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THE HECUBA, YOU SAY

200

'She eloped with Paris, becoming Hecuba's daughter-in-law'

Helen

400

'One of Hecuba's daughters, she received the gift of prophecy & foresaw the destruction of Troy'

Cassandra

600

'This son of Hecuba & title character of a Shakespeare play was ambushed & killed by Achilles'

Troilus

800

'Hecuba became the second wife of this king of Troy & had 19 children with him'

Priam

1000

'Hecuba lays a guilt trip on this eldest son for going into his final combat'

Hector

SYMBOLISM

200

'(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an animation of Greek letters on the monitor.) Five Greek letters form a wheel--an early Christian symbol; they also spell "ichthus", meaning this--a symbol of Christ'

a fish

400

'In meteorology 2 parallel lines denote this, not as dense as fog'

mist

600

'This musical sign tells you to play "F", not F-sharp'

F-natural

800

'On an electrical diagram, the symbol here denotes this device that steps current up or down'

a transformer

1000

'The symbol here could stand for the U.S. as alchemists used it to mean a crucible, also called this 2-word term'

melting pot

THE FINAL "FORE"

200

'In front of
(6 letters)'

before

400

'In front of, nautically
(5 letters)'

afore

600

'Word of query addressed to Romeo'

wherefore

800

'As a result or inference of what has been stated'

therefore

1000

'A garment worn by a child, perhaps aboard an operatic ship'

a pinafore

THE NEW YORK TIMES SCIENCE TIMES

200

'nytimes.com calls these insects "the angels of agriculture"'

bees

400

'A Times headline said Beelzebufo ampinga, at 10 pounds the largest of these ever, "hopped with dinosaurs"'

a frog

600

'In February 2010 the Times reported on the decoding of the genomes of 5 South Africans, including this Bantu clergyman'

Desmond Tutu

800

'The Dot Earth blog had an interview with the maker of this documentary about dolphin slaughter that just won an Oscar'

The Cove

1000

'nytimes.com/health has a handy primer on the PSA blood test done on older gents, PSA standing for this'

prostate-specific antigen

CABLE DRAMAS

200

'Denis Leary has to deal with fires & ghosts as Tommy Gavin on this show'

Rescue Me

400

'Starz entered the arena with an ultra-bloody take on this character once played by Kirk Douglas'

Spartacus

600

'Jennifer Beals & Mia Kirshner are 2 of the women on this long-running Showtime drama'

The L Word

800

'In one episode of USA's "Burn Notice", she reunited with her old TV partner, Tyne Daly'

Sharon Gless

1000

'Timothy Hutton leads a crew of crooks who help the downtrodden get revenge against bigwigs on this TNT drama'

Leverage