[ { "id": "SP-0001", "level": "hard", "start": "SWEARING", "steps": [ { "clue": "Having on, as clothes", "answer": "WEARING", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Get back, as your balance", "answer": "REGAIN", "drop": "W" }, { "clue": "Kitchen stove, or a row of mountains", "answer": "RANGE", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Intense anger", "answer": "RAGE", "drop": "N" }, { "clue": "A long period of history", "answer": "ERA", "drop": "G" } ], "bonus": "SWING", "bonusClue": "Playground seat that moves" }, { "id": "SP-0002", "level": "easy", "start": "CARBON", "steps": [ { "clue": "Low-ranking nobleman", "answer": "BARON", "drop": "C" }, { "clue": "Brought into the world", "answer": "BORN", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Partner of \"neither\"", "answer": "NOR", "drop": "B" } ], "bonus": "CAB", "bonusClue": "Taxi" }, { "id": "SP-0003", "level": "easy", "start": "STAPLE", "steps": [ { "clue": "Dish that dinner is served on", "answer": "PLATE", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "A story", "answer": "TALE", "drop": "P" }, { "clue": "Allow", "answer": "LET", "drop": "A" } ], "bonus": "SPA", "bonusClue": "Resort with a hot tub" }, { "id": "SP-0004", "level": "easy", "start": "REPLAY", "steps": [ { "clue": "Return money you borrowed", "answer": "REPAY", "drop": "L" }, { "clue": "An animal that is hunted", "answer": "PREY", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "For each", "answer": "PER", "drop": "Y" } ], "bonus": "LAY", "bonusClue": "Put down gently" }, { "id": "SP-0005", "level": "medium", "start": "POSTURE", "steps": [ { "clue": "Paths a delivery driver follows", "answer": "ROUTES", "drop": "P" }, { "clue": "Guided visits around a city", "answer": "TOURS", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Taste of a lemon", "answer": "SOUR", "drop": "T" }, { "clue": "Belonging to us", "answer": "OUR", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "PETS", "bonusClue": "Dogs and cats at home" }, { "id": "SP-0006", "level": "medium", "start": "CAPSULE", "steps": [ { "clue": "A section of a contract", "answer": "CLAUSE", "drop": "P" }, { "clue": "Marinara or barbecue, for example", "answer": "SAUCE", "drop": "L" }, { "clue": "A detective solves one", "answer": "CASE", "drop": "U" }, { "clue": "Highest card in the deck", "answer": "ACE", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "PLUS", "bonusClue": "Addition sign" }, { "id": "SP-0007", "level": "medium", "start": "STUDIED", "steps": [ { "clue": "Well matched, or dressed for business", "answer": "SUITED", "drop": "D" }, { "clue": "Eating plans for losing weight", "answer": "DIETS", "drop": "U" }, { "clue": "Neckwear, or games with no winner", "answer": "TIES", "drop": "D" }, { "clue": "Take a chair", "answer": "SIT", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "DUDE", "bonusClue": "Casual word for a guy" }, { "id": "SP-0008", "level": "hard", "start": "FORECAST", "steps": [ { "clue": "It keeps a drink from marking the table", "answer": "COASTER", "drop": "F" }, { "clue": "A part of the economy, such as tech", "answer": "SECTOR", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Place to shop", "answer": "STORE", "drop": "C" }, { "clue": "Aching after a workout", "answer": "SORE", "drop": "T" }, { "clue": "Rock that is mined for metal", "answer": "ORE", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "FACTS", "bonusClue": "Things known to be true" }, { "id": "SP-0009", "level": "easy", "start": "SWEATY", "steps": [ { "clue": "It makes bread dough rise", "answer": "YEAST", "drop": "W" }, { "clue": "Remain in place", "answer": "STAY", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Speak", "answer": "SAY", "drop": "T" } ], "bonus": "WET", "bonusClue": "Soaked" }, { "id": "SP-0010", "level": "easy", "start": "PASTRY", "steps": [ { "clue": "Squirt in a fine mist", "answer": "SPRAY", "drop": "T" }, { "clue": "Hands over money", "answer": "PAYS", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Place for a massage and facial", "answer": "SPA", "drop": "Y" } ], "bonus": "TRY", "bonusClue": "Make an attempt" }, { "id": "SP-0011", "level": "easy", "start": "SAFETY", "steps": [ { "clue": "A very large meal", "answer": "FEAST", "drop": "Y" }, { "clue": "Quick", "answer": "FAST", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Butter is mostly this", "answer": "FAT", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "YES", "bonusClue": "The opposite of no" }, { "id": "SP-0012", "level": "medium", "start": "REALISM", "steps": [ { "clue": "Messages in your inbox", "answer": "EMAILS", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Happy expression", "answer": "SMILE", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Small island", "answer": "ISLE", "drop": "M" }, { "clue": "The opposite of the truth", "answer": "LIE", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "RAMS", "bonusClue": "Male sheep" }, { "id": "SP-0013", "level": "medium", "start": "SCREAMS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Frightens", "answer": "SCARES", "drop": "M" }, { "clue": "Marks left after wounds heal", "answer": "SCARS", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Vehicles on the highway", "answer": "CARS", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Curved path of a thrown ball", "answer": "ARC", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "MESS", "bonusClue": "An untidy room" }, { "id": "SP-0014", "level": "medium", "start": "STREAMS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Expert, or become an expert at", "answer": "MASTER", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Clever", "answer": "SMART", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "They connect shoulders to hands", "answer": "ARMS", "drop": "T" }, { "clue": "Male sheep", "answer": "RAM", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "SETS", "bonusClue": "Parts of a tennis match" }, { "id": "SP-0015", "level": "hard", "start": "TEACHING", "steps": [ { "clue": "What a furnace provides in winter", "answer": "HEATING", "drop": "C" }, { "clue": "Having a meal", "answer": "EATING", "drop": "H" }, { "clue": "Representative for an actor or athlete", "answer": "AGENT", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Entrance in a fence", "answer": "GATE", "drop": "N" }, { "clue": "Receive or obtain", "answer": "GET", "drop": "A" } ], "bonus": "CHINA", "bonusClue": "Fine dishes for special dinners" }, { "id": "SP-0016", "level": "easy", "start": "BUDGET", "steps": [ { "clue": "First public appearance", "answer": "DEBUT", "drop": "G" }, { "clue": "Money that is owed", "answer": "DEBT", "drop": "U" }, { "clue": "Where you sleep", "answer": "BED", "drop": "T" } ], "bonus": "GUT", "bonusClue": "Instinct, as in \"trust your ___\"" }, { "id": "SP-0017", "level": "easy", "start": "RANDOM", "steps": [ { "clue": "Large country house", "answer": "MANOR", "drop": "D" }, { "clue": "The usual standard", "answer": "NORM", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Partner of \"neither\"", "answer": "NOR", "drop": "M" } ], "bonus": "DAM", "bonusClue": "Wall that holds back a river" }, { "id": "SP-0018", "level": "easy", "start": "SAILED", "steps": [ { "clue": "Perfect", "answer": "IDEAL", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Not working, as an engine", "answer": "IDLE", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "The opposite of the truth", "answer": "LIE", "drop": "D" } ], "bonus": "SAD", "bonusClue": "Unhappy" }, { "id": "SP-0019", "level": "medium", "start": "THUNDER", "steps": [ { "clue": "Rotated or changed direction", "answer": "TURNED", "drop": "H" }, { "clue": "What is popular right now", "answer": "TREND", "drop": "U" }, { "clue": "Take care of, as a garden", "answer": "TEND", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "The final part", "answer": "END", "drop": "T" } ], "bonus": "HURT", "bonusClue": "Injured" }, { "id": "SP-0020", "level": "medium", "start": "MARCHES", "steps": [ { "clue": "Look for something", "answer": "SEARCH", "drop": "M" }, { "clue": "Collision on the road", "answer": "CRASH", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Curved top of a doorway", "answer": "ARCH", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Sedan or coupe", "answer": "CAR", "drop": "H" } ], "bonus": "MESH", "bonusClue": "Net-like fabric" }, { "id": "SP-0021", "level": "medium", "start": "NEITHER", "steps": [ { "clue": "Whole or complete", "answer": "ENTIRE", "drop": "H" }, { "clue": "Key that starts a new line", "answer": "ENTER", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Someone in high school, usually", "answer": "TEEN", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Number of fingers on two hands", "answer": "TEN", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "HIRE", "bonusClue": "Give someone a job" }, { "id": "SP-0022", "level": "hard", "start": "DECLARES", "steps": [ { "clue": "Removed everything from, as a table", "answer": "CLEARED", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "The person in charge", "answer": "LEADER", "drop": "C" }, { "clue": "Older and respected member of a community", "answer": "ELDER", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Tall grass that grows by a pond", "answer": "REED", "drop": "L" }, { "clue": "Color of a stop sign", "answer": "RED", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "SCALE", "bonusClue": "It tells you your weight" }, { "id": "SP-0023", "level": "easy", "start": "GIANTS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Increases, as in weight or profits", "answer": "GAINS", "drop": "T" }, { "clue": "Performed a song", "answer": "SANG", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Fuel you pump into a car", "answer": "GAS", "drop": "N" } ], "bonus": "TIN", "bonusClue": "Metal used for cans" }, { "id": "SP-0024", "level": "easy", "start": "FARMER", "steps": [ { "clue": "Border around a picture", "answer": "FRAME", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Where crops and cows are raised", "answer": "FARM", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Male sheep", "answer": "RAM", "drop": "F" } ], "bonus": "REF", "bonusClue": "Official with a whistle" }, { "id": "SP-0025", "level": "easy", "start": "PLEASE", "steps": [ { "clue": "Rental contract", "answer": "LEASE", "drop": "P" }, { "clue": "Word after \"anything\" or \"someone\"", "answer": "ELSE", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Use your eyes", "answer": "SEE", "drop": "L" } ], "bonus": "PAL", "bonusClue": "Buddy" }, { "id": "SP-0026", "level": "medium", "start": "TABLETS", "steps": [ { "clue": "A fight between two armies", "answer": "BATTLE", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Where the family eats dinner", "answer": "TABLE", "drop": "T" }, { "clue": "It holds up your pants", "answer": "BELT", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Allow", "answer": "LET", "drop": "B" } ], "bonus": "STAB", "bonusClue": "A quick try, as in \"take a ___ at it\"" }, { "id": "SP-0027", "level": "medium", "start": "GRENADE", "steps": [ { "clue": "Where vegetables and flowers grow", "answer": "GARDEN", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Feeling that makes you see red", "answer": "ANGER", "drop": "D" }, { "clue": "Make money from work", "answer": "EARN", "drop": "G" }, { "clue": "Moved fast on foot", "answer": "RAN", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "EDGE", "bonusClue": "The very rim" }, { "id": "SP-0028", "level": "medium", "start": "MARKETS", "steps": [ { "clue": "People who build or create things", "answer": "MAKERS", "drop": "T" }, { "clue": "Stains, or grades on a test", "answer": "MARKS", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Face covering worn on Halloween", "answer": "MASK", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Pose a question", "answer": "ASK", "drop": "M" } ], "bonus": "TERM", "bonusClue": "A word, or a school semester" }, { "id": "SP-0029", "level": "hard", "start": "SMOOTHER", "steps": [ { "clue": "Player who takes the shot in basketball", "answer": "SHOOTER", "drop": "M" }, { "clue": "The rest of the group", "answer": "OTHERS", "drop": "O" }, { "clue": "Where the ocean meets the land", "answer": "SHORE", "drop": "T" }, { "clue": "Belonging to that woman", "answer": "HERS", "drop": "O" }, { "clue": "Pronoun for a woman", "answer": "SHE", "drop": "R" } ], "bonus": "MOTOR", "bonusClue": "Engine" }, { "id": "SP-0030", "level": "easy", "start": "FINALE", "steps": [ { "clue": "Visitor from another planet", "answer": "ALIEN", "drop": "F" }, { "clue": "Where you wait at the checkout", "answer": "LINE", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "The opposite of the truth", "answer": "LIE", "drop": "N" } ], "bonus": "FAN", "bonusClue": "It cools a room" }, { "id": "SP-0031", "level": "easy", "start": "MENTOR", "steps": [ { "clue": "City subway system", "answer": "METRO", "drop": "N" }, { "clue": "A president serves one for four years", "answer": "TERM", "drop": "O" }, { "clue": "Came face to face with", "answer": "MET", "drop": "R" } ], "bonus": "NOR", "bonusClue": "\"Neither here ___ there\"" }, { "id": "SP-0032", "level": "easy", "start": "FACTOR", "steps": [ { "clue": "Performer in a movie", "answer": "ACTOR", "drop": "F" }, { "clue": "You push it through the grocery store", "answer": "CART", "drop": "O" }, { "clue": "Pet that purrs", "answer": "CAT", "drop": "R" } ], "bonus": "FOR", "bonusClue": "In favor of" }, { "id": "SP-0033", "level": "medium", "start": "TARGETS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Snacks given as rewards", "answer": "TREATS", "drop": "G" }, { "clue": "Begin", "answer": "START", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "It twinkles in the night sky", "answer": "STAR", "drop": "T" }, { "clue": "Rodent bigger than a mouse", "answer": "RAT", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "GETS", "bonusClue": "Receives" }, { "id": "SP-0034", "level": "medium", "start": "RECEIPT", "steps": [ { "clue": "Instructions for cooking a dish", "answer": "RECIPE", "drop": "T" }, { "clue": "One slice of a pie", "answer": "PIECE", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Grand and heroic, like a long adventure story", "answer": "EPIC", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Photo, for short", "answer": "PIC", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "TREE", "bonusClue": "Oak or maple" }, { "id": "SP-0035", "level": "medium", "start": "PARTIES", "steps": [ { "clue": "Words of approval", "answer": "PRAISE", "drop": "T" }, { "clue": "Extra tire in the trunk", "answer": "SPARE", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "You hear with them", "answer": "EARS", "drop": "P" }, { "clue": "A long period of history", "answer": "ERA", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "TIPS", "bonusClue": "Extra money left for servers" }, { "id": "SP-0036", "level": "hard", "start": "INTEREST", "steps": [ { "clue": "Items listed in a diary or a contest", "answer": "ENTRIES", "drop": "T" }, { "clue": "Comes into a room", "answer": "ENTERS", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "People aged 13 to 19", "answer": "TEENS", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Mailed or texted", "answer": "SENT", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Number of fingers on two hands", "answer": "TEN", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "TIRES", "bonusClue": "A car has four of them" }, { "id": "SP-0037", "level": "easy", "start": "ADMIRE", "steps": [ { "clue": "Was broadcast on TV", "answer": "AIRED", "drop": "M" }, { "clue": "Enjoy a book", "answer": "READ", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "One serving of corn on the cob", "answer": "EAR", "drop": "D" } ], "bonus": "MID", "bonusClue": "Halfway point, as a prefix" }, { "id": "SP-0038", "level": "easy", "start": "PHRASE", "steps": [ { "clue": "Split with a friend", "answer": "SHARE", "drop": "P" }, { "clue": "Belonging to that woman", "answer": "HERS", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Pronoun for a woman", "answer": "SHE", "drop": "R" } ], "bonus": "PAR", "bonusClue": "Expected score on a golf hole" }, { "id": "SP-0039", "level": "easy", "start": "DETAIL", "steps": [ { "clue": "Perfect", "answer": "IDEAL", "drop": "T" }, { "clue": "Be in front", "answer": "LEAD", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Young boy", "answer": "LAD", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "TIE", "bonusClue": "Game with no winner" }, { "id": "SP-0040", "level": "medium", "start": "WEATHER", "steps": [ { "clue": "Device that warms a room", "answer": "HEATER", "drop": "W" }, { "clue": "It pumps your blood", "answer": "HEART", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "What an oven produces", "answer": "HEAT", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Baseball cap, for one", "answer": "HAT", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "WERE", "bonusClue": "Past tense of \"are\"" }, { "id": "SP-0041", "level": "medium", "start": "CRUSADE", "steps": [ { "clue": "Afraid", "answer": "SCARED", "drop": "U" }, { "clue": "Competed for the fastest time", "answer": "RACED", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "It comes in a deck of 52", "answer": "CARD", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Curved path of a thrown ball", "answer": "ARC", "drop": "D" } ], "bonus": "USED", "bonusClue": "Not new" }, { "id": "SP-0042", "level": "medium", "start": "DEBATES", "steps": [ { "clue": "Sitting down", "answer": "SEATED", "drop": "B" }, { "clue": "Days on a calendar, or romantic evenings", "answer": "DATES", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Has dinner", "answer": "EATS", "drop": "D" }, { "clue": "Hot drink made from steeped leaves", "answer": "TEA", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "BEDS", "bonusClue": "Furniture in a hotel room" }, { "id": "SP-0043", "level": "hard", "start": "PAINTERS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Keeps or holds on to", "answer": "RETAINS", "drop": "P" }, { "clue": "Put inside", "answer": "INSERT", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Pays a landlord monthly", "answer": "RENTS", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Bills worth two fives each", "answer": "TENS", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "It catches fish, or hangs across a tennis court", "answer": "NET", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "PAIRS", "bonusClue": "Sets of two" }, { "id": "SP-0044", "level": "easy", "start": "ESCAPE", "steps": [ { "clue": "The opposite of war", "answer": "PEACE", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Speed of a runner", "answer": "PACE", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Lid on a bottle", "answer": "CAP", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "SEE", "bonusClue": "Notice with your eyes" }, { "id": "SP-0045", "level": "easy", "start": "PAROLE", "steps": [ { "clue": "Drama that is sung", "answer": "OPERA", "drop": "L" }, { "clue": "Thick cord used by climbers", "answer": "ROPE", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Rock that is mined for metal", "answer": "ORE", "drop": "P" } ], "bonus": "LAP", "bonusClue": "Once around the track" }, { "id": "SP-0046", "level": "easy", "start": "SENATE", "steps": [ { "clue": "Finished, as a meal", "answer": "EATEN", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Tidy", "answer": "NEAT", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Number of fingers on two hands", "answer": "TEN", "drop": "A" } ], "bonus": "SEA", "bonusClue": "Large body of salt water" }, { "id": "SP-0047", "level": "medium", "start": "MINERAL", "steps": [ { "clue": "In a straight line", "answer": "LINEAR", "drop": "M" }, { "clue": "Gain knowledge", "answer": "LEARN", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Close by", "answer": "NEAR", "drop": "L" }, { "clue": "Moved fast on foot", "answer": "RAN", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "MILE", "bonusClue": "5,280 feet" }, { "id": "SP-0048", "level": "medium", "start": "ADVISER", "steps": [ { "clue": "Of many different kinds", "answer": "VARIED", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Operate a car", "answer": "DRIVE", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Trip on a bike or a roller coaster", "answer": "RIDE", "drop": "V" }, { "clue": "Free of something unwanted, with \"get\"", "answer": "RID", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "SAVE", "bonusClue": "Put money aside" }, { "id": "SP-0049", "level": "medium", "start": "PATROLS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Leader of a church congregation", "answer": "PASTOR", "drop": "L" }, { "clue": "Devices for catching mice", "answer": "TRAPS", "drop": "O" }, { "clue": "A piece of the whole", "answer": "PART", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Music with rhymed, spoken lyrics", "answer": "RAP", "drop": "T" } ], "bonus": "LOST", "bonusClue": "Can't find the way" }, { "id": "SP-0050", "level": "hard", "start": "SWEATING", "steps": [ { "clue": "Chairs arranged for guests", "answer": "SEATING", "drop": "W" }, { "clue": "Spies or sales representatives", "answer": "AGENTS", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Where actors perform", "answer": "STAGE", "drop": "N" }, { "clue": "Place to sit", "answer": "SEAT", "drop": "G" }, { "clue": "Hot drink made from steeped leaves", "answer": "TEA", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "WINGS", "bonusClue": "Birds fly with them" }, { "id": "SP-0051", "level": "easy", "start": "WONDER", "steps": [ { "clue": "The person something belongs to", "answer": "OWNER", "drop": "D" }, { "clue": "Shabby from use", "answer": "WORN", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Line of seats in a theater", "answer": "ROW", "drop": "N" } ], "bonus": "DEN", "bonusClue": "Cozy room, or a lion's home" }, { "id": "SP-0052", "level": "easy", "start": "BEAVER", "steps": [ { "clue": "Showing courage", "answer": "BRAVE", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Grizzly or polar animal", "answer": "BEAR", "drop": "V" }, { "clue": "Candy shape, or place for drinks", "answer": "BAR", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "EVE", "bonusClue": "The night before a holiday" }, { "id": "SP-0053", "level": "easy", "start": "CAMERA", "steps": [ { "clue": "It goes in coffee", "answer": "CREAM", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Arrived", "answer": "CAME", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Highest card in the deck", "answer": "ACE", "drop": "M" } ], "bonus": "ARM", "bonusClue": "Limb with an elbow" }, { "id": "SP-0054", "level": "medium", "start": "AMBIENT", "steps": [ { "clue": "Person serving time in prison", "answer": "INMATE", "drop": "B" }, { "clue": "Intended", "answer": "MEANT", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "What you write at the top of a form", "answer": "NAME", "drop": "T" }, { "clue": "Adult male", "answer": "MAN", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "BITE", "bonusClue": "Mouthful" }, { "id": "SP-0055", "level": "medium", "start": "KISSING", "steps": [ { "clue": "Winter sport on snowy slopes", "answer": "SKIING", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Chess pieces you must protect", "answer": "KINGS", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "The body's outer covering", "answer": "SKIN", "drop": "G" }, { "clue": "Glide down a snowy mountain", "answer": "SKI", "drop": "N" } ], "bonus": "SIGN", "bonusClue": "Write your name on the line" }, { "id": "SP-0056", "level": "medium", "start": "PIRATES", "steps": [ { "clue": "Comedy that mocks politics or society", "answer": "SATIRE", "drop": "P" }, { "clue": "Attempts", "answer": "TRIES", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Take a break", "answer": "REST", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Group of matching dishes", "answer": "SET", "drop": "R" } ], "bonus": "PAIR", "bonusClue": "Two of a kind" }, { "id": "SP-0057", "level": "hard", "start": "MATTRESS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Is important", "answer": "MATTERS", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Small river, or watch video online", "answer": "STREAM", "drop": "T" }, { "clue": "Conditions of a deal", "answer": "TERMS", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Part of a flower that holds it up", "answer": "STEM", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Came face to face with", "answer": "MET", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "STARS", "bonusClue": "Ratings out of five" }, { "id": "SP-0058", "level": "easy", "start": "BASKET", "steps": [ { "clue": "Grabs, or film scenes shot more than once", "answer": "TAKES", "drop": "B" }, { "clue": "A job on your to-do list", "answer": "TASK", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Pose a question", "answer": "ASK", "drop": "T" } ], "bonus": "BET", "bonusClue": "Wager" }, { "id": "SP-0059", "level": "easy", "start": "GLANCE", "steps": [ { "clue": "Corner measured in degrees", "answer": "ANGLE", "drop": "C" }, { "clue": "Narrow, quiet valley", "answer": "GLEN", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "It runs from hip to foot", "answer": "LEG", "drop": "N" } ], "bonus": "CAN", "bonusClue": "Soda container" }, { "id": "SP-0060", "level": "easy", "start": "PRIEST", "steps": [ { "clue": "Attempts", "answer": "TRIES", "drop": "P" }, { "clue": "Mix with a spoon", "answer": "STIR", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Belonging to it", "answer": "ITS", "drop": "R" } ], "bonus": "PER", "bonusClue": "For each" }, { "id": "SP-0061", "level": "medium", "start": "LEADING", "steps": [ { "clue": "Fastened with a hammer", "answer": "NAILED", "drop": "G" }, { "clue": "Ruled, like notebook paper", "answer": "LINED", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Let someone borrow", "answer": "LEND", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Was in front of the pack", "answer": "LED", "drop": "N" } ], "bonus": "GAIN", "bonusClue": "Increase" }, { "id": "SP-0062", "level": "medium", "start": "SOURCED", "steps": [ { "clue": "Put points on the board", "answer": "SCORED", "drop": "U" }, { "clue": "The style of a room's furnishings", "answer": "DECOR", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "It plugs a lamp into the wall", "answer": "CORD", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Physician, casually", "answer": "DOC", "drop": "R" } ], "bonus": "USER", "bonusClue": "Person with a login" }, { "id": "SP-0063", "level": "medium", "start": "SECTION", "steps": [ { "clue": "Ant or beetle, for example", "answer": "INSECT", "drop": "O" }, { "clue": "Names as a source", "answer": "CITES", "drop": "N" }, { "clue": "Location, or a place on the web", "answer": "SITE", "drop": "C" }, { "clue": "Take a chair", "answer": "SIT", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "ONCE", "bonusClue": "One time only" }, { "id": "SP-0064", "level": "hard", "start": "TROOPERS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Bird that crows at sunrise", "answer": "ROOSTER", "drop": "P" }, { "clue": "Vacation spot with a pool and spa", "answer": "RESORT", "drop": "O" }, { "clue": "Shop at the mall", "answer": "STORE", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Thorny flower given on Valentine's Day", "answer": "ROSE", "drop": "T" }, { "clue": "Rock that is mined for metal", "answer": "ORE", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "PORTS", "bonusClue": "Harbors where ships dock" }, { "id": "SP-0065", "level": "easy", "start": "PALACE", "steps": [ { "clue": "Location", "answer": "PLACE", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Light in color, as skin", "answer": "PALE", "drop": "C" }, { "clue": "Once around the track", "answer": "LAP", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "ACE", "bonusClue": "Highest card in the deck" }, { "id": "SP-0066", "level": "easy", "start": "HEARTS", "steps": [ { "clue": "The planet we live on", "answer": "EARTH", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Give a score from one to ten", "answer": "RATE", "drop": "H" }, { "clue": "Paintings and sculpture", "answer": "ART", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "SHE", "bonusClue": "Pronoun for a woman" }, { "id": "SP-0067", "level": "easy", "start": "FASTER", "steps": [ { "clue": "Gives a score to", "answer": "RATES", "drop": "F" }, { "clue": "Take a break", "answer": "REST", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Group of matching dishes", "answer": "SET", "drop": "R" } ], "bonus": "FAR", "bonusClue": "A long way off" }, { "id": "SP-0068", "level": "medium", "start": "REPORTS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Large printed picture for a wall", "answer": "POSTER", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Baseball or soccer", "answer": "SPORT", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Harbor town", "answer": "PORT", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Paid athlete, for short", "answer": "PRO", "drop": "T" } ], "bonus": "REST", "bonusClue": "Take a break" }, { "id": "SP-0069", "level": "medium", "start": "STAPLES", "steps": [ { "clue": "Dishes that dinner is served on", "answer": "PLATES", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Sticks together with adhesive strips", "answer": "TAPES", "drop": "L" }, { "clue": "Put one foot forward", "answer": "STEP", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Group of matching dishes", "answer": "SET", "drop": "P" } ], "bonus": "SLAP", "bonusClue": "Hit with an open hand" }, { "id": "SP-0070", "level": "medium", "start": "CEREALS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Removes dishes from the table", "answer": "CLEARS", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Is concerned", "answer": "CARES", "drop": "L" }, { "clue": "Contest of speed", "answer": "RACE", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Sedan or coupe", "answer": "CAR", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "ELSE", "bonusClue": "Word after \"anything\" or \"someone\"" }, { "id": "SP-0071", "level": "hard", "start": "PRODUCES", "steps": [ { "clue": "Obtained from a supplier", "answer": "SOURCED", "drop": "P" }, { "clue": "Made a goal or a touchdown", "answer": "SCORED", "drop": "U" }, { "clue": "Secret systems of letters or numbers", "answer": "CODES", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Password, or what a programmer writes", "answer": "CODE", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Short word for a physician", "answer": "DOC", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "PURSE", "bonusClue": "Handbag" }, { "id": "SP-0072", "level": "easy", "start": "BORDER", "steps": [ { "clue": "Having nothing fun to do", "answer": "BORED", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Raised, as show dogs", "answer": "BRED", "drop": "O" }, { "clue": "Color of a stop sign", "answer": "RED", "drop": "B" } ], "bonus": "ROB", "bonusClue": "Steal from" }, { "id": "SP-0073", "level": "easy", "start": "CARPET", "steps": [ { "clue": "Small amount left behind", "answer": "TRACE", "drop": "P" }, { "clue": "Wagon pulled by a horse", "answer": "CART", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Curved line", "answer": "ARC", "drop": "T" } ], "bonus": "PET", "bonusClue": "Dog or cat at home" }, { "id": "SP-0074", "level": "easy", "start": "HOLDER", "steps": [ { "clue": "Having had more birthdays", "answer": "OLDER", "drop": "H" }, { "clue": "British nobleman", "answer": "LORD", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Not young", "answer": "OLD", "drop": "R" } ], "bonus": "HER", "bonusClue": "Pronoun paired with \"him\"" }, { "id": "SP-0075", "level": "medium", "start": "COASTER", "steps": [ { "clue": "Accompany and protect", "answer": "ESCORT", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Place to shop", "answer": "STORE", "drop": "C" }, { "clue": "Flower with thorns", "answer": "ROSE", "drop": "T" }, { "clue": "Rock that is mined for metal", "answer": "ORE", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "ACTS", "bonusClue": "Parts of a play" }, { "id": "SP-0076", "level": "medium", "start": "HAMSTER", "steps": [ { "clue": "Expert, or become an expert at", "answer": "MASTER", "drop": "H" }, { "clue": "Conditions of a deal", "answer": "TERMS", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Part of a flower that holds it up", "answer": "STEM", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Harden, as concrete", "answer": "SET", "drop": "M" } ], "bonus": "HARM", "bonusClue": "Injury or damage" }, { "id": "SP-0077", "level": "medium", "start": "ORANGES", "steps": [ { "clue": "Color between red and yellow", "answer": "ORANGE", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Feeling that makes you see red", "answer": "ANGER", "drop": "O" }, { "clue": "Equipment, or a toothed wheel", "answer": "GEAR", "drop": "N" }, { "clue": "A long period of history", "answer": "ERA", "drop": "G" } ], "bonus": "SONG", "bonusClue": "Tune with lyrics" }, { "id": "SP-0078", "level": "hard", "start": "CAPTURES", "steps": [ { "clue": "Wall-to-wall floor coverings", "answer": "CARPETS", "drop": "U" }, { "clue": "Copies a drawing through thin paper", "answer": "TRACES", "drop": "P" }, { "clue": "Respond to something", "answer": "REACT", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "You push it through the grocery store", "answer": "CART", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Curved path of a thrown ball", "answer": "ARC", "drop": "T" } ], "bonus": "UPSET", "bonusClue": "Unhappy, or a surprise win by the underdog" }, { "id": "SP-0079", "level": "easy", "start": "STABLE", "steps": [ { "clue": "Defeats, or rhythms in music", "answer": "BEATS", "drop": "L" }, { "clue": "Better than all the rest", "answer": "BEST", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Put in place", "answer": "SET", "drop": "B" } ], "bonus": "LAB", "bonusClue": "Room for science experiments" }, { "id": "SP-0080", "level": "easy", "start": "SUNSET", "steps": [ { "clue": "Melodies", "answer": "TUNES", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Bird's home in a tree", "answer": "NEST", "drop": "U" }, { "clue": "\"Ready, ___, go!\"", "answer": "SET", "drop": "N" } ], "bonus": "SUN", "bonusClue": "Star at the center of our solar system" }, { "id": "SP-0081", "level": "easy", "start": "ASPECT", "steps": [ { "clue": "Glue used in school crafts", "answer": "PASTE", "drop": "C" }, { "clue": "One stair", "answer": "STEP", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Collection of matching pieces", "answer": "SET", "drop": "P" } ], "bonus": "CAP", "bonusClue": "Baseball hat" }, { "id": "SP-0082", "level": "medium", "start": "WAITERS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Comedy that mocks politics or society", "answer": "SATIRE", "drop": "W" }, { "clue": "Prices charged, as by a hotel", "answer": "RATES", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Drop from a crying eye", "answer": "TEAR", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Museum display", "answer": "ART", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "WISE", "bonusClue": "Showing good judgment" }, { "id": "SP-0083", "level": "medium", "start": "BASKETS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Ribeyes and T-bones", "answer": "STEAKS", "drop": "B" }, { "clue": "Jobs on a to-do list", "answer": "TASKS", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "One job on a to-do list", "answer": "TASK", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Pose a question", "answer": "ASK", "drop": "T" } ], "bonus": "BEST", "bonusClue": "Top-ranked" }, { "id": "SP-0084", "level": "medium", "start": "WORKING", "steps": [ { "clue": "Moving a boat with oars", "answer": "ROWING", "drop": "K" }, { "clue": "Not correct", "answer": "WRONG", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Get bigger", "answer": "GROW", "drop": "N" }, { "clue": "Line of seats in a theater", "answer": "ROW", "drop": "G" } ], "bonus": "KING", "bonusClue": "Ruler who wears a crown" }, { "id": "SP-0085", "level": "hard", "start": "ANCESTOR", "steps": [ { "clue": "It keeps a drink from marking the table", "answer": "COASTER", "drop": "N" }, { "clue": "Responds to something", "answer": "REACTS", "drop": "O" }, { "clue": "Running contests", "answer": "RACES", "drop": "T" }, { "clue": "Vehicles on the highway", "answer": "CARS", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Part of a circle", "answer": "ARC", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "NOTES", "bonusClue": "What students take in class" }, { "id": "SP-0086", "level": "easy", "start": "DRAGON", "steps": [ { "clue": "Heart or lung, or a church instrument", "answer": "ORGAN", "drop": "D" }, { "clue": "Sounded, as a bell", "answer": "RANG", "drop": "O" }, { "clue": "Moved fast on foot", "answer": "RAN", "drop": "G" } ], "bonus": "DOG", "bonusClue": "Pet that barks" }, { "id": "SP-0087", "level": "easy", "start": "PLANET", "steps": [ { "clue": "Group of judges or experts", "answer": "PANEL", "drop": "T" }, { "clue": "Decide ahead of time", "answer": "PLAN", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Where a napkin goes at dinner", "answer": "LAP", "drop": "N" } ], "bonus": "TEN", "bonusClue": "Number after nine" }, { "id": "SP-0088", "level": "easy", "start": "BRIDGE", "steps": [ { "clue": "Long, narrow mountaintop", "answer": "RIDGE", "drop": "B" }, { "clue": "Pattern of crossing lines, as on graph paper", "answer": "GRID", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Free of something unwanted, with \"get\"", "answer": "RID", "drop": "G" } ], "bonus": "BEG", "bonusClue": "Plead" }, { "id": "SP-0089", "level": "medium", "start": "LEOPARD", "steps": [ { "clue": "Long, painful experience", "answer": "ORDEAL", "drop": "P" }, { "clue": "Love deeply", "answer": "ADORE", "drop": "L" }, { "clue": "Street or highway", "answer": "ROAD", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Fishing pole", "answer": "ROD", "drop": "A" } ], "bonus": "PLEA", "bonusClue": "Urgent request" }, { "id": "SP-0090", "level": "medium", "start": "FEATHER", "steps": [ { "clue": "Device that warms a room", "answer": "HEATER", "drop": "F" }, { "clue": "Number of sides on a triangle", "answer": "THREE", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "In this place", "answer": "HERE", "drop": "T" }, { "clue": "Belonging to that woman", "answer": "HER", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "FATE", "bonusClue": "Destiny" }, { "id": "SP-0091", "level": "medium", "start": "SUSPECT", "steps": [ { "clue": "Surprise wins by underdogs", "answer": "UPSETS", "drop": "C" }, { "clue": "Stairs", "answer": "STEPS", "drop": "U" }, { "clue": "Parts of a tennis match", "answer": "SETS", "drop": "P" }, { "clue": "Scenery on a movie stage", "answer": "SET", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "CUPS", "bonusClue": "Small drinking containers" }, { "id": "SP-0092", "level": "hard", "start": "DISASTER", "steps": [ { "clue": "Long, confident steps", "answer": "STRIDES", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "One long step", "answer": "STRIDE", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Made an attempt", "answer": "TRIED", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Soil", "answer": "DIRT", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Free of something unwanted, with \"get\"", "answer": "RID", "drop": "T" } ], "bonus": "ASSET", "bonusClue": "Something valuable that you own" }, { "id": "SP-0093", "level": "easy", "start": "ALBUMS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Book for photos, or a collection of songs", "answer": "ALBUM", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Young sheep", "answer": "LAMB", "drop": "U" }, { "clue": "Short name for a popular retriever", "answer": "LAB", "drop": "M" } ], "bonus": "SUM", "bonusClue": "Total after adding" }, { "id": "SP-0094", "level": "easy", "start": "RIBBON", "steps": [ { "clue": "Red-breasted songbird", "answer": "ROBIN", "drop": "B" }, { "clue": "Brought into the world", "answer": "BORN", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Hold up, as a bank", "answer": "ROB", "drop": "N" } ], "bonus": "BIN", "bonusClue": "Container for recycling" }, { "id": "SP-0095", "level": "easy", "start": "SHAPED", "steps": [ { "clue": "Coin-flip call opposite tails", "answer": "HEADS", "drop": "P" }, { "clue": "Backyard building for tools", "answer": "SHED", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Pronoun for a woman", "answer": "SHE", "drop": "D" } ], "bonus": "PAD", "bonusClue": "Tablet of paper for notes" }, { "id": "SP-0096", "level": "medium", "start": "STEWARD", "steps": [ { "clue": "Gives a drink to, as plants", "answer": "WATERS", "drop": "D" }, { "clue": "Use carelessly, as time or money", "answer": "WASTE", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Direction of the sunset", "answer": "WEST", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "\"Ready, ___, go!\"", "answer": "SET", "drop": "W" } ], "bonus": "DRAW", "bonusClue": "Sketch with a pencil" }, { "id": "SP-0097", "level": "medium", "start": "FACTORS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Something that contributes to a result", "answer": "FACTOR", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Handmade hobby project", "answer": "CRAFT", "drop": "O" }, { "clue": "You push it through the grocery store", "answer": "CART", "drop": "F" }, { "clue": "Sedan or coupe", "answer": "CAR", "drop": "T" } ], "bonus": "SOFT", "bonusClue": "Not hard" }, { "id": "SP-0098", "level": "medium", "start": "EMERALD", "steps": [ { "clue": "Person who hands out the cards", "answer": "DEALER", "drop": "M" }, { "clue": "Older and respected member of a community", "answer": "ELDER", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Animal with antlers", "answer": "DEER", "drop": "L" }, { "clue": "Color of a stop sign", "answer": "RED", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "MALE", "bonusClue": "Opposite of female" }, { "id": "SP-0099", "level": "hard", "start": "DEPOSITS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Money put into a bank account", "answer": "DEPOSIT", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Shared on social media", "answer": "POSTED", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Writers of verse", "answer": "POETS", "drop": "D" }, { "clue": "Small mark, or a classic dog name", "answer": "SPOT", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Highest point", "answer": "TOP", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "SIDES", "bonusClue": "A square has four of them" }, { "id": "SP-0100", "level": "easy", "start": "ASHORE", "steps": [ { "clue": "Animal you ride with a saddle", "answer": "HORSE", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Brave person who saves the day", "answer": "HERO", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Rock that is mined for metal", "answer": "ORE", "drop": "H" } ], "bonus": "ASH", "bonusClue": "What is left after a fire" }, { "id": "SP-0101", "level": "easy", "start": "BUSTER", "steps": [ { "clue": "Toothpaste containers", "answer": "TUBES", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Better than all the rest", "answer": "BEST", "drop": "U" }, { "clue": "Group of matching dishes", "answer": "SET", "drop": "B" } ], "bonus": "RUB", "bonusClue": "Massage" }, { "id": "SP-0102", "level": "easy", "start": "PALATE", "steps": [ { "clue": "Dish that dinner is served on", "answer": "PLATE", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Light in color, as skin", "answer": "PALE", "drop": "T" }, { "clue": "Once around the track", "answer": "LAP", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "ATE", "bonusClue": "Had a meal" }, { "id": "SP-0103", "level": "medium", "start": "DISABLE", "steps": [ { "clue": "Scooped water out of a boat", "answer": "BAILED", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Sharp edge of a knife", "answer": "BLADE", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Having the skill to do something", "answer": "ABLE", "drop": "D" }, { "clue": "Room for science experiments", "answer": "LAB", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "SIDE", "bonusClue": "Left or right" }, { "id": "SP-0104", "level": "medium", "start": "GLANCES", "steps": [ { "clue": "Quick look", "answer": "GLANCE", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Winged figure with a halo", "answer": "ANGEL", "drop": "C" }, { "clue": "Narrow, quiet valley", "answer": "GLEN", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "It runs from hip to foot", "answer": "LEG", "drop": "N" } ], "bonus": "SCAN", "bonusClue": "Copy a document into a computer" }, { "id": "SP-0105", "level": "medium", "start": "WANDERS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Told about danger ahead", "answer": "WARNED", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Sketched with a pencil", "answer": "DRAWN", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Section of a hospital", "answer": "WARD", "drop": "N" }, { "clue": "Not cooked", "answer": "RAW", "drop": "D" } ], "bonus": "SEND", "bonusClue": "Mail or text" }, { "id": "SP-0106", "level": "hard", "start": "RECEIPTS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Exact", "answer": "PRECISE", "drop": "T" }, { "clue": "Parts of a jigsaw puzzle", "answer": "PIECES", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Cinnamon or nutmeg", "answer": "SPICE", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Photos, for short", "answer": "PICS", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Photo, for short", "answer": "PIC", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "TREES", "bonusClue": "Oaks and maples" }, { "id": "SP-0107", "level": "easy", "start": "CRADLE", "steps": [ { "clue": "Fragrant wood used to line closets", "answer": "CEDAR", "drop": "L" }, { "clue": "It comes in a deck of 52", "answer": "CARD", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Curved path of a thrown ball", "answer": "ARC", "drop": "D" } ], "bonus": "LED", "bonusClue": "Was in front of the pack" }, { "id": "SP-0108", "level": "easy", "start": "SUITED", "steps": [ { "clue": "Set of connected hotel rooms", "answer": "SUITE", "drop": "D" }, { "clue": "Neckwear, or games with no winner", "answer": "TIES", "drop": "U" }, { "clue": "Take a chair", "answer": "SIT", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "DUE", "bonusClue": "Expected, as a library book" }, { "id": "SP-0109", "level": "easy", "start": "MERITS", "steps": [ { "clue": "It counts down the minutes in a kitchen", "answer": "TIMER", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "A president serves one for four years", "answer": "TERM", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Came face to face with", "answer": "MET", "drop": "R" } ], "bonus": "SIR", "bonusClue": "Polite word for a man" }, { "id": "SP-0110", "level": "medium", "start": "FLASHED", "steps": [ { "clue": "Tied down tightly with rope", "answer": "LASHED", "drop": "F" }, { "clue": "Coin-flip call opposite tails", "answer": "HEADS", "drop": "L" }, { "clue": "Short, fast run", "answer": "DASH", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "What is left after a fire", "answer": "ASH", "drop": "D" } ], "bonus": "FLED", "bonusClue": "Ran away" }, { "id": "SP-0111", "level": "medium", "start": "BATTLES", "steps": [ { "clue": "Building where horses are kept", "answer": "STABLE", "drop": "T" }, { "clue": "They hold up pants", "answer": "BELTS", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Allows", "answer": "LETS", "drop": "B" }, { "clue": "Allow", "answer": "LET", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "TABS", "bonusClue": "Open pages in a web browser" }, { "id": "SP-0112", "level": "medium", "start": "INVADER", "steps": [ { "clue": "Deep, narrow gorge", "answer": "RAVINE", "drop": "D" }, { "clue": "Large black bird in a famous Poe poem", "answer": "RAVEN", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Close by", "answer": "NEAR", "drop": "V" }, { "clue": "Moved fast on foot", "answer": "RAN", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "DIVE", "bonusClue": "Jump headfirst into a pool" }, { "id": "SP-0113", "level": "hard", "start": "DILEMMAS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Tough choice between two options", "answer": "DILEMMA", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Sent through the post office", "answer": "MAILED", "drop": "M" }, { "clue": "Award hung around a winner's neck", "answer": "MEDAL", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Created", "answer": "MADE", "drop": "L" }, { "clue": "Wall that holds back a river", "answer": "DAM", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "SMILE", "bonusClue": "Happy expression" }, { "id": "SP-0114", "level": "easy", "start": "MIRAGE", "steps": [ { "clue": "Picture", "answer": "IMAGE", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Chess or checkers", "answer": "GAME", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "How old you are", "answer": "AGE", "drop": "M" } ], "bonus": "RIM", "bonusClue": "Edge of a basketball hoop" }, { "id": "SP-0115", "level": "easy", "start": "PAINTS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Holy person honored by a church", "answer": "SAINT", "drop": "P" }, { "clue": "Tiny insects that invade a picnic", "answer": "ANTS", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Took a chair", "answer": "SAT", "drop": "N" } ], "bonus": "PIN", "bonusClue": "Small pointed fastener" }, { "id": "SP-0116", "level": "easy", "start": "LITTLE", "steps": [ { "clue": "Name of a book or movie", "answer": "TITLE", "drop": "L" }, { "clue": "Lean to one side", "answer": "TILT", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Set on fire, as a candle", "answer": "LIT", "drop": "T" } ], "bonus": "LET", "bonusClue": "Allow" }, { "id": "SP-0117", "level": "medium", "start": "ROUTERS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Paths a delivery driver follows", "answer": "ROUTES", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Place to shop", "answer": "STORE", "drop": "U" }, { "clue": "Ripped", "answer": "TORE", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Rock that is mined for metal", "answer": "ORE", "drop": "T" } ], "bonus": "RUST", "bonusClue": "Reddish coating on old iron" }, { "id": "SP-0118", "level": "medium", "start": "CARRIED", "steps": [ { "clue": "Las Vegas football player", "answer": "RAIDER", "drop": "C" }, { "clue": "Person on a horse or a bike", "answer": "RIDER", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Extremely serious, as a warning", "answer": "DIRE", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Free of something unwanted, with \"get\"", "answer": "RID", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "CARE", "bonusClue": "Look after" }, { "id": "SP-0119", "level": "medium", "start": "SPECIAL", "steps": [ { "clue": "Locations", "answer": "PLACES", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Location", "answer": "PLACE", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Speed of a runner", "answer": "PACE", "drop": "L" }, { "clue": "Baseball hat", "answer": "CAP", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "ISLE", "bonusClue": "Small island" }, { "id": "SP-0120", "level": "hard", "start": "CURRENTS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Comes back", "answer": "RETURNS", "drop": "C" }, { "clue": "Angry public disturbance", "answer": "UNREST", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Rotates", "answer": "TURNS", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Rotate", "answer": "TURN", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Move fast on foot", "answer": "RUN", "drop": "T" } ], "bonus": "CREST", "bonusClue": "Top of a wave or a hill" }, { "id": "SP-0121", "level": "easy", "start": "TIGERS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Attempts", "answer": "TRIES", "drop": "G" }, { "clue": "Mix with a spoon", "answer": "STIR", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Polite word for a man", "answer": "SIR", "drop": "T" } ], "bonus": "GET", "bonusClue": "Receive or obtain" }, { "id": "SP-0122", "level": "easy", "start": "STAYED", "steps": [ { "clue": "It makes bread dough rise", "answer": "YEAST", "drop": "D" }, { "clue": "Has dinner", "answer": "EATS", "drop": "Y" }, { "clue": "Rested on a bench", "answer": "SAT", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "DYE", "bonusClue": "Hair-coloring product" }, { "id": "SP-0123", "level": "easy", "start": "PRAYED", "steps": [ { "clue": "Return money you borrowed", "answer": "REPAY", "drop": "D" }, { "clue": "An animal that is hunted", "answer": "PREY", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "For each", "answer": "PER", "drop": "Y" } ], "bonus": "DAY", "bonusClue": "24 hours" }, { "id": "SP-0124", "level": "medium", "start": "FRONTED", "steps": [ { "clue": "Mouse or rat", "answer": "RODENT", "drop": "F" }, { "clue": "What is popular right now", "answer": "TREND", "drop": "O" }, { "clue": "Small hollow in a car door", "answer": "DENT", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "The final part", "answer": "END", "drop": "T" } ], "bonus": "FORT", "bonusClue": "Soldiers' stronghold" }, { "id": "SP-0125", "level": "medium", "start": "SOLDIER", "steps": [ { "clue": "Hit songs from decades ago", "answer": "OLDIES", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Not liquid or gas", "answer": "SOLID", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Dirt in a garden", "answer": "SOIL", "drop": "D" }, { "clue": "It is changed every few thousand miles in a car", "answer": "OIL", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "REDS", "bonusClue": "Cincinnati's baseball team" }, { "id": "SP-0126", "level": "medium", "start": "READILY", "steps": [ { "clue": "With great affection", "answer": "DEARLY", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "One level of a cake", "answer": "LAYER", "drop": "D" }, { "clue": "Twelve months", "answer": "YEAR", "drop": "L" }, { "clue": "Beam of sunshine", "answer": "RAY", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "IDLE", "bonusClue": "Not busy" }, { "id": "SP-0127", "level": "hard", "start": "OVERCAST", "steps": [ { "clue": "It keeps a drink from marking the table", "answer": "COASTER", "drop": "V" }, { "clue": "Copies a drawing through thin paper", "answer": "TRACES", "drop": "O" }, { "clue": "Units of farmland", "answer": "ACRES", "drop": "T" }, { "clue": "Vehicles on the highway", "answer": "CARS", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Part of a circle", "answer": "ARC", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "VOTES", "bonusClue": "Ballots counted in an election" }, { "id": "SP-0128", "level": "easy", "start": "INSULT", "steps": [ { "clue": "Apartments in a building", "answer": "UNITS", "drop": "L" }, { "clue": "Almonds and cashews", "answer": "NUTS", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Star at the center of our solar system", "answer": "SUN", "drop": "T" } ], "bonus": "LIT", "bonusClue": "Set on fire" }, { "id": "SP-0129", "level": "easy", "start": "OPTING", "steps": [ { "clue": "Sharp tip of a pencil", "answer": "POINT", "drop": "G" }, { "clue": "Half a quart", "answer": "PINT", "drop": "O" }, { "clue": "Bowling target", "answer": "PIN", "drop": "T" } ], "bonus": "GOT", "bonusClue": "Received" }, { "id": "SP-0130", "level": "easy", "start": "RELATE", "steps": [ { "clue": "Not now", "answer": "LATER", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "A story", "answer": "TALE", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Permit", "answer": "LET", "drop": "A" } ], "bonus": "ERA", "bonusClue": "A long period of history" }, { "id": "SP-0131", "level": "medium", "start": "MATTERS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Expert, or become an expert at", "answer": "MASTER", "drop": "T" }, { "clue": "Clever", "answer": "SMART", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Word after \"Wal\" in a store name", "answer": "MART", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Limb with an elbow", "answer": "ARM", "drop": "T" } ], "bonus": "TEST", "bonusClue": "Exam" }, { "id": "SP-0132", "level": "medium", "start": "METEORS", "steps": [ { "clue": "TV channel changer", "answer": "REMOTE", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "It measures electricity use, or a parking fee", "answer": "METER", "drop": "O" }, { "clue": "Come face to face with", "answer": "MEET", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Was introduced to", "answer": "MET", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "SORE", "bonusClue": "Aching after a workout" }, { "id": "SP-0133", "level": "medium", "start": "CRASHED", "steps": [ { "clue": "Curved like a cat's back", "answer": "ARCHED", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Evergreen tree with reddish wood", "answer": "CEDAR", "drop": "H" }, { "clue": "Birthday greeting in an envelope", "answer": "CARD", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Curved line", "answer": "ARC", "drop": "D" } ], "bonus": "SHED", "bonusClue": "Backyard building for tools" }, { "id": "SP-0134", "level": "hard", "start": "INSIGHTS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Deep understanding of a problem", "answer": "INSIGHT", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Objects, generally", "answer": "THINGS", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Clues that help you solve a puzzle", "answer": "HINTS", "drop": "G" }, { "clue": "Opposite of \"that\"", "answer": "THIS", "drop": "N" }, { "clue": "Strike with a bat", "answer": "HIT", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "SIGNS", "bonusClue": "Stop and yield, on the road" }, { "id": "SP-0135", "level": "easy", "start": "UNEVEN", "steps": [ { "clue": "Place where a concert is held", "answer": "VENUE", "drop": "N" }, { "clue": "Not odd", "answer": "EVEN", "drop": "U" }, { "clue": "The night before a holiday", "answer": "EVE", "drop": "N" } ], "bonus": "NUN", "bonusClue": "Woman who lives in a convent" }, { "id": "SP-0136", "level": "easy", "start": "DIVERT", "steps": [ { "clue": "Made an attempt", "answer": "TRIED", "drop": "V" }, { "clue": "Soil", "answer": "DIRT", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "\"Get ___ of\" (throw away)", "answer": "RID", "drop": "T" } ], "bonus": "VET", "bonusClue": "Animal doctor" }, { "id": "SP-0137", "level": "easy", "start": "ARDENT", "steps": [ { "clue": "General direction things are heading", "answer": "TREND", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Ding in a fender", "answer": "DENT", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Finish", "answer": "END", "drop": "T" } ], "bonus": "ART", "bonusClue": "Museum display" }, { "id": "SP-0138", "level": "medium", "start": "REPAIRS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Words of approval", "answer": "PRAISE", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Extra tire in the trunk", "answer": "SPARE", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Harvest, as a crop", "answer": "REAP", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Expected score on a golf hole", "answer": "PAR", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "RISE", "bonusClue": "Go up" }, { "id": "SP-0139", "level": "medium", "start": "CAPTORS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Leader of a church congregation", "answer": "PASTOR", "drop": "C" }, { "clue": "Baseball or soccer", "answer": "SPORT", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Share on social media, or a fence stake", "answer": "POST", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Highest point", "answer": "TOP", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "CARS", "bonusClue": "Vehicles in a garage" }, { "id": "SP-0140", "level": "medium", "start": "VINTAGE", "steps": [ { "clue": "Having a meal", "answer": "EATING", "drop": "V" }, { "clue": "Representative for an actor or athlete", "answer": "AGENT", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Entrance in a fence", "answer": "GATE", "drop": "N" }, { "clue": "Playground chasing game", "answer": "TAG", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "VINE", "bonusClue": "Plant that grapes grow on" }, { "id": "SP-0141", "level": "hard", "start": "SHORTAGE", "steps": [ { "clue": "Space for keeping things you are not using", "answer": "STORAGE", "drop": "H" }, { "clue": "Legends of a sport, informally", "answer": "GREATS", "drop": "O" }, { "clue": "Where actors perform", "answer": "STAGE", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Where you board a plane", "answer": "GATE", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Label showing a price", "answer": "TAG", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "HORSE", "bonusClue": "Animal you ride with a saddle" }, { "id": "SP-0142", "level": "easy", "start": "AGREED", "steps": [ { "clue": "Excessive desire for money", "answer": "GREED", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Animal with antlers", "answer": "DEER", "drop": "G" }, { "clue": "Color of a stop sign", "answer": "RED", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "AGE", "bonusClue": "How old you are" }, { "id": "SP-0143", "level": "easy", "start": "INTAKE", "steps": [ { "clue": "Already occupied, as a seat", "answer": "TAKEN", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Opposite of give", "answer": "TAKE", "drop": "N" }, { "clue": "Have a meal", "answer": "EAT", "drop": "K" } ], "bonus": "INK", "bonusClue": "Printer cartridge liquid" }, { "id": "SP-0144", "level": "easy", "start": "SENIOR", "steps": [ { "clue": "Sticky substance from pine trees", "answer": "RESIN", "drop": "O" }, { "clue": "Go up, as the sun", "answer": "RISE", "drop": "N" }, { "clue": "Title for a knight", "answer": "SIR", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "ONE", "bonusClue": "Number before two" }, { "id": "SP-0145", "level": "medium", "start": "HOLDERS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Melted metal used to join wires", "answer": "SOLDER", "drop": "H" }, { "clue": "British noblemen", "answer": "LORDS", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Exchanged for money", "answer": "SOLD", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Not young", "answer": "OLD", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "HERS", "bonusClue": "Belonging to that woman" }, { "id": "SP-0146", "level": "medium", "start": "PIERCED", "steps": [ { "clue": "Instructions for cooking a dish", "answer": "RECIPE", "drop": "D" }, { "clue": "Move slowly and quietly", "answer": "CREEP", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Look closely, or a person of the same age", "answer": "PEER", "drop": "C" }, { "clue": "\"Miles ___ hour\"", "answer": "PER", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "DICE", "bonusClue": "Cubes rolled in board games" }, { "id": "SP-0147", "level": "medium", "start": "FILTERS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Bitter conflict", "answer": "STRIFE", "drop": "L" }, { "clue": "Before all others", "answer": "FIRST", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "What you do to soup in a pot", "answer": "STIR", "drop": "F" }, { "clue": "\"Yes, ___!\"", "answer": "SIR", "drop": "T" } ], "bonus": "LEFT", "bonusClue": "Opposite of right" }, { "id": "SP-0148", "level": "hard", "start": "EARRINGS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Rubbing out pencil marks", "answer": "ERASING", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Kitchen stoves, or rows of mountains", "answer": "RANGES", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Toothed wheels in a machine", "answer": "GEARS", "drop": "N" }, { "clue": "You hear with them", "answer": "EARS", "drop": "G" }, { "clue": "A long period of history", "answer": "ERA", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "RINGS", "bonusClue": "Jewelry for fingers" }, { "id": "SP-0149", "level": "easy", "start": "ARGUED", "steps": [ { "clue": "Disagree out loud", "answer": "ARGUE", "drop": "D" }, { "clue": "Equipment, or a toothed wheel", "answer": "GEAR", "drop": "U" }, { "clue": "Historical age", "answer": "ERA", "drop": "G" } ], "bonus": "DUG", "bonusClue": "Made a hole with a shovel" }, { "id": "SP-0150", "level": "easy", "start": "BEATEN", "steps": [ { "clue": "Finished, as a meal", "answer": "EATEN", "drop": "B" }, { "clue": "Tidy", "answer": "NEAT", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Skin color after a beach vacation", "answer": "TAN", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "BEE", "bonusClue": "Insect that makes honey" }, { "id": "SP-0151", "level": "easy", "start": "DIAPER", "steps": [ { "clue": "Very fast", "answer": "RAPID", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Sound of a leaky faucet", "answer": "DRIP", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Sauce for chips", "answer": "DIP", "drop": "R" } ], "bonus": "EAR", "bonusClue": "One serving of corn on the cob" }, { "id": "SP-0152", "level": "medium", "start": "STOPPER", "steps": [ { "clue": "Large printed picture for a wall", "answer": "POSTER", "drop": "P" }, { "clue": "Writers of verse", "answer": "POETS", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "One stair", "answer": "STEP", "drop": "O" }, { "clue": "\"Ready, ___, go!\"", "answer": "SET", "drop": "P" } ], "bonus": "PROP", "bonusClue": "Object an actor uses on stage" }, { "id": "SP-0153", "level": "medium", "start": "AILMENT", "steps": [ { "clue": "Person serving time in prison", "answer": "INMATE", "drop": "L" }, { "clue": "Intended", "answer": "MEANT", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Orderly", "answer": "NEAT", "drop": "M" }, { "clue": "Light brown", "answer": "TAN", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "LIME", "bonusClue": "Green citrus fruit" }, { "id": "SP-0154", "level": "medium", "start": "SURFACE", "steps": [ { "clue": "Small plate under a teacup", "answer": "SAUCER", "drop": "F" }, { "clue": "Is concerned", "answer": "CARES", "drop": "U" }, { "clue": "Contest of speed", "answer": "RACE", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Sedan or coupe", "answer": "CAR", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "FUSE", "bonusClue": "It blows when a circuit overloads" }, { "id": "SP-0155", "level": "hard", "start": "BLASTERS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Buildings where horses are kept", "answer": "STABLES", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Loud explosions", "answer": "BLASTS", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Loud explosion, or a really fun time", "answer": "BLAST", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Rooms for science experiments", "answer": "LABS", "drop": "T" }, { "clue": "Where a chemist works", "answer": "LAB", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "RESTS", "bonusClue": "Takes a break" }, { "id": "SP-0156", "level": "easy", "start": "BADGES", "steps": [ { "clue": "Founded on, as a movie \"on a true story\"", "answer": "BASED", "drop": "G" }, { "clue": "Furniture in a hotel room", "answer": "BEDS", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Where you sleep", "answer": "BED", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "GAS", "bonusClue": "Fuel for a car" }, { "id": "SP-0157", "level": "easy", "start": "WASTES", "steps": [ { "clue": "What you do during a hard workout", "answer": "SWEAT", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Direction of the sunset", "answer": "WEST", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Part of a tennis match", "answer": "SET", "drop": "W" } ], "bonus": "SAW", "bonusClue": "Tool that cuts wood" }, { "id": "SP-0158", "level": "easy", "start": "ADORED", "steps": [ { "clue": "Challenged someone to do something risky", "answer": "DARED", "drop": "O" }, { "clue": "Enjoy a book", "answer": "READ", "drop": "D" }, { "clue": "Period named for a queen or a president", "answer": "ERA", "drop": "D" } ], "bonus": "ODD", "bonusClue": "Not even" }, { "id": "SP-0159", "level": "medium", "start": "MINUTES", "steps": [ { "clue": "Brings together", "answer": "UNITES", "drop": "M" }, { "clue": "Inches and feet, for example", "answer": "UNITS", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Jacket and matching pants", "answer": "SUIT", "drop": "N" }, { "clue": "Command to a dog", "answer": "SIT", "drop": "U" } ], "bonus": "MENU", "bonusClue": "List of dishes at a restaurant" }, { "id": "SP-0160", "level": "medium", "start": "SLOWING", "steps": [ { "clue": "Planting seeds", "answer": "SOWING", "drop": "L" }, { "clue": "Birds fly with them", "answer": "WINGS", "drop": "O" }, { "clue": "Victories", "answer": "WINS", "drop": "G" }, { "clue": "Come in first", "answer": "WIN", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "LOGS", "bonusClue": "Fireplace fuel" }, { "id": "SP-0161", "level": "medium", "start": "RESPOND", "steps": [ { "clue": "Small flying machines with cameras", "answer": "DRONES", "drop": "P" }, { "clue": "Connection points in a network", "answer": "NODES", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Mail or text", "answer": "SEND", "drop": "O" }, { "clue": "Cozy room, or a lion's home", "answer": "DEN", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "PROS", "bonusClue": "Advantages, in a list with cons" }, { "id": "SP-0162", "level": "hard", "start": "CLARINET", "steps": [ { "clue": "Completely sure", "answer": "CERTAIN", "drop": "L" }, { "clue": "Dreamlike state under hypnosis", "answer": "TRANCE", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Respond to something", "answer": "REACT", "drop": "N" }, { "clue": "You push it through the grocery store", "answer": "CART", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Perform on stage", "answer": "ACT", "drop": "R" } ], "bonus": "LINER", "bonusClue": "Large ocean ship, or a bag inside a trash can" }, { "id": "SP-0163", "level": "easy", "start": "SNEAKY", "steps": [ { "clue": "Reptile with no legs", "answer": "SNAKE", "drop": "Y" }, { "clue": "Went to the bottom of the sea", "answer": "SANK", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Pose a question", "answer": "ASK", "drop": "N" } ], "bonus": "YEN", "bonusClue": "Japanese money" }, { "id": "SP-0164", "level": "easy", "start": "HUNTED", "steps": [ { "clue": "Adjusted, as a guitar", "answer": "TUNED", "drop": "H" }, { "clue": "Mark left by a hailstone on a hood", "answer": "DENT", "drop": "U" }, { "clue": "Last scene of a movie", "answer": "END", "drop": "T" } ], "bonus": "HUT", "bonusClue": "Small, simple shelter" }, { "id": "SP-0165", "level": "easy", "start": "STRIPE", "steps": [ { "clue": "Desire to hurt or annoy someone", "answer": "SPITE", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Put one foot forward", "answer": "STEP", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Put in place", "answer": "SET", "drop": "P" } ], "bonus": "RIP", "bonusClue": "Tear" }, { "id": "SP-0166", "level": "medium", "start": "ACTRESS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Small amounts left behind", "answer": "TRACES", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Prices charged, as by a hotel", "answer": "RATES", "drop": "C" }, { "clue": "Take a break", "answer": "REST", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Harden, as concrete", "answer": "SET", "drop": "R" } ], "bonus": "SCAR", "bonusClue": "Mark left after a wound heals" }, { "id": "SP-0167", "level": "medium", "start": "JANITOR", "steps": [ { "clue": "Limited share of food or supplies", "answer": "RATION", "drop": "J" }, { "clue": "It runs on railroad tracks", "answer": "TRAIN", "drop": "O" }, { "clue": "Long, angry speech", "answer": "RANT", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Paintings and sculpture", "answer": "ART", "drop": "N" } ], "bonus": "JOIN", "bonusClue": "Become a member" }, { "id": "SP-0168", "level": "medium", "start": "SKATING", "steps": [ { "clue": "Posing a question", "answer": "ASKING", "drop": "T" }, { "clue": "Chess pieces you must protect", "answer": "KINGS", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "The body's outer covering", "answer": "SKIN", "drop": "G" }, { "clue": "Liquid in a pen", "answer": "INK", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "TAGS", "bonusClue": "Labels on clothing" }, { "id": "SP-0169", "level": "hard", "start": "WATCHERS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Bird ___ (person with binoculars)", "answer": "WATCHER", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Ring of evergreen hung on a door at Christmas", "answer": "WREATH", "drop": "C" }, { "clue": "Grain ground into flour", "answer": "WHEAT", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Question word asking for a thing", "answer": "WHAT", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Baseball cap, for one", "answer": "HAT", "drop": "W" } ], "bonus": "SCREW", "bonusClue": "Fastener turned with a driver" }, { "id": "SP-0170", "level": "easy", "start": "HAMLET", "steps": [ { "clue": "Iron or copper", "answer": "METAL", "drop": "H" }, { "clue": "What ice does in the sun", "answer": "MELT", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "\"___ it go\"", "answer": "LET", "drop": "M" } ], "bonus": "HAM", "bonusClue": "Sandwich meat often paired with cheese" }, { "id": "SP-0171", "level": "easy", "start": "DARING", "steps": [ { "clue": "Wheat or rice", "answer": "GRAIN", "drop": "D" }, { "clue": "Sounded, as a bell", "answer": "RANG", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Jogged", "answer": "RAN", "drop": "G" } ], "bonus": "DIG", "bonusClue": "Use a shovel" }, { "id": "SP-0172", "level": "easy", "start": "TROUPE", "steps": [ { "clue": "Path a delivery driver follows", "answer": "ROUTE", "drop": "P" }, { "clue": "Pulled apart, as paper", "answer": "TORE", "drop": "U" }, { "clue": "Mined rock", "answer": "ORE", "drop": "T" } ], "bonus": "PUT", "bonusClue": "Place somewhere" }, { "id": "SP-0173", "level": "medium", "start": "TRAINED", "steps": [ { "clue": "Fell from storm clouds", "answer": "RAINED", "drop": "T" }, { "clue": "Where bathwater goes", "answer": "DRAIN", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Surprise attack", "answer": "RAID", "drop": "N" }, { "clue": "What we breathe", "answer": "AIR", "drop": "D" } ], "bonus": "TEND", "bonusClue": "Take care of, as a garden" }, { "id": "SP-0174", "level": "medium", "start": "UPSTATE", "steps": [ { "clue": "Sharp and clever in judgment", "answer": "ASTUTE", "drop": "P" }, { "clue": "Texas or Ohio", "answer": "STATE", "drop": "U" }, { "clue": "Direction of the sunrise", "answer": "EAST", "drop": "T" }, { "clue": "Hot drink made from steeped leaves", "answer": "TEA", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "PUTS", "bonusClue": "Places somewhere" }, { "id": "SP-0175", "level": "medium", "start": "MIGRATE", "steps": [ { "clue": "Desert illusion of water", "answer": "MIRAGE", "drop": "T" }, { "clue": "Reflection in a mirror", "answer": "IMAGE", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Monopoly, for one", "answer": "GAME", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Number of years you have lived", "answer": "AGE", "drop": "M" } ], "bonus": "TRIM", "bonusClue": "Cut a little off, as hair" }, { "id": "SP-0176", "level": "hard", "start": "BREATHES", "steps": [ { "clue": "Devices that warm a room", "answer": "HEATERS", "drop": "B" }, { "clue": "Red suit in a deck of cards", "answer": "HEARTS", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Garbage", "answer": "TRASH", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Caps and fedoras", "answer": "HATS", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "It goes on your head", "answer": "HAT", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "BEERS", "bonusClue": "Drinks served on tap" }, { "id": "SP-0177", "level": "easy", "start": "RAIDER", "steps": [ { "clue": "Was broadcast on TV", "answer": "AIRED", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Sudden police search", "answer": "RAID", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "It fills a balloon", "answer": "AIR", "drop": "D" } ], "bonus": "RED", "bonusClue": "Color of a fire truck" }, { "id": "SP-0178", "level": "easy", "start": "MAILED", "steps": [ { "clue": "Newspapers, TV and radio, collectively", "answer": "MEDIA", "drop": "L" }, { "clue": "Built", "answer": "MADE", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Beavers build one", "answer": "DAM", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "LIE", "bonusClue": "Fib" }, { "id": "SP-0179", "level": "easy", "start": "BAILED", "steps": [ { "clue": "Perfect", "answer": "IDEAL", "drop": "B" }, { "clue": "Not working, as an engine", "answer": "IDLE", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "The opposite of the truth", "answer": "LIE", "drop": "D" } ], "bonus": "BAD", "bonusClue": "Not good" }, { "id": "SP-0180", "level": "medium", "start": "BUDGETS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Broken, in slang", "answer": "BUSTED", "drop": "G" }, { "clue": "Amounts of money owed", "answer": "DEBTS", "drop": "U" }, { "clue": "Garden plots for flowers", "answer": "BEDS", "drop": "T" }, { "clue": "Furniture with a mattress", "answer": "BED", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "GUTS", "bonusClue": "Courage, informally" }, { "id": "SP-0181", "level": "medium", "start": "INHALED", "steps": [ { "clue": "Refusal to admit the truth", "answer": "DENIAL", "drop": "H" }, { "clue": "Ruled, like notebook paper", "answer": "LINED", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Doing nothing", "answer": "IDLE", "drop": "N" }, { "clue": "Fib", "answer": "LIE", "drop": "D" } ], "bonus": "HAND", "bonusClue": "It has four fingers and a thumb" }, { "id": "SP-0182", "level": "medium", "start": "ELAPSED", "steps": [ { "clue": "Closed tightly, as an envelope", "answer": "SEALED", "drop": "P" }, { "clue": "Bargains", "answer": "DEALS", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Young boys", "answer": "LADS", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Unhappy", "answer": "SAD", "drop": "L" } ], "bonus": "PEEL", "bonusClue": "Skin of a banana" }, { "id": "SP-0183", "level": "hard", "start": "PLATTERS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Material that covers walls and ceilings", "answer": "PLASTER", "drop": "T" }, { "clue": "Dishes that dinner is served on", "answer": "PLATES", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Was in bed all night", "answer": "SLEPT", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Permits", "answer": "LETS", "drop": "P" }, { "clue": "Give permission", "answer": "LET", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "TRAPS", "bonusClue": "Devices for catching mice" }, { "id": "SP-0184", "level": "easy", "start": "CARROT", "steps": [ { "clue": "Performer in a movie", "answer": "ACTOR", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Wagon pulled by a horse", "answer": "CART", "drop": "O" }, { "clue": "Shape of a rainbow", "answer": "ARC", "drop": "T" } ], "bonus": "ROT", "bonusClue": "Decay" }, { "id": "SP-0185", "level": "easy", "start": "ALPINE", "steps": [ { "clue": "Visitor from another planet", "answer": "ALIEN", "drop": "P" }, { "clue": "Where you wait at the checkout", "answer": "LINE", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Untrue statement", "answer": "LIE", "drop": "N" } ], "bonus": "PAN", "bonusClue": "Skillet" }, { "id": "SP-0186", "level": "easy", "start": "ENSUED", "steps": [ { "clue": "Thick, like fog or a forest", "answer": "DENSE", "drop": "U" }, { "clue": "Must have", "answer": "NEED", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Conclusion", "answer": "END", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "USE", "bonusClue": "Put into service" }, { "id": "SP-0187", "level": "medium", "start": "ENSURED", "steps": [ { "clue": "Make certain", "answer": "ENSURE", "drop": "D" }, { "clue": "Hospital caregiver", "answer": "NURSE", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Scores in baseball", "answer": "RUNS", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "It rises in the east", "answer": "SUN", "drop": "R" } ], "bonus": "DEER", "bonusClue": "Animal with antlers" }, { "id": "SP-0188", "level": "medium", "start": "PORTION", "steps": [ { "clue": "Positively charged particle in an atom", "answer": "PROTON", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Group of scouts", "answer": "TROOP", "drop": "N" }, { "clue": "Having little money", "answer": "POOR", "drop": "T" }, { "clue": "Paid athlete, for short", "answer": "PRO", "drop": "O" } ], "bonus": "INTO", "bonusClue": "Toward the inside of" }, { "id": "SP-0189", "level": "medium", "start": "ONWARDS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Moving ahead", "answer": "ONWARD", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Go under water and not come up", "answer": "DROWN", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "What you look up in a dictionary", "answer": "WORD", "drop": "N" }, { "clue": "Line of seats in a theater", "answer": "ROW", "drop": "D" } ], "bonus": "SAND", "bonusClue": "It covers a beach" }, { "id": "SP-0190", "level": "hard", "start": "TEACHERS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Appliances used on cold nights", "answer": "HEATERS", "drop": "C" }, { "clue": "Short preview of a coming movie", "answer": "TEASER", "drop": "H" }, { "clue": "Drops from crying eyes", "answer": "TEARS", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Give a score from one to ten", "answer": "RATE", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Chapter of history", "answer": "ERA", "drop": "T" } ], "bonus": "CHEST", "bonusClue": "Treasure box, or the upper body" }, { "id": "SP-0191", "level": "easy", "start": "PILOTS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Person who flies a plane", "answer": "PILOT", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Storyline of a novel", "answer": "PLOT", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Place to park a car", "answer": "LOT", "drop": "P" } ], "bonus": "SIP", "bonusClue": "Small drink" }, { "id": "SP-0192", "level": "easy", "start": "AGENTS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Platform for a concert", "answer": "STAGE", "drop": "N" }, { "clue": "Labels showing prices", "answer": "TAGS", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Fuel you pump into a car", "answer": "GAS", "drop": "T" } ], "bonus": "NET", "bonusClue": "It hangs across a tennis court" }, { "id": "SP-0193", "level": "easy", "start": "SKATES", "steps": [ { "clue": "Grabs", "answer": "TAKES", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "A job on your to-do list", "answer": "TASK", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Make a request", "answer": "ASK", "drop": "T" } ], "bonus": "SET", "bonusClue": "Group of matching pieces" }, { "id": "SP-0194", "level": "medium", "start": "ADVISOR", "steps": [ { "clue": "Devices that play AM and FM stations", "answer": "RADIOS", "drop": "V" }, { "clue": "Streets and highways", "answer": "ROADS", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Street or highway", "answer": "ROAD", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Fishing pole", "answer": "ROD", "drop": "A" } ], "bonus": "VISA", "bonusClue": "Stamp in a passport that permits entry" }, { "id": "SP-0195", "level": "medium", "start": "MARRIED", "steps": [ { "clue": "Look up to", "answer": "ADMIRE", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "What you have while sleeping", "answer": "DREAM", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Female horse", "answer": "MARE", "drop": "D" }, { "clue": "It connects the shoulder to the hand", "answer": "ARM", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "RIDE", "bonusClue": "Trip on a roller coaster" }, { "id": "SP-0196", "level": "medium", "start": "OPTIONS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Magic drink in a fairy tale", "answer": "POTION", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "What a finger does to show direction", "answer": "POINT", "drop": "O" }, { "clue": "Two cups", "answer": "PINT", "drop": "O" }, { "clue": "Extra money left for a server", "answer": "TIP", "drop": "N" } ], "bonus": "SOON", "bonusClue": "Before long" }, { "id": "SP-0197", "level": "hard", "start": "FASTENER", "steps": [ { "clue": "Like the time zone of New York", "answer": "EASTERN", "drop": "F" }, { "clue": "Comes into a room", "answer": "ENTERS", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "People aged 13 to 19", "answer": "TEENS", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Mailed or texted", "answer": "SENT", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Number of fingers on two hands", "answer": "TEN", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "FARES", "bonusClue": "Prices of bus or taxi rides" }, { "id": "SP-0198", "level": "easy", "start": "LOGGED", "steps": [ { "clue": "Ski resort building", "answer": "LODGE", "drop": "G" }, { "clue": "Metal of a first-place medal", "answer": "GOLD", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Pet that barks", "answer": "DOG", "drop": "L" } ], "bonus": "GEL", "bonusClue": "Hair-styling goo" }, { "id": "SP-0199", "level": "easy", "start": "GAMBLE", "steps": [ { "clue": "Hold responsible for a mistake", "answer": "BLAME", "drop": "G" }, { "clue": "Young sheep", "answer": "LAMB", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Short name for a popular retriever", "answer": "LAB", "drop": "M" } ], "bonus": "GEM", "bonusClue": "Ruby or diamond" }, { "id": "SP-0200", "level": "easy", "start": "VARIED", "steps": [ { "clue": "Shown on television", "answer": "AIRED", "drop": "V" }, { "clue": "First word of many letters", "answer": "DEAR", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Color of a ripe tomato", "answer": "RED", "drop": "A" } ], "bonus": "VIA", "bonusClue": "By way of" }, { "id": "SP-0201", "level": "medium", "start": "WARSHIP", "steps": [ { "clue": "Local church community", "answer": "PARISH", "drop": "W" }, { "clue": "Able to cut", "answer": "SHARP", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Tall instrument with many strings", "answer": "HARP", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Expected score on a golf hole", "answer": "PAR", "drop": "H" } ], "bonus": "WISH", "bonusClue": "What you make on a birthday candle" }, { "id": "SP-0202", "level": "medium", "start": "ESTATES", "steps": [ { "clue": "Samples a small bite", "answer": "TASTES", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Exams", "answer": "TESTS", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Exam", "answer": "TEST", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Group of matching dishes", "answer": "SET", "drop": "T" } ], "bonus": "EAST", "bonusClue": "Direction of the sunrise" }, { "id": "SP-0203", "level": "medium", "start": "PISTOLS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Goes bad, as milk", "answer": "SPOILS", "drop": "T" }, { "clue": "Loses footing on ice", "answer": "SLIPS", "drop": "O" }, { "clue": "You pucker them for a kiss", "answer": "LIPS", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Edge of the mouth", "answer": "LIP", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "TOSS", "bonusClue": "Throw lightly" }, { "id": "SP-0204", "level": "hard", "start": "CHARADES", "steps": [ { "clue": "Smashed into something", "answer": "CRASHED", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Split with a friend", "answer": "SHARED", "drop": "C" }, { "clue": "Coin-flip call opposite tails", "answer": "HEADS", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Short, fast run", "answer": "DASH", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Owned", "answer": "HAD", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "ACRES", "bonusClue": "Units of farmland" }, { "id": "SP-0205", "level": "easy", "start": "MASTER", "steps": [ { "clue": "Groups of players", "answer": "TEAMS", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Part of a flower that holds it up", "answer": "STEM", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "\"Ready, ___, go!\"", "answer": "SET", "drop": "M" } ], "bonus": "RAM", "bonusClue": "Male sheep" }, { "id": "SP-0206", "level": "easy", "start": "PUNDIT", "steps": [ { "clue": "What you type into a computer", "answer": "INPUT", "drop": "D" }, { "clue": "Kick on fourth down", "answer": "PUNT", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Almond or cashew", "answer": "NUT", "drop": "P" } ], "bonus": "DIP", "bonusClue": "Sauce for chips" }, { "id": "SP-0207", "level": "easy", "start": "TAPING", "steps": [ { "clue": "What goes on a wall with a roller", "answer": "PAINT", "drop": "G" }, { "clue": "Half a quart", "answer": "PINT", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Metal used for cans", "answer": "TIN", "drop": "P" } ], "bonus": "GAP", "bonusClue": "Space between two things" }, { "id": "SP-0208", "level": "medium", "start": "PLEASES", "steps": [ { "clue": "Not awake", "answer": "ASLEEP", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Urgent requests", "answer": "PLEAS", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Buddies", "answer": "PALS", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Once around the track", "answer": "LAP", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "SEES", "bonusClue": "Notices with the eyes" }, { "id": "SP-0209", "level": "medium", "start": "NESTLED", "steps": [ { "clue": "Fitted one inside another, like Russian dolls", "answer": "NESTED", "drop": "L" }, { "clue": "Takes care of, as a garden", "answer": "TENDS", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Mail or text", "answer": "SEND", "drop": "T" }, { "clue": "Cozy room, or a lion's home", "answer": "DEN", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "LETS", "bonusClue": "Allows" }, { "id": "SP-0210", "level": "medium", "start": "REAPPLY", "steps": [ { "clue": "Member of a team", "answer": "PLAYER", "drop": "P" }, { "clue": "Return money you borrowed", "answer": "REPAY", "drop": "L" }, { "clue": "An animal that is hunted", "answer": "PREY", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "For each", "answer": "PER", "drop": "Y" } ], "bonus": "PLAY", "bonusClue": "What kids do at recess" }, { "id": "SP-0211", "level": "hard", "start": "ARTICLES", "steps": [ { "clue": "Piano student's performance", "answer": "RECITAL", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Selling goods to shoppers", "answer": "RETAIL", "drop": "C" }, { "clue": "Metric unit for a bottle of soda", "answer": "LITER", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Square of ceramic on a bathroom floor", "answer": "TILE", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Set on fire, as a candle", "answer": "LIT", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "SCARE", "bonusClue": "Frighten" }, { "id": "SP-0212", "level": "easy", "start": "OPERAS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Drama that is sung", "answer": "OPERA", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Thick cord used by climbers", "answer": "ROPE", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Rock that is mined for metal", "answer": "ORE", "drop": "P" } ], "bonus": "SAP", "bonusClue": "Sticky liquid from a maple tree" }, { "id": "SP-0213", "level": "easy", "start": "DEALER", "steps": [ { "clue": "Older and respected member of a community", "answer": "ELDER", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Animal with antlers", "answer": "DEER", "drop": "L" }, { "clue": "Color of a stop sign", "answer": "RED", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "ALE", "bonusClue": "Kind of beer" }, { "id": "SP-0214", "level": "easy", "start": "RODENT", "steps": [ { "clue": "Well known, or wrote down", "answer": "NOTED", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Take care of, as a garden", "answer": "TEND", "drop": "O" }, { "clue": "It catches fish, or hangs across a tennis court", "answer": "NET", "drop": "D" } ], "bonus": "ROD", "bonusClue": "Fishing pole" }, { "id": "SP-0215", "level": "medium", "start": "DENIALS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Fastened with a hammer", "answer": "NAILED", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Ruled, like notebook paper", "answer": "LINED", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Let someone borrow", "answer": "LEND", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Bear's winter shelter", "answer": "DEN", "drop": "L" } ], "bonus": "SAIL", "bonusClue": "Canvas that catches the wind on a boat" }, { "id": "SP-0216", "level": "medium", "start": "HURDLES", "steps": [ { "clue": "Hurried", "answer": "RUSHED", "drop": "L" }, { "clue": "Tear into thin strips", "answer": "SHRED", "drop": "U" }, { "clue": "Group of cattle", "answer": "HERD", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Color of a ripe tomato", "answer": "RED", "drop": "H" } ], "bonus": "LUSH", "bonusClue": "Thick and green, like a rainforest" }, { "id": "SP-0217", "level": "medium", "start": "RELIANT", "steps": [ { "clue": "Involve as a necessary part", "answer": "ENTAIL", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Narrow arm of the sea", "answer": "INLET", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Let someone borrow, in the past", "answer": "LENT", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Number of fingers on two hands", "answer": "TEN", "drop": "L" } ], "bonus": "RAIL", "bonusClue": "Train track bar" }, { "id": "SP-0218", "level": "hard", "start": "TERRACES", "steps": [ { "clue": "Makes something new", "answer": "CREATES", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Copies a drawing through thin paper", "answer": "TRACES", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Supply the food for a party", "answer": "CATER", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "You push it through the grocery store", "answer": "CART", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Curved path of a thrown ball", "answer": "ARC", "drop": "T" } ], "bonus": "RESET", "bonusClue": "Return to the starting state" }, { "id": "SP-0219", "level": "easy", "start": "PAYERS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Person who hands over money", "answer": "PAYER", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Twelve months", "answer": "YEAR", "drop": "P" }, { "clue": "A long period of history", "answer": "ERA", "drop": "Y" } ], "bonus": "SPY", "bonusClue": "Secret agent" }, { "id": "SP-0220", "level": "easy", "start": "ITSELF", "steps": [ { "clue": "Raises", "answer": "LIFTS", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Is the right size", "answer": "FITS", "drop": "L" }, { "clue": "Take a chair", "answer": "SIT", "drop": "F" } ], "bonus": "ELF", "bonusClue": "Santa's small helper" }, { "id": "SP-0221", "level": "easy", "start": "AWARDS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Sketches with a pencil", "answer": "DRAWS", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Armed conflicts between nations", "answer": "WARS", "drop": "D" }, { "clue": "Not cooked", "answer": "RAW", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "ADS", "bonusClue": "TV commercials" }, { "id": "SP-0222", "level": "medium", "start": "ASPIRIN", "steps": [ { "clue": "Dried grape", "answer": "RAISIN", "drop": "P" }, { "clue": "Falls from storm clouds", "answer": "RAINS", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Broadcasts on TV", "answer": "AIRS", "drop": "N" }, { "clue": "What we breathe", "answer": "AIR", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "PINS", "bonusClue": "Bowling targets" }, { "id": "SP-0223", "level": "medium", "start": "REBATES", "steps": [ { "clue": "Short preview of a coming movie", "answer": "TEASER", "drop": "B" }, { "clue": "Prices charged, as by a hotel", "answer": "RATES", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "It twinkles in the night sky", "answer": "STAR", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Took a chair", "answer": "SAT", "drop": "R" } ], "bonus": "BEER", "bonusClue": "Drink served on tap" }, { "id": "SP-0224", "level": "medium", "start": "HEATHER", "steps": [ { "clue": "Device that warms a room", "answer": "HEATER", "drop": "H" }, { "clue": "It pumps your blood", "answer": "HEART", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Opposite of love", "answer": "HATE", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Baseball cap, for one", "answer": "HAT", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "HERE", "bonusClue": "In this place" }, { "id": "SP-0225", "level": "hard", "start": "OPERATES", "steps": [ { "clue": "Says or does again", "answer": "REPEATS", "drop": "O" }, { "clue": "\"Picky\" people at the dinner table", "answer": "EATERS", "drop": "P" }, { "clue": "Look at for a long time", "answer": "STARE", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Direction of the sunrise", "answer": "EAST", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Part of a tennis match", "answer": "SET", "drop": "A" } ], "bonus": "OPERA", "bonusClue": "Drama that is sung" }, { "id": "SP-0226", "level": "easy", "start": "SIGNAL", "steps": [ { "clue": "Increases, as in weight or profits", "answer": "GAINS", "drop": "L" }, { "clue": "Write your name on the line", "answer": "SIGN", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Wrongdoing, in religion", "answer": "SIN", "drop": "G" } ], "bonus": "LAG", "bonusClue": "Fall behind" }, { "id": "SP-0227", "level": "easy", "start": "BATTLE", "steps": [ { "clue": "Where the family eats dinner", "answer": "TABLE", "drop": "T" }, { "clue": "It holds up your pants", "answer": "BELT", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Allow", "answer": "LET", "drop": "B" } ], "bonus": "TAB", "bonusClue": "Key that indents a paragraph" }, { "id": "SP-0228", "level": "easy", "start": "MEDIAN", "steps": [ { "clue": "Dug from the earth, as coal", "answer": "MINED", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Repair, as torn clothing", "answer": "MEND", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Room for watching TV", "answer": "DEN", "drop": "M" } ], "bonus": "AIM", "bonusClue": "Point at a target" }, { "id": "SP-0229", "level": "medium", "start": "BATTERS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Snacks given as rewards", "answer": "TREATS", "drop": "B" }, { "clue": "Begin", "answer": "START", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Rodents bigger than mice", "answer": "RATS", "drop": "T" }, { "clue": "Paintings and sculpture", "answer": "ART", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "BETS", "bonusClue": "Wagers" }, { "id": "SP-0230", "level": "medium", "start": "ENTRUST", "steps": [ { "clue": "Angry public disturbance", "answer": "UNREST", "drop": "T" }, { "clue": "Strict, or the back of a ship", "answer": "STERN", "drop": "U" }, { "clue": "Bird's home in a tree", "answer": "NEST", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Put in place", "answer": "SET", "drop": "N" } ], "bonus": "TURN", "bonusClue": "Rotate" }, { "id": "SP-0231", "level": "medium", "start": "FOLIAGE", "steps": [ { "clue": "Player who guards the net in hockey", "answer": "GOALIE", "drop": "F" }, { "clue": "Quick and nimble", "answer": "AGILE", "drop": "O" }, { "clue": "Very strong wind", "answer": "GALE", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "How old you are", "answer": "AGE", "drop": "L" } ], "bonus": "FOIL", "bonusClue": "Shiny kitchen wrap" }, { "id": "SP-0232", "level": "hard", "start": "WORSENED", "steps": [ { "clue": "Publicly support, as a candidate", "answer": "ENDORSE", "drop": "W" }, { "clue": "Person who mails a letter", "answer": "SENDER", "drop": "O" }, { "clue": "Thick, like fog or a forest", "answer": "DENSE", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Must have", "answer": "NEED", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "The final part", "answer": "END", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "WORSE", "bonusClue": "Not as good" }, { "id": "SP-0233", "level": "easy", "start": "CANOES", "steps": [ { "clue": "Atlantic or Pacific", "answer": "OCEAN", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Walking stick", "answer": "CANE", "drop": "O" }, { "clue": "Highest card in the deck", "answer": "ACE", "drop": "N" } ], "bonus": "SON", "bonusClue": "Male child" }, { "id": "SP-0234", "level": "easy", "start": "WATERS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Use carelessly, as time or money", "answer": "WASTE", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Direction of the sunset", "answer": "WEST", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Harden, as concrete", "answer": "SET", "drop": "W" } ], "bonus": "RAW", "bonusClue": "Not cooked" }, { "id": "SP-0235", "level": "easy", "start": "ARTIST", "steps": [ { "clue": "Characteristic, such as eye color", "answer": "TRAIT", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Small fruit pie, or sour-tasting", "answer": "TART", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Rodent bigger than a mouse", "answer": "RAT", "drop": "T" } ], "bonus": "SIT", "bonusClue": "Take a chair" }, { "id": "SP-0236", "level": "medium", "start": "TURNIPS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Things typed into a computer", "answer": "INPUTS", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Half-quart measures", "answer": "PINTS", "drop": "U" }, { "clue": "Extra money left for servers", "answer": "TIPS", "drop": "N" }, { "clue": "Stone in a peach", "answer": "PIT", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "RUNS", "bonusClue": "Scores in baseball" }, { "id": "SP-0237", "level": "medium", "start": "INSPECT", "steps": [ { "clue": "Ant or beetle, for example", "answer": "INSECT", "drop": "P" }, { "clue": "Pennies", "answer": "CENTS", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Mailed or texted", "answer": "SENT", "drop": "C" }, { "clue": "Number after nine", "answer": "TEN", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "PICS", "bonusClue": "Photos, for short" }, { "id": "SP-0238", "level": "medium", "start": "CREATES", "steps": [ { "clue": "Something you promise not to tell", "answer": "SECRET", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Return to the starting state", "answer": "RESET", "drop": "C" }, { "clue": "Pegs that hold golf balls", "answer": "TEES", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Scenery on a movie stage", "answer": "SET", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "ACRE", "bonusClue": "Unit of farmland" }, { "id": "SP-0239", "level": "hard", "start": "PANELIST", "steps": [ { "clue": "Most noticeable or important", "answer": "SALIENT", "drop": "P" }, { "clue": "Pay attention with your ears", "answer": "LISTEN", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Squares of ceramic on a bathroom floor", "answer": "TILES", "drop": "N" }, { "clue": "Items written down for the grocery store", "answer": "LIST", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Command to a dog", "answer": "SIT", "drop": "L" } ], "bonus": "PANEL", "bonusClue": "Group of judges or experts" }, { "id": "SP-0240", "level": "easy", "start": "ASSIGN", "steps": [ { "clue": "Profits made on an investment", "answer": "GAINS", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Performed a song", "answer": "SANG", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Fuel you pump into a car", "answer": "GAS", "drop": "N" } ], "bonus": "SIN", "bonusClue": "Wrongdoing, in religion" }, { "id": "SP-0241", "level": "easy", "start": "SAUCER", "steps": [ { "clue": "Evil spell", "answer": "CURSE", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Sticks used in a game of pool", "answer": "CUES", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Put into service", "answer": "USE", "drop": "C" } ], "bonus": "ARC", "bonusClue": "Curved path of a thrown ball" }, { "id": "SP-0242", "level": "easy", "start": "BOUNDS", "steps": [ { "clue": "What you hear", "answer": "SOUND", "drop": "B" }, { "clue": "Moves the head to say yes", "answer": "NODS", "drop": "U" }, { "clue": "Male child", "answer": "SON", "drop": "D" } ], "bonus": "BUD", "bonusClue": "Flower that has not opened yet" }, { "id": "SP-0243", "level": "medium", "start": "REALIST", "steps": [ { "clue": "Comedy that mocks politics or society", "answer": "SATIRE", "drop": "L" }, { "clue": "Drops from crying eyes", "answer": "TEARS", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Give a score from one to ten", "answer": "RATE", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Historical age", "answer": "ERA", "drop": "T" } ], "bonus": "LIST", "bonusClue": "Items written down for the grocery store" }, { "id": "SP-0244", "level": "medium", "start": "MAIDENS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Strip dividing a highway", "answer": "MEDIAN", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Fabric used to make jeans", "answer": "DENIM", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Ten-cent coin", "answer": "DIME", "drop": "N" }, { "clue": "Halfway point, as a prefix", "answer": "MID", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "SANE", "bonusClue": "Of sound mind" }, { "id": "SP-0245", "level": "medium", "start": "HOARDER", "steps": [ { "clue": "Made a sound like a lion", "answer": "ROARED", "drop": "H" }, { "clue": "What a waiter takes", "answer": "ORDER", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Traveled on a bike or a horse", "answer": "RODE", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Mined rock", "answer": "ORE", "drop": "D" } ], "bonus": "HARD", "bonusClue": "Not soft" }, { "id": "SP-0246", "level": "hard", "start": "MISTREAT", "steps": [ { "clue": "Is important", "answer": "MATTERS", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Expert, or become an expert at", "answer": "MASTER", "drop": "T" }, { "clue": "Clever", "answer": "SMART", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Celebrity", "answer": "STAR", "drop": "M" }, { "clue": "Paintings and sculpture", "answer": "ART", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "ITEMS", "bonusClue": "Things on a list" }, { "id": "SP-0247", "level": "easy", "start": "STEAMY", "steps": [ { "clue": "It makes bread dough rise", "answer": "YEAST", "drop": "M" }, { "clue": "Remain in place", "answer": "STAY", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Speak", "answer": "SAY", "drop": "T" } ], "bonus": "MET", "bonusClue": "Came face to face with" }, { "id": "SP-0248", "level": "easy", "start": "SATIRE", "steps": [ { "clue": "Lift up, or a bump in pay", "answer": "RAISE", "drop": "T" }, { "clue": "Shows on television", "answer": "AIRS", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Polite word for a man", "answer": "SIR", "drop": "A" } ], "bonus": "TEA", "bonusClue": "Hot drink made from steeped leaves" }, { "id": "SP-0249", "level": "easy", "start": "FOILED", "steps": [ { "clue": "Open land for crops or baseball", "answer": "FIELD", "drop": "O" }, { "clue": "Ran away", "answer": "FLED", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Gave a meal to", "answer": "FED", "drop": "L" } ], "bonus": "OIL", "bonusClue": "It is changed every few thousand miles in a car" }, { "id": "SP-0250", "level": "medium", "start": "RETAINS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Put inside", "answer": "INSERT", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Pays a landlord monthly", "answer": "RENTS", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Delivered, as an email", "answer": "SENT", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Mesh used by a butterfly collector", "answer": "NET", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "AIRS", "bonusClue": "Broadcasts on TV" }, { "id": "SP-0251", "level": "medium", "start": "DESPAIR", "steps": [ { "clue": "Words of approval", "answer": "PRAISE", "drop": "D" }, { "clue": "Extra tire in the trunk", "answer": "SPARE", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Small round green vegetables in a pod", "answer": "PEAS", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Place for a massage and facial", "answer": "SPA", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "DIRE", "bonusClue": "Extremely serious, as a warning" }, { "id": "SP-0252", "level": "medium", "start": "RELATED", "steps": [ { "clue": "The person in charge", "answer": "LEADER", "drop": "T" }, { "clue": "Senior person in a tribe or church", "answer": "ELDER", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Tall grass that grows by a pond", "answer": "REED", "drop": "L" }, { "clue": "Color of a fire truck", "answer": "RED", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "TALE", "bonusClue": "A story" }, { "id": "SP-0253", "level": "hard", "start": "TOASTERS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Spins around", "answer": "ROTATES", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Halloween goodies", "answer": "TREATS", "drop": "O" }, { "clue": "Texas or Ohio", "answer": "STATE", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Place to sit", "answer": "SEAT", "drop": "T" }, { "clue": "Hot drink made from steeped leaves", "answer": "TEA", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "SORTS", "bonusClue": "Puts into groups" }, { "id": "SP-0254", "level": "easy", "start": "FUSING", "steps": [ { "clue": "Taking to court", "answer": "SUING", "drop": "F" }, { "clue": "Starter pistols at a track meet", "answer": "GUNS", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Star at the center of our solar system", "answer": "SUN", "drop": "G" } ], "bonus": "FIG", "bonusClue": "Sweet fruit in a Newton cookie" }, { "id": "SP-0255", "level": "easy", "start": "SEALED", "steps": [ { "clue": "Made less painful", "answer": "EASED", "drop": "L" }, { "clue": "What a plant grows from", "answer": "SEED", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Use your eyes", "answer": "SEE", "drop": "D" } ], "bonus": "LAD", "bonusClue": "Young boy" }, { "id": "SP-0256", "level": "easy", "start": "TENDON", "steps": [ { "clue": "Firm and fit, as muscles", "answer": "TONED", "drop": "N" }, { "clue": "Small hollow in a car door", "answer": "DENT", "drop": "O" }, { "clue": "Basketball hoop's mesh", "answer": "NET", "drop": "D" } ], "bonus": "NOD", "bonusClue": "Move your head to say yes" }, { "id": "SP-0257", "level": "medium", "start": "TAPERED", "steps": [ { "clue": "Say or do again", "answer": "REPEAT", "drop": "D" }, { "clue": "Become narrower toward one end", "answer": "TAPER", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "A piece of the whole", "answer": "PART", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Long-tailed city pest", "answer": "RAT", "drop": "P" } ], "bonus": "DEEP", "bonusClue": "Like the far end of a swimming pool" }, { "id": "SP-0258", "level": "medium", "start": "MASCOTS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Shorelines", "answer": "COASTS", "drop": "M" }, { "clue": "Throws out a fishing line", "answer": "CASTS", "drop": "O" }, { "clue": "Parts of a play", "answer": "ACTS", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Pet that purrs", "answer": "CAT", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "MOSS", "bonusClue": "Soft green growth on shady rocks" }, { "id": "SP-0259", "level": "medium", "start": "RELEASE", "steps": [ { "clue": "Selling of something secondhand", "answer": "RESALE", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Fishing line spools", "answer": "REELS", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Word after \"anything\" or \"someone\"", "answer": "ELSE", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Notice", "answer": "SEE", "drop": "L" } ], "bonus": "EARL", "bonusClue": "British nobleman ranked below a marquess" }, { "id": "SP-0260", "level": "hard", "start": "BERATING", "steps": [ { "clue": "Hard stone used for kitchen countertops", "answer": "GRANITE", "drop": "B" }, { "clue": "Having a meal", "answer": "EATING", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Representative for an actor or athlete", "answer": "AGENT", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Entrance in a fence", "answer": "GATE", "drop": "N" }, { "clue": "Have a meal", "answer": "EAT", "drop": "G" } ], "bonus": "BRING", "bonusClue": "Carry along with you" }, { "id": "SP-0261", "level": "easy", "start": "DOUBTS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Boxing matches", "answer": "BOUTS", "drop": "D" }, { "clue": "Sculpture of a head and shoulders", "answer": "BUST", "drop": "O" }, { "clue": "Long sandwich", "answer": "SUB", "drop": "T" } ], "bonus": "DOT", "bonusClue": "Small round mark" }, { "id": "SP-0262", "level": "easy", "start": "DISMAY", "steps": [ { "clue": "White flower with a yellow center", "answer": "DAISY", "drop": "M" }, { "clue": "There are seven in a week", "answer": "DAYS", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Put into words", "answer": "SAY", "drop": "D" } ], "bonus": "MID", "bonusClue": "Halfway point, as a prefix" }, { "id": "SP-0263", "level": "easy", "start": "ARGUES", "steps": [ { "clue": "The way something is used", "answer": "USAGE", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Grows older", "answer": "AGES", "drop": "U" }, { "clue": "Large body of salt water", "answer": "SEA", "drop": "G" } ], "bonus": "RUG", "bonusClue": "Small carpet" }, { "id": "SP-0264", "level": "medium", "start": "INMATES", "steps": [ { "clue": "Person serving time in prison", "answer": "INMATE", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Intended", "answer": "MEANT", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "What you write at the top of a form", "answer": "NAME", "drop": "T" }, { "clue": "Adult male", "answer": "MAN", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "SITE", "bonusClue": "Location, or a place on the web" }, { "id": "SP-0265", "level": "medium", "start": "STUBBLE", "steps": [ { "clue": "Not obvious", "answer": "SUBTLE", "drop": "B" }, { "clue": "They hold up pants", "answer": "BELTS", "drop": "U" }, { "clue": "Better than all the rest", "answer": "BEST", "drop": "L" }, { "clue": "Collection of matching pieces", "answer": "SET", "drop": "B" } ], "bonus": "BULB", "bonusClue": "It lights a lamp" }, { "id": "SP-0266", "level": "medium", "start": "SEAPORT", "steps": [ { "clue": "Dramas that are sung", "answer": "OPERAS", "drop": "T" }, { "clue": "Thick cords used by climbers", "answer": "ROPES", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Thorny flower given on Valentine's Day", "answer": "ROSE", "drop": "P" }, { "clue": "Raw material hauled from a mine", "answer": "ORE", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "TAPS", "bonusClue": "Light knocks, or faucets" }, { "id": "SP-0267", "level": "hard", "start": "ROADSTER", "steps": [ { "clue": "Had the leading role", "answer": "STARRED", "drop": "O" }, { "clue": "Swaps", "answer": "TRADES", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Rips", "answer": "TEARS", "drop": "D" }, { "clue": "Shape on the American flag", "answer": "STAR", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Rested on a bench", "answer": "SAT", "drop": "R" } ], "bonus": "ORDER", "bonusClue": "What a waiter takes" }, { "id": "SP-0268", "level": "easy", "start": "RENOWN", "steps": [ { "clue": "The person something belongs to", "answer": "OWNER", "drop": "N" }, { "clue": "Shabby from use", "answer": "WORN", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Partner of \"neither\"", "answer": "NOR", "drop": "W" } ], "bonus": "NEW", "bonusClue": "Not old" }, { "id": "SP-0269", "level": "easy", "start": "PONDER", "steps": [ { "clue": "Small flying machine with a camera", "answer": "DRONE", "drop": "P" }, { "clue": "Finished", "answer": "DONE", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Finish", "answer": "END", "drop": "O" } ], "bonus": "PRO", "bonusClue": "Paid athlete, for short" }, { "id": "SP-0270", "level": "easy", "start": "CRATES", "steps": [ { "clue": "What flow when you chop onions", "answer": "TEARS", "drop": "C" }, { "clue": "Take a break", "answer": "REST", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "What the sun does in the evening", "answer": "SET", "drop": "R" } ], "bonus": "CAR", "bonusClue": "Sedan or coupe" }, { "id": "SP-0271", "level": "medium", "start": "PARTAKE", "steps": [ { "clue": "Martial art with colored belts", "answer": "KARATE", "drop": "P" }, { "clue": "Person who accepts an offer", "answer": "TAKER", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Opposite of give", "answer": "TAKE", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Have a meal", "answer": "EAT", "drop": "K" } ], "bonus": "PARK", "bonusClue": "Place with swings and picnic tables" }, { "id": "SP-0272", "level": "medium", "start": "POSTWAR", "steps": [ { "clue": "Leader of a church congregation", "answer": "PASTOR", "drop": "W" }, { "clue": "Harbor towns", "answer": "PORTS", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Red road sign", "answer": "STOP", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Deep pan for boiling pasta", "answer": "POT", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "WARS", "bonusClue": "Armed conflicts between nations" }, { "id": "SP-0273", "level": "medium", "start": "ANOTHER", "steps": [ { "clue": "Fancy and heavily decorated", "answer": "ORNATE", "drop": "H" }, { "clue": "Male singing voice above baritone", "answer": "TENOR", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Short written message", "answer": "NOTE", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "2,000 pounds", "answer": "TON", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "HARE", "bonusClue": "Fast animal that lost to the tortoise" }, { "id": "SP-0274", "level": "hard", "start": "TADPOLES", "steps": [ { "clue": "One of the twelve followers at the Last Supper", "answer": "APOSTLE", "drop": "D" }, { "clue": "Kind of worker who delivers mail", "answer": "POSTAL", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Storylines of novels", "answer": "PLOTS", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Small mark, or a classic dog name", "answer": "SPOT", "drop": "L" }, { "clue": "Highest point", "answer": "TOP", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "DEALS", "bonusClue": "Bargains" }, { "id": "SP-0275", "level": "easy", "start": "COUNTS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Nose of a pig", "answer": "SNOUT", "drop": "C" }, { "clue": "Units of 2,000 pounds", "answer": "TONS", "drop": "U" }, { "clue": "A parent's boy", "answer": "SON", "drop": "T" } ], "bonus": "CUT", "bonusClue": "Use scissors" }, { "id": "SP-0276", "level": "easy", "start": "BARBED", "steps": [ { "clue": "Hair on a man's chin", "answer": "BEARD", "drop": "B" }, { "clue": "Raised, as show dogs", "answer": "BRED", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Where you sleep", "answer": "BED", "drop": "R" } ], "bonus": "BAR", "bonusClue": "Candy shape, or place for drinks" }, { "id": "SP-0277", "level": "easy", "start": "MOUTHS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Where your teeth are", "answer": "MOUTH", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Insect drawn to a porch light", "answer": "MOTH", "drop": "U" }, { "clue": "Opposite of cold", "answer": "HOT", "drop": "M" } ], "bonus": "SUM", "bonusClue": "Total after adding" }, { "id": "SP-0278", "level": "medium", "start": "FARMERS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Borders around pictures", "answer": "FRAMES", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Places where crops are grown", "answer": "FARMS", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Male sheep", "answer": "RAMS", "drop": "F" }, { "clue": "Limb with an elbow", "answer": "ARM", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "REFS", "bonusClue": "Officials with whistles" }, { "id": "SP-0279", "level": "medium", "start": "WIDENED", "steps": [ { "clue": "\"Yes, certainly\"", "answer": "INDEED", "drop": "W" }, { "clue": "Finished", "answer": "ENDED", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Must have", "answer": "NEED", "drop": "D" }, { "clue": "Fox's home", "answer": "DEN", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "WIDE", "bonusClue": "Opposite of narrow" }, { "id": "SP-0280", "level": "medium", "start": "SENATOR", "steps": [ { "clue": "Why something happened", "answer": "REASON", "drop": "T" }, { "clue": "Trap for small animals, or a kind of drum", "answer": "SNARE", "drop": "O" }, { "clue": "You hear with them", "answer": "EARS", "drop": "N" }, { "clue": "Period named for a queen or a president", "answer": "ERA", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "TONS", "bonusClue": "Units of 2,000 pounds" }, { "id": "SP-0281", "level": "hard", "start": "POSTURES", "steps": [ { "clue": "Large printed pictures for walls", "answer": "POSTERS", "drop": "U" }, { "clue": "Share again on social media", "answer": "REPOST", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Baseball or soccer", "answer": "SPORT", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Share on social media, or a fence stake", "answer": "POST", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Spinning toy", "answer": "TOP", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "USERS", "bonusClue": "People with logins" }, { "id": "SP-0282", "level": "easy", "start": "WASHED", "steps": [ { "clue": "Cool spot under a tree", "answer": "SHADE", "drop": "W" }, { "clue": "Short, fast run", "answer": "DASH", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "What is left after a fire", "answer": "ASH", "drop": "D" } ], "bonus": "WED", "bonusClue": "Marry" }, { "id": "SP-0283", "level": "easy", "start": "RAIDED", "steps": [ { "clue": "Was broadcast on TV", "answer": "AIRED", "drop": "D" }, { "clue": "Enjoy a book", "answer": "READ", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Chapter of history", "answer": "ERA", "drop": "D" } ], "bonus": "DID", "bonusClue": "Past tense of \"do\"" }, { "id": "SP-0284", "level": "easy", "start": "AMENDS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Four-door car", "answer": "SEDAN", "drop": "M" }, { "clue": "It covers a beach", "answer": "SAND", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "TV commercials", "answer": "ADS", "drop": "N" } ], "bonus": "MEN", "bonusClue": "Adult males" }, { "id": "SP-0285", "level": "medium", "start": "CARAMEL", "steps": [ { "clue": "Device that takes photos", "answer": "CAMERA", "drop": "L" }, { "clue": "It goes in coffee", "answer": "CREAM", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Female horse", "answer": "MARE", "drop": "C" }, { "clue": "It connects the shoulder to the hand", "answer": "ARM", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "LACE", "bonusClue": "Delicate fabric, or a string for a shoe" }, { "id": "SP-0286", "level": "medium", "start": "STEAMER", "steps": [ { "clue": "Small river, or watch video online", "answer": "STREAM", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Conditions of a deal", "answer": "TERMS", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Stalk of a plant", "answer": "STEM", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Came face to face with", "answer": "MET", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "EARS", "bonusClue": "You hear with them" }, { "id": "SP-0287", "level": "medium", "start": "ADMIRED", "steps": [ { "clue": "Attacked suddenly", "answer": "RAIDED", "drop": "M" }, { "clue": "Like raisins or prunes", "answer": "DRIED", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Extremely serious, as a warning", "answer": "DIRE", "drop": "D" }, { "clue": "Free of something unwanted, with \"get\"", "answer": "RID", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "MADE", "bonusClue": "Created" }, { "id": "SP-0288", "level": "hard", "start": "GARDENER", "steps": [ { "clue": "Made furious", "answer": "ENRAGED", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Male or female", "answer": "GENDER", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Excessive desire for money", "answer": "GREED", "drop": "N" }, { "clue": "Animal with antlers", "answer": "DEER", "drop": "G" }, { "clue": "Color of a cardinal", "answer": "RED", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "RANGE", "bonusClue": "Kitchen stove, or a row of mountains" }, { "id": "SP-0289", "level": "easy", "start": "DEMAND", "steps": [ { "clue": "Called", "answer": "NAMED", "drop": "D" }, { "clue": "Fix with a needle and thread", "answer": "MEND", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Adult males", "answer": "MEN", "drop": "D" } ], "bonus": "DAD", "bonusClue": "Father" }, { "id": "SP-0290", "level": "easy", "start": "BOWING", "steps": [ { "clue": "Being in debt", "answer": "OWING", "drop": "B" }, { "clue": "Formal dress", "answer": "GOWN", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "At this moment", "answer": "NOW", "drop": "G" } ], "bonus": "BIG", "bonusClue": "Large" }, { "id": "SP-0291", "level": "easy", "start": "PARDON", "steps": [ { "clue": "Decorate", "answer": "ADORN", "drop": "P" }, { "clue": "Mild word of annoyance", "answer": "DARN", "drop": "O" }, { "clue": "Moved fast on foot", "answer": "RAN", "drop": "D" } ], "bonus": "POD", "bonusClue": "Home for peas" }, { "id": "SP-0292", "level": "medium", "start": "MERITED", "steps": [ { "clue": "Built in layers, like a wedding cake", "answer": "TIERED", "drop": "M" }, { "clue": "Made an attempt", "answer": "TRIED", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Soil", "answer": "DIRT", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "\"Get ___ of\" (throw away)", "answer": "RID", "drop": "T" } ], "bonus": "MEET", "bonusClue": "Come face to face with" }, { "id": "SP-0293", "level": "medium", "start": "BROWNED", "steps": [ { "clue": "Feeling of amazement", "answer": "WONDER", "drop": "B" }, { "clue": "Possessed", "answer": "OWNED", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Opposite of up", "answer": "DOWN", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Not later", "answer": "NOW", "drop": "D" } ], "bonus": "BRED", "bonusClue": "Raised, as show dogs" }, { "id": "SP-0294", "level": "medium", "start": "REMAKES", "steps": [ { "clue": "New version of an old movie", "answer": "REMAKE", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Person who builds or creates things", "answer": "MAKER", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Stain, or a grade on a test", "answer": "MARK", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Part of a chair you rest an elbow on", "answer": "ARM", "drop": "K" } ], "bonus": "SEEK", "bonusClue": "Look for" }, { "id": "SP-0295", "level": "hard", "start": "ADOPTERS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Cooked in an oven", "answer": "ROASTED", "drop": "P" }, { "clue": "Looked at for a long time", "answer": "STARED", "drop": "O" }, { "clue": "Swap", "answer": "TRADE", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Small pointed missile thrown at a board", "answer": "DART", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Rodent in a sewer", "answer": "RAT", "drop": "D" } ], "bonus": "POSED", "bonusClue": "Stood still for a photo" }, { "id": "SP-0296", "level": "easy", "start": "ROAMED", "steps": [ { "clue": "What you have while sleeping", "answer": "DREAM", "drop": "O" }, { "clue": "Title for a British woman honored by the Crown", "answer": "DAME", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Angry", "answer": "MAD", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "ORE", "bonusClue": "Rock that is mined for metal" }, { "id": "SP-0297", "level": "easy", "start": "UPLOAD", "steps": [ { "clue": "Not silently, as reading to a class", "answer": "ALOUD", "drop": "P" }, { "clue": "Not quiet", "answer": "LOUD", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Pair of performers", "answer": "DUO", "drop": "L" } ], "bonus": "PAL", "bonusClue": "Buddy" }, { "id": "SP-0298", "level": "easy", "start": "SUPPER", "steps": [ { "clue": "Higher of two", "answer": "UPPER", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Get ready, for short", "answer": "PREP", "drop": "U" }, { "clue": "\"Miles ___ hour\"", "answer": "PER", "drop": "P" } ], "bonus": "SUP", "bonusClue": "Eat the evening meal, in old-fashioned speech" }, { "id": "SP-0299", "level": "medium", "start": "REFUTES", "steps": [ { "clue": "Say no to", "answer": "REFUSE", "drop": "T" }, { "clue": "Coral ridges in the sea", "answer": "REEFS", "drop": "U" }, { "clue": "Charges for a service", "answer": "FEES", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Look at", "answer": "SEE", "drop": "F" } ], "bonus": "TURF", "bonusClue": "Artificial grass on a sports field" }, { "id": "SP-0300", "level": "medium", "start": "STABLES", "steps": [ { "clue": "Wild animals", "answer": "BEASTS", "drop": "L" }, { "clue": "Pokes with something sharp", "answer": "STABS", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Flying mammals that sleep upside down", "answer": "BATS", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Key that indents a paragraph", "answer": "TAB", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "LESS", "bonusClue": "Not as much" }, { "id": "SP-0301", "level": "medium", "start": "TRIPLES", "steps": [ { "clue": "Band of color on a flag", "answer": "STRIPE", "drop": "L" }, { "clue": "Journeys", "answer": "TRIPS", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Journey", "answer": "TRIP", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Tear", "answer": "RIP", "drop": "T" } ], "bonus": "LEST", "bonusClue": "For fear that" }, { "id": "SP-0302", "level": "hard", "start": "SERGEANT", "steps": [ { "clue": "Like the time zone of New York", "answer": "EASTERN", "drop": "G" }, { "clue": "Upper chamber of Congress", "answer": "SENATE", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Nervous and tight", "answer": "TENSE", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Pegs that hold golf balls", "answer": "TEES", "drop": "N" }, { "clue": "Use your eyes", "answer": "SEE", "drop": "T" } ], "bonus": "GRANT", "bonusClue": "Money awarded for research" }, { "id": "SP-0303", "level": "easy", "start": "KINDLE", "steps": [ { "clue": "Signed, as a contract", "answer": "INKED", "drop": "L" }, { "clue": "Nice", "answer": "KIND", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Liquid in a pen", "answer": "INK", "drop": "D" } ], "bonus": "LED", "bonusClue": "Was in front of the pack" }, { "id": "SP-0304", "level": "easy", "start": "BINARY", "steps": [ { "clue": "Like a wet day", "answer": "RAINY", "drop": "B" }, { "clue": "Thread used for knitting", "answer": "YARN", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Beam of sunshine", "answer": "RAY", "drop": "N" } ], "bonus": "BIN", "bonusClue": "Container for recycling" }, { "id": "SP-0305", "level": "easy", "start": "PETALS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Glue used in school crafts", "answer": "PASTE", "drop": "L" }, { "clue": "Dogs and cats at home", "answer": "PETS", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Group of matching dishes", "answer": "SET", "drop": "P" } ], "bonus": "LAP", "bonusClue": "Once around the track" }, { "id": "SP-0306", "level": "medium", "start": "RETAILS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Metric units for bottles of soda", "answer": "LITERS", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Squares of ceramic on a bathroom floor", "answer": "TILES", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Small island", "answer": "ISLE", "drop": "T" }, { "clue": "The opposite of the truth", "answer": "LIE", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "ARTS", "bonusClue": "Painting, music and theater, collectively" }, { "id": "SP-0307", "level": "medium", "start": "REGIONS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Twelfth-grade student", "answer": "SENIOR", "drop": "G" }, { "clue": "Wailing sound of an ambulance", "answer": "SIREN", "drop": "O" }, { "clue": "Go up, as the sun", "answer": "RISE", "drop": "N" }, { "clue": "Polite word for a man", "answer": "SIR", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "GONE", "bonusClue": "No longer here" }, { "id": "SP-0308", "level": "medium", "start": "MISREAD", "steps": [ { "clue": "Look up to", "answer": "ADMIRE", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Carrying a weapon", "answer": "ARMED", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Female horse", "answer": "MARE", "drop": "D" }, { "clue": "Male sheep", "answer": "RAM", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "SIDE", "bonusClue": "Left or right" }, { "id": "SP-0309", "level": "hard", "start": "DENTURES", "steps": [ { "clue": "Chicken strips", "answer": "TENDERS", "drop": "U" }, { "clue": "Sahara or Mojave", "answer": "DESERT", "drop": "N" }, { "clue": "Oaks and maples", "answer": "TREES", "drop": "D" }, { "clue": "Take a break", "answer": "REST", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "\"Ready, ___, go!\"", "answer": "SET", "drop": "R" } ], "bonus": "UNDER", "bonusClue": "Beneath" }, { "id": "SP-0310", "level": "easy", "start": "FRUITS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Apples and oranges", "answer": "FRUIT", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Artificial grass on a sports field", "answer": "TURF", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Soft coat of a cat", "answer": "FUR", "drop": "T" } ], "bonus": "SIT", "bonusClue": "Take a chair" }, { "id": "SP-0311", "level": "easy", "start": "PAUSES", "steps": [ { "clue": "Button that stops a video for a moment", "answer": "PAUSE", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Gorillas and chimpanzees", "answer": "APES", "drop": "U" }, { "clue": "Place for a massage and facial", "answer": "SPA", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "SUE", "bonusClue": "Take to court" }, { "id": "SP-0312", "level": "easy", "start": "RAINED", "steps": [ { "clue": "Where bathwater goes", "answer": "DRAIN", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Very dry, like a desert", "answer": "ARID", "drop": "N" }, { "clue": "What we breathe", "answer": "AIR", "drop": "D" } ], "bonus": "END", "bonusClue": "The final part" }, { "id": "SP-0313", "level": "medium", "start": "ENDLESS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Felt or detected", "answer": "SENSED", "drop": "L" }, { "clue": "Mails or texts", "answer": "SENDS", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Finishes", "answer": "ENDS", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Cozy room, or a lion's home", "answer": "DEN", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "LESS", "bonusClue": "Not as much" }, { "id": "SP-0314", "level": "medium", "start": "BRUISED", "steps": [ { "clue": "Scattered wreckage", "answer": "DEBRIS", "drop": "U" }, { "clue": "Woman on her wedding day", "answer": "BRIDE", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Robin or sparrow", "answer": "BIRD", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Offer at an auction", "answer": "BID", "drop": "R" } ], "bonus": "USER", "bonusClue": "Person with a login" }, { "id": "SP-0315", "level": "medium", "start": "DEPOSIT", "steps": [ { "clue": "Calm and confident", "answer": "POISED", "drop": "T" }, { "clue": "Watched secretly", "answer": "SPIED", "drop": "O" }, { "clue": "Sauces for chips", "answer": "DIPS", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Sauce for chips", "answer": "DIP", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "TOES", "bonusClue": "There are five on each foot" }, { "id": "SP-0316", "level": "hard", "start": "RELEASED", "steps": [ { "clue": "People in charge", "answer": "LEADERS", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Rubbed out, as pencil marks", "answer": "ERASED", "drop": "L" }, { "clue": "Rub out pencil marks", "answer": "ERASE", "drop": "D" }, { "clue": "You hear with them", "answer": "EARS", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Large body of salt water", "answer": "SEA", "drop": "R" } ], "bonus": "ELDER", "bonusClue": "Older and respected member of a community" }, { "id": "SP-0317", "level": "easy", "start": "GREATS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Entrances in fences", "answer": "GATES", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Receives", "answer": "GETS", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Part of a tennis match", "answer": "SET", "drop": "G" } ], "bonus": "RAG", "bonusClue": "Scrap of cloth for cleaning" }, { "id": "SP-0318", "level": "easy", "start": "DREARY", "steps": [ { "clue": "Prepared", "answer": "READY", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Three feet", "answer": "YARD", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Flat fish related to sharks", "answer": "RAY", "drop": "D" } ], "bonus": "RED", "bonusClue": "Color of a stop sign" }, { "id": "SP-0319", "level": "easy", "start": "CORNEA", "steps": [ { "clue": "Tall machine that lifts steel beams", "answer": "CRANE", "drop": "O" }, { "clue": "Look after", "answer": "CARE", "drop": "N" }, { "clue": "Curved path of a thrown ball", "answer": "ARC", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "ONE", "bonusClue": "Number before two" }, { "id": "SP-0320", "level": "medium", "start": "ARRIVED", "steps": [ { "clue": "Of many different kinds", "answer": "VARIED", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Swimmer with a scuba tank", "answer": "DIVER", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Trip on a roller coaster", "answer": "RIDE", "drop": "V" }, { "clue": "Free of something unwanted, with \"get\"", "answer": "RID", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "RAVE", "bonusClue": "Glowing review" }, { "id": "SP-0321", "level": "medium", "start": "RELAPSE", "steps": [ { "clue": "Polite word in a request", "answer": "PLEASE", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Brief failure, as of memory", "answer": "LAPSE", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Hit with an open hand", "answer": "SLAP", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Resort with a hot tub", "answer": "SPA", "drop": "L" } ], "bonus": "REEL", "bonusClue": "Fishing line spool" }, { "id": "SP-0322", "level": "medium", "start": "PROPOSE", "steps": [ { "clue": "Be against", "answer": "OPPOSE", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Heads of the Catholic Church", "answer": "POPES", "drop": "O" }, { "clue": "Head of the Catholic Church", "answer": "POPE", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Sound of a bursting balloon", "answer": "POP", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "ROSE", "bonusClue": "Thorny flower given on Valentine's Day" }, { "id": "SP-0323", "level": "hard", "start": "SWEATERS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Knitted top for cold weather", "answer": "SWEATER", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Gives a drink to, as plants", "answer": "WATERS", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Prices charged, as by a hotel", "answer": "RATES", "drop": "W" }, { "clue": "It twinkles in the night sky", "answer": "STAR", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Took a chair", "answer": "SAT", "drop": "R" } ], "bonus": "SEWER", "bonusClue": "Underground pipe for waste water" }, { "id": "SP-0324", "level": "easy", "start": "DEARLY", "steps": [ { "clue": "Postpone", "answer": "DELAY", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Hand out cards", "answer": "DEAL", "drop": "Y" }, { "clue": "Young boy", "answer": "LAD", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "RYE", "bonusClue": "Bread for a pastrami sandwich" }, { "id": "SP-0325", "level": "easy", "start": "SWEATS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Use carelessly, as time or money", "answer": "WASTE", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Slow-cooked beef and vegetables", "answer": "STEW", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Put in place", "answer": "SET", "drop": "W" } ], "bonus": "SAW", "bonusClue": "Tool that cuts wood" }, { "id": "SP-0326", "level": "easy", "start": "TURBAN", "steps": [ { "clue": "Of the city", "answer": "URBAN", "drop": "T" }, { "clue": "Injury from a hot stove", "answer": "BURN", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Massage", "answer": "RUB", "drop": "N" } ], "bonus": "TAN", "bonusClue": "Skin color after a beach vacation" }, { "id": "SP-0327", "level": "medium", "start": "PROTEIN", "steps": [ { "clue": "Position relative to a compass", "answer": "ORIENT", "drop": "P" }, { "clue": "Male singing voice above baritone", "answer": "TENOR", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Ripped", "answer": "TORN", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "2,000 pounds", "answer": "TON", "drop": "R" } ], "bonus": "PIER", "bonusClue": "Dock that juts into the water" }, { "id": "SP-0328", "level": "medium", "start": "HEADERS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Wiped clean, as a whiteboard", "answer": "ERASED", "drop": "H" }, { "clue": "Tall grasses that grow by a pond", "answer": "REEDS", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "What a plant grows from", "answer": "SEED", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Notice", "answer": "SEE", "drop": "D" } ], "bonus": "HARD", "bonusClue": "Not soft" }, { "id": "SP-0329", "level": "medium", "start": "PISTONS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Units of scoring", "answer": "POINTS", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Half-quart measures", "answer": "PINTS", "drop": "O" }, { "clue": "Rotating rod for roasting meat", "answer": "SPIT", "drop": "N" }, { "clue": "Extra money left for a server", "answer": "TIP", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "SONS", "bonusClue": "Male children" }, { "id": "SP-0330", "level": "hard", "start": "INSURERS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Start of the day in the east", "answer": "SUNRISE", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Hospital caregivers", "answer": "NURSES", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Hospital caregiver", "answer": "NURSE", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Scores in baseball", "answer": "RUNS", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Move fast on foot", "answer": "RUN", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "RISES", "bonusClue": "Goes up" }, { "id": "SP-0331", "level": "easy", "start": "DERIVE", "steps": [ { "clue": "Athlete on a springboard", "answer": "DIVER", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Extremely serious, as a warning", "answer": "DIRE", "drop": "V" }, { "clue": "\"Get ___ of\" (throw away)", "answer": "RID", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "EVE", "bonusClue": "The night before a holiday" }, { "id": "SP-0332", "level": "easy", "start": "BRIDAL", "steps": [ { "clue": "Three strands of hair woven together", "answer": "BRAID", "drop": "L" }, { "clue": "Animal with feathers", "answer": "BIRD", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Clear of pests", "answer": "RID", "drop": "B" } ], "bonus": "LAB", "bonusClue": "Room for science experiments" }, { "id": "SP-0333", "level": "easy", "start": "RETAIN", "steps": [ { "clue": "Not moving or reacting", "answer": "INERT", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Monthly payment to a landlord", "answer": "RENT", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Number of fingers on two hands", "answer": "TEN", "drop": "R" } ], "bonus": "AIR", "bonusClue": "What we breathe" }, { "id": "SP-0334", "level": "medium", "start": "ARTISTS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Characteristics, such as eye color", "answer": "TRAITS", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "One step in a flight", "answer": "STAIR", "drop": "T" }, { "clue": "Painting, music and theater, collectively", "answer": "ARTS", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Rested on a bench", "answer": "SAT", "drop": "R" } ], "bonus": "STIR", "bonusClue": "Mix with a spoon" }, { "id": "SP-0335", "level": "medium", "start": "BRAISED", "steps": [ { "clue": "Lifted up", "answer": "RAISED", "drop": "B" }, { "clue": "Challenges to do something risky", "answer": "DARES", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Cincinnati's baseball team", "answer": "REDS", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Color of a stop sign", "answer": "RED", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "BIAS", "bonusClue": "Unfair leaning toward one side" }, { "id": "SP-0336", "level": "medium", "start": "SHRIEKS", "steps": [ { "clue": "People on snowy slopes", "answer": "SKIERS", "drop": "H" }, { "clue": "Chances of loss", "answer": "RISKS", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Smooch", "answer": "KISS", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Glide down a snowy mountain", "answer": "SKI", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "HERS", "bonusClue": "Belonging to that woman" }, { "id": "SP-0337", "level": "hard", "start": "WEATHERS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Devices that warm a room", "answer": "HEATERS", "drop": "W" }, { "clue": "Short preview of a coming movie", "answer": "TEASER", "drop": "H" }, { "clue": "Prices charged, as by a hotel", "answer": "RATES", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Direction of the sunrise", "answer": "EAST", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Was seated", "answer": "SAT", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "WHERE", "bonusClue": "Question word about location" }, { "id": "SP-0338", "level": "easy", "start": "STEREO", "steps": [ { "clue": "Guide a car with the wheel", "answer": "STEER", "drop": "O" }, { "clue": "Casual cotton shirts", "answer": "TEES", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Harden, as concrete", "answer": "SET", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "ORE", "bonusClue": "Rock that is mined for metal" }, { "id": "SP-0339", "level": "easy", "start": "OCTANE", "steps": [ { "clue": "Atlantic or Pacific", "answer": "OCEAN", "drop": "T" }, { "clue": "Walking stick", "answer": "CANE", "drop": "O" }, { "clue": "Highest card in the deck", "answer": "ACE", "drop": "N" } ], "bonus": "TON", "bonusClue": "2,000 pounds" }, { "id": "SP-0340", "level": "easy", "start": "PAPERS", "steps": [ { "clue": "What a printer uses", "answer": "PAPER", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Get ready, for short", "answer": "PREP", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "For each", "answer": "PER", "drop": "P" } ], "bonus": "SAP", "bonusClue": "Sticky liquid from a maple tree" }, { "id": "SP-0341", "level": "medium", "start": "DETAILS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Continued for a period of time", "answer": "LASTED", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Take without permission", "answer": "STEAL", "drop": "D" }, { "clue": "Right side of a map", "answer": "EAST", "drop": "L" }, { "clue": "Posed for a portrait", "answer": "SAT", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "IDLE", "bonusClue": "Not working, as an engine" }, { "id": "SP-0342", "level": "medium", "start": "SALUTED", "steps": [ { "clue": "Soldier's gesture of respect", "answer": "SALUTE", "drop": "D" }, { "clue": "Smallest amount", "answer": "LEAST", "drop": "U" }, { "clue": "Allows", "answer": "LETS", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Scenery on a movie stage", "answer": "SET", "drop": "L" } ], "bonus": "DUAL", "bonusClue": "Having two parts" }, { "id": "SP-0343", "level": "medium", "start": "STRANGE", "steps": [ { "clue": "Spies or sales representatives", "answer": "AGENTS", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Polite fellows", "answer": "GENTS", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Obtains", "answer": "GETS", "drop": "N" }, { "clue": "Collection of matching pieces", "answer": "SET", "drop": "G" } ], "bonus": "RANG", "bonusClue": "Sounded, as a bell" }, { "id": "SP-0344", "level": "hard", "start": "THIRTEEN", "steps": [ { "clue": "Not one or the other", "answer": "NEITHER", "drop": "T" }, { "clue": "Whole or complete", "answer": "ENTIRE", "drop": "H" }, { "clue": "Chemically inactive, like some gases", "answer": "INERT", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "What a tenant pays", "answer": "RENT", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Number after nine", "answer": "TEN", "drop": "R" } ], "bonus": "THEIR", "bonusClue": "Belonging to them" }, { "id": "SP-0345", "level": "easy", "start": "REMIND", "steps": [ { "clue": "Dug from the earth, as coal", "answer": "MINED", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Repair, as torn clothing", "answer": "MEND", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Adult males", "answer": "MEN", "drop": "D" } ], "bonus": "RID", "bonusClue": "Free of something unwanted, with \"get\"" }, { "id": "SP-0346", "level": "easy", "start": "STIFLE", "steps": [ { "clue": "Raises", "answer": "LIFTS", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Closed hand", "answer": "FIST", "drop": "L" }, { "clue": "Take a chair", "answer": "SIT", "drop": "F" } ], "bonus": "ELF", "bonusClue": "Santa's small helper" }, { "id": "SP-0347", "level": "easy", "start": "PARENT", "steps": [ { "clue": "Become narrower toward one end", "answer": "TAPER", "drop": "N" }, { "clue": "Device for catching mice", "answer": "TRAP", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Expected score on a golf hole", "answer": "PAR", "drop": "T" } ], "bonus": "NET", "bonusClue": "It hangs across a tennis court" }, { "id": "SP-0348", "level": "medium", "start": "DIALECT", "steps": [ { "clue": "Small fact or feature", "answer": "DETAIL", "drop": "C" }, { "clue": "Triangular land at a river's mouth", "answer": "DELTA", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Bargain", "answer": "DEAL", "drop": "T" }, { "clue": "Scottish youngster", "answer": "LAD", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "CITE", "bonusClue": "Name as a source" }, { "id": "SP-0349", "level": "medium", "start": "PLANETS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Groups of judges or experts", "answer": "PANELS", "drop": "T" }, { "clue": "Decides ahead of time", "answer": "PLANS", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "High-five sound", "answer": "SLAP", "drop": "N" }, { "clue": "Buddy", "answer": "PAL", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "TENS", "bonusClue": "Bills worth two fives each" }, { "id": "SP-0350", "level": "medium", "start": "PARAPET", "steps": [ { "clue": "Come into view", "answer": "APPEAR", "drop": "T" }, { "clue": "Material of a newspaper", "answer": "PAPER", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Fruit that is wide at the bottom", "answer": "PEAR", "drop": "P" }, { "clue": "Music with rhymed, spoken lyrics", "answer": "RAP", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "TAPE", "bonusClue": "Sticky strip on a roll" }, { "id": "SP-0351", "level": "hard", "start": "CHEATERS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Person who leads a classroom", "answer": "TEACHER", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Make something new", "answer": "CREATE", "drop": "H" }, { "clue": "Copy a drawing through thin paper", "answer": "TRACE", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "You push it through the grocery store", "answer": "CART", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Perform on stage", "answer": "ACT", "drop": "R" } ], "bonus": "SHEER", "bonusClue": "So thin you can see through it" }, { "id": "SP-0352", "level": "easy", "start": "BRAIDS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Infected with a disease spread by animal bites", "answer": "RABID", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Poet of old, like Shakespeare", "answer": "BARD", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Not good", "answer": "BAD", "drop": "R" } ], "bonus": "SIR", "bonusClue": "Polite word for a man" }, { "id": "SP-0353", "level": "easy", "start": "REFUSE", "steps": [ { "clue": "Coral ridges in the sea", "answer": "REEFS", "drop": "U" }, { "clue": "Costing nothing", "answer": "FREE", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Official with a whistle, for short", "answer": "REF", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "USE", "bonusClue": "Put into service" }, { "id": "SP-0354", "level": "easy", "start": "SHAKEN", "steps": [ { "clue": "Move quietly so no one notices", "answer": "SNEAK", "drop": "H" }, { "clue": "Went to the bottom of the sea", "answer": "SANK", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Pose a question", "answer": "ASK", "drop": "N" } ], "bonus": "HEN", "bonusClue": "Female chicken" }, { "id": "SP-0355", "level": "medium", "start": "TREASON", "steps": [ { "clue": "Why something happened", "answer": "REASON", "drop": "T" }, { "clue": "Makes money from work", "answer": "EARNS", "drop": "O" }, { "clue": "Of sound mind", "answer": "SANE", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "The Mediterranean, for one", "answer": "SEA", "drop": "N" } ], "bonus": "TORN", "bonusClue": "Ripped" }, { "id": "SP-0356", "level": "medium", "start": "DEACONS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Atlantic and Pacific", "answer": "OCEANS", "drop": "D" }, { "clue": "Walking sticks", "answer": "CANES", "drop": "O" }, { "clue": "Copy a document into a computer", "answer": "SCAN", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Soda container", "answer": "CAN", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "DOES", "bonusClue": "Performs" }, { "id": "SP-0357", "level": "medium", "start": "SUBSETS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Smaller group within a larger one", "answer": "SUBSET", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Sculptures of heads and shoulders", "answer": "BUSTS", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Long sandwiches", "answer": "SUBS", "drop": "T" }, { "clue": "Yellow vehicle that takes kids to school", "answer": "BUS", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "SETS", "bonusClue": "Parts of a tennis match" }, { "id": "SP-0358", "level": "hard", "start": "WAITRESS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Restaurant workers who take orders", "answer": "WAITERS", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Sprinkles the lawn", "answer": "WATERS", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Promise solemnly", "answer": "SWEAR", "drop": "T" }, { "clue": "Armed conflicts between nations", "answer": "WARS", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Not cooked", "answer": "RAW", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "SITES", "bonusClue": "Places on the web" }, { "id": "SP-0359", "level": "easy", "start": "REPEAT", "steps": [ { "clue": "\"Picky\" person at the dinner table", "answer": "EATER", "drop": "P" }, { "clue": "Give a score from one to ten", "answer": "RATE", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Have a meal", "answer": "EAT", "drop": "R" } ], "bonus": "PER", "bonusClue": "For each" }, { "id": "SP-0360", "level": "easy", "start": "MINDED", "steps": [ { "clue": "Fabric used to make jeans", "answer": "DENIM", "drop": "D" }, { "clue": "Fix with a needle and thread", "answer": "MEND", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Bear's winter shelter", "answer": "DEN", "drop": "M" } ], "bonus": "DIM", "bonusClue": "Not bright" }, { "id": "SP-0361", "level": "easy", "start": "ORNATE", "steps": [ { "clue": "Powder in a laser printer", "answer": "TONER", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Short written message", "answer": "NOTE", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Number before two", "answer": "ONE", "drop": "T" } ], "bonus": "ART", "bonusClue": "Paintings and sculpture" }, { "id": "SP-0362", "level": "medium", "start": "SARDINE", "steps": [ { "clue": "Where sinks and tubs empty", "answer": "DRAINS", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Surprise attacks", "answer": "RAIDS", "drop": "N" }, { "clue": "Broadcasts on TV", "answer": "AIRS", "drop": "D" }, { "clue": "It fills a balloon", "answer": "AIR", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "ENDS", "bonusClue": "Finishes" }, { "id": "SP-0363", "level": "medium", "start": "PRAISED", "steps": [ { "clue": "Hope to achieve something great", "answer": "ASPIRE", "drop": "D" }, { "clue": "Long pointed weapon thrown by hand", "answer": "SPEAR", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Tailless primates such as gorillas", "answer": "APES", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Where you go for a mud bath", "answer": "SPA", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "DIRE", "bonusClue": "Extremely serious, as a warning" }, { "id": "SP-0364", "level": "medium", "start": "STAUNCH", "steps": [ { "clue": "Visits as a ghost", "answer": "HAUNTS", "drop": "C" }, { "clue": "Your parents' sisters", "answer": "AUNTS", "drop": "H" }, { "clue": "Almonds and cashews", "answer": "NUTS", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Star at the center of our solar system", "answer": "SUN", "drop": "T" } ], "bonus": "CHAT", "bonusClue": "Friendly talk" }, { "id": "SP-0365", "level": "hard", "start": "PERSONAL", "steps": [ { "clue": "Public image a celebrity presents", "answer": "PERSONA", "drop": "L" }, { "clue": "Human being", "answer": "PERSON", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Thick cords used by climbers", "answer": "ROPES", "drop": "N" }, { "clue": "Advantages, in a list with cons", "answer": "PROS", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Paid athlete, for short", "answer": "PRO", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "LANES", "bonusClue": "Bowling alley strips" }, { "id": "SP-0366", "level": "easy", "start": "PRISON", "steps": [ { "clue": "Presses wrinkles out of clothes", "answer": "IRONS", "drop": "P" }, { "clue": "Electrically charged atoms", "answer": "IONS", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Wrongdoing, in religion", "answer": "SIN", "drop": "O" } ], "bonus": "PRO", "bonusClue": "Paid athlete, for short" }, { "id": "SP-0367", "level": "easy", "start": "ROOTED", "steps": [ { "clue": "Show with bull riding and roping", "answer": "RODEO", "drop": "T" }, { "clue": "Traveled on a bike or a horse", "answer": "RODE", "drop": "O" }, { "clue": "Color of a ripe tomato", "answer": "RED", "drop": "O" } ], "bonus": "TOO", "bonusClue": "Also" }, { "id": "SP-0368", "level": "easy", "start": "ROARED", "steps": [ { "clue": "Love deeply", "answer": "ADORE", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "First word of many letters", "answer": "DEAR", "drop": "O" }, { "clue": "A long period of history", "answer": "ERA", "drop": "D" } ], "bonus": "ROD", "bonusClue": "Fishing pole" }, { "id": "SP-0369", "level": "medium", "start": "ORACLES", "steps": [ { "clue": "Rough in texture", "answer": "COARSE", "drop": "L" }, { "clue": "Frighten", "answer": "SCARE", "drop": "O" }, { "clue": "Unit of farmland", "answer": "ACRE", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Sedan or coupe", "answer": "CAR", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "LOSE", "bonusClue": "Opposite of win" }, { "id": "SP-0370", "level": "medium", "start": "STRIPED", "steps": [ { "clue": "Catholic clergyman", "answer": "PRIEST", "drop": "D" }, { "clue": "Desire to hurt or annoy someone", "answer": "SPITE", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Animals kept for company", "answer": "PETS", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "What the sun does in the evening", "answer": "SET", "drop": "P" } ], "bonus": "DRIP", "bonusClue": "Sound of a leaky faucet" }, { "id": "SP-0371", "level": "medium", "start": "VINEGAR", "steps": [ { "clue": "Deep, narrow gorge", "answer": "RAVINE", "drop": "G" }, { "clue": "Large black bird in a famous Poe poem", "answer": "RAVEN", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Make money from work", "answer": "EARN", "drop": "V" }, { "clue": "Moved fast on foot", "answer": "RAN", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "GIVE", "bonusClue": "Opposite of take" }, { "id": "SP-0372", "level": "hard", "start": "THEOREMS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Proven statement in geometry", "answer": "THEOREM", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "TV channel changer", "answer": "REMOTE", "drop": "H" }, { "clue": "It measures electricity use, or a parking fee", "answer": "METER", "drop": "O" }, { "clue": "Come face to face with", "answer": "MEET", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Came face to face with", "answer": "MET", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "SHORE", "bonusClue": "Where the ocean meets the land" }, { "id": "SP-0373", "level": "easy", "start": "ASSUME", "steps": [ { "clue": "Entertain and make smile", "answer": "AMUSE", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Not different", "answer": "SAME", "drop": "U" }, { "clue": "Where ships sail", "answer": "SEA", "drop": "M" } ], "bonus": "SUM", "bonusClue": "Total after adding" }, { "id": "SP-0374", "level": "easy", "start": "TRIBES", "steps": [ { "clue": "Mosquito marks that itch", "answer": "BITES", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Wagers", "answer": "BETS", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Arrange the table for dinner", "answer": "SET", "drop": "B" } ], "bonus": "RIB", "bonusClue": "Barbecued bone covered in sauce" }, { "id": "SP-0375", "level": "easy", "start": "GATORS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Farm animals with horns and beards", "answer": "GOATS", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Labels showing prices", "answer": "TAGS", "drop": "O" }, { "clue": "Fuel you pump into a car", "answer": "GAS", "drop": "T" } ], "bonus": "ROT", "bonusClue": "Decay" }, { "id": "SP-0376", "level": "medium", "start": "RATINGS", "steps": [ { "clue": "They run on railroad tracks", "answer": "TRAINS", "drop": "G" }, { "clue": "Spot left by spilled coffee", "answer": "STAIN", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Tiny insects that invade a picnic", "answer": "ANTS", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Took the weight off your feet", "answer": "SAT", "drop": "N" } ], "bonus": "GRIN", "bonusClue": "Wide smile" }, { "id": "SP-0377", "level": "medium", "start": "SCARRED", "steps": [ { "clue": "Holy", "answer": "SACRED", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "A deck has 52 of them", "answer": "CARDS", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Mark left after a wound heals", "answer": "SCAR", "drop": "D" }, { "clue": "Part of a circle", "answer": "ARC", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "REDS", "bonusClue": "Cincinnati's baseball team" }, { "id": "SP-0378", "level": "medium", "start": "LABORED", "steps": [ { "clue": "Refresh, as a web page", "answer": "RELOAD", "drop": "B" }, { "clue": "Having had more birthdays", "answer": "OLDER", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Traveled on a bike or a horse", "answer": "RODE", "drop": "L" }, { "clue": "Rock that is mined for metal", "answer": "ORE", "drop": "D" } ], "bonus": "BALD", "bonusClue": "Having no hair" }, { "id": "SP-0379", "level": "hard", "start": "THEORIST", "steps": [ { "clue": "Batters in baseball", "answer": "HITTERS", "drop": "O" }, { "clue": "Belonging to them", "answer": "THEIRS", "drop": "T" }, { "clue": "Attempts", "answer": "TRIES", "drop": "H" }, { "clue": "Mix with a spoon", "answer": "STIR", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Command to a dog", "answer": "SIT", "drop": "R" } ], "bonus": "OTHER", "bonusClue": "Not this one" }, { "id": "SP-0380", "level": "easy", "start": "CABINS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Bathroom sink", "answer": "BASIN", "drop": "C" }, { "clue": "Containers for recycling", "answer": "BINS", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Greed or envy, to a preacher", "answer": "SIN", "drop": "B" } ], "bonus": "CAB", "bonusClue": "Taxi" }, { "id": "SP-0381", "level": "easy", "start": "DISARM", "steps": [ { "clue": "Hotel room cleaners", "answer": "MAIDS", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Walls that hold back rivers", "answer": "DAMS", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Unhappy", "answer": "SAD", "drop": "M" } ], "bonus": "RIM", "bonusClue": "Edge of a basketball hoop" }, { "id": "SP-0382", "level": "easy", "start": "THROAT", "steps": [ { "clue": "Fortune-telling cards", "answer": "TAROT", "drop": "H" }, { "clue": "Small fruit pie", "answer": "TART", "drop": "O" }, { "clue": "Paintings and sculpture", "answer": "ART", "drop": "T" } ], "bonus": "HOT", "bonusClue": "Opposite of cold" }, { "id": "SP-0383", "level": "medium", "start": "PLIABLE", "steps": [ { "clue": "Legally responsible", "answer": "LIABLE", "drop": "P" }, { "clue": "Sticker with a name or price", "answer": "LABEL", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Bundle of hay", "answer": "BALE", "drop": "L" }, { "clue": "Room for science experiments", "answer": "LAB", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "PILE", "bonusClue": "Heap" }, { "id": "SP-0384", "level": "medium", "start": "INTRUDE", "steps": [ { "clue": "Spoiled completely", "answer": "RUINED", "drop": "T" }, { "clue": "Roadside restaurant with a counter", "answer": "DINER", "drop": "U" }, { "clue": "Desperately urgent", "answer": "DIRE", "drop": "N" }, { "clue": "Free from a burden", "answer": "RID", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "TUNE", "bonusClue": "Melody" }, { "id": "SP-0385", "level": "medium", "start": "TAILORS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Court cases before a judge", "answer": "TRIALS", "drop": "O" }, { "clue": "Coin-flip call opposite heads", "answer": "TAILS", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Items written down for the grocery store", "answer": "LIST", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Rest on a bench", "answer": "SIT", "drop": "L" } ], "bonus": "ORAL", "bonusClue": "Spoken, not written" }, { "id": "SP-0386", "level": "hard", "start": "STEALING", "steps": [ { "clue": "Chairs arranged for guests", "answer": "SEATING", "drop": "L" }, { "clue": "Representatives for actors or athletes", "answer": "AGENTS", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Where actors perform", "answer": "STAGE", "drop": "N" }, { "clue": "Labels on clothing", "answer": "TAGS", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Playground chasing game", "answer": "TAG", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "LINES", "bonusClue": "Words an actor memorizes" }, { "id": "SP-0387", "level": "easy", "start": "TARGET", "steps": [ { "clue": "Snack given as a reward", "answer": "TREAT", "drop": "G" }, { "clue": "Sour-tasting", "answer": "TART", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Rodent bigger than a mouse", "answer": "RAT", "drop": "T" } ], "bonus": "GET", "bonusClue": "Receive or obtain" }, { "id": "SP-0388", "level": "easy", "start": "DOCILE", "steps": [ { "clue": "Lubricated, as a squeaky hinge", "answer": "OILED", "drop": "C" }, { "clue": "Told a fib", "answer": "LIED", "drop": "O" }, { "clue": "Fib", "answer": "LIE", "drop": "D" } ], "bonus": "COD", "bonusClue": "Fish used in fish and chips" }, { "id": "SP-0389", "level": "easy", "start": "GLIDER", "steps": [ { "clue": "Long, narrow mountaintop", "answer": "RIDGE", "drop": "L" }, { "clue": "Pattern of crossing lines, as on graph paper", "answer": "GRID", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Do away with, after \"get\"", "answer": "RID", "drop": "G" } ], "bonus": "LEG", "bonusClue": "It runs from hip to foot" }, { "id": "SP-0390", "level": "medium", "start": "UPDATED", "steps": [ { "clue": "Install the latest version of", "answer": "UPDATE", "drop": "D" }, { "clue": "Highly skilled", "answer": "ADEPT", "drop": "U" }, { "clue": "Sticky strip on a roll", "answer": "TAPE", "drop": "D" }, { "clue": "Gentle tap on the back", "answer": "PAT", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "DUDE", "bonusClue": "Casual word for a guy" }, { "id": "SP-0391", "level": "medium", "start": "STACKED", "steps": [ { "clue": "Coffin", "answer": "CASKET", "drop": "D" }, { "clue": "Pile of pancakes", "answer": "STACK", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "A job on your to-do list", "answer": "TASK", "drop": "C" }, { "clue": "Occupied a seat", "answer": "SAT", "drop": "K" } ], "bonus": "DECK", "bonusClue": "Full set of 52 playing cards" }, { "id": "SP-0392", "level": "medium", "start": "EDIBLES", "steps": [ { "clue": "Fuel for big trucks", "answer": "DIESEL", "drop": "B" }, { "clue": "Playground chute", "answer": "SLIDE", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Fibs", "answer": "LIES", "drop": "D" }, { "clue": "Untrue statement", "answer": "LIE", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "BEDS", "bonusClue": "Furniture in a hotel room" }, { "id": "SP-0393", "level": "hard", "start": "SUPPORTS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Hold up", "answer": "SUPPORT", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Begin to grow, as a seed", "answer": "SPROUT", "drop": "P" }, { "clue": "Baseball or soccer", "answer": "SPORT", "drop": "U" }, { "clue": "Share on social media, or a fence stake", "answer": "POST", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Highest point", "answer": "TOP", "drop": "S" } ], "bonus": "SPURS", "bonusClue": "Spiked wheels on a cowboy's boots" }, { "id": "SP-0394", "level": "easy", "start": "ELITES", "steps": [ { "clue": "The very best group", "answer": "ELITE", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Square of ceramic on a bathroom floor", "answer": "TILE", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Set on fire, as a candle", "answer": "LIT", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "SEE", "bonusClue": "Use your eyes" }, { "id": "SP-0395", "level": "easy", "start": "MARINA", "steps": [ { "clue": "Wild craze", "answer": "MANIA", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "Most important", "answer": "MAIN", "drop": "A" }, { "clue": "Point at a target", "answer": "AIM", "drop": "N" } ], "bonus": "RAN", "bonusClue": "Moved fast on foot" }, { "id": "SP-0396", "level": "easy", "start": "INVADE", "steps": [ { "clue": "Innocent and too trusting", "answer": "NAIVE", "drop": "D" }, { "clue": "Overly proud of your looks", "answer": "VAIN", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "By way of", "answer": "VIA", "drop": "N" } ], "bonus": "DEN", "bonusClue": "Cozy room, or a lion's home" }, { "id": "SP-0397", "level": "medium", "start": "UPHOLDS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Ought to", "answer": "SHOULD", "drop": "P" }, { "clue": "Grips in the hand", "answer": "HOLDS", "drop": "U" }, { "clue": "Grip in your hand", "answer": "HOLD", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Not young", "answer": "OLD", "drop": "H" } ], "bonus": "PUSH", "bonusClue": "Opposite of pull" }, { "id": "SP-0398", "level": "medium", "start": "THREADS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Intense dislike", "answer": "HATRED", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Gave a score to", "answer": "RATED", "drop": "H" }, { "clue": "Small pointed missile thrown at a board", "answer": "DART", "drop": "E" }, { "clue": "Long-tailed city pest", "answer": "RAT", "drop": "D" } ], "bonus": "SHED", "bonusClue": "Backyard building for tools" }, { "id": "SP-0399", "level": "medium", "start": "SENIORS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Loud sounds", "answer": "NOISES", "drop": "R" }, { "clue": "They smell", "answer": "NOSES", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Dollar bills with Washington on them", "answer": "ONES", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Male child", "answer": "SON", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "RISE", "bonusClue": "Go up, as the sun" }, { "id": "SP-0400", "level": "hard", "start": "MINERALS", "steps": [ { "clue": "Quartz or salt, for one", "answer": "MINERAL", "drop": "S" }, { "clue": "Arranged along a straight path", "answer": "LINEAR", "drop": "M" }, { "clue": "Gain knowledge", "answer": "LEARN", "drop": "I" }, { "clue": "Close by", "answer": "NEAR", "drop": "L" }, { "clue": "Jogged", "answer": "RAN", "drop": "E" } ], "bonus": "SMILE", "bonusClue": "Happy expression" } ]