We Miss you Mr. Rogers
The Natural World
Asia
Emmy's For Writing
Shortened Slang
100

Of this 5-word signature query, Mr. Rogers said, "I suppose it's... an invitation for somebody to be close to you"

Won't you be my neighbor?

100

Though it resembles an anteater, this African animal, the only member of order Tubulidentata, is actually related to the elephant

An Aardvark

100

The center of the nation's film industry, this city is also the capital of India's Maharashtra state

Mumbai

100

In 2011 Jason Katims had clear eyes, a full heart & couldn't lose an Emmy for this H.S. football drama

Friday Night Lights 

100

It rhymes with vacay & means a vacay where you don't leave town

Staycay

200

The show was produced in this city, making it easy for Lynn Swann to come by & show off his uniform--& his ballet moves

Pittsburgh

200


The brook & lake types of this freshwater fish are sometimes crossbred to make "splakes" 

Godzilla. (not really. The answer is trout)

200

At about 1 million square miles, this "stan" is the largest landlocked country in the world

Kasakhstan

200

Charlie Brooker & William Bridges won 2018's limited series award for the "USS Callister" episode of this high-tech anthology

Black Mirror

200

n an interview in 2020, Hillary Clinton had some thoughts on Senator Sanders' "online Bernie" these

Bros

300

Margaret Hamilton visited Mr. Rogers in 1975 to help kids understand make-believe & not fear this "Wizard of Oz" character

The Wicked Witch 

300

From the Latin for "pouch", it's any member of a group of various non-placental animals

Marsupials

300

Part of the Old Palace of the Malla kings, the Taleju Temple is found in this capital of Nepal

Kathmandu

300

In 2000 government work paid off for Rick Cleveland & this creator of "The West Wing"

Sorkin

300

It's a 4-letter shortened way to say "very apparent"

obvy

400

In 1986 Mr. Rogers did a show to help children deal with grief & death after the explosion of this transport

The Challenger

400

You see females a lot more often than males of this North American venomous spider, hence its name

The Black Widow

400

The language called Filipino is based on this one

Tagalog

400

In 2015 govt. work paid off for Armando Iannucci, who won for co-writing the "Election Night" episode of this HBO comedy

Veep

400

Take an adjective for theater that's serious & artistic-minded, cut it in half & you get this word, as MC Hammer knows

legit

500


Mr. Rogers noted "those all-important three Cs: caring, confidence, and" this, also a Thomas Paine title 

Common Sense 

500

Sheep wool is mainly composed of this form of fibrous protein that also makes up hair & fingernails

Karatin

500

16-foot stingrays can be found in the waters of this 2,700-mile-long Indochinese river

What is the Yellow River

500

"30 Rock" earned her 2 awards for writing; there were others for starring & executive producing as well

Tina Fey

500

Merriam-Webster says this word for something that gives you great ideas follows in the footsteps of "convo" & "rando"

inspo