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SPORTS NET
THE HELOISE WITH YOU
LOOK! UP IN THE SKY!
OPERA CROSSWORD CLUES
SO YOU THINK YOU CAN FRANCE
200
'In tournament play, the birdie used in this sport must be made of duck or goose feathers'
badminton
200
'Nursing home folks should get their names etched in these dental prostheses so they don't get mixed up with others''
dentures
200
'Altocumulus & nimbostratus are middle types of these; is it weird I always see nuns when I look at them?'
clouds
200
'Title tonsorial job "of Seville"
(6)'
Barber
200
'You can spell this port, France's second-largest city, with or without an "S" at the end'
Marseilles
400
'Karch Kiraly is the only person to win Olympic gold medals in both the indoor & beach versions of this sport'
volleyball
400
'A traditional gift for this number wedding anniversary is paper; Heloise's "New Revised" gift is a clock'
the first
400
'Its radius is approximately 109 times that of Earth & it's really hard to miss'
the Sun
400
'Fairy tale that inspired "La Cenerentola"
(10)'
"Cinderella"
400
'De Gaulle said "Only peril" can unify the French: "One can't impose unity... on a country that has 265 kinds of" this'
cheese
600
'This sport's official rules state that the top of its net must be 15.25 cm (about 6 inches) above the playing surface'
table tennis
600
'Take these off & clean their undersides individually (that open parens/9 is always especially grungy)'
keys (on your computer keyboard)
600
'It's seen here in a photo but is not meant to be seen on radar--that would defeat the purpose'
a B-2
600
'Prop placed on little Jimmy Tell's head
(5)'
an apple
600
'(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Mont St. Michel in France.) In 1811, this French emperor turned Mont Saint Michel's monastery into a prison; you can see why it'd be tough to escape'
Napoléon
800
'This sport originated in the lakes & rivers of mid-19th century England & used an inflated rubber ball called a pulu'
water polo
800
'Don't discard the liquid that comes in a tin of these members of the herring family; it's "kitty champagne"!'
sardines
800
'For these, sodium compounds produce yellow; strontium, red; & copper & barium, blue & green; Oooooh! Aaaaah!'
fireworks
800
'Menotti lad visited by Melchior
(5)'
Amahl
800
'It borders France between Germany & Belgium'
Luxembourg
1000
'The nets used in this sport are 18 inches in diameter with a sleeve 15-18 inches long'
basketball
1000
'Wash your dog with certain green soaps to avoid seeing these pests' "circus"'
fleas
1000
'One species of this bird is the American kestrel; pop culture ones include Atlanta & Maltese'
a falcon
1000
'"Twilight of the Gods", in German
(15)'
Gotterdammerung
1000
'With the 1960 test of Gerboise Bleue, France became the fourth of these, joining the U.S., U.S.S.R. & U.K.'
a nuclear power