NATIONAL NICKNAMES
TV CRIMEFIGHTERS
SEALS
PARTS OF SPEECH
DENTISTRY
100

The Land Down Under

Australia

100

In 1987, the producers of this series picked singer Sheena Easton to be Sonny's new bride

Miami Vice

100

Fish, shrimp, squid, sharks, octopuses, penguins & even other seals

food for seals

100

This predicate feature has been called "The most important of all the parts of speech"

verb

100

It's the science of correcting or straightening teeth

orthodontia (orthodontics)

200

The Land of the Rising Sun

Japan

200

If you want to hire Spenser, you have to go to this city

Boston

200

Female seals are properly referred to by this bovine term

cows

200

The adverb we purposely used as an example in this clue

purposely

200

Periodontal disease attacks this part of the mouth

gums

300

The Land of Milk & Honey

Palestine

300

Sable, the title character of a 1987 ABC series, first appeared in this medium

comic books

300

Seals close these slitlike features when they dive or swim under water

nostrils

300

In French, these parts of speech include vous, il & je

pronouns

300

Its speed is about 300,000-400,000 revolutions per minute

the drill

400

The Roof of the World

Tibet

400

On September 20, 1987, she picked up her 2nd Emmy in a row for her role as a TV crimefighter

Sharon Gless

400

The males of these seals threaten each other by bellowing & inflating their 18-inch trunks

elephant seals

400

Name for an exclamation, such as "yipes!"

interjection

400

The hardest substance in the human body, it's the outside of your teeth

enamel

500

The Birthplace of Democracy

Greece

500

"Beverly Hills Buntz" is a spinoff from this late police show

Hill Street Blues

500

The seal's greatest enemy

man

500

"And" & "but" & "because" & "as if"

conjunctions

500

Term for a permanent false tooth a dentist puts in to close a gap

bridge