for houses in Colonial New England
THE SALTBOX STYLE
If the Gettysburg address had been given in 1843 this would have been the first word
THREESCORE