Colour words
Ad to your Latin
Tennis anyone?
Squid pro quo
Royal houses
200

Eggshell

White

200

Meaning "to improvise," it comes from Latin meaning "at one's pleasure"

Ad lib

200

This 5-letter word means an extended exchange of strokes before a point

A rally

200

While trying to become employee of the month Squidward & SpongeBob destroy this restaurant

The Krusty Krab

200

Henry VII & Bloody Mary I

Tudor

400

Sable

Black (or very very very very dark brown!)

400

It describes a committee quickly put together for a specific purpose

Ad hoc

400

In 2014, 2015, & 2019 Novak Djokovic defeated this Swiss player in the Wimbledon final

Roger Federer

400

Parodying Nothin' On You by B.o.B., this funny guy has a song about getting another tattoo -- maybe a squid or a tarantula

Weird Al Yankovic

400


Peter the Great & Nicholas II the Unfortunate

600

Heather

Purple

600

The title of this 2019 Brad Pitt space movie translates as "to the stars"

Ad Astra

600

At the 2012 French Open this Russian completed her career slam

Maria Sharapova

600

Spaghetti al nero di seppia is a traditional Sicilian dish in which the pasta's color is changed by this liquid

Squid ink

600

MBS; the house of this

Saud

800

Cerulean

Blue

800

This type of attack goes after the speaker rather than the idea

Ad hominem

800

In 2020 Dominic Thiem completed a comeback to win this event & became the first new male Grand Slam winner in 6 years

US Open

800

The crew in this Jules Verne tale had to fight off the deadly tentacles of a nasty beast

20 000 Leagues Under the Sea
800

Empress Maria Theresa & Emperor Franz Josef

Hapsburg

1000

Primrose

Yellow

1000

This tax term means "in proportion to value"

Ad valorem

1000

Teams representing different nations vie for this trophy named for its donor

Davis Cup

1000

This pupil of Plato was a big fan of zoology & called the giant squid teuthos

Aristotle

1000

Louis XIV

Bourbon