CLEAN UP
HODGEPODGE
WORDS BEFORE WORDS
MODERN WESTERNS
4 CONSONANTS IN A ROW
100
The man, the myth, the legend, he cleaned king Augeas' huge stables in a single day, flushing them out by diverting rivers
Hercules
100
In 2021 Facebook rebranded itself with this 4-letter name & an infinity-shaped logo
Meta
100
Bean,
market,
widow
black
100
Heath Ledger scored his first Oscar nomination for his role as inarticulate cowboy Ennis Del Mar in this film
Brokeback Mountain
100
Idiomatically, it's a catastrophe when this large receptacle comes before "fire"
dumpster
200
Flat, steam & string are types of this cleanup device used by a trademark Carol Burnett character
a mop
200
The center of this dense cosmic body is called a singularity
a black hole
200
Carpet,
saucer,
colors
flying
200
"1883" is a prequel to this "colorful" modern TV Western about the Dutton family
Yellowstone
200
The activity of acknowledging gifts/benefits, or a day set aside for that activity
thanksgiving
300
Mr. Wolf is brought in to clean up the mess that hitman Vincent Vega made of Marvin's face in this 1994 film
Pulp Fiction
300
Pumpernickel can get its color from this thick brown syrup that comes from raw sugar
molasses
300
Climbing,
salt,
star
rock
300
He starred in the 2010 version of "True Grit" & also led the hunt for Chris Pine & Ben Foster in "Hell or High Water" 
Jeff Bridges
300
A ceremony signaling new construction, or an adjective describing anything revolutionary
groundbreaking
400
As of 2020 the bill for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill was around $70 billion, most of it paid by this company
BP
400
To paint this June 1876 battle, artist Edgar Paxson interviewed some of the Native Americans who fought in it
Little Bighorn
400
Clip,
towel,
money
paper
400
This actor seen here played Henry Standing Bear, a saloon owner on "Longmire"
Lou Diamond Phillips
400
As depicted here, this word once meant a spirit that plagued you during sleep; it still has a sleep-related meaning (it's not sleep paralysis!)
nightmare
500
This fish cleans sea anemones by eating parasites & scares predators with the sound of its teeth slamming
a clownfish
500
In 1983 the league of Red Cross Societies added this other shape to its name to reflect its work in Muslim countries
a crescent
500
Winter,
family,
option
nuclear
500
In this neo-Western film, Anton Chigurh asks the killer query, "What's the most you ever lost on a coin toss?"
No Country For Old Men
500
Kierkegaard believed dread, or this, is a desire for what one fears
angst