Hit The Sauce
Sharks!
Shapely Words
Super-
Stitious
Getting Board
200

Shoyu is simply the Japanese name for this

Soy Sauce

200

Identifiable by its distinctive stripes, this fearsome species is the garbage can of the sea

A tiger shark

200

The Latin for "hollow" gives us this kind of shape used to describe spoons & satellite dishes

Concave

200

If you want to tempt fate in a bad luck way, March 13 is the national day for opening this indoors

Umbrellas

200

A board is a flat board marked with letters, numbers, and words like "yes" and "no" that uses a small pointer to spell out messages during a gathering or séance

Ouija Board

400

A sage butter sauce is a classic accompaniment to these Italian potato dumplings

Gnocchi

400

Many sharks live in the epipelagic zone, the part of the ocean with light for this energy transformation process

Photosynthesis

400

A street like London's ritzy Egerton, or a lunar shape

Crescent

400

Gamblers believe Lady Luck will shine down on them if they blow on the dice before throwing them in this game; come on, 7 or 11!

Craps

400

Since the 1960s the Olympics have used these made by Duraflex

Diving Boards

600

A gyro ain't nothin' but a sandwich until you serve it with this creamy Greek yogurt & cucumber sauce

Tzatziki

600

The cephalofoil, the unique face of this shark, contains electroreceptors that help it locate prey hidden in the sand

Hammerhead Shark

600

A twisty road or river can be described as this word that begins with a word for snake

Serpentine 

600

This gesture to bring good luck or to ward off bad may be tied to a pagan belief that trees were inhabited by spirits & gods

Knock Wood

600

"Add the Cheeses & Meats" is Step Two in Better Homes & Gardens' "4 Steps to Building a Gorgeous" one of these

Charcuterie Board

800

Finely chopped parsley & oregano give this Argentinian sauce for grilled meat its vibrant green color

Chimichurri
800

"Air Jaws" is the Shark Week team's nickname for great whites engaging in the spectacular hunting behavior seen here

Breaching 

800

If a leaf is described as sagittiform, it resembles one of these, part of an airborne weapon

Arrowhead

800

Breaking a bottle of bubbly across the bow for good luck is a traditional part of this ceremony for a new ship

The christening

800

Frank Sinatra truly earned this nickname after creating & heading up his own label, Reprise Records

Chairman of the Board

1000

Sweet & spicy, this increasingly popular Korean sauce gets its name from words for "red pepper" & "paste"

Gochujang

1000

This amino acid won't really make you sleepy after a big turkey dinner, but it does help give the swell shark its biofluorescence

Tryptophan

1000

Many churches were appropriately designed this 9-letter way, meaning shaped like a cross

Cruciform

1000

The number of the beast; some take its appearance as a sign of bad things to come

666

1000

It's been called the "quintessential graduation cap"

Mortar Board

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