Crossword Clues "R"
It Happened In July
Inventors & Inventions
Common Bond
Miscellaneous
100

Type of sporting dog that makes fetch happen; (9)

What is Retriever

100

7/30/1863; This automotive pioneer was born in Dearborn Township, Michigan. He developed an assembly-line production system used to develop the "Model-T."

Who is Henry Ford

100

On April 10, 1849 Walter Hunt received a patent for this diaper fastener.

What is Safety pin

100

Shoe, Sock, Boot.

What is Foot

100

The stoup at the entrance of a Catholic Church contains this liquid.

What is Holy Water

200

Spinning bowl at a casino; (8)

What is Roulette

200

7/6/1885; Louis Pasteur gave the first successful inoculation of this disease to a boy who had been bitten by an infected dog.

What is Rabies

200

A 1920's hunting trip to Canada inspired Birdseye's food preserving method.

What is Freezing

200

Crow, Sand, Salad.

What is Bar

200

Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels called for a worldwide revolution by workers in this 1848 pamphlet.

What is Communist Manifesto

300

A type of treatment or an exercise routine; (7)

What is Regimen

300

7/4/1946; The US granted independence to this country.

What is Philippines

300

In 1816 Johann Nepomuk Maelzel patented this device used by musicians to keep correct tempo.

What is Metronome

300

Cotto, Genoa, Pepperoni.

What is Salami/Meat

300

This popular radio DJ was the original voice of Shaggy on "Scooby-Doo."

Who is Casey Kasem

400

A clever trick or deceitful strategy; (4)

What is Ruse

400

7/14/1789; The Fall of this occurred at the beginning of the French Revolution. 

What is Bastille

400

This man and Phineas Miller received a cotton gin patent in 1794, but it didn't get court protection until 1807.

Who is Eli Whitney

400

Nail, Golf ball, Car.

What is Drive

400

The March of Dimes was originally founded to help find a vaccine for this.

What is Polio

500

Circular room or building; (7)

What is Rotunda

500

7/16/1945; This experimental Atomic bomb was set off at 5:30 a.m. in a New Mexico desert, creating a mushroom cloud rising 41,000 ft. 

What is Fat Boy

500

In 1943 the U.S. Supreme Court credited this man, not Marconi, as the inventor of radio.

Who is Nikola Tesla

500

Politician, Water, Bulls.

What is Run

500

Selenography is the study of the surface & physical features of this.

What is Moon