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Recent Clues

Contest Clue Explanation (hover) Submitted
TROUT (5) Trawler at banks released fish (5) def. "fish"
wordplay: TR (first and last letter of TRAWLER ["at banks"]) + OUT ("released")
21 hours ago
TROUT (5) Dynasty shades carnivorous fish? (5) ddef
shaded cells in river theory are sometimes called trout
22 hours ago
ADROIT (6) Unanchored, gained nothing, and lost fighter skilled with hands (6) ADR(+O)I(-f)T
Fighter as in F-16 (military aircraft)
1 day, 4 hours ago

Past Contests

Contest Winning Clue Explanation (hover) Submitted By
LLAMA (5) (ended 3 hours, 58 minutes ago) Woolly animal (not quite sheep) in Los Angeles (5) Woolly animal = def
Not quite sheep = LAMb, in LA = L(LAM)A
biocuriousgeorgie
TENOR (5) (ended 1 day, 20 hours ago) One back in lead theatre role! (5) T(ENO<)R jovi_al
PRIDE FLAG (5, 4) (ended 2 days, 2 hours ago)
FIRST (5) (ended 3 days, 11 hours ago) Leading right into bumper? (5) Leading = def
R into FIST
biocuriousgeorgie
PARAMETER (9) (ended 3 days, 15 hours ago) Sheepish dad consumer abandoned a property? (9) Sheepish dad? = PA RAM
Consumer, abandoned a = EaTER
Property = def
biocuriousgeorgie
PARADE ( 6) (ended 3 days, 23 hours ago) Standard juice in March (6) PAR + ADE biocuriousgeorgie
PARAMOUR (8) (ended 4 days, 1 hour ago) Secret lover Mara held up in drink (8) P(ARAM<)OUR, def "secret lover" jovi_al
CLANK (5) (ended 4 days, 4 hours ago) Rattle-snake shed its skin, moving after cold left (5) rattle = C+L+(-s)ANK*(-e) AuLeaf
JOB (3) (ended 5 days, 11 hours ago) Book appointment (3) double def. "Book" (a book of the Old Testament, pronounced "johb" and etymologically unrelated) and "appointment" bags
CEPHALOPOD (10) (ended 5 days, 16 hours ago) Two disks start to protrude, puncturing fish or squid, maybe (10) def. "squid, maybe"; link "or"
wordplay: EP and HALO ("Two disks": both EP and HALO could be clued as 'disk') P ("start to protrude": first letter of PROTRUDE) inside COD ("puncturing" "fish")
bags
EINSTEIN (8) (ended 6 days, 5 hours ago) Number ninety-nine's namesake ties nine ties (8) Number ninety-nine (Einsteinium)'s namesake = def
NINE TIES*
exempt_medic
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