| Contest |
Clue |
Explanation (hover) |
Submitted |
| DA VINCI (2, 5) |
He wrote, "As if in a mirror, the Pole was captured by the Roman I conquered" (2, 5) |
He wrote as if in a mirror = def
the = DA, pole = N (north), inside the Roman "I conquered" = VI(N)CI |
5 hours ago |
| DA VINCI (2, 5) |
Popular critic initially skewers bulk of work by Michelangelo and his rival? (2, 5) |
IN (popular) + C_ inside DAVI[-d] (bulk of work by Michelangelo) = his rival? |
10 hours ago |
| DA VINCI (2, 5) |
Commercial break six's about what follows monsters: a turtle? (2,5) |
DA* V(INC)I = a turtle (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) |
11 hours ago |
| Contest |
Winning Clue |
Explanation (hover) |
Submitted By |
| PLURILINGUALISM (ended 1 day, 4 hours ago) |
Ability to switch between languages in U.S.? Girl, I'm all up in a mess (15) |
(IN US GIRL IM ALL UP)* |
Polaris |
| ANY ALLITERATIVE CLUE (?) (ended 1 day, 11 hours ago) |
Taking ten tigers trained to tackle tamarin's tail (6) |
RESTI(_N)G* = taking ten |
koha____ |
| ASPARTAME (9) (ended 1 day, 21 hours ago) |
A box with minced meat that's sweet (9) |
A+SPAR+TAME* = that's sweet |
koha____ |
| BLANKET (7) (ended 2 days, 14 hours ago) |
___ & cover? (7) |
BLANK + ET (& is a ligature for et, Latin for "and") -> BLANKET (cover) |
thechairguy |
| I ❤ NY (1 1 2) (ended 3 days, 5 hours ago) |
Iconic organ featured in timeless little slogan (1, 1, 2) |
❤ (an organ in the form of an icon) in [-t]INY |
koha____ |
| TOMODACHI (9) (ended 3 days, 7 hours ago) |
Some Greek cut German's roof with one Japanese friend (9) |
some Greek cut = TOMOs (a cut as a noun, as in a section)
German's roof = DACH, one = I |
biocuriousgeorgie |
| CANDOR (6) (ended 3 days, 11 hours ago) |
Mostly sweet or showing honesty (6) |
CANDy (sweet as noun) + OR; showing = linking word, honesty = def |
biocuriousgeorgie |
| BLOOD (5) (ended 3 days, 15 hours ago) |
Produced flowers, leaving author kind of red (5) |
BLOO[-me]D |
koha____ |
| AI SLOP (2,4 OR 1,1,4) (ended 5 days, 14 hours ago) |
For the most part, Congress is divided by this overpowered source of misinformation (2,4) |
AISL[-e] + OP |
koha____ |
| BAZOOKA (7) (ended 5 days, 15 hours ago) |
Japanese idiot smuggles racket as a weapon (7) |
BAKA (idiot in jp) smuggles ZOO (in the sense of a fracas or commotion) = a weapon |
quatrevingtneuf |
| REALLY (6) (ended 5 days, 18 hours ago) |
Start rising early - refreshing, for sure (6) |
R_ + EARLY* |
biocuriousgeorgie |
| BRAVADO (7) (ended 6 days, 1 hour ago) |
Unfinished Pixar movie trailer has zero attitude (7) |
Def= attitude. Unfinished Pixar Movie = BRAV(e) + trailer = AD + zero = O |
cryptic_iris |
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