LITERA-SEA
THE OSCAR-WINNING DIRECTOR
SPY TECH
ELEMENTARY WORDS (Each correct response will be a shorter word that is formed from some of the letters in "elementary".)
WHO'S ON TV
100

Lauren Conrad says the high-waisted skirt named for this type of flower is perfect for curvy shapes

Homer

100

1997:
"Titanic" sank his competition

James Cameron

100

An NSA career in electrical engineering may include designing these, aka aerials

Antennas

100

Not now, but possibly in a while

later

100

"Everybody Loves ____"

Raymond

200

Adventures in this 1870 novel include traveling under the polar ice cap & the discovery of Atlantis

"20,000 Leagues Under the Sea"

200

1990:
"Dancing with Wolves" had him dancing with trophy

Kevin Costner
200

You can make invisible ink by mixing 2 oz. of water with 1 oz. of this original Arm & Hammer kitchen product

baking soda

200

What a deer has where a bull has a horn

an antler

200

"Everybody Hates ____"

Chris

300

This fictional captain created by C.S. Forester was inspired by Horatio Nelson & Thomas Cochrane

(Horatio) Hornblower

300

2003:
Here's the thing--"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" got him the bling

Peter Jackson

300

Facial recognition technology had a great testing ground as casinos used it to spot these alliterative gamblers

card counters

300

Adjective meaning forever lasting & changeless

eternal

300

"____ the Teenage Witch"

Sabrina

400

In this Jack London novel, Wolf Larsen is the captain of the Ghost, once a private yacht

The Sea-Wolf

400

1992:
"Unforgiven" won him a statue with no apologies

Clint Eastwood

400

A quick explosion found before "of speed"; before "transmission", it's a message encoded by playing it at high speed

"burst"

400

A branch of the Defense Department

the Army

400

"____ in Charge"

Charles

500

Patrick O'Brian's first novel about Captain Aubrey & Surgeon Stephen Maturin, it's set in the Napoleonic Wars

"Master and Commander"

500

2012:
"Life of Pi" was his second win, not his 3.14th

Ang Lee

500

A hub of cyberspying on U.S. institutions is the Shanghai base of P.L.A. Unit 61398, P.L.A. short for this

People's Liberation Army

500

A song or poem expressing deep grief

a lament

500

"____ in Charge"

Jane