Music
TV Personalities
Movie role, TV role
Thank You
Starts with a Preposition
100
The Everly Brothers sang close two-part ones
harmonies
100
In 2025, he announced he was leaving the "NBC Nightly News" desk to focus on "Dateline" full time
Lester Holt
100
General Acacius in "Gladiator II" & Joel Miller in "The Last of Us"
Pascal
100
According to thesaurus.com, "OK hand" & "saluting face" are among "15+ ways to say thanks" in the form of these
emojis
100
A passively gazing bystander
onlooker
200
Liszt was among the customers of Bosendorfer, a firm that's been making these since 1828
pianos
200
Besides being the TV "Science Guy", he also calls himself an "engineer, comedian, author and inventor"
Nye
200
Marty McFly in Back to the Future & then even Thursday night as Alex P. Keaton
Michael J Fox
200
Irritate your elders by replacing "you're welcome" with this casual response to "thank you"; it's a 2-word translation of "Hakuna Matata"
no worries
200
Imperceptible to the sense of hearing
inaudible
300
Da gamba, or "for the leg", follows this in the name of the instrument seen here
Viola
300
Crikey! His kids Bindi & Robert are all grown up & keeping his legacy alive through their own wildlife conservation efforts
Steve Irwin
300
Kate, who left Kevin "Home Alone" & Moira Rose
Catherine O'hara
300
Beware this 3-word expression of preemptive gratitude, "tia" in text-speak, which many find presumptuous
thanks in advance
300
Laminated plastic used for countertops, flooring & more
formica
400
"Checkout" this term for an area of the vocal range, like the middle one & the lower or chest one
register
400
TV chef Ina Garten acquired this moniker after purchasing a specialty food store of the same name
The Barefoot Contessa
400
Molly Brown in "Titanic" & Madeline Matlock
Kathy Bates
400
With a 4-syllable word sometimes cut down to 3, this newly popular phrase recognizes your whole self, not one specific action
appreciate you ('ppreciate ya)
400
The general vibe of a place, or a pressure of 14.7 pounds per square inch
atmosphere
500
Webster's defines this word as "a chord of three tones consisting of a root with its third and fifth"
a triad
500
Known for her signatures red glasses, this talk show host of the '80s & '90s recently turned 90
Sally Jessy Raphael
500
Mr. Pink in "Reservoir Dogs" & Enoch "Nucky" Thompson
Steve Buscemi
500
In hawaiian aloha means hello and goodbye but this word is only for Thank You
Mahalo
500
Computer talk for a group of 8 binary digits
a byte