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This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.

This goo is worth a point in May 2026.

publication date: Wednesday, May 13, 2026 - the answer will be revealed on Wednesday, May 20

category: Justice

clue: By the time this LAPD officer made Deputy Chief, she didn't have to tolerate jokes about lacey frills on her uniform, not even from her husband after he got famous himself by presiding over a celebrity trial.

intended difficulty: medium

solved by: Russ Wilhelm and Richard Slominsky

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This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.

This goo is worth a point in May 2026.

publication date: Tuesday, May 12, 2026 - the answer will be revealed on Tuesday, May 19

category: Sports

clue: Among boys' action figures of the 1980s, the two dominant styles were the bulky muscle-men of the Masters of the Universe and the smaller, more articulated troops of G.I. Joe. This man should know, as he became both of them.

intended difficulty: medium

solved by: Russ Wilhelm and Richard Slominsky

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This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.

This goo is worth a point in May 2026.

publication date: Monday, May 11, 2026 - the answer will be revealed on Monday, May 18

category: Music

clue: When this artist draws a hard line to sign his autograph across your heart, there's some confusion as to whether he's about to write Terence, Howard, or Sananda.

intended difficulty: easy

solved by: Russ Wilhelm and Richard Slominsky

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This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.

This goo is worth a point in May 2026.

publication date: Sunday, May 10, 2026 - the answer will be revealed on Sunday, May 17

category: Crime

clue: J. Edgar Hoover and sensational newspapers made wild claims about her involvement as the matriarchal mastermind of a Midwestern crime family during the Prohibition, but historians who tried to verify the accounts found themselves barking up the wrong tree.

intended difficulty: very easy

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Samir Mehta, and Richard Slominsky

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This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.

This goo is worth a point in May 2026.

publication date: Saturday, May 9, 2026 - the answer will be revealed on Saturday, May 16

category: Sports

clue: Here's a shout-out to the Aussie who took a stout route from soccer to sprinting, without doubt, and a new world record that lets him brag about clout.

intended difficulty: easy

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Samir Mehta, and Richard Slominsky

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This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.

This goo is worth a point in May 2026.

publication date: Friday, May 8, 2026 - the answer will be revealed on Friday, May 15

category: Controversy

clue: The man once called "most likely to start a revolution" by his high school yearbook is now campaigning for the U.S. Senate, with his maine opponent not being a Democrat or a Republican but himself and his own controversial history of opinions and tattoos.

intended difficulty: very easy

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Samir Mehta, and Richard Slominsky

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This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.

This goo is worth a point in May 2026.

publication date: Thursday, May 7, 2026 - the answer will be revealed on Thursday, May 14

category: Literature

clue: His book series about a dungeon-crawler and a donut have made this D.M. (or is it M.D.?) a best-selling author.

intended difficulty: easy

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Samir Mehta, and Richard Slominsky

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