| Word | Started By | Started Date | Winning Clue By | Winning Clue | Explanation (hover) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADDRESS (7) | mad | April 5, 2018, 8:02 p.m. | Deusovi | Send circular garment (7) | AD + DRESS: a "circular" is a semi-archaic term for an advertisement |
| INTEGRAL (8) | edderiofer | April 5, 2018, 8:41 p.m. | edderiofer | Altering triangle, or how you might be relating its area (8) | TRIANGLE* = INTEGRAL, and you can find a triangle's area with one. |
| DISCORD (7) | RainedMirror | April 5, 2018, 11:52 p.m. | Sp3000 | Fantasy land abolishes "wins" and "losses", leading to strife (7) | DISC[w]OR[l]D |
| PET PEEVE (3, 5) | Sp3000 | April 7, 2018, 5:45 a.m. | mad | Special annoyance: Dog or cat at gym the day before | Dog or cat=PET Gym=PE (as in gym class) The day before=EVE |
| BUGGY (5) | madjaqk | April 8, 2018, 8:26 a.m. | madjaqk | Vehicle prone to crashing (5) | Double def |
| NONPLUS (7) | RainedMirror | April 8, 2018, 2:39 p.m. | RainedMirror | Confused with a minus. (7) | Confused: Def A minus: Not a plus so non-plus |
| WHITEOUT (8 OR 5, 3) | Sp3000 | April 9, 2018, 9:02 a.m. | RainedMirror | Loss of colour vision by being exposed to sudden bright light is making a hit in #WeOut. (5 3) | HIT in WE OUT = WHITE OUT Loss of colour vision... : Def |
| AFICIONADO (10) | Deusovi | April 9, 2018, 9:47 a.m. | Deusovi | A timeless story: trouble for expert (10) | A + FIC(-t)ION + ADO |
| QUIXOTIC (8) | RainedMirror | April 10, 2018, 3:26 p.m. | Sp3000 | Abruptly lay off cross adult without hesitation? That's impractical (8) | QUI[t]+X+[er]OTIC |
| SLIP (4) | madjaqk | April 10, 2018, 4:59 p.m. | phenomist | Drink? Eat? Large mistake (4) | "mistake" = S(L)IP |
| PRAYER (6) | Sp3000 | April 11, 2018, 9:02 a.m. | phenomist | Spin bad year with worship (6) | "worship" = PR+YEAR* |
| COMPUTABLE (10) | chaotic_iak | April 11, 2018, 1:31 p.m. | madjaqk | Soluble carbon monoxide fluctuating around phosphorus (10) | Soluble=def carbon monoxide=CO fluctuating=MUTABLE (in the sense of constantly changing, not just possible to change) around=container indicator phosphorus=P Thanks to Sp3000 for spotting an error in the first draft! |
| TONIGHT (7) | SKOG | April 11, 2018, 9:42 p.m. | phenomist | Nearly tucking in a young child at dark (7) | "at dark" = TO(NIGH)T = (NIGH = "nearly") tucking in (TOT = "a young child") |
| PARAGON (7) | phenomist | April 12, 2018, 2:22 a.m. | phenomist | Epitome of mean and endless misery (7) | "Epitome" = PARAGON = PAR ("mean"="average") + AGON(-y) (endless "misery") |
| EDEN (4) | RainedMirror | April 13, 2018, 3:22 a.m. | RainedMirror | God's garden hidden away in a concealed enclave. (4) | God's garden: Def concealED ENclave |
| SEPTEMBER (9) | Deusovi | April 13, 2018, 7:22 a.m. | Deusovi | When Billie Joe Armstrong sleeps, pets scattered by object on fire | SEPT*+EMBER; def is a reference to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_Me_Up_When_September_Ends |
| ENIGMA (6) | Sp3000 | April 13, 2018, 9:58 a.m. | chaotic_iak | Novel in-game puzzle | IN-GAME anag = ENIGMA = puzzle |
| MAKE (4) | chaotic_iak | April 13, 2018, 4:33 p.m. | madjaqk | Assemble assault rifle in Maine (4) | AK (as in AK-47) in ME |
| YOUR USERNAME (?) | phenomist | April 15, 2018, 1:29 a.m. | Deusovi | Awfully devious puzzler (7) | just an anagram of DEVIOUS, definition "puzzler" |
| SLEEP (5) | Sp3000 | April 15, 2018, 5:32 p.m. | Wen | Mate takes off, backwards | mate (def), SLEEP< |
| TIMESCALE (9) | Deusovi | April 16, 2018, 7:36 a.m. | Deusovi | Meat slice chopped up for duration (9) | anagram of MEAT SLICE |
| IMPROVE (7) | madjaqk | April 16, 2018, 10:05 a.m. | edderiofer | Demon scout cuts off own tail to get better (7) | IMP + ROVE(-r), with "get better" as a definition. |
| TOMORROW (8) | SKOG | April 17, 2018, 10:26 a.m. | Akumu | Endless anxiety ends up strangely moot after today. | "after today" = TOMO + RROW, strangely moot = TOMO, endless anxiety = WORR(y), ends = positional indicator, up = reversal |
| EAT (3) | Sp3000 | April 17, 2018, 7:18 p.m. | madjaqk | Consume brewed tea (3) | TEA* |
| AGHAST (6) | Deusovi | April 18, 2018, 11:56 a.m. | TheGreatEscaper | Disturbed stag takes laughter with horror (6) | with horror = AG(HA)ST* |
| ROCKWELL | Koala | April 18, 2018, 10:45 p.m. | madjaqk | Hardness scale for stone chipper (8) | ROCK + WELL (as in healthy/"you're looking well") Definition references the Rockwell hardness scale, which I just learned about from Wikipedia |
| SQUARE (6) | chaotic_iak | April 19, 2018, 12:26 p.m. | TheGreatEscaper | Boringly conventional courtyard (6) | ddef |
| POT BROWNIES (3, 8) | madjaqk | April 20, 2018, 2:01 a.m. | madjaqk | Brew potions, cut up edibles (3, 8) | BREW POTIONS* (thanks, Nutrimatic!) |
| BLANK (5) | Sp3000 | April 20, 2018, 2:26 a.m. | madjaqk | Delete short green character from "Street Fighter" (5) | Delete=def short=curtailment indicator green character from "Street Fighter"=BLANKA |
| CONTEXT (7) | phenomist | April 21, 2018, 7:37 p.m. | quadraxus61 | Reason for a swindler's instant message (7) | CON+TEXT |
| OBLONG | raficoso | April 21, 2018, 7:54 p.m. | Sp3000 | Rectangular bologna trimmed, minced (6) | (BOLOGN[a])* |
| CHOCOLATE (9) | Koala | April 22, 2018, 1:58 a.m. | Sp3000 | "Hot" drink ingested within cafe's walls! | C(HO(COLA)T)E = HOT, COLA taken in, all inside C[af]E. &lit |
| ROLEPLAYED | Sp3000 | April 22, 2018, 5:53 a.m. | Sp3000 | Acted extraordinarily, really dope (10) | (REALLYDOPE)* |
| GONZAGA (7) | Akumu | April 23, 2018, 3:05 p.m. | Projectyl | Spike's place on zebra's head in wild | "Spike's place" = def, referring to mascot Spike the Bulldog "ON Z" in "GAGA" (wild) |
| ATOM (4) | madjaqk | April 23, 2018, 9:16 p.m. | phenomist | Front half of alphabet building block? (4) | ddef (A TO M front half of alphabet, ATOM building block of matter) |
| STRUCTURE (9) | phenomist | April 24, 2018, 1:53 a.m. | madjaqk | Something made Saint Curt insane with desire (lack of God, initially) (9) | Something made=def ST + CURT* + UR(g)E |
| CHIPOTLE (8) | Koala | April 24, 2018, 9:13 a.m. | Akumu | Pepper pot in Chile (8) | "pepper" = CHI(POT)LE |
| DAYS (4) | Sp3000 | April 25, 2018, 3:11 a.m. | madjaqk | Verbally stun for some time (4) | "DAZE" homophone |
| P?DDLE (6) | Deusovi | April 26, 2018, 10:10 a.m. | Sp3000 | Try to sell bike part on the radio (6) | Try to sell (PEDDLE) = bike part (PEDAL) homophone |
| ??DDLE (6) | Koala | April 26, 2018, 1:50 p.m. | phenomist | Addles wildly, makes kind of a point (6) | "Kind of a point" = SADDLE = ADDLES* (as in a saddle point) |
| (AEMT)* (4) | phenomist | April 26, 2018, 2:25 p.m. | edderiofer | Tame meat, or what this clue is? (4) | (MEAT)* = META |
| RAISIN (6) | Sp3000 | April 27, 2018, 8:45 a.m. | Projectyl | Almost getting up for food | RAISINg; def="food" |
| TELEVISION (10) | madjaqk | April 28, 2018, 4:47 p.m. | Projectyl | White Levis? I once hemmed a set (10) | A set = def; found in ("hemmed" by) whiTE LEVIS I ONce |
| CATARACT (8) | phenomist | April 29, 2018, 3:17 a.m. | Projectyl | Tiny Wisconsin town, approximately 100 square meters in area | "Tiny Wisconsin town" = def; CA [approximately] + A [100 square meters] in TRACT [area] |
| FIRM (4) | Sp3000 | April 29, 2018, 7:55 p.m. | phenomist | Mike is after tree business (4) | "business" = FIR+M |
| INFINITY (8) | Koala | April 30, 2018, 6:44 p.m. | Projectyl | It's revolutionized enumeration! (8) | &lit; rotate the 8 in the enumeration for an infinity symbol |
| TODAY | SKOG | April 30, 2018, 6:47 p.m. | phenomist | Advertisement: Back in game now (5) | "now" = TO(>DA)Y |
| ODDBALL (7) | Sp3000 | May 2, 2018, 4:56 p.m. | boboquack | Australian dog mangles bad doll (7) | Australian dog (from movie of same name) = ODDBALL* (mangled) |
| BEARD (5) | madjaqk | May 4, 2018, 12:12 a.m. | Projectyl | Tolerate debut of Dick Van Dyke, perhaps (5) | BEAR (tolerate) + D (debut of "Dick"); "Van Dyke, perhaps" = def |
| UNIONIZED (9) | boboquack | May 7, 2018, 11:06 p.m. | madjaqk | Organized without a charge? (9) | "UN-IONIZED" (with a question mark indicating it's a little hinky) |
| RUMPUS (6) | raficoso | May 9, 2018, 5:27 a.m. | madjaqk | Politician embroiled in Russia-United States brouhaha (6) | MP in RU-US |
| TEXAS (5) | madjaqk | May 21, 2018, 11:50 p.m. | Deusovi | Backwards state with weaponry inside! (5) | AXE inside ST, all reversed |
| GOAL (4) | madjaqk | June 18, 2018, 7:07 p.m. | Sp3000 | Girl having zero aim (4) | G(O)AL |
| ROACH (5) | madjaqk | June 20, 2018, 7:36 p.m. | madjaqk | Bug hiding in encroachment (5) | Hidden letters |
| MAIZE (5) | Koala | Dec. 18, 2018, 9:34 p.m. | ManyPinkHats | Crop top, and in a medium size (not small) (5) | def "crop"; A_ in M+(-s)IZE |
| ICE (3) | RainedMirror | Dec. 19, 2018, 6:47 a.m. | level | Kill; behead; chop up (3) | [-d]ICE [= "kill"] |
| ROBOT (5) | madjaqk | Dec. 22, 2018, 6:14 p.m. | level | Bible, starting in Genesis, describes humanoid creation (5) | RO(B_)OT [= "humanoid creation"] |
| BLARE (5) | Koala | Dec. 22, 2018, 7:20 p.m. | RainedMirror | Hearing Tony's trumpet. (5) | Hearing: Homophone Tony's: Blair (BLARE) Trumpet: Def. |
| CHRISTMAS (9) | level | Dec. 23, 2018, 9:40 p.m. | edderiofer | The present holiday! (9) | ddef &lit: "the present holiday" as in "the holiday where presents are given" and as in "the holiday that's happening right now". |
| MILLE FEUILLE (5 7) | RainedMirror | Dec. 26, 2018, 2:49 a.m. | Sp3000 | Playwright Arthur's last to leave with French girl, going around France and other countries to make a French dessert (5, 7) | MILLE[-r] ("Playwright Arthur", without last) + FILLE ("French girl") around EU ("France and other countries") = "a French dessert" |
| ANTIQUE (7) | madjaqk | Dec. 26, 2018, 7:35 p.m. | madjaqk | Quite old defendant I questioned is hiding something (8) | quite old=def _ANT I QUE_ |
| SUPER SMASH BROTHERS ULTIMATE (5, 5, 8, 8) | Koala | Dec. 26, 2018, 7:42 p.m. | Projectyl | It's violent, ruthless - abuses Marth, Pit, & more! (5, 5, 8, 8) | "It's violent" = anagram indicator; rest is anagram fodder; &lit |
| ULTIMATE (8) | chaotic_iak | Dec. 26, 2018, 7:49 p.m. | madjaqk | Mutilate, cut up radical (8) | MUTILATE* "Radical" as synonym for "ultimate" shows up in Chambers and thesaurus.com |
| FAN (3) | RainedMirror | Dec. 28, 2018, 8:30 p.m. | madjaqk | Lover's note neglected at first (3) | FA+N_ |
| # (5, 6 OR 9 OR 10) | Koala | Dec. 30, 2018, 11:43 a.m. | Sp3000 | Quiet one, initially headless, back to make sign for Throwback Thursday (4 or 5) | Definition: "sign for Throwback Thursday" HASH = SH ("quiet") + A ("one") + H_ ("initially headless"), reversed component-wise ("back") POUND = P ("quiet") + O_ ("one initially") + (-f)UND ("headless back", as in to back a kickstarter project) |
| RESOLUTION (10) | RainedMirror | Dec. 30, 2018, 8:48 p.m. | RainedMirror | Note: ANSWER DEDICATION (10) | Note: Re ANSWER: +SOLUTION DEDICATION: Def. |
| PHENOMIST (9) | chaotic_iak | Jan. 1, 2019, 10:21 p.m. | madjaqk | Puzzler confused his top men (9) | HISTOPMEN* |
| CHAOTIC_IAK (7_3) | phenomist | Jan. 1, 2019, 10:23 p.m. | |||
| MARIO (5) | madjaqk | Jan. 2, 2019, 4:36 p.m. | Projectyl | Man who changes direction to right with computer interaction! (5) | MA(N->R) + I/O (computer interaction); &lit |
| SAMUS (5) | Koala | Jan. 3, 2019, 5:35 p.m. | SoftFro | Smash character and famous Prime series lead! | S_+(prime letters from fAMoUs)+S_, &lit |
| MEAN (4) | madjaqk | Jan. 6, 2019, 12:04 p.m. | Koala | Evil software company headquartered in Minnesota (4) | M(EA)N |
| ASKING (6) | madjaqk | Jan. 10, 2019, 12:33 p.m. | madjaqk | Raising questions like family, gently (at first) (6) | AS+KIN+G_ |
| REFRAIN (7) | RainedMirror | Jan. 11, 2019, 6:26 p.m. | prawo | Refuse to repeat this phrase | Double def: refuse to/repeat this phrase |
| BINARY STAR (6, 4) | Sp3000 | Jan. 12, 2019, 7:23 p.m. | level | Hamper a romantic meeting, heading off with affair on the sides (two bodies going around with each other) (6, 4) | BIN+A+[-t]RYST+A_R [= "two bodies going around with each other"] |
| CRYPTIC (7) | phenomist | Jan. 12, 2019, 7:49 p.m. | Akumu | Odd, an interment site before you leave a hospital department | Odd = CRYPT + IC(u) |
| LEON CZOLGOSZ (4, 8) | wolf | Jan. 13, 2019, 6:11 a.m. | AuLeaf | New Glock Ozzy sold finishes off eccentric presidential assassin | {*NE(w)GLOC(k)OZZ(y)SOL(d)} |
| EUDAEMONICS (11) | RainedMirror | Jan. 13, 2019, 10:06 p.m. | phenomist | Program by European science revolutionized the pursuit of happiness (11) | "the pursuit of happiness" = EU+DAEMON+ICS< |
| HUNT (4) | chaotic_iak | Jan. 14, 2019, 9:55 a.m. | Akumu | Ends in run-around, which results in a coin! | Ends in RUN = UN, "around which" are results in a coin = HT, H+UN+T, &lit |
| GOLD LEAF (4, 4) | AuLeaf | Jan. 14, 2019, 1:37 p.m. | madjaqk | Finally paving over ancient meadow and part of forest to make something gaudy (4, 4) | Down clue only G_ + OLD + LEA + F_ |
| DOUGH (5) | madjaqk | Jan. 15, 2019, 6:04 p.m. | phenomist | GEB author's wealth (5) | ddef: the author of Godel Escher Bach is Douglas Hofstadter, shortened to DOUG H. (the shortening is clued by the shortening of GEB) |
| ARETAICS (8) | RainedMirror | Jan. 16, 2019, 12:27 a.m. | level | In storylines, one's following character learning about virtues (8) | AR(ETA+I)CS = ["learning about virtues", (n.)] (Eta as in the Greek letter) |
| SHAYMIN (7) | phenomist | Jan. 16, 2019, 11:07 a.m. | level | Guilt of Sonic the Hedgehog (7) | SHAYMIN (= "shame in" homophone) [= "hedgehog"]; "Sonic" as homophone indicator |
| EGO SEARCH (3, 6) | Sp3000 | Jan. 16, 2019, 11:37 p.m. | boboquack | Broken up? A small cheer: go look online for someone close to heart (3, 6) | def: "look online for someone close to heart" - slightly abstruse way of saying search yourself up wordplay: (A+S+CHEER+GO)* = EGO SEARCH |
| KAIST (5) | chaotic_iak | Jan. 17, 2019, 3:26 a.m. | AuLeaf | Foremost academic scholars regularly going in British-style uniform for university at Daejeon (5) | A_ and S_ inserted at regular intervals into KIT (Brit. term for uniform): K(A)I(S)T |
| WORD PUZZLES (4, 7) | chaotic_iak | Jan. 19, 2019, 6:16 a.m. | wolf | A decapitating sword spins up and dazzles the headless ones like this | A decapitating sword: -(s)WORD spins up: PU< dazzles the headless: -(da)ZZLES ones like this: def |
| COIN (4) | edderiofer | Jan. 20, 2019, 11:34 a.m. | AuLeaf | Meet halfway, or maybe a quarter (4) | COIN(-cide) |
| HOLIDAY (7) | RainedMirror | Jan. 20, 2019, 9:24 p.m. | AuLeaf | Hold a party around one, free of responsibility! | fodder around I without PART (responsibility, as in "do your part): HOL(+I)DA(-part)Y |
| FINALLY (7) | Sp3000 | Jan. 23, 2019, 3:31 a.m. | prawo | Take five for friend, at last (7) | FIN=five, ALLY=friend |
| HEBREW (6) | madjaqk | Jan. 23, 2019, 8:17 a.m. | wolf | An unusually written language here with eszett in the middle and omega at the end | An unusually written language: def here with eszett in the middle and omega at the end: HE+ß+RE+ω |
| MOLASSES (8) | phenomist | Jan. 23, 2019, 3:15 p.m. | Akumu | Avogadro's number of donkeys make a sticky brown mess (8) | MOL (abbrevation for mole, Avogadro's number of things) + ASSES (donkeys) = MOLASSES (a sticky brown mess) |
| LEFT OUT (4, 3) | wolf | Jan. 23, 2019, 3:36 p.m. | Akumu | Selfless viking to talk up others without being included himself (4, 3) | Without being included himself = LE(i)F (selfless viking) + TOUT (talk up others) |
| APRIL FOOL (5, 4) | Koala | Jan. 23, 2019, 3:48 p.m. | Akumu | Rudely fill a poor jester with molasses (5, 4) | Jester with molasses = <FILLAPOOR> |
| ENUMERATION (11) | RainedMirror | Jan. 23, 2019, 4:31 p.m. | Deusovi | Mountaineer's bizarre item to the right of this (11) | anagram of MOUNTAINEER |
| PRIMARIES (9) | AuLeaf | Jan. 25, 2019, 6:40 p.m. | AuLeaf | Mid-April/early May sign of spring: weeding through candidate November candidates (9) | (a)PRI(l)+M(ay)+ARIES |
| SHUTDOWN (8 or 4, 4) | phenomist | Jan. 25, 2019, 6:43 p.m. | prawo | It was demonstrated to invoke unified disgust, right and left! (8) | demonstrated to invoke = SHOWN, containing: unified = U [GUT]; disgust, right and left = T+D |
| COLOR OR COLOUR (5 OR 6) | RainedMirror | Jan. 25, 2019, 8:20 p.m. | Deusovi | Embellish scroll, oddly lacking golfer's cry overheard after commencement (?) | Embellish: def scroll, oddly lacking: _C_O_L golfer's cry: FORE ...overheard: FOUR / FOR ...after commencement: OUR / OR |
| OR (2) | edderiofer | Jan. 26, 2019, 4:28 a.m. | AuLeaf | Alternative surgery takes place here (2) | alternative: OR surgery takes place here: O.R. |
| MAZUMA (6) | wolf | Jan. 27, 2019, 6:44 p.m. | Akumu | Bones from an endless labyrinth with a person in the middle (6) | Bones (slang for dollars) = MAZ_ (endless labyrinth) + _UMA_ (a person, in the middle) |
| MARASCHINO (10) | phenomist | Jan. 28, 2019, 12:36 a.m. | madjaqk | Walk around like me drunk on cherry liqueur (10) | "Walk"=MARCH "around"=container indicator "like"=AS "me"=I "drunk on"=ON anagram MAR(AS)CH+I+NO |
| OBSCURE (7) | RainedMirror | Jan. 28, 2019, 1:47 a.m. | prawo | Oh, that's ridiculous! Fix the remote (7) | Oh=O, that's ridiculous=BS, fix=CURE |
| LAW OF EXCLUDED MIDDLE (3, 2, 8, 6) | chaotic_iak | Jan. 28, 2019, 1:52 a.m. | Deusovi | Fill-in-the-blanks gameshow, for short, sent back not-so-bright 500 after show kept 150 admitted into "Spoon: The Intuitionist's Bane" (3, 2, 8, 6) | Fill-in-the-blanks gameshow, for short: W(heel) O(f) F(ortune) sent back not-so-bright 500: DIM+D, reversed show kept 150: EXUDE, containing CL spoon: LADLE the intuitionist's bane: definition (intuitionism is a form of logic without the law of excluded middle) making LA(WOF+EX(CL)UDE+(D+MID<))DLE |
| QUISQUOUS (9) | boboquack | Jan. 28, 2019, 2:09 a.m. | prawo | Taunts not quiet where Latin American might be hard to satisfy (9) | "Taunts not quiet"=QUI(-p)S + "where Latin"=QUO + "American"=US |
| AMBIGUOUS/SCHRODINGER (9 or 11) | prawo | Jan. 28, 2019, 8:48 a.m. | Sp3000 | Austrian scientist primarily sheltering Californian hard rock band right to leave ring within extremes of underground unrecognisable, unclear (9 or 11) | Austrian scientist = S_ C_ H_ R_ + O + _D((-r)ING)_E _R Unclear = A_ (M(-r)BIG + U_(O)U_ ) S_ |
| CHESSBOARD (10) | edderiofer | Jan. 29, 2019, 2:36 a.m. | level | Revolutionary top songwriter's one who writes verses about love, where one may find a mate (10) | CHE+S_'S+B(O)ARD [= "where one may find a mate"] (Revolutionary = CHE; fringe songstress = S_S; one who writes verses = BARD; love = O) |
| MASQUERADE (10) | Sp3000 | Jan. 30, 2019, 12:38 a.m. | edderiofer | Kit William's work said to conceal her assistance? (10) | "Kit William's work": Def "conceal her assistance": MASK HER AID "said to": "MASQUERADE" |
| PROSTHESIS (10) | phenomist | Jan. 30, 2019, 12:44 a.m. | AuLeaf | Experienced one's graduate project on cyborg generation, possibly? (10) | PRO'S THESIS [restorative] cyborg generation, possibly: PROSTHESIS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyborg#In_medicine *Mechanical* prosthesis is technically the generation of a restorative cyborg, since a restorative cyborg is just a person with some sort of technology used to replace lost body function. (This doesn't say MECHANICAL but that's why "possibly" is at the end.) |
| TETRIS (6) | chaotic_iak | Jan. 30, 2019, 1:59 a.m. | prawo | Oddly, the sturdiest game with seven pieces (6) | T_E _T_R_I_S_ |
| SWEET (5) | RainedMirror | Jan. 30, 2019, 4:15 a.m. | Deusovi | Auditor's apartment is nice (5) | "Auditor's": homophone indicator Apartment: SUITE nice: SWEET (as in slang) |
| ANTARCTICA (10) | wolf | Jan. 30, 2019, 7:15 p.m. | madjaqk | Cataract in fuzzy white area (10) | CATARACTIN* |
| BOW OUT (3, 3) | edderiofer | Jan. 31, 2019, 2:18 p.m. | edderiofer | What rickety legs do: step down (3,3) | Double definition: "What rickety legs do": Legs of people affected with rickets BOW OUT. "step down": This is a synonym for "BOW OUT". |
| VIA APPIA (3,5) | phenomist | Feb. 1, 2019, 2:04 a.m. | prawo | Two IPAs spilled in Virginia thoroughfare (3,5) | V(IA APPI*)A |
| GREY/GRAY (4) | RainedMirror | Feb. 1, 2019, 7:07 a.m. | Projectyl | Apple peripheral in green, red, yellow, or silver (4) | "Apple peripheral" = A or E, in GRY; "silver" = def |
| PUYO (4) / PUYO PUYO (4, 4) | chaotic_iak | Feb. 2, 2019, 3:31 a.m. | AuLeaf | Sega game that stinks, getting tangled up in spinning string toy (4,4) | PU+YO(PU*)YO |
| NORMAL (6) | edderiofer | Feb. 2, 2019, 2:39 p.m. | Projectyl | Not externally misshapen or malformed! (6) | Contained internally in "misshapeN OR MALformed"; &lit |
| PATRIOT (7) | madjaqk | Feb. 4, 2019, 6:02 a.m. | AuLeaf | Op art: it confounded a countryman (7) | PATRIOT* |
| NOTHING ELSE (7,4) | phenomist | Feb. 4, 2019, 11:05 a.m. | prawo | Sniff at edges of watery semisolid, find only what was expected (7,4) | Sniff at edges of = NOSE (verb sense), containing: watery semisolid = THIN+GEL; NO(THIN+GEL)SE |
| TART (4) | RainedMirror | Feb. 4, 2019, 11:20 a.m. | Sp3000 | Dessert from Port Arthur (4) | Hidden _T ART_ |
| LUNAR NEW YEAR (5, 3, 4) | boboquack | Feb. 4, 2019, 11:42 a.m. | phenomist | Today king embraces one item with three points (5,3,4) | "Today" = L(UNAR(NEW)Y)EAR |
| DELAWARE (8) | SKOG | Feb. 4, 2019, 12:14 p.m. | Sp3000 | First of fifty letters from Jude Law, a representative (8) | Def = "First of fifty", as in states Hidden _DE LAW A RE_ |
| INDONESIA (9) | chaotic_iak | Feb. 4, 2019, 3:46 p.m. | wolf | A country like India has small bills (9) | A country: def small bills: ONES India has small bills: IND(ONES)IA |
| WHISTLEBLOWER (13) | prawo | Feb. 5, 2019, 4:24 p.m. | prawo | Informant's vague wish to fight back the more corrupt | (sorta had this in mind when I started the contest) vague wish = WHIS*, fight back = BELT<, more corrupt = LOWER |
| AMSCRAY (7) | edderiofer | Feb. 5, 2019, 5:56 p.m. | edderiofer | Fly in the morning's loopy, to some (7) | "Fly" (in the sense of "flee") = AMSCRAY "morning's" = AMS "loopy, to some" = CRAY |
| SEAHAWK (7) | Koala | Feb. 6, 2019, 11:49 a.m. | prawo | Warlock couple goes in to badly shake up one of two griffins (7) | badly shake: SEAHK* Warlock couple goes in to... up: containing (AW<) one of two [G]riffins: linebacker Shaquem or cornerback Shaquill |
| KAKISTOCRACY (12) | phenomist | Feb. 6, 2019, 11:54 a.m. | AuLeaf | What puts power in the hands of dopes, crazies, and haters? Perplexed? Okay, it's crack (12) | anag. of OKAYITSCRACK |
| ANARCHY (7) | Sp3000 | Feb. 6, 2019, 4:38 p.m. | prawo | Cop enters a hot club in chaos (7) | A+NARC+H+Y |
| SEVEN (5) | chaotic_iak | Feb. 6, 2019, 5:46 p.m. | AuLeaf | Number five has spotted coating (5) | SE(V)EN |
| BLACK SATURDAY (5, 8) | boboquack | Feb. 6, 2019, 9:16 p.m. | prawo | Cove welcomes back villainous twin with job for Ripken: a series of riots (5,8) | Cove welcomes back = B(...)<AY villainous twin = DRU, job = TASK, Ripken = CAL |
| GOOGLE (6) | phenomist | Feb. 8, 2019, 12:06 p.m. | madjaqk | Go check out tech company (6) | GO OGLE |
| CENTRIPETAL (11) | Akumu | Feb. 8, 2019, 2:16 p.m. | AuLeaf | Force required to make object spin around hot air is just over four ninths of a kiloNewton (11) | Force required to make object spin: CEN(TRIPE)TAL around X is Y: container/contetns indicator hot air: TRIPE just over 4/9 kN: 100 lb: CENTAL |
| CENTRIFUGAL (11) | AuLeaf | Feb. 8, 2019, 7:19 p.m. | edderiofer | Force vedette's composition #12 to be sung? (11) | CENTRIFUGAL = "SENTRY FUGUE L" Defn: "Force" = CENTRIFUGAL "vedette" = SENTRY "composition #12" = FUGUE L "to be sung" = homophone indicator |
| SEPARATION (10) | edderiofer | Feb. 8, 2019, 7:28 p.m. | AuLeaf | Between definition and wordplay, it's necessary to parse, in a cryptic (10) | Between... necessary: SEPARATION* TO PARSE IN A: fodder cryptic: anagrind |
| OFFENBACH (9) | boboquack | Feb. 9, 2019, 2:37 p.m. | edderiofer | Composer to insult penniless composer (9) | OFFEN(-d)+BACH |
| UCAOIMHU (8) | wolf | Feb. 10, 2019, 4:31 p.m. | prawo | Lucas, Lois, & Amy thus skinned Kevin (8) | _UCA_+_OI_+_M_+_HU_ |
| LARCENY (7) | phenomist | Feb. 10, 2019, 6:59 p.m. | madjaqk | Taking cola east, between Los Angeles and New York (7) | "Taking"=def (as a noun) RC (cola) + E between LA and NY |
| SCHADENFREUDE | AuLeaf | Feb. 10, 2019, 7:50 p.m. | edderiofer | Scene contained psychoanalyst and contained sadism (13) | Defn: "sadism" = SCHADENFREUDE "Scene" = SCENE "X contained Y and Z" = container indicator "psychoanalyst" = FREUD "contained" = HAD SC(HAD)EN(FREUD)E |
| FLIGHT (6) | chaotic_iak | Feb. 11, 2019, 6:31 p.m. | AuLeaf | Exit stairs (6) | ddef |
| TWO-MAN (3-3) | Sp3000 | Feb. 12, 2019, 5:59 a.m. | prawo | In sun, cut grass around coop (3-3) | In sun = T(_)AN, cut grass around = MOW< coop(erative) = T(WOM<)AN |
| PERCUSSION (10) | phenomist | Feb. 12, 2019, 8:52 p.m. | prawo | Hammering penny prompts no issue with chromium backing (10) | P+(NO ISSU(CR)E)< |
| TIME-LAPSE (4-5) | boboquack | Feb. 12, 2019, 9:08 p.m. | Sp3000 | Spooner's green bugs like short videos of plants growing (4-5) | Spooner's LIME ("green") TAPS ("bugs", as in wiretaps) = "like short videos of plants growing" |
| HOLOGRAM (8) | phenomist | Feb. 14, 2019, 9:18 p.m. | AuLeaf | Detective describes ship turning out west essentially to be something like a man-made mirage (8) | Detective describes: HOLMES around ship turning: rev. ARGO out: missing west essentially: _ES_ to be: link something like a man-made mirage: HOL(OGRA<)M(-es) |
| INFERNAL (8) | level | Feb. 15, 2019, 8:58 a.m. | level | Conclude setting up network is hellish (8) | INFER+NAL< [= "hellish"] |
| TURBULENT (9) | Akumu | Feb. 15, 2019, 2:59 p.m. | Akumu | Leaving you is dry, fast, and bumpy (9) | Bumpy = TURB< + U + LENT BRUT ("dry," as a champagne) and LENT ("fast," as a period of abstention) are both written away from the central U. |
| MAKE (4) | chaotic_iak | Feb. 15, 2019, 3:22 p.m. | madjaqk | Force medical examiner to carry gun (4) | M(AK)E AK as in AK-47 |
| MORATORIUM (10) | Sp3000 | Feb. 16, 2019, 9:30 p.m. | Deusovi | Ban speaker admitted into Michigan University Mass (10) | ORATOR in MI+U+M = "ban" |
| CONTAINER (9) | phenomist | Feb. 17, 2019, 12:28 a.m. | Deusovi | Crate, perhaps, when carrying on (in boarding)! (9) | &lit: CTAER ("crate" anagram) with ON inserted, and then IN inserted as well |
| BURGER (6) | madjaqk | Feb. 18, 2019, 6:12 a.m. | Sp3000 | "Flipped" food offering, essentially! (6) | BURG< + _ER_ |
| RED HERRING (3,7) | phenomist | Feb. 19, 2019, 12:32 a.m. | Akumu | Spooner's leader, impatient, gives misleading information (3, 7) | Misleading information = Spoonerism of HEAD RARING |
| SYMPOSIUM (9) | phenomist | Feb. 21, 2019, 12:38 a.m. | Akumu | The opening half of an orchestral piece is followed by heavy metal, a grand loss for expert presentation (9) | Expert presentation = SYMP(-hony) + OS(-m)IUM |
| COMPOSITION METAL (11, 5) | Sp3000 | Feb. 21, 2019, 1:24 p.m. | edderiofer | According to some, red brass for work of modern music, perhaps? (11,5) | Defn. "According to some, red brass" = COMPOSITION METAL (according to Wikipedia) "work" = COMPOSITION "modern music, perhaps" = METAL |
| ABYSSAL (7) | level | Feb. 22, 2019, 6:25 a.m. | edderiofer | Bottom-less masochist becomes sadist in pants, colloquially (7) | Definition: "Bottom-less" = ABYSSAL "masochist becomes sadist" = substitution, M -> S "pants, colloquially" = ABYSMAL |
| WILSON (6) | chaotic_iak | Feb. 22, 2019, 7:11 a.m. | AuLeaf | American president in slow collapse (6) | anag. of INSLOW |
| ISOTROPIC (9) | phenomist | Feb. 23, 2019, 1:07 a.m. | AuLeaf | Portico is broken any way you look at it (9) | anag. of PORTICOIS |
| LIMA (4) | chaotic_iak | Feb. 24, 2019, 7:25 a.m. | edderiofer | Letter from sorted mail (4) | (MAIL)* = LIMA (letter in the NATO Phonetic alphabet) |
| SIESTA (6) | madjaqk | Feb. 24, 2019, 11:36 a.m. | edderiofer | "Sleep? Yes!" --this Spaniard (6) | SIESTA = SI+ESTA |
| SOMETHING WITH DEFINITION 'WORD' | Deusovi | Feb. 24, 2019, 2:14 p.m. | AuLeaf | WC Fields ultimately has good word? (5) | LO(G)O+_S |
| CONTINUUM (9) | phenomist | Feb. 25, 2019, 1:27 a.m. | AuLeaf | "Out-of-State: On Time in Empty Space," described space-time, say? (9) | (-va)C(ON+T+IN)UUM |
| QAT (3) | phenomist | Feb. 27, 2019, 1:29 a.m. | level | Bush's time to follow the leading of Quincy Adams (3) | Q_ A_+T [= "Bush", as in the qat shrub] |
| REARRANGEMENT (13) | chaotic_iak | Feb. 27, 2019, 1:50 a.m. | prawo | Played between uncovered heart and diamond in split to create new order (13) | Played=RAN, uncovered heart=(-h)EAR(-t), diamond=GEM, split=RENT new order = R(_EAR_+RAN+GEM)ENT |
| MEME (4) | edderiofer | Feb. 28, 2019, 4:01 p.m. | edderiofer | I, setter, make a joke (4) | ME+ME |
| BULLWINKLE (10) | Sp3000 | Feb. 28, 2019, 10:45 p.m. | prawo | In large part, a loss followed by a win informs the French counterpart of "Rocky" (10) | In large part = BULK containing a loss followed by a win =L+WIN informs the French = precedes LE counterpart of "Rocky" = BUL(L+WIN)K+LE |
| SENSELESSNESSES (15) | phenomist | March 1, 2019, 7:42 a.m. | frictionlessemu | Brainless ideas make everything backwards for South German city's tennis star and Nintendo (15) | "Brainless ideas" = (S ESSEN'S SELES NES)< |
| ANIME (5) | SKOG | March 1, 2019, 12:55 p.m. | Akumu | Cartoon characters in Pakistani merchandise (5) | _ANI ME_ |
| ANY ONE STARTER POKEMON (5/6/7/8/9/10) | chaotic_iak | March 1, 2019, 4:18 p.m. | Sp3000 | Pokémon drawing cut from clip (7) | CHESPIN ("Pokémon") = LOT ("drawing") removed from CLOTHESPIN ("clip") |
| SOMMELIER (9) | phenomist | March 3, 2019, 12:30 p.m. | Akumu | Mix lime into some red wine, steward (9) | Wine steward = SOM(MELI*)E+R |
| LIMIT (5) | chaotic_iak | March 3, 2019, 5:10 p.m. | prawo | End note in literature (5) | End = LI(MI)T. |
| PEWTER (6) | level | March 5, 2019, 9:31 a.m. | madjaqk | Tungsten in a type of salt alloy? (6) | W in PETER (a "type of salt") The question mark is because the "saltpeter" reference is a little hinkey, as we've debated in #word-puzzles |
| A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (1, 9, 5, 6) | Sp3000 | March 5, 2019, 1:49 p.m. | skaldskaparmal | A track coach called Will Stanley and his sister-in-law, Stella, play (1, 9, 5, 6) | A track coach called Will = A STREET CAR NAMED DESIRE Stanley and his sister-in-law, Stella, play = def |
| SMALL (5) | chaotic_iak | March 5, 2019, 6:20 p.m. | chaotic_iak | Second store is tiny (5) | second = S, as in the unit of time store = MALL tiny = def |
| FALSE FRIEND (5, 6) | phenomist | March 6, 2019, 12:11 a.m. | edderiofer | Incorrect processing of redfin or tuna in Spain, perhaps (5,6) | FALSE + (FRIEND)* = "tuna in Spain, perhaps" |
| HYENAS (6) | AuLeaf | March 6, 2019, 7:44 p.m. | wolf | Leaderless, shy, regressive, rational trio in The Lion King (6) | Leaderless, shy: HY regressive, rational: ENAS< trio in The Lion King: def |
| AD-LIB (2-3) | RainedMirror | March 6, 2019, 8:29 p.m. | RainedMirror | 51's in crazily bad make up (2-3) | 51's in crazily bad: AD(LI)B* Make up: Def. |
| BLOOD MONEY (5, 5) | Koala | March 7, 2019, 6:37 p.m. | prawo | Game director, in unusual victory, takes over game world somewhere in Ireland as retribution (5,5) | Game director = DM unusual victory = OOO in tic-tac-toe takes over game world = replaces AR somewhere in Ireland = BLARNEY as retribution = BL(-ar+OO(DM)O)NEY |
| SURVIVOR (8) | chaotic_iak | March 7, 2019, 9:25 p.m. | AuLeaf | In trailer, "Princess Bride" monster returned to take on sixth person left alive (8) | trailer: R.V. "Princess Bride" monster: R.O.U.S. (Rodent Of Unusual Size) returned: SUOR< to take on: SU(RV)OR In ... sixth: SUR(VI)VOR person left alive: def |
| PLENARY (7) | phenomist | March 8, 2019, 12:15 a.m. | prawo | Unrestricted use includes near-destruction (7) | Unrestricted = PL(ENAR*)Y use = PLY (verb) near-destruction = NEAR* |
| CERULEAN (8) | level | March 9, 2019, 6:46 p.m. | skaldskaparmal | Hollow cave with neural abberation at the end! (8) | C__E + (NEURAL)* &lit (referring to Cerulean cave, where at the end you catch scientifically engineered psychic Pokemon Mewtwo) |
| THUSLY (6) | AuLeaf | March 9, 2019, 6:47 p.m. | prawo | It's just like that inebriated lush to interrupt a brief thanks (6) | T(HUSL*)Y |
| PERHAPS (7) | wolf | March 9, 2019, 7:24 p.m. | edderiofer | Hotel and hotel's spokesperson backtracking, say (7) | (SPA + H + REP)< = PERHAPS = "say" (as in "for example") |
| ANY CLUE INCORPORATING A SONG TITLE (?) | SKOG | March 9, 2019, 9:35 p.m. | AuLeaf | "Hotel California," originally by retro composer of classical music (4) | (_B+AC+H)< |
| LUIGI (5) | skaldskaparmal | March 10, 2019, 11:05 a.m. | AuLeaf | Say "Bud Buddy", a supernatural board game character with a haunted mansion (5) | say: homophone indicator Bud Buddy: LOU (Costello; ref Bud Abbott) a supernatural board: OUIJA game character with a haunted mansion: LUIGI "Lou Ouija" |
| ADRENALINE (10) | phenomist | March 10, 2019, 1:54 p.m. | Akumu | Hormone makes a nerd fall back on a pick-up cliche (10) | A+DREN<+A+LINE |
| ANY CLUE INCORPORATING A PUZZLE GENRE (?) | edderiofer | March 11, 2019, 6:47 p.m. | SoftFro | Country road follows logical operation (6) | "Country"=NOR+WAY |
| REBUS (5) | chaotic_iak | March 11, 2019, 7:07 p.m. | AuLeaf | Symbolic puzzle about vehicle (5) | RE+BUS |
| ANY (3) | AuLeaf | March 12, 2019, 3:51 p.m. | edderiofer | "I don't care," said Tanya, making neither head nor tail of it (3) | _ANY_ |
| ROBINSON CRUSOE (8, 6) | Sp3000 | March 13, 2019, 6:05 a.m. | Projectyl | Birds on oil spill despair at first, take on such unfortunate maritime character (8, 6) | ROBINS ON CRUDE - D + SO; "unfortunate maritime character" = def |
| RANDOM THINGS (6, 6) | phenomist | March 13, 2019, 12:47 p.m. | wolf | Romeo and Oscar met junctions that lack energy and items (6, 6) | R+AND+O+M(-e)T+HING(-e)S |
| WHITE DAY (5, 3) | RainedMirror | March 13, 2019, 12:50 p.m. | Sp3000 | Elder's first to replace light source in Australian islands' mid-March event (5, 3) | E_ replacing SUN in WHITSUNDAY ("Australian islands") = mid-March event |
| VERMILION (9) | level | March 13, 2019, 8:35 p.m. | Sp3000 | Red cat going after tailless rodents, say (9) | red = LION after VERMI(-n) |
| ARTIFACT (8) | chaotic_iak | March 15, 2019, 12:39 p.m. | skaldskaparmal | Two notes found in the damaged cart led to an ancient treasure (8) | Two notes = TI + FA damaged cart = CART* = ARCT found in = AR(TIFA)CT led to = def. indicator an ancient treasure = def. |
| EPINEPHRINE (11) | phenomist | March 15, 2019, 12:56 p.m. | prawo | Energy gained by an hour sitting among trees--it gets the blood pumping (11) | E+PINE+P(HR)INE |
| TWITCH (6) | wolf | March 15, 2019, 8:49 p.m. | prawo | Game platform, first off, where you might start transferring one Bit! (6) | T_+(-s)WITCH &lit (Twitch.tv uses Bits as an in-site currency) |
| ANY CLUE WHOSE ANSWER IS A PUZZLE GENRE (?) | edderiofer | March 16, 2019, 3:59 p.m. | Projectyl | Puzzle's unusual break-in has unique starting point (8) | "Puzzle" = def. (NURIKABE); anagram of "break-in" + U |
| CELADON (7) | level | March 18, 2019, 8:53 a.m. | edderiofer | Shading a fellow green (7) | CEL+A+DON |
| OBSERVATORY (11) | wolf | March 19, 2019, 12:11 p.m. | prawo | Hormonal boy escorts officeholder with RV for new stargazing location (11) | Hormonal boy escorts = OB(_)Y* officeholder with RV for new = SE(n->RV)ATOR stargazing location = OB(SE(n->RV)ATOR)Y* |
| PEACHES (7) | wolf | March 21, 2019, 7:57 p.m. | AuLeaf | Goes around a church, providing fruits (7) | PE(A+CH)ES |
| PERIDOT(7) | edderiofer | March 22, 2019, 8:58 a.m. | SoftFro | Billionaire acquires Gem State gem (7) | PER(ID)OT |
| FUCHSIA (7) | level | March 22, 2019, 11:54 a.m. | prawo | Engineered catfish with uracil instead of thymine for bright color (7) | CA(t->U)FISH* |
| CUSPIDATION (11) | chaotic_iak | March 22, 2019, 9:16 p.m. | prawo | Giving points for not cooling charge, taking back brief slowdown (11) | Giving points = (-ac)CUS(PID<)ATION not cooling charge = (-ac)CUSATION taking back brief slowdown = holding DIP< |
| SWARF (5) | edderiofer | March 24, 2019, 9:15 a.m. | AuLeaf | Returning some of raw salmon and chips (5) | rev. _F RAW S_ |
| VANILLA (7) | RainedMirror | March 25, 2019, 7:26 a.m. | prawo | In a plain manner, how a flock of geese flies north? (7) | (ALL IN A V)< |
| A CRYPTIC IN PUFLANTU (?) | wolf | March 25, 2019, 5:54 p.m. | Deusovi | Oxpelwe' avu lifanafwe iqa li henhiaden ulime eqa zat (11) | "Gas is what the most excited four students inhaled (7)" E'AVULI: hidden word in oxpelwE' AVU LIfanafwe ("most excited four students") |
| FREAKED (7) | Sp3000 | March 25, 2019, 10:36 p.m. | madjaqk | DJ implicated in payola scandal grabbed a machine gun and had a total meltdown (7) | DJ implicated in payola scandal=Alan FREED (coiner of the term "rock and roll", incidentally) Grabbed a machine gun=insert AK had a total meltdown=FREAKED (In the sense of, "When my mom saw my pierced ear, she totally freaked!") |
| PALLET (6) | phenomist | March 26, 2019, 12:50 p.m. | madjaqk | Friend rented out bed (6) | PAL+LET |
| A CRYPTIC THAT'S A RHYMING COUPLET (?) | Space_Kalak | March 26, 2019, 1:04 p.m. | edderiofer | Assonance that's not quite there, // mired hymn that we fix (4,5) | MIND RHYME = (MIREDHYMN)*; the clue contains an example of a mind rhyme. |
| GROOKEY (7) | chaotic_iak | March 26, 2019, 1:26 p.m. | skaldskaparmal | Green starter, along with hopper, and one often surrounded by water! (7) | Green starter = G hopper = ROO one often surrounded by water = KEY (e.g. florida keys) &lit. (Grookey is the green starter along with hopper Scorbunny and water type Sobble) |
| MXYZPTLK (8) | edderiofer | March 26, 2019, 1:28 p.m. | phenomist | Reverend's taking the last three point villain (8) | M(XYZ+PT)LK |
| MOBILE PHONE (6,5) | l_powell | March 27, 2019, 11:31 a.m. | Deusovi | Cell's cleaning tool has bodily fluid and file (6, 5) | MO(BILE)P + HONE, definition "cell" |
| MAYDAY (6 OR 3, 3) | RainedMirror | March 27, 2019, 9:43 p.m. | AuLeaf | Reportedly invented a holiday for Poles? (3,3) | MAY DAY "made a" |
| INDIGO (6) | phenomist | March 28, 2019, 3:17 p.m. | sarathegood | Color in fancy circle (6) | Color = definition IN + [fancy = DIG (verb)] + [O = circle] |
| PLATEAU (7) | chaotic_iak | March 28, 2019, 3:21 p.m. | edderiofer | Cover with gold so that it's flat? (7) | PLATE+AU = PLATEAU ("it's flat") |
| MEAN (4) | abean077 | March 29, 2019, 1:01 p.m. | AuLeaf | Intend evil (4) | ddef |
| NOSFERATU (9) | sarathegood | March 29, 2019, 1:25 p.m. | l_powell | Monster afflicted to fear sun (9) | Anagram: “to fear sun” also &lit |
| DEAD HORSE (4, 5) | wolf | March 29, 2019, 4:10 p.m. | l_powell | Object of beating damaged odd hearse (4,5) | Anagram: odd hearse |
| CURRENT (7) | l_powell | March 30, 2019, 12:20 p.m. | AuLeaf | Bad dog tore up present (7) | CUR+RENT |
| MISTAKE (7) | RainedMirror | March 30, 2019, 1:42 p.m. | AuLeaf | Blunder makes it complicated (7) | MISTAKE* |
| SAFFRON (7) | level | March 30, 2019, 9:22 p.m. | l_powell | Spice principally savory and full flavored, relished over naan (7) | Acrostic |
| CITY (4) | phenomist | March 30, 2019, 10:03 p.m. | l_powell | Oddly chintzy metropolis (4) | (C)h(I)n(T)z(Y) |
| MUNICIPALITY (12) | AuLeaf | March 30, 2019, 10:13 p.m. | AuLeaf | Character with retro-chic first pet boxer in city or town, maybe (12) | MU+(NI<)+CI(P_+ALI)TY = town, maybe |
| BANDUNG (7) | chaotic_iak | March 31, 2019, 8:23 a.m. | AuLeaf | Sanction waste product in Indonesian city (7) | BAN+DUNG |
| ACCOUTREMENTS (13) | Space_Kalak | March 31, 2019, 8:34 a.m. | l_powell | Accessories spoiled cutest romance (13) | Anagram |
| SYNOD (5) | l_powell | April 1, 2019, 1:10 p.m. | l_powell | Church assembly dwells in heresy? No: dogma (5) | here(sy no d)ogma |
| BENEFACTOR (10) | sarathegood | April 2, 2019, 9:10 a.m. | prawo | Packing up coffee in boxed meal--real generous, dude (10) | up coffee=CAFE<, boxed meal=BENTO, real=R generous dude = BEN(EFAC<)TO+R |
| SHALLOTS (8) | Space_Kalak | April 2, 2019, 1:42 p.m. | Space_Kalak | Quietly distributes onions (8) | SH+ALLOTS |
| SWARM (5) | chaotic_iak | April 2, 2019, 2:38 p.m. | Darantius | Army battle in Stockholm outskirts (5) | S(WAR)M |
| SCOLD (5) | phenomist | April 2, 2019, 3:02 p.m. | l_powell | Chastise addled clods (5) | Anagram |
| SHOT (4) | wolf | April 2, 2019, 7:08 p.m. | Darantius | Drink drunk drank headfirst (4) | S(H)OT |
| GLIMMER (7) | l_powell | April 3, 2019, 2:29 p.m. | prawo | 500 to 2000 aircraft have little hope (7) | 500 to 2000 = D->MM aircraft (singular) = GLIDER little hope = GLI(d->MM)ER (of hope) |
| CINNABAR (8) | level | April 3, 2019, 9:28 p.m. | prawo | Brick-red tavern covered by cab fare, in essence (8) | Brick-red = one of several shades named by C(INN)AB+_AR_ tavern covered by cab = C(INN)AB fare, in essence = _AR_ |
| LAVENDER (8) | phenomist | April 4, 2019, 3:20 p.m. | sarathegood | Sweet-smelling plant led raven astray (8) | Anagram |
| BABA (4) | chaotic_iak | April 4, 2019, 3:26 p.m. | prawo | O'Riley's partner in song with inverted rhyming scheme (4) | ABAB< |
| PANGRAM (7) | Space_Kalak | April 5, 2019, 11:55 a.m. | level | For one, the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog, back to spoil dog's last snooze | (PAN+_G+RAM)< [= "For one, the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"] |
| ORTHODOXY (9) | l_powell | April 6, 2019, 5:45 a.m. | Akumu | Dorothy, in a twister, gets a hug and a kiss for thinking inside the box (9) | Thinking inside the box = ORTHODY* containing OX |
| OTHELLO (7) | chaotic_iak | April 6, 2019, 6:54 p.m. | l_powell | Bard’s jealous husband hides in brothel, longingly. (7) | Br(OTHEL LO)ngingly |
| LITTLEBIGPLANET (15) | Sp3000 | April 7, 2019, 7:53 a.m. | AuLeaf | Small girl in aircraft beginning to tackle PlayStation video-game trilogy (15) | LITTLE + BI(G)PLANE + T_ |
| REVERSI (7) | edderiofer | April 7, 2019, 9:34 a.m. | AuLeaf | Othello's reverend, endlessly overthrown (7) | rev. IS REVER(-end) |
| ANNEXATION (10) | phenomist | April 7, 2019, 11:33 a.m. | l_powell | Inane tax on unsettled seizure (10) | Anagram inane tax on |
| MNEMONIC DEVICE (8,6) | l_powell | April 8, 2019, 8:46 a.m. | AuLeaf | Devilish, headless, tailless devil coming after holy man, coming after man leaving a memory palace, perhaps (8,6) | M(-a)N + [(-d)EMONIC + DEVI(-l) + CE] |
| SCINTILLATE (11) | sarathegood | April 8, 2019, 6:24 p.m. | l_powell | Misbehave into the night, reportedly to entertain (11) | Homophone: Sin till late |
| VIRIDIAN (8) | level | April 9, 2019, 8:36 a.m. | SoftFro | Upside-down one, capt. in mostly green! (8) | one: I capt.: DIR mostly green: NAIV_ &lit: _VI(RID+I)AN< is the green-ish gravity-flipping captain in VVVVVV. |
| BEEF WELLINGTON (4, 10) | l_powell | April 10, 2019, 9:56 a.m. | sarathegood | Carp emerging before 2000-lb pastry-wrapped meat dish (4, 10) | Carp = beef = complaint BEEF WELLING + TON |
| ISLAND (6) | phenomist | April 10, 2019, 8:41 p.m. | sarathegood | Key is secure (6) | key: def'n secure: land (verb) |
| ON THE HOUSE (2,3,5) | edderiofer | April 11, 2019, 4:09 a.m. | edderiofer | Free as a bird, perhaps? (2,3,5) | ddef, punny |
| QUALIFY (7) | chaotic_iak | April 11, 2019, 8:53 a.m. | sarathegood | Authorize life to be cut short in wharf (7) | QUA(LIF-e)Y |
| NIGHTSHADE (10) | Sp3000 | April 12, 2019, 2:02 a.m. | prawo | Poison the dashing rogue (10) | THEDASHING* |
| NOZZLE (6) | l_powell | April 12, 2019, 11 a.m. | AuLeaf | Revolutionary automaker Musk catches a couple Z's by fuel dispenser (6) | NO(ZZ)LE< |
| SPOUT (5) | AuLeaf | April 12, 2019, 11:40 a.m. | skaldskaparmal | Blather from angry POTUS (5) | (POTUS)* |
| QUIET (5) | RainedMirror | April 12, 2019, 2:23 p.m. | RainedMirror | Silence is quite weird (5) | Silence: Def. QUITE* |
| RUSTY (5) | Space_Kalak | April 13, 2019, 3:30 p.m. | sarathegood | Out of practice disassembling yurts (5) | YURTS* |
| TOWER (5) | phenomist | April 13, 2019, 8:21 p.m. | skaldskaparmal | Keep a tugboat (5) | ddef. A tugboat tows other boats and thus is a tower. |
| DOMINION (8) | chaotic_iak | April 13, 2019, 8:24 p.m. | SoftFro | Social event with Hireling or Disciple! (8) | DO+MINION is a board game where some cards are named Hireling and Disciple |
| LYRICALLY (9) | l_powell | April 14, 2019, 5:40 p.m. | l_powell | Break down, lay ill, cry soulfully (9) | Anagram lay ill cry |
| ORALLY (6) | sarathegood | April 15, 2019, 10:03 a.m. | prawo | Union partner by tradition (6) | OR+ALLY |
| SHOWCASE (8) | phenomist | April 15, 2019, 10:41 p.m. | level | Suggest, initially, "how about some side exhibit?" (8) | S_+HOW+CA+S_E [= "exhibit"] |
| PARADOX (7) | skaldskaparmal | April 16, 2019, 7:06 p.m. | prawo | Curse includes an awesome unexpected consequence (7) | Curse = POX an awesome = A RAD unexpected consequence = P(A+RAD)OX |
| ARGUMENT (8) | chaotic_iak | April 16, 2019, 8:08 p.m. | SoftFro | Complex angle, uh, in silver (8) | Complex angle = ARG(UM)ENT |
| GRADE (5) | sarathegood | April 17, 2019, 12:53 p.m. | l_powell | General Electric including plutonium measurement for evaluation (5) | G(RAD)E |
| SKEPTICISM (10) | l_powell | April 17, 2019, 3:52 p.m. | skaldskaparmal | Doctor picks times for reservations (10) | (PICKS TIMES)* |
| SOLITAIRE (9) | RainedMirror | April 18, 2019, 12:39 a.m. | prawo | Fish around a Stephen King work, show a unique gem (9) | Fish =SOLE, a Stephen King work = IT, show = AIR (verb) a unique gem = SOL(IT+AIR)E |
| PROLIX (6) | phenomist | April 18, 2019, 1:04 a.m. | prawo | Boring Pro Bowl of 2024 (6) | PRO + (Super Bowl) LIX |
| ANGLE (5) | edderiofer | April 19, 2019, 5:26 a.m. | skaldskaparmal | Guts of mangled fish (5) | _ANGLE_ |
| BEAN (4) | abean077 | April 19, 2019, 10:11 p.m. | skaldskaparmal | Fruit punch (4) | ddef. A bean is botanically a fruit To bean someone is to punch them |
| TREATY (6) | chaotic_iak | April 20, 2019, 12:51 a.m. | level | Source of trouble: burst tyre around back of Honda Accord (6) | T_+RE(_A)TY* [= "Accord"] |
| GEMINI (6) | phenomist | April 20, 2019, 1:12 a.m. | AuLeaf | Twins in Dodge minivan (6) | _GE MINI_ |
| BLUR (4) | Sp3000 | April 20, 2019, 8:54 p.m. | sarathegood | Obscure English band (4) | ddef |
| HAZE (4) | AuLeaf | April 20, 2019, 8:54 p.m. | skaldskaparmal | Harass 19th president, say (4) | Homophone of "Hayes". Harass, as in fraternity hazing. |
| ACRIMONIOUS (11) | sarathegood | April 21, 2019, 6:03 p.m. | skaldskaparmal | A father of Zeus ate 'im and Hera's priestess. Nasty. (11) | A + CR(IM)ON(IO)US Very nasty indeed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_Devouring_His_Son |
| SYLLOGISM (9) | phenomist | April 22, 2019, 1:21 a.m. | sarathegood | For example, all healthy bullfrogs can jump; this frog is a healthy bullfrog; therefore, this frog can jump rotten slimy logs (9) | def is example of syllogism (I think?) SLIMYLOGS* |
| RECEIPT (7) | RainedMirror | April 22, 2019, 4:47 a.m. | AuLeaf | Dessert shoved back in box without direct proof of purchase (7) | REC[EIP<]T(-angle) |
| DELETE (6) | phenomist | April 24, 2019, 8:18 a.m. | frictionlessemu | Get rid of Germany, and the French and Dutch too (6) | "Get rid of" = definition; Germany's country code = "DE", "the" in French = LE, "too" in dutch = TE |
| PICASSO (7) | l_powell | April 24, 2019, 3:17 p.m. | AuLeaf | Famous painter's eating disorder upset WWII agency (7) | PICA+SSO< |
| MILLENNIAL (10) | Sp3000 | April 24, 2019, 9:21 p.m. | sarathegood | Take as needed from menial member of the avocado toast generation (10) | take as needed from = letter bank operator: MENIAL def = member of the avocado toast generation |
| INEPT (5) | RainedMirror | April 25, 2019, 6:19 a.m. | l_powell | It holds revolutionary writing implement out of place (5) | I(PEN<)T |
| GO ABROAD (8) | sarathegood | April 25, 2019, 7:22 a.m. | frictionlessemu | Leave a country badger to eat one frat member (2,6) | "leave a country" = definition, "badger" = GOAD, containing "one frat member" = A BRO |
| EPISODIC (8) | phenomist | April 26, 2019, 1:42 p.m. | l_powell | Recurring legend contains one turf (8) | EP(I)(SOD)IC |
| DISTRICT ATTORNEY (8, 8) | l_powell | April 27, 2019, 10:07 p.m. | Akumu | Chief prosecutor is hard-nosed, interrupting halfway through a rant to remove you from competition (8, 8) | DI(STRICT)AT(-ribe)+TO(-u)RNEY |
| ANY CLUE ENDING IN LEVEL (5, 1) | abean077 | April 28, 2019, 5:36 a.m. | AuLeaf | Characters in vassal country returned to the highest level (5,1) | _CLASSA_< |
| ZEAL (4) | phenomist | April 28, 2019, 3:15 p.m. | sarathegood | Oddly, Zoe's all appetite (4) | ZoEsAlL |
| DEFENSE ATTORNEY (7,8) | AuLeaf | April 28, 2019, 8:12 p.m. | AuLeaf | Defenestrate yon eccentric lawyer (7,8) | DEFENSEATTORNEY* |
| DEFENSE OF THE ANCIENTS (7, 2, 3, 8) | chaotic_iak | April 28, 2019, 8:46 p.m. | l_powell | Eons hence, if daft teens engineered multiplayer battle arena (7,2,3,8) | Anagram |
| TONSILLOLITH (12) | sarathegood | April 29, 2019, 7:29 p.m. | AuLeaf | Empty-hearted Hal is not returning with nearly underage crush, which gives a lump in one's throat (12) | (TON+SI+L[LOLIT(-a)](-a)H)< |
| MOONLIGHT (9) | Sp3000 | April 30, 2019, 6:22 a.m. | sarathegood | According to Spooner, kook may work second job (9) | Spoonerism: LOON MIGHT -> MOON LIGHT Def: work second job |
| HORSE (5) | frictionlessemu | April 30, 2019, 4:04 p.m. | Akumu | Raspy-sounding equine (5) | "hoarse" |
| HEDGEHOG (8) | l_powell | April 30, 2019, 5:22 p.m. | SoftFro | Prevent an opponent from returning to the stage after Final Smash from Sonic, e.g. (8) | _H+EDGEHOG = [Sonic, e.g.] |
| ETCH (4) | phenomist | April 30, 2019, 5:25 p.m. | AuLeaf | Carve out of wet chalk (4) | _ETCH_ |
| ANY CLUE ENDING IN A BEAN (7, 7) | abean077 | May 2, 2019, 6:04 a.m. | AuLeaf | Step in eye exam about coloring, about a bean (7,7) | RE+TIN(A+LIMA)GING |
| THEME (5) | phenomist | May 2, 2019, 5:34 p.m. | skaldskaparmal | The melody, essentially! (5) | hidden word &lit. |
| FOX MULDER (3, 6) | l_powell | May 2, 2019, 6:31 p.m. | AuLeaf | "Returning male in uniform", X-Files' site describes Dana Scully's partner (3,6) | Returning: reversal indicator male in uniform X: M in U+X Files' site: FOLDER ...describes: container/contents indicator Dana Scully's partner: FO[(X(M)U)<]LDER |
| MAYPOLE (7) | sarathegood | May 3, 2019, 8:39 a.m. | sarathegood | Employ a new structure for spring or midsummer ritual (7) | EMPLOYA* def = structure for spring or midsummer ritual |
| NASH EQUILIBRIUM (4, 11) | SoftFro | May 3, 2019, 11:20 a.m. | madjaqk | Nubile Iraqi hums strangely, the product of a beautiful mind (4, 11) | NUBILEIRAQIHUMS* Definition references the Nash biography "A Beautiful Mind" Thanks, wordsmith.org/anagram! |
| IODINE (6) | phenomist | May 4, 2019, 5:53 p.m. | AuLeaf | On the table, I eat after 10 (6) | 10+DINE |
| SUBLIME (7) | abean077 | May 4, 2019, 7:04 p.m. | Akumu | Behave like dry ice beneath citrus? (7) | ddef, dry ice sublimates (or sublimes) directly into vapor, and "sub-lime" hence the question mark |
| GREAT EXPECTATIONS (5, 12) | l_powell | May 4, 2019, 8:30 p.m. | sarathegood | Note: rations include loose tea, except where Miss Havisham lives (5, 12) | G + R(EATEXPECT*)ATIONS def = where Miss Havisham lives |
| FERTILE | Idontknow | May 4, 2019, 8:44 p.m. | l_powell | Fruitful file contains beginnings of emergency room timetable (7) | F(ERT)ILE |
| HEROIC COUPLET (6, 7) | Sp3000 | May 6, 2019, 6:43 a.m. | Linus | A woman loudly utters “Oh, I see — A revolution authorized for me.” (6, 7) | The definition part is “me,” referring to the clue. The rest is charades: HER OIC COUP LET. |
| WAIT (4) | sarathegood | May 6, 2019, 11:02 a.m. | sarathegood | Stop gravity for audience (4) | stop = def gravity = weight (importance); homophone |
| SEE (3) | RainedMirror | May 6, 2019, 11:07 a.m. | l_powell | View the speed of light, reportedly (3) | C sounds like See |
| DO (2) | edderiofer | May 6, 2019, 11:12 a.m. | edderiofer | Fuck party (2) | ddef. |
| KAPUT (5) | phenomist | May 6, 2019, 5:58 p.m. | sarathegood | No-good vodka Putin hides (5) | vodKA PUTin |
| FERTILE CRESCENT (7,8) | AuLeaf | May 6, 2019, 7:33 p.m. | l_powell | Inactive crescendo takes time following ironic reptile without record into Mesopotamian region (7,8) | Crescendo - do (inactive) Takes time + T Ironic reptile without record FE(R)-ep(TILE) |
| SAAG PANEER (4, 6) | l_powell | May 7, 2019, 4:20 a.m. | frictionlessemu | Grease a pan, cook a spinach-and-cheese dish (4, 6) | "a spinach-and-cheese dish" is the definition, "cook" an anagrind for GREASE A PAN |
| GRINDER (7) | madjaqk | May 8, 2019, 2:52 p.m. | Linus | Smile and turn red, pulverizing tool (7) | GRIN+[DER] |
| LAMPSHADE (9) | phenomist | May 8, 2019, 6:15 p.m. | Linus | Clamps had each held a canvas over a bulb (9) | cLAMPS HAD Each |
| POINTLESS (9) | Sp3000 | May 8, 2019, 8:08 p.m. | AuLeaf | Slip notes around to no end (9) | POINTLESS* |
| SMASH (5) | abean077 | May 9, 2019, 2:04 p.m. | AuLeaf | Actor Elliott returning in quiet cinematic triumph (5) | S(MAS<)H |
| KINDLE (6) | l_powell | May 10, 2019, 1:32 p.m. | l_powell | E-book reader linked incorrectly (6) | Linked anagram |
| MUSEUM (6) | phenomist | May 10, 2019, 6:49 p.m. | l_powell | Mum accommodated use for gallery (6) | M(USE)UM |
| SICK (4) | RainedMirror | May 10, 2019, 11:21 p.m. | Linus | Upset on the inside — ew! (4) | The inside of “upset” is S. “Ew” clues ICK. &lit. |
| APRICOT (7) | l_powell | May 12, 2019, 8:03 p.m. | l_powell | Endless April starts to chill our taste for fruit (7) | APRI(-l) C(hill) O(ur) T(aste) |
| NURSE (5) | phenomist | May 12, 2019, 9:15 p.m. | l_powell | Run back, nearly see caretaker (5) | Run> se(-e) |
| YUCCA (5) | sarathegood | May 13, 2019, 7:06 a.m. | abean077 | Yuck, a sound storage site for nuclear waste (5) | "yuck, a" |
| ARTIFICER (9) | chaotic_iak | May 14, 2019, 8:49 p.m. | skaldskaparmal | A terrific, eccentric inventor (9) | (A TERRIFIC)* |
| XIMENES (7) | phenomist | May 14, 2019, 9:32 p.m. | skaldskaparmal | Crossword author is seen confused after mix-up (7) | SEEN* after MIX reversed |
| AARDVARK (8) | l_powell | May 15, 2019, 2:43 a.m. | level | Animal's one way (via sides) to enter Noah's vessel (8) | A+A(RD+V_A)RK [="Animal"] |
| GROSSLY (7) | abean077 | May 15, 2019, 6:58 a.m. | sarathegood | Painter of happy little trees is embraced by heartless girl at club in a vulgar way (7) | G_(ROSS)_L + Y def = in a vulgar way |
| STRANGE BREW (7, 4) | sarathegood | May 15, 2019, 9:11 a.m. | l_powell | Stew containing wingless crane, pig’s tail, eel’s head, and filleted bear makes odd concoction (7,4) | ST EW c(RAN)e pi(G) E(el) B(ea)R |
| OMINOUS (7) | phenomist | May 16, 2019, 9:49 p.m. | level | Sans describes LOVE after one starts threatening (7) | O_+MIN(O)US [="threatening"] |
| CAVORT (6) | sarathegood | May 17, 2019, 12:43 p.m. | AuLeaf | Frisk Victor or perhaps Tom's clothing (6) | CA(V+OR)T |
| BOXERS (6) | madjaqk | May 17, 2019, 7:04 p.m. | Akumu | Unpleasant smell leads to unique parts of a Persian king's underpants (6) | B.O. + XER(-xe)S |
| DERRING-DO (7-2) | l_powell | May 18, 2019, 12:49 a.m. | AuLeaf | Second admiral ordering strangely reckless action (7-2) | (-a)D_+ERRINGDO* |
| GUIDE (5) | AuLeaf | May 18, 2019, 6:49 p.m. | Sp3000 | Lead Python developer ignores last error (5) | Lead = GUIDO (van Rossum, Python's creator) - last + E |
| PIQUANT (7) | phenomist | May 18, 2019, 10:14 p.m. | Akumu | Colorful lead scientist and numerical analyst (7) | Colorful = P.I. + QUANT |
| GLEAN (5) | sarathegood | May 19, 2019, 6:57 p.m. | AuLeaf | Good tip to learn (5) | G+LEAN |
| TO AND FRO (2, 3, 3) | l_powell | May 20, 2019, 8:37 a.m. | AuLeaf | Shaking darn foot back and forth (2,3,3) | TOANDFRO* |
| RHODE ISLAND (5, 6) | phenomist | May 20, 2019, 10:16 p.m. | prawo | Call line of phone terminal in East Coast state (5,6) | Call = homophone line (of) = "row" phone (verb) = "dial" terminal = "end" |
| J.LO (1.2) | Sp3000 | May 21, 2019, 4:51 a.m. | AuLeaf | This "Idol" judge might return to show! (1.2) | _JLO_< https://hollywoodlife.com/2019/05/20/jennifer-lopez-steven-tyler-american-idol-judges-new-panel-season-3/ (based on a semi-&lit I did for Alan Connor's crossword roundup on the Guardian blog) |
| ANAGRIND (8) | SoftFro | May 21, 2019, 7:54 p.m. | SoftFro | Elsa’s sister smiled. “Say something crazy?” (8) | "Anna grinned". [Something crazy] is def, surface is a Frozen quote. |
| SWITCH (6) | chaotic_iak | May 21, 2019, 7:59 p.m. | Linus | Console hag after last rites (6) | WITCH after S |
| PILLOW CASE (6, 4) | l_powell | May 22, 2019, 5:50 p.m. | Akumu | Sleep surface lacking in special plastic (6, 4) | PIL(LOW)CASE* |
| SIGNATURE (9) | phenomist | May 23, 2019, 12:58 a.m. | l_powell | Returning soldiers type to John Hancock (9) | SIG< = returning soldiers NATURE = type John Hancock = signature |
| AMPUTATE (8) | sarathegood | May 23, 2019, 8:17 a.m. | anagram | Cut top-grade meat, put ground up (8) | A+(MPUTATE)* |
| PICKUP (6 OR 4,2) | AuLeaf | May 25, 2019, 9:58 a.m. | l_powell | Baby dog carries gross catch (4,2) | P(ICK)UP Catch is syn for pick up (verb) |
| ANY CLUE USING A WORDPLAY DEVICE FROM PEACHES (?) | edderiofer | May 25, 2019, 4:51 p.m. | SoftFro | Blooper jumps into water to get Mario Kart racers (7) | DIVES -> DRIVERS |
| POLYCHROMATIC (13) | Akumu | May 25, 2019, 10:14 p.m. | sarathegood | Having multiple partners bewildering to a chic Mr Rainbow (13) | POLY + CHROMATIC* = rainbow (adj) |
| TAUTOLOGY (9) | phenomist | May 25, 2019, 10:29 p.m. | l_powell | Double pi to logarithm of y gives formally redundant proposition (9) | 2pi = Tau + TO + LOG(Y) |
| CAKE (4) | RainedMirror | May 26, 2019, 4:37 a.m. | l_powell | Erica keeps hiding dessert (4) | ameri(CA KE)eps |
| RAINSTORM (9) | l_powell | May 26, 2019, 2:31 p.m. | AuLeaf | Initially rushing liquid rams into deluge (9) | R_+AINSTORM* |
| BROWNIE (7) | AuLeaf | May 27, 2019, 11:01 a.m. | AuLeaf | Dude spilled wine on chocolate square (7) | BRO+WNIE* |
| UPSIDE DOWN (6, 4) | phenomist | May 27, 2019, 10:55 p.m. | Linus | It, itself, is umop apisdn? (6, 4) | Write "upside down" upside down. Remember that a typed "a" looks different from a handwritten one. |
| MASKING TAPE (7, 4) | sarathegood | May 28, 2019, 8:09 a.m. | l_powell | Painter’s assistant haphazardly making paste (7,4) | Makingpaste* |
| ATELIER (7) | level | May 29, 2019, 3:45 a.m. | l_powell | I reply back after horrendously late workshop (7) | ATEL* + I + ER< |
| QUARTZ (6) | RainedMirror | May 29, 2019, 11:57 a.m. | prawo | Rock arenas' music (6) | arenas' music = "courts" |
| PHILOSOPHY (10) | phenomist | May 29, 2019, 11:03 p.m. | l_powell | Oh, sly hippo, gone berserk for the love of wisdom (10) | Ohslyhippo* |
| ARAMIS (6) | Sp3000 | May 30, 2019, 12:27 a.m. | AuLeaf | Weapon is draped over one musketeer (6) | AR(A)M+IS |
| AMBIGRAM (8) | AuLeaf | May 30, 2019, 8:44 a.m. | SoftFro | “The Good Place” writer Megan going around vast suns, perhaps (8) | suns, perhaps = AM(BIG)RAM |
| CRUISE (6) | l_powell | May 31, 2019, 5:48 a.m. | sarathegood | In the sound, teams of rowers move smoothly and effortlessly (6) | Homophone: CREWS/CRUISE ("In the sound" has surface reading sound = broad ocean inlet) |
| CHIMNEY (7) | phenomist | May 31, 2019, 11:26 p.m. | AuLeaf | Strangely, my niche is St. Nick's entryway (7) | anag. MYNICHE |
| PROJECT (7) | l_powell | June 2, 2019, 10:26 a.m. | l_powell | Quietly, deviously jot rec for scheme (7) | P+JOTREC* |
| THE SUN (3, 3) | madjaqk | June 2, 2019, 11:07 a.m. | prawo | Tabloid about schizo: "He nuts" (3,3) | Sorry for the tasteless anagrind |
| PREY (4) | Sp3000 | June 3, 2019, 1:26 a.m. | abean077 | Subject eaten by Python! (4) | P(RE)Y &lit |
| PREDATOR (8) | AuLeaf | June 3, 2019, 9:36 a.m. | sarathegood | Horrible raptor swallows Ed in Schwarzenegger sci-fi horror film (8) | RAPTOR* = PRATOR PR(ED)ATOR Schwarzenegger sci-fi horror film = Predator |
| PSYCHO (6) | phenomist | June 4, 2019, 11:33 a.m. | madjaqk | Perhaps someone young committing harm on leaders! (6) | initial letters |
| GAME SIX (4, 3) | madjaqk | June 4, 2019, 11:57 a.m. | madjaqk | American military surrounds city in Iowa at times when Buckner screwed up (4, 3) | "American military"=GI "City in Iowa"=AMES "times"=X (as in multiplication) "when Buckner screwed up"=def (reference to the 1986 World Series) G(AMES)I+X |
| JAVASCRIPT (10) | mstang107 | June 4, 2019, 4:58 p.m. | prawo | Indeed, German gangster is constrained by far-reaching code (10) | Indeed, German = JA gangster = CRIP far-reaching = VAST code = JA+VAS(CRIP)T |
| MERCENARY (9) | l_powell | June 5, 2019, 7:34 a.m. | l_powell | Mere carny disfigured hired killer (9) | MERECARNY* |
| NAMETAG (7) | Sp3000 | June 5, 2019, 5:04 p.m. | l_powell | Old horse carries self-referential label (7) | Old horse = NA_G Self-referential = META |
| GATEMAN (7) | AuLeaf | June 5, 2019, 5:28 p.m. | AuLeaf | Name tag returned to ostiary (7) | GATEMAN< |
| EXETER (6) | edderiofer | June 6, 2019, 5:31 a.m. | edderiofer | Sounds like someone who walks out of a city? (6) | "exit-er" = EXETER |
| OMELETTE (8) | phenomist | June 6, 2019, 11:41 a.m. | AuLeaf | Egg timer turned to start scramble to obtain egg breakfast (8) | O+MELE(T_+T_)E |
| RUBBLE (6) | sarathegood | June 6, 2019, 11:53 a.m. | l_powell | Barney remains (6) | Ddef |
| PICKLE (6) | l_powell | June 7, 2019, 9:12 a.m. | mstang107 | Dilemma? Choose the French (6) | PICK+LE |
| HOT AIR BALLOON (3, 3, 7) | mstang107 | June 7, 2019, 4 p.m. | mstang107 | Flying vehicle was initially hovering over there and in range before antiaircraft lasers locked on -- oh, no! (3,3,7) | Initial letters |
| MIND (4) | RainedMirror | June 8, 2019, 10:32 p.m. | mstang107 | Benjamin Disraeli has a brain (4) | Hidden in "Benjamin Disraeli" |
| ALPHABET (8) | phenomist | June 8, 2019, 11:46 p.m. | mstang107 | Wicked Elphaba, time for some soup (8) | ELPHABA* + T = ALPHABET "Some soup" = ALPHABET (as in, some kinds of soup) |
| DAIRY QUEEN (5, 5) | l_powell | June 9, 2019, 9:30 a.m. | l_powell | “Prosecutor?” I confusedly query in Spanish restaurant (5, 5) | DA + I + RY QUE* + EN |
| MATTER (6) | AuLeaf | June 9, 2019, 1:31 p.m. | l_powell | Right after non-glossy issue (6) | MATTE + R |
| IN A SNIT (2, 1, 4) | sarathegood | June 10, 2019, 10:40 a.m. | prawo | Don'cha think keeping arsenic is mad? (2,1,4) | IN(AS)NIT |
| TRIVIAL (7) | mstang107 | June 11, 2019, 10:05 a.m. | mstang107 | Weirdly viral, it is unimportant (7) | VIRALIT* |
| PURSUIT (7) | AuLeaf | June 11, 2019, 4:10 p.m. | Akumu | Chase hind end of cheap headless animal costume (7) | _P + (-f)URSUIT |
| GAVOTTE (7) | l_powell | June 11, 2019, 4:20 p.m. | l_powell | Brittany's folk dance got a vet confused (7) | GOTAVET* |
| THE END (3, 3) | phenomist | June 11, 2019, 4:21 p.m. | l_powell | Thy endlessly messy need is fine in Italy (3, 3) | TH(-y) NEED* |
| STIMULATED (10) | Akumu | June 12, 2019, 3:02 p.m. | madjaqk | Recreated the conditions surrounding accident; finally provoked a response (10) | "Recreated the conditions"=SIMULATED "surrounding"=insertion indicator "accident finally"=T S(T)IMULATED |
| EXTRADITION (11) | edderiofer | June 13, 2019, 3:07 p.m. | madjaqk | Removing criminals from the country is something we used to do regularly? (11) | "Ex-tradition" |
| ORBIT (5) | l_powell | June 15, 2019, 8:32 a.m. | frictionlessemu | A path was not rebuilt evenly (5) | "A path" = definition = even letters of nOtReBuIlT |
| SHIITAKE (8) | Space_Kalak | June 16, 2019, 10:11 a.m. | l_powell | Quietly, I repeatedly take a certain mushroom (8) | SH + I I + TAKE |
| A CLUE THAT USES THE SAME NON-STOP WORD >=3X (?) | phenomist | June 16, 2019, 10:19 a.m. | frictionlessemu | It's a flat title with flat contents - completely flat (8) | flat (as in apartment/residence) title is DEED, containing FLAT, gives DEFLATED = completely flat (like a tire) |
| MARCH (5) | l_powell | June 17, 2019, 8:35 a.m. | prawo | Steady pace on path from middle to high end (5) | path=ARC, middle=M, high end=_H |
| CLEMENCY (8) | mstang107 | June 19, 2019, 9:26 a.m. | edderiofer | Removing part of fork from orange, Cyril, in short, has mercy (8) | CLEMEN(-tine) + CY = "mercy" |
| LEVEL (5) | RainedMirror | June 19, 2019, 11:53 a.m. | prawo | Jumper turns fifty without jumping (5) | Jumper turns=EVEL<, fifty=L, without jumping=LEVE<+L |
| KNOW-HOW (4-3) | l_powell | June 19, 2019, 1:04 p.m. | l_powell | King presently shows core expertise (4-3) | K+NOW + s(HOW)s |
| MAN-EATING PLANT (3-6, 5) | l_powell | June 21, 2019, 2:12 p.m. | edderiofer | Soylent factory processing lantana pigment? (3-6,5) | "Soylent factory" = MAN-EATING PLANT = (LANTANA PIGMENT)* |
| DIE/DICE (3/4) | RainedMirror | June 21, 2019, 2:25 p.m. | AuLeaf | Ultimately solid ice cubes scattered over a table (4) | _D+ICE |
| POSSUM (6) | mstang107 | June 21, 2019, 9:29 p.m. | l_powell | Early intel group up in the evening for one who plays dead (6) | P(OSS+U)M |
| SGDQ (4) | phenomist | June 23, 2019, 3:25 p.m. | l_powell | Initially San Gabriel Dairy Queen was warm weather recreational expo (4) | Acrostic |
| DUNGEON (7) | l_powell | June 23, 2019, 5:08 p.m. | Akumu | Prison is a crap stretch of time (7) | DUNG+EON |
| CHICKEN (7) | sarathegood | June 24, 2019, 12:44 p.m. | Akumu | Cowardly and stylish companion of Barbie (7) | CHIC+KEN |
| EGG (3) | RainedMirror | June 24, 2019, 1 p.m. | frictionlessemu | Common breakfast food, for example, gets gobbled first (3) | "Common breakfast food" = definition = E.G. containing G_ |
| UNBEARABLE (10) | mstang107 | June 27, 2019, 9:33 a.m. | l_powell | Be workable after League of Nations follower is insufferable (10) | UN+BE+ARABLE |
| NEOPETS (7) | level | June 27, 2019, 11:03 a.m. | l_powell | Central hopes captured in nets for artificial companions (7) | NE(OPE)TS |
| EMPANADA (8) | l_powell | June 27, 2019, 11:29 a.m. | l_powell | Canada’s leader removed after anti-tech weapon turnover (8) | EMP(-c)ANADA |
| PUN (3) | phenomist | June 27, 2019, 11:31 a.m. | l_powell | Groan-worthy goof obscured by spunk (3) | s(PUN)k |
| SCRAMBLE CROSSING (8, 8) | RainedMirror | June 27, 2019, 11:32 a.m. | l_powell | Bleed, mostly angry, after stuff held by belt leads to chaotic intersection (8, 8) | bleed mostly: BLE(ed) angry: CROSS stuff: CRAM belt: SING S(CRAM+BLE+CROSS)ING |
| METRONOME (9) | l_powell | June 29, 2019, 1:46 p.m. | AuLeaf | Dole confiscates crazy moron's timekeeper (9) | MET(RONOM*)E |
| RAMPART (7) | Linus | July 1, 2019, 11:11 a.m. | prawo | Wall horn, for example (7) | RAM PART |
| DUPLICATE (9) | AuLeaf | July 1, 2019, 12:17 p.m. | l_powell | Cupid late? Recklessly reproduce! (9) | Cupidlate* Exclamation mark is emphasis, not &lit |
| THEREMIN (8) | l_powell | July 1, 2019, 2 p.m. | frictionlessemu | Over yonder, the smallest musical instrument (8) | Over yonder = THERE; the smallest = MIN.; musical instrument = THEREMIN |
| MULTIMETER (10) | mstang107 | July 1, 2019, 2:02 p.m. | frictionlessemu | Concealed by tumult, I'm eternally a tool (10) | _MULT I'M ETER_ = a tool |
| XKCD (4) | AuLeaf | July 3, 2019, 12:33 p.m. | frictionlessemu | Webcomic's textual display of a laugh about Kansas City (4) | Webcomic = XD around KC |
| YOUR FAVORITE WORD/PHRASE FOR GYM SHOES (?) | l_powell | July 4, 2019, 4:26 p.m. | l_powell | Tin ears embracing oddly keen footwear (8) | SN + EA(KE)RS |
| LEAGUE (6) | mstang107 | July 4, 2019, 6:56 p.m. | Akumu | The French malaria consortium (6) | LE+AGUE |
| DOUBT (5) | AuLeaf | July 6, 2019, 8:51 a.m. | l_powell | To dub “haphazard” is skepticism (5) | Todub* |
| PLATITUDE (9) | mstang107 | July 7, 2019, 2:34 p.m. | sarathegood | Saw, at first, plentiful wiggle room (9) | Saw = def P(lentiful) + LATITUDE |
| CHRYSANTHEMUMS (14) | AuLeaf | July 8, 2019, 5:09 p.m. | l_powell | Friends, including Roy, heartlessly start to sing song to flowers (14) | CH(R(-o)Y+S+ANTHEM)UMS |
| CHUTZPAH (8) | l_powell | July 10, 2019, 3:27 a.m. | sarathegood | After taking tea, crazy het up cat haz audacity (8) | HET UP CAT HAZ - tea = HUPCTHAZ* |
| MINI GOLF (8) | sarathegood | July 11, 2019, 5:58 a.m. | SoftFro | Male Spanish swordsman in fiction heads to lone field where you might find a windmill (8) | M+INIGO+L_+F_ = where you might find a windmill. This isn't about Don Quixote. |
| HASHISH (7) | edderiofer | July 11, 2019, 8:22 a.m. | edderiofer | #like_pot (7) | ddef. HASH-ISH |
| WHEAT (5) | mstang107 | July 11, 2019, 10:49 a.m. | l_powell | Energy included in what crop? (5) | WH(E)AT |
| BELITTLE (8) | l_powell | July 12, 2019, 6:52 a.m. | madjaqk | Casually dismiss advice for aspiring dwarves? (8) | ddef, with a question mark because the second definition is more of a pun than an actual definition |
| SUBSCRIBE (9) | mstang107 | July 14, 2019, 9:52 a.m. | Deusovi | Follow writer's apprentice? (9) | "sub-scribe" punny double def |
| LIKE (4) | Linus | July 14, 2019, 10:03 a.m. | sarathegood | Valleyspeak discourse marker initially legitimized by Eisenhower (4) | L(egitimized) + IKE Valleyspeak discourse marker = def ("like, totally") |
| COMMENT (7) | AuLeaf | July 14, 2019, 10:50 a.m. | madjaqk | Note Mrs. French ensnared in scam--unpleasant, ultimately (7) | "Note"=def "Mrs. French"=MME ("madame") "scam"=CON CO(MME)N+_T |
| BELL (4) | RainedMirror | July 14, 2019, 1:30 p.m. | mstang107 | Be well without us, phone inventor | BEWELL without WE |
| PATREON (7) | abean077 | July 14, 2019, 5:07 p.m. | l_powell | Peasant carried diseased rat to popular site of support? (7) | P(ATR*)EON |
| KICKSTARTER (11) | phenomist | July 14, 2019, 5:09 p.m. | l_powell | Crowdfunding site reportedly abandons fish fry condiment (11) | Kicks tartar |
| CARCASSONNE (11) | chaotic_iak | July 14, 2019, 7:53 p.m. | sarathegood | Game sounds like the beating of a dead horse (11) | homophone of "carcass 0wn" (Thanks, Dragon's Tomb) |
| MOPED (5) | l_powell | July 15, 2019, 8:10 a.m. | sarathegood | Scooter brooded (5) | ddef (Scooter the Muppet for surface) |
| ANY CLUE INVOLVING A BINGO CALL (?) | edderiofer | July 15, 2019, 8:06 p.m. | edderiofer | Keep, like life begins? (5) | ddef: "keep like" = FORT-Y "life begins" = FORTY (bingo call) |
| ARIA (4) | mstang107 | July 16, 2019, 6:28 p.m. | mstang107 | Endless font of song (4) | ARIAL -L |
| ANY CLUE STARTING WITH CALL IN (?) | SoftFro | July 16, 2019, 6:34 p.m. | Akumu | Call in oak or pine to make a door (5) | ENTRY ("in tree") |
| ESSEN (5) | chaotic_iak | July 17, 2019, 8:35 p.m. | l_powell | Scottish Lake dweller returned, without me, to German city (5) | NESS(I)E< |
| RIGHT (5) | l_powell | July 18, 2019, 7:58 a.m. | sarathegood | Intoned ceremony correctly (5) | homophone (rite = ceremony) |
| DEEP LEARNING (4, 8) | wolf | July 20, 2019, 9:24 a.m. | Akumu | Recognition of layered patterns of entreaty among Elks to mix gin after tonic, essentially (4,8) | Recognition of layered patterns = DEE(PLEA)R+_N_+ING* |
| MOUNT EVEREST (5, 7) | Linus | July 20, 2019, 9:48 p.m. | Akumu | Strangely true, even in the majority of Hillary's conquest (5, 7) | MO(UNTEVERE*)ST |
| ANY CRYPTIC CLUE (?) | chaotic_iak | July 22, 2019, 8:04 a.m. | edderiofer | Singer who's a sad young woman, slangily? (8) (4) | BLUE+BIRD = "singer" TEAL ddef. |
| DISEASE (7) | level | July 24, 2019, 9:31 a.m. | chaotic_iak | Horrible seaside sickness (7) | DISEASE* |
| OF (2) | phenomist | July 24, 2019, 9:34 a.m. | chaotic_iak | Derived from detailed murder (2) | "derived from" = OF(-f) |
| BREXIT (6) | Timwi | July 25, 2019, 9:40 p.m. | Polaris | King going through a little withdrawal (6) | B(REX)IT = "withdrawal" |
| SINEW (5) | sarathegood | July 26, 2019, 5:42 p.m. | Akumu | Every point of the compass has one solid power (5) | I (one) in S, N, E, W - every point of the compass |
| DEMESNE (7) | Polaris | July 26, 2019, 7:05 p.m. | Akumu | Reckless men seed their territory (7) | MENSEED* |
| RICE (4) | abean077 | July 27, 2019, 9:34 p.m. | sarathegood | Author of Interview with the Vampire initially rejects diamonds (4) | def = (Anne) RICE R + ICE |
| APEX (4) | level | July 28, 2019, 9:42 a.m. | Timwi | Parrot with false crown (4) | APE (parrot/imitate) + X (false) |
| OPUS (4) | Linus | July 29, 2019, 9:41 p.m. | Polaris | Creature with eight legs sacrifices first three for work of art (4) | (-oct)OPUS |
| FOUR (4) | mstang107 | July 30, 2019, 8:11 a.m. | Conqueror | Amidst support, you power forward (4) | Amidst X, Y: insertion indicator for Y in X support: FOR you: U power forward (basketball position): FOUR |
| CODA (4) | l_powell | July 30, 2019, 9:12 a.m. | wolf | Fish for applause at start and end of performance (4) | Fish: COD applause at start: A_ end of performance: def |
| SALT (4) | phenomist | July 30, 2019, 9:52 a.m. | Polaris | Seasoning is prepared last (4) | LAST* |
| WORD (4) | AuLeaf | July 30, 2019, 6:13 p.m. | Polaris | Microsoft program starts to write or read documents (4) | WORD (init.), def. Microsoft Word |
| BONDAGE (7) | l_powell | Aug. 1, 2019, 6:07 p.m. | dylanamite | Sexual practice gone bad, grotesquely (7) | BONDAGE* (anagram of GONE BAD) |
| BANDAGE (7) | phenomist | Aug. 1, 2019, 6:41 p.m. | level | Disallow and forbid latest season's dress (7) | BAN+_D+AGE [= "dress", v.] |
| DONBURI (7) | wolf | Aug. 1, 2019, 7:09 p.m. | Polaris | Japanese bowl is bound to be mixed with half rice (7) | DONBU*+RI_ |
| FETISH (6) | edderiofer | Aug. 1, 2019, 7:56 p.m. | edderiofer | Statue of cod, for one, protects alien (6) | F(ET)ISH = "statue" |
| KINK (4) | chaotic_iak | Aug. 1, 2019, 8:04 p.m. | Polaris | Headless lizard fetish (4) | (-s)KINK |
| HENTAI (6) | AuLeaf | Aug. 1, 2019, 9:19 p.m. | Sp3000 | Pervert in heat creating sexually explicit anime (6) | INHEAT*. This one wrote itself. |
| SAFE WORD (4 4 OR 8) | abean077 | Aug. 2, 2019, 5:38 p.m. | Timwi | Stop sign that few roads mess up (4 4) | FEWROADS* |
| DISCOVERY (9) | level | Aug. 3, 2019, 10:12 a.m. | Deusovi | Invention of "Y̊"? (9) | punny ddef: DISC OVER Y |
| LAST RESORT (4, 6) | RainedMirror | Aug. 3, 2019, 11:10 a.m. | Penzo | When no other options exist, endless lag and stress leads to curious rot. (4, 6) | LA(-g)+STRES(-s)+ORT* Def: "When no other options exist" |
| MOSCOW (6) | wolf | Aug. 3, 2019, 11:57 p.m. | Polaris | Sailboat behind Missouri city (6) | SCOW behind MO = "city" |
| OUAGADOUGOU (11) | phenomist | Aug. 4, 2019, 12:03 a.m. | AuLeaf | Capital of Burkina Faso made out of pieces of Gouda (11) | letter bank |
| SIGNATURE MOVE (9, 4) | chaotic_iak | Aug. 4, 2019, 2:36 a.m. | level | Conversion, for one, of character into silly G movies (9, 4) | SIG(NATURE)MOVE* [= "Conversion, for one". Porygon2 is a cutie] |
| ED SHEERAN (2, 7) | Penzo | Aug. 5, 2019, 2:15 a.m. | wolf | Irish singer needs Hera for remixing (2, 7) | [NEEDSHERA*] |
| HORNY (5) | edderiofer | Aug. 5, 2019, 12:23 p.m. | zonotope | Hoping to get some of brass instruments (5) | ddef.: hoping to get some/of brass instruments |
| PROXY (5) | phenomist | Aug. 6, 2019, 12:17 a.m. | EpicToast | Investigate about "animal substitute" (5) | PR(OX)Y / substitute |
| MUNCHAUSEN (10) | AuLeaf | Aug. 6, 2019, 6:33 p.m. | zonotope | Storied baron of Australia visiting German capital of Bavaria (10) | MUNCH(AUS)EN |
| LASAGNA (7) | chaotic_iak | Aug. 6, 2019, 6:36 p.m. | zonotope | Italian meal in reverse: farts entering at the asshole (7) | AN(GAS)AL rev. |
| WHAT'S UP (5, 2) | EpicToast | Aug. 6, 2019, 8:49 p.m. | zonotope | The ceiling, how's it hanging? (5, 2) | ddef. |
| LAST (4) | Space_Kalak | Aug. 7, 2019, 4:24 p.m. | Sp3000 | Partially spoil a story's ending (4) | _L A ST_ hidden |
| POUDRETTEITE | tasthing | Aug. 7, 2019, 6:24 p.m. | dylanamite | Gemstone loosely tied up to tree (12) | POUDRETTEITE* = Gemstone |
| RESONATE (8) | dylanamite | Aug. 8, 2019, 3:56 p.m. | EpicToast | Notes are all over the place, making sound (8) | NOTES ARE* / sound |
| NOTEWORTHY (10) | chaotic_iak | Aug. 9, 2019, 6:29 p.m. | zonotope | Significant other won't get frisky with you at first (10) | (OTHERWONT)*+Y / significant |
| SENBAZURU (9) | Timwi | Aug. 10, 2019, 12:41 a.m. | zonotope | Strung-out Japanese brood in Subaru oozing with zen (9) | (SUBARUZEN)* / strung-out Japanese brood |
| MR BRIGHTSIDE (2, 10) | mstang107 | Aug. 10, 2019, 10:37 a.m. | zonotope | Splice the one with backing track to get hit single (2 10) | Interweave ("splice," as rope) MR RIGHT ("the one") with B SIDE ("backing track") MR + B + RIGHT + SIDE / hit single |
| SET (3) | EpicToast | Aug. 10, 2019, 10:43 a.m. | Timwi | Scenery in grandiose town (3) | grandio_SE T_own |
| SOKOBAN (7) | chaotic_iak | Aug. 11, 2019, 6:35 p.m. | Timwi | Game with boxes, or even — as you know — brains (7) | aSyOuKnOwBrAiNs |
| ACCRETION (9) | tasthing | Aug. 11, 2019, 9:02 p.m. | Happyjon | Increase ecstasy in narcotic mix (9) | (E+NARCOTIC)* = "increase" |
| RANGER (6) | chaotic_iak | Aug. 13, 2019, 6:41 p.m. | mstang107 | Hunter in strange robes (6) | hidden in STRANGE ROBES |
| INTERSECT (9) | level | Aug. 14, 2019, 1:11 a.m. | frictionlessemu | Overlap between different cults? (9) | ddef, "overlap" = INTERSECT, "between different cults?" = INTER-SECT |
| PLUM (4) | Idontknow | Aug. 14, 2019, 8:12 p.m. | zonotope | Short stout fruit (4) | PLUM(p) |
| DISENFRANCHISEMENT (18) | Space_Kalak | Aug. 15, 2019, 3:44 a.m. | wolf | Depriving one's choice in fiend's mixture of creamy sauce (it has cream in it) (18) | fiends mixture: [FIENDS*] creamy sauce: RANCH it has cream in it: IT has SEMEN inside (I'm very sorry) Depriving one's choice: def for [DISENF*]+RANCH+I(SEMEN)T |
| REMIX (5) | mstang107 | Aug. 15, 2019, 5:55 p.m. | wolf | Once again, stirring movement during sleep at nine (5) | Once again stirring: def (RE-MIX) movement during sleep: REM nine: IX |
| WASHMINSTER (11) | Happyjon | Aug. 15, 2019, 8:38 p.m. | Penzo | System of a Down under water involving odd scheme with cursed sin (11) | WA(S_H_M_(odd)+INS*)TER Def: "System of a down under" "A" down under = Australia |
| INTERNET TROLL (8, 5) | frictionlessemu | Aug. 16, 2019, 2:25 a.m. | zonotope | Online agitator, in principle, has right to prowl (8, 5) | IN+TE(R)NET+TROLL |
| POTLUCK (7) | wolf | Aug. 16, 2019, 11:31 a.m. | Penzo | Sinister dark cult operatives holding sacrificial feast? (7) | _PO TLUC K_< def:"Sacrificial feast?" Everyone in a potluck "gives up" a dish. |
| FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT (8, 9) | EpicToast | Aug. 17, 2019, 5:44 p.m. | zonotope | Parks/grasslands heard on the radio after loud, irritating, endless fireside chatter (8, 9) | F + RANKLIN(g) + "ROSA/VELDT" (Parks/grasslands) / fireside chatter |
| ERDOS (5) | chaotic_iak | Aug. 17, 2019, 6:50 p.m. | Timwi | Math oddball in higher doses (5) | high_ERDOS_es // Time Magazine called him “The Oddball's Oddball” |
| SUNSHINE (8) | mstang107 | Aug. 17, 2019, 10:41 p.m. | Polaris | Opposite of homebrew Super Mario game? (8) | punny ddef. 1) Super Mario Sunshine 2) opposite of homebrew = opposite of moonshine = sunshine I hope this works! |
| OPOSSUM (7) | sarathegood | Aug. 18, 2019, 9:10 a.m. | zonotope | Amount of most common blood type for a marsupial (7) | O POS. SUM / a marsupial O+ is the most common blood type |
| GOLD RUSH (4, 4) | wolf | Aug. 19, 2019, 10:32 a.m. | zonotope | "How to Get Rich Quick! Directions Inside!"? Golly! (4, 4) | GO(L+D+R+U="directions")SH / how to get rich quick |
| OZONE (5) | Linus | Aug. 20, 2019, 11:16 a.m. | madjaqk | Fantastical land with one type of gas in the atmosphere (5) | OZ+ONE="type of gas in the atmosphere" |
| NITROGEN (8) | mstang107 | Aug. 21, 2019, 9:16 p.m. | Penzo | NYPD chief disperses riot with oddly green gas (8) | N_+(ITRO)*+G_E_N = "gas" |
| URANIUM (7) | Idontknow | Aug. 21, 2019, 9:20 p.m. | zonotope | Museum without a U? (7) | URANI(a) (muse) + UM, def. = U |
| FEVER (5) | RainedMirror | Aug. 22, 2019, 9:12 a.m. | dylanamite | Feeling exhausted at first, then shivering, essentially! (5) | &lit clue F_ E_ + ___VER___ |
| LEAD (4) | phenomist | Aug. 22, 2019, 11:46 a.m. | Penzo | Tip, like evidence aiding detective! (4) | L_E_A_D_ (init.) &lit |
| ANY PANGRAMMATIC CLUE (?) | dylanamite | Aug. 22, 2019, 1:05 p.m. | dylanamite | Abridged syntax with conclusive project in a frenzy, quite like my clue (12) | Abridged syntax = GRAMMA(-r) With conclusive project = +_T In a frenzy = inside PANIC Quite like my clue = PAN(GRAMMA+T)IC |
| VANITY (6) | wolf | Aug. 23, 2019, 1:21 a.m. | prawo | Large vehicle; it may end as a bathroom fixture (6) | Large vehicle=VAN, it=IT, may end=_Y |
| BONZA (5) | Happyjon | Aug. 23, 2019, 1:28 a.m. | Linus | Spectacular, all but an A+ (5) | BON(-AN)ZA. Using the noun meaning of spectacular ("time for the Skateboard Showcase Spectacular") and the adjective meaning of A+. |
| AMAZING (7) | Timwi | Aug. 24, 2019, 1:02 a.m. | Timwi | Impressive Reddit event with pizazz (7) | AMA+ZING |
| TEMPEST (7) | chaotic_iak | Aug. 25, 2019, 2:07 a.m. | AuLeaf | Test disrupted by effect of lightning storm (7) | T(E.M.P.)EST |
| SULLIVAN (8) | AuLeaf | Aug. 25, 2019, 5:01 a.m. | Penzo | Name derived from one-eyed monster in Pixar movie (8) | Ddef: "Name derived from one-eyed": Irish last name derived from "one-eyed" "Monster in Pixar movie": Sully from Monsters Inc |
| GILBERT (7) | wolf | Aug. 25, 2019, 5:57 a.m. | Timwi | Shaking, spinning, and forgetting Minnesota dramatist (7) | (TREMBLING-MN)< |
| HILBERT (7) | frictionlessemu | Aug. 25, 2019, 6:08 a.m. | zonotope | Provide half of number to handle problematic mathematician (7) | HIL((num)BER)T / problematic mathematician (see Hilbert's 23 problems) |
| APPARATUS (9) | phenomist | Aug. 25, 2019, 9:39 p.m. | e_is_cool | Tackle AP Spanish for your final exams (9) | "Tackle" = AP + (PARA + TU) + _S |
| NEPENTHE (8) | Happyjon | Aug. 25, 2019, 10:19 p.m. | Polaris | Drug that makes you forget endless desire surrounding suppressed, wishful heart (8) | "Drug that makes you forget" = NEE(-d) (endless desire) surrounding PENT (suppressed) + _H_ (wishful heart) |
| NEPETA (6) | Idontknow | Aug. 25, 2019, 10:45 p.m. | frictionlessemu | Disciple's descendant to write back a letter (6) | "to write back" + "a letter" = NEP< + ETA = "Disciple's descendant" (Nepeta is the descendant of a character known as the Disciple in Homestuck) |
| OH NO (2, 2) | mstang107 | Aug. 25, 2019, 11:17 p.m. | Polaris | John, obliquely concealing expression of dismay (2, 2) | _OHN O_ |
| BIRTHDAY (8) | Space_Kalak | Aug. 26, 2019, 2:35 p.m. | dylanamite | Confused by a third annual celebration (8) | BIRTHDAY* |
| BALBIS (6) | dylanamite | Aug. 27, 2019, 1:10 p.m. | Idontknow | Within pubs, I blabber about the shape of rugby posts (6) | (pubS I BLABber)< / “the shape of rugby posts” |
| HOMESTUCK (9) | frictionlessemu | Aug. 28, 2019, 12:48 a.m. | Idontknow | Flat Earthbound webcomic (9) | HOME+STUCK = “webcomic” |
| OCTOPI (6) / OCTOPUSES (9) / OCTOPODES (9) | Happyjon | Aug. 28, 2019, 4:07 p.m. | AuLeaf | "Doctor Without Borders" letter following O works to produce 8-limbed cephalopods (6/9/9) | _OCTO_+PI or _OCTO_+P+USES or _OCTO_+P+ODES |
| PARALLEL (8) | phenomist | Aug. 28, 2019, 4:30 p.m. | level | "Pennsylvania rally ended early, before first election"—local correspondent (8) | PA+RALL(-y)+E_ L_ [= "correspondent"] |
| MEW (3) | chaotic_iak | Aug. 29, 2019, 2:17 a.m. | Penzo | Secret in game world! (3) | _ME W_ &lit (Pokémon) |
| CARBONARA (9) | wolf | Aug. 30, 2019, 4:04 a.m. | level | Chopped-up bacon, containing primarily Romano—a familiar pasta, to conclude! (9) | CA(R)_BON*+A+_R _A &lit. |
| FABLE (5) | Penzo | Aug. 30, 2019, 4:41 a.m. | dylanamite | Part of a bleak moral story (5) | _F A BLE_ |
| CREEPER (7) | summitwei | Aug. 30, 2019, 7:21 a.m. | level | Primarily combustible green organism needing no introduction, for one! (7) | Primarily combustible = C_ green organism needing no introduction = (-t)REE for one = PER (as in "each") &lit. |
| BUTTE (5) | frictionlessemu | Aug. 30, 2019, 10:57 a.m. | Deusovi | Protruding part on Earth's surface! (5) | &lit BUTT+E_ |
| RUSTY (5) | AuLeaf | Aug. 30, 2019, 2:49 p.m. | AuLeaf | Timeless, dependable; or old, decaying? (5) | (-t)RUSTY |
| LABOR DAY (5, 3) | phenomist | Aug. 30, 2019, 6:27 p.m. | AuLeaf | A broadly abused holiday (5,3) | LABORDAY* |
| CITADEL (7) | dylanamite | Aug. 31, 2019, 6:44 a.m. | dylanamite | Keep a peculiar dialect (7) | CITADEL* = Keep |
| APPLAUD (7) | chaotic_iak | Sept. 1, 2019, 9:31 a.m. | Deusovi | Put together a couple bits of appreciative, quiet praise! (7) | put together [X], [Y]: concatenation indicator a couple bits of appreciative: AP_ quiet praise: P+LAUD |
| POURBOIRE (9) | Happyjon | Sept. 2, 2019, 3:13 a.m. | zonotope | Tip: start to invest in rain wear (9) | POUR + BO(I)RE / tip |
| ETERNAL (7) | level | Sept. 2, 2019, 6:58 a.m. | frictionlessemu | Eastern Alabama, but not as unchanging (7) | EASTERN+AL - AS = "unchanging" |
| THE GAMBIA (3, 6) | Timwi | Sept. 2, 2019, 2 p.m. | DuckDuckPwn | Messed up game habit in West Africa | Game habit* = in West Africa |
| JOKER (5) | wolf | Sept. 3, 2019, 6:22 a.m. | dylanamite | Prankster's child about to trick everyone, at last (5) | J(_O _K _E)R = Prankster |
| SENEGAL (7) | AuLeaf | Sept. 3, 2019, 4:22 p.m. | dylanamite | Los Angeles' Simmons and Wilder travel back to an African county (7) | SENEG+AL< |
| SHURIKEN (8) | Happyjon | Sept. 4, 2019, 8:01 a.m. | Happyjon | Hikers unshaken by shooting star (8) | (HIKERS UN)* |
| BUSHIDO (7) | mstang107 | Sept. 4, 2019, 8:27 a.m. | mstang107 | President takes vow of honor (7) | BUSH + I DO = "honor" |
| AMOK (4) | chaotic_iak | Sept. 4, 2019, 8:34 a.m. | Deusovi | Even farmwork is out of control (4) | even letters of FARMWORK |
| HANABI (6) | phenomist | Sept. 4, 2019, 5:53 p.m. | mstang107 | Card game owned by Ghana bishop (6) | hidden in GHANA BISHOP |
| ANY CLUE IN HAIKU WITH 5-7-5 SYLLABLES (???) | Idontknow | Sept. 4, 2019, 6:34 p.m. | EpicToast | Complimentary // brochure to "leave dangerous // poetry"-- that sucks (4, 5) | FREE (complimentary) + (-ad)VERSE = FREE VERSE (poetry that sucks :p) |
| HARBORTH (8) | quatrevingtneuf | Sept. 5, 2019, 12:11 a.m. | DuckDuckPwn | Scorch arbor that contents man who uses matchsticks to prove (8) | _H ARBOR TH_ = http://mathworld.wolfram.com/HarborthGraph.html |
| TENACIOUS (9) | level | Sept. 6, 2019, 7:19 a.m. | summitwei | X-ray center is half suspicious of iron (9) | TEN+_A_+__CIOUS=iron |
| SMELL (5) | Space_Kalak | Sept. 6, 2019, 9:56 a.m. | Timwi | Suspect minor involved in trade (5) | S(M)ELL = “suspect” |
| ZAMBIA (6) | mstang107 | Sept. 6, 2019, 10:03 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Jazz ambiance incorporated country (6) | *Z AMBIA* |
| DELAY (5) | chaotic_iak | Sept. 6, 2019, 10:41 a.m. | ev3commander | Denmark's lead university rejected check (5) | D_+ELAY< Check = def (as in the stoppage or slowing of progress) |
| HELLO WORLD (5, 5) | phenomist | Sept. 6, 2019, 6:02 p.m. | wolf | Infernal face that notices red livid demons began a basic example (5, 5) | Infernal: HELL face that notices: OWO red livid demons began: R_ L_ D_ a basic example: def |
| PETERSEN (8) | edderiofer | Sept. 6, 2019, 6:54 p.m. | edderiofer | Mathematician with a false pretense? (8) | (PETERSEN)* |
| HARRIES (7) | Idontknow | Sept. 6, 2019, 7:02 p.m. | Timwi | Troubles confuse Sir Hare (7) | SIRHARE* |
| MAILER (6) | wolf | Sept. 6, 2019, 10:48 p.m. | Akumu | A circular stack of paper, around fifty-one left (6) | A circular = MA(IL)ER< |
| ANY LIMERICK CLUE WITH AABBA RHYME SCHEME (?) | AuLeaf | Sept. 7, 2019, 9:05 a.m. | AuLeaf | Start off with a citrusy highball / Then lop off first couple of eyeballs / And you'll get a verse / (Whose name comes from Erse) / Much like this one (but often more ribald) (8) | LIMERICK(-_ey) |
| WISTERIA (8) | quatrevingtneuf | Sept. 7, 2019, 2:25 p.m. | Polaris | Mister flips his lid over me, on a lane in "Desperate Housewives" (8) | (m->W)ISTER+I+A = lane in "Desperate Housewives" (i.e. Wisteria Lane) (down clue only) |
| SPINEL (6) | tasthing | Sept. 7, 2019, 7:21 p.m. | AuLeaf | Character next to tee-off: Yellow Ruby (6) | SPINEL(-ess) |
| MICROSOFT (9) | mstang107 | Sept. 8, 2019, 10:19 a.m. | skaldskaparmal | Sitcom for weird bunch of nerds (9) | SITCOMFOR* |
| ASBESTOS (8) | dylanamite | Sept. 8, 2019, 12:24 p.m. | zonotope | A warning about leading carcinogen (8) | A+S(BEST)OS / carcinogen |
| LIGHT (5) | Penzo | Sept. 9, 2019, 3:11 p.m. | zonotope | Land without a sun (5) | (a)LIGHT / sun |
| MEME (4) | summitwei | Sept. 9, 2019, 6 p.m. | SoftFro | Me: Also me: ! (4) | &lit: "Me: Also me:" is a ME+ME format. |
| BARTITSU (8) | Happyjon | Sept. 9, 2019, 6:26 p.m. | Happyjon | In Hobart it's used for combat (8) | _BART ITS U_ = "combat" |
| BASEL (5) | ev3commander | Sept. 9, 2019, 6:49 p.m. | Linus | Problem of calculating 1+1/4+1/9+1/16+1/25+... in base 50 (5) | The famous Basel problem |
| SUCCUBUS (8) | quatrevingtneuf | Sept. 9, 2019, 7:27 p.m. | summitwei | Demon lost medium yield to us (8) | SUCCU(-M)B+US=demon |
| ZUCCHINI (8) | Skynet000 | Sept. 9, 2019, 8:08 p.m. | Linus | Squash Facebook founder memetically with swine flu (8) | ZUCC+H1N1 |
| PUCCINI (7) | wolf | Sept. 9, 2019, 8:45 p.m. | phenomist | Composer in Starcraft league retreats (7) | (IN ICCUP)< |
| YUCCA (5) | phenomist | Sept. 9, 2019, 9:17 p.m. | zonotope | Soapweed in your cocoa unevenly (5) | odd letters of "your cocoa" / soapweed |
| ELISION (7) | AuLeaf | Sept. 10, 2019, 6:45 a.m. | AuLeaf | 51 in uproar about lack of space in cryptic clue (7) | E(LI)SION< |
| BULWER-LYTTON (6-6) | edderiofer | Sept. 10, 2019, 3:48 p.m. | edderiofer | Bad fiction-starter's contest confuses wet TRON bully (6-6) | (WET TRON BULLY)* = "Bad fiction-starter's contest" |
| ORDINAL (7) | Polaris | Sept. 10, 2019, 9:01 p.m. | Timwi | Counting in crazy Rio land (7) | RIOLAND* |
| CARDINAL (8) | Space_Kalak | Sept. 11, 2019, 1:46 a.m. | AuLeaf | Acute, as sin(45) perhaps? (8) | ddef: Acute, as sin / 45 perhaps |
| NEWS (4) | chaotic_iak | Sept. 11, 2019, 3:23 a.m. | Timwi | Stories from all directions (4) | N+E+W+S = all directions |
| SEPTEMBER (9) | dylanamite | Sept. 11, 2019, 7:23 a.m. | wolf | Start to fall and scatter pets’ burnt remains (9) | Start to fall: def scatter pets: SEPT* burnt remains: EMBER |
| SPOONER (7) | Deusovi | Sept. 11, 2019, 8:12 a.m. | level | Character to encourage swapping initial phonemes?! (7) | SPOONER ("nu spur" spoonerism) &lit. |
| OVERPOPULATED (13) | EpicToast | Sept. 11, 2019, 10:45 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Too many people, um... burst in while she had part of her cycle (13) | ER (um) POP (burst) in OVULATED (she had part of her cycle) |
| I DON’T KNOW (1, 4, 4) | Idontknow | Sept. 11, 2019, 10:57 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Nod to wink... strange, I'm not sure (1 4 4) | /NODTOWINK |
| CONSTANCE (9) | ev3commander | Sept. 11, 2019, 8:16 p.m. | Timwi | City with no accents, strangely (9) | NOACCENTS* |
| VARIANCE (8) | phenomist | Sept. 12, 2019, 2:56 a.m. | ev3commander | Stormy rain during a terrible cave conflict (8) | CAVE* around RAIN* = conflict |
| WOLFRAM (7) | wolf | Sept. 12, 2019, 8:41 a.m. | ev3commander | German metal research company (7) | ddef - tungsten in german/wolfram research |
| RAMESSES (8) | tasthing | Sept. 12, 2019, 9:50 a.m. | zonotope | Horse on the inside curves around American Pharoah [sic] (8) | _R_(AM.)ESSES / "pharoah" [sic] |
| QUIDNUNC (8) | Happyjon | Sept. 13, 2019, 7:57 a.m. | Polaris | One who gossips in French who'd almost never in Spanish (8) | QUI (in French, who) + D + NUNC(-a) (almost never in Spanish) = "one who gossips" |
| QUINCUNX (8) | zonotope | Sept. 13, 2019, 8:47 a.m. | tasthing | What Latin and Australian swear, where downtown is ultimately replaced with Switch codename pattern (8) | QUI(D→N)+CUN(T→X) |
| IT (2) | chaotic_iak | Sept. 13, 2019, 9:09 a.m. | dylanamite | King's classic item split in half (2) | IT__ = King's classic |
| SHITPOSTING (11) | edderiofer | Sept. 13, 2019, 12:57 p.m. | dylanamite | Painful, odd sensation starts during toilet activity, causing large amounts of crap (11) | SHIT(P_O_S_)TING = large amounts of crap |
| FOGGY (5) | mstang107 | Sept. 13, 2019, 4:32 p.m. | DuckDuckPwn | Confused: beat without loss to Guyana? | F(-L)OG + GY = confused |
| INFRACTION/INFRACTIONS (10/11) | quatrevingtneuf | Sept. 13, 2019, 11:43 p.m. | zonotope | Doing nothing about France is a treaty violation (10) | IN(FR)ACTION / a treaty violation |
| FIERY (5) | ev3commander | Sept. 14, 2019, 11:10 a.m. | wolf | Spicy Italian guy replaces Italian first entry with Italy's last (5) | Italian Guy: FIERI Italian first entry: I Italy's last: Y Spicy: def for FIER(i->Y) |
| CASCADE (7) | Timwi | Sept. 14, 2019, 3:28 p.m. | DuckDuckPwn | Miracle singer takes a life ending fall (7) | CASCAD(-A) + E |
| ANY CLUE THAT RESOLVES TO THE EMPTY STRING (0) | phenomist | Sept. 14, 2019, 10:17 p.m. | Akumu | Even I am empty (0) | Even characters of "I" |
| BACTERIA (8) | wolf | Sept. 15, 2019, 9:32 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Simple life-forms care a bit, strangely (8) | *CAREABIT |
| PHUB (4) | Happyjon | Sept. 15, 2019, 10:14 p.m. | wolf | Ignoring people that are next to you high in a pub (4) | Ignoring people that are next to you: def P(H)UB |
| RELAYER (7) | ev3commander | Sept. 16, 2019, 1:46 p.m. | Timwi | Recover strange, rare lye (7) | RARELYE* |
| ARTISANAL CHEESE (9, 6) | dylanamite | Sept. 16, 2019, 3:21 p.m. | dylanamite | Traditional dairy product assortment has an article, see (9, 6) | ARTISANALCHEESE* (assortment) = Traditional dairy product |
| ANY CLUE NUMBER ACROSS/DOWN (? 6/4) | Penzo | Sept. 17, 2019, 10:26 a.m. | Sp3000 | 10A: Ancestors edited this clue (3, 6) | TEN ACROSS* |
| RENDEZVOUS (10) | Polaris | Sept. 17, 2019, 1:12 p.m. | zonotope | Ronald and David... ooh, sounds like a date (10) | "Ron Dave ooh" / a date |
| CLUE CONTAINING UR LAST WINNING CLUE’S ANSWER (?) | EpicToast | Sept. 17, 2019, 1:50 p.m. | EpicToast | Back out of limitless free verse (7) | (-f)RE(-e) VERSE |
| CLUE WHERE WORDS ALTERNATE CONSONANTS & VOWELS (?) | mstang107 | Sept. 17, 2019, 2:44 p.m. | Sp3000 | Vowel, one for one "No Game No Life: Zero" female (FIVE) | SCHW{a->I}, the lead female character of NGNL:Z |
| DO NEW CLUE TOO FOR FOUR OR MORE RHYMING WORDS (?) | Timwi | Sept. 17, 2019, 3:09 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Motion of the ocean is central notion to beginnings of devotion (4) | TI (central noTIon) + DE (begin DEvotion) |
| LONGNECK (8) | Happyjon | Sept. 18, 2019, 11:33 a.m. | Polaris | Bad brown bare butts breaking bar beer bottle (8) | LO(NG+_N _E)CK = "beer bottle" |
| ANY CLUE WHERE EVERY WORD IS THE SAME LENGTH (?) | ev3commander | Sept. 18, 2019, 1:49 p.m. | Timwi | Interrogate peculiarity punctuation (8, 4) | QUESTION + MARK |
| JUST WHAT I NEEDED (4, 4, 1, 6) | madjaqk | Sept. 18, 2019, 3:50 p.m. | DuckDuckPwn | Circuit City jingle is exactly what the doctor ordered (4, 4, 1, 6) | ddef |
| SEDNA (5) | wolf | Sept. 18, 2019, 4:40 p.m. | Linus | Faraway planet's Danse Macabre (5) | DANSE* |
| CARTOGRAPHY (11) | DuckDuckPwn | Sept. 19, 2019, 1:32 p.m. | zonotope | Musician's body of work, no offense, reveals art in making charts (11) | (-dis)C(ART)OGRAPHY / making charts |
| POUND CAKE (5, 4) | l_powell | Sept. 20, 2019, 4:31 p.m. | zonotope | Four ingredients make this batter a snap (5, 4) | POUND (batter) + CAKE (a snap) / four ingredients make this |
| CLUE WHERE 1ST WORD STARTS WITH A, 2ND B, ETC (?) | mstang107 | Sept. 20, 2019, 6:45 p.m. | AuLeaf | Alien big cat, dragon, etc., from grave house IDs (8) | CRYPT+IDS |
| INVOLVE (7) | wolf | Sept. 20, 2019, 7:02 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Cause vine to tangle around French flight (7) | /VINE around VOL |
| REVOLVER (8) | AuLeaf | Sept. 21, 2019, 9:56 a.m. | Timwi | Arm advance in railroad (8) | R(EVOLVE)R = arm (weapon) |
| CLUE SIGNIFICANTLY SHORTER THAN THE ANSWER (?) | Timwi | Sept. 21, 2019, 10:39 a.m. | Deusovi | u k? (4) | THOU, double def: informal form of "you", and 1000 |
| NEPTUNE (7) | Skynet000 | Sept. 21, 2019, 1:11 p.m. | Polaris | God is somewhat inept, unemployed (7) | _NEPT UNE_ |
| FRACTURE (8) | quatrevingtneuf | Sept. 21, 2019, 7:28 p.m. | l_powell | Break from crazy curt fear (8) | CURTFEAR* |
| GIMMICK (7) | EpicToast | Sept. 22, 2019, 10:56 a.m. | zonotope | I'm taken in by grandmaster--I hate this gambit (7) | G(I'M)M + ICK / gambit |
| HOMO SAPIENS (4, 7) | wolf | Sept. 22, 2019, 7:23 p.m. | summitwei | Elements of water and moss surround a strange pine, forming a person (4, 7) | HO+MOS(A+PIEN*)S = a person |
| STAN (4) | madjaqk | Sept. 23, 2019, 9:12 a.m. | AuLeaf | Superfan that is tanning hides (4) | _STAN_ |
| KOMPROMAT (9) | mstang107 | Sept. 23, 2019, 2:03 p.m. | zonotope | Wild homecoming dance included time for explicit photos, perhaps (9) | AMOK rev. ("wild homecoming") containing PROM ("dance included") + T / explicit photos, perhaps |
| STACKS (6) | ev3commander | Sept. 23, 2019, 7:46 p.m. | wolf | Files short nails (6) | S+TACKS |
| SWEET HOME ALABAMA (5, 4, 7) | tasthing | Sept. 24, 2019, 1:27 p.m. | summitwei | "Blame the emos, waaa" - weird song (5, 4, 7) | SWEET HOME ALABAMA* |
| UKRAINE (7) | wolf | Sept. 25, 2019, 9:20 a.m. | zonotope | Nation US leader requested to open probes into former VP candidate (7) | U_ + K(R_)AINE / nation |
| PARASITE (8) | quatrevingtneuf | Sept. 25, 2019, 2:30 p.m. | EpicToast | Bloodsucker alien is a hit, in retrospect (8) | ET+IS A+RAP< |
| PUTSCH (6) | zonotope | Sept. 26, 2019, 9:26 a.m. | wolf | Put someone - leaders - in charge! (6) | &lit PUT+S(some, one)+CH(leaders in CHarge) |
| CLUE CONTAINING A CHARACTER OR ITEM FROM CLUE (?) | Timwi | Sept. 26, 2019, 11:19 a.m. | edderiofer | Reverend's envious of new money and lawn party? (5) | GREEN, 6x def. |
| CLUE CONTAINING A PIECE OR TERM FROM CHESS (?) | EpicToast | Sept. 26, 2019, 3:53 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Boring partner's inability to reach a conclusion? (9) | STALEMATE |
| CLUE CONTAINING (4, 10) | phenomist | Sept. 26, 2019, 4:31 p.m. | wolf | Having strange concealing unit (4, 10) | Having: def strange concealing unit: CLUECONTAINING* |
| QUINE (5) | skaldskaparmal | Sept. 26, 2019, 8:10 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Malaria treatment removed in reproduction program (5) | QUININE (malaria treatment) - IN = reproduction program |
| WARHOL (6) | wolf | Sept. 27, 2019, 10:12 a.m. | Akumu | Verbal battle spoils pop artist (6) | "war haul" |
| BOND (4) | Space_Kalak | Sept. 27, 2019, 11:52 a.m. | skaldskaparmal | Chemical interaction inherent to carbon dating (4) | carBON Dating |
| ARCEUS (6) | summitwei | Sept. 27, 2019, 7:53 p.m. | skaldskaparmal | Pokemon care about us (6) | Pokemon = (CARE)* + US |
| OEDIPUS (7) | tasthing | Sept. 28, 2019, 6:48 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Endless change in work for man who loves his mother (7) | EDIt (endless change) in OPUS (work) |
| SPHINX (6) | Polaris | Sept. 28, 2019, 9:15 p.m. | Linus | Classic riddle of trig function describing acidity (6) | SIN(X) describing (as in outlining) PH |
| SEESAW (6) | Penzo | Sept. 30, 2019, 3:41 a.m. | skaldskaparmal | Watch a scary movie and rock gently back and forth (6) | Watch a scary movie = SEE SAW |
| PAPRIKA (7) | wolf | Sept. 30, 2019, 9:33 a.m. | sarathegood | Dad swallows retro red cocktail and red spice (7) | PAP(RIK<)A (kir = red-coloured cocktail) red spice = def |
| CLUE CONTAINING "CLUE CONTAINING" (?) | AuLeaf | Sept. 30, 2019, 7:41 p.m. | AuLeaf | Confederate soldier held two spots for weapon in Clue containing toxic metal (4,4) | LE(AD+PIP)E |
| ISTHMUS (7) | Polaris | Oct. 1, 2019, 10:49 a.m. | zonotope | Narrow passage is seizing up after endless respiratory trouble (7) | I((-a)STHM(-a)+U)S / narrow passage |
| FURNITURE (9) | quatrevingtneuf | Oct. 1, 2019, 10:16 p.m. | Timwi | Home commodities ready around vessel guarded evenly (9) | F(URN)IT + _U_R_E_ |
| HONK (4) | chaotic_iak | Oct. 2, 2019, 9:48 a.m. | summitwei | Almost perfect king makes horny noise? (4) | HON(-E)+K = the noise of a horn |
| SYNONYM (7) | zonotope | Oct. 2, 2019, 7:31 p.m. | skaldskaparmal | Nintendo? Your mother initially went after refurbished Sony equivalent (7) | N_ Y_ M_ after (SONY)* |
| PALINDROME (10) | Idontknow | Oct. 2, 2019, 9:36 p.m. | phenomist | Perhaps Level 51's in random name drop (10) | "Perhaps Level" = PA(LI)NDROME* |
| LEVEL FIFTY ONE (5, 5, 3) | mstang107 | Oct. 3, 2019, 9:31 a.m. | Timwi | Common palindrome. Stylish, loud becoming new. A Smogon hunter. (5, 5, 3) | LEVEL + (-n+F)IFTY + ONE (Haiku courtesy by Autumn Leaves & Timwi) |
| BAD DOG (3, 3) | madjaqk | Oct. 4, 2019, 8:04 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Unwanted mongrel increase in swamp (3 3) | ADD (increase) in BOG (swamp) = “unwanted mongrel” |
| ANY COLOR WORD WITH DEF NOT "COLOR" (?) | chaotic_iak | Oct. 4, 2019, 7:35 p.m. | phenomist | Communist site removed. (3) | RED(-dit) |
| CARAMEL (7) | level | Oct. 5, 2019, 10:10 a.m. | skaldskaparmal | Sweet new camera left behind (7) | Sweet = (CAMERA)* + L |
| WEB (3) | skaldskaparmal | Oct. 5, 2019, 4:45 p.m. | phenomist | Net is wearable! (3) | Not an &lit, just a factorial selector WE...B |
| CEDAR (5) | quatrevingtneuf | Oct. 6, 2019, 8:35 a.m. | skaldskaparmal | Undergrad ecologist protects overturned tree (5) | undergRAD ECologist contains CEDAR backwards. |
| SPEEDRUN (8) | chaotic_iak | Oct. 6, 2019, 7:43 p.m. | Skynet000 | Go fast and end super strangely (8) | go fast=SPEEDRUN* |
| HUMAN (5) | RainedMirror | Oct. 7, 2019, 10:16 a.m. | Deusovi | "Sort of race" describes knight perhaps following east of hard pullers' second member (5) | Sort of race: def HUMAN describes: [=] knight, perhaps: MAN (a 'man' is another name for a chess piece) following east of: [after] hard: H (as on pencils) pullers' second member: _U_ |
| DANCER (6) | Space_Kalak | Oct. 7, 2019, 12:58 p.m. | Deusovi | "Sort of race" describes knight perhaps following east of hard pullers' second member (6) | Sort of race: ACER* describes: [around] knight, perhaps: N following: [after] east of hard: _D pullers' second member: DANCER (as in Santa's reindeer) |
| BOURGEOIS (9) | Sp3000 | Oct. 7, 2019, 3:41 p.m. | Idontknow | Members of the middle class urge in an exclamatory statement to be present | BO(URGE)O+IS = “members of middle class” |
| CRADLE (6) | AuLeaf | Oct. 8, 2019, 9:35 a.m. | Sp3000 | Kindly hold back in field archery (6) | Kindly hold = _ELD ARC_< |
| ANY CLUE WITH PRINTER'S DEVILRY AS WORDPLAY (?) | edderiofer | Oct. 8, 2019, 12:34 p.m. | AuLeaf | After looking for variation in coloration of Jovian moon mustelids, we have found only one, thin, Garret! A remarkable puzzler... (10) | ...one thing: a rEDDER IO FERret! def: a remarkable puzzler |
| THING (5) | chaotic_iak | Oct. 8, 2019, 7:57 p.m. | tckmn | Some faith in God is good (5) | _TH IN G_ |
| AMARETTO (8) | quatrevingtneuf | Oct. 9, 2019, 7:04 p.m. | skaldskaparmal | A mother otter returned quatrevingtneuf's really yummy ice cream (8) | A + MA + RETTO< |
| PROMISE (7) | RainedMirror | Oct. 10, 2019, 3:48 a.m. | Idontknow | Papa is in Rome, I swear! (7) | P+ROM(IS)E = "I swear!" (like the exclamation "Promise!") |
| LOREM IPSUM (5, 5) | phenomist | Oct. 10, 2019, 8 p.m. | level | Start off sad about broken promise or meaningless words (5, 5) | (-g)L(OREMIPS*)UM [= "meaningless words"] |
| CRYPTIC CLUE (7, 4) | Timwi | Oct. 11, 2019, 11:15 a.m. | EpicToast | For example, this plea for epic cult to be disbanded (7, 4) | for example, this // CRY (plea) + EPICCULT* |
| KANGAROO ISLAND (8, 6) | Sp3000 | Oct. 11, 2019, 1:27 p.m. | Polaris | Koalas adorning mysterious Australian area (8, 6) | anagram of "koalas adorning" |
| ERRATUM (7) | chaotic_iak | Oct. 12, 2019, 9:02 p.m. | Timwi | Terror can't cut my regular trip (7) | _E_R_R_A_T_U_M_ = trip (in the sense of mistake) |
| ORIFICE (7) | level | Oct. 12, 2019, 9:03 p.m. | phenomist | Outlet to first pay respects to Rhode Island agency (7) | "Outlet" = O[f->RI]FICE (first pay respects = first F) |
| LEONINE (7) | Space_Kalak | Oct. 13, 2019, 1:37 p.m. | Akumu | Lion-like Japanese demon finally driven into shelter (7) | LE(ONI+_N)E |
| SILLY SONG (5, 4) | Timwi | Oct. 13, 2019, 3:42 p.m. | Timwi | Fishy Sony gills for fishy tune (5, 4) | (SONY GILLS)* |
| JAMES CAAN (5, 4) | Sp3000 | Oct. 14, 2019, 6:59 p.m. | Polaris | Dilemma: Convoluted case with an actor from "The Godfather" (5, 4) | JAM (dilemma) + ESCA* + AN |
| MORSE CODE (5, 4) | phenomist | Oct. 14, 2019, 8:07 p.m. | AuLeaf | Captain ultimately out of time to enter additional SOS transmissions, say (5,4) | MOR(SECO[-_n]D)E |
| SLAUGHTER (9) | chaotic_iak | Oct. 14, 2019, 9:11 p.m. | Polaris | Killing slice from four to zero (9) | SLIVER, IV->AUGHT |
| CLUE W/ "TURING MACHINE" NOT MEANING A REAL TM (?) | Idontknow | Oct. 14, 2019, 9:56 p.m. | phenomist | Cleverly featuring machine (5) | Hidden word: LEVER |
| CHICKEN (7) | quatrevingtneuf | Oct. 15, 2019, 1:04 p.m. | AuLeaf | Poultry in Spooner's kitchen (7) | (k->CH)I(tch->CK)EN |
| LUPINE (6) | AuLeaf | Oct. 15, 2019, 3:03 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Wolf-like pack instincts primarily centered on moon’s shape (6) | P* I* (pack instincts primarily) centered on LUNE (moon) |
| OVERFLOW (8) | wolf | Oct. 15, 2019, 4:11 p.m. | Polaris | Part of werewolf revolution is about to spill past the limits (8) | _WOLF REVO_< = "to spill past the limits" |
| ASH (3) | Linus | Oct. 16, 2019, 9:09 p.m. | Idontknow | “Rapidash not fast” - Pokémon trainer who didn’t win a league in 22 years (3) | (-rapid)ASH = “Pokémon trainer who didn’t win a league in 22 years” |
| TOLKIEN (7) | Sp3000 | Oct. 17, 2019, 12:06 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Not like scattered fantasy writer (7) | /NOTLIKE |
| DEVIL (5) | Penzo | Oct. 18, 2019, 3:12 p.m. | Timwi | Monster from Vaudeville (5) | _DEVIL_ |
| ANGEL (5) | Polaris | Oct. 18, 2019, 3:16 p.m. | Timwi | Jewel in strange light (5) | _ANGE L_ |
| AWOO (4) | chaotic_iak | Oct. 19, 2019, 9:51 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Howling noise is a romantic gesture (4) | A WOO (a romantic gesture) = howling noise |
| INCUS (5) | Sp3000 | Oct. 20, 2019, 9:22 p.m. | Timwi | Bone in pincushion (5) | Hidden word |
| JACKBOX (7) | summitwei | Oct. 22, 2019, 12:36 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Game developer’s loot crate (7) | JACK (loot, as in steal) BOX (crate) = game developer |
| BRUNCH (6) | quatrevingtneuf | Oct. 22, 2019, 1:22 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Group gets rest first before afternoon meal (6) | BUNCH (group) gets R(est) = a meal that happens before the afternoon |
| PERFORM (7) | Timwi | Oct. 22, 2019, 3:59 p.m. | Polaris | Present for each girl or boy? (7) | PER (for each) + F OR M (girl or boy?) = "present" i.e. present to an audience |
| BRIDGE (6) | Sp3000 | Oct. 22, 2019, 11:17 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Wife-to-be takes groom’s head in back-bending position (6) | BRIDE (wife to be) takes in G(room) = back-bending position |
| DISCOMFORT (10) | RainedMirror | Oct. 23, 2019, 1:32 a.m. | skaldskaparmal | Upset dev lead hacked Microsoft (10) | Upset is the definition (which feels okay as a noun but I think it works better as a verb -- to discomfort someone). Dev lead = D Hacked microsoft = ISCOMFORT* |
| STAPES (6) | AuLeaf | Oct. 23, 2019, 6:31 a.m. | phenomist | Attaches/removes large bone (6) | STAP(-l)ES = "bone" |
| REIMBURSEMENT (13) | Happyjon | Oct. 23, 2019, 9:45 p.m. | Akumu | Head cut off, arm and sack too, all of me, all given in rent payment (13) | RE(_IMB + _URSE + ME)NT |
| ABCDE (5) | LogThatData | Oct. 24, 2019, 8:24 a.m. | EpicToast | Lincoln eats disc and a bunch of letters consecutively (5) | AB(CD)E |
| NASHVILLE (9) | Sp3000 | Oct. 25, 2019, 9:04 a.m. | Timwi | Robert Altman movie named French town after economist John (9) | VILLE after NASH = NASHVILLE, a movie directed by Robert Altman |
| OOF (3) | EpicToast | Oct. 25, 2019, 10:55 a.m. | skaldskaparmal | A terrible thing has happened. Not even Frodo returned (3) | Not even Frodo returned = Remove the even letters of FrOdO, and reverse, giving OOF. A terrible thing has happened = OOF in the sense of an interjection signaling empathy. |
| MALLEUS (7) | AuLeaf | Oct. 27, 2019, 7:20 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Initially lets undulations around edge of eardrum in men! (7) | &lit tip of eardrum in men is E in MALES; lets undulations initially L U go around the E the MALLEUS is the first bone that transfers sound (vibrations? undulations?) from the eardrum to the rest of the auditory apparatus |
| ANY CLUE RELATED TO HALLOWEEN (?) | skaldskaparmal | Oct. 27, 2019, 9:10 a.m. | summitwei | Their extreme bareheaded physical attack is, on Halloween, a requested action (5) | schrodinger clue for T__R+(-K)ICK T__R+(-B)EAT = "on halloween, a requested action" |
| COCKTAIL (8) | quatrevingtneuf | Oct. 27, 2019, 7:29 p.m. | Polaris | Spooner has to discuss leafy greens for mixed drink (8) | TALK KALE -> COCKTAIL |
| MEDIEVAL METAL (8, 5) | Sp3000 | Oct. 28, 2019, 2:19 p.m. | ManyPinkHats | Shaggy, Velma, and the rest go after the same revolting fused rock-folk (8 5) | VELMA*+ET.AL. after IDEM revolting = MEDI<+EVALM*+ET.AL, a fusion of rock/metal and folk. |
| VERBIGERATE (11) | Happyjon | Oct. 28, 2019, 11:40 p.m. | EpicToast | Repeatedly say, say, say, part of speech, part of, say, speech (11) | repeatedly say / homophone of (say) VERB (say, part of speech) + EDGE (part? sure i guess) + ORATE (say speech) |
| COCHLEA (7) | Timwi | Oct. 30, 2019, 11:57 p.m. | Polaris | Heal unnaturally after rooster's tail chopped off, becoming Latin snail (7) | COC(-k)+HLEA* = "snail" in Latin -> COCHLEA |
| HALLOWEEN (9) | Idontknow | Oct. 31, 2019, midnight | quatrevingtneuf | Chicken out around everyone? Ought to pay up for this scary occasion (9) | HEN (chicken) out around ALL OWE (everyone ought to pay up) = this scary occasion |
| THANKSGIVING (12) | phenomist | Oct. 31, 2019, 12:01 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Living large: in right place, a snake sags oddly at this bountiful dinner (12) | THRIVING (living large) A.N.K.S.G in place of R = this bountiful dinner |
| PLEDGE (6) | chaotic_iak | Oct. 31, 2019, 12:42 a.m. | Polaris | Implored, for example, about promise (6) | PLED + E.G.< |
| VETERAN/VETERANS (7/8) | EpicToast | Oct. 31, 2019, 7:08 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Long-time coveter and concealer (7) | *VETER AN* |
| JACK-O'-LANTERN (4-1'-7) | AuLeaf | Oct. 31, 2019, 9:15 a.m. | Timwi | Clark, not Jane, confused pumpkin with a carved face (4-1'-7) | CLARKNOTJANE* |
| MASCARA (7) | quatrevingtneuf | Nov. 1, 2019, 2:29 p.m. | skaldskaparmal | Makeup mom applies primarily to conceal scar (7) | Mom = MA Applies primarily = A Together, they conceal SCAR between them. |
| DICTIONARY (10) | summitwei | Nov. 3, 2019, 1:55 p.m. | skaldskaparmal | Anagram indicator inventory concludes. It contains every word. (10) | Anagram indicator = DICTIONAR (with anagram as the anagram indicator) Inventory concludes = Y It contains every word is the definition. |
| ENGLISH (7) | phenomist | Nov. 3, 2019, 1:56 p.m. | skaldskaparmal | Spin broken shingle (7) | SHINGLE* English = spin in the sense of billiards |
| LEXICON (7) | ManyPinkHats | Nov. 3, 2019, 1:56 p.m. | Polaris | Vocabulary in French: the "eleven" is, for starters, called "onze", naturally (7) | LE (in French the) + XI (eleven) + C_ O_ N_ (for starters, called onze naturally) = "vocabulary" |
| ENUMERATION (11) | Idontknow | Nov. 3, 2019, 2:16 p.m. | Penzo | Regularly seen universal bit after me! (11) | _E_N+U+ME+RATION &lit |
| ANY CLUE THAT USES ELISION (?) | Timwi | Nov. 4, 2019, 2:21 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Off, random? (4) | F, R and OM = FROM (of) |
| LIBERTARIAN (11) | Space_Kalak | Nov. 4, 2019, 2:26 p.m. | Akumu | Freedom-lover put time and energy into bookkeeper (11) | LIB(E)R(T)ARIAN |
| THE (3) | phenomist | Nov. 5, 2019, 2:04 p.m. | Timwi | This endless detail of Greek letter (3) | THE(-t)(-a) = this |
| ENTIRE (6) | summitwei | Nov. 5, 2019, 2:17 p.m. | Polaris | All ten in order end in anger (6) | ENT*+IRE = "all" (I would not use "in order" as a general anagrind, but in this specific case E, N, T are alphabetical so it works!) |
| DEJA VU (4, 2) | Idontknow | Nov. 5, 2019, 3:13 p.m. | skaldskaparmal | It's happened again. Most coffee aboard's gone -- used up. (4, 2) [down clue only] | Most coffee = JAV(-a) s gone used up = DE(-s)U< aboard = DE(JA V)U = It's happened again. |
| SECURITY (8) | Polaris | Nov. 7, 2019, 2:24 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Town takes half of your top salary/earnings beforehand for protection (8) | CITY (town) takes UR (half of your), top Salary/Earnings beforehand = protection |
| ELEMENT (7) | chaotic_iak | Nov. 7, 2019, 8:04 p.m. | chaotic_iak | "Like K, L, M, N..." said head teacher (7) | Like K = def ("like potassium") "L, M, N said" = EL+EM+EN (letters pronounced) "head teacher" = T |
| BING AWAST (4,5) | Happyjon | Nov. 7, 2019, 9:37 p.m. | Polaris | "Being a waste, without any energy? Begone!" said James Joyce (4, 5) | B(-e)ING AWAST(-e) = "Begone" as said by James Joyce |
| TENDON (6) | quatrevingtneuf | Nov. 7, 2019, 10:13 p.m. | Sp3000 | Takoyaki's first, finish with Japanese rice and battered vegetables perhaps (6) | T_ + END ON = "Japanese rice and battered vegetables perhaps" (tempura donburi = tendon) |
| ZINFANDEL (9) | edderiofer | Nov. 8, 2019, 6 a.m. | Timwi | Im Magazin fand Elias Wein (9) | I don't expect anyone to vote for this but it works as a German-language clue. _ZIN FAND EL_ = Wein (wine). The surface reading means “In the magazine, Elias found wine”. |
| RICOCHET (8) | skaldskaparmal | Nov. 9, 2019, 10:30 a.m. | Akumu | I crochet badly and bounce off the walls (8) | ICROCHET* |
| GIGAHERTZ (9) | Sp3000 | Nov. 11, 2019, 3:51 a.m. | SoftFro | Shitty robot maker Simone has a frustrated outburst a billion times per second (9) | GI(GAH)ERTZ = a billion times per second |
| GULES (5) | Happyjon | Nov. 11, 2019, 12:04 p.m. | skaldskaparmal | Tincture starts to grant us lads enviable strength (5) | Initials |
| SCRABBLE (8) | Polaris | Nov. 11, 2019, 10:19 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | For this game, draw to exchange one letter! (8) | a dubious &lit SCRIBBLE changes one letter |
| VEGAN (5) | quatrevingtneuf | Nov. 12, 2019, 2:38 p.m. | skaldskaparmal | Victor started off second grade not eating meat (5) | V+(-b)EGAN where "off second grade" = remove B, as in A, B, C, D, F |
| BLACK (5) | Sp3000 | Nov. 13, 2019, 5:33 a.m. | skaldskaparmal | Don't have to go after band's lead singer who knows what day it is? (5) | Don't have = LACK band's lead = B Singer, who knows what day it is = (rebecca) BLACK |
| HEADCANON (9) | phenomist | Nov. 13, 2019, 12:11 p.m. | prawo | Bathroom aboard ship? Bathroom aboard ship? (9) | Bathroom aboard ship? = HEAD Bathroom = CAN aboard = ON ship? = Particular example of HEAD+CAN+ON |
| AWAY (4) | Sp3000 | Nov. 15, 2019, 3:36 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Travelling team’s top-grade technique (4) | A (top-grade) + WAY (technique) = travelling team, as opposed to home |
| ENEMY (5) | skaldskaparmal | Nov. 15, 2019, 5:06 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Adversary opposed by men escapes containment (5) | *Y MEN E* |
| DUBIOUS (7) | summitwei | Nov. 17, 2019, 3:31 p.m. | skaldskaparmal | Shady friend returns with debts (7) | DUB<+IOUS |
| NEKO (4) | Sp3000 | Nov. 17, 2019, 4:45 p.m. | Timwi | Cat is regularly on desktop (4) | _N _E_K_O_ |
| HOT DOG (3, 3) | EpicToast | Nov. 17, 2019, 9:05 p.m. | skaldskaparmal | God, to Hebrews: "Eating this is not right!" (3, 3) | Hidden word clued by "eating this" found leftwards ("is not right") &lit |
| BUTTER (6) | Timwi | Nov. 18, 2019, 6:36 p.m. | skaldskaparmal | Some insects wanting other insects for food (6) | Some insects = BUTTERFLIES wanting other insects = subtract FLIES to get BUTTER = food |
| CREAM (5) | edderiofer | Nov. 19, 2019, 12:16 p.m. | Polaris | Eric goes back and loses—I am the best (5) | C(-i)RE< + AM = "the best" as in the cream of the crop |
| SPEED (5) | Sp3000 | Nov. 19, 2019, 5:33 p.m. | sarathegood | Hurry -- ocean's rising (5) | DEEP'S< (down clue only) |
| ROBUST (6) | skaldskaparmal | Nov. 19, 2019, 7:30 p.m. | skaldskaparmal | Robot wanting love hugs us tight (6) | ROB(-o)(US)T = tight |
| CRAMP/CRAMPS (5/6) | quatrevingtneuf | Nov. 20, 2019, 9:49 a.m. | skaldskaparmal | It's a pain to study piano (5) | to study = CRAM, piano = P |
| CUP (3) | EpicToast | Nov. 20, 2019, 1:11 p.m. | Polaris | Mug topped up with coffee to start (3) | C_ + UP ("up" is topped with "c") = container (down clue only) |
| HARDBASS (8) | Sp3000 | Nov. 21, 2019, 6:59 p.m. | skaldskaparmal | Bard has arranged show's opening music (8) | (HARDBAS)*+S_ = music |
| PRIDE FLAG (5, 4) | Timwi | Nov. 22, 2019, 9:49 p.m. | Akumu | Failed RPG twisted symbol of inclusion (5, 4) | FAILEDRPG* |
| KOW (3) | Happyjon | Nov. 23, 2019, 6:46 p.m. | Polaris | Ganzhou Huangjin Airport turned away Chinese stir frying pan(3) | WOK backwards ("turned away" is the full indicator) KOW is the IATA airport code for Ganzhou Huangjin Airport |
| BELOW (5) | skaldskaparmal | Nov. 23, 2019, 8:17 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Shout less; start to listen at a more basic level (5) | BELLOW (shout) - L (start to listen) = at a more basic level |
| ANIMAL (6) | Sp3000 | Nov. 24, 2019, 1:34 p.m. | phenomist | For example, chicken turnover plate | "For example, chicken" = LAMINA rev. |
| VEGETABLE (9) | phenomist | Nov. 24, 2019, 9:52 p.m. | Linus | Super Saiyan starts to build large energy plant (9) | VEGETA+B,L,E |
| MINERAL (7) | Polaris | Nov. 25, 2019, 3:58 p.m. | phenomist | Rock goddess turning five into fifty at the end (7) | MINERVA, take V and change it to L and put it at the end = MINERAL (rock) |
| SEASICKNESS (11) | Sp3000 | Nov. 26, 2019, 1:48 p.m. | EpicToast | Son, I see snacks all over the place, which causes dizziness (11) | S + I SEE SNACKS* |
| WAX (3) | skaldskaparmal | Nov. 27, 2019, 9:02 p.m. | Polaris | By the sound of it, smacks grow stronger (3) | sounds like "whacks" WAX = "grow stronger" (e.g. wax poetic) |
| ESCHATOLOGY (11) | phenomist | Nov. 28, 2019, 1:53 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Yoga clothes confused ideas about how things could end for us (11) | /YOGACLOTHES = ideas about how things could end for us |
| BASS DROP (4, 4) OR BASSDROP (8) | Sp3000 | Nov. 28, 2019, 11:26 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Proctologist captivated by catchy song’s musical climax? (4 4) | ASS DR (proctologist) captured by BOP (catchy song) = musical climax |
| AUTOCHTHON (10) | Happyjon | Nov. 29, 2019, 5:40 a.m. | |||
| DISTRACT (8) OR DISTRACTION (11) | EpicToast | Nov. 30, 2019, 11:40 a.m. | prawo | Pronouncement: "Holding skills back creates mental burden" (11) | DI(STRA<)CTION |
| SURPRISE (8) | Sp3000 | Dec. 1, 2019, 3:36 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Announce gentleman’s title and award without warning (8) | sounds like SIR (gentleman’s title) and PRIZE (award) |
| SPANISH INQUISITION (7, 11) | phenomist | Dec. 1, 2019, 3:38 a.m. | Polaris | After time, I climb with French who sit with me on group that nobody expects (7, 11) | SPAN (time) + I + SHIN (climb) + QUI (French who) + SIT + I (me) + ON = group that nobody expects (referencing Monty Python skit) |
| JINGLE (6) | Space_Kalak | Dec. 1, 2019, 3:44 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Beijing leader’s got a catchy tune (6) | *JING LE* |
| BEAT (4) | Sp3000 | Dec. 3, 2019, 4:37 a.m. | Timwi | Fatigued person with unconventional style and no family backing (4) | BEATNIK (person with unconventional style) - kin< |
| SHAVE (5) | quatrevingtneuf | Dec. 4, 2019, 10:43 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Use a razor to rescue ensnared fish's tail (5) | SAVE (to rescue) ensnared H (fish's tail) = use a razor |
| MELODY (6) | Sp3000 | Dec. 5, 2019, 4:51 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Why do lemurs partially return a vocalization? (6) | *Y DO LEM* |
| NIDORAN OR NIDORAN♂ OR NIDORAN♀ (7 OR 8) | Linus | Dec. 7, 2019, 12:38 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | A Pokemon, when chi depleted, finishes berry that restores HP (7) | *N *I *D (when chi depleted finishes) + ORAN (berry that restores 10HP) = pokemon |
| ANY NON-ALPHANUMERIC GLYPH THAT ISN'T ♀ (1) | AuLeaf | Dec. 8, 2019, 8:31 a.m. | edderiofer | ✄☮️⑴ | ✌ ddef. |
| THE QUICK BROWN [...] LAZY DOG (3 5 5 3 5 4 3 4 3) | Timwi | Dec. 9, 2019, 11:12 a.m. | phenomist | Pangram pitched with scorer's copy to 100 kilobytes, before fog envelops teams' lawyer receiving grader (so green!), unclear with appendix (3 5 5 3 5 4 3 4 3) | pitched = THROWN scorer = EQUIFAX copy to 100 kilobytes fax->C+KB TH(EQUI(fax->C+KB))ROWN FOG envelops: teams = OX (tictactoe) lawyer = JD (juris doctor) receiving: grader = UMP so green = SO VERT (heraldry) unclear = HAZY appendix = EL (as in an annex) F(OX+J(UMP+SO+VERT+H(EL)AZY)D)OG |
| HEARTBEAT (9) | Sp3000 | Dec. 9, 2019, 2:13 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Distressed? Breathe at body’s natural rhythm (9) | /BREATHEAT (distressed is anagram indicator) = body’s natural rhythm |
| SPRUIK (6) | Happyjon | Dec. 9, 2019, 3:55 p.m. | phenomist | Are you engaged in interrupted riddle discourse? (6) | Are you = RU engaged in = contained in interrupted = remove last letter riddle = SPIKE (as in "to poke holes in") "discourse" = SP(RU)IK_ |
| REITERATE (9) | chaotic_iak | Dec. 10, 2019, 5:38 a.m. | phenomist | Repeat class after setback: poor grade? (9) | Repeat def class = RATE after = after setback = reversal poor grade = E TIER "repeat" = (REIT E)<+RATE |
| ETHEREAL (8) | lovemathboy | Dec. 10, 2019, 8:38 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | 2.7128... and the endless other numbers of its kind might be transcendental (8) | E (2.7128...) and THE REALs (endless other numbers like e) = transcendental |
| NACHOS (6) | quatrevingtneuf | Dec. 11, 2019, 2:04 p.m. | prawo | Snack whose edges snap off! (6) | _NAC_ _HOS_ &lit |
| GOD MORGEN (3, 6) | Sp3000 | Dec. 11, 2019, 7:14 p.m. | Timwi | Oslo greeting even age-old “I’m sorry” Gretna (3, 6) | aGeOlDiMsOrRyGrEtNa |
| AUREOLA (7) | lovemathboy | Dec. 12, 2019, 8:42 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Light ring around dark spot around nipple around mum's middle (7) | AREOLA (dark spot around nipple) around U (mum's middle) = light ring around |
| NEON (4) | Space_Kalak | Dec. 14, 2019, 5:25 a.m. | summitwei | The first (nearly) element of nobility! (4) | N_ E_ O_ N_ is the second noble gas |
| PLAN (4) | Sp3000 | Dec. 14, 2019, 7:18 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Missing last piece from 2D area diagram (4) | PLANE (2D area) missing E (last letter of piece) = diagram |
| SERENE (6) | lovemathboy | Dec. 14, 2019, 8:49 a.m. | skaldskaparmal | Renee's absurdly calm (6) | SERENE* |
| VULPINE (7) | lovemathboy | Dec. 16, 2019, 8:51 a.m. | summitwei | Foxlike reverend, tug on grape plant (7) | "pull vine" spoonerism = foxlike |
| HONEY (5) | Sp3000 | Dec. 17, 2019, 1:36 a.m. | |||
| AURORA (6) | lovemathboy | Dec. 18, 2019, 8:54 a.m. | phenomist | Glow of gold or ascended sun god (6) | AU+RO<+RA, down clue only |
| RAWSTYLE (8) | Sp3000 | Dec. 19, 2019, 3:01 a.m. | |||
| CINQUE (6) | lovemathboy | Dec. 20, 2019, 8:32 p.m. | prawo | "Hundred" in Spanish what another number is in another language (6) | "Hundred" = C, in = IN, Spanish what = QUE |
| CHEW (4) | Sp3000 | Dec. 21, 2019, 2:29 p.m. | Penzo | Gum is cold and hard, that's disgusting (4) | C+H+EW = "gum" |
| YULETIDE (8) | Space_Kalak | Dec. 23, 2019, 2:33 p.m. | Polaris | A certain snowman obtains soul, starts off half-dead for Christmastime (8) | Y((-so)UL)ETI+DE(-ad) = Christmastime "a certain snowman" clues the abominable snowman, aka the yeti I originally envisioned this with a Frosty the Snowman vibe but it ended up leaning into the horror genre |
| MERRY (5) | AuLeaf | Dec. 23, 2019, 10:19 p.m. | edderiofer | Happy and wed, we hear? (5) | MERRY = "MARRY" (if you have the merry-marry merger) |
| SECRET (6) | lovemathboy | Dec. 24, 2019, 9:35 a.m. | Polaris | Almost leak that which should not be told (6) | SECRET(-e) (almost leak) = "that which should not be told" |
| SOLVER (6) | level | Dec. 24, 2019, 9:35 a.m. | Polaris | Puzzlehunt participant, perhaps: "Very low, very unfinished" (6) | SO (very) + L (low) + VER(-y) (very unfinished) = "puzzlehunt participant, perhaps" |
| NIXIOUS (7) | Idontknow | Dec. 24, 2019, 12:38 p.m. | Polaris | Cancel debts as white as snow (7) | NIX (cancel) + IOUS (debts) = as white as snow probably the simplest wordplay you can make with this word |
| SANTA (5) | edderiofer | Dec. 24, 2019, 2:03 p.m. | skaldskaparmal | Worker in snowy Arctic, primarily! (5) | S_(ANT)A_ &lit |
| DATA (4) | Sp3000 | Dec. 26, 2019, 1:57 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Partially audited a taxpayer’s information (4) | *D A TA* = information |
| FROSTBITE (9) | Koala | Dec. 29, 2019, 1:02 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Sting from the cold destroyed softer bit (9) | /SOFTERBIT = sting from the cold |
| FAR (3) | Sp3000 | Dec. 29, 2019, 3:11 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Just missing one? Not even close (3) | FAIR (just) missing I (one) = not even close |
| NEW YEAR (3,4) | summitwei | Dec. 31, 2019, 9:03 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | 2020 sheep close to Spooner (3 4) | spoonerism EWE NEAR (sheep close to) |
| RESOLUTION (10) | EpicToast | Dec. 31, 2019, 9:04 p.m. | SoftFro | Concerning the answer to 2560 x 1600, for instance (10) | RE+SOLUTION = [2560 x 1600, for instance] |
| FESTS (5) | Sp3000 | Jan. 2, 2020, 9:30 p.m. | skaldskaparmal | Foreigner's extremely round estimate: "Dos" (5) | Foreigner's extremely = F_S round = containing estimate = EST Making F(EST)S = Dos (plural of Do = party) |
| SPLIT/SPLITS (5/6) | quatrevingtneuf | Jan. 7, 2020, 8:47 a.m. | |||
| FLU (3) | Sp3000 | Jan. 9, 2020, 11:07 p.m. | Penzo | Bug darted around in the audience (3) | "flew" homophone Def: "Bug" |
| FUELS (5) | Sp3000 | Jan. 13, 2020, 11:27 p.m. | Linus | A car's power sources are questionably useful when it doesn't start (5) | (-u)SEFUL* |
| MESSIER (7) | edderiofer | Jan. 19, 2020, 10:48 a.m. | edderiofer | Like some astronomical objects with stars all over the place?! (7) | MESSIER ddef &lit (as in the Messier objects, and because these astronomical objects are messier than others where the stars aren't all over the place) |
| PENNY (5) | quatrevingtneuf | Jan. 20, 2020, 10:04 a.m. | svenmoose42 | Change in the open? Nymphomaniac! (5) | Penny is a coin, so it's change. Wordplay: it's in oPEN NYmpho |
| PARK (4) | AuLeaf | Jan. 21, 2020, 7:20 a.m. | wolf | Stop an impeached Korean president (4) | ddef |
| SEMIAUTOMATIC (13) | skaldskaparmal | Jan. 23, 2020, 8:51 a.m. | prawo | Rifle through Times back issue, Sun's related coverage, and Globe (Mass.) article on Twitch (13) | through Times back issue, Sun's related coverage = through TIMES<, insert AU Globe = O, Mass. = M, article = A, Twitch = TIC Rifle = SEMI(AU)T<+O+M+A+TIC |
| AQUA (4) | skaldskaparmal | Jan. 27, 2020, 10:06 a.m. | Polaris | Queen wears gold and a shade of blue (4) | A(Q)U+A |
| BLUEBIRD (8) | RainedMirror | Jan. 27, 2020, 5:28 p.m. | Linus | Rev. Spooner describes ghost of Mario seen through a Gaussian filter as an omen of happiness (8) | BOO, BLURRED (sorry Mad Jaqk I stole it) |
| GRAMMY (6) | Penzo | Jan. 30, 2020, 2:11 a.m. | Penzo | Disheartened mom taken in by old nana (6) | GRA(M(-o)M)Y = "nana" |
| ACCOMPANY (9) | skaldskaparmal | Jan. 31, 2020, 5:57 p.m. | |||
| PI ( 2) | svenmoose42 | Feb. 3, 2020, 5:20 a.m. | Polaris | They say Shakespeare's plays are encoded in this intellectual property, backwards (2) | IP backwards referring to the myth saying that Shakespeare's plays are encoded in the digits of pi (I find it amusing when really short answers have really long clues) |
| ANY CLUE WHOSE ANSWER IS AN MLP:FIM CHARACTER (?) | edderiofer | Feb. 4, 2020, 3:57 p.m. | skaldskaparmal | Trixie's henchman's songs occasionally describe timeless end (5 or 6) | songs occasionally = S_N_S describe = container timeless = (-t) end = TIP or TAIL, giving S_N_((-t)IP)S or S_N_((-t)AIL)S |
| INEVITABLE (10) | EpicToast | Feb. 8, 2020, 9:58 a.m. | Akumu | B Line twists around Perón but will always arrive in the end (10) | IN(EVITA)BLE* |
| CORONA (6) | phenomist | Feb. 10, 2020, 10:09 a.m. | Akumu | Mythical bird takes flight on a star's outer atmosphere (6) | (down clue) COR< + ON + A |
| VIRUS (5) | wolf | Feb. 10, 2020, 10:21 a.m. | seanm | Contagion makes survival questionable without introduction of vaccines and laws (5) | (SURVI(-V_ A_ L_))* Contagion = definition survival questionable = SURVIVAL* without introduction of vaccines and laws = delete initials VAL |
| ANY CLUE CONTAINING "NO" OR "NOT" (?) | chaotic_iak | Feb. 10, 2020, 7:17 p.m. | EpicToast | Not no no no no no not no no trumpet sound (4) | trumpet sound // (-NO)T (not, no no) + (-N)O (no, no no) + (-N)OT (not, no no) |
| LOVE (4) | EpicToast | Feb. 13, 2020, 9:23 a.m. | EpicToast | Hey, Valentine’s emotion, primarily! (4) | LO + V(-alentine’s) E(-motion) |
| HEARTS (6) | AuLeaf | Feb. 15, 2020, 9:33 a.m. | Timwi | Earth's strange organs (6) | EARTHS* |
| PRESIDENT (9) | mstang107 | Feb. 17, 2020, 8:53 a.m. | Penzo | Political leader backed by party involved in real estate money! (9) | P_+RE(SIDE)NT &lit |
| HAND (4) | Sp3000 | Feb. 17, 2020, 1:22 p.m. | mstang107 | Give Hungary's premier back some codes? (4) | H_+(DNA="some codes" reversed) = "give" |
| DASHING (7) | mstang107 | Feb. 19, 2020, 9:52 p.m. | mstang107 | Gandhi's weirdly attractive (7) | GANDHIS* = "attractive" |
| HAT (3) | Sp3000 | Feb. 20, 2020, 1:05 p.m. | Timwi | Piece of stylish attire! (3) | &lit; hidden word |
| PIERCE (6) | quatrevingtneuf | Feb. 21, 2020, 2:23 p.m. | Akumu | Stick the landing this time (6) | "Stick" = PIER + CE (common era) |
| LOSE (4) | Sp3000 | Feb. 23, 2020, 1:30 p.m. | Timwi | Drop in closer (4) | Hidden word |
| MARRY (5) | Sp3000 | Feb. 25, 2020, 4:49 p.m. | AuLeaf | Train taken by one PM Wed. (5) | Train: RR taken by: container/contents indicator one PM: Prime Minister Teresa MAY Wed: MA(RR)Y |
| CONTEST (7) | Polaris | Feb. 28, 2020, 12:48 a.m. | Linus | Dispute what you get for answering 7 out of the 10 multiple choice questions correctly? (7) | C ON TEST |
| OVERHEAR (8) | Sp3000 | Feb. 29, 2020, 5:13 p.m. | Timwi | Catch attention after top of float fell behind (8) | Attention = EAR float (v.) = HOVER (-h)OVER(+H) + EAR = catch |
| ALADDIN (7) | Timwi | March 2, 2020, 10:56 p.m. | Polaris | A boy accompanied by djinni, oddly! (7) | A+LAD+D_I_N_ &lit |
| PACKET (6) | Sp3000 | March 3, 2020, 1:35 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Bring alien a pouch containing seeds, perhaps (6) | PACK (bring, esp on a trip) + ET (alien) = seed packet e.g. |
| ANY CLUE THAT CONTAINS ITS ANSWER (?) | AuLeaf | March 3, 2020, 1:45 p.m. | AuLeaf | Setter comes to love active passion (4) | L(i->O)VE |
| ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKES JACK A DULL (BOY) | edderiofer | March 4, 2020, 3:58 p.m. | edderiofer | play makes Jack a "𝓓 𝓾𝓵 𝓵𝓑 𝓸𝔂"? (4) | (KEMS(-a))*; plural of "kem", humorously meaning "bad kern" (as in "keming"). |
| NO (2) | chaotic_iak | March 4, 2020, 7:37 p.m. | EpicToast | Negative objection, primarily! | N_ O_ &lit |
| NORMALCY (8) | mstang107 | March 4, 2020, 9:16 p.m. | Timwi | The usual tumultuous clamor in New York (8) | N(CLAMOR*)Y = “the usual” |
| PERU (4) | Linus | March 4, 2020, 9:20 p.m. | Timwi | Country beholden to deeper understanding (4) | _PER U_ |
| SHATTER (7) | Sp3000 | March 6, 2020, 7:42 p.m. | mbingo | Smash hit in South America (Trinidad and Tobago, primarily): "Electioneering" by Radiohead? (7) | def: "smash"; S(H)A+TT+E_+R_ |
| INCANDESCENT (12) | boboquack | March 8, 2020, 4:02 a.m. | AuLeaf | Passionate lineage of Amerindian civilization (12) | INCAN DESCENT |
| SPAR (4) | Sp3000 | March 9, 2020, 12:25 a.m. | Polaris | Disparity displaying dispute (4) | _SPAR_ = "dispute" |
| TOMB (4) | Sp3000 | March 11, 2020, 12:34 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Patriots quarterback’s ultimate destination? (4) | TOM B(rady) |
| SAFE (4) | AuLeaf | March 11, 2020, 5:43 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Turn the inside of the fastener to make it secure (4) | turn *E FAS* to make it = secure |
| TRIP (4) | Sp3000 | March 13, 2020, 1:08 a.m. | Timwi | Trimmed strips fall (4) | _TRIP_ |
| THONGS (6) | Timwi | March 15, 2020, 9:21 a.m. | Polaris | Hordes of people, not wearing essential articles of underwear (6) | THRONGS without the middle R from WEARING def. "articles of underwear" (instead of just "underwear" to make the plural more apparent) |
| WREAKS (6) | Sp3000 | March 15, 2020, 3:09 p.m. | Polaris | Unleashes bad smells from the mouth (6) | sounds like reeks = "unleashes" someone get this guy a breath mint! |
| BABYMETAL (9) | Sp3000 | March 17, 2020, 3:17 p.m. | Polaris | Japanese band mate goes astray in ancient city; no longer on (9) | BABY(MEAT*)L(-on) = "Japanese band" |
| ROBIN HOOD (5, 4) | Timwi | March 18, 2020, 5:53 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Do ghetto crime for Lil’ John’s companion? (5 4) | ROB IN HOOD = robin hood is little john’s companion |
| ISOLATE (7) | quatrevingtneuf | March 20, 2020, 9:23 a.m. | summitwei | Quarantine is ultimately too late (7) | IS+_O+LATE = quarantine |
| ZOOM (4) | SoftFro | March 20, 2020, 12:39 p.m. | Linus | Mature Trails: a place to watch animals streak (4) | M trails ZOO = "streak" |
| ENNUI (5) | Space_Kalak | March 20, 2020, 1:48 p.m. | summitwei | Awful quarantine, suppressing Qatar, leads to boredom (5) | ENNUI(-qatar)* = boredom |
| RAINBOW DASH (7, 4) | Timwi | March 21, 2020, 4:55 a.m. | AuLeaf | Colorful pony has a brown ID, strangely (7,4) | anag. of HASABROWNID |
| SPLATTERSHOT (12) | Sp3000 | March 22, 2020, 8:30 p.m. | Polaris | Splatoon weapon's quiet; the second one's popular (12) | S+P+LATTER+S+HOT |
| DELPHI (6) | Sp3000 | March 24, 2020, 8:43 p.m. | Polaris | City with origin of Pythia! (6) | DEL(P_)HI &lit |
| FINLAND (7) | Sp3000 | March 26, 2020, 9:07 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | This country's fjords head away from the sea (7) | F (first letter of fjords) + INLAND (away from the sea) |
| BASHFUL (7) | Sp3000 | March 28, 2020, 9:51 p.m. | Polaris | Awful fellow finally becomes quiet after boy is withdrawn (7) | B+A(_w->SH)FUL = "withdrawn" |
| FUNHOUSE (8) | Sp3000 | March 30, 2020, 11:08 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Fail to forcibly relocate carnival attraction? (8) | F (fail) + UNHOUSE (forcibly relocate? like evict someone?) = carnival attraction |
| XBOX DEMON (4, 5) | Linus | March 31, 2020, 10:13 p.m. | Polaris | Evil creature lurking in video game console is xenophobic; originally packed up, stripped of energy; catastrophic omen (4, 5) | X_ + BOX(-e)D + EMON* = "Evil creature lurking in video game console" yep this sure is a clue |
| MINT (4) | Timwi | April 1, 2020, 8:31 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Something fresh and new (4) | ddef something fresh (as in the mint plant) and new (as in mint condition) |
| CHRYSOBERYL (11) | Sp3000 | April 2, 2020, 12:16 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Precious girl won't start to weep and moan internally for a golden gem (11) | (c)RY + SOB (weep and moan, but with no first letter) inside CHERYL (name of girl; precious is etymology for better cluing) = golden gem |
| TURNIP (6) | SoftFro | April 2, 2020, 4:20 p.m. | Kit | Redirect host address to acquire root (6) | Redirect->TURN, host address->IP, root being a play on root vegetable or superuser |
| EXONERATION (11) | Sp3000 | April 4, 2020, 12:25 a.m. | Timwi | Pardon former single rogue particle (11) | EX+ONE+RAT+ION = pardon |
| PERSIAN (7) | Timwi | April 4, 2020, 8:22 a.m. | edderiofer | For each type of unit, a classy creature (7) | PER+SI+AN (the only Classy category Pokemon is Persian) |
| FAROE ISLANDS (5, 7) | Space_Kalak | April 5, 2020, 12:42 p.m. | Kit | Adrift, sail for Dane's island territory (5, 7) | SAILFORDANES* |
| TROBAIRITZ (10) | edderiofer | April 5, 2020, 7:58 p.m. | tckmn | I stop turning over crackers to musicians (10) | (TROBAI<)+RITZ |
| SIDEREAL (8) | Polaris | April 5, 2020, 8:25 p.m. | Polaris | Outside the solar system, partly outside reality (8) | _SIDE REAL_ |
| EMBER (5) | chaotic_iak | April 5, 2020, 8:28 p.m. | Kit | Fire dwells in mayhem; be ready (5) | Hidden word: _EM BE R_ |
| COSMIC RAYS (6, 4) | Idontknow | April 5, 2020, 8:31 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Corsica’s my way to arrange for some influence from the sun (6 4) | /CORSICASMY = some influence from the sun |
| PEVERELL (8) | Sp3000 | April 6, 2020, 1:15 a.m. | level | Once in a while, heading off for Plymouth neighbourhood (8) | Once = EVER a while, heading off = (-s)PELL [as in "come in and sit for a spell"] (-s)P(EVER)ELL = Plymouth neighbourhood |
| CIVIL WAR (5, 3) | Kit | April 6, 2020, 7:43 p.m. | Polaris | Leader of cryptics and me: mostly vile, unrefined, backwards conflict (5, 3) | C_+I+VIL_+WAR< |
| BESIDE (6) | Sp3000 | April 8, 2020, 1:36 a.m. | Polaris | Close to best idea, lacking finishing touches (6) | BES(-t) IDE(-a) = "close to" |
| BENDY (5) | Idontknow | April 8, 2020, 2:51 a.m. | Polaris | Flexible ballerina's first to finish; gymnast's second (5) | B_+END+_Y_ = "flexible" "to finish" is the full indicator for END (as a verb) |
| ANOTHER (7) | summitwei | April 8, 2020, 8:53 p.m. | Polaris | One more, I say! Uh... Not that girl (7) | A ("uh") + NOT + HER = "one more" |
| STOP SIGN (4, 4) | Timwi | April 9, 2020, 4:13 a.m. | level | "Example of a mechanism used to artificially introduce pauses in activity..."—IGN (4, 4) | ... = STOPS STOPS+IGN = "Example of a mechanism used to artificially introduce pauses in activity" |
| WALK OF FAME (4, 2, 4) | Sp3000 | April 10, 2020, 1:39 a.m. | level | Public monument to achievement of a home run by PC's 鏡 雨, in short (4, 2, 4) | WALK-OFF+AME [="Public monument to achievement"] |
| SOURDOUGH (9) | Kit | April 10, 2020, 11:32 p.m. | Timwi | Do us rough out there, prospector (9) | DOUSROUGH* = SOURDOUGH* = a prospector in Alaska or northwestern Canada |
| IRON (4) | Timwi | April 12, 2020, 5:59 a.m. | Sp3000 | Press seaweed the other way (4) | IRON< = press |
| ARENDELLE (9) | Sp3000 | April 12, 2020, 6:47 a.m. | Timwi | Frozen people are born, remove the French (9) | ARE + N (born) + DEL (delete=remove) + LE (the, French) = Frozen people (as in ethnicity, not plural of person) |
| CULINARY (8) | level | April 14, 2020, 3:16 a.m. | Polaris | Copper and lithium? Not in the kitchen (8) | CU+LI+NARY = "in the kitchen" def. might be a stretch but M-W gives "of or relating to the kitchen or cookery" so I hope this is ok |
| STARRY (6) OR STORY (5) OR STARRY STORY (6, 5) | Sp3000 | April 14, 2020, 7:03 a.m. | Timwi | Small conservative narrative (5) | S + TORY |
| GO (2) | Timwi | April 14, 2020, 9:49 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Five from Tokyo leave for a trip (2) | GO is japanese (romanized) for 5 = leave for a trip |
| STOP (4) | AuLeaf | April 14, 2020, 10:10 p.m. | wolf | Foil seal (4) | ddef (foil as in foiling a plan, seal as in sealing a bottle) |
| SOCIAL DISTANCING (6,10) | jkittykitkat63 | April 16, 2020, 1:18 a.m. | Polaris | Me, in Southern California? 'Tis crazy, staying inside, dancing and keeping away from others (6, 10) | SOC(I)AL+D(IST*)ANCING = "keeping away from others" |
| TIME STOP (4, 4) | Sp3000 | April 16, 2020, 8:26 a.m. | Timwi | D&D ability permits no right to move around (4, 4) | (PE(-r)MITS TO)* |
| PULL REQUEST (4, 7) | Kit | April 16, 2020, 6:53 p.m. | Timwi | Suggested change to attract demand (4, 7) | PULL (attract) + REQUEST (demand) = suggested change |
| TIM ALLEN (3, 5) | Timwi | April 16, 2020, 10:06 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | American magazine about entirely new actor (3 5) | TIME (american magazine) around ALL (entirely) + N (new) = actor |
| IMPETUS (7) | quatrevingtneuf | April 17, 2020, 10:26 a.m. | Polaris | I am beloved; we are a driving force (7) | I'M+PET+US = "a driving force" (thanks Akumu for the constructive criticism) |
| UTADA HIKARU (5, 6) | Sp3000 | April 18, 2020, 4:34 p.m. | AuLeaf | Prosecutor in the "Mormon state" even picks a group whose debut album was Precious (5,6) | UTA(D.A.)H + _I_K_A_R_U_ |
| BABY SHARK (4, 5) | Timwi | April 19, 2020, 4:42 p.m. | Penzo | Pup's yelp is welcoming bit of home after endless depths of hell (4, 5) | B(ABYS(-s)+H_)ARK = "Pup" (the name for a shark's baby) |
| CORPOREAL (9) | Polaris | April 21, 2020, 2:49 p.m. | Polaris | Substantial hole in coral (9) | COR(PORE)AL |
| FUDDRUCKERS (11) | Akumu | April 21, 2020, 3:16 p.m. | Polaris | American restaurant chain cooks furred ducks (11) | FURRED DUCKS anagram |
| FREUDIAN SLIP (8, 4) | Zimonze | April 22, 2020, 8:39 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Amalia's undressed? Oops - Amalia's son's dress (8 4) | amalia is freud's mother, so his dress is a FREUDIAN SLIP = the oops of "amalia's undressed" |
| PEPPERIDGE FARM (10, 4) | Timwi | April 22, 2020, 3:42 p.m. | Zimonze | A blend of ripe grape fed in the evening from well-known bakery (10, 4) | EPPERIDGEFAR* (anag. RIPE GRAPE FED) in PM (the evening) = well-known bakery |
| SCALAR (6) | Sp3000 | April 22, 2020, 4:29 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Wild rascal lacking direction (6) | /RASCAL = lacking direction |
| DEUSOVI (7) | EpicToast | April 22, 2020, 8:33 p.m. | Polaris | Puzzler's lie in Japanese, accepted by Indian goddess (7) | USO = "lie" in Japanese DEVI = Indian goddess DE(USO)VI |
| INTERNET STALKING (8, 8) | phenomist | April 22, 2020, 8:37 p.m. | Timwi | Pursuing eccentric’s tinkering talent (8, 8) | (S TINKERING TALENT)* = pursuing |
| ENDOTHERMIC (11) | Space_Kalak | April 23, 2020, 6:56 a.m. | Timwi | Kill fresh bug, absorbing heat (11) | END+OTHER+MIC = absorbing heat |
| NECKLACE (8) | Timwi | April 25, 2020, 5:32 a.m. | Polaris | Cackle madly after one headless adornment (8) | (-o)NE+CKLACE* = adornment |
| HEARSE (6) | Sp3000 | April 25, 2020, 6:35 p.m. | Timwi | That guy behind a vehicle carrying coffins (6) | HE (that guy) + ARSE (behind) |
| NICOLAS CAGE (7, 4) | Timwi | April 27, 2020, 2:34 p.m. | Polaris | "Con air" actor and crazy cocaine gals (7, 4) | anagram of COCAINE GALS |
| FUNCTION CALL (8, 4) | Sp3000 | April 28, 2020, 8:14 a.m. | Timwi | Execution order comes first after Jack leaves intersection in autumn (8, 4) | F((-j)UNCTION + C_)ALL = execution order |
| DELIVERY (8) | quatrevingtneuf | April 28, 2020, 10:34 a.m. | Timwi | We ultimately stay during boring speech (8) | D(_E + LIVE)RY = speech |
| AXIS (4) | Zimonze | April 28, 2020, 12:51 p.m. | tckmn | Weapon is for Germany and friends (4) | AX+IS |
| CELERY (6) | Polaris | April 28, 2020, 8:06 p.m. | Polaris | Wild eel and lobster tail acting as stuffing for cored culinary vegetable (6) | cored culinary: C_Y wild eel and lobster tail: ELE*+_R acting as stuffing for: one big insertion indicator C(ELE*+_R)_Y = "vegetable" |
| GEORGE ORWELL (6,6) | AuLeaf | April 29, 2020, 12:23 p.m. | wolf | He wrote about nationalism, "Good! Excellent! Golden! Good! Excellent! Golden! Good!" (6, 6) | Good = G Excellent = E Golden = OR (heraldry) Good = WELL Orwell most definitely did write about nationalism (albeit not in a positive way as the surface implies) |
| LOKI (4) | Sp3000 | April 30, 2020, 4:30 p.m. | AuLeaf | Audibly muted trickster god (4) | "low-key" |
| FEEDBACK (8) | Kit | May 1, 2020, 2:12 a.m. | Polaris | Payment first, double back for criticism (8) | FEE+D_+BACK = "criticism" |
| CATS (4) | Timwi | May 1, 2020, 8:18 a.m. | Zimonze | Musical's terrible acts (4) | CATS* |
| ANTIDOTE (8) | Polaris | May 1, 2020, 10:24 p.m. | Kit | Fool loses eye in bet for cure (8) | ANT(ID(-i)OT)E = cure fool loses eye = ID(-i)OT (eye meaning center) bet = ANTE |
| HAIR (4) | Zimonze | May 2, 2020, 12:54 p.m. | Timwi | Whiff from Thai restaurant (4) | _HAI R_ (whiff = hair = small amount) |
| ATLANTIS (8) | Sp3000 | May 3, 2020, 3:38 a.m. | AuLeaf | In last resort, against a sunken naval power (8) | ATL[ANTI]S* |
| BANGER (6) | Timwi | May 4, 2020, 6:14 a.m. | Kit | Initially, bloody rage creates good music (6) | B_ + ANGER = good music |
| QUARTIC (7) | AuLeaf | May 4, 2020, 4:54 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | After a couple pints, I start to curse to the fourth degree (7) | after QUART (2 pints) I + C (start to curse) = the fourth degree |
| HOOP SNAKE (4, 5) | Sp3000 | May 5, 2020, 5:48 a.m. | Timwi | Noah spoke: “strange creature” (4, 5) | HOOPSNAKE* |
| UNFORTUNATE (11) | Kit | May 5, 2020, 5:25 p.m. | Timwi | Awkward, silly tune about supporting fish (11) | FOR+TUNA about TUNE* UN(FOR+TUNA)TE* = awkward |
| FULL HOUSE (4, 5) | Timwi | May 6, 2020, 7:35 a.m. | Polaris | Venue at max capacity with couple of fundraisers, disorienting us (hello) (4, 5) | FU_ + LLHOUSE* |
| GLOBAL (6) | Zimonze | May 6, 2020, 5:37 p.m. | Penzo | Lady holds throw blanket (6) | G(LOB)AL = "blanket" (like "a blanket term") |
| WITH THE LIGHTS OUT (4, 3, 6, 3) | Sp3000 | May 7, 2020, 8:07 p.m. | Polaris | Bizarre thought: "Whistle it--the Nirvana box set" (4, 3, 6, 3) | anagram of THOUGHTWHISTLEIT |
| BOOMER (6) | tasthing | May 8, 2020, 8:46 a.m. | Timwi | 50’s person plucking leaf off flower (6) | B(-l)OOMER |
| CHROMATIC (9) | Zimonze | May 8, 2020, 6:03 p.m. | Timwi | Colorful talk about fixed storage discs, even (9) | CH(ROM)AT + _I_C_ = colorful |
| PENALTY (7) | Polaris | May 9, 2020, 11:05 p.m. | Timwi | Judge's verdict ordered aplenty (7) | APLENTY* |
| BETA (4) | Timwi | May 10, 2020, 4:49 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Wager a test (4) | BET (wager) + A = test |
| ATROPOS (7) | Sp3000 | May 10, 2020, 6:12 p.m. | Polaris | Goddess of fate is relevant: power becomes time (7) | A(p->T)ROPOS |
| HEYAWAKE (8) | Polaris | May 12, 2020, 3:36 p.m. | edderiofer | Oi! Alert: a puzzle! (8) | HEY+AWAKE |
| BOB MARLEY (3, 6) | Zimonze | May 12, 2020, 6:20 p.m. | Timwi | Returning action hero wrapped in unkosher blanket for Jamaican singer-songwriter (3, 6) | B(OBMAR<)L(-u)EY |
| BELLA SWAN (5, 4) | Sp3000 | May 13, 2020, 11:39 p.m. | Timwi | Vampire lover disrupts NBA as well (5, 4) | BELLASWAN* = vampire lover |
| SLITHERLINK (11) | Timwi | May 15, 2020, 7:56 a.m. | Polaris | Numberlink, but replace senseless part with mixed-up LITS and bit of Heyawake for another puzzle genre (11) | NUMBERLINK, but replace NUMB (senseless part) with SLIT*+H_ |
| TOWER OF HANOI (5, 2, 5) | tasthing | May 15, 2020, 3:19 p.m. | Polaris | Ow! No! For I hate nonsensical mathematical puzzle (5, 2, 5) | OWNOFORIHATE* is there even a way to clue this without just a straight anagram |
| METALLIC PUNISHER (8, 8) | Sp3000 | May 15, 2020, 11:58 p.m. | Polaris | Encountered every hip hop duo playing, uh, siren song from "Arcaea" (8, 8) | MET + ALL + ICP (Insane Clown Posse, hip hop duo) + UNISHER* |
| MONOCHROME (10) | Timwi | May 18, 2020, 6:44 p.m. | Polaris | Endless romp in Spanish night after moment that's black-and-white (10) | MO+NOCH(ROM_)E = "black-and-white" |
| HEALTH (6) | Polaris | May 18, 2020, 9:18 p.m. | Timwi | Cure thorium for well-being (6) | HEAL+TH |
| BASS (4) | Timwi | May 20, 2020, 11:32 p.m. | Penzo | Audibly low! (4) | Homophone of "base" (as in low/vulgar) &lit (low-pitched voice) |
| DRAGON (6) | sarathegood | May 21, 2020, 8 p.m. | AuLeaf | Donkey's beginning to tease Donkey's mate (6) | D_+RAG ON (ref. Shrek) |
| WEALTH (6) | Polaris | May 22, 2020, 11:48 p.m. | Timwi | Break the law for money (6) | THELAW* |
| CHINE (5) | Space_Kalak | May 25, 2020, 4:32 p.m. | Polaris | Spine-breaking niche (5) | CHINE* def. "spine" as given by M-W |
| COMPATIBLE (10) | Kit | May 26, 2020, 11:26 p.m. | Timwi | No charm able to be packed in harmony (10) | COMPA(-c)TIBLE = in harmony |
| SUMMER (6) | Zimonze | May 27, 2020, 10:01 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | To heat things up, you and I change positions for a hot time (6) | SIMMER (to heat things up) but U changes to I = a hot time |
| SORE (4) | quatrevingtneuf | May 29, 2020, 2:36 p.m. | Timwi | Pain from breaking Eros (4) | SORE* |
| ANY CLUE THAT'S A VALID ACNH PASSPORT TITLE (?) | SoftFro | May 30, 2020, 3:08 p.m. | ManyPinkHats | Friendly Type (4) | KIND ddef. |
| ATP (3) | wolf | June 5, 2020, 8:48 a.m. | Zimonze | Trivia game begins agonizing tenacious puzzlers (3) | inits (ATP = Attack The Pack, Wolf's trivia game) |
| APT (3) | Zimonze | June 5, 2020, 9:10 a.m. | SoftFro | Topless Gap suit's close fitting (3) | Topless Gap = AP suit's close = _T fitting = APT |
| TAP (3) | jkittykitkat63 | June 6, 2020, 9:29 a.m. | |||
| PAT (3) | quatrevingtneuf | June 6, 2020, 3:04 p.m. | |||
| PTA (3) | AuLeaf | June 9, 2020, 9:39 a.m. | madjaqk | Tap out from school organization (3) | "tap": fodder "out": anagrind "school organization": PTA (Parent-Teacher Association) I don't have any issue with "wordplay from definition", but I know others will object |
| AGNOMY (6) | SoftFro | June 14, 2020, 2:48 p.m. | SoftFro | Many go crazy for heyawake author (6) | AGNOMY* = [heyawake author] |
| SNAPCHAT (8) | quatrevingtneuf | June 29, 2020, 6:10 p.m. | |||
| COQ AU VIN (3, 2, 3) | prawo | July 1, 2020, 8:22 p.m. | |||
| FOURTH OF JULY (6, 2, 4) | Zimonze | July 3, 2020, 9:01 p.m. | |||
| INDEPENDENCE DAY (12, 3) | AuLeaf | July 4, 2020, 6:15 a.m. | Zimonze | Devastated, NYPD needed a nice holiday (12, 3) | anagram NYPD NEEDED A NICE = holiday |
| PARTICIPATION (13) | Zimonze | July 13, 2020, 7:29 a.m. | AuLeaf | Opening with a photo, in reverse; then into violent engagement (13) | PART I + (CIP A)< + TION* Ref. Memento |
| LANDSKNECHT (11) | Space_Kalak | July 14, 2020, 1:24 p.m. | mbingo | Slovakia goes after Luxembourg's capital and then backtracks, capturing Czech leader and German mercenary (11) | def: "German mercenary"; L_+AND+SK+(NE(C_)HT<) |
| ANOMALY (7) | mbingo | July 27, 2020, 12:17 p.m. | zonotope | It's unusual for a flight boarding over there to go west (7) | A + Y(LAM)ON rev. / it's unusual |
| ABNORMALITY (11) | lovemathboy | July 28, 2020, 6:22 p.m. | mbingo | A corrupt Tony Blair has major flaw (11) | def: "flaw"; A+(BNOR(M)ALITY*) |
| TYPO (4) | flatluigi | July 30, 2020, 11:31 a.m. | mbingo | Something you might find in faulty poetry! (4) | def: &lit; _TY PO_ |
| SAMPLE (6) | Zimonze | Aug. 1, 2020, 11:36 a.m. | mbingo | Try and slap me silly (6) | def: "try"; SAMPLE* |
| MEDIOCRE (8) | mbingo | Aug. 3, 2020, 2:54 p.m. | Zimonze | Ordinary doctor backed hospital area with type of blood (8) | Ordinary / MEDI(O)C+RE< MEDIC backed ER with O |
| CROSSWORD CLUE (9, 4) | flatluigi | Aug. 3, 2020, 4:48 p.m. | mbingo | What you're reading from foremost of credible sources: "World in disarray" (9, 4) | def: "what you're reading"; C_+(ROSSWORD CLUE)* |
| FERRET (6) | Zimonze | Aug. 9, 2020, 10:32 a.m. | flatluigi | Investigate panic around emergency room (6) | fret + ER |
| FORGERY (7) | mstang107 | Aug. 10, 2020, 3:12 p.m. | mstang107 | Fake fossil has two reindeer heads in different places (7) | FO(R)GE(R)Y |
| PRISTINE (8) | mbingo | Aug. 13, 2020, 3:31 p.m. | euphemia | Middle Eastern state bans alcohol for religious ideals primarily pure (8) | PALESTINE - ALE + [R]eligious + [I]deals |
| TABOO (5) | Space_Kalak | Aug. 15, 2020, 2:52 p.m. | Zimonze | Banned and burnt a book's contents (5) | def: "banned"; _T A BOO_ |
| ANY ANSWER RELATED TO SPEEDRUNNING (?) | flatluigi | Aug. 16, 2020, 9:12 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Quickly move stabilizer from one side to the other? (6) | SPLINT (stabilizer) L->R (one side to the other) = SPRINT (quickly move) |
| NEW/OLD (3) | AuLeaf | Aug. 16, 2020, 10:19 a.m. | euphemia | It’s something of a wedding tradition for knowledge to doubly lose its edges and turn evenly odd. (3) | KNOWLEDGE -> NOWLEDG -> OWLED OWLED -> OLD KNOWLEDGE -> KNOWL -> NOW NOW -> NEW def: "something old, something new ..." |
| STRIPED (7) | mstang107 | Aug. 19, 2020, 12:25 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Like a zebra’s stomach lining: a bit distended? (7) | ’S + TRIPE (stomach lining) + D (ended with a bit of DIST) = like a zebra |
| AUGUST (6) | Space_Kalak | Aug. 19, 2020, 2:58 p.m. | AuLeaf | Laugh at Rusty taking clothes off repeatedly this month (6) | (-l)AUG(-h) (-a)(-t) (-r)UST(-y) |
| CANDLE (6) | Space_Kalak | Aug. 23, 2020, 3:59 p.m. | AuLeaf | Dessert topping at some parties, amidst music and levity (6) | _C AND LE_ |
| ANY PUNCTUATION MARK (?) | flatluigi | Aug. 25, 2020, 6:04 p.m. | Zimonze | "Quickly! Run in!" exclaimed a shortstop (4) | quickly run = _D A SH_ |
| TWENTY-TWO (6-3) | Space_Kalak | Aug. 27, 2020, 4:04 p.m. | euphemia | Taylor Swift’s feeling like a terrible catch (6-3) | Ddef Taylor Swift’s feeling = twenty two (song lyrics, ’s used as possessive) A terrible catch = catch 22 |
| ENTRENCH (8) | Kit | Aug. 27, 2020, 8:03 p.m. | |||
| CHARTREUSE (10) | Idontknow | Aug. 29, 2020, 6:09 p.m. | navi | Green diagrams detailed second part of a recycling slogan (10) | diagrams detailed = CHARTS - S second part of a recycling program = REUSE (from "reduce, reuse, recycle") |
| HATSUNE MIKU (7, 4) | Sp3000 | Aug. 30, 2020, 8:45 a.m. | wolf | Japanese singer tops a French man a thousand times between me and you (7, 4) | HATS+UNE+M+I(K)U |
| AUTUMN (6) | Space_Kalak | Sept. 1, 2020, 3:51 a.m. | davidfaraci | Fall for aunt? Awfully, uhh, disturbing (6) | (AUNT)*awfully >> AUT{UM}N |
| DISINFECT (9) | level | Sept. 1, 2020, 8:40 p.m. | navi | Purify relentless disease in middle of prefecture (9) | purify = DIS[ease] ("relent"-less) + IN + [pre]FECT[ure] |
| ANY CLUE WHOSE WORDPLAY IS A REBUS (?) | AuLeaf | Sept. 4, 2020, 8:11 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Creative product of artisans?! (3) | ART is ans |
| BATTERY (7) | Space_Kalak | Sept. 5, 2020, 8:52 a.m. | Space_Kalak | Cannon assault (7) | ddef; a group of cannon can be a battery, and battery is a form of assault |
| SCREED (6) | SoftFro | Sept. 6, 2020, 11:19 a.m. | mbingo | In trouble? Take the fifth—away with lengthy speech (6) | def: "lengthy speech"; SCRE(-w)ED |
| BUNKUM (6) | chaotic_iak | Sept. 9, 2020, 8:15 a.m. | mbingo | Small roll with a bit of ketchup and, um… baloney (6) | def: "baloney"; BUN+K_+UM |
| BASEBALL (8) | Space_Kalak | Sept. 9, 2020, 9:35 a.m. | mbingo | BABA IS ME! Finally grabbed by it—at its core, skillful game (8) | def: "game"; BA(_S+_E)BA+_LL_ |
| ALLEY-OOP (5-3) | lydian | Sept. 11, 2020, 9:17 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | This particular flashy move might be a mistake on a sketchy street? (5-3) | a questionable ddef; an OOP(s? i think it's fine without) in an ALLEY |
| OMEGA (5) | Space_Kalak | Sept. 15, 2020, 10:31 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Home galaxy tried to cover up symbol of the resistance (5) | *OME GA* = symbol of the resistance (ohms are denoted by uppercase omega) |
| SLACKS (6) | skaldskaparmal | Sept. 18, 2020, 4:57 p.m. | Firetruck | Old person pants from scarcity in Social Security (6) | S(LACK)S: Old person pants=def, Social Security =SS, scarcity = LACK |
| DELVE (5) | chaotic_iak | Sept. 18, 2020, 7:54 p.m. | AuthorialIntent | Explore land's end with Santa's helpers, for the most part (5) | 'explore' = def, 'land's end' = D, 'Santa's helpers, for the most part' = ELVES - last letter = ELVE, D + ELVE = DELVE |
| PORRIDGE (8) | Space_Kalak | Sept. 19, 2020, 11:11 a.m. | Space_Kalak | Prison food? (8) | Porridge is a 1950s British slang term for a prison, popularised by a 1970s sitcom. Porridge is also a food. |
| JUNCTURE (8) | chaotic_iak | Sept. 21, 2020, 5:50 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Medical treatment took two heads, shifted them downwards, and swapped them around to produce a connection (8) | TINCTURE (medical treatment); take the two heads TI, caesar shift them down by one to get UJ, then switch their positions to get JU. |
| PRONUNCIATION (13) | agnijo | Sept. 21, 2020, 7:46 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Literary scholars may debate this point: a unicorn is nonsense (13) | /POINTAUNICORN = literary scholars may debate this |
| UNCHES (6) | DiscordantAnt | Sept. 21, 2020, 9:48 p.m. | AuLeaf | Half of "unchessboard" white squares found orthogonally adjacent to exactly three black squares, or two on opposite sides, maybe (6) | UNCHES_ (ref. Uncyclopedia) |
| SHOWMAN (7) | Space_Kalak | Sept. 23, 2020, 11:18 a.m. | Firetruck | Quiet lady flipped her lid at barker (7) | SH + (swap W,O in WOMAN) |
| NEPOTISM (8) | Firetruck | Sept. 24, 2020, 7:44 a.m. | Sp3000 | Prioritising one's own time, free up one's Monday (8) | Down clue only Prioritising one's own = (NEPO+T)< + I'S + M |
| ROLLER COASTER (6, 7) | lydian | Sept. 25, 2020, 7:52 a.m. | skaldskaparmal | Spooner's fuel for a fire or an oven is something quite unpredictable (6, 7) | Spoonerism of COAL OR ROASTER Def Something quite unpredictable |
| WHY (3) | skaldskaparmal | Sept. 25, 2020, 2:49 p.m. | prawo | Consider donating bit of food for deserving cause (3) | cause = WHY (noun) Consider = this is a recipe bit of food = ORT deserving = W(ORT)HY |
| ZHUZH (5) (OR ZHOOSH (6)) | Firetruck | Sept. 26, 2020, 8:24 a.m. | Linus | 𝙸𝙽𝙲𝙸𝙽𝙴𝚁𝙾𝙰𝚁, in the first half, got written up and then fell over to the left, to add spice (5) | 𝙸𝙽𝙲𝙸𝙽, written upward and then rotated to the left, is ZHUZH. Def = "add spice." Thanks AuLeaf and Deusovi for the tense and font corrections |
| TWITTER (7) | Space_Kalak | Sept. 27, 2020, 11:33 a.m. | navi | Write letters once or thrice for social media (7) | "letters once or thrice" indicates letter bank on WRITE => TWITTER |
| INCINERATE (10) | wolf | Sept. 27, 2020, 8:58 p.m. | edderiofer | New age in start to fire (10) | INCI(N+ERA)TE |
| ABSTAIN (7) | chaotic_iak | Sept. 28, 2020, 5:30 a.m. | Firetruck | Blood-type discoloration on fabric? Give up. (7) | AB+STAIN |
| GAUNTLET (8) | Firetruck | Sept. 29, 2020, 8:45 a.m. | Firetruck | Throw gluten at speaker of “Wizard needs food, badly!” (8) | (GLUTENAT)*, quote is from the NES game Gauntlet |
| COFFEE (6) | skaldskaparmal | Sept. 29, 2020, 5:22 p.m. | AuLeaf | Starbucks drink is $100 in price (6) | C+OF+FEE |
| COMMENSURATE (12) | Sp3000 | Oct. 1, 2020, 12:24 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | In line with snare tangled around you during a trip (12) | /SNARE (tangled) around U in COMMUTE (a trip) = in line with |
| OCTOBER (7) | Space_Kalak | Oct. 1, 2020, 11:40 a.m. | Firetruck | Legendary “Robotech Hotel” is missing for part of the year (7) | (ROBOTECH)*-H |
| FULL MOON (4, 4) | level | Oct. 1, 2020, 11:44 a.m. | prawo | Joke about low, low, low night light (4,4) | Joke = FUN (verb) low, low, low = L+L+MOO |
| PACHYDERM (9) | Firetruck | Oct. 2, 2020, 8:49 a.m. | wolf | Political group that gutted Hillary is red - interrupting a Democrat! (9) | &lit (republicans are symbolized as elephants) Political group: PAC (like a Super PAC) gutted Hillary: H_Y red: R interrupting: insertion a democrat: DEM PAC+H_Y+DE(R)M |
| MELIORISM (9) | chaotic_iak | Oct. 4, 2020, 5:51 a.m. | Firetruck | Simmer oil - sautéed things always turn out better (9) | (SIMMEROIL)* |
| GRAVITY (7) | Space_Kalak | Oct. 5, 2020, 11:51 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | A characteristic of beer: it's responsible for attraction between bodies (7) | ddef |
| DERRIDA (7) | wolf | Oct. 6, 2020, 10:28 a.m. | Firetruck | I read & recommend cutting out the meat, deconstructing! (7) | (I + READ + (RECOMMEND-ECOMMEN))* |
| FOREBEAR (8) | Firetruck | Oct. 6, 2020, 12:04 p.m. | Firetruck | Support nude, outspoken ancestor (8) | “For” + “bare” |
| GYMNASTIC(S) (9 OR 10) | skaldskaparmal | Oct. 8, 2020, 11:03 a.m. | matts | Arena rapper's repetative movements include somersaults and cartwheels (10) | GYM + NAS + TICS |
| PERTINACIOUS (12) | Firetruck | Oct. 10, 2020, 7:53 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Incessant religious nonsense: a cretin lies within (12) | /ACRETIN inside PIOUS (religious) = incessant |
| ALARM (5) | quatrevingtneuf | Oct. 14, 2020, 8:30 a.m. | skaldskaparmal | Weird performer: "What's up my sleeve? It'll shock you!" (5) | Weird performer = AL What's up my sleeve = ARM It'll shock you = AL+ARM |
| BARNUM (6) | Timwi | Oct. 14, 2020, 10:01 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Ban rum cocktail as Bailey's companion? (6) | /BANRUM = bailey's companion, as in the barnum&bailey circus. surface reading implies bailey's, the irish cream liqueur |
| KILN (4) | chaotic_iak | Oct. 15, 2020, 5:08 a.m. | skaldskaparmal | What produced the pots Link smashed? (4) | anagram of LINK |
| DOOMSCROLL (10) | Space_Kalak | Oct. 15, 2020, 5:27 a.m. | wolf | Modern bad habit that destroyed Sodom in Genesis caused a tumble (10) | Modern bad habit: def destroyed Sodom: DOOMS* in Genesis, caused: C_ tumble: ROLL |
| ODDLY (5) | wolf | Oct. 16, 2020, 11:03 p.m. | Firetruck | Yvie won, did play regularly! (5) | Yvie Oddly is a winner of RuPaul's Drag Race. wOn DiD pLaY |
| HOMOLOGATE (10) | Firetruck | Oct. 17, 2020, 7:46 a.m. | edderiofer | Sanction scandal after Home Office unit has nothing (10) | HO+MOL+O+GATE |
| KAMALA HARRIS (6, 6) | AuLeaf | Oct. 17, 2020, 7:51 a.m. | sarathegood | Insight: penetrating alarm irks agitated senator (6, 6) | KAMAL(AHA)RRIS* |
| WATERLOO (8) | wolf | Oct. 19, 2020, 5:59 a.m. | AuLeaf | Lao wrote peculiar hit song for ABBA (8) | WATERLOO* |
| MOTORCYCLE (10) | skaldskaparmal | Oct. 19, 2020, 5:20 p.m. | mstang107 | Stooge owning model car, perhaps (owning, like, some model cars), and 150 speed bike (10) | MO(TO(RC)Y+CL)E = "Speed bike" MOE = "Stooge", TOY = "Model car, perhaps", RC = "Like some model cars", CL = "150" |
| BROWN (5) | chaotic_iak | Oct. 19, 2020, 9:27 p.m. | mbingo | Baker with empty stomach? Have toast (5) | def: toast; B_R+OWN |
| GENERAL (7) | mstang107 | Oct. 19, 2020, 9:59 p.m. | Firetruck | Officer in Eugene rally (7) | euGENE RALly |
| ELECTION (8) | Space_Kalak | Oct. 22, 2020, 9:54 a.m. | wolf | During negative occurrence, Republican switched to Independent! (8) | &lit ELECT[r->I]ON |
| ADDUCE (6) | Firetruck | Oct. 22, 2020, 11:13 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Offer up a pair of points for discussion (6) | homophone (for discussion) of A DEUCE (a pair of points) = offer up |
| MASTIFF (7) | mstang107 | Oct. 23, 2020, 12:23 a.m. | wolf | Dog mom's image file (7) | MA'S TIFF |
| BALLOT (6) | Space_Kalak | Oct. 26, 2020, 11:26 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Better start to distribute a list of names for consideration (6) | B (start of better) + ALLOT = a list of names |
| UNIBROW (7) | skaldskaparmal | Oct. 28, 2020, 8:07 a.m. | AuLeaf | Feature of Bert's uniform: horizontal section with end of pen clipped to the left side (7) | U+NIB+ROW (well the tip is an end) |
| PUMPKIN (7) | Space_Kalak | Oct. 30, 2020, 11:40 a.m. | Firetruck | Blow up family? It's great for Charlie Brown (7) | PUMP + KIN |
| CANDY CORN (5, 4) | Firetruck | Oct. 30, 2020, 11:58 a.m. | mstang107 | Comestible at first glance; and initially yummy, approximately... or not! (5, 4) | C_+AND+Y_+C+OR+N &lit |
| TRICK (5) | mstang107 | Oct. 30, 2020, 12:20 p.m. | mstang107 | Prank time, Mr. Astley! (5) | T+RICK |
| TREAT (5) | Rubix | Oct. 30, 2020, 12:20 p.m. | Firetruck | Consider nipple exposing restricted (5) | T(R)EAT |
| NOR (3) | chaotic_iak | Oct. 30, 2020, 12:24 p.m. | skaldskaparmal | Neither partner involved in snorkeling (3) | Hidden word defined by Neither partner. |
| POLICE (6) | edderiofer | Oct. 31, 2020, 9:31 a.m. | edderiofer | Law enforcement are shit parasites using up oxygen (6) | PO(-o)+LICE |
| CHOBANI (7) | dylanamite | Nov. 1, 2020, 6:51 p.m. | Firetruck | Yogurt and aldehyde inhibit me (7) | CHO + BAN + I |
| FEASTED (7) | Rubix | Nov. 2, 2020, 8:45 p.m. | navi | "Ate nothing!" "Ate almost nothing!" "Ate a lot..." (7) | FASTED (ate nothing) "ate" E (epsilon, almost nothing) = FEASTED (ate a lot) |
| OUTCOME (7) | Space_Kalak | Nov. 3, 2020, 10:48 a.m. | mbingo | Fallout shelter time (standard in the outskirts of Orono, Maine) (7) | def: "fallout"; O(UTC)O+ME |
| PRECIPICE (9) | Firetruck | Nov. 3, 2020, 12:27 p.m. | mbingo | Cost includes elevated fee—run away, it's steep (9) | def: "it's steep"; PR(ECI(-r)P<)ICE [down clue only] |
| PENNSYLVANIA (12) | wolf | Nov. 5, 2020, 7:04 a.m. | padi | Stall hosts new country singer outside an Amtrak station (12) | PE(N)N+SYLV(AN)IA = "Amtrak station" |
| REPLY (5) | edderiofer | Nov. 5, 2020, 10:06 p.m. | edderiofer | In chess, Black's move, after White's! (5) | punny ddef. &lit; a "ply" in chess is a single move, so Black's move after White's would be a "re-ply" as well as just being a reply. |
| MALARKEY (8) | Firetruck | Nov. 6, 2020, 12:18 p.m. | mstang107 | Massachusetts worker switched from center to right? That's bullshit! (8) | MA+LA(C->R)KEY = "That's bullshit!" |
| DIPPY (5) | Timwi | Nov. 6, 2020, 12:23 p.m. | Firetruck | Ill-advised homemade drapes - extremely soft (5) | DI(PP)Y |
| ELECTORAL COLLEGE (9,7) | agnijo | Nov. 6, 2020, 12:47 p.m. | Firetruck | Undemocratic system from naked fight with Connecticut, Oregon, Alabama, and Colorado (alleged to be naked) (9,7) | mELEe + CT + OR + AL + CO + aLLEGEd |
| BIDEN (5) | wolf | Nov. 7, 2020, 8:41 a.m. | AuLeaf | "No Trump" declarer bid with east against north (5) | BID+E+N |
| REMEMBRANCE (11) | Space_Kalak | Nov. 7, 2020, 10:54 a.m. | Firetruck | Nostalgia about the speed of light breaking barrier (11) | RE + MEMBRAN(C)E |
| INTEGRAL (8) | Firetruck | Nov. 8, 2020, 6:10 p.m. | Sp3000 | Essential meta finally added to unfinished puzzle hunt without one (8) | Essential = _A in INTEG(-i)RL(-s) |
| REPROVE (7) | chaotic_iak | Nov. 9, 2020, 7:57 a.m. | agnijo | Once again demonstrate theorem is correct (7) | ddef: "Once again demonstrate theorem" is RE-PROVE and "correct" is REPROVE |
| SYNECDOCHE (10) | phenomist | Nov. 10, 2020, 10:11 p.m. | Firetruck | Taking one for the team, our star romantically kissed a principal for the audience (10) | "SUN NECKED A KEY" |
| OREGON TRAIL (6, 5) | mstang107 | Nov. 11, 2020, 10:59 a.m. | summitwei | Regal trio on strange route (6, 5) | OREGONTRAIL* |
| UNDERGROUND (11) | Zimonze | Nov. 11, 2020, 12:52 p.m. | wolf | Where Dostoevsky's notes can be found split apart without initial subtext or pretext (11) | Where Dostoevsky's notes can be found: def (Notes from Underground) split apart without initial subtext: (-s)UNDER pretext: GROUND (in legal terms) |
| ANECHOIC (8) | ev3commander | Nov. 11, 2020, 12:56 p.m. | lydian | Strangely, each coin is non-reflective (8) | ANECHOIC* = "non-reflective" |
| HOMOPHONE (9) | Firetruck | Nov. 11, 2020, 4:04 p.m. | agnijo | Sounds like bigot lost job finally and got a lesson, at last (9) | "Sounds like"=HOMOPHOBE-B+N |
| FILLER (6) | Idontknow | Nov. 12, 2020, 4:21 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Failing crossword solver? (6) | F + ILLER (ailing) = crossword solver |
| ANTEPENULTIMATE (15) | Tiralmo | Nov. 12, 2020, 4:21 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | A ten-minute plate cooked up near the end (15) | /ATENMINUTEPLATE = near the end |
| THOUSAND (8) | agnijo | Nov. 12, 2020, 4:22 p.m. | Timwi | k, you smooth (8) | THOU (you) + SAND (smooth, v.) = k |
| PENULTIMATE (11) | flatluigi | Nov. 12, 2020, 4:25 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Not last, but late: met up in shambles (11) | /LATEMETUPIN = not last |
| BORAT (5) | Timwi | Nov. 12, 2020, 7:53 p.m. | mstang107 | Sacha Baron Cohen movie: good or great time! (5) | B+OR+A+T |
| NONARY GAME (6, 4) | phenomist | Nov. 12, 2020, 10:31 p.m. | Idontknow | Zero Escape escape challenge? Nope, not ready (6, 4) | "Zero Escape escape challenge" = NO+NARY+GAME |
| OREO (4) | bags | Nov. 13, 2020, 12:54 p.m. | Firetruck | Creme center, mostly between two disks! (4) | O + cREme + O |
| POLYSEMOUS (10) | Firetruck | Nov. 13, 2020, 4:18 p.m. | Timwi | Permitting multiple interpretations is bad, so employ us (10) | SOEMPLOYUS* |
| CHTHONIC (8) | phenomist | Nov. 14, 2020, 10:43 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Describing “The Devil Wears Prada”, maybe, as taking up time to be with one’s lover (8) | CHIC (wears prada, maybe) taking T (time) with HON (lover) = describing the devil |
| EXISTENTIAL (11) | skaldskaparmal | Nov. 15, 2020, 3:07 p.m. | Firetruck | I let anti-sex constituents produce a kind of angst (11) | (ILETANTISEX)* |
| ARAPAIMA (8) | bags | Nov. 15, 2020, 3:09 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | A hit! Target: a rare catch in Animal Crossing (8) | A + RAP (hit) + AIM (target) + A = rare catch in animal crossing |
| LAME DUCK (4, 4) | Firetruck | Nov. 15, 2020, 4:25 p.m. | bags | Poor Donald is one (4,4) | LAME ("Poor") + DUCK ("Donald is one", ref. Donald Duck), &lit |
| RARE CANDY (4, 5) | Tiralmo | Nov. 16, 2020, 6:46 p.m. | Tiralmo | Red, cyan and yellow in goldenrod for blue (4 5) | RARE(=red)+C+AND+Y = item purchased in Goldenrod Radio Tower for Blue Card points |
| BABEL (5) | Timwi | Nov. 16, 2020, 8:34 p.m. | Tiralmo | Babylon's marvel had most of its constituents scattered to the winds! | BAB(-ylon's marv)EL &lit |
| ALEATORIC (9) | Firetruck | Nov. 17, 2020, 4:57 p.m. | Firetruck | Random pervert: "La erotica" (9) | LAEROTICA* |
| BUTTERSCOTCH (12) | bags | Nov. 17, 2020, 5 p.m. | Timwi | Candy bar, right within supermarket, leads to itchy belly (12) | BUT (bar, as in “all bar one” = “all but one”) + TE(R)SCO + _TCH_ = candy |
| CINNAMON (8) | edderiofer | Nov. 18, 2020, 12:06 a.m. | Firetruck | Non-manic Scary Spice (8) | NONMANIC* |
| DONUT (5) | phenomist | Nov. 18, 2020, 11:47 p.m. | level | Break a November streak with sweet, creamy hole (5) | DO NUT [= "sweet, creamy hole"] |
| ECHO (4) | Space_Kalak | Nov. 19, 2020, 10:09 a.m. | ev3commander | Some tech offering! (4) | &lit, the Amazon Echo is a tech product and hidden in tECH Offering |
| ZYDECO (6) | SoftFro | Nov. 19, 2020, 10:10 a.m. | Firetruck | Lazy decor reveals Cajun style (6) | laZY DECOrations |
| YO MAMA (2, 4) | bags | Nov. 19, 2020, 5:13 p.m. | flatluigi | Cellist doubles last instead of first for a joke? (2 4) | YOYO MA -> YO MAMA |
| XERXES (6) | wolf | Nov. 19, 2020, 6:23 p.m. | phenomist | Former king backed second king (6) | "king" = (EX-REX)< + S |
| SKYSCRAPER (10) | Kit | Nov. 19, 2020, 7:18 p.m. | lydian | Building in Cypress Park is out of order, without a permit, at first (10) | "Building" = SKYSCRAPER(-p)* [anagram "Cypress Park" and remove a "p"] |
| ANECDOTE (8) | Firetruck | Nov. 20, 2020, 5:52 p.m. | Firetruck | One cadet spun yarn (8) | ONECADET* |
| BIFURCATION (11) | ev3commander | Nov. 20, 2020, 7:03 p.m. | bags | You lie about helping to accept cold breakup (11) | (U FIB)< + R•ATION<(C) // def. "breakup" |
| CRAFT (5) | bags | Nov. 21, 2020, 5:16 p.m. | mbingo | Trade relationship's origin is, in fact, corrupt (5) | def: "trade"; C(R_)AFT* |
| DIAERESIS (9) | phenomist | Nov. 21, 2020, 5:20 p.m. | Timwi | Strange desire is a sign (9) | DESIREISA* |
| ANY CLUE THAT'S &LIT AND A QUESTIONABLE DEF?! (?) | Tiralmo | Nov. 21, 2020, 6:41 p.m. | anagramist | This one's quite a bad flat & late end! Lunacy? Garbage?! (3,4,4'1,&3,3,1,12,3?!) | anagram |
| R'LYEH (5) | Timwi | Nov. 22, 2020, 12:07 p.m. | skaldskaparmal | Hey, loser! Remove your quite unnecessary innards and come back to the nightmare corpse city, built in measureless aeons behind history by the vast loathsome shapes that seeped down from the dark stars. (5) | HEY L_R backwards |
| CALLIPYGIAN (11) | Firetruck | Nov. 22, 2020, 6:10 p.m. | bags | Before paying, excitedly shout "I like snacks!" (11) | CALL ("shout") + I before PYGIAN*("PAYING, excitedly") // def. "like snacks", 'snacks' being slang for attractive people |
| HEAD (4) | Space_Kalak | Nov. 23, 2020, 10:15 a.m. | skaldskaparmal | Brain, stomach, foot, teeth, heart, and skin (4) | stomach foot = H teeth heart = E and skin = AD Def is Brain, as in "use your brain/use your head" |
| GALLIPOLI (9) | phenomist | Nov. 23, 2020, 5:38 p.m. | skaldskaparmal | Turkey part from Thanksgiving, finally wholly cut up and eaten by two (9) | _G+ALL+I(POL<)I = Turkey part (down clue only) |
| MOZART (6) | bags | Nov. 23, 2020, 9:47 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Genius prisoner returns from Alcatraz: ominous... (6) | *TRAZ OM*< = genius |
| AMADEUS (7) | wolf | Nov. 23, 2020, 10:07 p.m. | Firetruck | Falco wants to be rocked by this Spanish love god (7) | AMA + DEUS |
| SALIERI (7) | flatluigi | Nov. 23, 2020, 10:07 p.m. | skaldskaparmal | Mozart? He's not Israeli. That's ridiculous. (7) | ISRAELI* = Mozart he's not |
| WOLFGANG (8) | Rubix | Nov. 23, 2020, 11 p.m. | flatluigi | Puck's pack? (8) | wolfgang, wolf gang ;) |
| TURKEY (6) | Tiralmo | Nov. 24, 2020, 6:40 a.m. | Tiralmo | Jailer gives nary a quarter; three strikes (6) | TUR(-n...)KEY: bowling term for three consecutive strikes |
| OVERSATURATION (14) | lydian | Nov. 24, 2020, 7:18 a.m. | wolf | Mars rover endlessly digs into planet to find location of celestial body with no end in sight (14) | Mars rover endlessly: anagram of ROVE(-r) digs into planet to find: container in SATURN location of: AT celestial body: IO with no end in sight: def |
| YURT (4) | lovemathboy | Nov. 24, 2020, 10:39 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Unoriginal dairy product is a Mongolian creation (4) | YOGURT (dairy product) - OG (original) = mongolian creation |
| MOGUL (5) | Firetruck | Nov. 24, 2020, 6:17 p.m. | Timwi | VIP hiding in Alamo Gulf (5) | _MO GUL_ = VIP |
| WHATEVER (8) | Idontknow | Nov. 25, 2020, 4:51 p.m. | Tiralmo | Hate in West Virginia emergency room doesn't matter (8) | W(HATE)V+ER = "doesn't matter" |
| VULTURE (7) | phenomist | Nov. 25, 2020, 5:41 p.m. | bags | Bird Box, dropping abhorrent lead, about to get “Universal” rating (7) | VAULT (“Box”) minus A (“abhorrent lead”) + RE (“about”) surrounding U (“‘Universal’ rating”) // def. “Bird” |
| BELLY-SIDE UP (5-4, 2) | bags | Nov. 25, 2020, 11:38 p.m. | Firetruck | Lead took over for Bono, it is rumored, in Egg Style To The Heavens (5-4,2) | "SONNY"->sunny, replace Lead Belly (blues guy) belly with sunny in sunny-side up |
| WAIF (4) | InvalidD | Nov. 26, 2020, 4:39 a.m. | bags | Homeless person was given that small cut (4) | WAS ("was") + IF ("given that") - S ("small cut") // def. "Homeless person" |
| GO-SLOW (2-4) | edderiofer | Nov. 26, 2020, 8:36 a.m. | flatluigi | George Washington starts going around capital protest (2-4) | GW around OSLO for 'protest' |
| RETRONYM (8) | Firetruck | Nov. 27, 2020, 10:30 a.m. | Idontknow | Wired might be trying to indicate, this Thursday, half of NY's metro is to be brought down with its terminal decommissioned (8) | nysmetro -> etronysm R+ETRONY(-(it)s)M = Wired might be trying to indicate this Questionable definition courtesy of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_retronyms#Retronymic_adjectives |
| ADVENT (6) | Space_Kalak | Nov. 27, 2020, 10:30 a.m. | Firetruck | Spot chimney before Santa comes (6) | AD + VENT |
| BIG BROTHER (3, 7) | wolf | Nov. 27, 2020, 10:39 a.m. | wolf | Older sibling's dazzling, bright robe (3, 7) | BRIGHTROBE* |
| GOBBLE (6) | phenomist | Nov. 27, 2020, 6:21 p.m. | bags | Wolf or turkey's cry (6) | double definition: "Wolf" (verb) // "turkey's cry" |
| AHEAD OF THE CURVE (5, 2, 3, 5) | bags | Nov. 28, 2020, 2 a.m. | Firetruck | Have cheated? Four deviations above normal (5, 2, 3, 5) | HAVECHEATEDFOUR* |
| INTRINSIC (9) | Firetruck | Nov. 29, 2020, 10:58 a.m. | Firetruck | His nature is alternatively primal instinct or innate (9) | alternativrs of hIsNaTuReIs + primes of instinct: NSIC |
| WETLANDS (8) | Idontknow | Nov. 29, 2020, 1:43 p.m. | Firetruck | Washes alt-left amid travels (8) | WE(ALT<)NDS |
| YEW (3) | wolf | Nov. 29, 2020, 4:14 p.m. | mbingo | Reportedly, the person reading this is a plant (3) | def: "a plant"; "you" |
| ETERNITY (8) | chaotic_iak | Nov. 29, 2020, 5:46 p.m. | ev3commander | Enter strange city--become topless forever (8) | (ENTER)*+_ITY = forever |
| AFRO (4) | bags | Nov. 30, 2020, 10:56 a.m. | skaldskaparmal | Playing fa or do (4) | FAOR* = (hair)do |
| TRIP THE LIGHT FANTASTIC (4, 3, 5, 9) | Sp3000 | Dec. 1, 2020, 5:59 p.m. | flatluigi | Dance, tap, flit: night theatrics! (4 3 5 9) | *TAPFLITNIGHTTHEATRICS |
| BUCKET (6) | mstang107 | Dec. 1, 2020, 7:41 p.m. | Firetruck | Charlie, one day you'll kick it (6) | ddef (Charlie Bucket) |
| LIST (4) | phenomist | Dec. 2, 2020, 12:33 a.m. | level | cant enumerate | ddef |
| PFIZER (6) | wolf | Dec. 2, 2020, 12:50 a.m. | bags | Pharmaceutical company President that makes a buzz after losing a bit of sleep (6) | def. "Pharmaceutical company" // P (President) + FIZZER (that makes a buzz) minus Z (a bit of sleep: sleeping is denoted as ZZZZZ.... so, a bit of sleep is just one Z) |
| DECEMBER (8) | Tiralmo | Dec. 2, 2020, 7:52 a.m. | Tiralmo | Half-decent: gets coal at Christmastime (8) | DEC_+EMBER |
| COLORADO (8) | bags | Dec. 2, 2020, 1:44 p.m. | ev3commander | Dye a braid red in Spain (8) | COLOR A DO (as in hairdo) -> red in Spain |
| UNSWEETENED (11) | ev3commander | Dec. 2, 2020, 6:48 p.m. | Tiralmo | You state and state - wear away - state finally in the end "an unpleasant taste" (11) | "go write NSW clues" - ev, during conversation on "state" in cryptics. U+NSW & "eat" + EN(_E)D = an unpleasant taste (nothing to do with *STATE here, nosiree...) |
| PLASTIC (7) | skaldskaparmal | Dec. 3, 2020, 5:03 p.m. | Firetruck | "Credit card?!" *slap* *slap* *twitch* (7) | SLAP*+TIC |
| TOMATO (6) | bags | Dec. 4, 2020, 6:10 p.m. | summitwei | Salad ingredient made out of peeled specks at one, initially (6) | (-a)TOM(-s)+AT+O_=salad ingredient |
| POTATO (6) | Tiralmo | Dec. 4, 2020, 6:14 p.m. | summitwei | Salad ingredient made out of peeled specks at one, initially (6) | (-s)POT(-s)+AT+O_=salad ingredient |
| ROTATOR (7) | wolf | Dec. 4, 2020, 6:15 p.m. | Firetruck | One who spins a hill back and forth (7) | ATOR< palindrome |
| BOLLIX (6) | Firetruck | Dec. 4, 2020, 6:33 p.m. | Firetruck | Err, the head of @Level51 is stuck in box (6) | BO(L + LI)X |
| ANNOTATOR (9) | phenomist | Dec. 4, 2020, 7:07 p.m. | Firetruck | Marginal writer in the year of ink with gold (9) | ANNO + TAT + OR |
| PAN (3) | Space_Kalak | Dec. 6, 2020, 1:49 p.m. | skaldskaparmal | Pot roast (3) | ddef |
| ANY CLUE WHOSE SURFACE CONTAINS A CROSSWORD CLUE | agnijo | Dec. 6, 2020, 3:48 p.m. | skaldskaparmal | A winning clue: "It's consumed after trot about Equestria, primarily? (5)", for example (4, 9) | Inner clue is TORT*+E, being a dessert, it's defined by "It's consumed after". Outer clue is It's is a connector "consumed" = ATE trot = CANTER Equestria, primarily = E_ (5), for example = NUM giving "A winning clue" = CANT(E_+NUM)ER+ATE (from https://cryptics.jackbrounstein.com/contest/1055-list-4) |
| BAOBAB (6) | bags | Dec. 6, 2020, 8:14 p.m. | flatluigi | blood, blood, blood, blood, blood, blood, tree (6) | Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood |
| SYZYGY (6) | phenomist | Dec. 7, 2020, 9:37 a.m. | flatluigi | "It's all lined up for the crowd!" says a G (6) | vox(says a G) |
| EXTRA (5) | skaldskaparmal | Dec. 7, 2020, 5:32 p.m. | bags | Additional bit of sex training (5) | hidden in sEX TRAining // def. "Additional" |
| EXTRACT (7) | ev3commander | Dec. 7, 2020, 5:35 p.m. | mstang107 | Passage from strange text arc (7) | TEXTARC* |
| JE T'AIME (2, 1'4) | bags | Dec. 9, 2020, 1:19 p.m. | AuLeaf | Black robot setter's declaration of amour (2, 1'4) | JET+A.I.+ME |
| MON DIEU (3, 4) | Sp3000 | Dec. 9, 2020, 11:31 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | You and I get separated at the end of the world in a foreign land... quel désastre! (3 4) | U and I separated at the end of MONDE (world in french, which i guess is a foreign land to most in this server) = quel désastre (another french interjection with similar usage) |
| TORTE (5) | edderiofer | Dec. 10, 2020, 12:14 a.m. | Kit | Cake with some biscuit or tea (5) | biscuiT OR TEa |
| CARTOUCHE (9) | Space_Kalak | Dec. 10, 2020, 2:10 p.m. | Deusovi | Oblong vehicle that hit me (9) | oblong = def (as a noun) CAR = vehicle TOUCHE = "that hit me" (as in fencing) |
| BOO-BOO (3-3) | Idontknow | Dec. 10, 2020, 8:22 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Breast half-exposed... oops, a mistake (3-3) | BOOB (breast) + OO (half of oops) = a mistake |
| TWELVE (6) | bags | Dec. 11, 2020, 4:17 p.m. | Firetruck | Number of drummers? Two? Almost? Eleven? No...multiples of three...(6) | TW + ELeVEn |
| NIGHTLY (7) | skaldskaparmal | Dec. 11, 2020, 5:41 p.m. | mbingo | Actress from Love Actually heard every… single… evening (7) | def: "every single evening"; "Knightley" |
| MARKOV (6) | wolf | Dec. 11, 2020, 11:35 p.m. | Firetruck | Grade over 50%. Who studied, not knowing much history? (6) | MARK + OV |
| ANY CLUE WHOSE SURFACE READS AS AN EQUATION (??) | Firetruck | Dec. 12, 2020, 8:08 a.m. | Sp3000 | Yup, x = x = 0 (1-4) | Wordplay: YA + X IS Def: x = 0 |
| MIXMASTER (9) | bags | Dec. 13, 2020, 7:36 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Join up around holiday baking equipment (9) | MITER (a type of join) around XMAS (holiday) = baking equipment |
| TINSEL (6) | Space_Kalak | Dec. 14, 2020, 2:17 p.m. | bags | Christmas decoration endlessly glistens in a magical way (6) | [G]LISTEN*[S] // def. "Christmas decoration" |
| ANY CLUE WHOSE SURFACE COMPLIMENTS A PUZZLER (??) | Tiralmo | Dec. 14, 2020, 6:09 p.m. | Sp3000 | Outstanding Deusovi, extremely smart and genuine at heart — is he ultimately God? (13) | Outstanding = D_I + STING ("smart") + _U_ + IS HE + _D |
| ANY CLUE/ANSWER REFERENCING A CHRISTMAS SONG (?) | flatluigi | Dec. 15, 2020, 4:11 p.m. | Penzo | Flirtatious lyrics woman has arranged! (3, 1, 4, 3, 9, 2, 3) | ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU* &lit |
| AIRING OF GRIEVANCES (6, 2, 10) | phenomist | Dec. 15, 2020, 4:13 p.m. | skaldskaparmal | Holiday discussion about being accepted by Jesus of Nazareth (King of the Jews) that was embraced by reverend, was interrupted by good game between professionals (including famous actor McKellen) (6, 2, 10) | about = OF Jesus of Nazareth (King of the Jews) = INRI reverend = REV good game = GG professionals = ACES famous actor McKellen = IAN giving Holiday discussion = A(I(R(IN(G(OF)G)RI)EV)AN)CES |
| BLIZZARD (8) | Idontknow | Dec. 15, 2020, 4:14 p.m. | Tiralmo | Big reptile gets twice as much sleep during wintery conditions (8) | B+LI(Z→ZZ)ARD |
| SPLANCHNIC (10) | edderiofer | Dec. 16, 2020, 4:33 a.m. | AuLeaf | Intestinal pains; clench awkwardly without hope, ultimately (10) | SPLANCHNIC(-_e)* |
| DEFLATE (7) | bags | Dec. 16, 2020, 4:36 p.m. | Sp3000 | Discourage three consecutive notes (7) | Discourage = D+E FLAT+E |
| BY-PRODUCT (2-7) | InvalidD | Dec. 16, 2020, 5:43 p.m. | Firetruck | Side effect of chanting, "PURCHASE...GOOD...." (2-7) | "Buy"+PRODUCT |
| CLUE WITH DIFF ANS WHEN A LETTER IS REMOVED (???) | Sp3000 | Dec. 16, 2020, 6:32 p.m. | AuLeaf | She co-starred in "Vanilla Sky" with actor Terry of "Everybody Hates Chris" and "Brooklyn-Nine-Nine", reportedly (4/6) | She co-starred in "Vanilla Sky": Penelope CRUZ ("Crews") He co-starred in "Vanilla Sky": Tom CRUISE ("Crews") |
| MODERATOR (9) | Tiralmo | Dec. 17, 2020, 3:07 p.m. | mbingo | Dream with our leader (chaotic) leads to Tiralmo's first (and last) run for open PC position (9) | def: "open PC position"; M(O_)DERA*+T_O+R |
| COW (3) | skaldskaparmal | Dec. 17, 2020, 4:21 p.m. | Sp3000 | Lower half of chicken (3) | One that lows = COW(-ard) |
| ESSE (4) | Idontknow | Dec. 17, 2020, 10:58 p.m. | skaldskaparmal | Soul sees *Inside Out* (4) | Put the EE inside of SEES on the outside |
| BEIGNET (7) | wolf | Dec. 18, 2020, 5:32 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Good books about finish of cream-coloured pastry (7) | NT (good books, as in new testament) about the end of BEIGE (cream-coloured) = pastry |
| MINCE PIE (5, 3) | Space_Kalak | Dec. 18, 2020, 2:29 p.m. | mbingo | Christmas treat with orally fresh, herbal flavor—behold (5, 3) | def: "Christmas treat"; "mint spy" |
| CARP | Kit | Dec. 18, 2020, 6:41 p.m. | bags | Complain about role-playing (4) | def. "Complain" // CA ("about") + RP ("role-playing") |
| GO (2) | bags | Dec. 19, 2020, 2:10 a.m. | flatluigi | Leave some clothing on (2) | clothinGOn |
| VOTING (6) | lydian | Dec. 19, 2020, 4:22 p.m. | Firetruck | Deciding to recall governor with just one little problem (6) | DECIDING = def G(NIT)OV< |
| IS (2) | phenomist | Dec. 19, 2020, 6:23 p.m. | mbingo | Essentially "exists" in English! (2) | def: &lit; _IS_; _IS_ that is, this has two pieces of wordplay: exISts (indicated by "essentially") and englISh (clued by "in") |
| INSIDE BASEBALL (6, 8) | Firetruck | Dec. 20, 2020, 12:41 p.m. | frictionlessemu | Intimate knowledge of what happens at Rays home games? (6, 8) | ddef ("Intimate knowledge of" for the idiomatic sense and "what happens at the Rays home games?" because the Tampa Bay Rays are the only MLB team currently playing in a stadium with an non-retractable dome) |
| ANY CLUE WHICH INCORPORATES A CAESAR CIPHER (?) | bags | Dec. 21, 2020, 12:43 p.m. | agnijo | Cheryl's turned 13, only (6) | PURELY = ROT13 of CHERYL |
| ELEEMOSYNARY (12) | Firetruck | Dec. 22, 2020, 12:46 p.m. | Firetruck | Gratuitous, brutal melee unfortunate? Nay, rosy (12) | MELEE* + NAYROSY* |
| FESTIVE (7) | Space_Kalak | Dec. 23, 2020, 9:20 a.m. | Sp3000 | Merry time in New York had by quintet (7) | Merry = EST ("time in New York", or Eastern Standard Time) in FIVE |
| KRAMPUS (7) | wolf | Dec. 23, 2020, 9:38 a.m. | wolf | Creature of demonic mark ups (7) | KRAMPUS* |
| PANICKING (9) | Tiralmo | Dec. 23, 2020, 9:55 a.m. | Linus | A secret solver tradition: before starting gift, Santa is in pain (9) | PA(NICK)IN + G_ |
| KABOOM (6) | bags | Dec. 23, 2020, 6:20 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Running amok around the middle of jamboree making a loud noise (6) | /AMOK around jamBOree = a loud noise |
| SANITY (6) | phenomist | Dec. 24, 2020, 1:05 p.m. | Sp3000 | Reason Secret Solver participant didn't finish and took one year (6) | reason = SANT(-a) taking one + year = SAN(I)T(-a)Y This clue brought to you by Sp3000@BADSANTA. |
| BOXING DAY (6, 3) | Firetruck | Dec. 26, 2020, 9:41 a.m. | Firetruck | Archibald shouted, "Releasing personal info about controversial film director right now!" (6,3) | spoonerism on "doxxing bay" |
| CLICK (5) | Sp3000 | Dec. 26, 2020, 7:34 p.m. | Firetruck | What a mouse does with a bit of cheese: probe with tongue (5) | C+LICK |
| AULD LANG SYNE (4, 4, 4) | Space_Kalak | Dec. 27, 2020, 10:13 a.m. | Firetruck | Yule slang (and translation!) that's heard at year's end (4,4,4) | YULESLANGAND* |
| ✈️ (BE CREATIVE ON THE WORDPLAY) (1) | Firetruck | Dec. 28, 2020, 6:07 p.m. | Firetruck | It looks like a kiss with an ex was found around Mystery Hunt authors (1) | It looks like xX, def = found around ✈️✈️✈️Galactic Trendsetters✈️✈️✈️ |
| TWENTY-ONE (6-3) | Tiralmo | Dec. 31, 2020, 7:14 a.m. | Firetruck | Throw around two ten-yen at Blackjack (6-3) | TWOTENYEN* |
| BEGINNING (9) | Space_Kalak | Dec. 31, 2020, 10:33 a.m. | Kit | Start turn after request (9) | start = BEG + INNING |
| STARBOARD (9) | ev3commander | Dec. 31, 2020, 12:16 p.m. | Firetruck | Year's end, looking back: Rat? Pig? Dragon at the beginning? Right? (9) | S + RAT< + BOAR + D |
| PORT (4) | flatluigi | Dec. 31, 2020, 12:17 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | I'm left to bring cargo into the harbor (4) | I'M left IMPORT (bring cargo into) = harbor. left is not the def hehehe |
| DETAIL(S) (6 OR 7) | Firetruck | Jan. 1, 2021, 8:02 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | How to get user to use certain feature (6) | de-tail USER to make USE = certain feature |
| DENTAL FLOSS (6, 5) | bags | Jan. 2, 2021, 1:38 a.m. | wolf | Medical field’s failure of a meme is some flimsy shit (6, 5) | Medical field: DENTAL failure: F a meme: LOSS some flimsy shit: def |
| DIAGONALISATION (15) | agnijo | Jan. 2, 2021, 11:51 a.m. | Firetruck | Decode cipher stashed snugly, enclosed within internal cubbyholes, progressively distinguishing alphabetical accoutrements, incomprehensible interconnection defragmentation, like this! (15) | Diagonalization of the words makes DIAGONALISATION, which is like "diagonalization" but spelled in a weird way (-; |
| MYST (4) | Firetruck | Jan. 3, 2021, 8:15 p.m. | Space_Kalak | Video game wasn't a hit for the audience? (4) | homophone "missed" |
| OSSOFF (6) | wolf | Jan. 3, 2021, 11:02 p.m. | Sp3000 | SoftFro has son oust oddly torn politician from Georgia (6) | OSTROFF ("SoftFro" IRL) with T_R_ ousted by S = politician from Georgia |
| WARNOCK (7) | frictionlessemu | Jan. 4, 2021, 5:12 a.m. | mstang107 | Los Angeles suburb, according to reverend candidate Raphael | Spoonerism of NORWALK = "candidate Raphael" |
| PERIHELION (10) | Space_Kalak | Jan. 4, 2021, 10:40 a.m. | dohz | Persian spirit has meeting with Norse goddess; it’s more or less positive by the time the sun draws near (10) | PERI+HEL+ION Persian spirit = PERI Norse goddess = HEL it’s more or less positive = ION |
| TETCBN (6) | mstang107 | Jan. 4, 2021, 1:53 p.m. | flatluigi | The error that cannot be named, primarily! (6) | &lit |
| MUSEUM (6) | EpicToast | Jan. 4, 2021, 5:25 p.m. | padi | Headless emus join bizarre emu gallery (6) | eMUS EMU* = gallery |
| CAMEMBERT (9) | Idontknow | Jan. 4, 2021, 6 p.m. | Firetruck | Cat caught first mouse with small, glowing piece of cheese (9) | CA(M+EMBER)T |
| NO-SEE-UM (2-3-2) | Firetruck | Jan. 6, 2021, 10:43 a.m. | Firetruck | Said, "no replacing Mew in Museum of Insect" (2-3-2) | "MUSEUM" replacing "mew" with "no" |
| AD NAUSEAM (2, 7) | phenomist | Jan. 6, 2021, 10:50 a.m. | Firetruck | One doctor, unamused, went on and on (2, 7) | A + UNAMUSED* |
| SEDITION (8) | bags | Jan. 6, 2021, 4:24 p.m. | Firetruck | Senate issue?! (8) | S + EDITION, &lit...kinda |
| HYDE (4) | edderiofer | Jan. 6, 2021, 8:17 p.m. | Firetruck | Park near half-demolished fragrant compound (4) | ALDEHYDE - ALDE, Hyde Park being the park |
| SIKH (4) | wolf | Jan. 6, 2021, 8:19 p.m. | Kit | Religious follower? Just kidding, no end to a bit of heresy (4) | religious follower = SIK(-e) + H |
| CONGRATULATIONS (15) | flatluigi | Jan. 7, 2021, 11:16 p.m. | Firetruck | Way to go about saturating colon (15) | SATURATINGCOLON*, "way to go"=def |
| ANY CLUE WHICH CONTAINS EXACTLY ONE LETTER (?) | Space_Kalak | Jan. 8, 2021, 10:48 a.m. | agnijo | |>1=O (6) | KET+ONE, def is "=O" |
| CHIVALRY (8) | dohz | Jan. 8, 2021, 11:41 a.m. | Kit | No one horse has this bare group of knights (8) | group of knights = C(-a)(_HI_)VALRY cavalry = horse (military definition) |
| CHARMANDER (10) | bags | Jan. 9, 2021, 9:16 a.m. | AuLeaf | Firestarter filling exotic dancer with pain (10) | C(HARM)ANDER* |
| BRIC-A-BRAC (4-1-4) | Firetruck | Jan. 9, 2021, 12:48 p.m. | AuLeaf | Fabric (abracadabra!) conceals trinkets (4-1-4) | _BRIC ABRAC_ |
| ABRACADABRA (11) | phenomist | Jan. 9, 2021, 12:50 p.m. | Firetruck | Jerk wearing great undergarmets that makes the magic happen (11) | A BRA(CAD)A BRA |
| SHARPIE (7) | mstang107 | Jan. 10, 2021, 1:01 a.m. | wolf | Dog breed with twisted tail: it is usually black (7) | SHAR PEI -> SHARPIE |
| HIDE AND SEEK (4, 3, 4) | AuLeaf | Jan. 10, 2021, 8:32 p.m. | mstang107 | Writhing snake... he died for a children's game (4, 3, 4) | SNAKEHEDIED* = "A children's game" |
| KICKOFF (7) | wolf | Jan. 11, 2021, 8:59 a.m. | wolf | Eliminate exciting event (7) | ddef (KICK OFF/KICKOFF) |
| POINTLESS (9) | Firetruck | Jan. 11, 2021, 1:11 p.m. | phenomist | Game to have two seconds to become international (9) | "have" = POSSESS; two seconds = SS, international = INTL, "Game" = PO(ss→INTL)ESS |
| GAME CHANGER (4, 7) | bags | Jan. 11, 2021, 11:27 p.m. | Kit | Foreman obtains robot suit, it's revolutionary (4, 7) | it's revolutionary = GA(MECHA)NGER |
| FERROUS (7) | Space_Kalak | Jan. 12, 2021, 10:54 a.m. | wolf | Metallic wheel of some sort, it sounds like (7) | “ferris” |
| UBNIQU (6) | dohz | Jan. 12, 2021, 5:09 p.m. | edderiofer | Reaction to puzzle element with number 121 displaying natural cleverness (6) | UB(N+IQ)U = "reaction to puzzle" |
| INTERESTING (11) | Kit | Jan. 12, 2021, 10:43 p.m. | dohz | Exciting to be relaxing after endless winter (11) | (-w)INTE(-r)+RESTING |
| LAWYER (6) | mstang107 | Jan. 13, 2021, 12:29 a.m. | bags | Advocate for woman wearing coat (6) | def. "Advocate" // W ("woman") inside ("wearing") LAYER ("coat") |
| MIT (3) | Idontknow | Jan. 13, 2021, 12:34 a.m. | Projectyl | Origin of much computer science! (3) | M(uch) + I.T.; &lit |
| BONK (4) | padi | Jan. 13, 2021, 2:06 a.m. | InvalidD | Bishop on king action (4) | Def: action (sexual activity) Wordplay: B+ON+K |
| COMMENCED (9) | Sp3000 | Jan. 13, 2021, 9:30 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Began to be congratulated on reducing onset of disease fivefold (9) | COMMENDED (congratulated), D (onset of disease) -> C (500 > 100) = began |
| BIVOUAC (7) | ev3commander | Jan. 13, 2021, 2:17 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Taxi carrying you and circle of six returns to shelter (7) | CAB (taxi) carrying U (you), O (circle), and VI (six) -> CA[UOVI]B reversed = shelter |
| COIN (4) | Firetruck | Jan. 14, 2021, 10:07 p.m. | Projectyl | One way to pay to assume joint risk? Not sure (4) | "A way to pay" = def; CO-INSURE ("to assume joint risk") - SURE |
| FOUND (5) | chaotic_iak | Jan. 14, 2021, 10:08 p.m. | Joman | Discovered Dylanamite's coin: head became foggy first (5) | def: discovered Dylanamite's coin = POUND head became foggy first = P -> F =FOUND |
| MAKE DO (4, 2) | bags | Jan. 15, 2021, 10:36 p.m. | dohz | Male baker unwrapped dough without complaint to survive (4, 2) | M+(-b)AKE(-r)+DO(-ugh) |
| ANSWER (6) | Idontknow | Jan. 15, 2021, 10:52 p.m. | dohz | A compass points right to the solution (6) | A+NSWE+R |
| SILENCE (7) | flatluigi | Jan. 16, 2021, 11:05 a.m. | dohz | License to edit and censor (7) | SILENCE* |
| EXHAUSTION (10) | Space_Kalak | Jan. 17, 2021, 10:06 a.m. | dohz | The anxious, distressed fatigue (10) | EXHAUSTION* |
| PROJECTION (10) | Sp3000 | Jan. 18, 2021, 9:10 a.m. | dohz | First time means jack in insurance estimate (10) | PRO(t->J)ECTION |
| PERPENDICULAR (13) | wolf | Jan. 18, 2021, 9:12 a.m. | dohz | For each awaiting, short of a pair, rimless eyepieces are steep (13) | PER+PENDI(-ng)+(-o)CULAR(-s) |
| INSTITUTE (9) | summitwei | Jan. 18, 2021, 10:44 a.m. | dohz | Idol takes time to lose sizable heart for a bit of influence, following trendy society (9) | IN+ST(a->I)TU(T)E |
| BE NOISY (2, 5) | flatluigi | Jan. 18, 2021, 11:11 a.m. | dohz | Make a fuss working to take one back and replace you with myself (2, 5) | B(ENO<)(u->I)SY |
| CELLAR DOOR (6, 4) | dohz | Jan. 19, 2021, 2:29 p.m. | AuLeaf | Recall horrid sort of odor in basement entrance (6,4) | CELLAR*+DOOR* oh no what's in the basement D: |
| BOUGIE (6) | Firetruck | Jan. 22, 2021, 11:46 a.m. | Firetruck | Fancy-pants up in unidentified aircraft (6) | BO(U)GIE |
| MYSTERY (7) | Space_Kalak | Jan. 22, 2021, 12:01 p.m. | Firetruck | Why the author's sidelines shout was "yer out!" (7) | MY + ShouT + YER* |
| AEGILOPS (8) | dohz | Jan. 23, 2021, 2:37 p.m. | Firetruck | Grass emerges from rotten spoilage (8) | SPOILAGE* |
| OUT (3) | Firetruck | Jan. 24, 2021, 12:09 p.m. | Firetruck | Released scream, killing silence (3) | SHOUT - SH |
| EVENING (7) | Idontknow | Jan. 24, 2021, 12:12 p.m. | Firetruck | Time of day for laying flat? | ddef: evening (time of day) and even-ing (making more level or flat) |
| ENVOY (5) | Space_Kalak | Jan. 25, 2021, 2:54 p.m. | dohz | Messenger aboard maiden voyage (5) | _EN VOY_ |
| WHINGE (6) | Firetruck | Jan. 26, 2021, 1:02 p.m. | Firetruck | Grouse wing has hot sauce on the bottom (6) | W(H)ING+saucE |
| FAKE (4) | madjaqk | Jan. 26, 2021, 1:05 p.m. | Firetruck | Gender-swapped fashion fantasy (4) | swap M->F in MAKE (=fashion) |
| CRAB RAVE (4, 4) | wolf | Jan. 27, 2021, 7:02 a.m. | dohz | Bend backward and forward for a viral music video (4, 4) | CRA<+BRAVE |
| SPOON-FEED (5-4) | dohz | Jan. 27, 2021, 2:59 p.m. | AuthorialIntent | Constantly give crap in tin, iron and lead every second (5-4) | S(POO)N FE+_E_D |
| GREEN PAINT (5, 5) | chaotic_iak | Jan. 28, 2021, 11:07 a.m. | dohz | Core of disagreement with North Pole’s leader isn’t an item of little significance (5, 5) | (-disa)GREE(-ment)+N+P_+AINT |
| PRAXIS (6) | Firetruck | Jan. 29, 2021, 7:08 a.m. | dohz | Praise cut short, interrupted by a kiss to get action (6) | PRA(X)IS(-e) |
| CHECK (5) | Space_Kalak | Jan. 29, 2021, 3:01 p.m. | dohz | Chaotic heckler seizes control (5) | _C HECK_ |
| ARACHNOPHOBE (12) | Kusane | Jan. 30, 2021, 9:14 p.m. | Firetruck | Furiously abhor one chap who might not like _Charlotte's Web_ (12) | ABHORONECHAP* |
| SCHMEAR (7) | Firetruck | Jan. 31, 2021, 3:37 p.m. | dohz | Leader of militia in frantic search for cover (7) | SCH(M_)EAR* |
| PASSE-PARTOUT (5-7) | ev3commander | Jan. 31, 2021, 4:19 p.m. | Firetruck | Phineas's companion is outmoded, average spy (12) | PASSÉ (=outmoded) + PAR (=average) + TOUT (=spy), from _Around the World in 80 Days_ |
| SUDOKU (6) | dohz | Jan. 31, 2021, 5:49 p.m. | majickace | Press up, down, enter, up after the end of this logic game (6) | _S+(U+D+OK+U) |
| LOGGING (7) | madjaqk | Feb. 1, 2021, 10:57 p.m. | Kit | Reporting great gains increasing principals in $GME position, perhaps (7) | reporting = LO(G_G_I_)NG |
| REALIZE (7) | Kit | Feb. 2, 2021, 2:04 p.m. | dohz | Become aware of Area 51, head off to meet zany extraterrestrial leaders (7) | (-a)REA+LI+(Z_+E_) |
| ETUI (4) | Space_Kalak | Feb. 2, 2021, 3:08 p.m. | Kit | Elegant container with useful items, primarily! (4) | &lit ET + U_ + I_ |
| AAA (3) | Idontknow | Feb. 2, 2021, 4:22 p.m. | Firetruck | They can get you a tow from a hot lava flow (3) | A+ AA |
| CRYPTID (7) | Firetruck | Feb. 3, 2021, 8:01 a.m. | AuLeaf | One leaves awfully dirty pic for a large-footed guy who's into the wood, say (7) | CRYPTID(-i)*; Bigfoot has large feet and lives in the wood |
| SPIRAL GALAXY (6, 6) | wolf | Feb. 3, 2021, 8:04 a.m. | Tiralmo | I'll x-ray... *gasp* a twisted cluster, like a pinwheel or a whirlpool (6,6) | SPIRAL GALAXY* = Pinwheel galaxy or Whirlpool galaxy (or star cluster) |
| LWOJLA (6) | edderiofer | Feb. 3, 2021, 8:32 a.m. | TangentOfA | Law for Julia's odd suggestion (6) | L_W_O_J_L_A |
| NOPE (4) | EpicToast | Feb. 3, 2021, 10 a.m. | dohz | An op-ed featuring an expression of dissent (4) | _N OPE_ |
| MIBNT (5) | mstang107 | Feb. 3, 2021, 11:18 a.m. | AuthorialIntent | Awesome university hosts a puzzle hunt (5) | MI(BN)T mibnt means awesome, right? |
| LUCIFER (7) | SKOG | Feb. 3, 2021, 12:51 p.m. | mbingo | Kevin Wald, sitting between limbo's entrance and chaotic fire, is the devil (7) | def: "the devil"; L_+UC+IFER* Kevin Wald is Ucaoimhu, or Uc for short |
| QAZVIN (6) | Sp3000 | Feb. 3, 2021, 7:02 p.m. | dohz | Start to quantify the set of integers between one and five in the calligraphy capital of Iran (6) | Q_+(A+Z+V)+IN |
| NORSEMEN (8) | ChrisWeedPiano | Feb. 3, 2021, 10:39 p.m. | tckmn | Mountaineers, possibly, overlooking tops of Urdanostindene, Tjørnholstind, and Istind! (8) | NORSEMEN(-u_t_a_i_)* &lit |
| SIC (3) | dohz | Feb. 4, 2021, 5:57 p.m. | Firetruck | Written back the same way! (3) | CIS< (cis- meaning the same, sic meaning to write a quote verbatim, including mistakes) |
| GO BRRR (2, 4) | Firetruck | Feb. 5, 2021, 8:36 a.m. | TangentOfA | Odd Goodbar or dry printer action (2, 4) | G_O_B_R _R _R_ def: (money) printer action |
| III (3) | Idontknow | Feb. 5, 2021, 7:07 p.m. | mstang107 | "Veni, vidi, vici" ends Roman figure (3) | _I + _I + _I = "Roman figure" |
| VOTE (4) | Tiralmo | Feb. 6, 2021, 9:44 p.m. | dohz | Pivoted pocketed pick (4) | _VOTE_ |
| DEFINITION (10) | Kusane | Feb. 6, 2021, 10:29 p.m. | AuthorialIntent | Quality explanation (10) | ddef |
| BLURSED (7) | Kit | Feb. 6, 2021, 11:04 p.m. | mstang107 | Ambiguous, obscure Spanish word meaning thirst (7) | "Ambiguous"=BLUR+SED |
| WORDPLAY (8) | Firetruck | Feb. 7, 2021, 8:51 a.m. | TangentOfA | Verbal gymnastics or headless fencing (8) | (-s)WORDPLAY |
| CONNECTOR (9) | phenomist | Feb. 7, 2021, 7:12 p.m. | mbingo | MMA fighter McGregor grabs neck abruptly, along with opponent's right knee, for one? (9) | def: "knee, for one"; CON(NEC_+_T)OR Conor McGregor is a big name in MMA; a knee is an example of a joint/connector |
| SALAMI (6) | Space_Kalak | Feb. 8, 2021, 3:46 a.m. | dohz | Cured sausage from dreadful, endless malaise (6) | SALAMI(-e)* |
| HOMEOWNER (9) | dohz | Feb. 8, 2021, 6:53 p.m. | dohz | That woman received a premonition about a cry of pain for a landlord (9) | H(OME(OW)N)ER |
| AIOLI (5) | Firetruck | Feb. 9, 2021, 8:57 a.m. | dohz | Outer bits of peeled garlic and oil, blended! (5) | _A_I_+(OLI*) &lit |
| HEMLOCK (7) | wolf | Feb. 9, 2021, 8:58 a.m. | skaldskaparmal | Poison that man, Mike, then bolt (7) | HE+M+LOCK |
| KETCHUP (7) | TangentOfA | Feb. 9, 2021, 3:34 p.m. | dohz | Condiment King and others start to hold up (7) | K+ETC+H_+UP |
| SQUEEGEE (8) | Sp3000 | Feb. 9, 2021, 4:24 p.m. | dohz | Window-cleaner, look around: Her Highness lost a shoe by garden’s entrance (8) | S(QUEE_+G_)EE |
| NEVER-ENDING (5-6) | InvalidD | Feb. 9, 2021, 9:20 p.m. | Firetruck | Ou o contro ner evenin wit crypti lik thi (5-6) | (Out of control evening with a cryptic like this), each word is "never ending", NERDEVENING* |
| YEAR OF THE OX (4, 2, 3, 2) | Space_Kalak | Feb. 12, 2021, 4:02 a.m. | dohz | Marry me, finally, returning for a hug and kiss after the lunar calendar’s current phase (4, 2, 3, 2) | (_Y+_E)+(A+ROF)<+(THE+(O+X)) |
| MISLED (6) | dohz | Feb. 12, 2021, 6:58 p.m. | Firetruck | Mistaken doctor travelled about island (6) | M(ISLE)D |
| ELEVEN ACROSS (6, 6) | Kusane | Feb. 13, 2021, 10:37 a.m. | dohz | Killer whale nevertheless lost heart, mostly rising to entry (6, 6) | ((EL_EVEN+ACRO)<)SS Killer whale = ORCA nevertheless lost heart = NEVE(-rthe)LESS mostly rising = partial reversal indicator (this is ironically a down clue) entry = def |
| GOOSE EGG (5, 3) | Firetruck | Feb. 13, 2021, 4:49 p.m. | dohz | Goes to provide everything needed for nothing at all (5, 3) | “Goes” letter bank |
| ELBOW (5) | Kit | Feb. 13, 2021, 6:06 p.m. | wolf | Macaroni in Béchamel bowl (5) | _EL BOW_ the sauce in mac & cheese is basically Béchamel |
| CELLIST (7) | wolf | Feb. 14, 2021, 12:32 a.m. | dohz | Expert with strings in Excel lists (7) | _CEL LIST_ |
| WILDCARD (8) | WoomyRogue | Feb. 14, 2021, 11:29 a.m. | AuLeaf | Joker's wacky riddles about losing keys (8) | anagram ("about") WAC[-ky]RIDDL[-es] for WILDCARD(-keys)* |
| VOCIFERATES (11) | joman522 | Feb. 15, 2021, 2:07 p.m. | majickace | Shouts "Fires!" to evac chaotically (11) | Shouts = def disorderly = anagram indicator firestoevac = VOCIFERATES* |
| LADY LUCK (4, 4) | WoomyRogue | Feb. 16, 2021, 11:45 a.m. | majickace | The kid blessed, from toe to head, by the goddess of fortune (4,4) | The kid = LAD blessed = LUCKY from toe to head = LUCK_Y => Y_LUCK the goddess of fortune = def |
| PANCAKE (7) | Space_Kalak | Feb. 16, 2021, 2:24 p.m. | wolf | Hate to put on makeup for a flat ass (7) | Hate: PAN to put on makeup: CAKE flat ass: def |
| DOLLOP (6) | dohz | Feb. 16, 2021, 7:23 p.m. | Firetruck | Overheard, "Put on something elegant, just a little bit" (6) | "DOLL UP" homophone |
| OOO (3) | Idontknow | Feb. 16, 2021, 7:38 p.m. | Firetruck | Finn's home! *love* *hugs* (3) | (Adventure Time is set in Ooo, O= hug as in hugs and kisses xoxo, love=0 in tennis) |
| THE XX (3, 2) | wolf | Feb. 16, 2021, 7:40 p.m. | wolf | Indie band with charm in Texas (3, 2) | T(HEX)X |
| TRAINGLE ( 8) | calica | Feb. 16, 2021, 7:43 p.m. | dohz | A cute conveyance heartlessly trapping leg, cutting off foot ( 8) | TRA(-pp)ING+LE(-g) |
| FLIBBERTIGIBBET (15) | phenomist | Feb. 17, 2021, 12:15 p.m. | skaldskaparmal | Nitwit storyteller describes Lima: "Place to the west, large, within Tibet" (15) | Nitwit = F(L)IBBER+TI(GIB<)BET |
| BIDEN (5) | SKOG | Feb. 17, 2021, 12:34 p.m. | dohz | President is sloppy in bed (5) | BIDEN* why |
| DEAD PRESIDENTS (4 10) | flatluigi | Feb. 17, 2021, 12:34 p.m. | WoomyRogue | Washington and Jefferson, for example, remix EP and add locals (4, 10) | _EP ADD_+RESIDENTS "Washington and Jefferson, for example" is the def |
| REGULAR (7) | mstang107 | Feb. 17, 2021, 1:15 p.m. | Kit | Soldier backfires pistol and assault rifle (7) | Soldier = REGUL< + AR luger is a pistol |
| EDNASWAP (8) | SoftFro | Feb. 17, 2021, 9:03 p.m. | Linus | Trade genes over the internet to a band I have not heard of (8) | Ddef. (To trade genes over the internet is to e-DNA-swap) |
| SILHOUETTE (10) | majickace | Feb. 18, 2021, 11:47 a.m. | skaldskaparmal | Entity made of pure darkness is let out. And he's mad. (10) | Entity made of pure darkness = anagram of IS LET OUT HE |
| PERSEVERANCE (12) | Kit | Feb. 18, 2021, 12:59 p.m. | dohz | Stamina for each lively verse and dance without leader (12) | PER+(SEVER*)+(-d)ANCE |
| ERA (3) | Firetruck | Feb. 18, 2021, 7:58 p.m. | Firetruck | Time is, for many, running backwards (3) | ARE< |
| FLYSWATTER (10) | WoomyRogue | Feb. 19, 2021, 5:26 a.m. | NrgSpoon | Newspaper suggests pilots add tea to their drink (10) | FLYS+WAT(+T)ER |
| ACCIACCATURA (12) | phenomist | Feb. 19, 2021, 12:19 p.m. | Linus | About about about about one about about almost about face a note (12) | About about = AC< about about one = C(I)A about = C about = CA almost about face = TUR(-n) a = A Def: the ever unambiguous word "note" |
| CANCUN (6) | wolf | Feb. 19, 2021, 1:22 p.m. | dohz | Finally, Sen. Cruz oddly aboard vessel leading to seaside getaway (6) | CA(_N+C_U_)N |
| TED CRUZ (3, 4) | EpicToast | Feb. 19, 2021, 1:48 p.m. | phenomist | Senator's talk: zodiac killer ends gun shortage (3, 4) | "Senator" = TED+_C _R+UZ(-i) |
| MONUMENT (8) | Space_Kalak | Feb. 20, 2021, 2:28 p.m. | Firetruck | Kind of metal found in minute statue (8) | MO(NU)MENT (moment=minute, Nü is ostensibly a kind of metal...but it's actually just kind of terrible) |
| DEFENESTRATE (12) | rg1227 | Feb. 20, 2021, 6:58 p.m. | ev3commander | Bizarre defense: first tackle, then charge, leading to throw out of a window (12) | (DEFENSE)* + T_ + RATE |
| DOZE (4) | dohz | Feb. 20, 2021, 8:09 p.m. | Firetruck | Pass out unbaked breads to the audience (4) | "Doughs" (to the audience = homophone indicator) |
| GRAVITAS (8) | WoomyRogue | Feb. 21, 2021, 6:29 a.m. | dohz | Seriousness of regular dirtbags coming after mostly easy money (8) | GRAV(-y)+_I_T_A_S |
| FIDDLEDEEDEE (12) | phenomist | Feb. 21, 2021, 1:07 p.m. | dohz | Start to fight 1,500,550 nemeses, evenly taking action for a lot of nonsense (12) | F+I+D+DL+_E(DEED)_E_E_ |
| IXPOWHXQELZTBUMXDS (18) | Cheshire | Feb. 21, 2021, 9:24 p.m. | Cheshire | During nine left-wing politicians' pandemic coverage, a loveless Doctor Cross and a homeless man trap a confused quetzal and steal its gold; the whole thing signals a traumatic ending (18) | Nine = IX Left-wing politicians = Ds Nine left-wing politicians' pandemic coverage = IX (POX) Ds During nine left-wing politicians' pandemic coverage, a loveless Doctor (WHO - O) Cross (X) and a homeless man (BUM) = IX [PO (WHX BUM) X ] DS During nine left-wing politicians' pandemic coverage, a loveless Doctor Cross and a homeless man trap a confused quetzal (QELZTAU) and steal its gold (-AU) = IX{PO[WHX(QELZT)BUM]X}DS "The whole thing signals a traumatic ending" = definition |
| PRIX FIXE (4, 4) | Idontknow | Feb. 21, 2021, 9:34 p.m. | Firetruck | Starter, so we hear, it's all included (4,4) | "PREFIX"=starter |
| NONSENSE (8) | Rubix | Feb. 21, 2021, 9:56 p.m. | Tiralmo | Babble on about fly with nightingale's head for all time (8) | babble = NO<+(t→N_)SE(t→N_)SE |
| DAFT PUNK (4, 4) | flatluigi | Feb. 22, 2021, 6:53 a.m. | Firetruck | Jordan's specialty: welcoming back past house experts (4,4) | Jordan's specialty=dunk (Michael Jordan) Back=AFT Past=P house experts=def D(AFTP)UNK |
| AULEAF (6) | AuthorialIntent | Feb. 22, 2021, 8:59 a.m. | Firetruck | Cryptician recalled Fair Folk language (6) | (FAE + LUA)<, LUA being a programming language |
| VACCINE (7) | short_c1rcuit | Feb. 22, 2021, 12:13 p.m. | Linus | 1cc injected into vein, perhaps! (7) | (We talked about this clue in the Discord, so it's a collaborative effort.) &lit. Wordplay is VEIN around "a cc". I'm not sure how legit "perhaps" is as an anagram indicator, though. |
| DUPE (4) | Firetruck | Feb. 22, 2021, 12:17 p.m. | dohz | Fool a noble, quietly replacing king (4) | DU(k->P)E |
| AESTHETICS (10) | Koala | Feb. 22, 2021, 12:44 p.m. | dohz | Troubled East and hectic South, lacking one hundred principles of art (10) | AEST*+HE(-c)TIC+S |
| CLINOMANIA (10) | rg1227 | Feb. 22, 2021, 7:09 p.m. | WoomyRogue | Endless continuum with Oman and Iowa keeps people in bed (10) | CLIN(-E)+OMAN+IA Keeps people in bed = def |
| MESOTHELIOMA (12) | wolf | Feb. 22, 2021, 8:05 p.m. | WoomyRogue | Lung tumors are awfully loathsome, Mei (12) | LOATHSOME+MEI* lung tumors = def |
| QUINQUAGENARIAN (15) | EricFox53 | Feb. 22, 2021, 8:14 p.m. | AuLeaf | Like my parents in quarantine: out of time, distressed about succumbing to fear without family members (15) | anag. INQUARAN(-t)INE around QUA(-kin)G [quaking = succumbing to fear; kin = family members] |
| ASSASSIN (8) | TangentOfA | Feb. 22, 2021, 9:19 p.m. | dohz | Endlessly judging her, essentially becoming a murderer (8) | Endlessly judging = ASSESSIN(-g) her, essentially becoming a = _e_->A murderer = def |
| DIME | Tiralmo | Feb. 22, 2021, 9:19 p.m. | Cheshire | In Madrid, tell me where to make a sharp turn (4) | "Dime" is Spanish for "tell me"; "where to make a sharp turn" is the definition |
| DISINGENUOUS (12) | ev3commander | Feb. 22, 2021, 9:28 p.m. | dohz | Start to deliver promissory notes around, chaotically ensuing to be insincere (12) | D+I(SINGENU*)OUS |
| EGGCORN (7) | padi | Feb. 22, 2021, 11:42 p.m. | dohz | GregCon went crazy as a result of miscommunication (7) | EGGCORN* |
| FIFTY-FIFTY (5-5) | phenomist | Feb. 23, 2021, 1:57 p.m. | Cheshire | Nothing fair (5-5) | Ddef: "50 minus 50" is nothing, while "fifty fifty" is fair |
| LOBSTER BUCKS (7, 5) | WoomyRogue | Feb. 23, 2021, 4:24 p.m. | Kit | Toss coffee with energy, exchanging for a crustacean currency? (7, 5) | crustacean currency = LOB + ST(a->E)RBUCKS |
| 867-5309 (3-4) | Cheshire | Feb. 23, 2021, 9:32 p.m. | wolf | Popular song was a Britney hit with its year of release after messing up counting "5, 6, 7, 8" (3-4) | Britney hit: 3 its year of release: '09 Messing up counts of 5678: 8675* Popular song: def for 8675*+3+09 |
| NEXT-LEVEL (4-5) | Idontknow | Feb. 23, 2021, 9:39 p.m. | InvalidD | Impressive books covering old story (4-5) | Def: Impressive NT (books, New Testament) surrounding EX (old)+ LEVEL (story, of a building) |
| BAD (3) | edderiofer | Feb. 23, 2021, 9:53 p.m. | InvalidD | Wicked black spot (3) | B+AD On a related note: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jC4NNUYIIdM |
| TITTLE (6) | lydian | Feb. 24, 2021, 11:15 a.m. | TangentOfA | Little bird, little half, little dot (6) | TIT+_TLE |
| WIND-UP (4-2) | Space_Kalak | Feb. 25, 2021, 3:28 a.m. | dohz | Sweep down and up like clockwork (4-2) | WIN+D+UP |
| NASDAQ (6) | Kit | Feb. 25, 2021, 1:17 p.m. | Cheshire | Stock market Q-and-A's are dodgy (6) | QANDAS* |
| LAUREN (6) | SKOG | Feb. 25, 2021, 1:28 p.m. | Firetruck | Ralph's unreal fantasy (6) | Ralph (Lauren) = def UNREAL* |
| JUMENTOUS (9) | rg1227 | Feb. 25, 2021, 4:18 p.m. | Kit | Beast, smelling mints around you, follows initially just you (9) | beast smelling = J_+U+MENTO(U)S mint around you = MENTOS containing U follows initially just you = after J(-ust)U |
| AGED RUM (4, 3) | WoomyRogue | Feb. 25, 2021, 4:27 p.m. | dohz | Drunk rummaged without a bit of moderation for alcohol (4, 3) | AGEDRUM(-m)* |
| AGGREGATING (11) | phenomist | Feb. 25, 2021, 5:39 p.m. | dohz | Greg is in Georgia, surrounded by giant, riotous gathering (11) | A(G(GREG)A)TING* the saga of GregCon continues |
| INTESTINES (10) | Sp3000 | Feb. 25, 2021, 6:20 p.m. | TangentOfA | Iceland holding exam in nine body parts (10) | I(N(TEST)INE)S |
| ANY CLUE WHOSE SURFACE IS A PALINDROME (?) | Tiralmo | Feb. 25, 2021, 7:27 p.m. | EpicToast | Flow god: OG wolf (5) | DOGGO* |
| LIT (3) | Firetruck | Feb. 26, 2021, 10:12 a.m. | majickace | Today I learned about a cryptic clue where the entire clue is both the definition and the wordplay (3) | Today I learned = TIL about = reversal indicator a cryptic clue where the entire clue is both the definition and the wordplay = def LIT< |
| BOBBINS (7) | EricFox53 | Feb. 26, 2021, 8:25 p.m. | majickace | Endlessly fishing for apples with short reel (7) | endlessly = remove last letter fishing for apples = BOBBING short = S reel = def BOBBIN(-g) + S |
| ANY CLUE THAT DOESN'T USE THE LETTER E (?) | short_c1rcuit | Feb. 27, 2021, 2:07 p.m. | Firetruck | Apiarist's constant conduct: swimming in suds (9) | Ans BEEKEEPER (BE(E+KEEP)ER) E = constand, beer=suds, keep=conduct (keep the kitchen) |
| ANY CLUE WHOSE SURFACE IS A STRING OF SEVEN OR MORE EMOJI (?) | Cheshire | Feb. 27, 2021, 2:48 p.m. | Firetruck | 😱🤡📥🎪➡️⭕️⭕️(8️⃣) | Scary clown in circus makes loops (8) Ans CIRCUITS (IT =clown in CIRCUS) |
| AILUROPHILE (11) | rg1227 | Feb. 27, 2021, 4:22 p.m. | skaldskaparmal | Catholic university sports trouble distressed Phil Roe? (11) | University = U sports = container trouble = AIL distressed Phil Roe = ROPHILE* making AIL(U)ROPHILE = Catholic (https://i.imgur.com/AJm6ITv.png) |
| ANY CLUE (?) | AuthorialIntent | Feb. 27, 2021, 7:33 p.m. | Kit | Scraps of round steak stewed with potato! (3 5) (3) | &lit (R_S_+POTATO)* = POT ROAST ddef pan credit to skaldskaparmal https://cryptics.jackbrounstein.com/contest/1066-pan-3?highlight=5231#clue5231 |
| ZOUNDS (6) | Kit | Feb. 27, 2021, 8:42 p.m. | AuLeaf | Zoo ruined as every other member's disappeared? Egad! (6) | Z_O_U_N_D_S |
| DAM (3) | skaldskaparmal | Feb. 27, 2021, 8:46 p.m. | majickace | Shaving the top bit off of a cheese coated in a red wax barrier (3) | shaving the top bit off = remove first letter a cheese coated in a red wax = EDAM barrier = def (-e)DAM |
| CENTAUR (7) | AuLeaf | Feb. 27, 2021, 8:49 p.m. | majickace | Mythical beast shrouded in magnificent aura (7) | mythical beast = def shrouded in = hidden word indicator magnifi(CENT AUR)a |
| PARSIMONY (9) | wolf | Feb. 28, 2021, 9:06 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Simple principle's goal: get a "Yes" from Cowell (9) | PAR (goal) + SIMON Y (yes from cowell, talent show judge) = principle about simplicity |
| ANY CLUE WHOS SURFACE IS A PALNDROME, HAS SEVEN OR MORE EMOJIS, AND DOESNT USE THE LETTER E (?) | WoomyRogue | Feb. 28, 2021, 9:38 a.m. | skaldskaparmal | M :flag_as: :flag_as: :flag_as: :flag_as: :flag_as: :flag_as: :flag_as: M (4) | M+AS'S (defined by M, as an abbreviation) |
| PERIAPSIS (9) | ev3commander | Feb. 28, 2021, 12:01 p.m. | dohz | Spatial proximity of disguised spies circling revolutionary duo (9) | PE(RIAP<)SIS* |
| QUESTION MARK OR ? (8 4 or 1) | Idontknow | Feb. 28, 2021, 10 p.m. | AuLeaf | Somethin' heartlessly broken into, maybe a top? (8 4) | QU(ESTIONM[-h]*)ARK; def: ? |
| GAMESTOP (8) | TangentOfA | Feb. 28, 2021, 10:09 p.m. | Sp3000 | Exploit short positions primarily restricted to retail company (8) | Retail company = GAME ("exploit", as a system) + S_ P_ ("short positions" primarily) around TO = GAME+S_(TO)P_ |
| CUMMERBUND (10) | Space_Kalak | March 1, 2021, 3:36 a.m. | |||
| THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY (3, 11, 5, 2, 3, 6) | phenomist | March 1, 2021, 3:27 p.m. | ev3commander | "Oh, it hit, huh?" sketchily exaggerated fantasy book (3, 11, 5, 2, 3, 6) | book = <ohithithuhsketchilyexaggerated> |
| ERIC FOX (4, 3) | EricFox53 | March 1, 2021, 6:10 p.m. | dohz | Spooner’s iron bovine leads to puzzler (4, 3) | “ferric ox” spoonerism |
| RUBIK'S CUBE (6, 4) | Rubix | March 1, 2021, 6:16 p.m. | dohz | Buick’s crashed, intercepting a Countryman to create a puzzling combination of color (6, 4) | RU(BIKSCU*)BE …alternatively, R(UBIKSC*)UBE a Countryman = RUBE |
| IRON (III) CHLORIDE (4 (3) 8) | Cheshire | March 1, 2021, 6:19 p.m. | dohz | Amid anger, big brother gained one and lost one by Florida, removing boundaries for a compound (4(3) 8) | IR(ONII(I)CH(-an)+(-f)LORID(-a))E |
| SWIMS (5) | dohz | March 2, 2021, 6:02 p.m. | dohz | Moves in water, primarily, backstroking within seas’ boundaries! (5) | S_((W_+I_+M_)<)_S &lit |
| STOLID (6) | Sp3000 | March 3, 2021, 6:24 a.m. | dohz | Bristol ideally keeps calm (6) | _STOL ID_ |
| HYACINTH (8) | rg1227 | March 3, 2021, 1 p.m. | lydian | At last, reach after Cynthia's exotic plant (8) | HYACINT* + H = "plant" |
| INDIVISIBILITY (14) | phenomist | March 3, 2021, 3:46 p.m. | Firetruck | Why you can't see concealed, regressive primal urges: the whole cannot be decomposed (14) | IN(ID<)VISIBILITY |
| MOON MOON (4, 4) | wolf | March 3, 2021, 5:34 p.m. | Sp3000 | Low Mass held in time for Gundam space colony (4, 4) | MOO ("low", verb) + M ("mass") in NOON ("time") = MOO+N(M)OON = Space colony from the Gundam series. A Low Mass is a Mass without singing. |
| KVETCH (6) | Firetruck | March 3, 2021, 7:57 p.m. | Firetruck | A bit of kimchi and vanilla and so on: beginning to have bellyache (6) | Kimchi + Vanilla + ETC + Have |
| REPRESENTATIVE (14) | SoftFro | March 4, 2021, 12:55 p.m. | flatluigi | Ideal grandma has gift for all, at last (14) | RE(_L->PRESENT)ATIVE |
| SPLOOSHING (10) | EpicToast | March 4, 2021, 5:56 p.m. | Firetruck | Shore Patrolman John's at the end of lunch in Germany, really, really enjoying food (10) | SP + LOOS (john's) + luncH + IN + G(ermany) |
| SENATOR (7) | Tiralmo | March 4, 2021, 9:17 p.m. | dohz | Politician turns back time, becoming new (7) | SE(t->N)ATOR< |
| QUOTE UNQUOTE (5, 7) | InvalidD | March 4, 2021, 9:24 p.m. | skaldskaparmal | So-called "United Nations" (5, 7) | So-called = QUOTE+UN+QUOTE |
| 漫畫 (2) | Idontknow | March 4, 2021, 10:06 p.m. | Cheshire | Transcript of Japanese comic read traditionally: "Brush field one." "Say 'net' again." "Water." (2) | "Transcript of Japanese comic" (def) + read top-down, right-to-left: 聿 (radical 129, "brush"), 田 (radical 102, "field"), 一 (radical 1, "one") ⺜(form of radical 73, "say"), 罒 (form of radical 122, "net"), 又 (radical 29, "again"), 氵(form of radical 85, "water") |
| UNINTUITIVE (11) | Kit | March 5, 2021, 12:51 a.m. | Firetruck | H&R Block, but not TurboTax, like the tax code, maybe (11) | Ddef (TurboTax being produced by the company Intuit) |
| ZYZZYVA (7) | TangentOfA | March 5, 2021, 4:50 a.m. | Firetruck | You're beginning to interrupt sleep with reading back mostly blue magazine (7) | ZZZ= sleep You're beginning = Y Reading back mostly blue = NAVY< - first letter Google tells me Zyzzyva is a magazine |
| JETTISON (8) | skaldskaparmal | March 5, 2021, 7:25 a.m. | wolf | Throw something fast - is not out! (8) | JET+TISON* |
| EYJAFJALLAJÖKULL (16) | phenomist | March 5, 2021, 6:03 p.m. | edderiofer | Trip Jack, keeping to the extreme and in the style of surprised face meeting skull (after decapitation!), following key uninitiated Icelandic smoker? (16) | (-k)EY+J(AF)J(ALLA)J+Ö+(-s)KULL = "Icelandic smoker" |
| PAREIDOLIA (10) | Firetruck | March 5, 2021, 8:33 p.m. | Firetruck | Trim pop star Sia lost her head, seeing Elvis in toast and Jesus in the mashed potatoes, perhaps (10) | PARE + IDOL + sIA |
| BANK (4) | dohz | March 6, 2021, 7:43 p.m. | Space_Kalak | Place you might find a deposit? (4) | &lit ddef; money at a financial bank, silt at a riverbank |
| UPGRADE (7) | madjaqk | March 6, 2021, 9:15 p.m. | junkmail | Change up score (7) | def = change up + (score = grade) |
| BUG (3) | Tiralmo | March 6, 2021, 9:23 p.m. | madjaqk | Insect found in Malibu gardens (3) | "Insect": definition "found in": hidden words indicator maliBU Gardens |
| SONDER (6) | WoomyRogue | March 7, 2021, 7:52 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Person derives internal understanding of others’ internal understandings (6) | perSON DERives (internal) = understanding of ... |
| DEMISEMIHEMIDEMISEMIQUAVER (26) | Space_Kalak | March 7, 2021, 11:46 a.m. | frictionlessemu | Brief note: Two instances of death-by-Michigan were separated by an engine shudder (26) | Two copies of (DEMISE+MI), with HEMI (= a type of engine) in between, followed by QUAVER (= shudder) -> "brief note" |
| KNICK-KNACK (5-5) | phenomist | March 7, 2021, 6:09 p.m. | dohz | King Nicholas can return in casual agreement for a trifle (5-5) | K+NICK+K(NAC<)K casual agreement = KK |
| PADDYWHACK (10) | Sp3000 | March 7, 2021, 10:42 p.m. | majickace | Cracking a password with leads from a dastardly devilish youth to gain unauthorized access to a system will result in a spanking (10) | cracking = containment indicator password = PW leads from = first letters a dastardly devilish youth = ADDY to gain unauthorized access to a system = HACK will result in = connector a spanking = def P(A_+D_+D_+Y_)W + HACK |
| BONE (4) | Idontknow | March 7, 2021, 10:58 p.m. | dohz | Completely regular brownies (4) | B_O_N_E_ def = Completely, as in “bone tired” yes, officer, these are completely regular brownies |
| THANK YOU OR THANK-YOU (5, 3 OR 5-3) | InvalidD | March 9, 2021, 1:10 a.m. | dohz | Waving hanky out as an expression of gratitude (5, 3) | (THANK YOU)* |
| GREEBLE (7) | WoomyRogue | March 9, 2021, 7:56 a.m. | dohz | Visual detail is mostly green and blue, wanting turquoise, essentially (7) | GREE(-n)+BL(-_u_)E |
| MONDRIAN (8) | rg1227 | March 9, 2021, 1:46 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Artwork with coloured rectangles in random configuration (8) | /INRANDOM = artwork with coloured rectangles |
| ANY CLUE WHERE EVERY WORD CONTAINS THE LETTER Q (?) | EricFox53 | March 9, 2021, 8:16 p.m. | Firetruck | Equitable faqir quashing queen (4) | FAIR (equitable = def) Queen = Q leaving faqir |
| LUCILLE BALL (7, 4) | phenomist | March 10, 2021, 1:10 a.m. | Firetruck | Free fish party announcement?! Who has some 'splainin' to do? (7, 4) | "LOOSE (free) EEL (fish)" + BALL (=party) |
| DITTO (5) | dohz | March 10, 2021, 7:50 p.m. | lydian | Edition regularly captures it the same as before (5) | "the same as before" = _D_(IT)T_O_ |
| BLOTTO (6) | flatluigi | March 10, 2021, 8:32 p.m. | dohz | Drunk bastard initially joins gambling game (6) | B_+LOTTO |
| GOODBYE (7) | skaldskaparmal | March 11, 2021, 9:32 a.m. | dohz | Leave. Do return by the start of evening. Farewell. (7) | GO+(OD<)+BY+E_ |
| GNEISS (6) | WoomyRogue | March 11, 2021, 9:33 a.m. | dohz | Rock is pleasing to the ear (6) | “nice” homophone |
| PRODUCE (7) | Space_Kalak | March 11, 2021, 11:52 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Living things from the farm regurgitate cud, or perhaps hold it back (7) | *E CUD OR P* (hold back) = living vegetables from the farm, not the implied cows |
| CARNAPTIOUS (11) | Firetruck | March 11, 2021, 6:36 p.m. | dohz | Our captain’s terribly grumpy (11) | CARNAPTIOUS* |
| TIME IMMEMORIAL (4, 10) | phenomist | March 12, 2021, 10:58 a.m. | majickace | Anarchic Miami metro mile has long since been forgotten (4, 10) | anarchic = anagram indicator miami metro mile = TIME IMMEMORIAL* long since been forgotten = def |
| URL (3) | Idontknow | March 13, 2021, 12:56 a.m. | dohz | Oddly unruly address (3) | U_R_L_ |
| FORGET-ME-NOT (6-2-3) | rg1227 | March 13, 2021, 8:53 a.m. | lydian | A flower is gotten from peculiarly accepting Earth's source (6-2-3) | "A flower" = FORG(E)TMENOT* |
| ANY CLUE THAT SOUNDS DIRTY BUT ISNT (?) | WoomyRogue | March 13, 2021, 9:38 a.m. | TangentOfA | Erection made by an endless nut in a time period (8) | MONUMENT MO(NU(-t))MENT |
| FAHRENHEIT (10) | majickace | March 13, 2021, 6:46 p.m. | TangentOfA | Scale and feather being: he exists, oddly (10) | F_A_H_R_E_N_H_E_I_T_ |
| INCONVENIENCING (15) | phenomist | March 14, 2021, 2:42 p.m. | InvalidD | Causing trouble by screwing with engine? Convincing, but not quite (15) | Anagram of ENGINE CONVINCING without the last letter |
| ELLIPSIS (8) | dohz | March 14, 2021, 8:59 p.m. | AuLeaf | Returning some drinks i-spilled-but-let's-not-dwell-on-this-part-kthx (8) | _ELLIPS I S_< |
| ANY CLUE WITH AN ENUMERATION META (?) | WoomyRogue | March 15, 2021, 10:41 a.m. | phenomist | Potato-eating space acquires ringed flagship exterior and frost second, for example (5, 2, 5, 7) | TUBER eating PLENUM acquires O+F_P+RIME, +S = TU(PLE(O+F_P+RIME)NUM)BER+S = "for example (5, 2, 5, 7)" |
| XEROX (5) | Idontknow | March 15, 2021, 11:28 a.m. | Rubix | A photocopier's two unknowns surround nothing, mostly (5) | X(ERO)X = photocopier X is an unknown in algebra ZERO = nothing ERO = nothing, mostly |
| THROUGH (7) | skaldskaparmal | March 15, 2021, 11:29 a.m. | dohz | Beyond the endless expanse outside the fairway (7) | TH(-e)+ROUGH |
| LIVERPOOL (9) | Space_Kalak | March 15, 2021, 12:57 p.m. | dohz | Resident to circle back to English city (9) | LIVER+(POOL<) |
| ARMADILLO (9) | EricFox53 | March 15, 2021, 11:55 p.m. | dohz | Farm ad: “I’ll offer to shelter animal” (9) | _ARM AD ILL O_ |
| LEPRECHAUN (10) | AuLeaf | March 16, 2021, 6:05 p.m. | WoomyRogue | Festive spirit right in a pokemon berry in Leun (10) | LE(P(R)ECHA)UN festive spirit = def |
| BROOM CLOSET (5, 6) | WoomyRogue | March 17, 2021, 10:45 a.m. | Amuhn | Gambling about the chamber initially containing lots of supplies (5,6) | Chamber - ROOM. Initially (C)ontaining (L)ots (O)f (S)upplies Gambling - BET. About: (B)ROOMCLOS(ET) Definition: "Chamber initially containing lots of supplies" |
| CAW (3) | Idontknow | March 17, 2021, 11:33 a.m. | WoomyRogue | Start of a cool avian warble! (3) | &lit |
| PROTOZOOLOGY (12) | phenomist | March 17, 2021, 12:52 p.m. | WoomyRogue | Expert is sluggish after going to zoo, writes protozoa study (12) | PRO+TO+ZOO+LOGY |
| TOGETHER (8) | bags | March 18, 2021, 4:09 p.m. | dohz | United to capture that woman (8) | TO+GET+HER |
| EVERYTHING (10) | skaldskaparmal | March 18, 2021, 4:11 p.m. | WoomyRogue | Thievery thingamabob conceals bagel (10) | thiEVERYTHINGamabob bagel = def |
| TASKMASTER (10) | flatluigi | March 18, 2021, 4:13 p.m. | WoomyRogue | Widow's nemesis puts strange masks in potato (10) | TA(MASKS*)TER widow's nemesis = def |
| FINE (4) | dohz | March 18, 2021, 9:37 p.m. | dohz | Thin knife scratching head messily (4) | (-k)FINE* |
| STRINGS (7) | Space_Kalak | March 19, 2021, 1:14 p.m. | dohz | Cords and coils gain tension and lose power (7) | S(T)(-p)RINGS |
| ANY CLUE WHERE EVERY WORD CONTAINS THE LETTER X (?) | EricFox53 | March 19, 2021, 6:42 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Extravagant, luxurious, extremely exported textile (6) | FAB + RICH but without the end (the word’s extreme is exported) = TEXTILE |
| SOLUBLE (7) | WoomyRogue | March 20, 2021, 6:04 a.m. | Firetruck | Star, blue-shifted, might disappear to the eye (7) | star=SOL, BLUE* |
| ANAGRAM (7) | short_c1rcuit | March 20, 2021, 6:07 a.m. | Firetruck | Drunk man wandering around Indian city's resort (7) | MAN* around AGRA, def=resort |
| WHIPPERSNAPPER (14) | phenomist | March 20, 2021, 11:31 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Whisks away to sleep each child (14) | WHIPPERS (whisks, like the kitchen tool) + NAP (a way to sleep) + PER (each) = child |
| TCHAIKOVSKY (11) | ChrisWeedPiano | March 20, 2021, 10 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | The brilliant man behind Swan Lake Yacht Kiosk devastated by introduction of virus (11) | /YACHTKIOSK + V* = tchaikovsky composed the ballet "swan lake" |
| SWAN LAKE YACHT KIOSK (4 4 5 5) | Cheshire | March 21, 2021, 1:40 p.m. | skaldskaparmal | Majickace would definitely buy a ticket to this ballet by Tchaikovsky, but not five, strangely | ballet = SWAN LAKE Tchaikovsky but not five, strangely = YACHT KIOSK(-v)* defined by Majickace would definitely buy a ticket to this (per https://discord.com/channels/379129452203999242/571805653115600954/823248513311178785 ) |
| SUS (3) | TangentOfA | March 21, 2021, 8:58 p.m. | dohz | Shady slums, regularly overlooked (3) | S_U_S |
| LIMIT BREAK (5, 5) | Firetruck | March 21, 2021, 9:32 p.m. | InvalidD | Powerful move in Final Fantasy series is derived from note in illuminated space (5,5) | LI(MI)T+BREAK |
| SERENADE (8) | WoomyRogue | March 22, 2021, 6:11 a.m. | TangentOfA | Praising music is seen, read, mixed (8) | (SEEN+READ)* |
| DREAMT (6) | dohz | March 22, 2021, 9:44 p.m. | dohz | Envisioned bustling trade around market’s entrance (6) | DREA(M_)T* |
| LEMUR (5) | Space_Kalak | March 23, 2021, 1:42 p.m. | Kit | Mammal or bird interrupting left and right (5) | mammal = L(EMU)R |
| ANY CLUE THAT USES A CHESS ABBREVIATION (?) | Idontknow | March 23, 2021, 6:49 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Empty bail out?? (7) | B(-ai)L + UNDER (as in under anesthesia) = ?? for a very questionable move |
| POLYCULE (8) | Kit | March 23, 2021, 7:46 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Heartless lady tangled up with couple, leading to a complex romantic situation (8) | *L(-ad)YCOUPLE = complex romantic situation |
| TU QUOQUE (2, 6) | phenomist | March 23, 2021, 11 p.m. | |||
| HUMUHUMUNUKUNUKUĀPUA'A (20'1) | Cheshire | March 24, 2021, 12:27 a.m. | phenomist | You regularly intersperse, between two hesitations and twice North Korea and Papua, replacing head with uniform and a fish (20'1) | fish = def two hesitations and twice North Korea = HM+HM+NK+NK You regularly intersperse between: put U in between each letter = HUMUHUMUNUKUNUK Papua replacing head with uniform = UAPUA a = A |
| FIREFLY (7) | WoomyRogue | March 24, 2021, 6:17 a.m. | Firetruck | Glower at attack on zipper (7) | attack= FIRE, zipper=FLY |
| ANY "AMONG US" THEMED CLUE (?) | DiscordantAnt | March 24, 2021, 1:50 p.m. | Penzo | "Red is sus!" - evil minor (9) | VERMILION* |
| ARROYO (6) | Firetruck | March 25, 2021, 12:45 p.m. | dohz | Buoy or raft holding back water channel (6) | (_AR RO YO_)< |
| REFRIGERATOR (12) | phenomist | March 25, 2021, 11:42 p.m. | Cheshire | Rare tiger for refurbished appliance (12) | RARETIGERFOR* |
| MAJOR (5) | TangentOfA | March 26, 2021, 1:26 p.m. | Rubix | Revolutionary pickle or military rank (5) | (MAJ<)+OR = military rank Being in a pickle and being in a jam are the same thing. Revolutionary is a reversal indicator. |
| MINOR (5) | lydian | March 26, 2021, 2:40 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Diminutive man in a pit cried out (5) | hom. MINER |
| MULLIGAN (8) | WoomyRogue | March 26, 2021, 2:46 p.m. | dohz | Think again, start off confused, try again (8) | MULL+((-a)IGAN*) |
| NAN (3) | dohz | March 26, 2021, 10:35 p.m. | kpogue | One billionth slash zero (3) | NANO-O, &lit as 1/1000000000/0 is Not a Number (NaN) in js |
| SUSCEPTIBLE (11) | Kit | March 27, 2021, 9:12 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Easily overcome by subtle spice mix (11) | just an anagram |
| BRUSSELS SPROUTS (8, 7) | phenomist | March 28, 2021, 3:38 a.m. | Tjm | Some vegetables for some Belgian youth? (8, 7) | ddef |
| FRICASSEE (9) | Firetruck | March 28, 2021, 11:40 a.m. | kpogue | Stew loudly, "Darn this mediocre grade to heck" (9) | Hom. "Frick a C" |
| JACKKNIFE (9) | Space_Kalak | March 28, 2021, 11:41 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Steal a weapon, crash a truck (9) | straightforward enough i think |
| HITCHHIKE (9) | Idontknow | March 28, 2021, 1:58 p.m. | Sp3000 | Popular Guitar Hero legend CHRS4LFE holding tip of hurt thumb (9) | Thumb = HIT+C(H_)HIKE HIT ("popular", as in "hit single") + CHIKE ("Guitar Hero legend CHRS4LIFE", also known for being a DDR champion) around H_ ("tip of hurt") |
| LIL NAS X (3, 3, 1) | kpogue | March 29, 2021, 6:48 p.m. | AuLeaf | INXS all confused by "Old Town Road" rapper (3,3,1) | anag. INXSALL |
| STATE OF THE ART (5, 2, 3, 3) | phenomist | March 30, 2021, 11:55 a.m. | dohz | Modern taste losing focus in gentle spirit (5, 2, 3, 3) | S(TA(-s)TE)OFT+HEART |
| MARROWSKY (9) | dohz | March 30, 2021, 10:41 p.m. | kpogue | Spy (hot) -> high spot! (9) | Judi Dench as M is a hot spy (tell me I'm wrong) + arrow + sky &lit (spy hot is a marrowsky of high spot) |
| ⚠️(1) | Firetruck | March 31, 2021, 11:24 p.m. | dohz | EXERCISE CAUTION ℹ 📥 🔻 🔄 (1) | ℹ = ¡ 📥 = insertion indicator 🔻 = ▽ 🔄 = rotation indicator |
| PRETTY GIRL IN CRIMSON ROSE (8) (6, 4, 2, 7, 4 (1)) | Cheshire | April 1, 2021, 12:06 a.m. | phenomist | Before 8, benefactor cycles in real life, company verges on top record in prose autobiography (6, 4, 2, 7, 4 (1)) | benefactor cycles = GETTY -> ETTYG in real life = IRL company = INC verges = RIMS on = ON top record = R in prose: PR(ETTYG+IRL+INC+RIMS+ON+R)OSE, before 8 def: "autobiography" |
| ANY INFINITE STRING (♾️) | Idontknow | April 1, 2021, 12:07 a.m. | phenomist | Rest, endlessly, of a liberal and a margin is space, repeatedly a-trembles (♾️) | "Rest" = DEMIHEMISEMIDEMIHEMISEMI...QUAVER (as the limit of halving a note = no sound at all) a liberal = I DEM a margin = I HEM is space = IS EM repeatedly: IDEMIHEMISEM+IDEMIHEMISEM+IDEMIHEMISEM+... a trembles = I+QUAVERS endlessly - delete first letter (I) and last letter (S) |
| ANY CLUE THAT IS ALSO A COMPILABLE PROGRAM (?) | kpogue | April 1, 2021, 1:57 a.m. | AuthorialIntent | console.log(5) | TABLE (ddef) |
| ANY CLUE THAT INCLUDES AN ENTIRELY TRUE EDUCATIONAL FACT (?) | flatluigi | April 1, 2021, 1:59 a.m. | AuLeaf | Fungi are closest to animals, primarily, not flora, ultimately! (4) | FACTA (inits) - _A = FACT |
| PERSONALIZED OPTIONS REWARDS TIER (12, 7, 7, 4) | chaotic_iak | April 1, 2021, 2:01 a.m. | dohz | Topaz swindler has all the necessary bits for Carl-bot’s latest scheme (12, 7, 7, 4) | “Topaz swindler” letter bank |
| FIDGET (6) | InvalidD | April 1, 2021, 2:20 a.m. | dohz | Jitter I’d get after false start (6) | F_+ID+GET |
| KNAPP DANEBEN (5, 7) | SoftFro | April 2, 2021, 9:49 p.m. | joman522 | Slightly off German logic puzzle variant (5,7) | Slightly off in German is Knapp Daneben |
| TUMULTUOUS (10) | phenomist | April 3, 2021, 2:27 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | When the top of a fluffy cloud becomes a bit turbulent, the interior turns out to be stormy and thunderous (10) | (c->T)UMUL(TUO<)US = stormy and thunderous |
| TENSE (5) | dohz | April 4, 2021, 12:01 a.m. | dohz | Fasten seatbelt to hold tight (5) | _TEN SE_ |
| SPHINGES (8) | Firetruck | April 5, 2021, 7:46 a.m. | summitwei | Riddlers sing about puzzle hunts at first, then fringe encodings (8) | S(P_ H_)ING+E_S=riddlers |
| VALAR MORGHULIS (5, 9) | kpogue | April 5, 2021, 7:35 p.m. | InvalidD | Lavagirl's humor is adapted for the season finale of an HBO series (5, 9) | anagram of LAVAGIRL'S HUMOR |
| IVAN PAVLOV (4, 6) | phenomist | April 6, 2021, 12:36 a.m. | joman522 | Physiologist rings a bell (4, 6) | ddef. "rings a bell" as in "he rang a bell in that one experiment about conditioning" |
| HOOSEGOW (8) | chaotic_iak | April 6, 2021, 7 a.m. | frictionlessemu | "Coop a game bird? By what means?" says the Reverend (8) | spoonerism of GOOSE HOW = "coop" |
| JAIL (4) | wolf | April 6, 2021, 7:38 a.m. | InvalidD | Jug that regularly appears in major arrivals (4) | Every third letter of maJor ArrIvaLs |
| FOURIER (7) | Firetruck | April 7, 2021, 8:23 a.m. | dohz | Wild fire consumes our number (7) | F(OUR)IER* the fourier number is a thing in physics and engineering |
| YAJISAN-KAZUSAN (7-7) | TangentOfA | April 7, 2021, 10:52 a.m. | ev3commander | Agile yakuza ninjas acquire primarily sly and deceptive logic puzzle (7-7) | (YAJISANKAZU(S_ A_)N)* = deceptive logic puzzle |
| NIN (3) | SKOG | April 7, 2021, 9:10 p.m. | AuLeaf | Anais N., alternately! (3) | even letters spell _N_I_N, &lit (cluing someone by their name, now that's big brain time) |
| PLUMB BOB (5, 3) | dohz | April 8, 2021, 12:09 a.m. | dohz | Start to launch uranium bomb, roughly encased in lead weight (5, 3) | P(L_+U+(MBBO*))B |
| WEEPING WILLOW (7, 6) | phenomist | April 8, 2021, 12:46 a.m. | kpogue | Secretly, Sweeping Will owns a tree (7, 6) | _weeping will ow_ |
| CAROUSEL (8) | ev3commander | April 8, 2021, 11:59 a.m. | madjaqk | After night of drunken revelry, finally hurl on an amusement park ride (8) | "After": position indicator "night of drunken revelry": CAROUSE (can be a noun, apparently) "finally hurl": _L "on": connecting glue "an amusement park ride": def |
| GRIMALKIN (9) | edderiofer | April 9, 2021, 10:05 a.m. | Firetruck | Cat developed a milk grin (9) | AMILKGRIN* |
| ZARF (4) | majickace | April 9, 2021, 7:59 p.m. | dohz | Cup holder of bizarre center and leakproof base (4) | _ZAR_+_F |
| GUILTY PLEASURE (6, 8) | kpogue | April 9, 2021, 11:18 p.m. | AuLeaf | Admission to the crime? Why not: "it's bad, but thoroughly enjoyable"? (6,8) | GUILTY PLEA + SURE |
| CROSSWORD (9) | Idontknow | April 10, 2021, 12:59 a.m. | chrisjones | Circumnavigate without having left? That's a puzzle (9) | CROSSWOR[l]D |
| DEWCLAW (7) | Firetruck | April 10, 2021, 11:19 p.m. | Firetruck | Noble rule proclaimed something useless to many (7) | "DUKE LAW" |
| FLUXX (5) | phenomist | April 11, 2021, 9:36 a.m. | chrisjones | Mao remade virus: "lol im ded" (5) | "Mao remade" def (Fluxx is a variant of Mao) "lol im ded" = X.X in texts |
| ASTONISH (8) | dohz | April 12, 2021, 12:42 a.m. | kpogue | Regarding Mr. Kumar: wow! (8) | As to Nish It’s not &lit but the exclamation point wants to be there |
| BETTER (6) | bags | April 12, 2021, 9:37 a.m. | majickace | Singer Midler gets an Oscar finally?! (6) | singer midler = BETTE get an = append indicator oscar finally = oscaR &lit ... kinda maybe ("better" as in "surpass a previous level of achievement") |
| KVELL (5) | Firetruck | April 12, 2021, 11:42 p.m. | dohz | Dropping greeting, the VP’s fanbase’ll rejoice (5) | K(-hi)VE+LL |
| QUADRILATERAL (13) | HermioneReynaChase | April 13, 2021, 1:40 p.m. | dohz | Four-sided bird houses differ extremely at times—mostly identical, ultimately (13) | QUA(D_R)IL+AT+ERA(-s)+_L |
| NETHERITE (9) | WoomyRogue | April 14, 2021, 6:57 a.m. | chrisjones | Cursed thirteen have ultimate metal from Hell (9) | NETHERIT*+_E |
| SHAKASHAKA (10) | short_c1rcuit | April 14, 2021, 9:13 a.m. | WoomyRogue | Forms rectangles for two small Māori dances (10) | S+HAKA x2 |
| BOOKS THAT ARE BORING (5 4 3 6) | Cheshire | April 15, 2021, 2:41 p.m. | AuLeaf | Gather in boat at sea to pursue reserves of dry reading material (5 4 3 6) | BOOKS+(THATAREBORING)* |
| STRONGEST (9) | Sp3000 | April 15, 2021, 9:26 p.m. | majickace | Having the most alcohol, regularly Seth Rogen is seen drunk on the street (9) | having the most alcohol = def regularly seth = every other letter S_T_ rogen is seen drunk = anagram RONGE* street = ST S_T_+RONGE*+ST |
| SNUCK (5) | dohz | April 16, 2021, 2:09 a.m. | Tjm | Crept near leader in awfulness (5) | S(N)UCK |
| WUHU ISLAND (4, 6) | WoomyRogue | April 16, 2021, 9:45 a.m. | dohz | After you infiltrate the President’s home, you and I initially, silently leave a note detailing something that should be legalized (4, 6) | W(U)H+U+I+(S_+L_+A_+N_+D_) #LegalizeWuhuIsland |
| DECENT (6) | Firetruck | April 17, 2021, 11:19 a.m. | majickace | A dive without scuba headgear is tolerable (6) | dive = DESCENT without = remove scuba headgear = S tolerable = def DE(-s)CENT |
| RACHMANINOFF (12) | kpogue | April 18, 2021, 12:44 a.m. | InvalidD | Russian conductor is orchestrating harmonic fanfares, leaving Greek god behind (12) | Anagram of HARMONIC FANFARES minus ARES |
| POLYDACTYLY (11) | phenomist | April 18, 2021, 3:23 p.m. | InvalidD | Without updating at first, typo lady Lucy made might be the cause of extra digits (11) | Def: the cause of extra digits Wordplay: Anagram of TYPOLADYLUCY minus the first letter of Updating |
| TITS UP (4, 2) | bags | April 18, 2021, 6:33 p.m. | short_c1rcuit | Ridiculous! It's put wrong! (4, 2) | ITSPUT* (Ridiculous is an anagram indicator) |
| OMEGA MART (5, 4) | WoomyRogue | April 19, 2021, 5:28 a.m. | InvalidD | Vegas site's big mo. covered by books (5,4) | MEGA + MAR (March, a month (mo.)) in OT |
| INSOUCIANT (10) | Kit | April 19, 2021, 4:58 p.m. | dohz | Carefree cousin ain’t messing around (10) | INSOUCIANT* lmao all the entries for this contest are just anagrams |
| DOGECOIN (8) | Firetruck | April 19, 2021, 9:15 p.m. | dohz | Cryptocurrency: Bad? Good? Nice? (8) | DOGECOIN* |
| WEED (4) | Idontknow | April 20, 2021, 1:35 a.m. | dohz | Recreational drug evens out weekend (4) | W_E_E_D |
| TOKAI TEIO (5, 4) | Sp3000 | April 20, 2021, 1:41 a.m. | InvalidD | To fly around a moon with famed Japanese horse (5, 4) | TO+KITE around A+IO (moon of Jupiter) |
| WACKY TOBACKY (5,7) | Cheshire | April 20, 2021, 2:38 a.m. | WoomyRogue | Zelda game returns, enclosing two crappy blunts, for example (5, 7) | W(ACKY)TOB(ACKY) |
| INFEST (6) | chrisjones | April 20, 2021, 4:52 p.m. | dohz | Skin festers, exhibiting plague (6) | _IN FEST_ |
| BELITTLE (8) | Rubix | April 20, 2021, 10:06 p.m. | Tjm | Mock title belt fight? Time out! (8) | *TITLEBEL-t |
| ANAGRAM INDICATOR (7, 9) | short_c1rcuit | April 21, 2021, 8:41 a.m. | dohz | Nonacid margarita stirred or shaken, say (7, 9) | (ANAGRAM INDICATOR)* |
| BAT OUT OF HELL (3, 3, 2, 4) | Space_Kalak | April 21, 2021, 8:42 a.m. | Firetruck | Meatloaf product, when thrown about, fell - hot mess (3,3,2,4) | ABOUT* + FELLHOT* |
| ZENZIZENZIC (11) | phenomist | April 21, 2021, 11:46 a.m. | Firetruck | Kind of garden with two rows of zinnias repeated twice followed by a layer of carnations forming two squares (11) | (ZEN +ZInnias)*2 + Carnations |
| RESCINDED (9) | InvalidD | April 22, 2021, 3:03 a.m. | dohz | Discerned, disturbed, dissolved (9) | RESCINDED* |
| CHRYSALISM (10) | WoomyRogue | April 22, 2021, 6:06 a.m. | AuthorialIntent | Calm encompassing the core of the heartless rainy Sunday and is...! | C(_H_+R_Y+S)AL(IS)M Not a great clue, but I give up |
| FACTORIAL (9) | dohz | April 22, 2021, 4:58 p.m. | Cheshire | Operation! (9) | (ddef) |
| ZIMONZE'S PASSWORDS (9 9) | edderiofer | April 22, 2021, 5:50 p.m. | WoomyRogue | "Mizzen", "sop", and alternative horrible terms!? (9, 9) | &lit, MIZZENSOP*+ASS+WORDS The ? is there because I don't know Zimonze's passwords. |
| RING (4) | Idontknow | April 23, 2021, 5:40 a.m. | Penzo | Surround sound (4) | ddef: "surround" as in encircle, "sound" as in make noise |
| ANY CLUE WHOSE ANSWER IS A PREVIOUS CONTEST WITH 0 ENTRIES (?) | phenomist | April 23, 2021, 5:10 p.m. | dohz | Lover within reach (one yard) (5) | _H ONE Y_ |
| HOT DOG (3, 3) | bags | April 25, 2021, 4:10 p.m. | TangentOfA | Regularly throated long food (3, 3) | _H_O_T_D_O_G |
| MOIST (5) | Firetruck | April 25, 2021, 7:11 p.m. | dohz | Damp haze envelops heart of woods (5) | M(_O_)IST |
| QUIZZACIOUSLY (13) | InvalidD | April 26, 2021, 4:04 a.m. | summitwei | Quail and couscous half-cooked and stuffed with pizza stuffing? "Yummy starter," in a mocking manner (13) | (-cous)QU(_IZZ_)ACIOUSL*+Y_ |
| TANG (4) | Idontknow | April 26, 2021, 10:43 a.m. | mstang107 | Upside-down bug juice popular with spacemen (4) | GNAT< = "juice popular with spacemen" |
| OBJECT (6) | dohz | April 26, 2021, 6:58 p.m. | Tjm | Refuse to go along with weird job near east Connecticut (6) | *obj+e+CT Refuse to go along with = def |
| RATINE (6) | DiscordantAnt | April 27, 2021, 1:39 p.m. | DiscordantAnt | Retain tattered, coarse fabric | *RETAIN def: "coarse fabric" |
| ANY CLUE WHOSE ANSWER IS A BOARD/CARD GAME (?) | WoomyRogue | April 28, 2021, 7:21 a.m. | dohz | Focus group (13) | CONCENTRATION ddef |
| ED BALLS (2, 5) | Space_Kalak | April 28, 2021, 10:46 a.m. | wolf | Anarchist labels own a Democratic politician (2, 5) | E(D)BALLS* |
| UP TOP (2, 3) | bags | April 28, 2021, 10:58 a.m. | dohz | Returning bad smell after marijuana high (2, 3) | (UP+TOP)< bad smell = PU (the interjection) marijuana = POT high = def |
| DOWNRIGHT (9) | phenomist | April 28, 2021, 12:07 p.m. | bags | Dr. Frank? (9) | reverse engineer: "down" "right" = DR. "Frank" means "Downright" |
| SNAP (4) | TangentOfA | April 30, 2021, 12:50 p.m. | dohz | Tip of nail stuck in drain crack (4) | S(N_)AP |
| TARTARE (7) | bags | April 30, 2021, 3:19 p.m. | Tjm | Two rats face up at the bottom of plate? A delicacy. (7) | <TARTAR+ E Intended as a down clue. |
| OBEISANCE (9) | dohz | April 30, 2021, 7:09 p.m. | lydian | Globe is ancestral, hiding veneration (9) | _OBE IS ANCE_ = "Veneration" |
| BAGS (4) | Tjm | May 1, 2021, 9:30 a.m. | bags | I secure 4th entry in this (4) | def. "I" (my username is BAGS) = BAG ("secure") + S (4th letter of "this"). Surface meaning: I submitted the 4th clue in this competition. |
| CRACKLE (7) | quatrevingtneuf | May 1, 2021, 1:48 p.m. | majickace | Uproarious laughter interrupted by a rapid sharp snapping noise (7) | uproarious laughter = CACKLE interrupted by = container indicator rapid = R (as in RDT : Rapid Diagnostic Test) sharp snapping noise = def C(R_)ACKLE |
| APERTURE (8) | WoomyRogue | May 1, 2021, 2:22 p.m. | majickace | Perforation found in cheaper tureens (8) | perforation = def found in = hidden word indicator cheaper tureens = _APER TURE_ |
| LJUBLJANA (9) | lydian | May 2, 2021, 11:12 a.m. | lydian | Bits of Banjul make up a capital city (9) | LJUBLJANA (letter bank of BANJUL) = "Capital City" P.S. Really interesting that one world capital acts as a letter bank to another, I had no idea of this fact prior to trying to come up with a good clue for this contest! |
| SECOND DOSE (6, 4) | bags | May 2, 2021, 3:32 p.m. | AuLeaf | Follow-up immunization's odd stench (of dead daffodils, primarily) penetrates olfactory organ (6,4) | S_E_C_O_+N(D+D_)OSE |
| STAR WARS (4 4) | TangentOfA | May 4, 2021, 3:40 p.m. | AuLeaf | Skywalker saga entirely made from pieces of straw (4 4) | STARWARS (letter bank) |
| ANNIVERSARY (11) | majickace | May 4, 2021, 7:18 p.m. | dohz | Democrat is winning, essentially, during opponent’s celebration (11) | A(d->_NNI_)VERSARY |
| DIPLOPIA (8) | Firetruck | May 4, 2021, 7:26 p.m. | Deusovi | *Losing Focus*, lower down, cut vital oddities out (8) | Losing Focus = def lower down = DIP ; cut = LOP; vital, oddities out =(-v)I(-t)A(-l) (sorry for repeating the definition from other clues, but I thought this worked too well to pass up) |
| ZENITH (6) | dohz | May 4, 2021, 10:08 p.m. | bags | Period of time in swelling height, when nothing is lacking (6) | &lit: EON ("Period of time") in ZIT ("swelling") + H ("height") - O ("when nothing is lacking"). Someone may be able to clean it up using the same elements? |
| ANY CLUE THAT IS A JOKE WITH A PUNCHLINE (?) | WoomyRogue | May 5, 2021, 9:42 a.m. | mstang107 | "What's up?" "The sky... not!" "Oh." (5) | "What's up?" = HELL ("The sky... not!) + O ("Oh") |
| PED XING (3, 4) | bags | May 5, 2021, 3:35 p.m. | dohz | Road sign delaying around ten? I’m gone (3, 4) | (-im)PED(X)ING |
| MAGNETAR (8) | lydian | May 7, 2021, 9:55 a.m. | bags | Celestial body drawn from mix of magenta and red (8) | MAGNETA (MAGENTA*) + R def. "Celestial body" = ("drawn from": obtained from) MAGNETA (MAGENTA*("mix")) + R ("red", in RGB values) |
| MAGNETON (8) | Idontknow | May 7, 2021, 9:57 a.m. | lydian | Silly Megan not coming back to Pokémon (8) | MAGNE* + TON< = "Pokémon" |
| VERTIGO (7) | dohz | May 7, 2021, 2:46 p.m. | AuLeaf | Very old caged tiger chasing its tail in Hitchcock film (7) | V[ery] (ER/TIG [cycle of TIGER]) O[ld] |
| RAMUNE (6) | edderiofer | May 8, 2021, 12:52 a.m. | dohz | Add uranium to mixed ramen for a carbonated refreshment (6) | RAM(U)NE* |
| SYNTAX ERROR (6, 5) | Cheshire | May 8, 2021, 8:56 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Confusing extra /n; (sorry)! (6 5) | /EXTRANSORRY = idk if this is a syntax error exactly but i'm sure you could mess your code up pretty bad with it |
| PER SE (3, 2) | bags | May 8, 2021, 4:36 p.m. | dohz | “Essentially” supersedes “intrinsically” (3, 2) | _PERSE_ |
| I M PEI (1, 1, 3) | Firetruck | May 9, 2021, 11:31 a.m. | Firetruck | Bratty kid that is coming back for planner (1,1,3) | IMP + IE< |
| ASTRID (6) | WoomyRogue | May 10, 2021, 5:54 a.m. | dohz | Queen of the Belgians aboard last ride (6) | _AST RID_ |
| CYNOSURE (8) | phenomist | May 10, 2021, 6:46 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Solution: take back Japanese tech company and make it the center of attention (8) | CURE takes SONY in reverse |
| BASH (4) | dohz | May 10, 2021, 11:07 a.m. | Tjm | Party hit (4) | ddef |
| KAIZO (5) | Idontknow | May 10, 2021, 11:15 a.m. | dohz | Revolutionary, chaotic mod by magical land from the East! (5) | (KAI<)+(ZO<) &lit chaotic mod = IAK magical land = OZ |
| CONCENTRIC CIRCLES (10, 7) | bags | May 10, 2021, 10:30 p.m. | Tjm | Concentrates on turning astatine into chlorine with actress Christina jumping in to be on target. (10, 7) | concent[RICCI]r(at->CL)es on target = def |
| PECCADILLO (10) | Firetruck | May 12, 2021, 8:46 a.m. | SoftFro | It's a minor sin to knock over a cushion, according to the reverend (10) | Spoonerism of "deck a pillow". |
| WUSS (4) | bags | May 12, 2021, 10:35 p.m. | WoomyRogue | Ninja master's student initially is a wimp (4) | WUS+S |
| PLETHORA (8) | majickace | May 12, 2021, 10:37 p.m. | WoomyRogue | Many a god of thunder in prayer (8) | PLE(THOR)A |
| PAUCITY (7) | phenomist | May 13, 2021, 12:16 a.m. | Firetruck | Famine is heading to plentiful, gold city (7) | P + AU + CITY |
| OPACITY (7) | WoomyRogue | May 13, 2021, 5:31 a.m. | lydian | Lack of transparency of 101 aboard to pay, perhaps (7) | Lack of transparency = OPA(CI)TY* |
| GRADUATE (8) | TangentOfA | May 13, 2021, 4:18 p.m. | AuLeaf | Class embraces revolutionary new circle constant to earn diploma (8) | GRAD(UAT<)E |
| ELECTRODE (9) | dohz | May 14, 2021, 11:13 a.m. | majickace | The conductor travelled on the caboose of the train around Epcot, oddly (9) | the conductor = def travelled on = RODE the caboose of = place at the end train = EL around = containment epcot oddly = E_C_T EL+(E_C_T)+RODE |
| ANY D&D RELATED CLUE/ANSWER (?) | WoomyRogue | May 15, 2021, 6:08 a.m. | Wriggler831 | D&D monster massacred Roc (3) | ORC: D&D monster/ massacred Roc |
| NESSIE (6) | lydian | May 15, 2021, 8:03 a.m. | dohz | Lake monster is seen at sea (6) | NESSIE* |
| ANY CLUE WITH AN IMAGE AS WORDPLAY/PART OF WORDPLAY (?) | 02C00000 | May 15, 2021, 10:10 a.m. | WoomyRogue | https://cutt.ly/UbBdBiO (6) | ddef for JUNIOR As in Robert Downey Jr. and subordinate This is questionable i guess |
| USER STATS (4, 5) | bags | May 16, 2021, 1:36 a.m. | dohz | People’s marks! (4, 5) | &lit ddef (USER STATS / USERS’ TATS) |
| ROTTERDAM (9) | Space_Kalak | May 16, 2021, 9:04 a.m. | AuLeaf | Spooner's offspring, kid who's grown up in Europe's largest port city (9) | Spoonerism of DAUGHTER [offspring] RAM [kid (as in baby goat) who's grown up] |
| ABOUT (5) | SoftFro | May 16, 2021, 12:20 p.m. | bags | Dealing with an outbreak (5) | ABOUT = "A BOUT" |
| DIVERS (6) | chaotic_iak | May 17, 2021, 5:03 a.m. | dohz | Various doctors I’ve interrupted (6) | D(IVE)RS |
| REMNANT (7) | WoomyRogue | May 17, 2021, 6:24 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Leaving a complaint about crazy men (7) | RANT about /MEN = leaving (i think this still works as a noun) |
| FALSETTO (8) | Tjm | May 18, 2021, 6:12 a.m. | lydian | Singing method displayed in Parsifal (set tonight) (8) | singing method = _FAL SET TO_ |
| STIR (4) | dohz | May 18, 2021, 11:18 a.m. | dohz | “It’s back! Run!” creating commotion (4) | STI<+R |
| RETSINA (7) | Idontknow | May 18, 2021, 3:15 p.m. | AuLeaf | Wine secrets in "abstinent" houses (7) | _RETS IN A_ |
| POWER RULE (5, 4) | bags | May 19, 2021, 7:31 p.m. | Madmahogany | Use this to differentiate strength and control (5,4) | Definition: Use this to differentiate strength = POWER control = RULE |
| STATISTICS (10) | Madmahogany | May 20, 2021, 5:33 a.m. | bags | Solid methods to represent "approximately" with true numbers (10) | &lit S ("Solid": chemistry) + TACTICS ("methods"), where C ("approximately") becomes T + IS ("true" + "numbers": the verb). S + TA(C -> T IS)TICS |
| GRENADINE (9) | WoomyRogue | May 20, 2021, 5:46 a.m. | bags | Explosive covered in sticky substance (9) | GRENAD(IN)E = "sticky substance" |
| EUROVISION (10) | Space_Kalak | May 20, 2021, 11:47 a.m. | WoomyRogue | Koala eyes annual music competition (10) | EURO+VISION |
| WANT (4) | Firetruck | May 20, 2021, 9:47 p.m. | Wriggler831 | Crave crusts of Wonka nougat (4) | WANT: crave. crusts of WonkA NougaT |
| TO BOOT (2, 4) | bags | May 21, 2021, 10 p.m. | Madmahogany | Fart has smell as well (2,4) | TO(BO)OT Defn: As well |
| PRICKLY PEAR (7, 4) | lydian | May 22, 2021, 7:51 a.m. | WoomyRogue | Crab cactus (7, 4) | ddef |
| BLACKJACK OR JACK BLACK (9 OR 4,5) | WoomyRogue | May 23, 2021, 7:47 a.m. | AuLeaf | Club ace and face card, maybe (9) | BLACKJACK ddef |
| ANY CLUE THAT USES TEXT EMOTICONS SOMEHOW (?) | DiscordantAnt | May 23, 2021, 9:34 a.m. | lydian | "Shut up, Mat" ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (5) | SH + RUG = ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ |
| PUZZLERS CLUB (8, 4) | dohz | May 23, 2021, 11:04 a.m. | dohz | Within bar, carousers head off to join extremely cool community of problem solvers (8, 4) | P((-g)UZZLERS+C_L)UB |
| NO WAY (2, 3) | bags | May 23, 2021, 10:58 p.m. | AuLeaf | Even union weary of unyielding protest (2,3) | _N_O_W_A_Y (even letters of unionweary) |
| CHOUSE (6) | chaotic_iak | May 24, 2021, 11:07 a.m. | lydian | Missing love for you, decide to cheat (6) | CHO(-o)(+U)SE = "cheat" |
| 鏡 雨 (1, 1) | Cheshire | May 24, 2021, 11:10 a.m. | WoomyRogue | Bill, stand and see linked drops on the window, it looks like a Puzzlers Club member? (1, 1) | (金+立+見)+雨 In Japanese, the kanji for "Mirror" (Kagami) is a combination of "money" (Bill), "stand", and "sight". The kanji for rain is quite literally raindrops on a window. idk how to do this type of clue lol Thanks AuLeaf |
| JOIE DE VIVRE (4, 2, 5) | Space_Kalak | May 24, 2021, 12:13 p.m. | WoomyRogue | I, Joe Wild, somehow revived enjoyment of life (4, 2, 5) | IJOE*+REVIVED* |
| GRACIDEA (8) | ev3commander | May 25, 2021, 9:58 a.m. | Madmahogany | Poise has instinctual desires and, primarily, it can be used to reach new heights (8) | Defn: It can be used to reach new heights, since GRACIDEA can make Shaymin go to Sky Forme GRAC(ID)E+A__ Poise = GRACE instinctual desires = ID and primarily = A |
| HAND-WAVY (4-4) | bags | May 26, 2021, 2:49 a.m. | Madmahogany | Audio file is inaccessible? Sketchy (4-4) | Defn: Sketchy HAND(WAV)Y WAV in HANDY (accessible) |
| APPLES AND ORANGES (6,3,7) | Madmahogany | May 26, 2021, 5:38 a.m. | Tjm | Incomparable fruits (6,3,7) | ddef |
| SOLENOID (8) | WoomyRogue | May 26, 2021, 11:35 a.m. | dohz | Lone pizza mascot’s center of attraction (8) | SOLE+NOID |
| ALBUQUERQUE (11) | lydian | May 27, 2021, 9:46 a.m. | lydian | Endless scrapbook that Spanish query reorganised (missing a why) leading to somewhere in America (11) | ALBU(-m) + QUE + RQUE(-y)* =leading to= somewhere in America Endless scrapbook = ALBU(-m) that Spanish = QUE query reorganised (missing a why) = RQUE(-y)* It's kinda bad I know, but this is the best I could do this this :P |
| RATHER (6) | dohz | May 27, 2021, 12:27 p.m. | Tjm | Prefer to be held by lover at Hertfordshire (6) | prefer = def to be held by = containment indicator _r at her_ |
| IN THE DETAILS (2, 3, 7) | Cheshire | May 28, 2021, 4:30 a.m. | Madmahogany | Theist denial, confusion is where you can find the devil (2,3,7) | Defn: Where you can find the devil, from the phrase "The devil is in the details" (THEIST DENIAL)* |
| BESMIRCH (8) | Space_Kalak | May 28, 2021, 12:18 p.m. | dohz | Defame both sides to cover grotesque crimes (8) | B_(ESMIRC*)_H |
| ANY GREEK LETTER (?) | Madmahogany | May 28, 2021, 12:23 p.m. | dohz | Small amount invested in audiotapes (4) | _IOTA_ |
| BOCCE (5) | WoomyRogue | May 28, 2021, 2:02 p.m. | dohz | Sport is poorly done, reportedly (5) | “botchy” homophone |
| BRUH (4) | Idontknow | May 28, 2021, 2:14 p.m. | Madmahogany | Some with urban upbringing say this to express disbelief (4) | Reverse hidden wit(H URB)an <= |
| WILLY-NILLY (5-5) | Firetruck | May 29, 2021, 11:28 p.m. | Madmahogany | Randomly sick twice in Wyoming and New York (5-5) | ILL in WY and ILL in NY |
| MYANMAR (7) | bags | May 30, 2021, 4:40 p.m. | Tjm | Asian country where blue vehicle's metric measurements are off by a factor of ten. (7) | Asian country = def CYANCAR-->MYANMAR via metric change from C to M. |
| MAXIXE (6) | Idontknow | May 30, 2021, 5:15 p.m. | Madmahogany | Dance evaluation with 9 flips (6) | (EX(IX)AM)<= |
| ANY CHARACTER FROM NORSE MYTHOLOGY (?) | WoomyRogue | May 31, 2021, 7:19 a.m. | Tjm | One-eyed diety's odd old piano (4) | O_D_I_N_ |
| GASLIGHT (8) | dohz | May 31, 2021, 4:06 p.m. | bags | Beginning to grasp a subtle manipulative tactic (8) | G ("Beginning to G[rasp]") + A + SLIGHT ("subtle") = "manipulative tactic" |
| GATEKEEP (8) | DiscordantAnt | May 31, 2021, 8:11 p.m. | dohz | Get a confused look from rear guard (8) | (GATE*)+(KEEP<) |
| CALICA (6) | Cheshire | June 1, 2021, 12:13 a.m. | dohz | Supervocalic “ambidextrous” captures puzzler (6) | _CALIC A_ |
| PRIDE (5) | Space_Kalak | June 1, 2021, 7:32 a.m. | Space_Kalak | The lions' sin? (5) | ddef; pride of lions, deadly sin |
| PREJUDICE (9) | lovemathboy | June 1, 2021, 7:33 a.m. | Madmahogany | Before justice, you use it to decide fate and judgement (9) | Defn: judgement Before = PRE justice = J you = U use it to decide fate = DICE |
| ZOMBIES (7) | Firetruck | June 1, 2021, 8:10 a.m. | Tjm | Undead humans' unruly mob size (7) | *mobsize |
| PLANTS (6) | Tjm | June 1, 2021, 8:46 a.m. | bags | These start to fill up park lawns with leaves (6) | &lit T ("T[hese] start") inside of ("to fill up") P ("park") LA[w]NS ("lawns", "with leaves") |
| TILL THE COWS COME HOME (4, 3, 4, 4, 4) | bags | June 2, 2021, 12:29 p.m. | Wriggler831 | Two cool helmets chime randomly for a long time (4,3,4,4,4) | TILL THE COWS COME HOME: Anag. TWO COOL HELMETS CHIME; a long time: Defn |
| APLOMB (6) | WoomyRogue | June 2, 2021, 2:56 p.m. | majickace | Clumsy mob pal displays self-confidence (6) | clumsy = anagrind mob pal = APLOMB* self-confidence = def |
| METROPOPOLIS (12) | Penzo | June 3, 2021, 12:04 a.m. | |||
| CATERWAUL (9) | dohz | June 3, 2021, 9:05 a.m. | dohz | Shrill noise from cold water mixed with gold and a bit of lead (9) | C+(ATERW*)+AU+L_ |
| ANY AMBIGUOUS CLUE (?) | Madmahogany | June 3, 2021, 9:08 a.m. | |||
| SNOLLYGOSTER (12) | Firetruck | June 3, 2021, 9:12 a.m. | |||
| PEORIA (6) | SoftFro | June 3, 2021, 8:57 p.m. | Cheshire | It's a city in Europe (or I am lying) (6) | Euro(pe or I a)m |
| COL LEGNO (3, 5) | edderiofer | June 4, 2021, 7:45 a.m. | edderiofer | Further education denial/withholding guidance, ultimately/striking instruction (3, 5) | COLLEGE + NO - E |
| CAVES AND CLIFFS (5, 3, 6) | Space_Kalak | June 4, 2021, 12:35 p.m. | |||
| K-I-S-S-I-N-G (1-1-1-1-1-1-1) | bags | June 4, 2021, 3:50 p.m. | AuLeaf | Kids' song when child ultimately goes out with "love"--which turns out to be friendship, most frequently (1-1-1-1-1-1-1) | KI(-_d)S S(o->I)NG; friendship most frequently is the most frequent letter in "friendship" (which is "i") |
| TILL (4) | frictionlessemu | June 4, 2021, 7:23 p.m. | dohz | Dig in until late (4) | _TIL L_ |
| L1K (3) | Cheshire | June 5, 2021, 4:53 p.m. | dohz | Puzzler loses heart before king puzzler (3) | L(-5)1+K |
| TIC-TAC-TOE (3-3-3) | Idontknow | June 5, 2021, 5:07 p.m. | bags | Short game, ending when one's symbols become a straight line across on a grid (3-3-3) | &lit TACTIC[s] ("short" "game": as in 'I'm onto your game') + TOE ("ending"), when A & I ("one's symbols") become I ("a straight line") A ("across", "on a grid": 'across' in crosswords) |
| DIVINE (6) | dohz | June 6, 2021, 2:43 p.m. | Madmahogany | Heavenly dish with very interesting starters (6) | DI(VI)NE |
| ALL GROWNSED-UP (3, 8-2) | bags | June 6, 2021, 10:05 p.m. | Madmahogany | Vince Vaughn said this about Lowlander pugs (3,8-2) | (ALL GROWNSED-UP)* |
| REPENTANCE (10) | DiscordantAnt | June 7, 2021, 6:57 a.m. | Madmahogany | Remorse about English town losing sleep for time (10) | Defn: Remorse About = RE English Town = PENZANCE Losing Z for T RE(PEN(-Z+T)ANCE) |
| AXOLOTL (7) | Space_Kalak | June 8, 2021, 9:50 a.m. | dohz | A kiss and hug with abundance: lovely introduction for Minecraft newcomer (7) | A+X+O+LOT+L_ |
| EXODUS (6) | short_c1rcuit | June 8, 2021, 10:45 a.m. | Exalted | Religious tome requires booking it out for masses (6) | ddef (religious tome) (booking it out, for masses) |
| DOGGONE (7) | Firetruck | June 8, 2021, 11:52 a.m. | lydian | Carry out good game before one's darned (7) | DO + GG + ONE = darned |
| HOME (4) | dohz | June 9, 2021, 4:47 a.m. | bags | I'm thinking about a ring with extremely expensive piece of diamond (4) | HM... ("I'm thinking") surrounding ("about") O ("a ring") + ("with") E[xpensive] ("extremely expensive") = "piece of diamond": home plate on a baseball diamond |
| YOUR FAVORITE FOOD (?) | WoomyRogue | June 9, 2021, 7:09 a.m. | Madmahogany | Man eat soup (7) | MANCHOW |
| 52 (2 OR 5-3) | Cheshire | June 9, 2021, 3:18 p.m. | lydian | Namesake for an area, clumsy Tiffany is missing an outwork at its core (5-3) | Namesake for an area = FIFT(-an)Y* + _TWO_ |
| DOOZY (5) | bags | June 10, 2021, 2:23 a.m. | jkittykitkat63 | Dorothy, who regularly goes around Oz, seems like a beauty (5) | DO(OZ)Y = beauty |
| ANY SUPERVOCALIC WORD OR PHRASE (?) | DiscordantAnt | June 10, 2021, 9:14 a.m. | dohz | Connected constellation’s edges (10) | BOUND+ARIES |
| INVERSE (7) | Madmahogany | June 11, 2021, 8:33 a.m. | Exalted | Poetic way to write negation? (7) | cryptic ddef (a "poetic way to write" would be IN VERSE) |
| ANTIMETABOLE (12) | AuLeaf | June 11, 2021, 9:09 a.m. | kieranjboyd | Round in a set, set in a round? (12) | Semi &lit AN + TIMETAB(O)LE = ANTIMETABOLE |
| MISSOURI (8) | bags | June 12, 2021, 2:38 a.m. | kieranjboyd | Avoid our independent state (8) | MISS + OUR + I = MISSOURI |
| ANY SUPERVOCALIC CLUE (?) | dohz | June 12, 2021, 9:16 a.m. | kieranjboyd | Brit spy's Texan spot runs (6 6) | AUSTIN + POWERS = AUSTIN POWERS |
| I DON’T KNOW (1, 3’1, 4) | Cheshire | June 13, 2021, 10:11 a.m. | bags | I'm unsure what a retired boxer might say, leaving the ring (1, 3'1, 4) | "I'm unsure" = I DON'T K.O. NOW ("what a retired boxer might say") without the second O ("leaving" "the ring") Totally unfair but kinda fun too 🤷♀️ |
| KOMOREBI (8) | Madmahogany | June 14, 2021, 2:33 a.m. | jkittykitkat63 | I am alright. Will shortly return with a more-liked Mad album (8) | KO(MORE)BI< = liked Mad album |
| NINE (4) | bags | June 14, 2021, 3:28 a.m. | dohz | Victim of seven canines devoured (4) | _NINE_ |
| SOUPÇON OR SOUPCON (7) | ev3commander | June 15, 2021, 9:33 a.m. | Tjm | Drop Madmahogany's favorite food to clue "jailbird" (7) | Drop = def (noun form for def) Madmahogany's favorite food to clue = SOUP (meta) jailbird=con |
| YAJILIN (7) | dohz | June 15, 2021, 4:34 p.m. | lydian | Logic puzzle in jail is resolved after years (7) | Logic Puzzle = Y + *AJILIN |
| AND-LIT (3-3) | bags | June 16, 2021, 4:21 a.m. | bags | What's more impressive to a crossword puzzler???? (3-3) | &lit wordplay: AND ("What's more": e.g. 'What's more, I learned to play guitar') + LIT ("impressive": slang). "to a crossword puzzler" indicates that the rest of the clue should be treated like a cryptic crossword clue. def.: What (could be) more impressive (than this) to a crossword puzzler? +? for grammar, +? for surface meaning, +? for the indicator "to a crossword puzzler", +? at dohz's request |
| SCIOLISM OR SCIOLIST (8) | Firetruck | June 16, 2021, 8:46 a.m. | Madmahogany | Pretending to know socialism without a revolution (8) | Defn: Pretending to know (SOCIALISM-A)* |
| METROID (7) | lydian | June 16, 2021, 11:06 a.m. | Madmahogany | Creature found in outskirts of Spanish city, around inner industrial area (7) | Outskirts of Spanish city = MadriD Inner industrial area = dETROIt M(ETROI)D |
| ANY CLUE ONLY USING WORDS FROM PERSON DO THING (?) | SoftFro | June 16, 2021, 11:19 a.m. | InvalidD | Make real hot? Person no like! (7) | Answer: LOATHER Wordplay: Anagram of REAL HOT |
| DIM SUM (3 3) | Tjm | June 17, 2021, 1:21 p.m. | AuLeaf | Dummies get out of shape without eating first Chinese appetizer (3 3) | DIMSUM(-e_)* dummy thicc |
| TRIAL (5) | dohz | June 17, 2021, 8:04 p.m. | Space_Kalak | Difficulty hearing (5) | Ddef; an ordeal and a legal engagement |
| PHLOGISTON (10) | ev3commander | June 17, 2021, 9:24 p.m. | bags | Fire-like substance supposedly pretty hot; piece of wood's not coming back (10) | PHLOGISTON "Fire-like substance, supposedly" = P ("pretty") H ("hot") LOG IS ("piece of wood's") TON ("not", "coming back": NOT<) |
| BZZT (4) | bags | June 18, 2021, 7:50 a.m. | Madmahogany | Electric sound of single from band ZZ Top, "Quark!" (4) | Defn: Electric sound Single from band = B Top Quark = T Band ZZ T |
| BLINKER FLUID (7,5) | edderiofer | June 18, 2021, 10:23 a.m. | WoomyRogue | Rye, grapefruit juice, and raspberry syrup prank? (7,5) | ddef Rye, grapefruit juice, and raspberry syrup are the ingredients or "fluid" of a blinker cocktail. Blinker fluid is also a car prank. |
| FKA TWIGS (3, 5) | lydian | June 19, 2021, 5:25 p.m. | lydian | Singer is essentially off-key at work, Instagram displays, at last (3, 5) | Singer = (-of)FK(-ey) + AT + W + IG + _S |
| CALIFORNIA (10) | dohz | June 20, 2021, 12:20 p.m. | summitwei | State formed after caliph abandons a third of Iran in panic (10) | CALI(-ph)+FORNIA*=state |
| PENMANSHIP (10) | majickace | June 20, 2021, 1:25 p.m. | Madmahogany | Implement controls joint script (10) | PEN MANS HIP |
| FUN FACT (3, 4) | bags | June 20, 2021, 9:59 p.m. | Madmahogany | Very loud section takes one from Spain, without round, interesting thing! (3,4) | Very loud = FF section = ACT one from Spain = UNO round = O F(UN~o~)FACT |
| ANY CLUE WITH AN ABAB RHYME SCHEME (?) | Madmahogany | June 21, 2021, 1:44 a.m. | AuLeaf | Blood factor contained by a baby... such energy, lacking a U... featured in "Doge" or "Loss" maybe... it's exhibited by this here clue! (4 5 6) | (A+BAB(RH)Y)+ME(S[-u]CH+E)ME |
| TRUCK (5) | Space_Kalak | June 21, 2021, 9:30 a.m. | Wriggler831 | Pitcher Schilling served up strike out junk (5) | Defn: junk. Pitcher Schilling (curt) served up (truc) + strikeout (K). |
| FAR-OUT (3-3) | dohz | June 22, 2021, 2:34 p.m. | Madmahogany | Radical release with coup, essentially (3-3) | Defn: Radical Release = FART with cOUp |
| SHANGRI-LA (7-2) | bags | June 22, 2021, 10:01 p.m. | dohz | Utopia built from cobbled ashlaring (7-2) | SHANGRILA* |
| MELLOW (6) | WoomyRogue | June 23, 2021, 9:28 a.m. | Madmahogany | Didn't start greeting in Midwest? Chill! (6) | Defn: Chill hELLO in MW idk media has told me that the midwest has friendly people (and also it's cold) |
| QAQQAQ (6) | EricFox53 | June 24, 2021, 2:50 p.m. | Tane | Trip Payne takes on Q, becomes MP from Nunavut (6) | Trip Payne's nom = QAQAQ, takes on = adds, QAQ(Q)AQ Qaqqaq = Canadian MP from Nunavut |
| CHAMPORADO (10) | dohz | June 24, 2021, 5:09 p.m. | dohz | California imports ham and pork mostly to serve a Philippine dish (10) | C(HAM+POR(-k))A+DO to serve = DO, as in “it’ll do” |
| NO CONTEST (2, 7) | dohz | June 26, 2021, 5:15 p.m. | dohz | Dubiously consent to plea (2, 7) | (NO CONTEST)* no contest is a type of plea |
| DOT-TO-DOT (3-2-3) | bags | June 26, 2021, 5:51 p.m. | AuLeaf | "Child's play!" -Bart's young neighbor, about taking in Springfield Elementary bus driver (3-2-3) | child's play: D(OTTO)DOT< Bart's young neighbor: TODD Flanders about: reversal taking in: container/content indicator Springfield Elementary bus driver: OTTO |
| POPCORN (7) | lydian | June 26, 2021, 10:07 p.m. | Neeerd | Crop product initially on heat! (7) | &lit: POPCORN* CROP+P+ON |
| DESPERADO (9) | WoomyRogue | June 27, 2021, 6:22 a.m. | Madmahogany | Renegade ropes dead criminal (9) | (ROPES DEAD)* Defn: Renegade |
| THERIANTHROPE (13) | ev3commander | June 27, 2021, 1 p.m. | Madmahogany | Sirius Black, for example, and Potter rehashing interesting but disturbing events, ultimately (13) | (POTTER REHASHING -S-G)* Sirius Black was an Animagus, so a Therianthrope |
| NOTHING (7) | Madmahogany | June 29, 2021, 1:11 p.m. | Wriggler831 | Holiday drink contains watered down goose egg (7) | Defn: goose egg. WP: "holiday drink" (NOG) contains "watered-down" (THIN, as in gruel). NO(THIN)G |
| BREADTH (7) | Tjm | June 29, 2021, 3:27 p.m. | Neeerd | Spread dust, at first, in wind (7) | Spread: BREA(D)TH dust, at first: D wind: BREATH |
| ORIGAMI (7) | Rainy | June 29, 2021, 4:03 p.m. | dohz | Am I following? Or is glue primarily for paper-sculpting? (7) | (OR+(I_+G_))+(AM+I) |
| ANY CRYPTIC CLUE (3, 7, 4) | Cheshire | June 29, 2021, 6:06 p.m. | Madmahogany | This topic was done before! Panic! Cry cutely! Panic! (3,7,4) | (PANIC CRY CUTELY)* |
| ANY CLUE WHERE EVERY WORD IS THE SAME LENGTH (?) | EricFox53 | June 29, 2021, 6:32 p.m. | WoomyRogue | Alum body wore turf from Revd. Will (4, 5) | Spoonerism of CLAD GRASS |
| EEVEE (5) | Idontknow | June 29, 2021, 9:04 p.m. | Neeerd | Evolve original headless dam Pokémon (5) | E+(-l)EVEE Def: Pokémon |
| KAHAU (5) | bags | June 30, 2021, 3:14 a.m. | Neeerd | Laugh at cattle for the reverend’s monkey (5) | Spoonerism for Ha Cow |
| REASON (6) | dohz | July 1, 2021, 7:12 p.m. | dohz | Gather in here as one (6) | _RE AS ON_ |
| GO BLIND (2, 5) | bags | July 2, 2021, 3:16 a.m. | dohz | Stop seeing monster by foot of bed (2, 5) | GOBLIN+_D |
| CUP FINAL (3, 5) | Space_Kalak | July 2, 2021, 2:09 p.m. | Madmahogany | Czech first, Austria second, Cyprus third; Finland loses last two, scrambles to reach final stage of tournament (3,5) | Czech aUstria cyPrus (FINLAnd)* Defn: Final stage of tournament |
| X-WING (1-4) | Idontknow | July 2, 2021, 2:27 p.m. | DiscordantAnt | Spaceship's cross section (1-4) | X+WING |
| BOPOMOFO (8) | WoomyRogue | July 2, 2021, 2:33 p.m. | dohz | Cry of disapproval contains quiet sound of a cow eating loud transliteration system (8) | BO(P)O+MO(F)O surface is nonsense :pensive: |
| VOLUTION (8) | DiscordantAnt | July 3, 2021, 7:44 p.m. | Neeerd | Spiral uprising abandoning radical extremist leaders (8) | (-re)VOLUTION Def: Spiral |
| EGREGIOUS (9) | dohz | July 3, 2021, 8 p.m. | bags | Horrible Greg breaks empty promises (9) | def. "Horrible" GREG ("Greg") goes inside of ("breaks") E ("empty": fuel tank on a car) I.O.U.'S ("promises") |
| UP AND DOWN (2, 3, 4) | Space_Kalak | July 4, 2021, 2:12 p.m. | Neeerd | Start to punch and wound angry Poles (2, 3, 4) | P+AND+WOUND* Def: Poles Like North/South Poles, not Polish people |
| OWYHEE (6) | bags | July 4, 2021, 4:23 p.m. | WoomyRogue | "Idaho county is snowy," he entered inside (6) | _OWY HE E_ |
| SYZYGY (6) | Neeerd | July 5, 2021, 8:11 p.m. | dohz | Last couples of busy, crazy orgy develop close union (6) | _SY+_ZY+_GY |
| E. COLI OR ESCHERICHIA COLI (1. 4 OR 11, 4) | Idontknow | July 5, 2021, 8:37 p.m. | Neeerd | Sadly, he lost life initially from silicic cholera disease (11, 4) | HE+SI(-l)ICIC+CHOLERA* Def: Disease |
| RENDER (6) | Space_Kalak | July 6, 2021, 2:15 p.m. | dohz | Provide warning to leave Michigan (6) | RE(-mi)NDER |
| YATTA (5) | dohz | July 6, 2021, 2:41 p.m. | WoomyRogue | All right! Yes! AT-AT destroyed! (5) | Y+ATAT* third time's the charm lol |
| PWN (3) | bags | July 6, 2021, 4:31 p.m. | WoomyRogue | Defeat and remove a pawn (3) | P(-a)WN |
| DETHRONE (8) | DiscordantAnt | July 7, 2021, 9:50 a.m. | dohz | Bring down aircraft carrying alien tech, at last (8) | D(ET+_H)RONE |
| ALL HAIL (3, 4) | summitwei | July 7, 2021, 10:50 a.m. | Neeerd | Salute to Allah organizing Israel's borders (3, 4) | Def: Salute to ALLHA*+IL |
| DOUGHS (6) | Cheshire | July 7, 2021, 11:45 a.m. | Tjm | Before high school, Mr. Funnie could make pastries (6) | DOUG (Doug Funnie, from 90's cartoon Doug)+HS could make pastries=def |
| DOZE (4) | AuLeaf | July 7, 2021, 12:12 p.m. | bags | Sleep; it's almost 12! (4) | DOZE ("Sleep") = DOZE[n] ("almost" "12") cryptic reading: "DOZE; it's DOZE[n]" |
| MWAHAHAHA (9) | Idontknow | July 7, 2021, 8:41 p.m. | dohz | [sound of a kiss] [sound of discovery] [sound of triumph] [sound of laughter] (9) | MWAH+AHA+HA |
| GENE WILDER (4, 6) | Space_Kalak | July 8, 2021, 2:22 p.m. | AuLeaf | Disrobing agent bewilders actor (4,6) | _GEN_+_EWILDER_ |
| OASIS (5) | bags | July 8, 2021, 4:35 p.m. | bags | Nothing like this sanctuary! (5) | O ("Nothing") AS IS ("like this") = OASIS ("sanctuary") |
| PENSIVE (7) | dohz | July 8, 2021, 5:12 p.m. | Tjm | Thinking on dear...no, former dear. (7) | (-ex)PENSIVE Thinking on = def |
| EXUVIAE (7) | Neeerd | July 9, 2021, 10:56 a.m. | bags | Release with initial debut being partially workable for cast (7) | EXUDE ("Release") with D[ebut] ("initial" "debut") being VIA[ble] ("partially" "workable") = ("for") EXUVIAE ("cast") |
| PROJECTYL (9) | Cheshire | July 9, 2021, 12:57 p.m. | dohz | Puzzler’s scheme with leaders of youth league (9) | PROJECT+(Y_+L_) |
| SWEET CAROLINE (5, 8) | Space_Kalak | July 10, 2021, 2:24 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Promise to incorporate more of the same endless pop thread for a ditty by Diamond (5 8) | SWEAR (promise) to incorporate ETC (more of the same ~= et cetera) + pOp + LINE |
| PELT (4) | dohz | July 10, 2021, 5:25 p.m. | dohz | Hurry and hide (4) | ddef |
| TRANQ (5) | bags | July 10, 2021, 5:34 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Informant ran quickly to hide drug (5) | hidden word |
| HOTSPOT (7) | Rainy | July 11, 2021, 1:16 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Place to be for shareable Chinese food centered around starter soups (7) | HOTPOT centered around S(oups) |
| ANY CLUE BUT GRAMMAR DOESNT MATTER (?) | WoomyRogue | July 12, 2021, 6:40 a.m. | |||
| BIRTHDAY PRESENT (8, 7) | bags | July 12, 2021, 6:28 p.m. | Rainy | Bird ate them in half brutally! Repay then sent annual gift (8, 7) | BIR(TH(-em))D+AYPRE*+SENT defn - annual gift |
| TACITURN (8) | dohz | July 12, 2021, 8:18 p.m. | Rainy | Act crazy! I turn silent (8) | ACT*+I+TURN |
| UYGHUR (6) | Neeerd | July 13, 2021, 3:57 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Mistreated guy to the west of primarily Han urban region! (6) | /GUY + H* U* R* (should be across clue) |
| LAND HO (4, 2) | bags | July 14, 2021, 6:32 p.m. | chrisjones | Look around... and here it is! (4, 2) | &lit LO around AND+H |
| AC (2) | Idontknow | July 14, 2021, 6:51 p.m. | Neeerd | A bit of cooling! (2) | &lit: A+C_ |
| UNDERSTAND (10) | DiscordantAnt | July 14, 2021, 10:13 p.m. | Firetruck | Get below, get up (10) | UNDER + STAND, def = "get" |
| HANDBILL (8) | edderiofer | July 15, 2021, 3:42 a.m. | Neeerd | Give President Clinton a flyer (8) | HAND+BILL Def: a flyer |
| MUFFIN (6) | Space_Kalak | July 15, 2021, 11:18 a.m. | bags | Messin' up food (6) | ddef: MUFFIN' (Messin' up) & MUFFIN (food) |
| OXYGEN (6) | Rainy | July 16, 2021, 10:27 p.m. | jkittykitkat63 | A foxy gentleman is withholding a crucial element (6) | _OXY GEN_ = a crucial element |
| TIFFIN (6) | Space_Kalak | July 17, 2021, 11:21 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Food fightin’ (6) | ddef; meal and having a tiff |
| GLOMP (5) | dohz | July 17, 2021, 12:25 p.m. | dohz | Embrace warmth, flipping tail quietly (5) | GLO(w->M)+P |
| FJORD (5) | Neeerd | July 17, 2021, 8:16 p.m. | Rainy | Lost me in an island or down stream (5) | F(-i)J(-i)+OR+D |
| MANO A MANO/MANO-A-MANO (4, 1, 4) OR (4-1-4) | bags | July 18, 2021, 12:24 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Oman provides materials for close combat (4-1-4) | letter bank OMAN |
| NAVEM MERCIBUS IMPLERE (5, 8, 7) | SoftFro | July 18, 2021, 10:18 p.m. | Cheshire | Ambiguous name’s bumper— evil crime! (5, 8, 7) | &lit |
| HEATWAVE (8) | Space_Kalak | July 19, 2021, 11:33 a.m. | dohz | Throw around a couple of twigs to create prolonged warmth (8) | HE(A+TW_)AVE |
| PORTAL (6) | dohz | July 20, 2021, 10:18 a.m. | Exalted | Harbor aluminum for gateway (6) | PORT("harbor")+AL |
| DIG DUG (3, 3) | WoomyRogue | July 20, 2021, 1:16 p.m. | Tjm | Good game? First, do go back, git gud, return, then kill time. (3,3) | Good game? = def First, do = D go back, git = TIG gud, return, = DUG then kill time. (-T) D(t)IG DUG |
| TWO-BIT (3-3) | Idontknow | July 20, 2021, 1:18 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Secret of returning hobbit: “I bow to nothing of importance” (3-3) | reversed hidden word |
| PUNCHINGCATTO (13) | Cheshire | July 21, 2021, 3:37 p.m. | dohz | Puzzler putting a conch in motion (13) | PUNCHINGCATTO* |
| IVES (4) | Neeerd | July 21, 2021, 9:15 p.m. | dohz | Livestream featuring football player (4) | _IVES_ |
| ORANGE (6) | bags | July 22, 2021, 2:50 a.m. | majickace | Concluding second … hit the buzzer … and ultimately score for the Syracuse University team (6) | concluding second = _O_____ hit the buzzer = RANG ultimately score = _E the Syracuse University team = def ("Syracuse Orange") _O__+RANG+_E |
| DRIFT (5) | dohz | July 22, 2021, 12:37 p.m. | WoomyRogue | Slide down a gap (5) | D+RIFT |
| OLYMPICS (8) | Space_Kalak | July 23, 2021, 2:59 p.m. | Neeerd | International event policy: Mauritius's borders reorganized (8) | (POLICY+M_S)* Def: International event |
| PI DAY (2, 3) | theduckmedic | July 23, 2021, 3:43 p.m. | dohz | I’d cut salary for an irrational occasion (2, 3) | P(ID)AY |
| MAD HATTER (3, 6) | Cheshire | July 23, 2021, 4:04 p.m. | dohz | Puzzler possessed substance for Spooner (3, 6) | “had matter” spoonerism |
| THETA (5) | bags | July 24, 2021, 7:14 a.m. | Firetruck | Who to ask for help with a topic in Greek 101? (5) | THE TA |
| INCOGNITO (9) | dohz | July 24, 2021, 2:59 p.m. | theduckmedic | Avoiding concerning, problematic recognition! (9) | (-re)COGNITION* |
| SISYPHUS (8) | Neeerd | July 25, 2021, 10:49 p.m. | theduckmedic | Sneaky leader is bound to push rocks after end of treachery (8) | S_ + IS + _Y + PHUS* &lit |
| URBANE (6) | chaotic_iak | July 26, 2021, 7:42 a.m. | Rainy | Urban legend's center is refined (6) | URBAN+_E_ |
| DUCK KONUNDRUM (4, 9) | Cheshire | July 26, 2021, 10:24 a.m. | Rainy | Lower king on half of ground and beer puzzle (4, 9) | DUCK+K+ON+(-gro)UND+RUM |
| LOGIC (5) | dohz | July 27, 2021, 1:40 a.m. | Wriggler831 | A part of the catalog I collected in Boole's field (5) | LOGIC: defn: Boole's field. wp: (a part of) the cataLOG I Collected |
| TARTAN (6) | WoomyRogue | July 27, 2021, 1:33 p.m. | theduckmedic | A ship's sailor bronzed by the sun (6) | TAR + TAN |
| TOKYO (5) | short_c1rcuit | July 27, 2021, 2:06 p.m. | WoomyRogue | The eastern capital is too around Kentucky! (5) | TO(KY)O Tokyo means "eastern capital" |
| IDEAL (5) | bags | July 27, 2021, 7:51 p.m. | WoomyRogue | Optimal solution left (5) | IDEA+L |
| ADVERSITY (9) | butterfreeeee1 | July 29, 2021, 4:11 a.m. | Neeerd | Trouble destroying dirty vase (9) | (DIRTY+VASE)* Def: Trouble |
| FENG SHUI (4 4) | Madmahogany | July 29, 2021, 5:20 a.m. | Neeerd | Fine hugs ruin interior design (4 4) | (FINE+HUGS)* Def: Interior design |
| FRAY (4) | dohz | July 29, 2021, 12:36 p.m. | Exalted | Unravel loud sunbeam (4) | F("forte")+RAY |
| ANY PVZ PLANT (?) | WoomyRogue | July 29, 2021, 4:07 p.m. | theduckmedic | Victory condition, Mr. Musk, is a wax gourd (6, 5) | WIN + TERM + ELON |
| ANY GREEK GOD (?) | Neeerd | July 29, 2021, 11:05 p.m. | WoomyRogue | Master, I murdered a huntress (7) | MASTERI* Artemis is the Goddess of the Hunt. |
| HAPAX LEGOMENON (5, 9) | dohz | July 31, 2021, 12:41 p.m. | theduckmedic | Lol, gaming convention toy figures going to be appearing only once (5, 9) | HA + PAX + LEGO MEN + ON |
| ANY HEBREW LETTER (?) | quatrevingtneuf | July 31, 2021, 8:04 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Win without a wager (3) | BEAT - A |
| STIFF UPPER LIP (5, 5, 3) | Space_Kalak | Aug. 2, 2021, 2:25 a.m. | Madmahogany | Don't pay higher insult, don't show your emotions (5,5,3) | Don't pay = STIFF higher = UPPER insult = LIP |
| TINDER (6) | theduckmedic | Aug. 2, 2021, 1:13 p.m. | butterfreeeee1 | Fuel can turn red (6) | def = fuel can = TIN turn red = reversal of 'red' = DER TIN + DER = TINDER |
| ARROW (5) | dohz | Aug. 2, 2021, 11:59 p.m. | Madmahogany | Worry about replacing unknown with a pointer (5) | (WORRY)<=(-Y)+A Defn: Pointer |
| SWEPT AWAY (5, 4) | short_c1rcuit | Aug. 3, 2021, 6:42 a.m. | theduckmedic | Moved as if by a flood, turning, twisting in church benches (5, 4) | (YAW + AT + PEWS)< |
| NAVEM (5) | eshita | Aug. 3, 2021, 11:23 a.m. | WoomyRogue | Latin sailboat scallywag lost his head, First Mate (5) | (-k)NAVE+M_ |
| TENABLE (7) | Space_Kalak | Aug. 4, 2021, 2:48 a.m. | dohz | Plateau carrying eastern flanks can be defended (7) | T(E_N)ABLE |
| REMEDY (6) | WoomyRogue | Aug. 4, 2021, 2:20 p.m. | Exalted | "Doctor! My deer for a cure!" (6) | Anagram("doctor") of MY DEER |
| ACE (3) | dohz | Aug. 5, 2021, 5:07 a.m. | WoomyRogue | Decapitated face card (3) | (-f)ACE |
| FLASH FLOOD (5, 5) | Space_Kalak | Aug. 6, 2021, 2:52 a.m. | Firetruck | Maniac sold half of newly acquired lake (5,5) | soldhalfof* |
| FLASH FOOD (5, 4) | Cheshire | Aug. 6, 2021, 6:57 a.m. | Firetruck | Certain Grandmaster's yum-yum failure - hair found on dum-dum that was picked up (5,4) | F (failure) + LASH (hair) + DOOF< (dum-dum) |
| SHIBBOLETH (10) | Firetruck | Aug. 6, 2021, 9:49 a.m. | Madmahogany | Hobble shit around, it's an outdated custom (10) | (HOBBLE SHIT)* |
| ERRANT (6) | TheNexinator | Aug. 6, 2021, 2:54 p.m. | WoomyRogue | Earthling, from head to toe, is erratic (6) | TERRAN but move T to the end |
| SCRAM (5) | dohz | Aug. 7, 2021, 10:02 a.m. | phenomist | Marc's left out (5) | SCRAM< = "out(!)" |
| OOMPH (5) | Firetruck | Aug. 8, 2021, 2:51 p.m. | dohz | Energy and health low! Retreat! (5) | (OOM+PH)< health = HP, as in video games low = MOO not an &lit, but the ! wants to be there |
| WATERLOG (8) | WoomyRogue | Aug. 8, 2021, 3:10 p.m. | Neeerd | Flood caused by war about the disheartened left out girl, at first (8) | WA(T_E)R+LO+G_ Defn: Flood |
| ACCIACCATURA (12) | Neeerd | Aug. 8, 2021, 10:44 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Cut air again and again with musical embellishment (12) | letter bank CUTAIR |
| DEEP-SIX (4-3) | dohz | Aug. 9, 2021, 12:44 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Reverend to leak some risqué parts... destroy the evidence (4-3) | an unfortunate spoonerism, some would say |
| DERMATOGLYPHICS (15) | phenomist | Aug. 9, 2021, 1:57 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Trying to infer things from skin turning red (tomato, mostly): a sign of science’s regression (15) | RED< + toMATO + GLYPH + SCI< = trying to infer things from skin |
| CACCIATORE (10) | ev3commander | Aug. 9, 2021, 7:26 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Hunter eats a piece of focaccia to refuel (10) | hidden word; defs is like, a hunter’s eats (wikipedia tells me this is the etymology) |
| EN GARDE (2, 5) | theduckmedic | Aug. 9, 2021, 9:45 p.m. | Exalted | Toss up grenade and shout, announcing a challenge (2, 5) | Anagram("toss up") GRENADE to get a "shout announcing a challenge" |
| BOCCONCINI (10) | quatrevingtneuf | Aug. 10, 2021, 8:21 a.m. | Neeerd | Chesse balls and broccoli—No seconds in any way! North Carolina joins in with me after a nibble, for starters (10) | Cheese balls: B(-r)OCCO(NC)(-l)I+N_+I broccoli—No seconds in any way: Remove the 2nd letter of BrOCCOlI in each direction North Carolina joins in: NC inside B(-r)OCCO(-l)I me after a nibble, for starters: I after N_ |
| OOMFIE (6) | wolf | Aug. 10, 2021, 11:14 a.m. | Neeerd | Twitter follower's office evenly in front of unfinished room (6) | _OOM+_F_I_E Defn: Twitter follower |
| TARDIGRADE (10) | EricFox53 | Aug. 10, 2021, 11:18 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Reportedly, oily sludge to destroy a primitive organism (10) | hom. TAR DEGRADE |
| SLOUGH (6) | Firetruck | Aug. 10, 2021, 3:08 p.m. | Madmahogany | Swamp slug eats nothing hot (6) | (SL(O)UG)H Defn: Swamp |
| SLOWPOKE (8) | SoftFro | Aug. 11, 2021, 9:11 a.m. | bags | Essentially awareness-low Pokémon (8) | &lit: awarenesS-LOW POKÉmon ("essentially") |
| MUMBO JUMBO (5, 5) | Neeerd | Aug. 11, 2021, 2:36 p.m. | Madmahogany | Louisiana dish made twice with Mary-Jane heads instead of grams; it makes no sense (5,5) | GUMBO twice, with MJ instead of GG Cook responsibly |
| RECURSION (9) | WoomyRogue | Aug. 11, 2021, 8 p.m. | Neeerd | Raging, at first, I curse angrily on repetition (9) | R_+(I+CURSE)*+ON |
| KANYE WEST | atomicapple0 | Aug. 11, 2021, 8:44 p.m. | Madmahogany | Hang around tree after king accosts head producer (5 4) | king = K accosts head = A Hang = NEST (like a dwelling) tree = YEW KA(N(YEW)EST) |
| TWITTERPATED (12) | dohz | Aug. 12, 2021, 11:28 a.m. | Madmahogany | Infatuated with social media, father can find a motivational talk here (12) | (TWITTER)(PA)(TED) |
| PIANISSIMO (10) | Madmahogany | Aug. 12, 2021, 12:51 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | "Very gentle Olympian" is Simone's essence (10) | *PIAN IS SIMO* |
| MYRIAD (6) | Idontknow | Aug. 12, 2021, 6:04 p.m. | Madmahogany | Many heads of municipal youth rehabilitation initiatives ask donations (6) | Acrostic M_ Y_ R_ I_ A_ D_ |
| SHTUM (5) | Firetruck | Aug. 13, 2021, 9:07 a.m. | dohz | Empty habitat in total quiet (5) | S(H_T)UM |
| CHANCY (6) | dohz | Aug. 14, 2021, 11:32 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Pokemon that can learn Metronome sounds unpredictable (6) | hom. CHANSEY |
| SCRUNCHIE (9) | quatrevingtneuf | Aug. 14, 2021, 5:06 p.m. | Wriggler831 | Chic nurse destroyed hairband (9) | SCRUNCHIE: Anagram: CHIC NURSE (destroyed). Defn: hairband |
| CENSOR/CENSER/SENSOR (6) | WoomyRogue | Aug. 15, 2021, 10:17 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | One that picks up and withholds something foul, perhaps, at the end of class, dashes to a hospital room (6) | dubious triple schrodinger C/S (end of class) + ENS (dashes) + ER/OR (hosp. room) a censor picks up and withholds foul [language] a censer is picked up and holds foul[-smelling incense? yikes] a sensor picks up [any sort of signal you might want] and withholds... not at all. oof. but 3-way clue plz have mercy |
| SOUSAPHONE (10) | Neeerd | Aug. 15, 2021, 10:24 a.m. | Firetruck | Listen, oh listen, and maybe you'll hear // Something sounding like who this poem apes, at his ear // Is a wonderful, blunderful, Talk-So-Far-Ringer // (It's sort of like string on two cup - some humdinger) // So while one's alone, he need not be forlorn // With evocative, talkative, pick-me-up horn (10) | Horn: def Everything else: homophone for "Seuss-a-phone" |
| MONDEGREEN (10) | dohz | Aug. 16, 2021, 12:45 p.m. | phenomist | Mishearing a certain order after the first day (10) | MON (the first day of the week) + DEGREE N (a certain order, like a polynomial of degree n) = "mishearing" |
| TYSM (4) OR (1, 1, 1, 1) | bags | Aug. 17, 2021, 12:39 a.m. | fluff | A sign of gratitude in society: smiles (4) | _TY SM_ |
| MUM (3) | Firetruck | Aug. 18, 2021, 10:36 a.m. | bags | Secretive gallery loses work (3) | MUM ("Secretive") = M[use]UM ("gallery" losing "work") |
| OWO (3) | dohz | Aug. 18, 2021, 7:11 p.m. | bags | Co-worker hides inquisitive stare (3) | hidden: cO-WOrker ("hides") = OWO ("inquisitive stare") |
| SADGE (5) | Neeerd | Aug. 18, 2021, 8:09 p.m. | dohz | Wise man takes down icon of sorrow (5) | SA(D)GE |
| LEGEND (6) | Space_Kalak | Aug. 19, 2021, 3:37 p.m. | Firetruck | Very famous person's foot or hip? (6) | LEG END = foot or hip :notlikeduck: :pikashock: |
| HYBRID CLASS (6, 5) | bags | Aug. 19, 2021, 5:52 p.m. | Firetruck | Revolutionary, brassy child that's hardly just one thing (6,5) | BRASSYCHILD* |
| RENAISSANCE (11) | Neeerd | Aug. 20, 2021, 8:19 p.m. | Firetruck | Reconstituted arsenic rebirth (11) | ARSENIC bank |
| CASE (4) | dohz | Aug. 20, 2021, 9:23 p.m. | Exalted | Heartless motive for lawsuit (4) | CA(-u)SE ("motive" without the heart) |
| OPT OUT (3 3 OR 3-3) | Firetruck | Aug. 21, 2021, 1:44 p.m. | Firetruck | Extremely strong king swallowed goose egg to toss cookies, maybe (3 3) | extremely strong = OP (overpowered in gamerese) King = TUT goose egg = O toss cookies maybe: opt out (of tracking) |
| WHOA (4) | bags | Aug. 22, 2021, 7:31 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Stop crying about trouble (4) | hom. WOE; whoa as in telling a horse to stop |
| CASINO (6) | Neeerd | Aug. 23, 2021, 9:14 p.m. | dohz | Gambling house company covering a crime (6) | C(A+SIN)O |
| GARRULOUS (9) | dohz | Aug. 23, 2021, 9:14 p.m. | Firetruck | Like a ray-finned fish that won't shut up? (9) | GAR = ray-finned fish, so like it is GAR-RULOUS The whole thing is a cryptic definition. Cryptic clues need to be split intl wordplay and definition? Bah! Your conventions needlessly hamstring the author. Freedom! |
| NEMESIS (7) | Space_Kalak | Aug. 24, 2021, 12:01 p.m. | Firetruck | Uprooted seed symbolizes Greek goddess (7) | SEMEN< + IS (symbolizes) |
| TMESIS (6) | Idontknow | Aug. 24, 2021, 12:03 p.m. | Firetruck | Something, like, abso-friggin'-lutely smites to smithereens (6) | Something like abso-friggin'-lutely: def SMITES* |
| IHNN (6) | Cheshire | Aug. 24, 2021, 3:09 p.m. | Firetruck | "Hello back!" notes puzzler (6) | HI< + NN (notes) Def: a username of a 🎂puzzler🎂 |
| BALAYAGE (8) | quatrevingtneuf | Aug. 25, 2021, 12:36 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | A portion of jambalaya gets gradual recolouring (8) | *BALAYA GE* |
| SINK (4) | dohz | Aug. 26, 2021, 1:10 a.m. | Firetruck | Fall is returning, and Naira's at kindergarten (4) | IS< + N + K |
| HOTEL (5) | bags | Aug. 26, 2021, 1:49 a.m. | Firetruck | Finally putt in the cursed hole that follows golf (5) | putT in HOLE* that follows golf = def (NATO phonetic alphabet) |
| RUSTY (5) | Cheshire | Aug. 27, 2021, 5:46 p.m. | InvalidD | Trivia wiz that solves puzzles in guru-style (5) | guRU-STYle |
| ALL CAPS (3, 4) | dohz | Aug. 28, 2021, 4:48 a.m. | Madmahogany | MF DOOM song "Acapella (remix)" without alternate edited intro, last of his (3,4) | Defn: MF DOOM song (ACAPELLA)*-A-E+S |
| ARROGANT (8) | Neeerd | Aug. 28, 2021, 12:04 p.m. | fluff | Smug leaders of a Russian revolution overthrow government, allowing national totalitarianism (8) | A+R_+R_+O_+G_+A_+N_+T_ |
| BANK HOLIDAY (4, 7) | Space_Kalak | Aug. 28, 2021, 2:30 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Key of life at the core of a bodily realignment is time off work (4 7) | ANKH (key of life) at the core of /ABODILY = time off work |
| VITUPERATE (10) | dohz | Aug. 30, 2021, 7:37 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Mad at eruptive insult (10) | just an anagram |
| FISH FRY (4, 3) | WoomyRogue | Aug. 30, 2021, 7:50 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Alevin starts to feed in streams, having finished resorbing yolk (4 3) | first letters, and also a biology lesson |
| RESOLVE (7) | Space_Kalak | Aug. 31, 2021, 9:44 a.m. | Space_Kalak | Answer once or twice? (7) | Punny ddef Answer once: RESOLVE Answer twice: RE-SOLVE |
| POP (3) | dohz | Sept. 1, 2021, 10:28 a.m. | Rainy | Soap opera contains bubbly stuff? (3) | _POP_ |
| TAPA (4) | Rainy | Sept. 1, 2021, 7:40 p.m. | fluff | Some sorta party snack (4) | _TA PA_ |
| FABRICATION (11) | Space_Kalak | Sept. 2, 2021, 9:48 a.m. | Firetruck | Lie cloth in operation after one botched it (11) | Lie = def cloth = fabric in operation = on one = a botched it = it* FABRIC + A + IT* + ON (after A+TI*) |
| PLOSIVE (7) | WoomyRogue | Sept. 2, 2021, 9:49 a.m. | bags | Mean person: "I've received 50K! ...Maybe" (7) | def.: "K Maybe" = PLOSIVE (K is an example of a plosive in English) wordplay: P.O.S. ("Mean person", from 'piece of shit') I'VE ("I've") containing ("received") L ("50", roman numerals) |
| DELTA (5) | theduckmedic | Sept. 2, 2021, 2:30 p.m. | phenomist | Atlanta airline finally departs over Atlanta airline (5) | "Atlanta airline" = (ATL+_E+D) rev |
| DOFF (4) | Firetruck | Sept. 2, 2021, 3:08 p.m. | fluff | Remove some elected officials (4) | _D OFF_ |
| ANY ROMAN EMPEROR (?) | Neeerd | Sept. 2, 2021, 8:16 p.m. | Exalted | One Roman inhabitant! (4) | hidden word (_NE RO_), &lit |
| ROSH HASHANAH (4, 8) | Space_Kalak | Sept. 4, 2021, 9:51 a.m. | Neeerd | Replaying pieces for horn as it's a holiday (4, 8) | Letter bank for HORN AS |
| PARITY (6) | dohz | Sept. 4, 2021, 3:20 p.m. | Madmahogany | Odd or not, it sounds like the behaviour of a talking bird (6) | Homophone for PARROTY |
| PAPARAZZI (9) | Neeerd | Sept. 5, 2021, 3:38 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Some shooters and a pizza divided up around most of party (9) | /APIZZA around PAR(ty) = some shooters (camera people, not shots of liquor) |
| PHOTON (6) | bags | Sept. 5, 2021, 5 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | A bit of light confusion: on pot, getting high (6) | /ONPOT getting H(igh) = a bit of light |
| SKELETOR (8) | WoomyRogue | Sept. 6, 2021, 7:35 a.m. | bags | Slovakian voter rejects country's leader (He wants to control everything!) (8) | def.: "He wants to control everything" = SKELETOR (Skeletor's only goal is to become the master of the universe) wordplay: SK ("Slovakian") ELE[-C]TOR ("voter", rejecting "[C]ountry's leader") |
| NETWORK (7) | Space_Kalak | Sept. 6, 2021, 9:54 a.m. | fluff | Naughtily twerk on the Internet, maybe (7) | NETWORK* |
| PEKOE (5) | Firetruck | Sept. 7, 2021, 9:06 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Backed up approval for additive to #1 tea (5) | OK< (backed up approval) added into PEE (number one) |
| LAVISH (6) | dohz | Sept. 7, 2021, 10:13 p.m. | Firetruck | Posh, like the bathroom? (6) | LAV-ISH punny def (like the lavatoey) |
| BACK TO SCHOOL (4, 2, 6) | Space_Kalak | Sept. 8, 2021, 9:56 a.m. | WoomyRogue | The rear entrance of a university is the first sign of autumn? (4, 2, 6) | punny def? I haven't dabbled in this type of clue yet, idk if this truly works |
| ANY DWARF FROM THE HOBBIT (?) | WoomyRogue | Sept. 8, 2021, 1:43 p.m. | bags | Dwarf's armpit stench clinging to coat (5) | def.: "Dwarf" = BOFUR wordplay: B.O. ("armpit stench": body odor) + ("clinging to") FUR ("coat") |
| POETRY (6) | bags | Sept. 9, 2021, 8:35 p.m. | Neeerd | It was many and many a year ago // In a kingdom by the sea // Wrote this famous writer // Who liked tales of mystery // He liked gothic horror, // Macabre tales, and whatever // He wrote about a mental guy // And his homicide endeavor! (6) | &lit (cuz the entire clue is poetry): POE+TRY It was many and many a year ago // In a kingdom by the sea - "Anabelle Lee" He wrote about a mental guy and his homicide endeavor - "A Tell-Tale Heart" |
| SHOEBOX (7) | Idontknow | Sept. 9, 2021, 9:59 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Sloppy hobo sex in a cardboard container (7) | a risqué anagram |
| SUNFLOWER (9) | dohz | Sept. 10, 2021, 3:24 a.m. | Firetruck | Returned to canine again, maybe, with 2ν-Δ-system (9) | (RE-WOLF + NUS)< Def: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunflower_(mathematics) |
| LAST NIGHT (4, 5) | Space_Kalak | Sept. 10, 2021, 10:27 a.m. | Firetruck | When I most recently saw my neighbor's botched slight tan (4,5) | SLIGHTTAN* def: she brought over some kind of fancy popcorn to share. I forget what was special about thid particular kind of popcorn, and to be fair, I didn't have any of it either since the kids and my wife got to it first, and realistically I am not that huge of a fan of popcorn on its own, particularly unflavored, unsalted popcorn of the variety my neighbor brought over, though I am partial to the taste of hot, salted butter, which explains why I still enjoy this treat under special circumstances, to include caramel corn, I suppose, but really only on a chilly autumnal day at a festival or pumpkin farm or some such thing, not really a snack I would seek out by my lonesome. |
| ANY MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (?) | Neeerd | Sept. 12, 2021, 12:26 p.m. | dohz | Neighbor returns brass instrument (4) | TUBA< |
| COUNTER (7) | dohz | Sept. 12, 2021, 7:32 p.m. | Madmahogany | Tally against (7) | ddef |
| BRIEF (5) | Space_Kalak | Sept. 13, 2021, 1:26 p.m. | Neeerd | Concise instructions (5) | Ddef |
| ONDES MARTENOT (5, 8) | Firetruck | Sept. 13, 2021, 6:08 p.m. | |||
| LUCID OR LUCID DREAM (5 OR 5, 5) | WoomyRogue | Sept. 15, 2021, 7:56 a.m. | Firetruck | Sober auditor's unleashed libido (5) | "LOOSE ID" (unleashed=loose, libido=id) |
| SUBORN (6) | Firetruck | Sept. 15, 2021, 8:15 p.m. | Neeerd | Bribe a Sudanese? (6) | Punny ddef: SU-born |
| AGLET (5) | dohz | Sept. 15, 2021, 8:51 p.m. | Madmahogany | Knotted tangle without new lace tip (5) | (TANGLE)-N |
| UFFIZI (6) | phenomist | Sept. 16, 2021, 12:48 p.m. | Madmahogany | Art museum, originally under Florentine funds, in Zimone, Italy (6) | Acrostic U_ F_ F_ I_ Z_ I_ |
| PEASANT (7) | WoomyRogue | Sept. 17, 2021, 9:51 a.m. | Madmahogany | Rustic bird without a head (7) | Defn: Rustic bird = PHEASANT without H |
| CANDIDE (7) | Neeerd | Sept. 17, 2021, 7:50 p.m. | Firetruck | Toilet did start to (eventually) work with a woman with one buttock (7) | CAN (toilet) + DID + E (start to eventually) And Candide has a woman with a single buttock |
| GIF (3) | dohz | Sept. 18, 2021, 11:21 a.m. | Madmahogany | Present doesn't finish, it loops (3) | GIF(-t) GIFs loop |
| GIRAFFE (7) | Space_Kalak | Sept. 18, 2021, 11:22 a.m. | Madmahogany | Animal guts very loudly take in threshed bran, and a bit of extract (7) | GI FF take in RA with E |
| SCRIVENER (9) | Firetruck | Sept. 18, 2021, 2:12 p.m. | dohz | Small, cold river swallows English writer (9) | S+C+RIV(EN)ER the strid strikes again |
| HEADS OR TAILS (5) | WoomyRogue | Sept. 20, 2021, 7:07 a.m. | dohz | Follows stories on the radio (5) | “tales” homophone |
| ON THE EDGE (2, 3, 4) | phenomist | Sept. 20, 2021, 11:31 a.m. | Madmahogany | Irritated using Microsoft's internet browser (2,3,4) | punny ddef |
| TALK SHOP (4, 4) | Space_Kalak | Sept. 20, 2021, 11:33 a.m. | dohz | Spooner’s surprise summit to discuss work (4, 4) | “shock top” spoonerism |
| BIG SHOT (3, 4) | dohz | Sept. 20, 2021, 2:23 p.m. | WoomyRogue | Dignitary radicalist keeps quiet (3, 4) | BIG(SH)OT |
| KOALA (5) | Cheshire | Sept. 20, 2021, 8:25 p.m. | dohz | Knock out in the manner of a marsupial (5) | KO+ALA |
| ASTRINGENT (10) | wolf | Sept. 20, 2021, 9:32 p.m. | ycz | An axe's fifth tree being acacia, for example (10) | The fifth string on a guitar (an axe) is the A STRING; tree being is ENT; acacia is an astringent, according to Wikipedia |
| HYPERLINK (9) | DiscordantAnt | Sept. 21, 2021, 10:41 a.m. | fluff | It directs you to heated, shaky kiln (9) | "it directs you" = HYPER + LINK* |
| MR ROBOTO (2, 6) | WoomyRogue | Sept. 22, 2021, 7:30 a.m. | Madmahogany | Song about plan surrounding crushing runs with boot (2,6) | plan = MO runs = RR M(RROBOT)*O Defn: Song |
| BLANCMANGE (10) | Space_Kalak | Sept. 22, 2021, 1:41 p.m. | |||
| LADDER (6) | dohz | Sept. 22, 2021, 3:07 p.m. | Firetruck | Starting to lick snake - it gets you high (6) | L(ick) + ADDER (=snake) |
| DOHA (4) | bags | Sept. 22, 2021, 9:37 p.m. | Madmahogany | Homer's interjection leads to a city (4) | D'OH A |
| BLOCKED (7) | DiscordantAnt | Sept. 23, 2021, 11:57 a.m. | Firetruck | Cuddle in bed made of Lego? (7) | cuddle=lock (as in to wrap or fold) B(LOCK)ED made of Lego = punny definition |
| HELIUM (6) | Firetruck | Sept. 23, 2021, 11 p.m. | Madmahogany | Hesitation after the Spanish enter, greeting gas (6) | H(EL)I UM |
| NADIR (5) | dohz | Sept. 24, 2021, 7:55 p.m. | Firetruck | Darn, I screwed up, reaching rock bottom (5) | DARNI* |
| SYLVAN (6) | WoomyRogue | Sept. 26, 2021, 6:23 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Wooded part of Pennsylvania (6) | hidden word... took the low-hanging fruit |
| ENHANCE (7) | dohz | Sept. 26, 2021, 8:07 p.m. | sarathegood | Improve crushed henna with cockle shell (7) | ENHAN* + CocklE |
| ZIMONZE (7) | Cheshire | Sept. 27, 2021, 10:49 a.m. | |||
| HANDSHAKE (9) | Idontknow | Sept. 27, 2021, 12:43 p.m. | dohz | Hot and quiet body of water without entrance or way of introduction (9) | H+AND+SH+(-l)AKE way of introduction = def |
| CONTRACT (8) | dohz | Sept. 28, 2021, 8:11 p.m. | phenomist | Anti-land convention (8) | CON+TRACT |
| CHEST BUMP (5, 4) | short_c1rcuit | Sept. 29, 2021, 12:04 p.m. | phenomist | A way of greeting Spooner's greatest fool (5,4) | BEST CHUMP spoonerized |
| TERMINAL (8) | Cheshire | Sept. 29, 2021, 1:59 p.m. | Firetruck | The last tramline got decommissioned (8) | TRAMLINE*, def = the last |
| MAITREYA (8) | Neeerd | Sept. 29, 2021, 9:50 p.m. | Firetruck | Host dropped its last young adult actress (8) | MAITRE D' - D + YA (book classification) |
| IMDB (4) | theduckmedic | Sept. 30, 2021, 12:42 a.m. | |||
| ECTOPLASM (9) | Idontknow | Sept. 30, 2021, 12:53 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Exotic camels contain finest, otherworldly fluid (9) | TOP (finest) in /CAMELS = otherworldly fluid |
| SILENT (6) | dohz | Sept. 30, 2021, 9:58 p.m. | Firetruck | Mum is back - time to give up (6) | IS< + LENT |
| ELECTROMA (9) | WoomyRogue | Oct. 1, 2021, 12:03 p.m. | Firetruck | Vote "one tomato" for movie (9) | ELECT + ROMA |
| BIG TOP (3, 3) | Space_Kalak | Oct. 1, 2021, 2:05 p.m. | Firetruck | B (3, 3) | Reverse wordplay for BIG TOP (top letter of Big) |
| PROSCRIBE (9) | Firetruck | Oct. 1, 2021, 9:39 p.m. | |||
| UFO (3) | dohz | Oct. 2, 2021, 10:01 p.m. | dohz | Alien spacecraft sighted in Beaufort (3) | _UFO_ |
| GENUFLECT (9) | l_powell | Oct. 4, 2021, 12:42 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Kneel down: good! Choose to involve wild fun! (9) | not an &lit, just emphatic G+E(/FUN)LECT |
| WALUIGI (7) | bags | Oct. 4, 2021, 11:14 p.m. | l_powell | Taller brother's villainous counterpart starts to understand inexhaustable game internally after endless walk (7) | [WAL]-k [U]nderstand [I]nexhaustable [G]ame [I]nternally |
| KIBITZ (6) | dohz | Oct. 5, 2021, 9:30 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Chatter from king: “I attack furiously, with no losses!” (6) | K (king) + I B(-l)ITZ |
| SCRAWL (6) | WoomyRogue | Oct. 5, 2021, 10:48 a.m. | Firetruck | Write quickly with short stroke (6) | S (short) + CRAWL (stroke, like swimming) |
| UNGUENT (7) | Firetruck | Oct. 5, 2021, 11:23 a.m. | Firetruck | Ointment is fragrant after removing lid, embodying essence of skunk (7) | PUNGENT - P inserting skUnk |
| UNGULATE (8) | quatrevingtneuf | Oct. 6, 2021, 1:42 p.m. | Firetruck | Hoofed animal dead after mushroom or toadstool stuffing (8) | fUNGUs + LATE (dead) |
| CAPITULATE (10) | l_powell | Oct. 6, 2021, 4:38 p.m. | |||
| FOUNDER (7) | dohz | Oct. 7, 2021, 10:15 a.m. | Firetruck | Fish expelled liquid to go down (7) | FLOUNDER - L (liquid) |
| CREVASSE (8) | WoomyRogue | Oct. 7, 2021, 11:50 a.m. | fluff | Odd, cursed view: eating butt crack (8) | “crack” = C_R_E_V_(ASS)E_ |
| DYLANAMITE (10) | Cheshire | Oct. 7, 2021, 6:32 p.m. | WoomyRogue | Puzzler destroyed MIT and Yale (10) | MITANDYALE* |
| SODOKU (6) | dohz | Oct. 9, 2021, 10:26 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Regularly stood lookout for disease (6) | StOoD lOoKoUt |
| RELIQUARY (9) | WoomyRogue | Oct. 11, 2021, 7:53 a.m. | Firetruck | Squirrel with a yellow head, nuts, and display case for the bones of saints, maybe (9) | (SQUIRREL - S + AY (a yellow))* |
| ENUM (4) | Idontknow | Oct. 11, 2021, 8:42 a.m. | WoomyRogue | I returned, carrying Greek writing and this -> (4) | >E(NU)M Nu is the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet |
| FRACTAL (7) | Firetruck | Oct. 11, 2021, 10:21 a.m. | WoomyRogue | Broken flatcar is haphazard (7) | FLATCAR* |
| DORK (4) | bags | Oct. 13, 2021, 2:24 a.m. | dohz | Fool’s gold stored in banks of Denmark (4) | D_(OR)_K |
| SORBET (6) | WoomyRogue | Oct. 13, 2021, 9:59 a.m. | dohz | Ready-to-eat ball! (6) | S(ORB)ET &lit |
| CONGLOMERATE (12) | tasthing | Oct. 13, 2021, 10:20 p.m. | theduckmedic | African country gains fifty, emirate loses one: leader moves to form consortium (12) | CONG(L)O + M(-i)(E)RATE |
| FAFF (4) | Firetruck | Oct. 14, 2021, 11:20 a.m. | dohz | Dawdle in self-affirmation (4) | _F AFF_ |
| GOLEM (5) | dohz | Oct. 14, 2021, 11:32 p.m. | bags | Components of big ol' emotionless robot (5) | def. "robot" wordplay: hidden in biG OL' EMotionless ("Components of") |
| GLARE (5) | Space_Kalak | Oct. 15, 2021, 3:40 a.m. | dohz | Light lager brewed (5) | GLARE* credit to frictionlessemu for punching up this clue |
| ALLAY (5) | Neeerd | Oct. 15, 2021, 7:13 p.m. | Firetruck | Calm a parting friend (5) | ALL(A)Y |
| A CLUE MADE OF ONLY ANAGRINDS, WITH MULTIPLE SOLUTIONS (?) | kieranjboyd | Oct. 15, 2021, 8:09 p.m. | AuLeaf | Mad; break down–stricken; deranged (7) | break: anagrind down-stricken: -D deranged: fodder mad: def for [ANGERED(-d)]* or [ENRAGED(-d)]* |
| YOUR MOST RECENT LUNCH/DINNER (?) | WoomyRogue | Oct. 16, 2021, 7:32 a.m. | bags | Dad's assistant makes food (5) | PASTA def. food wordplay: PA'S T.A. ("Dad's" "assistant": teacher's assistant) |
| SQUID (5) | Idontknow | Oct. 16, 2021, 11:12 a.m. | skaldskaparmal | Finally spends some money to get calamari (5) | _S + QUID |
| ANY HUMAN PYRAMID-STYLE CLUE (?) | SoftFro | Oct. 16, 2021, 11:16 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | To get even, sharp weapon follows degree about poli sci, e.g. (7) | LANCE after B.A. = to get even ostensibly the surface is about a disgruntled poli sci grad taking matters into their own hands |
| JAMIE HARGROVE (5, 8) | Cheshire | Oct. 16, 2021, 11:49 a.m. | Firetruck | Puzzle that is difficult doesn't get finished and stumps (eventually) puzzler (5, 8) | Puzzle (JAM) + that is (IE) + difficult doesn't get finished (HARD - D) + stumps, eventually (GROVE) |
| MERLOT (6) | WoomyRogue | Oct. 18, 2021, 10:57 a.m. | Firetruck | The sound of molar cracking accompanied by red liquid (6) | "MOLAR"* (phonetic anagram: m oh l ur -> m ur l oh) |
| BLACK SWAN (5, 4) | Firetruck | Oct. 18, 2021, 5:54 p.m. | theduckmedic | Statistical rarity—squib lacks wand heartstring (5, 4) | _b lack s_ |
| FORTIFY (7) | dohz | Oct. 18, 2021, 7:45 p.m. | theduckmedic | Hold up if breaking 40 (7) | FORT(IF)Y |
| FIRETRUCK (9) | Cheshire | Oct. 19, 2021, 10:18 a.m. | WoomyRogue | Puzzler Spooner discusses the "jury curse" (9) | Am I allowed to write the explanation for this one |
| DEMOMAN (7) | WoomyRogue | Oct. 20, 2021, 11:28 a.m. | Firetruck | Cyclops monster embraced rising in the morning (7) | DEMO(AM<)N |
| STAN (4) | bags | Oct. 21, 2021, 10:19 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Mostly tolerate a superfan (4) | STAN(d) |
| LSD (3) | Idontknow | Oct. 22, 2021, 9:08 a.m. | Wriggler831 | Psychedelic laser show dizzily starts (3) | LSD: Psychedelic (defn): (wp) starts of Laser Show Dizzily |
| ICHOR (5) | WoomyRogue | Oct. 22, 2021, 3:44 p.m. | dohz | Which organ stores the blood of gods? (5) | _ICH OR_ |
| DJANGO (6) | Firetruck | Oct. 22, 2021, 6:54 p.m. | |||
| BLIMOUSEALERRE (14) | AuthorialIntent | Oct. 22, 2021, 7:09 p.m. | comedy | Doctor: More liberal use for Glastonbury drug (14) | (MORELIBERALUSE)* |
| SOFTFRO’S KIDNEY (7’1, 6) | Cheshire | Oct. 23, 2021, 8:49 a.m. | |||
| ANY CLUE WHOSE ANSWER IS HIDDEN IN THE CLUE, BUT IS NOT A HIDDEN (?) | bags | Oct. 23, 2021, 10:46 p.m. | Rainy | Someone's top is in mesh bird house (4) | NE(S)T |
| ANY CLUE THAT HAS NO LETTERS IN COMMON WITH ITS ANSWER (?) | comedy | Oct. 24, 2021, 3:50 p.m. | Exalted | Sound off! 1000 plus 8, buddy! (4) | MATE (homophone of M[1000]+EIGHT[8]) |
| ECSTASY (7) | Idontknow | Oct. 24, 2021, 4 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | No need for oncology, initially: cost absorbed by simple drug (7) | C(-o)ST in EASY |
| HEAT (4) | bags | Oct. 26, 2021, 1:23 a.m. | dohz | Sheath carries weaponry (4) | _HEAT_ def = weaponry, as in “packing heat” |
| CINNABAR (8) | WoomyRogue | Oct. 26, 2021, 6:49 a.m. | Firetruck | Red restaurant with open air bar not in operation (8) | Cinnabon + (bar-b) - on (in operation) |
| ARMADILLIDIIDAE (15) | EricFox53 | Oct. 26, 2021, 2:23 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Pill bugs are mild when repeatedly sampled (15) | letter bank AREMILD |
| OTHER (5) | dohz | Oct. 26, 2021, 2:31 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Endless annoyances added (5) | (-b)OTHER(-s) |
| MACABRE (7) | Space_Kalak | Oct. 27, 2021, 3:37 p.m. | Firetruck | Gruesome man with skinned leg takes a taxi (7) | M(A + CAB)R + E (skinned leg) |
| OLIVIA (6) | theduckmedic | Oct. 27, 2021, 8:11 p.m. | Firetruck | Crude oil by means of pig (6) | OIL* + VIA (Olivia is a children's book pig by Ian Falconer) |
| STAR ANISE (4, 5) | WoomyRogue | Oct. 28, 2021, 7:43 a.m. | skaldskaparmal | Artisan's cooked last of the herb (4, 5) | STARANIS* + _E |
| META (4) | Firetruck | Oct. 28, 2021, 1:29 p.m. | Firetruck | Minced meat that might be pure or have a shell (4) | MEAT* |
| SLASH (5) | Idontknow | Oct. 28, 2021, 2:38 p.m. | Firetruck | Attack with small whip (5) | S+LASH |
| CASTLE (6) | dohz | Oct. 30, 2021, 7:17 a.m. | dohz | Move king and rook left in rank (6) | CAST(L)E |
| DAYLIGHT SAVINGS (8, 7) | Space_Kalak | Oct. 30, 2021, 9:41 a.m. | Firetruck | Advising ghastly freaks of a bad idea (8 7) | GHASTLYADVISING* and it's a terrible idea |
| SPOOKY (OR SPOOPY I GUESS) (6) | Firetruck | Oct. 30, 2021, 8:39 p.m. | prawo | Weird note about castling king's side (6) | Weird = SP(OO+K_)Y; note [verb] about = SP()Y, castling = O-O, king's side = K_ |
| TRPCIC (6) | EricFox53 | Oct. 31, 2021, 9:05 p.m. | Firetruck | Dollhouse designer's tarp ripped out - one milliliter inundated its roof (6) | Def: apparently the costume designer for the show Dollhouse? TARP - A + C(I)C (milliliter around "its" roof =I) |
| FIREWORKS (9) | Space_Kalak | Nov. 1, 2021, 9:45 a.m. | Firetruck | Utensils made of thin strands of metal are converting Watts into Farads, a producer of light and sound (9) | WIRE FORKS switching W and F |
| ERSATZ (6) | dohz | Nov. 1, 2021, 5:45 p.m. | Firetruck | Imitation taser is broken, zapping only briefly (6) | TASER* + Z |
| FOX (3) | SoftFro | Nov. 1, 2021, 8:16 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Loud bovine mammal (3) | F + OX |
| ANY CLUE WITH THE CLEAVE MECHANIC FROM MTG | Koala | Nov. 2, 2021, 6:17 p.m. | Deusovi | 『「B[e inc]」o「[n]」』v『「[en]」』i『「[e]」n「[c]」e「[d]」 「[by] d[e]art[h]」, 「[which]」 』i『s』 『「mar[ked by a]」』s『hy 「pl[e]a[sa]nt [ending]」 (』 0 『+f』o『u』r 『( 10 ) / (「[2*]」』5『)』 ) | no removals: > Be inconvenienced by dearth, which is marked by ashy pleasant ending (0 + four(10) / (2*5)) "Be inconvenienced by dearth" = def; "which is marked by" = transition from def to wp; "ashy" = WAN; "pleasant ending" = _T --- remove []: > Bovine dart is marshy plant (0 + four(10) / (5)) Bovine = BULL; dart = RUSH; marshy plant = BULLRUSH --- remove 「」 (and []): > ovine is shy (0 + four(10) / (5)) ddef SHEEPISH --- remove 『』 (and 「」, and []): > vii s 0 or 10 (5) S + EVEN |
| WARIO (5) | bags | Nov. 2, 2021, 8:17 p.m. | dohz | Republican in Iowa confused for Libertarian? (5) | WA(R)IO* |
| GUY (3) | Space_Kalak | Nov. 3, 2021, 9:47 a.m. | dohz | Oddly gaudy dude (3) | G_U_Y |
| ATARAXIA (8) | dohz | Nov. 4, 2021, 5:11 a.m. | bags | Cross through at Portugal–Spain border, showing calmness (8) | def.: "calmness" wordplay: X ("Cross") inside ("through") AT ("at") A RAIA ("Portugal–Spain border": portuguese name) |
| ANY CLUE WHOSE ANSWER IS THE NUMBER OF LETTERS IT CONTAINS (?) | EricFox53 | Nov. 4, 2021, 9:14 p.m. | edderiofer | Landowner's sixth envelope to couple (3) | T(_W_)O = "couple" The clue contains two letters: a landowner and the one in the envelope. |
| BLOCKHEAD (9) | bags | Nov. 5, 2021, 10:52 a.m. | Neeerd | Angrily choke bald idiot (9) | (CHOKE+BALD)* |
| FLASK (5) | dohz | Nov. 6, 2021, 6:20 a.m. | bags | Thermos full, next to Alaska, passing over the border (5) | def. "Thermos" wordplay: F ("full", on a car's gas gauge) next to [a]LASK[a] ("Alaska", "passing over the border") |
| A-OK (1-2) | bags | Nov. 7, 2021, 11:27 a.m. | Firetruck | Karaoke bar is kosher (1-2) | karAOKe "Bar" as in a segment, like a bar in music |
| FLUX (4) | Space_Kalak | Nov. 8, 2021, 7 a.m. | Firetruck | Times, after virus, change (4) | FLU + X (x=times like multiplication) |
| CHAOTIC (7) | Cheshire | Nov. 8, 2021, 1:07 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Regular layout with stylish borders all over the place (7) | _A_O_T with CHIC around |
| COMPLETE (8) | dohz | Nov. 8, 2021, 7:26 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Finish race with a loss (8) | COMPETE with L |
| TRYST (5) | WoomyRogue | Nov. 9, 2021, 6:37 a.m. | wolf | Attempt missionary, maybe! (5) | TRY+ST &lit |
| ANY BIRD WITH ENUM (3) | quatrevingtneuf | Nov. 9, 2021, 1:25 p.m. | bags | Bird that can turn its head, and keep turning it, and turning it, and turning it, and tu—uh… uh-oh… um… uh… bird with its head broken off (3) | OWL ("Bird that can turn its head, and keep turning it, and ...") = [f]OWL ("bird with its head broken off") Sometimes it's about giving a fair, succinct, and unambiguous clue. Sometimes it's about sending a message |
| TIMBIEBS (8) | AuthorialIntent | Nov. 10, 2021, 9:42 a.m. | Firetruck | Queer confession interrupts best novel of horrors from Canada (8) | BEST* (BEST novel) around I'M BI (queer confession) |
| AKKALA (6) | WoomyRogue | Nov. 11, 2021, 9:15 a.m. | dohz | Hyrule region’s king pinched by a koala, losing ring (6) | A+(K)+K(-o)ALA |
| MST (3) | Cheshire | Nov. 11, 2021, 11:47 a.m. | dohz | Puzzler seen in Amsterdam (3) | _MST_ |
| OUTRÉ (5) | Firetruck | Nov. 11, 2021, 8:08 p.m. | bags | Alien is out and about (5) | def. "Alien" (the adjective) wordplay: OUT ("out") + RE ("about") |
| LULL (4) | dohz | Nov. 12, 2021, 4:31 a.m. | bags | Modern-day you transported into the 50s would be calm (4) | def. "calm" wordplay: U ("Modern-day 'you'": 'you' in textspeak) in ("transported into") L L L ("the 50s": Roman numerals) |
| GARBOLOGY (9) | bags | Nov. 12, 2021, 7:48 a.m. | Firetruck | By actress Greta's account, youth is one reason folks may be down in the dumps (9) | GARBO (Greta Garbo) + LOG (account; by GARBO (is) LOG) + Y (youth) |
| JOHNSON (7) | edderiofer | Nov. 13, 2021, 9:18 a.m. | Wriggler831 | Dick Nixon's predecessor (7) | Ddef |
| BIG TIME (3, 4) | bags | Nov. 14, 2021, 7:51 a.m. | Wriggler831 | Gabriel hit in a major way (3,4) | ddef |
| TINIKLING (9) | dohz | Nov. 14, 2021, 3:30 p.m. | bags | Traditional dance going around India (9) | def. "Traditional dance" wordplay: TINKLING ("going") around I ("India": NATO phonetic alphabet) |
| TOBLERONE (9) | WoomyRogue | Nov. 15, 2021, 7:24 a.m. | dohz | To be “getting around”, left and right, one becomes a snack (9) | TO+B(L)E+R+ONE :flushed: |
| ANY CLUE WHERE ALL THE WORDS ARE THE SAME LENGTH AS THE ANSWER (?) | TheNexinator | Nov. 15, 2021, 1:04 p.m. | mbingo | Soup from wild west (4) | def: "soup"; STEW* |
| NOIR (4) | Firetruck | Nov. 16, 2021, 8:12 a.m. | dohz | Evenly unholier and dark (4) | _N_O_I_R |
| ABRAHAM VAN HELSING (7, 3, 7) | bags | Nov. 16, 2021, 9:30 a.m. | Madmahogany | A Biblical figure, an anarchist, an English doctor, a vampire hunter (7,3,7) | Defn: a vampire hunter ABRAHAM V AN (HELSING)* English doctor = HELSING an anarchist = V A Biblical figure = ABRAHAM |
| CALIPER (7) | WoomyRogue | Nov. 17, 2021, 7:46 a.m. | Wriggler831 | In physical, I permit body fat measurer (7) | defn: body fat measurer wp: (in:hidden) physiCAL I PERmit |
| SPIT (4) | Space_Kalak | Nov. 17, 2021, 7:58 a.m. | Wriggler831 | Rotisserie leans backwards (4) | defn: rotisserie wp: leans=TIPS backwards |
| ANY CLUE WHICH IS A PANGRAM (?) | TheNexinator | Nov. 17, 2021, 1:41 p.m. | Madmahogany | ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ? A list, perhaps, having all basic English term originators (8) | ALPHABET Acrostic A L_ P_ H_ A_ B_ E_ T_ |
| AUTHORITARIAN (13) | Wriggler831 | Nov. 18, 2021, 8:38 a.m. | bags | Write song about clown, center-of-attention dictator (13) | def. "dictator" wordplay: AUTHOR ("Write") ARIA ("song") surrounding ("about") IT ("clown": from the Stephen King novel) + N ("center of [atte]N[tion]") |
| ROMANIA (7) | bags | Nov. 19, 2021, 11:07 a.m. | WoomyRogue | Country of Oman surrounded by foul air (7) | R(OMAN)IA* |
| BETAVEROS (9) | Cheshire | Nov. 19, 2021, 12:38 p.m. | AuLeaf | Hybrid beast taking over puzzling! (9) | BETA(VERO*)S* |
| DEUSOVI/FUNGO (7 OR 5) | summitwei | Nov. 20, 2021, 8:31 a.m. | AuLeaf | Limitless movie passes dealer, primarily, replacing "Bandana" content with intergovernmental cooperation founded by France & Italy, et al., and the solution is yesterday's birthday boy! (5 or 7) | movie unlimited passes dealer, primarily: FANDANGO replacing (-b)ANDAN(-a) with U.N. and the solution is: linkphrase yesterday's birthday boy: F(andan->UN)GO movie unlimited: (-m)OVI(-e) passes: goes after dealer, primarily: D_ replacing bandana content with intergov. coop. founded by France, Italy, et al.: (-b)ANDAN(-a)->E.U. and: AND the solution is: ANS (puzzle parlance) D+([and+an]->EU)S + _OVI_ |
| PETTIFOG (8) | Firetruck | Nov. 20, 2021, 2:34 p.m. | Firetruck | Carp and frog that isn't right jumping over household animal...it's all coming back (8) | Carp=def FROG - R (isn't right) after PET + IT< |
| MORTGAGE (8) | Space_Kalak | Nov. 21, 2021, 8:27 a.m. | Firetruck | Nice death interrupted by joke that feels like it takes a lifetime (8) | MORT(GAG)E |
| FIVE (4) | dohz | Nov. 21, 2021, 9:01 a.m. | TheNexinator | Number 4 in 26 (4) | IV in Fe Also (kinda) F + I + V + E |
| HAND TURKEY (4, 6) | bags | Nov. 21, 2021, 8:33 p.m. | AuLeaf | Toss results out, essentially, and return primary clue for outlined holiday icon (4,6) | H AND T + (-o)U(-t) + R_ + KEY holiday is not :christmas: |
| ASPHALT (7) | dohz | Nov. 23, 2021, 3:10 p.m. | pete | Road surface causing a snake to come to a stop (7) | A snake (asp) in front of stop (halt) and asphalt makes up a road surface |
| DOUGHS (6) | Cheshire | Nov. 24, 2021, 11:09 a.m. | bags | Uncivilized man’s remarks about what another uncivilized man would say (they get heated!) (6) | def. "They get heated" (in the oven) wordplay: D'OHS ("Uncivilized man's remarks": ref. Homer Simpson) surrounding ("about") UG ("what another uncivilized man would say": a caveman) |
| PHOOEY (6) | bags | Nov. 24, 2021, 1:48 p.m. | Firetruck | Soup order: eye, head, and neck of rats (6) | PHO (soup) + O (order in taxonomy) + EY (head and neck of EYE) Rats = def |
| CRANBERRY (9) | Firetruck | Nov. 25, 2021, 3:23 p.m. | dohz | Shout about mixing barren flavor of Sprite (9) | CR(ANBERR*)Y …alternatively, C(RANBER*)RY |
| JOMAN (5) | Space_Kalak | Nov. 25, 2021, 3:53 p.m. | bags | Puzzler from Rome initially hooked? (5) | def. "Puzzler" wordplay: ROMAN ("from Rome"), with first letter turned into a J ("initially 'hook'ed": J looks like a hook (+? for iffiness)) |
| SONDHEIM (8) | SoftFro | Nov. 26, 2021, 2:39 p.m. | Exalted | Composer of one of the Nine Realms, for example, below grassy soil containing nitrogen (8) | SO(N)D("grassy soil containing nitrogen")+HEIM("one of the Nine Realms, for example, below [the previous bit]") |
| PENZO (5) | Cheshire | Nov. 26, 2021, 2:47 p.m. | summitwei | Puzzler's fraudulent scheme turns ones into zeroes and zeroes into 250s (5) | P(O->E)NZ(I->O) i don't actually know why 250 means E but it shows up on some list of cryptic abbreviations |
| LIGMA (5) | bags | Nov. 27, 2021, 4:31 p.m. | dohz | Gmail circulated made-up disease (5) | LIGMA* |
| CARAMBOLA (9) | dohz | Nov. 27, 2021, 7:05 p.m. | dohz | Kind of fruit found in Pacific Asia / Central America, ultimately! | _C+_A+(RAMBO)+_L+_A &lit Kind of fruit = RAMBO, as in the apple cultivar |
| SPLURGE (7) | dohz | Nov. 29, 2021, 8:11 p.m. | Firetruck | Vinyl albums return: want to treat yourself? (7) | LPS< + URGE |
| WOW (3) | bags | Nov. 29, 2021, 11:04 p.m. | dohz | OH MY GOD, MOM’S GONNA FLIP (3) | “MOM” vertical flip def = OH MY GOD, as in the expression of surprise |
| OH NO (2 2) | pete | Nov. 30, 2021, 1:26 a.m. | bags | John Oliver shows? Dear God! (2, 2) | hidden in [j]OHN O[liver] (“shows”) = “Dear God!” |
| RUCK SACK (4, 4) | GhostSalt | Nov. 30, 2021, 1:58 a.m. | Firetruck | Spooner's way to store vacuum cleaners or way to carry vacuum cleaners around, if they are small enough? (8) | rucksack SUCK RACK |
| PROGRAM (7) | AuthorialIntent | Nov. 30, 2021, 9:06 a.m. | AuthorialIntent | Platform supporting a certain weight? (7) | PRO GRAM |
| CAVES (5) | Space_Kalak | Nov. 30, 2021, 9:25 a.m. | Firetruck | Throws the towel in holes (5) | ddef (throws in the towel=to give up or to cave) |
| CLIFFS (6) | Koala | Nov. 30, 2021, 9:27 a.m. | Space_Kalak | Kind of rock features Mr Richards? (6) | def; geological and singer Cliff Richard(s) |
| KACHINA (7) | EricFox53 | Dec. 1, 2021, 4:16 p.m. | Madmahogany | Potassium and 50% bleach in a spirit (7) | K bleACH IN A Defn: spirit |
| TWITCH (6) | bags | Dec. 2, 2021, 9:11 a.m. | calica | Start of the witch streaming video (6) | T (start of "the")+WITCH = streaming video on twitch.tv |
| REPRISE (7) | dohz | Dec. 2, 2021, 5:55 p.m. | Exalted | Advance in business after sales employee's repeat performance (7) | RISE("advance in business") after REP("sales employee") |
| DELIRIUM (8) | WoomyRogue | Dec. 2, 2021, 6:20 p.m. | bags | Shop selling meat and liquor putting India in frenzy (8) | def. "frenzy" wordplay: DELI ("Shop selling meat") + RUM ("liquor") containing I ("putting India in": NATO phonetic alphabet) |
| HE SHOOTS, HE SCORES (2, 6, 2, 6) | bags | Dec. 4, 2021, 9:24 a.m. | GhostSalt | The commentator says she chooses others, confusingly! (2, 6, 2, 6) | def = The commentator says (HE SHOOTS, HE SCORES is something that football commentators stereotypically say) she chooses others = Anagram of HE SHOOTS HE SCORES confusingly! = Anagram indicator |
| EMBARK (6) | dohz | Dec. 5, 2021, 8:12 a.m. | GhostSalt | Get on a boat or ark after 60% ember (6) | def = Get on a boat 60% ember = EMB ark after = EMB ARK |
| HOME FREE (4, 4) | bags | Dec. 6, 2021, 9:30 a.m. | Firetruck | A clear path to a realtor's nightmare? (4 4) | HOME FREE def and sorta cryptic def kinda (realtors hate it when you use this one weird trick - giving your home away for free!) |
| SILPH (5) | Firetruck | Dec. 7, 2021, 12:17 p.m. | dohz | 51’s returning puzzle hunt, primarily! (5) | (SIL<)+(P_+H_) &lit n.b. silph puzzle hunt is hosted by a team of people, of whom level 51 is a member |
| BURNOUT (7) | Space_Kalak | Dec. 7, 2021, 1:38 p.m. | dohz | For the reverend, acquire match to produce destructive fire (7) | “earn bout” spoonerism def is maybe questionable, though it’s the first one on dictionary.com |
| SOFTFRO (7) | calica | Dec. 8, 2021, 8:54 a.m. | Firetruck | Math balladist voiced away (7) | https://sites.math.washington.edu/~ostroff/songs.html SOFT (voiced as in a consonant) + FRO (as in to and fro=away) |
| S-TIER (1-4) | bags | Dec. 8, 2021, 9:35 a.m. | Firetruck | Top tries to spin (1-4) | TRIES* |
| CROQUIS (7) | dohz | Dec. 9, 2021, 9:12 a.m. | dohz | Sketch is scratchy, stressed differently (7) | “croaky”…homophone? but you change which syllable is stressed |
| SNICKERDOODLE (13) | Firetruck | Dec. 9, 2021, 12:54 p.m. | bags | Cookie stealer enters beginning of sweepstake drawing (13) | def. "Cookie" wordplay: NICKER ("stealer") inside of ("enters") S ("beginning of S[weepstake]") DOODLE ("drawing") |
| LAUNDER (7) | WoomyRogue | Dec. 10, 2021, 11:05 a.m. | dohz | Clean uranium kept in space probe (7) | LA(U)NDER |
| WRAPPING (8) | Space_Kalak | Dec. 10, 2021, 11:09 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Finishing by dropping bars for the audience (8) | hom. RAPPING |
| VAPE PEN (4. 3) | bags | Dec. 11, 2021, 10:42 a.m. | Firetruck | Skunk entered vehicle, and you can hardly smell it (4 3) | VA(PEPE)N (Pepe le Pew) |
| PHENOMIST (9) | Cheshire | Dec. 11, 2021, 11:23 a.m. | |||
| FIGMENT (7) | dohz | Dec. 11, 2021, 10:55 p.m. | Firetruck | Fancy tailor hoards suits (7) | Fancy = def (flight of fancy eg) Suits = GMEN tailor = FIT FI(GMEN)T |
| STAR RATS (4, 4) | Space_Kalak | Dec. 13, 2021, 10:46 a.m. | |||
| LMAO (4) OR (1, 1, 1, 1) | bags | Dec. 13, 2021, 10:58 a.m. | Firetruck | Lady meets chairman that's rich (4) | L + MAO (that's rich = def) |
| GYOZA (5) | dohz | Dec. 14, 2021, 12:04 a.m. | bags | Japanese dish, and German/Italian dish directly after?? What's happening?? (5) | def. "Japanese dish" wordplay: G ("German") + ZA ("Italian dish": pizza) following ("directly after") YO ("What's happening") |
| LE FISHE (2,5) | WoomyRogue | Dec. 15, 2021, 8:50 a.m. | bags | That woman is against life-changing meme (2, 5) | def. "meme" wordplay: SHE ("That woman") goes next to ("is against") LEFI ("life-changing": anagram of LIFE) |
| BROAD (5) | Space_Kalak | Dec. 15, 2021, 10:54 a.m. | Firetruck | Back street leads to the only side of the barn I can hit (5) | B + ROAD |
| NEPAL (5) | bags | Dec. 15, 2021, 5:16 p.m. | theduckmedic | Turbulent plane brings you to Asian country (5) | NEPAL* |
| ANY CLUE USING "REMEMBER THE NAME" LYRICS AS A LETTER SELECTION INDICATOR (?) | SoftFro | Dec. 15, 2021, 7:17 p.m. | |||
| INVALIDD (8) | Cheshire | Dec. 16, 2021, 10:58 a.m. | WoomyRogue | Puzzler attacked, almost ending divine lady (8) | DIVIN(-e)LAD(-y)* |
| TAKE FIVE (4, 4) | bags | Dec. 18, 2021, 12:11 a.m. | wolf | Start of the fake, chaotic, leaderless jive; time out! (4, 4) | T_+AKEF*+(-j)IVE |
| POGCHAMP (8) | GhostSalt | Dec. 18, 2021, 2:45 a.m. | bags | Upset Republican Party winner with enthusiastic statement from the youth (8) | def. "enthusiastic statement from the youth" wordplay: POG ("Upset" "Republican Party": reversal of GOP) + CHAMP ("winner") |
| WEREWOLF (8) | Neeerd | Dec. 18, 2021, 12:01 p.m. | calica | Had been with smooth motion backwards to a transforming monster (8) | WERE + FLOW< |
| CHESHIRE (8) | calica | Dec. 18, 2021, 10:40 p.m. | butterfreeeee1 | Grinning cat is Guevara's employee (8) | def = grinning cat (as in the Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland) guevara's = CHE'S employee = HIRE CHES+HIRE=CHESHIRE |
| ASPIRE (6) | WoomyRogue | Dec. 20, 2021, 7:36 a.m. | Firetruck | Reach for a mountain's peak (6) | A + SPIRE (almost &lit) |
| MULTIVERSE (10) | theduckmedic | Dec. 20, 2021, 5:16 p.m. | bags | Beings controlling the time in quiet realm of existence (10) | def. "realm of existence" wordplay: LIVERS ("beings") surrounding the T in MUTE ("controlling" "the time in quiet") |
| STAUNCH (7) | dohz | Dec. 20, 2021, 8:21 p.m. | Firetruck | Station didn't have a crossing or stop (7) | STA (station) + UNCH (unchecked in crossword construction parlance), stop as to staunch a flow |
| FLATLUIGI (9) | Cheshire | Dec. 20, 2021, 9:20 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Puzzler’s one who appears in Paper Mario (9) | LUIGI, but FLAT |
| STONEHENGE (10) | Space_Kalak | Dec. 21, 2021, 10:24 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Reconstructed genes on the ancient structure (10) | /GENESONTHE |
| SUS OR SUSPICIOUS (3 OR 10) | Neeerd | Dec. 21, 2021, 4:42 p.m. | skaldskaparmal | South American pigs (3) | S+US (Sus is the genus of pigs) |
| RASPBERRY ALE (9, 3) | calica | Dec. 21, 2021, 9:07 p.m. | |||
| AUTUMN LEAVES (6, 6) | Cheshire | Dec. 23, 2021, 11:03 p.m. | bags | How, using nature, muddy ole lawn gets yellow and red? (6, 6) | &lit: composite anagram How using ("anagramming") NATURE MUDDY OLE LAWN gets YELLOW AND RED? "AUTUMN" leaves i.e. if you anagram NATURE MUDDY OLE LAWN then remove AUTUMN, you get YELLOW AND RED. |
| GOLD LEAF (4, 4) | bags | Dec. 23, 2021, 11:05 p.m. | Yazew | Godfella misunderstood the meaning of litterless pig 4-4 | Godfella = anagram ,misunderstood = indicator Litterless pig = gilt = gold leaf |
| MERRY CHRISTMAS (5, 9) | Space_Kalak | Dec. 24, 2021, 3:06 a.m. | |||
| TWENTY-SIX OR 26 (6-3 OR 2) | AuLeaf | Dec. 24, 2021, 2:31 p.m. | jatloe12345 | third uneven square exceed one (2) | Uneven square -> odd square, third odd square is 25 so 25+1=26 |
| YULE LOG (4, 3) | dohz | Dec. 25, 2021, 7:39 p.m. | Cheshire | Sounds like you'll record something festive on TV! (4, 3) | YULE (homophone) + LOG |
| FEAR (4) | bags | Dec. 26, 2021, 9:34 p.m. | dohz | Ear next to loud alarm (4) | F+EAR |
| ZZXJOANW (8) | dohz | Dec. 28, 2021, 12:28 a.m. | dohz | According to hearsay, wood! (8) | “shaw” homophone &lit the musical guide by rupert hughes purports that “zzxjoanw” is pronounced “shaw”, and defines it as, among other things, a fife, as in the woodwind instrument (or “wood” for short). a shaw is also a wood, as in a thicket. |
| DJMATHMAN (9) | calica | Dec. 28, 2021, 8:42 a.m. | GhostSalt | Musician Mike at hotel, man who likes Pokémon memes (9) | Musician= DJ Mike = M (NATO phonetic alphabet) at = literal hotel = H (NATO phonetic alphabet) man = literal def = who likes Pokémon memes (DJMATHMAN's profile picture is of a Mew/Mewtwo meme, at least at the time of writing) |
| CALQUE (6) | Firetruck | Dec. 28, 2021, 10:24 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Grammatical query surrounding questionable translation (6) | *CAL QUE* |
| NEW YEAR'S EVE (3, 4'1, 3) | bags | Dec. 29, 2021, 10:02 a.m. | Firetruck | At sixes and sevens - seven drinks! Were ya drinking too much on a night of revelry? (3 4'1 3) | SEVEN* around WEREYA* |
| CHAMPAGNE (9) | Space_Kalak | Dec. 29, 2021, 10:10 a.m. | GhostSalt | Winner Agnes loses last sparkling wine (9) | Winner = CHAMP Agnes loses last = AGNE def = sparkling wine |
| URBANA (6) | SoftFro | Dec. 29, 2021, 10:12 a.m. | Firetruck | City's original banana had 50% less sodium (6) | UR + BANANA - NA |
| VERKLEMPT (9) | dohz | Dec. 30, 2021, 5:57 a.m. | |||
| TCKMN (5) | Cheshire | Dec. 30, 2021, 10:02 a.m. | calica | Total compensation to a thousand heartless men is a puzzler (5) | TC+K+MN |
| GREGORY (7) | GhostSalt | Dec. 30, 2021, 12:55 p.m. | bags | Headless ogre with violent man's name (7) | def. "man's name" wordplay: [o]GRE ("Headless" "ogre") + ("with") GORY ("violent") |
| PIZZA (5) | bags | Dec. 31, 2021, 5:39 p.m. | |||
| PICK UP LINES (4, 2, 5) | pete | Dec. 31, 2021, 5:43 p.m. | skaldskaparmal | Images capturing pink and blue bananas (no, actually not blue), predate human communication? (4, 2, 5) | PICS around PINKBLUE* but without the B Definition is "predate human communication" as in the communication before going on a date |
| JANUARY (7) | Space_Kalak | Dec. 31, 2021, 5:54 p.m. | AuLeaf | New Year's jaunt might be set this month! (7) | anag. YEARSJAUNT could be JANUARYSET |
| PLOTZ (5) | dohz | Jan. 1, 2022, 6:11 a.m. | dohz | Drop plans over the phone (5) | “plots” homophone |
| TWO (3) | bags | Jan. 3, 2022, 2:33 a.m. | Wriggler831 | Garden population excluding odd stewpot (3) | defn: Garden population (Adam and Eve) wp: sTeWpOt excluding odd letters |
| SERAI (5) | dohz | Jan. 3, 2022, 7:12 a.m. | bags | Caravansary is turning around time (5) | def. "Caravansary" wordplay: SI (IS, "turning") containing ("around") ERA ("time") |
| HI (2) | Cheshire | Jan. 3, 2022, 3:58 p.m. | skaldskaparmal | "What's up," verbally! (2) | Homophone of "high" (which is what "up" is) &lit, since "What's up" and "hi" are both verbal greetings. |
| DISCORDANT ANT (10, 3 OR 13) | calica | Jan. 4, 2022, 4:07 a.m. | Firetruck | Way two workers met? After dance with puzzler (10,3) | ANT + ANT (workers) after DISCO (dance) + RD (way=road) |
| YOLK (4) | WoomyRogue | Jan. 4, 2022, 11:13 a.m. | dohz | Oddly yellow mixture—a central component in cooking! (4) | (Y_L_O_)*+_K_ &lit |
| DORD (4) | dohz | Jan. 5, 2022, 3:13 p.m. | Firetruck | New role playing system based on exclusive choices? That's not a thing (4) | D OR D (vs D&D) |
| SIX (3) | Space_Kalak | Jan. 5, 2022, 3:14 p.m. | dohz | Nine’s rotation! (3) | IX+S letter sequence rotation to S+IX &lit |
| DOCTOR (6) | bags | Jan. 5, 2022, 3:57 p.m. | calica | Do a fancy X-ray or treat an injury (6) | DO+CT (as in CT scan)+OR |
| EXORDIUM (8) | Firetruck | Jan. 6, 2022, 5:15 p.m. | bags | Fumbling our mixed introduction (8) | anagram ("Fumbling") of OUR MIXED = "introduction" |
| BICKER (6) | Wriggler831 | Jan. 7, 2022, 4:10 a.m. | WoomyRogue | Argue about cyclist impaled by front of car (6) | BI(C_)KER |
| PRIMER (6) | WoomyRogue | Jan. 7, 2022, 6:41 a.m. | theduckmedic | Appetizer is bottomless cut of beef without tail (6) | PRIME R(-ib) |
| CIRCUMNAVIGATE (14) | Space_Kalak | Jan. 7, 2022, 3:18 p.m. | bags | Head around about 6 — or, maybe about... um... ... close to 7? (14) | def. "Head around" wordplay: CIRCA ("about") VI ("6") GATE ("or, maybe": logic gates) surrounding ("about") UM ("um") [seve]N ("close" to "7": close as in 'the play drew to a close') |
| COTILLION (9) | dohz | Jan. 7, 2022, 4:16 p.m. | theduckmedic | Number with a dancing couple! (9) | OCTILLION with OC swapped &lit (cotillion is a couples' dance) |
| ANY CLUE WHICH INCORPORATES THE NUMBER 100, 101, OR 102 (?) | bags | Jan. 7, 2022, 4:21 p.m. | theduckmedic | No no. I love to read aloud (3) | def = Nobelium number, or 102 I = 1, love = 0, "to" = 2 |
| :NOTLIKEDUCK: (11) | wolf | Jan. 8, 2022, 10:58 a.m. | bags | Hated sucky, poorly-cropped emoji (11) | def. "emoji" wordplay: NOT LIKED ("Hated", as in 'the movie is hated') [s]UCK[y] ("sucky", "poorly-cropped") |
| CAPTIOUS (8) | Firetruck | Jan. 9, 2022, 11:02 a.m. | dohz | Critical topic: USA Reconstruction (8) | CAPTIOUS* |
| WALTZ (5) | Space_Kalak | Jan. 9, 2022, 3:22 p.m. | dohz | Disney’s articulated dance (5) | “walt’s” homophone |
| WORDLE (6) | theduckmedic | Jan. 9, 2022, 3:49 p.m. | bags | I'm telling you, we're not smart enough for that new daily puzzle game (6) | def. "that new daily puzzle game" wordplay: homophone ("I'm telling you") of WE'RE DULL ("we're not smart enough") |
| ANY CLUE WHOSE WORDPLAY IS REVERSE LETTER BANK (?) | dohz | Jan. 9, 2022, 6:31 p.m. | Firetruck | Iconic bank need?! (4) | COIN is a letter bank of ICONIC |
| ANY CLUE USING PALINDROME WORDPLAY (?) | calica | Jan. 9, 2022, 8:23 p.m. | skaldskaparmal | Exercise whichever way you like (4-2) | >PULL-UP< |
| PIRATE (6) | bags | Jan. 10, 2022, 10:13 a.m. | dohz | Rob is quietly angry (6) | P+IRATE |
| COPPER (6) | jatloe12345 | Jan. 10, 2022, 4:08 p.m. | theduckmedic | Brass constituent! (6) | Brass as in the authorities (copper = police) or copper is in the alloy brass |
| NORTH (5) | Space_Kalak | Jan. 11, 2022, 3:24 p.m. | bags | Disruptive thorn in the side for Abraham Lincoln (5) | def. "the side for Abraham Lincoln" (ref. American Civil War) wordplay: anagram of THORN ("Disruptive" "thorn") |
| FNORD (5) | Firetruck | Jan. 11, 2022, 3:32 p.m. | dohz | Stomach-turning leaf is a latent source of unease (5) | F(NOR<)D |
| SAVOIR FAIRE (6, 5) | dohz | Jan. 11, 2022, 6:34 p.m. | dohz | I savor recycling and clean energy, demonstrating discretion (6, 5) | SAVOIR*+FAIR+E discretion = def |
| THE GREAT ESCAPER (3, 5, 7 OR 15) | calica | Jan. 12, 2022, 7:13 a.m. | WoomyRogue | Puzzler, in theater, decapitated ogre and paces about (3,5,7) | THE((-o)GRE)AT(ESCAP*)ER |
| THE ABC'S (3, 3'1) | bags | Jan. 12, 2022, 4:41 p.m. | dohz | Batches of sorted letters! (3, 3’1) | (THE ABC’S)* &lit |
| NAIAD (5) | WoomyRogue | Jan. 12, 2022, 6:37 p.m. | Firetruck | Streamer Ian played back advertisement (5) | Streamer=def (a naiad would live in a stream) IAN< (played back) + AD |
| SPONTANEOUS (11) | Wriggler831 | Jan. 13, 2022, 9:53 a.m. | bags | Suspicious about inverse operation (including working on tan(e), not calculated) (11) | def. "not calculated" wordplay: SUS ("Suspicious") containing ("about") PO ("inverse" "operation": reversal of OP) containing ("including") ON + TAN(E) ("working" on "tan(e)") S(P(ON TANE)O)US |
| BOUTIQUE (8) | Space_Kalak | Jan. 13, 2022, 3:29 p.m. | Firetruck | Shop for rumoured raspberry tree (8) | Shop=def Rumoured= homophone indicator Raspberry="BOO" Tree="TEAK" Dollar sign intentionally omitted |
| KIRBY (5) | dohz | Jan. 13, 2022, 6:37 p.m. | Firetruck | Gourmand with white wine drink at hand (5) | Gourmand = def (Kirby believes that to have discriminating taste, one must taste indiscriminately) white wine drink = KIR https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kir At hand = BY |
| CALL IN (4, 2) | Firetruck | Jan. 14, 2022, 7:51 a.m. | 02C00000 | Submit approximately every string without first solving? That's really good! (4, 2) | Definition: submit, wordplay: c(irca) + all + in (string - s(olving) t(hats) r(eally) g(ood)) |
| PENELOPE PITSTOP (8, 7) | bags | Jan. 14, 2022, 4:46 p.m. | |||
| DOPE (4) | bags | Jan. 16, 2022, 4:49 p.m. | dohz | Use performance-enhancing drugs and participate in gym? (4) | ddef (DOPE / DO PE) |
| VOTELESS (8) | Firetruck | Jan. 16, 2022, 6:57 p.m. | bags | Excitedly solve set of my best clues (8) | def. "of my best clues" (i.e. 'like my best clues'... ya bastards) wordplay: anagram ("Excitedly") of SOLVE SET |
| VORPAL (6) | dohz | Jan. 16, 2022, 7:29 p.m. | dohz | Deadly victory (or, quietly, a loss) (6) | V+OR+P+A+L |
| ESPERANTO (9) | theduckmedic | Jan. 16, 2022, 11:35 p.m. | dohz | Poets near-revolutionized language (9) | ESPERANTO* |
| DRAGON (6) | Marnix | Jan. 17, 2022, 9:33 a.m. | dohz | Flying creature is aground, disoriented after up-chucking (6) | DRAGON(-u)* |
| BOOKSPACE (9) | Space_Kalak | Jan. 17, 2022, 3:33 p.m. | Firetruck | Reserve relaxing getaway now where ||I might be able to hug Zappy|| (9) | BOOK (reserve) + SPA (relaxing getaway) + CE (now, common era) Def is related to MITMH 2022 |
| PANCAKE (7) | jatloe12345 | Jan. 18, 2022, 1:15 p.m. | Firetruck | Plains crackle oddly with breakfast on a griddle (7) | oddly=every other letter PlAiNsCrAcKlE |
| CAPYBARA (8) | Firetruck | Jan. 18, 2022, 9:34 p.m. | Timwi | Limit admittance to keep out a rodent (8) | CAP (limit) + Y (admittance in electronics) + BAR (to keep out) + A |
| SCRAP (5) | dohz | Jan. 19, 2022, 12:19 a.m. | Firetruck | Junk is garbage (5) | Junk = def Is = S ('S) Garbage = CRAP |
| DONJON (6) | WoomyRogue | Jan. 19, 2022, 7:07 a.m. | Firetruck | Knight enrolled in fighting academy with new building (6) | Knight=N in chess Enrolled in=containment Fighting academy =dojo DO(N)JO + new=N |
| HOW ARE YOU? (3, 3, 3) | bags | Jan. 19, 2022, 10:14 p.m. | WoomyRogue | Initially opened online with energy in puzzler cypherhouse's greeting (3, 3, 3) | Def: cypherhouse's greeting Initially opened online = O_ O_ with energy (physics) = E puzzler = HWARYU (how fitting!) "in" insertion = H(O)WAR(E)Y(O)U cypherhouse begins all his videos with "Hi, how are you?" |
| RUM (3) | Space_Kalak | Jan. 20, 2022, 1:46 p.m. | madjaqk | Recipe using molasses, originally! (3) | "originally"=first letter indicator &lit |
| FREE (4) | jatloe12345 | Jan. 20, 2022, 1:46 p.m. | dohz | Tree scratches roof after starting to fall on the house (4) | F_+(-t)REE on the house = def |
| IXNAY (5) | dohz | Jan. 21, 2022, 1:33 a.m. | bags | 9? No, 86! (5) | def. "86" (as in 'to cancel') wordplay: IX ("9": Roman numerals) NAY ("No") |
| CUTE MAGE (4, 4) | calica | Jan. 21, 2022, 8:38 a.m. | dohz | Silent prison for the reverend puzzler (4, 4) | “mute cage” spoonerism |
| CAPUT (5) | bags | Jan. 21, 2022, 10:18 p.m. | Timwi | Rapper turned prominent member (5) | CAPUT< |
| THIRTY (6) | Space_Kalak | Jan. 22, 2022, 1:50 p.m. | theduckmedic | Horny, wanting for a bit of something XXX (6) | THIR(-s)TY |
| NOSH (4) | dohz | Jan. 23, 2022, 4:47 a.m. | dohz | Snack eaten by Merino sheep (4) | _NO SH_ |
| KLUTZ OR KLUTZY (5) OR (6) | Firetruck | Jan. 23, 2022, 7:58 a.m. | Firetruck | Dub was finale to sock hop (5) | Dub = def (an inept person) finale to sock = K hop = lutz (a jump in figure skating) |
| RAGTIME (7) | WoomyRogue | Jan. 24, 2022, 6:34 a.m. | dohz | For the reverend, attach verse to music (7) | “tag rhyme” spoonerism |
| MASTERMIND (10) | Space_Kalak | Jan. 24, 2022, 1:52 p.m. | majickace | Doctor hides a sin, burying a phrase close to heart that reveals the brains behind the operation (10) | Doctor = MD hides = container indicator a sin = A SIN burying ... close to heart = container in the middle a phrase = TERM that reveals = connector the brains behind the operation = def M(AS(TERM)IN)D |
| ANY CLUE WITH TWO DEFINITIONS, TWO ANSWERS, AND A SHARED WORDPLAY (?) (?) | theduckmedic | Jan. 24, 2022, 2:34 p.m. | Firetruck | Glowing pan of strange, bizarre gems (7) (7) | STRANGE*=garnets BIZARRE*=brazier |
| PRESS F (5, 1) | madjaqk | Jan. 24, 2022, 4:01 p.m. | theduckmedic | Express forlorn heart! (5, 1) | _PRESS F_ &lit You press f to grieve or show that you're sad |
| ANIMOSITY (9) | majickace | Jan. 24, 2022, 7:04 p.m. | Marnix | Cartoon has nothing for finale, has a rest before start to years of hostility (9) | def hostility; ANIM(E<>O) + SIT + Y |
| UWU (3) | dohz | Jan. 25, 2022, 8:05 a.m. | bags | Modern expression from universal language (3) | def. "Modern expression" wordplay: U ("universal": movie ratings) + WU ("language", variety of Chinese) |
| ANY CLUE THAT USES &, @, /, OR ^ AS AN INDICATOR (?) | Marnix | Jan. 25, 2022, 2:39 p.m. | Firetruck | cryptic.chamber.charlie@adderstongue.com:flower/brew (8) | CATACOMB def: cryptic chamber charlie=C (nato) + AT (@) + A (adder's tongue) + COM + BLOOM - LOOM (flower / (slash) brew (loom)) |
| ANY ONE-WORD BAND NAME (?) | WoomyRogue | Jan. 26, 2022, 7:06 a.m. | Marnix | Duo bassily croon (3) | double def: LOW |
| REJOIN (6) | Space_Kalak | Jan. 26, 2022, 2:05 p.m. | bags | Concerning, blunt, curt retort (6) | def. "retort" wordplay: RE ("Concerning": i.e. 'on the subject of') JOIN[t] ("blunt": marijuana; "curt") |
| C'MON (1'3) | bags | Jan. 26, 2022, 5:44 p.m. | Firetruck | Don't be like that prisoner of tragic monogamy (1'3) | Def: "don't be like that" Prisoner of: hidden word indicator tragiC MONogamy |
| FETCH (5) | dohz | Jan. 27, 2022, 8:10 a.m. | bags | Get some buffet chicken (5) | def. "Get" wordplay: hidden in ("some") [buf]FET CH[icken] |
| AUSTRALIAN OPEN (10, 4) | Timwi | Jan. 27, 2022, 8:01 p.m. | climatebrad | Slam part of a supernational complex (10, 4) | (a supernational)* |
| ID CARD (2, 4) | Marnix | Jan. 28, 2022, 6:32 a.m. | bags | 1-down: "One that's driven to feel despair, primarily, with a bit of documentation (5)" (2, 4) | whole clue: ID CARD def. "a bit of documentation" wordplay: I D ("1" "down") + CAR ("One that's driven") + ("to feel": i.e. 'to touch') D ("D[espair]", "primarily"); link "with" inside clue: MOPED def. "One that's driven" wordplay: MOPE ("to feel despair, primarily") + ("with") D ("a bit of" "D[ocumentation]") |
| SCARLET (7) | theduckmedic | Jan. 28, 2022, 5:39 p.m. | majickace | Skin mark allowed to become kind of red (7) | Skin mark = SCAR allowed = LET to become = connector kind of red = def |
| TEN-FOUR (3-4) | dohz | Jan. 29, 2022, 8:07 p.m. | noneuclidean | Understood bad fortune (3-4) | def: understoof wordplay: FORTUNE* |
| TAX (3) | bags | Jan. 29, 2022, 9:51 p.m. | Timwi | Texas has a debt to pay (3) | Texas=TX has(contains) A T(A)X = debt to pay |
| TIGER (5) | Space_Kalak | Jan. 30, 2022, 3:06 a.m. | bags | African country has time for new animal (5) | def. "animal" wordplay: NIGER ("African country") has T instead of N ("has time for new") |
| OUROBOROS (9) | DcWithFiveOnes | Jan. 30, 2022, 5:45 p.m. | Marnix | Symbolic snake you rob or ostensibly plunder (9) | _OU ROB OR OS_ def = ancient snake symbol "plunder" indicates hidden word |
| FLACON (6) | WoomyRogue | Jan. 31, 2022, 10 a.m. | Timwi | Where to put perfume seal back on (6) | Def.: Where to put perfume (FLAC)<+ON “calf” is the young of a seal (among other animals) |
| BUFFALO (7) | dohz | Jan. 31, 2022, 8:14 p.m. | Tortoise | Partly rebuff a loud word notably uttered eight times in a row (7) | Wordplay: Hidden in reBUFF A LOud Def: refers to the sentence "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo." |
| TAKE A BREATHER (4, 1, 8) | bags | Feb. 1, 2022, 1:08 a.m. | noneuclidean | Sit down to start a lousy break and polish off an unfinished sandwich (4, 1, 8) | def: Sit down to start = T_ a = A lousy break = KEABR* polish off = EAT an unfinished sandwich = HER(-o) |
| FEBRUARY (8) | Space_Kalak | Feb. 1, 2022, 3:10 a.m. | bags | Month of year spent with ur bf? (8) | def. "Month"; link "of" wordplay: anagram of YEAR UR BF ("YEAR 'spent' with UR BF": 'spent' as in 'tired, exhausted') |
| LOVERS (6) | Firetruck | Feb. 1, 2022, 11:15 a.m. | dohz | Left-overs for fans (6) | L+OVERS |
| REVEAL (6) | Marnix | Feb. 1, 2022, 4:24 p.m. | bags | Unveil through flipping a lever (6) | def. "Unveil", link "through" wordplay: anagram of A LEVER ("flipping": i.e. 'freaking out') |
| BREAKING BAD (8, 3) | theduckmedic | Feb. 1, 2022, 5:46 p.m. | theduckmedic | Having a meal without referring to Gilligan's TV show (8, 3) | BREAKING B(-re)AD (Breaking Bad is created by showrunner Vince Gilligan) |
| ENCHANTMENT (11) | biocuriousgeorgie | Feb. 2, 2022, 6:20 a.m. | Tortoise | Delight in restructuring MachTen with some redundancies (11) | Delight = definition restructuring MachTen with some redundancies = letter bank of MachTen (use only the letters of the shorter word with repetitions to make a longer word) |
| PITY (4) | dohz | Feb. 2, 2022, 8:19 p.m. | dohz | Feel bad, or lean back and finally enjoy? (4) | PIT<+_Y |
| WHATEVS (7) | bags | Feb. 3, 2022, 1:11 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Puffed wheat, cored vegetables; either is fine (7) | /WHEAT + V_S = either is fine |
| BORDER (6) | Space_Kalak | Feb. 3, 2022, 3:15 a.m. | dohz | Neighbor and tenant in conversation (6) | “boarder” homophone |
| TRENCHCOAT (10) | short_c1rcuit | Feb. 3, 2022, 6:23 a.m. | dohz | Encroach awkwardly into middle of fitted garment (10) | _T(RENCHCOA*)T_ |
| SPACE CADET (5, 5) | biocuriousgeorgie | Feb. 4, 2022, 7:28 a.m. | dohz | Computer game expert acted irritated after shoving past beginners (5, 5) | (S_+P_)+(ACE+CADET*) |
| SNOWSTORM OR SNOW STORM (9 OR 4, 5) | Marnix | Feb. 4, 2022, 11:42 a.m. | noneuclidean | Latest in news feed covering new worst blizzard (9) | def: blizzard latest in news = _S feed = NOM (as in eat) covering = [containment indicator] new worst = WORST* SNO(WSTOR*)M |
| SPRUCE (6) | dohz | Feb. 5, 2022, 1:37 a.m. | Timwi | Elegant safety first pioneered by Rugby Union legend needing no introduction (6) | Def: elegant Safety: S First pioneered: P_ (By: next to) Rugby Union: RU Legend: ACE, needing no introduction: _CE S+P_+RU+_CE |
| FALLOUT (7) | Space_Kalak | Feb. 5, 2022, 3:18 a.m. | noneuclidean | Fail to complete a video game (7) | def: a video game fail = F complete = ALLOUT (as in all-out effort) |
| ADJACENT (8) | majickace | Feb. 5, 2022, 11:37 a.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | Next to a music player, a penny (8) | A+DJ+A+CENT |
| ONE (3), THEN TWO (3), THEN THREE (5), THEN FOUR (4), ETC. | bags | Feb. 5, 2022, 1:13 p.m. | Tortoise | One factor of 18 is 9 (3) | is = s ('s) 9 = IX One factor of 18 = def |
| SCREE (5) | Firetruck | Feb. 6, 2022, 8:56 a.m. | dohz | Slippery slope argument falling short (5) | SCREE(-d) |
| DR. NO (2. 2) | theduckmedic | Feb. 6, 2022, 10:56 a.m. | bags | Bond villain pulling a U-ie on road (2. 2) | def. "Bond villain" wordplay: reversal of ON RD ("pulling a U-ie", "on road") also contains a string of all 5 vowels: ...ing {A U-IE O}n... (not actually relevant to the clue, but neat, right?) |
| BOGART (6) | dohz | Feb. 7, 2022, 1:47 a.m. | dohz | Machine to steal fish and hog (6) | BO(GAR)T |
| TWEED (5) | Space_Kalak | Feb. 7, 2022, 3:22 a.m. | Firetruck | Cute dress source? (5) | TWEE + D(ress) (source of dress) |
| MECHANICAL BULL (10, 4) | bags | Feb. 7, 2022, 8:38 p.m. | AuthorialIntent | Mull over broken cable chain for bucking machine (10, 4) | M(ECHANICALB)*ULL |
| UNIVERSE (8) | majickace | Feb. 7, 2022, 9:23 p.m. | Firetruck | All like a poem that's not epic? (8) | Ddef: all=universe, like a poem that's not wpi=uni-verse, it's only got one verse. |
| ANY CLUE THAT STARTS WITH "MACHINE TO STEAL" (?) | Marnix | Feb. 8, 2022, 9:36 a.m. | Firetruck | Machine to steal every vote (6) | BALLOT (B(ALL)OT) Vote=def BOT=machine Every=ALL |
| COUGAR (6) | Firetruck | Feb. 8, 2022, 1:04 p.m. | Firetruck | Maybe Stacy's mom and cousin threw out bad fish? (6) | Def: maybe Stacy's mom (see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZLfasMPOU4) COUSIN - SIN (bad) + GAR (fish) |
| PICROSS (7) | dohz | Feb. 9, 2022, 1:54 a.m. | bags | Pretty mad about one puzzle (7) | def. "puzzle" wordplay: P ("pretty": text speak) CROSS ("mad") surrounding ("about") I ("one": Roman numerals) |
| WET (3) | Space_Kalak | Feb. 9, 2022, 3:24 a.m. | dohz | Stewpot keeping back moisture (3) | (_WET_)< |
| MINISTER (8) | GhostSalt | Feb. 9, 2022, 11:50 a.m. | dohz | Essentially, Shaymin is terrible as head of department (8) | _MIN IS TER_ |
| WATER (5) | phenomist | Feb. 9, 2022, 1:19 p.m. | bags | A wet fluid... right? (5) | cheeky &lit; surface refers to the internet 'controversy' re whether water itself is wet anagram of A WET ("fluid": adj.) + R ("right") |
| CHURRO (6) | bags | Feb. 10, 2022, 1:18 p.m. | dohz | Without stopping, rush into company for fried pastry (6) | C(HURR(-y))O |
| ANY CLUE WITH A WORD USED MULTIPLE TIMES (?) | noneuclidean | Feb. 10, 2022, 4:52 p.m. | noneuclidean | Mutated genes came from revolution of the French the French the French (7) | def: mutated genes revolution of the French = LA< the French = LE the French = LES AL< + LE + LES |
| ANY CLUE WITH 6 WORDS WITH INITIAL LETTERS C,A,T,L,O,E (?) | jatloe12345 | Feb. 10, 2022, 4:59 p.m. | jatloe12345 | Chained animal tried leveling overdone entity (6) | CATLOE Definition: Overdone entity Wordplay: CAT+ tried leveling=level of effort=LOE=CATLOE |
| CUPID (5) | Space_Kalak | Feb. 11, 2022, 3:26 a.m. | rpl | Matchmaker fool having a change of heart of love for you, embodies a transcendental Greek character (5) | def. Matchmaker C(o->U)D: COD (“fool”), change center letter from O (“love” i.e. in tennis) to U (“you”) CU(PI)D: embodies PI (“a transcendental Greek character") |
| SOULMATE (8) | WoomyRogue | Feb. 11, 2022, 6:21 a.m. | GhostSalt | Fate-bound partner is so full, ignores odds, confuses team! (8) | .S.O.U.L + MATE def = Fate-bound partner |
| ANY &LIT. CLUE THAT MAKES REFERENCE TO A WORK OF LIT![ERATURE] (EITHER IN WORDPLAY OR ANSWER) (?) | rpl | Feb. 11, 2022, 8:37 a.m. | rpl | ___, originally a book by the French, follows the French man losing Javert’s trail! (3 10) | "originally A B(ook)": AB "by": connector "the French": LES "follows"... "the French": LES “Man losing javerT’s trail”: MIS(t)ER &lit. the central plot of LES MISERABLES |
| CARDIOLOGY (10) | phenomist | Feb. 11, 2022, 1:32 p.m. | noneuclidean | Matter of the heart is awfully racy, involving exchange where bit of arousal turns to love (10) | def:Matter of the heart awfully racy = RACY* involving = [containment indicator] exchange = DIALOG where bit of arousal turns to love = A_ -> O CAR(DI(A_->O)LOG)Y* |
| ABSCOND (7) | dohz | Feb. 12, 2022, 5:22 a.m. | dohz | Flee from bad, bad cons (7) | ABSCOND* |
| COBALT (6) | DiscordantAnt | Feb. 12, 2022, 2:27 p.m. | noneuclidean | Tattered lab coat lacks a metallic element (6) | def: metallic element LABCO(-a)T* |
| (0) | noneuclidean | Feb. 13, 2022, 4:31 a.m. | lydian | (0) | Definition: Wordplay: |
| TE AMO (2, 3) | AuthorialIntent | Feb. 13, 2022, 9:57 a.m. | Firetruck | Something said in Madrid to companions with a ring? (2,3) | TEAM (companions) + O (a ring) Def: sort of the whole thing, but for you nitpicker people, "something said in Madrid" can be the definition |
| A CLUE THAT MUST SOLVE TO BOTH BENGALS AND RAMS, DEPENDING ON HOW WORDPLAY IS PARSED (7) AND (4) | rpl | Feb. 13, 2022, 10:01 a.m. | bags | Who's fighting for the highest title? Woman who's found in mountains (7/4) | BENGALS def. "Who's fighting for the highest title?" wordplay: GAL ("Woman") inside BENS ("who's found in" "mountains") RAMS def. "who's found in mountains" wordplay: RA ("Who's fighting for the highest title?": Royal Artillery, fighting for the Queen) + MS. ("Woman") |
| SUPERB (6) | phenomist | Feb. 13, 2022, 3:31 p.m. | dohz | Excellent for each aboard vessel (6) | SU(PER)B |
| OWL (3) | wolf | Feb. 13, 2022, 3:33 p.m. | Firetruck | Knowledge embodiment?! (3) | &lit: knOWLedge, owls as a symbol of knowledge/wisdom |
| FRACTURE (8) | Space_Kalak | Feb. 13, 2022, 3:33 p.m. | dohz | Break truth about Republican opening up real estate (8) | F(R_)ACT+U+RE |
| HALFTIME OR HALF TIME (8 OR 4,4) | Marnix | Feb. 13, 2022, 8:54 p.m. | noneuclidean | That guy took back around fifty euros at the beginning of sports intermission (8) | def: sports intermission That guy = HIM took = [containment indicator] back = AFT around = [containment indicator] fifty = L euros at the beginning = E_ of = [connector] H(A(L)FT)IM + E_ |
| BLEEP (5) | dohz | Feb. 14, 2022, 7:19 a.m. | rpl | Cover-up of terrible epidemic is censored in media (5) | cover-up of "terriBLE EPidemic" def. is censored in media |
| ANY CLUE THAT BEGINS "IN SOVIET RUSSIA..." (?) | rpl | Feb. 15, 2022, 10:46 a.m. | noneuclidean | In Soviet Russia there is support | def: support _T RUSS_ |
| ANY CLUE THAT IS FORMATTED LIKE A "YO MAMA" JOKE (?) | GhostSalt | Feb. 15, 2022, 10:53 a.m. | Botaku | Yo mama so strewn, dawg initially confused her for a foggy drive (8,7) | Answer: MOTORWAY MADNESS dawg initially - D confused - anagram <yomamasostrewnd> - MOTORWAY MADNESS a foggy drive - definition |
| FORK (4) | bags | Feb. 15, 2022, 1:15 p.m. | dohz | Branch supporting last bit of bark (4) | FOR+_K |
| INTERROBANG (11) | theduckmedic | Feb. 16, 2022, 5:23 a.m. | theduckmedic | In the ends of text, use for part-probe, part-anger‽ (11) | IN + texT usE foR + _ROB_ + ANG_ &lit cheekily using ‽ instead of ! just for fun |
| FLUMMOX (7) | dohz | Feb. 16, 2022, 9:59 a.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | Baffle doofus after a failing grade (7) | Baffle = def F + LUMMOX |
| TRIMP OR TRIMPING (5 OR 8) | WoomyRogue | Feb. 16, 2022, 10:30 a.m. | dohz | Cut quietly and maneuver in a video game (5) | TRIM+P |
| ANY GEOGRAPHICAL PLACE (?) | ev3commander | Feb. 16, 2022, 12:07 p.m. | phenomist | City was stylish before (7) | CHIC+AGO |
| NOTA BENE (4, 4) | phenomist | Feb. 16, 2022, 12:13 p.m. | rpl | Pay attention to a lying American president?? Not in France. (4 4) | def. Pay attention to "a lying American president??" = NOT ABE "Not in France" = NE |
| EUNICE (6) | Space_Kalak | Feb. 17, 2022, 10:50 a.m. | Firetruck | Bond pairs with this chick'n cordon bleu nicely (6) | Def: Bond pairs with this chick (Eunice Gaylord is a Bond girl) 'N: connector Cordon (v, inperative): instruct the reader to "cordon" or "rope off" a segment of blEU NICEly |
| THYMINE (7) | rpl | Feb. 17, 2022, 12:01 p.m. | dohz | Building block of life found in healthy minerals (7) | _THY MINE_ |
| ANY CLUE RESOLVING TO A PAST FREEFORM PROMPT (?) | phenomist | Feb. 18, 2022, 12:22 p.m. | theduckmedic | Every submission on this site is made of batsh*t lunacy energy (3 4) | (ANY CLU)* + E = Every submission on this site https://cryptics.jackbrounstein.com/contest/1274-any-clue |
| MODEL (5) | biocuriousgeorgie | Feb. 18, 2022, 12:22 p.m. | Firetruck | Former Red Sox player Vaughn to strike out with Paris Hilton or Tyra Banks (5) | MO + DEL (to strike out in editing) Def: Tyra Banks or Paris Hilton |
| PROCYON (7) | Cheshire | Feb. 18, 2022, 9:04 p.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | After favoring chipmunks initially, they finally live a level below a raccoon's family (7) | After PRO, C_, _Y Live = ON (e.g., on air) A level below a raccoon's family = def (level below family = genus, and raccoon's genus = Procyon) |
| SURNAME OF ANY U.S. PRESIDENT - NO REPEATED ANSWERS (?) | rpl | Feb. 19, 2022, 12:13 p.m. | phenomist | Poke a president (6) | PIERCE ddef |
| CARING (6) | bags | Feb. 19, 2022, 2:12 p.m. | dohz | Oscar in garments to keep warm (6) | _CAR IN G_ |
| ANY ANAGRAMLESS CLUE WITH AN ANSWER THAT IS 15+ LETTERS LONG (?) | noneuclidean | Feb. 19, 2022, 11:28 p.m. | rpl | Wonderful song title, for one! (34) | ddef. SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS |
| REIGN (5) | dohz | Feb. 20, 2022, 10:35 a.m. | rpl | "Empire's fall!" - they sang (5) | homophone of RAIN ("fall") def. "Empire" |
| DOUGH ZONE (5, 4) | Firetruck | Feb. 20, 2022, 11:21 a.m. | bags | Announced #1 personal restaurant (5, 4) | def. "restaurant" wordplay: Homophone ("Announced") of DOHZ OWN ("#1" "personal": dohz is the current cryptic contest champion at 200 wins; "personal" the adjective, as in 'my personal opinion') |
| LINTEL (6) | WoomyRogue | Feb. 20, 2022, 5:16 p.m. | Botaku | Support from artificial intelligence (6) | support - definition from - hidden word artificiaL INTELligence |
| RETROGRADE (10) | Space_Kalak | Feb. 21, 2022, 11:08 a.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | An agile runner circling an exposed agora sent back the outcome, creating a spot of trouble for Mercury, perhaps? (10) | An agile runner = DARTER, circling exposed aGORa, sent back = DAR(GOR)TER< + thE outcome Creating = connector A troublesome spot for Mercury, perhaps? = def (i.e., Mercury being in retrograde supposedly causes trouble) |
| ANY ICONIC DUO “X AND Y” E.G. “FISH AND CHIPS”, “TOM AND JERRY” ETC. (X, 3, Y) | rpl | Feb. 21, 2022, 1:09 p.m. | rpl | That is principal tragedy which follows central characters in Verona, with love cutting between feuding name, two juvenile delinquent leads’ rebellion, and cruel heart loss!! (5,3,6) | IE = “That is” T = “principal T_” connector: “which follows” RO = “central characters in veROna” “with”: connector ME(O)AN = “love” (O, as in tennis) “cutting between” [NAME]* (“feuding”) DJ< = two “Juvenile Delinquent” leads’ rebellion “and”: connector U = “crUel heart” L = “loss” abbrev. &lit. Shakespeare’s ROMEO AND JULIET (double ! just for funs) |
| NUMBER ONE (6, 3) | bags | Feb. 21, 2022, 2:14 p.m. | rpl | Disheartened and upset Espeon hugs Umbreon cheerfully as a best friend (6,3) | N__E< around ("hugs") [UMBER ON]* ("cheerfully") def. "a best friend" |
| ANY CLUE FEATURING BOTH A SONG AND ITS ARTIST (?) | coby | Feb. 21, 2022, 2:44 p.m. | coby | Kanye's "Heartless" features fab fakery (7) | KA(-n)Y(FAB)E def = fakery |
| SPRAY (5) | theduckmedic | Feb. 22, 2022, 10:37 a.m. | Firetruck | Neutralize swallowing red pepper (5) | Neutralize=SPAY, red=R, pepper=def SP(R)AY |
| PROSPECT (8) | phenomist | Feb. 22, 2022, 11:08 a.m. | bags | View muscle under expert athlete's shirt (8) | must be a down clue def. "View" (noun) wordplay: PEC ("muscle") under PRO'S ("expert athlete's") T ("shirt") |
| THE CHASE (3, 5) | calica | Feb. 23, 2022, 10 a.m. | bags | Cheetah's activity? (3, 5) | &lit 'the chase' as in 'the sport of hunting' wordplay: anagram of CHEETAH'S ("activity") |
| INDIRECT ANAGRAM (8,7) | rpl | Feb. 23, 2022, 1:27 p.m. | rpl | Trading American puzzles is something banned for many UK cryptic writers (8,7) | [TRADING AMERICAN]* (“puzzles”) = INDIRECT ANAGRAM def. something banned for many UK cryptic writers |
| INDIANA (7) | dohz | Feb. 23, 2022, 3:50 p.m. | Firetruck | Trendy princess is "in" (7) | IN(trendy)+DIANA(princess) Def=IN (state postal code) |
| ELDEN (5) | Firetruck | Feb. 23, 2022, 4:38 p.m. | rpl | Ring that’s destroyed in the Netherlands leads to the French Revolution (5) | def. "Ring that’s destroyed" “the Netherlands” = NED; “leads to” = concat. indicator; “the French” = LE; “Revolution” = reversal (NED + LE)< = ELDEN |
| PLINTH (6) | Marnix | Feb. 24, 2022, 12:50 a.m. | dohz | Fiber found in measure of acid or base (6) | P(LINT)H base = def |
| ANY CLUE WITH ONLY MONOSYLLABIC WORDS AND A MONOSYLLABIC ANSWER (?) | GhostSalt | Feb. 24, 2022, 6:59 a.m. | Botaku | Car from glib, rough Ames (8) | Car - definition from - hidden word gliB, ROUGH AMes |
| OLD HAT (3, 3) | bags | Feb. 25, 2022, 12:54 a.m. | bags | Dated awfully hot lad (3, 3) | def. "Dated" wordplay: anagram ("awfully") of HOT LAD |
| SIBELIUS (8) | rpl | Feb. 25, 2022, 2:59 p.m. | Firetruck | Composer, when decomposing is...is...blue! (8) | ISISBLUE* |
| APROPOS (7) | dohz | Feb. 25, 2022, 4:33 p.m. | Botaku | Concerning contents of plea proposed (7) | Concerning - definition contents of - hidden word pleA PROPOSed |
| ANY CLUE BUT THE WHOLE THING HAS TO BE IN THE FORM OF A POEM - IT DOESN'T HAVE TO RHYME BUT IT SHOULD BE RECOGNIZABLE AS A POETIC TRADITION (ANY) | Firetruck | Feb. 26, 2022, 5:37 p.m. | theduckmedic | "Against splitting: no breaking up, lossless erelong." // The cryptic setter owns a bit of doubt before // To a specific female in a song. /// The oft-unwritten silence clangour boasts, Along // with quietness as indicated in a score. // "Against splitting: no breaking up, lossless erelong." /// Four seasons' time evaporates from thirst or long; // A languid, energetic team's beginning four // To a specific female in a song. /// An ugly and decrepit woman leaves a throng // To overshadow neuroinformatics' core. // "Against splitting: no breaking up, lossless erelong." /// A woman chaste to whom the clothes of air belong, // The head of Aristophanes revolving or, // To a specific female in a song /// A paper pact to harbor secrets reddens wrong // A note of gratitude and debt, but me? Ignore. // "Against splitting: no breaking up, lossless erelong," // To a specific female in a song. (5, 5, 4, 3, 2, 5, 5, 3, 3, 4, 5, 5, 3, 6, 3, 6, 3) | This is a villanelle by the way. I'm just going to link a google doc with the explanation (and poem with nice line breaks) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YpLNKP9pLKuNDAovtJG7tHmiI0TTYNQBSxuUv27nsNY/edit |
| ANY CLUE IN THE FORM OF A "L + RATIO +..." MEME (?) | SoftFro | Feb. 26, 2022, 7:45 p.m. | SoftFro | L + ratio + touch grass + some random guy + unfollowed + you fell off course (7) | [L]: L [ratio]: PI [touch grass]: juxtapose with NUG (as in weed) [some random guy unfollowed]: HE went first (un-followed) [you fell off]: -U [course]: def for HE+L+PI+N(-u)G |
| PONYSEW (7) | calica | Feb. 26, 2022, 9:59 p.m. | Firetruck | Said, "Little equines? Gross?"! (7) | &lit "PONIES? EW" homophone Def: "To be honest, I have no interest in any kind of pony, not even the anime one." |
| SODA CAN (4, 3) | bags | Feb. 27, 2022, 3:40 a.m. | bags | Cover up a fire with piece of litter, maybe (4, 3) | def. "piece of litter, maybe" wordplay: SOD ("Cover up") A ("a") CAN ("fire": the verb); link "with" |
| MONGOOSE (8) | Botaku | Feb. 27, 2022, 1:08 p.m. | bags | Huge loser cutting wings off animal (8) | def. "animal" wordplay: MONGO ("Huge") [l]OSE[r] ("loser", "cutting wings off") |
| TAWDRY (6) | dohz | Feb. 27, 2022, 6:44 p.m. | Firetruck | Try eating a wood dress (6) | T(A +WD (=abbv for wood))RY Def = dress (in the sense of frippery (TAWDRY(n) ) |
| OUTLOOK (7) | WoomyRogue | Feb. 28, 2022, 7:29 a.m. | bags | Microsoft software tool having been used after you entered agreement (7) | def. "Microsoft software" wordplay: TLOO (anagram of "TOOL" ("having been used")) after U ("you": textspeak) entered OK ("agreement") O(U + TLOO*)K |
| ANY CLUE IN THE STYLE OF SONG LYRICS TO “WE DIDN’T START THE FIRE”, WHERE EACH ITEM REFERENCES A 21ST CENTURY EVENT. EXTRA CREDIT FOR RHYME SCHEME (?) | rpl | Feb. 28, 2022, 1 p.m. | theduckmedic | 🎵 Facebook, toxic pipes, containing a bit of hype, robot dogs and trackers: a Black Mirror tale 🎵 (9) | META + L(H_)EAD Metalhead is an episode of Black Mirror with robot dogs and intravenous trackers. |
| REPORT (6) | Space_Kalak | March 1, 2022, 12:11 a.m. | noneuclidean | Note: "VENT" is a button in Among Us | def: a button in Among Us Note = RE Vent = PORT (as in an opening for the passage of steam, liquid, or gas) |
| SCRABBLE (8) | theduckmedic | March 1, 2022, 11:53 a.m. | rpl | First man is born in anagram tile game (8) | "First man" = m; "born" abbrev. = B; "anagram" = SCRAMBLE SCRA(m_->B)BLE = def. "tile game" |
| AND... SCENE! (3... 5) | bags | March 1, 2022, 10:12 p.m. | bags | Send Cena in a tussle and that's it! (3... 5) | def. "that's it!" wordplay: anagram of SEND CENA (*"in a tussle"; ref. wrestler John Cena); link "and" |
| PERUSE (6) | dohz | March 1, 2022, 11:20 p.m. | bags | Read an application (6) | def. "Read" wordplay: PER ("an": e.g. $15 an hour) USE ("application": noun) |
| ANY VARIATION OF PATIENCE/SOLITAIRE (?) | WoomyRogue | March 2, 2022, 10:12 a.m. | dohz | Web designer again falls back (6) | SPIDER< again falls = REDIPS |
| KUEBIKO (7) | rpl | March 2, 2022, 5:47 p.m. | WoomyRogue | Return to England with broken bike and hug a scarecrow (7) | England = UK Return to = reversal indicator -> KU broken = anagram indicator -> KU+EBIK hug = O (Like XOXO) KU+EBIK+O Kuebiko is a Shinto deity that takes the form of a scarecrow |
| DISSONANTANT (12) | AuthorialIntent | March 2, 2022, 7:34 p.m. | AuthorialIntent | Dashing, it stands on an awesome puzzler (12) | (IT STANDS ON AN)* |
| TRAMP (5) | Space_Kalak | March 3, 2022, 12:28 a.m. | Botaku | Lady's companion shackled by quiet rampage (5) | Lady's companion - definition shackled by - hidden word quieT RAMPage |
| MAYBE (5) | Marnix | March 3, 2022, 11:56 p.m. | Firetruck | Perhaps Queen's man, perhaps bishop with rave enhancer, perhaps (5) | Queen's man, perhaps=MAY (Brian May from Queen) Bishop=B Rave enhancer, perhaps = E (Ecstacy) |
| SPRIGATITO (10) | bags | March 4, 2022, 3:13 a.m. | edderiofer | New Pokemon: a talking frog, a bird, a duck (10) | SPRIG + A TIT + O |
| SLEW (4) | dohz | March 4, 2022, 3:41 p.m. | Botaku | C.S.Lewis essentially killed (4) | c.S.LEWis essentially - hidden word killed - definition |
| ANY BATMAN SUPERVILLAIN (?) | rpl | March 4, 2022, 5:50 p.m. | dohz | Outlaw and leader of evil! (4) | BAN+E_ &lit |
| CLERIHEW (8) | Firetruck | March 4, 2022, 9:36 p.m. | Tortoise | Charlie Sheen / Leaves American township unseen / And with one cut / Makes four lines which, when you might expect them to be of similar length, are anything but (8) | Charlie = C Sheen = LUSTER Leaves American township unseen = remove US + T and with = positional indicator one = I cut = HEW makes = link four line, which ... anything but = definition of CLERIHEW |
| PROPRIOCEPTION (14) | phenomist | March 4, 2022, 10:51 p.m. | Botaku | Sense of epic proportion warped (14) | Sense - definition <EPICPROPORTION> warped - anagram |
| THEY (4) | Marnix | March 6, 2022, 2:26 p.m. | Firetruck | People at place where it's said to be fun to be (4) | Ddef (people, THE Y (ymca)) |
| MAESTRO (7) | bags | March 6, 2022, 5:29 p.m. | rpl | Is French king captured by revolutionary leader? | MA(EST+R.)O = def. "leader" |
| OISEAU | rpl | March 6, 2022, 6:13 p.m. | Tortoise | Tortoise authorizes hiding French hen, say (6) | hidden in tortOISE AUthorizes French hen, say = def |
| FLOCCINAUCINIHILIPILIFICATION (29) | Anonymus25 | March 6, 2022, 9:08 p.m. | Firetruck | :notlikeduck: (29) | Ddef |
| ANY CLUE THAT USES A MATHEMATICAL SEQUENCE OTHER THAN EVENS/ODDS TO INDEX (?) | theduckmedic | March 7, 2022, 1:32 p.m. | jatloe12345 | Function of confused prime minister (4) | SINE Def: Function Wordplay: Confused prime mINiStEr Confused INSE -> SINE |
| STERN (5) | dohz | March 7, 2022, 4:24 p.m. | Botaku | Frowning in consternation (5) | Frowning - def in - hidden word conSTERNation |
| EMACS (5) | Space_Kalak | March 8, 2022, 1:56 p.m. | Tortoise | Apple product embedded in everyone's text editor (5) | Apple product = MAC embedded in = inside everyone = E (video game rating) 's = S text editor = def |
| FOR ALL TIME (3,3,4) | rpl | March 8, 2022, 7:37 p.m. | Firetruck | Mortal life? Incorrect! (3 3 4) | &lit MORTALLIFE* |
| RAREBIT (7) | Firetruck | March 9, 2022, 1:26 p.m. | fluff | Cut off end of bread with cheddar edge melted above it! (7) | <_R+AREB>+IT *only works as a down clue def: RAREBIT is a dish consisting of melted cheese on bread “cut off end of bread” = BREA(-d) “with” = connector “cheddar edge” = _R “melted” = anagram BREA+R “above” = place above, as a down clue “it” = IT |
| PLAUDIT (7) | phenomist | March 9, 2022, 1:43 p.m. | Firetruck | Applause! Applause from within the section in front of the stage (7) | P(LAUD)IT Applause meaning laud and also plaudit, the pit is the place where the pit orchestra plays Weirdly LAUD and PLAUDIT seem to not have the same etymology at all! |
| CHAPARRAL (9) | dohz | March 9, 2022, 10:34 p.m. | dohz | Man on a railroad over a large shrubland (9) | CHAP+A+RR+A+L |
| SPACEMAN (8) | Space_Kalak | March 10, 2022, 2:02 p.m. | WoomyRogue | Within reach: Best Male Astronaut (8) | Reach = SPAN "Within" = insertion indicator Best = ACE Male = abbv. M Astronaut = defn. SP(ACE+M)AN |
| HELLO THERE (5,5) | rpl | March 10, 2022, 7:59 p.m. | Tortoise | Introduction to Sartre's "other people" – other people at the end (5, 5) | Introduction = def Sartre's "other people" = HELL (from No Exit) other = OTHER people at the end = E |
| PLUNDER (7) | WoomyRogue | March 11, 2022, 5:55 a.m. | Firetruck | Booty's place: on the bottom (7) | PL (place abbreviation) + UNDER (on the bottom) Def=booty (plunder as a noun) |
| ANY CLUE OF THE FORM "IN WHICH [STH HAPPENS]" (?) | Botaku | March 11, 2022, 11:54 a.m. | Botaku | In which a ram beats an ape (7) | HARAMBE In - hidden word whicH A RAM BEats an ape - definition |
| PARLEYVOO (9) | dohz | March 11, 2022, 11:14 p.m. | Botaku | YOLO vaper's gibberish French talk (9) | (YOLOVAPER)* gibberish - anagram French talk - definition |
| CIRCLE (6) | Space_Kalak | March 12, 2022, 2:06 p.m. | Tortoise | Michael Crichton returned, penning prequel to "Sphere"? (6) | Michael Crichton returned, penning = hidden reversed in michaEL CRIChton prequel to Sphere? = definition |
| GET A LIFE (3,1,4) | rpl | March 13, 2022, 10:32 a.m. | Botaku | In Turing et al., I felt a call to action (3,1,4) | in - hidden word turinG ET AL I FElt a call to action - def |
| LIFETIME (8) | DiscordantAnt | March 13, 2022, 3:32 p.m. | rpl | Transmit corrupted file back for days (8) | (EMIT + EFIL*)< = def. "days" |
| VASISTAS (8) | edderiofer | March 13, 2022, 9:16 p.m. | edderiofer | Panes, as in panoramas (8) | V(AS)ISTAS |
| INIMITABLE (10) | phenomist | March 13, 2022, 9:28 p.m. | rpl | Unique and stylish, I'm willing to collect it (10) | IN (stylish) + IM(IT)ABLE = def. "unique" |
| MATCHLESS (9) | Firetruck | March 13, 2022, 9:40 p.m. | rpl | Best in class meth chemistry (9) | CLASS METH* = def. "Best" |
| RATIO (5) | dohz | March 14, 2022, 12:26 a.m. | dohz | Own someone on Twitter via endless discourse (5) | (-o)RATIO(-n) |
| LANCE (5) | Space_Kalak | March 15, 2022, 1:23 a.m. | dohz | Surgical tool found at back of ambulance (5) | _LANCE |
| ET TU (2,2) | rpl | March 15, 2022, 10:45 a.m. | Firetruck | Brutal remark from pet turtle (2 2) | pET TUrtle |
| RECKON (6) | dohz | March 16, 2022, 12:30 a.m. | WoomyRogue | Look upon king in surveillance (6) | Look upon = Defn. king = K surveillance = RECON in = insertion indicator REC(K)ON |
| SPINDLE (7) | WoomyRogue | March 16, 2022, 9:51 a.m. | |||
| OVERDUE (7) | Marnix | March 16, 2022, 5:34 p.m. | Botaku | Moving north from Verdun, flanked by one late arrival (7) | verdun flanked by one - ONVERDUNE moving north from - bits and pieces, remove the Ns late arrival - def |
| EARLY (5) | Firetruck | March 16, 2022, 5:43 p.m. | theduckmedic | Not modern, like a British aristocrat? (5) | punny ddef. not modern = early like a British aristocrat = EARL-Y |
| ROTOM (5) | dohz | March 18, 2022, 12:34 a.m. | dohz | Pokémon’s time in space (5) | RO(T)OM |
| TARNISHED (9) | Firetruck | March 18, 2022, 5:45 p.m. | Tortoise | Broken-down train by storage structure lost its shine (9) | broken-down train = TAERNI (anagram of TRAIN) by = juxtaposition storage structure = SHED lost its shine = def. |
| DUMPSTER (8) | bags | March 20, 2022, 12:12 a.m. | Tortoise | Waste site identified by member of Parliament wearing long coat (8) | Waste site = def identified by = link member of parliament = MP wearing = inside long coat = DUSTER |
| SVELTE (6) | dohz | March 20, 2022, 4:05 a.m. | Botaku | Soviet letter, oddly elegant (6) | SoViEt LeTtEr oddly - letters at odd positions elegant - def |
| CONSEQUENCE (11) | Botaku | March 20, 2022, 4:58 a.m. | rpl | Meaning with I know what, Eleven needs no introduction in Spain (11) | def: "Meaning" wordplay: CON + SE + QUE + (-o)NCE (everything in Spanish) |
| BOLD (4) | SoftFro | March 20, 2022, 5:51 p.m. | dohz | Vivid blue and gray (4) | B+OLD |
| ANY TITLE OF A SONG, WHEREIN THE CLUE MUST CONTAIN LYRICS FROM THAT SONG (?) | rpl | March 21, 2022, 6:59 a.m. | Firetruck | A little bit of Monica, a little bit of Monica, boys, a little bit of Monica, a little bit of Sandra, a little bit of you, front, one, five, a little bit of Erica, dance (5 2. 1) | MAMBO NO. 5 Monica + monicA + Monica + Boys (B) + mOnica + saNdra + mOnica + Front + I (one) + V (five) + Erica All words from the song |
| WES CRAVEN (3, 6) | theduckmedic | March 21, 2022, 8 a.m. | Botaku | Small charge interrupting snitch with stitches clipped, in turn writing Krueger (3,6) | small charge - EV (electronvolt) interrupting - container snitch - NARC with stitches - SEWN clipped - last letter deletion in turn - reversal writing Krueger - def (N(+EV)ARC+SEW(-N))< |
| EIGHTY-SIX (6-3) | dohz | March 22, 2022, 5:35 a.m. | Botaku | Chick Hicks' endless reign, even shitty engine drops straight away (6-3) | Chick Hicks - def (character from Cars, a racecar bearing the number 86) endless rEIGn even sHiTtY engine - STRAIGHT-SIX drops STRAIGHT away |
| TORRENT (7) | Firetruck | March 22, 2022, 4:37 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | To start to register, make a monthly payment for stream (7) | TO + R* + RENT = stream |
| FORWARD (7) | Space_Kalak | March 24, 2022, 4:11 a.m. | theduckmedic | Brazen dwarf or rogue (7) | Def = Brazen FORWARD* |
| HAYWIRE (7) | dohz | March 24, 2022, 8:51 a.m. | Tortoise | New employee concealing wrong way to be out of control (7) | new employee = HIRE concealing = containing wrong way = anagram of WAY to be = link out of control = def |
| GALOSH (6) | AuthorialIntent | March 25, 2022, 10:11 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Boot the internals up: oh, so laggy... (6) | *H SO LAG*< |
| MOTHER (6) | Space_Kalak | March 26, 2022, 5:05 a.m. | Tortoise | Family member in the middle of chemotherapy (6) | Family member = def in the middle of chemotherapy = hidden in cheMOTHERapy |
| GREEN TEA OR BLACK TEA (5, 3 OR 5, 3) | Marnix | March 26, 2022, 10:32 a.m. | Tortoise | Teenager mixed a drink (5 3) | Teenager mixed = anagram of TEENAGER a drink = def |
| SPRING (6) | theduckmedic | March 26, 2022, 11:35 a.m. | Tortoise | Group of covert agents spent years to get source of water (6) | Group of covert agents = SPY RING spent = delete years = Y to get = link source of water = def |
| VOW (3) | dohz | March 27, 2022, 6:16 p.m. | noneuclidean | Voltage that hurts produces swear words? (3) | voltage = V that hurts = OW swear words? = VOW (as in wedding vows) |
| INDICATOR (9) | WoomyRogue | March 28, 2022, 7:31 a.m. | Tortoise | Tad ironic, using any old thing to mean an anagram?! (9) | tad ironic = fodder using any old thing to mean an anagram = anagram (ironic) &lit |
| FINALE (6) | theduckmedic | March 28, 2022, 3:11 p.m. | dpad | Find Alex cut short at wrap-up. (6) | FINd ALEx cut short(remove last letters) at [wrap-up]. |
| HELICOPTER (10) | dohz | March 29, 2022, 6:24 p.m. | Botaku | The Police mixed up with Queen on flyer (10) | <THEPOLICE>+R mixed up - anagram with - juxtaposition Queen - R on - link flyer - definition |
| ONIGIRI (7) | WoomyRogue | March 30, 2022, 11:21 a.m. | Tortoise | Rice ball's mysterious origin: India? (7) | Rice ball = def 's = link ([i]s) mysterious origin = anagram of ORIGIN India = I (NATO alphabet) |
| SOAP (4) | bags | March 31, 2022, 3:36 a.m. | dohz | Cleaner’s ring stuck in drain (4) | S(O)AP |
| UPDOG (5) | dohz | March 31, 2022, 6:27 p.m. | Botaku | Shackled by demigod, punishing revolutionary for nothing much (5) | shackled by - hidden word demiGOD PUnishing revolutionary - reversal for - link nothing much - def (as in "What is updog?" "Nothing much, [...]") |
| CODA (4) | rpl | March 31, 2022, 6:58 p.m. | Tortoise | Fish with a tail end (4) | Fish = COD with = juxtaposition a = A tail end = definition |
| PRANK (5) | Space_Kalak | April 1, 2022, 6:47 a.m. | Botaku | Some top-ranking trick (5) | some - hidden word toP-RANKing trick - def |
| CREAM CHEESE (5, 6) | theduckmedic | April 1, 2022, 4:41 p.m. | Tortoise | Schmear spread all over the place! (5, 6) | schmear spread all over the place = letter bank of SCHMEAR &lit |
| CLOUDS (6) | rpl | April 2, 2022, 7:40 p.m. | dpad | Computer science is about noisy services like Azure and AWS. (6) | Computer science = CS About = containing Noisy = LOUD Services like Azure and AWS = def |
| INCORRIGIBLE (12) | dohz | April 2, 2022, 8:56 p.m. | Botaku | Broiling rice, stirring until hardened (12) | <BROILINGRICE> stirring - anagram until - filler hardened - def |
| RABBIT (6) | Space_Kalak | April 3, 2022, 11:27 a.m. | theduckmedic | Religious man, by gossip, is a prolific breeder (6) | RABBI + T as in "spill the T" |
| LIAISON (7) | WoomyRogue | April 4, 2022, 7:26 a.m. | dohz | Hylia is one protecting Link (7) | _LIA IS ON_ |
| OSTRICH (7) | bags | April 5, 2022, 4:59 p.m. | dohz | O Christ! Crazed bird! (7) | O+STRICH* not an &lit |
| TICONDEROGA (11) | theduckmedic | April 5, 2022, 5:31 p.m. | dpad | New York fort before the German icon puts on a robe. (11) | New York fort = def before = placement the German = DER icon = ICON puts on = inside robe = TOGA T(ICON+DER)OGA |
| HÉLOÏSE (7) | rpl | April 5, 2022, 6:47 p.m. | Botaku | All without "N or M?", Oscar behind wheel acutely steers, initially into oddly naïve woman of letters (7) | all without N or M - delete all instances of N and M Oscar - O behind - juxtaposition wheel acutely - HÉLM steers initially - S into - container oddly NaÏvE woman of letters - def HÉL(-M)+O+(-N)Ï(+S)E |
| ENTERPRISE | Botaku | April 6, 2022, 9:15 a.m. | Botaku | Company to pern IT, seer evens the odds (10) | company - def to - link evens, odds pErNiTsEeR + PeRnItSeEr |
| BOONDOGGLE (10) | WoomyRogue | April 6, 2022, 9:48 a.m. | dpad | Artifice is a godsend to pup with broken leg. (10) | [Artifice] is a godsend(BOON) to pup(DOG) with broken <LEG>. |
| APRON (5) | Space_Kalak | April 7, 2022, 1:54 a.m. | Space_Kalak | Skirt protector? (5) | Triple Def, double duty: Skirt, as in the edge of a boxing ring, golf green, or windowsill Protector, like on an artillery cannon Skirt protector, as in a baking apron |
| SONI (4) | calica | April 7, 2022, 9:59 a.m. | AuLeaf | Someone primarily taking off companions' handles, warping icons! (4) | S_ + (-c_s)ONI* &lit |
| OVERMORROW (10) | dpad | April 7, 2022, 1:19 p.m. | Botaku | Uncover Morrowind gems two days later (10) | uncOVER MORROWind gems - hidden word two days later - def |
| ANY CLUE THAT USES THE SAME DEFINITION AND WORDPLAY (?) | jatloe12345 | April 7, 2022, 6:16 p.m. | Botaku | The same definition and wordplay leads revolution, accepting European mortgage (6) | WADSET leads - initial letters revolution - reversal accepting - inclusion European - E mortgage - def (TSDAW)< +E |
| BROADWAY (8) | theduckmedic | April 8, 2022, 8:22 a.m. | Botaku | Strong progress in theatre district (8) | ddef strong - BROAD (e.g. an accent) progress - WAY (e.g. make one's way through sth) in - link theatre district - BROADWAY |
| TURTLE (6) | bags | April 8, 2022, 12:04 p.m. | Botaku | Cruel truth about components in drawer (6) | cruEL TRUTh about - reversal components - hidden word in - link drawer - def (cursor that can be instructed to draw an image on the screen) |
| BLOOD PACT (5, 4) | rpl | April 8, 2022, 3:47 p.m. | bags | Symbolic induction leaving messy pool and scab, getting hint of discoloration on shirt (5, 4) | &lit S ("Symbolic" "induction") removed from ("leaving") BLOOPAC[s] (anagram: "messy" "POOL and SCAB"), containing D ("getting" "hint of discoloration") on T ("shirt") |
| BASMATI (7) | Wriggler831 | April 10, 2022, 8:25 a.m. | bags | Is Batman scratching bottom while stirring rice? (7) | def. "rice" wordplay: IS BATMA[n] ("Is Batman", "scratching bottom": without the last letter), when anagrammed ("while stirring") |
| CAPITAL (7) | Space_Kalak | April 10, 2022, 8:50 a.m. | Botaku | Recap: Italy includes Rome, say (7) | reCAP ITALy includes - hidden word Rome, say - def |
| FOUR-LETTER WORD (4-6, 4) | Botaku | April 10, 2022, 10:54 a.m. | dpad | Loud lead-free dour mail item: "WotC dark foes flip like each term here." (4-6 4) | Loud(F) lead-free{drop first letter} dOUR mail item(LETTER) WotC dark foes(DROW) flip{reverse} [like each term here] |
| OBVIATE (7) | dohz | April 10, 2022, 12:11 p.m. | dohz | Make something unnecessary and above it all wrong (7) | OBVIATE* Make something unnecessary = def all wrong = anagram indicator |
| CONCERTO (8) | rpl | April 10, 2022, 8:32 p.m. | bags | Possible composition for cornet & co? (8) | &lit (bit of a def. by example, reason for the ?) wordplay: anagram ("Possible composition") for CORNET and CO |
| STAB (4) | bags | April 11, 2022, 1:04 a.m. | dohz | Thrust a blade, essentially! (4) | _ST A B_ &lit |
| HADES (5) | theduckmedic | April 11, 2022, 12:43 p.m. | dohz | God of throwing shade (5) | HADES* why yes this wp is reused from another clue will that be a problem officer |
| SEA LION (3, 4) | dohz | April 12, 2022, 1:52 p.m. | ev3commander | Marine mammal near primarily icy ocean edges (3, 4) | SEAL+I_+O_N &lit |
| GARBAGE (7) | bags | April 13, 2022, 1:45 p.m. | Tortoise | Essentially, rubbish in part of the house! (7) | essentially, rubbish = B (middle letter of RUBBISH) in = insertion part of the house = GARAGE def: &lit |
| COME ACROSS (4, 6) | Space_Kalak | April 13, 2022, 2:38 p.m. | Tortoise | Encounter some Oscar mix-up following introduction of CODA (4, 6) | Encounter = def some Oscar mix-up = anagram of SOME OSCAR following = after introduction of CODA = C |
| A CLUE THAT HAS A DIFFERENT ANSWER DEPENDING ON WHETHER AMERICAN OR BRITISH ENGLISH IS USED (?) | rpl | April 13, 2022, 7:20 p.m. | dpad | First floor's Tlingit roommate urgently crashed Kyle's van. (5) | US: First floor's = first letters Tlingit Roommate Urgently Crashed Kyle's [van] UK: First floor = the floor above ground = second letters tLingit rOommate uRgently cRashed kYle's [van] |
| SPIRIT LEVEL (6, 5) | dohz | April 15, 2022, 2:42 p.m. | Botaku | Vilest peril - broken measuring equipment (6,5) | (VILESTPERIL)* broken - anagram measuring equipment - def |
| MF DOOM (2, 4) | bags | April 15, 2022, 3:08 p.m. | EpicToast | "Mm.. Food" mixer! (2, 4) | MMFOOD* help me find a better anagrind |
| ALBATROSS (9) | dpad | April 17, 2022, 12:51 p.m. | dohz | A club, ignoring the odds, sorta swings back and finally scores a three under par (9) | A+_L_B+(ATROS<)+_S a three under par = def |
| EASTER (6) | Space_Kalak | April 17, 2022, 1:54 p.m. | bags | Time for a bunny to be faster! *gluing an extra leg on the front* (6) | def. "Time for a bunny"; link "to be" wordplay: (F->E)ASTER ("faster", "gluing an extra leg on the front") raise your hands, who else has tried gluing extra legs on rabbits to make them faster? 🙋♂️ |
| CHARLIE PARKER (7, 6) | bags | April 18, 2022, 12:28 a.m. | Tortoise | Saxophonist in Burns' short fictional account -- one involved in a cutting session including head from "Ko-Ko" (7, 6) | Saxophonist = def Burns' short = CHAR(s) fictional account = LIE one involved in a cutting session = PARER including = containing head from "Ko-Ko" = K N.B.: Parker is included in Ken Burns' documentary series "Jazz". A "cutting session" is a competitive jam session. "Ko-Ko" is a Charlie Parker composition; the "head" refers to the composed melody of a jazz tune. |
| ERROR (5) | Space_Kalak | April 20, 2022, 12:32 a.m. | dohz | Fear losing time to mistake (5) | (-t)ERROR |
| CARBON (6) | bags | April 20, 2022, 12:58 a.m. | Space_Kalak | Cooked bacon result, primarily! (6) | &lit; anagram of BACON and R_ from result Cooking bacon badly can quite often lead to becoming carbon! |
| UBE (3) | dohz | April 20, 2022, 1:50 p.m. | FromAtoZany | Tuber you should peel! (3) | tUBEr &lit |
| MCDONALD'S (9) | bags | April 22, 2022, 1:09 a.m. | dpad | Scold damn salad chain. (9) | Scold damn=anagram fodder salad={anagram} chain=definition |
| CRAB LEG (4,3) | WoomyRogue | April 22, 2022, 6:43 a.m. | |||
| EMOJI (5) | dohz | April 22, 2022, 1:53 p.m. | Botaku | Eminem: O.J. is stuffing face on internet (5) | eminEM O.J. Is stuffing - hidden word face on internet - def |
| DESSERT SPOONS (7,6) | Botaku | April 24, 2022, 9:51 a.m. | Tortoise | "Gin and Juice" rapper emphasized revolutionary silverware (7, 6) | "Gin and Juice" rapper = SNOOP (Dogg) emphasized = STRESSED revolutionary = reversal silverware = def |
| LYDIAN (6) | calica | April 24, 2022, 10:07 a.m. | AuLeaf | PC member Dylanamite cracked no meta (6) | LYDIAN(-meta)* |
| VAMP (4) | dohz | April 24, 2022, 3:01 p.m. | Tortoise | Repeatedly play section with dominant chord on speaker (4) | Repeatedly play section = def with = link dominant chord = V* on = juxtaposition speaker = AMP *In music theory, chords are frequently labelled with Roman numerals, and the dominant chord is built on the fifth note of the scale. |
| PISTACHIO (9) | bags | April 25, 2022, 5:30 a.m. | Botaku | Drupe & Co. leaving sociopathic mess (9) | drupe - def & - link leaving - deletion mess - anagram (SOCIOPATHIC)* - (CO) |
| GENTOO (6) | rpl | April 25, 2022, 8:59 a.m. | dpad | Regularly agree not to top Linux distribution. (6) | Regularly = every other letter aGrEe NoT tO tOp Linux distribution = def |
| DOUBLE SIDED (6, 5) | Kusane | April 26, 2022, 4:56 a.m. | skaldskaparmal | Five hundred not right Russian bills recognized, having writing on the front and the back (6. 5) | Five hundred = D (roman numerals) not right = remove R Russian bills = ROUBLES recognized = IDED making D+(-r)OUBLES+IDED = having writing on the front and the back |
| PERIPATETIC (11) | Space_Kalak | April 26, 2022, 9:32 a.m. | Botaku | Stirred precipitate travelling (11) | stirred - anagram (PRECIPITATE)* travelling - def |
| HABANERO (8) | dohz | April 27, 2022, 7:03 a.m. | dpad | Spicy pepper and bad brains regularly eaten by hero. (8) | Spicy pepper = definition bAd BrAiNs regularly = ABAN eaten by = contained in HERO H(ABAN)ERO |
| CRUCIBLE (8) | Space_Kalak | April 29, 2022, 6:43 a.m. | Akumu | Surface of copper Russian coin imprinted with one hundred and one dramatic witch hunts (8) | def. "dramatic witch hunts," in reference to the Arthur Miller play, word play "surface of copper" = C, Russian coin = RUBLE, one hundred and one = CI, C+RU(CI)BLE |
| BUFFET (6) | dohz | April 30, 2022, 8:16 p.m. | dpad | Strike a psychic Pokémon after scratching its head a lot. (6) | Strike - def a psychic Pokémon - WOBBUFFET scratching its head a lot - drop WOB |
| SMORGASBORD (11) | Wriggler831 | May 1, 2022, 8:14 a.m. | dpad | Mishmash of endless campfire treats and smoke oddly abhorred. (11) | Mishmash - def (of - connection) endless campfire treats - SMORes (and) smoke - GAS oddly abhorred - aBhOrReD |
| TRANSNISTRIA (12) | Botaku | May 1, 2022, 9:31 a.m. | dpad | Even out terrain using inset artisan breakaway state. (12) | Even out - (drop evens) TeRrAiN uSiNg InSeT aRtIsAn breakaway state - def |
| FRITO (5) | calica | May 1, 2022, 6:30 p.m. | Botaku | Snack mistaken for it (5) | snack - def mistaken - anagram (FORIT)* |
| PATHETIC (8) | WoomyRogue | May 2, 2022, 6:30 a.m. | Botaku | Papa, the Tic-Tac stuffing is deplorable! (8) | paPA THE TICtac stuffing - hidden word is - link deplorable - def |
| FOSSIL (6) | dohz | May 3, 2022, 12:11 a.m. | dpad | Borealis software reveals twisted relic. (6) | boreaLIS SOFtware reveals = hidden word twisted = reversed relic = definition |
| CINNAMON (8) | Space_Kalak | May 3, 2022, 9:38 a.m. | Botaku | Panic in 'Nam: onboarding prisoners to open-source UI (8) | paniC IN NAM ONboarding prisoners - hidden word to - link open-source UI - def |
| EGREGIOUS (9) | rpl | May 4, 2022, 2:12 p.m. | dpad | Like using any random phrase as an anagram indicator, e.g., "I grouse". | &lit Like using any random phrase as an anagram indicator - anagram indicator EGIGROUSE - anagram fodder |
| ARCHIVE (7) | dohz | May 5, 2022, 7:38 a.m. | dpad | Gas plant storage. (7) | Gas - AR (argon) plant - CHIVE storage - definition |
| PAPYRUS (7) | DiscordantAnt | May 5, 2022, 1:16 p.m. | InvalidD | Ancient document of short rest around fire with all energy depleted (7) | PAUSE around PYRE with every E removed |
| FISHING (7) | InvalidD | May 6, 2022, 6:37 a.m. | Tortoise | Character from Genesis hiding in tree, trying to catch dinner? (7) | Character from Genesis = SHIN (Hebrew letter) hiding in = contained in tree = fig trying to catch dinner = def |
| ANY CLUE BEGINNING WITH "HARRY POTTER AND" (?) | Botaku | May 6, 2022, 9:55 a.m. | skaldskaparmal | Harry Potter And Weird Al's Epic Crag Adventure Finale (9) | Epic = RAD Crag = CLIFF Adventure finale = _E Harry Potter and (upcoming) Weird Al are played by (daniel) RADCLIFFE |
| TURIN (5) | Space_Kalak | May 7, 2022, 2:01 p.m. | Tortoise | Alan stops short, finding shroud site (5) | Alan = TURING stops short = curtailed shroud site = def |
| TOPIARY (7) | dpad | May 7, 2022, 6:46 p.m. | InvalidD | Best fancy, airy shrub art (7) | TOP+(AIRY)* |
| A CLUE THAT ONLY WORKS IF ONE ASCRIBES TO A WIDELY DEBUNKED CONSPIRACY THEORY (?) | rpl | May 7, 2022, 6:59 p.m. | dpad | Outstanding saint hosts pyramid builder. (7) | Outstanding - def saint - ST hosts - {containing} pyramid builder - ALIEN |
| ANY CLUE THAT HAS A DIFFERENT ANSWER BASED ON WHETHER IT'S AN ACROSS CLUE OR A DOWN CLUE (?) | Botaku | May 9, 2022, 10:48 a.m. | rpl | Orientation of chiefly anti-conservative party to orange leader over with Nazis, primarily (4 or 6) | Orientation of chiefly anti-conservative party to orange leader over with Nazis, primarily (4 or 7) def. = “Orientation” for both ACROSS and DOWN DOWN clue D(emocratic) = “Chiefly anti-conservative party” “to” = concat. indicator O_ = “orange leader” “over” = vertical/down clue concat. indicator W/ = “with” abbrev N_ = “Nazis, primarily” ACROSS clue A_C_ = “Chiefly anti-conservative” R(epublican) = “party to orange leader” i.e. Donald T**** O. = “over” (cricket abbrev) SS = “Nazis, primarily” |
| BLESS (5) | dohz | May 9, 2022, 11:44 a.m. | Tortoise | Estow a enediction, like this? (5) | "B-less" version of def "bestow a benediction" |
| AMORE (5) | phenomist | May 9, 2022, 11:50 a.m. | Botaku | When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie in a bustling Rome (5) | when the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie - def in - link bustling - anagram A+(ROME)* |
| BANANA (6) | Space_Kalak | May 9, 2022, 2:09 p.m. | Botaku | Berry concealed by shrub: an anagram (6) | berry - def concealed by - hidden word shruB AN ANAgram |
| DARKHOLD (8) | rpl | May 9, 2022, 8:15 p.m. | Botaku | Dead? Key of life swaps opening number for closing number in front of ancient castle in Forgotten Realms (8) | dead - D key of life - ANKH opening number - N_ closing number - _R in front of - juxtaposition ancient - OLD castle in Forgotten Realms - def |
| COURTESY (8) | WoomyRogue | May 10, 2022, 7:19 a.m. | mbingo | Mumbled Tortoise-esque pleasantry (8) | def: "pleasantry"; "Curtis-y" homophone |
| SPACEMAN (8) | Space_Kalak | May 11, 2022, 2:13 p.m. | dpad | Astronaut's coming back from Codename: Capsule. (8) | Astronaut's - def coming back - reversal from - hidden word codeNAME: CAPSule |
| ECCEDENTESIAST (14) | rpl | May 12, 2022, 8:19 a.m. | dpad | Characters in the distance identify a stepford wife. (14) | Characters in the = bank indicator DISTANCE = letter bank identify = connector a stepford wife = def |
| TESTIFY (7) | dohz | May 12, 2022, 8:57 a.m. | InvalidD | Trial provided unknown witness (7) | TEST+IF+Y |
| MUSTARD (7) | jatloe12345 | May 12, 2022, 10:02 a.m. | Botaku | Sat in confusion during first half; murderer was the Colonel (7) | in confusion - anagram (SAT)* - STA during - container first half murderer - MURD was - link the Colonel - def (Colonel Mustard from Cluedo/Clue) |
| SHIVERS (7) | Space_Kalak | May 13, 2022, 2:15 p.m. | Botaku | French winter flanked by nazis, trembles (7) | French winter - HIVER flanked by - container nazis - SS trembles - def |
| TREMOR (6) | WoomyRogue | May 14, 2022, 6:41 a.m. | dohz | Shudder in guilt/remorse (6) | _T REMOR_ |
| A CLUE THAT WORKS WHEN READ BOTH LEFT-TO-RIGHT AND RIGHT-TO-LEFT (? OR ?) | rpl | May 14, 2022, 9:19 a.m. | skaldskaparmal | Gal clobbered Dima (>4, 3<) | Normally: clobbered = anagram indicator DIMA = anagram fodder, giving MAID* = Gal (both can just mean a girl) Backwards: Amid = hidden word indicator derebbolc = hidden word fodder, giving _EBB_ = Lag (both can mean gradually lessen) |
| STEFANIA (8) | Space_Kalak | May 15, 2022, 2:18 p.m. | Botaku | Eurovision-winning song in rhythm game makes evening loud (8) | Eurovision-winning song - def in - link rhythm game - STEPMANIA makes evening loud - replaces PM by F |
| SPLENDOR (8) | WoomyRogue | May 16, 2022, 8:44 a.m. | Botaku | Asp, lend Orpheus guts and glory! (8) | aSP LEND ORpheus guts - hidden word and - link glory - def |
| IOUEA (5) | rpl | May 16, 2022, 9:58 a.m. | Botaku | Cretaceous poriferan of Greek islet and Fijian island (5) | Cretaceous poriferan - def of - link Greek islet - IO and - juxtaposition Fijian island - UEA (Both Io and Uea have a Wikipedia page which is more than can be said of the answer :D) |
| CENTER (6) | skaldskaparmal | May 16, 2022, 10:12 a.m. | Botaku | Some public enterprise! (6) | &lit: def - a (community) center, for example, can be a public enterprise some - hidden word publiC ENTERprise (Many thanks to dohz for their consultation!) |
| GOOGLE-FU (6-2) | bags | May 16, 2022, 4:25 p.m. | Akumu | Tailoring strings go forward and back with fuel mixture (6-2) | Tailoring [search] strings = GO + OG< + LEFU* |
| GLOOM (5) | dohz | May 17, 2022, 5:32 a.m. | dohz | Darkness hiding in igloo, maybe? (5) | _GLOO M_ |
| SALAD (5) | Space_Kalak | May 17, 2022, 2:28 p.m. | bags | Re-ordered a lad's dish (5) | def. "dish" wordplay: anagrammed ("Re-ordered"), A LAD'S |
| FEINT (5) | InvalidD | May 18, 2022, 8:28 a.m. | dohz | Strafe intermittently to cover a tricky attack (5) | _FE INT_ |
| BREACH (6) | WoomyRogue | May 19, 2022, 6:37 a.m. | dpad | The break-in's about... about a famous musician? (6) | The break-in's - def about - {around} about - RE a famous musician - BACH |
| CHTHONIC (8) | rpl | May 19, 2022, 8:33 a.m. | Tortoise | In the underworld, a certain section has extremes of heat and humidity, primarily (8) | In the underworld = def a certain section = CONIC has = container extremes of heart = HT humidity, primarily = H |
| ANTHEM (6) | Space_Kalak | May 19, 2022, 2:31 p.m. | bags | A nation's opening melody, pretty much (6) | &lit A ("A") N[ation] ("nation's opening") THEM[e] ("melody, pretty much") |
| DIDACTIC (8) | phenomist | May 20, 2022, 11:23 a.m. | Tortoise | Performed the first part of a play, with characters's introduction providing a moral lesson (8) | Performed = DID the first part of a play = ACT I with = juxaposition character's introduction = C providing a moral lesson = def |
| ANY CLUE WITH ITS WORDS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER (?) | Botaku | May 20, 2022, 12:09 p.m. | noneuclidean | Lord: "Order, er, Al" (4) | EARL* all of the words are in ALPHABETICALORDER :) |
| EA-NASIR (2-5) | dohz | May 21, 2022, 5:06 a.m. | dpad | Copper swindler's arena is reforging. (2-5) | Copper swindler - def ARENA IS - anagram fodder reforging - anagram indicator |
| ZUGZWANG (8) | rpl | May 22, 2022, 4:19 p.m. | dpad | Zeus' gaze oddly on Vera in a tight spot. (8) | ZeUs' GaZe oddly - {every other letter} on - {next to} Vera - designer vera WANG in a tight spot - def |
| PERFIDY (7) | phenomist | May 23, 2022, 1:27 a.m. | Tortoise | Fried salad served inside pastry shell? Vile deception! (7) | Fried salad = anagram of FRIED served inside = contained in pastry shell = PY vile deception = def |
| COAX (4) | dohz | May 23, 2022, 9:14 p.m. | dohz | Influence via drugs, reportedly (4) | “cokes” homophone |
| CRAZY (5) | Space_Kalak | May 24, 2022, 7:22 a.m. | AuthorialIntent | Young with many accomplishments represses psychic character, becoming insane (5) | "Young with many accomplishments": CY Young "psychic character" Psychonauts protagonist RAZ CY "represses" RAZ -> C(RAZ)Y |
| UMAMI (5) | WoomyRogue | May 24, 2022, 11:50 a.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | No Cadmium--Cadmium ruined my experience with MSG (5) | No Cadmium-Cadmium, ruined = (CADMIUM-CD)*= AMIUM* My experience with MSG = def (i.e., umami is the qualitative experience of receptors binding to glutamate) |
| A CLUE IN WHICH EVERY WORD IS (OR IS PART OF) A COMMONLY ACCEPTED ANAGRIND (?) | rpl | May 24, 2022, 7:10 p.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | Mess around with odd blend (3) | Mess around with (def) = BED odd blend = BlEnD |
| PERPETUITY (10) | edderiofer | May 24, 2022, 11:26 p.m. | edderiofer | Endless security much appreciated after criminal takes biscuit tin (10) | TY = much appreciated PERP = criminal ETUI = biscuit tin (it's where one stores sewing supplies) PERP+(ETUI)+TY = TY after PERP, takes ETUI PERPETUITY = endless security (a security with no end date) |
| SPATCHCOCK (10) | dohz | May 26, 2022, 1:25 a.m. | dpad | Prepare chicken with one third pasta and a hint of tomato, then tip over anchovy and artichoke hearts. (10) | Prepare chicken - def with - {connector} one third pasta - SPAghetti and - {juxtaposition} a hint of - {first letter} Tomato then - {juxtaposition} tip - COCK over - {containing} ancHovy and artiChoke hearts - {middle letters} |
| SPLOOT (6) | rpl | May 26, 2022, 7:52 p.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | Spot held mostly low pose - typical of a corgi (6) | SP(LOw)OT Pose typical of a corgi = def |
| THANOS (6) | theduckmedic | May 26, 2022, 8:45 p.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | The man who set two of every four to be destroyed?! (6) | THem ANwh OSet &lit |
| DEMAGOGUE (9) | WoomyRogue | May 27, 2022, noon | rpl | Divisive leader primarily espousing “Make America Great Again” without end, and criminal who cancels Republicans, say (9) | Divisive leader = D_ primarily espousing = E_ “Make America Great Again” without end = MAG(-a) Criminal who cancels Republicans, say = (-r)OGUE &lit. |
| FAIL-DEADLY (4-6) | Botaku | May 28, 2022, 12:24 a.m. | rpl | Disfigured and deformed, I fled with a lady from mutually-assured nuclear destruction (4-6) | Disfigured and deformed - anagrind [I FLED + A LADY]* = FAIL-DEADLY def. mutually-assured nuclear destruction |
| FLICK (5) | dohz | May 28, 2022, 2 p.m. | dpad | Snap at frustratingly witless Professor. (5) | Snap - def at - {connector} frustratingly - {anagrind} witless - drop <WIT> Professor - FLItwiCK |
| WONT (4) | InvalidD | May 28, 2022, 7:56 p.m. | rpl | Habit of putting weight on over time (4) | def. Habit W. = weight abbrev ON "over" = vertical juxtaposition T. = time abbrev |
| A CLUE WHERE EVERY WORD, AS WELL AS THE ANSWER, ARE ALSO VALID WORDS IN NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE(S) (?) | rpl | May 28, 2022, 8:39 p.m. | rpl | Rogue interjection or volume engagés Europe? (2,6) | def = Rogue interjection = AU VOLEUR or = gold = AU volume = VOL (abbrev) engages = juxtaposition indicator Europe = EUR (abbrev) rogue = French for rogue interjection = French for interjection or = French for gold volume = French for volume engagés = French conjugation for engaged Europe = French for Europe |
| AREPA (5) | biocuriousgeorgie | May 29, 2022, 6:34 a.m. | dpad | Software package Easter egg is a corny treat. (5) | softwARE PAckage Easter egg - hidden word indicator is a - link corny treat - def |
| REDEEM (6) | WoomyRogue | May 29, 2022, 1:35 p.m. | Tortoise | Fulfill Wiccan moral code expressed by central themes (6) | Fulfill = def Wiccan motto = REDE expressed by = juxtaposition central themes = EM |
| MANTISSA (8) | dohz | May 30, 2022, 3:37 p.m. | Botaku | Fowles novel reveals abysmal satanism (8) | Fowles novel - def reveals - link abysmal - anagram (SATANISM)* |
| EXPONENT (8) | phenomist | May 30, 2022, 3:48 p.m. | theduckmedic | a shortened ordinal at the end of "e to an unknown power" ! (8) | E + X + P + ONE + NT(-h) &lit credit to rpl for first bit |
| ELEVEN (6) | rpl | May 30, 2022, 9:21 p.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | In retrospect, original closing time back before store opening was moved from seven! (6) | In retrospect = reversal of originaL closing + timE back = EL before = position indicator Store opening (S) was moved from seven = sEVEN &lit - 7-Eleven stores used to be open from 7am-11pm (who woulda guessed), until they switched to 24 hours |
| ANY URL (?) | theduckmedic | May 31, 2022, 10:42 p.m. | rpl | in.cia.gov/traitor (4) | def traitor = cIAGOv |
| REPECHAGE (9) | edderiofer | June 1, 2022, 8:36 a.m. | dpad | Extra heat makes pancake bubble up with gas and time. (9) | Extra heat - def makes - connector pancake - CREPE bubble up - rotate to REPEC with gas - H and time - AGE |
| EPEE (4) | SKOG | June 1, 2022, 10:27 a.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | Equipment pointed primarily at core need for a non-lame sport? (4) | E_ P_ nEEd A non-lame sport? = def: Foil and sabre fencing use a lamé jacket to complete the circuit with the conductive region on the weapon and make it clear when a touch has been made on the target area, but epee does not require a lamé because a touch counts anywhere on the body as long as the tip of the weapon is depressed. (Clue/definition updated and resubmitted because my partner who is a fencer just reminded me that epee is in fact the one type of fencing that *doesn't* use a lamé...) (If épée doesn't need accents for this competition, as the competition title indicates, then I will argue that lamé does not either!) |
| GHOTI (5) | dohz | June 1, 2022, 3:58 p.m. | bags | ||Private parts for sexy fish? (5)|| | def. "fish?" wordplay: GI ("private": i.e. a private soldier in the US army) makes a space ("parts": the verb, e.g. Moses parting the Red Sea) for HOT ("sexy") |
| JACKAL (6) | phenomist | June 1, 2022, 5:12 p.m. | Botaku | Perform menial tasks for nothing at all, endlessly (6) | perform menial tasks - def for - link nothing at all - JACK-ALL endlessly - delete last letter |
| CALICO CAT (6, 3) | Cheshire | June 1, 2022, 6:29 p.m. | bags | California on fire, engulfing shrub and maybe pet (6, 3) | def. "maybe pet" link: "and" wordplay: CA ("California") LIT ("on fire") containing COCA ("engulfing" "shrub") |
| OEUVRE (6) OR, IF YOU PREFER, ŒUVRE (5) | rpl | June 1, 2022, 9:54 p.m. | rpl | After heart to heart in Paris, break up over loveless work (5) | After = juxtaposition heart to heart in Paris = cŒUr (French word for “heart”) break up = anagrind over loveless = (-o)VER (O, as in tennis) _ŒU_ + VRE* = "work" = def |
| ASPECT (6) | WoomyRogue | June 2, 2022, 7:09 a.m. | dpad | Detail in a shirt's appearance. (6) | Detail - SPEC in - contained A shirt - T appearance - def |
| LYNX (4) | dohz | June 3, 2022, 4:01 p.m. | dohz | Wild cat connects to the audience (4) | “links” homophone |
| SWIATEK (7) | rpl | June 4, 2022, 2:11 a.m. | rpl | French Open champion is Nadal in Catalonia, in Warsaw? (7) | def. French Open champion NADAL is the Catalan word for “Christmas” ŚWIĄTEK is the Polish word for “Christmas” “Nadal in Catalonia, in Warsaw” => translate NADAL from Catalan to Polish => ŚWIĄTEK |
| CASHEW (6) | Penzo | June 4, 2022, 4:56 a.m. | mbingo | The pinnacle of comedy, as that guy Wolf initiated! (6) | &lit; C_ + AS + HE + W_ down clue only (for "pinnacle") def refers to https://discord.com/channels/379129452203999242/396583527656980480/982548035802382386 |
| LECHONK (7) | bags | June 4, 2022, 11:51 p.m. | dpad | John Locke scratches head twice, carves up a monster of a hog. (7) | joHNLOCKE - anagram fodder scratches head twice - drop first two letters carves up - anagram indicator a monster of a hog - def, Lechonk is the Hog (Pocket) Monster |
| LAGNIAPPE (9) | edderiofer | June 5, 2022, 3:56 p.m. | dohz | Sort of appealing bonus (9) | APPEALING* |
| TRIFLE (6) | Space_Kalak | June 5, 2022, 4:04 p.m. | dohz | Beginning to tirelessly search for something small (6) | T_+RIFLE |
| ASPHODEL (8) | phenomist | June 5, 2022, 4:14 p.m. | rpl | Lily hopes to dance with lad (8) | Lily - def to dance with - anagrind [HOPES + LAD]* = ASPHODEL |
| YANK (4) | dohz | June 5, 2022, 5:11 p.m. | dohz | Drag Moby down 12 steps (4) | “Moby” rot12 |
| GREEN EGGS (5, 4) | jkittykitkat63 | June 6, 2022, 8:01 a.m. | rpl | Regularly aggrieved man endlessly refusing to sample goods at first, comes around to Sam’s offering? (5,4) | _G_R_E_E_ + GENt< + S_G_< = def. Sam’s offering? |
| SATISFIED (9) | rpl | June 6, 2022, 8:24 a.m. | skaldskaparmal | Happy, played *The Witness*? (9) | ddef Happy = SATISFIED Played The Witness = math joke. In math, a "witness" is a mathematical object that makes a statement true, or "satisifies" it. Played here is in the sense of "acted as". Certainly not different etymologies but maybe the defs are different enough. |
| TÜRKIYE | noneuclidean | June 6, 2022, 4:56 p.m. | Tortoise | Dilapidated yurt sheltering one thousand and one Egyptians at the entrance to Middle Eastern nation (7) | Dilapidated yurt = TURY* sheltering = containing one thousand = K and = juxta one = I Egyptians at the entrance = E to = link Middle Eastern nation = def |
| TANGIBLE (8) | bags | June 8, 2022, 2:27 a.m. | lavaloid | Concrete table absorbed spilled gin (8) | TA[GIN*]BLE = def. concrete |
| BOX (3) | dohz | June 8, 2022, 3 a.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | A way to rearrange your face but not to fight? (3) | A way to rearrange your face, but not TO = BOtoX Fight = def |
| TONER (5) | WoomyRogue | June 8, 2022, 8:32 a.m. | Botaku | What a drug addict and a wrong-righter have in common: printer powder! (5) | drug addict - STONER wrong-righter - ATONER what they have in common - _TONER printer powder - def |
| ANY CLUE THAT IS A MASSIVE SPOILER (OF A BOOK/MOVIE/SHOW ETC.) (?) | rpl | June 8, 2022, 9:10 a.m. | rpl | (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) ||Dumbledore's killer, gutted after rejection, has crush on Harry's dead parent (5)|| | Dumbledore's killer - SNAPE gutted after rejection - E(-pan)S< = ES ... has ... on - vertical juxtaposition (in the sense of wearing a hat) crush - JAM (verb) JAM+E(-pan)S< = JAMES = def. Harry's dead parent |
| STANCHION (9) | dpad | June 8, 2022, 3:33 p.m. | rpl | No! I refused to wear hat of heartlessly loyal supporter (9) | NO+I< (“to wear hat of”) STAuNCH STA_NCH+(I+ON)< = def. supporter |
| ABANDON (7) | dohz | June 10, 2022, 8:30 a.m. | bags | Stop a belt being worn (7) | def. "Stop" wordplay: A ("a") BAND ("belt") ON ("being worn") |
| A CLUE THAT WORKS AS THE LAST TWO LINES OF AN ENGLISH SONNET (W/ VALID METER & RHYME SCHEME) (?) | rpl | June 10, 2022, 10 a.m. | rpl | Machine to steal old books with drugs enclosed, // Back east to tour, and famous question posed? (2,2,2,3,2,2) | BOT+TO ROB+OT - Machine, to steal, old books [OT = Old Testament] BOTTORO(E)BOT - with drugs [E. = Ecstasy] enclosed (TOBEOROTTOB)<+E - Back [reversal] + E(ast) TOBEOR(N)OTTOBE - to tour [contains] [and = 'N] def - famous question posed? |
| COASTER (7) | bags | June 11, 2022, 6:20 a.m. | Tortoise | Theme park attraction's price: about one euro, oddly (7) | Theme park attraction = def 's = link price = COST about one = containing A euro, oddly = EuRo |
| CLEANSE (7) | Botaku | June 11, 2022, 6:50 a.m. | rpl | Wash tips to bathe in after Christ's birth (7) | def. Wash = LEANS (tips) contained by (to bathe in) CE (after Christ's birth) |
| ANY CLUE THAT STARTS WITH "ANY CLUE THAT" (?) | Marnix | June 11, 2022, 6:31 p.m. | skaldskaparmal | ANY CLUE THAT'S COMPOSED WITHOUT THE LETTER 'E' AND RESOLVES TO IDIOCY (6) | ANY CLUE = anagram fodder THAT'S COMPOSED = anagram indicator WITHOUT THE LETTER 'E' = remove E AND RESOLVES TO = connector giving IDIOCY = LUNACY*(-e) |
| GRANULAR (8) | phenomist | June 12, 2022, 1:50 a.m. | rpl | Sandy is odd girl, one to run around and about LA (8) | def Sandy = G_R_ + A (one) + NU(LA)R< |
| IDIOCY (6) | rpl | June 12, 2022, 11:05 a.m. | rpl | Supported with certainty on both sides, man is banned from saying stupid things (6) | Supported with - vertical juxtaposition certainty on both sides - C__Y man (M) is banned from saying (n. IDIOM) - IDIO(-m) IDIO(-m)+C___Y = def. stupid things |
| ANY CLUE ENTIRELY MADE UP OF WORDS FROM PREVIOUS CONTESTS' PROMPTS (?) | Marnix | June 14, 2022, 10:37 a.m. | rpl | Hunt for cashew, abandon with puzzles (5) | CASHE*-w = CHASE = def. Hunt |
| UNICODE (7) | theduckmedic | June 14, 2022, 10:37 a.m. | rpl | French article that's about sham tech standard (7) | UN (French article) + IE (that is) around (about) COD (sham) = def. tech standard |
| EQUIVALENCE (11) | phenomist | June 14, 2022, 11:09 a.m. | rpl | Agreement with corrupt evil Queen having a heart of ice (11) | Agreement - def with - link corrupt - anagrind [EVIL QUEEN + (having) + A + iCe]* = EQUIVALENCE |
| SUPERTEAM (9) | rpl | June 14, 2022, 11:15 a.m. | Teal | Controversy at supreme mix-up (9) | Controversy - cheeky def at supreme - anagram fodder mix-up - anagrind |
| ANY CLUE THAT HAS NO LETTERS IN COMMON WITH ITS ANSWER (?) | Botaku | June 15, 2022, 9:18 a.m. | dpad | Beat up driver event? (4) | Beat - FLOG up - reversal driver event? - def GOLF |
| AWESOME (7) | biocuriousgeorgie | June 15, 2022, 12:22 p.m. | rpl | Boss’s first letter: “Sadly, woe is me − yours truly” (7) | def - Boss (slang) A (first letter) + [WOE IS ME]* (sadly) − I (yours truly) = AWESOME |
| ANY CLUE WHERE THE ANSWER IS ONE OF THE WORDS IN THE CLUE ITSELF (EXCEPT THE DEFINITION) (?) | Kusane | June 16, 2022, 8:33 a.m. | rpl | Hexes and talking trees guard Middle-Earth and close off the entrances of Camelot and Earthsea | Hexes - def and - connector talking trees - ENTS guard - containment middle eaRth - _R_ AND, close off [delete ending] - AN_ the entrances of Camelot and Earthsea - C_+E_ ENT(_R_+AN_+C_+E_)S = ENTRANCES = def. Hexes (verb) |
| ANGST (5) | dohz | June 17, 2022, 3:40 a.m. | bags | Sang off-key with true anxiety (5) | def. "anxiety" wordplay: ANGS* ("SANG", "off-key") + T ("true": i.e. true/false) |
| FREE-FOR-ALL (4-3-3) | Space_Kalak | June 17, 2022, 8:36 a.m. | Botaku | In the middle of Mischief Reef, oral law leads to brawl (4-3-3) | in the middle of - hidden word mischieF REEF ORAL Law leads to - link brawl - def |
| ROUND ROBIN (5, 5) | phenomist | June 17, 2022, 11:31 a.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | After earth loses gravity, a bird creates a space where everyone can talk (5, 5) | After gROUND, ROBIN (Etymology comes from "round ribbon", as it turns out! So the bird's the word) A space where everyone can talk = def (e.g., round robin time in a meeting) |
| A CLUE WHOSE SURFACE READS LIKE A TWITTER BIO. EXTRA CREDIT FOR EMOJIS (?) | rpl | June 17, 2022, 12:13 p.m. | Botaku | xe/xem, PTSD, secretly free (6) | xE/XEM PTsd secretly - hidden word free - def |
| ANY CLUE WHICH IS ALSO A TRUE SENTENCE (?) | AuthorialIntent | June 18, 2022, 9:21 a.m. | rpl | Corruptly installed conservative jurists focus on overturning _Roe_ before end of period. (6) | def. Corruptly installed = RIGGED R - conservative (noun), i.e. Republican _I_ - jurIsts focus juxtaposition - on GGE< - overturning roe (EGG) juxtaposition - before _D - end of perioD (pretty much taken from the headlines) |
| ANY CLUE THAT IS ALSO A COMPLETE LIE (?) | Marnix | June 19, 2022, 1:18 a.m. | rpl | "A truth is, to admit it, I love you..." say (10) | A truth is - FACT + 'S to admit - containment it, I love - IT+I+O (as in tennis) you... say - U (say = homophone) FACTITIOUS = FACT(IT+I+O+U)S def./&lit. - The quoted statement is indeed FACTITIOUS (meaning fake/false), because I don't actually love you (sorry) |
| PODCAST (7) | bags | June 19, 2022, 10:55 a.m. | rpl | Radio show announcement about Capital One (7) | Radio show - def announcement - POST about - containment Capital One - DC+A PO(DC+A)ST |
| ANY CLUE THAT IS ALSO A PARADOX (?) | phenomist | June 19, 2022, 12:44 p.m. | EricFox53 | Endless era ends with decay (6) | "endless era" -> ER "ends with" = comes after "with" -> WITHER def: "decay" |
| A CLUE THAT USES A PHONETIC ANAGRAM INDICATOR (?) | rpl | June 19, 2022, 4:47 p.m. | skaldskaparmal | Dialed nana, talked about flower (9) | Dialed nana, talked = dī(-ə)ld ˈna-nə about = anagram indicator to dan-də-ˌlī-ən giving flower = DANDELION (IPA as given by MW) |
| ANY CLUE WITH TWO DIFFERENT ANSWERS DEPENDING ON WHETHER IT’S INTERPRETED IN BRITISH ENGLISH OR AMERICAN ENGLISH (?) | EricFox53 | June 21, 2022, 5:10 a.m. | rpl | Football player Beckham in action: dove a lil’ regularly in front of defense (5) | Football player Beckham - def in action:... - anagrind in front of Defense - D_ UK: *[D_V_A_I_ + D_] = DAVID (Beckham), famous soccer player US: *[_O_E_L_L + D_] = ODELL (Beckham), famous American football player |
| ANY CLUE THAT IS A WINNING CLUE YOU'VE STOLEN OFF A PAST CONTEST, BUT INTERPRETTED TO SOMEHOW SOLVE INTO A DIFFERENT ANSWER (?) | Kusane | June 21, 2022, 7:42 a.m. | edderiofer | Girl having zero aim (2) | G+O = aim (for) |
| GRADUATION (10) | Space_Kalak | June 21, 2022, 11:38 a.m. | rpl | Commencement video ends with guardian rambling for promotion (10) | [_T + _O + GUARDIAN]* (rambling) = GRADUATION = {link - for} def. promotion |
| A CLUE (1, 4) | Marnix | June 21, 2022, 3:38 p.m. | AuLeaf | Defenders of individual rights ultimately like this, say? (1,4) | this, say: ACLU+E |
| PASSWORD (8) | bags | June 21, 2022, 3:40 p.m. | Marnix | Dad's weapon is key (8) | d: key PAS SWORD |
| PATERISSA (9) | rpl | June 21, 2022, 5:45 p.m. | bags | Staff arranged a sea trip around 1st of September (9) | def. "Staff" wordplay: PATERISA* ("arranged", "A SEA TRIP") around S ("1st of S[eptember]") |
| SECRETARIAT (11) | phenomist | June 22, 2022, 10:05 a.m. | rpl | Big _Red Scare_ threat I fabricated to kick out top horse (11) | def - "Big Red" [SCARE THREAT I]* (fabricated) - (to kick out) H_ (top horse) = SECRETARIAT |
| HACK (4) | dohz | June 22, 2022, 9:27 p.m. | bags | Hit shed with taxi (4) | def. "taxi" wordplay: WHACK ("Hit") got rid of W ("shed" "with") |
| ANY CLUE THAT ENDS WITH "... THIS IS NOT A PUZZLE." (?) | rpl | June 23, 2022, 6:18 p.m. | anagramist | Simple puce D? This is not a puzzle. (15) | anagram "puce D this is not a" (puzzle is anagrind) = UNSOPHISTICATED (simple def) |
| AUTONOMY (8) | biocuriousgeorgie | June 24, 2022, 12:51 p.m. | rpl | With Alito's fringe, disheartening opinion, SCOTUS disregarded precedent, peeled away, and overturned my constitutional right. (8) | With - juxtaposition Alito's fringe - A_ disheartening opinion - O__N SCOTUS, disregarded precedent [delete lead], peeled away [delete ends] - _cOTUs and overturned - reversal my - MY A_+(O__N+_cOTUs)< + MY = AUTONOMY |
| CAVE (4) | dohz | June 25, 2022, 5:16 a.m. | rpl | Fall in love after California bans partying LOL (4) | def. Fall in = CAL+LOVE-LLO* = CAVE |
| BISHOP (6) | bags | June 25, 2022, 6:19 p.m. | dpad | Underground club is hoppin' with mulled wine. (6) | Underground - hidden word cluB IS HOPpin' with - link mulled wine - def |
| ANY CLUE THAT LOOKS LIKE AN &LIT BUT ISN'T ONE (?) | Kusane | June 25, 2022, 9:20 p.m. | theduckmedic | Badly fail around player! (9) | F(ACTOR)IAL* def: ! |
| CUCKOO (6) | rpl | June 26, 2022, 7:15 a.m. | rpl | Crazy dictator's attempt to overthrow government twice (6) | homophone (dictator's) of "coup"x2 |
| VIEW (4) | dohz | June 27, 2022, 12:13 p.m. | Botaku | Compete and win point (4) | compete - VIE and - juxtaposition win - W point - def (i.e. an opinion/stance) |
| KEY CHANGE (3, 6) | Space_Kalak | June 27, 2022, 4:24 p.m. | rpl | Instrumental adjustment?! (3,6) | KEY (syn. instrumental) + CHANGE (syn. adjustment) def/&lit - some instruments can be adjusted (e.g. guitar/horn/sax etc.) to produce the effect of a key change |
| SEVERANCE (9) | rpl | June 28, 2022, 8:57 a.m. | Firetruck | Spiritual awakening taking over loveless divorce (9) | SE(VER)ANCE seance = spiritual awakening over loveless = OVER - O divorce = def |
| BOWSER (6) | bags | June 28, 2022, 2:23 p.m. | rpl | King sent down in search for tank (6) | R. (king) sent down in BROWSE: B(r)OWSE -> BOWSE(r) def - tank |
| ROUND TRIP (5, 4) | dohz | June 29, 2022, 12:17 p.m. | rpl | Earth loses gravity with rupture outside of time loop (5,4) | Earth loses gravity - (-g)ROUND with rupture - ROUND+RIP outside of time - ROUND(T.)RIP def - loop |
| POLITICAL (9) | rpl | June 30, 2022, 10:10 a.m. | rpl | Almost everything behind a form of art, including love and literature, relates to government. (9) | ALl - almost everything behind... P(O+LIT)IC - a form of art (PIC), including love (O) and literature (LIT) |
| ROSE (4) | Firetruck | June 30, 2022, 1:21 p.m. | rpl | Jack’s partner didn’t sink? (4) | ddef Jack’s partner = didn’t sink |
| SLALOM (6) | dohz | July 1, 2022, 12:30 p.m. | lavaloid | Puzzle type where loop is restricted by small reordering (6) | Puzzle type = defn. where = link word loop = O is restricted by = insertion indicator small reordering = SLALM (anag.) |
| CLUE THAT'S ENTIRELY IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE (ANSWER, DEFINITION, AND CRYPTIC READING) | rpl | July 2, 2022, 11:52 a.m. | rpl | Un caballero loco... ¡Quite jodón! (3,7) | Surface reading: "Silly knight... f*** off, ass!" def: "Un caballero" (a knight) = DON QUIJOTE (native spelling) wp: [QUITE JODON]* ("loco") |
| CANDELABRA (10) | theduckmedic | July 2, 2022, 6:04 p.m. | Neeerd | Can of Spanish pork taken away from Abraham after beginning to light menorah (10) | CAN+DE+L_+ABRA(-ham) |
| CONVEX (6) | EricFox53 | July 3, 2022, 2:26 p.m. | DireKrow | Pointed out Nevada within undated manuscript (6) | Nevada (NV) within (contained by) "undated (-d) manuscript (COdEX)" = CO-NV-EX (something 'pointed out') |
| CREEK (5) | dohz | July 4, 2022, 2:42 a.m. | Neeerd | Screech heard from river (5) | Homophone of “CREAK” |
| BELIES (6) | Space_Kalak | July 4, 2022, 6:31 a.m. | phenomist | Middles concealed, middle conceals (6) | BELLIES without middle L = BELIES ("conceals") |
| CLUE CONTAINING NO WORDS OF INDO-EUROPEAN ORIGIN (?) | rpl | July 4, 2022, 12:25 p.m. | rpl | Tofu kamikaze azimuth sofa (5) | chinese, japanese, arabic, arabic FUTO*+N(orth) |
| COMPASS (7) | dohz | July 6, 2022, 3:17 a.m. | SKOG | Director's in command? No thanks! (7) | Command = COM "No thanks!" = PASS Director = COMPASS (def) |
| RESIGN (6) | Space_Kalak | July 6, 2022, 6:35 a.m. | Firetruck | Take back or take off (6) | ddef: re-sign (as in, to hire again by signing a contract), resign (leave a job) |
| CONCAVE (7) | EricFox53 | July 6, 2022, 11:35 a.m. | DireKrow | Dented criminal den (7) | Criminal (CON) + den (CAVE) -> CONCAVE (dented) |
| 11780 (5) | rpl | July 6, 2022, 6:49 p.m. | theduckmedic | Slim minority obligated imaginary number to be fabricated on a calculator! (5) | slim minority of OBLIGATED = OBLI imaginary number = I OBLII created using calculator-spelling is 11780 &lit |
| AQUARIUM (8) | dohz | July 8, 2022, 3:24 a.m. | EricFox53 | Tank a question you answer right - I underlined 1000 (8) | def: Tank A = A Q = Question U = You A = Answer R = Right I = I U = Underlined M = 1000 |
| CRISIS (6) | Space_Kalak | July 8, 2022, 6:37 a.m. | Botaku | Conservative Sunak's abandoning hot mess (6) | Conservative - C Sunak's - RISHI'S abandoning - deletion hot - H mess - def |
| TARGET (6) | theduckmedic | July 8, 2022, 4:37 p.m. | Firetruck | Return snitch and achieve goal (6) | RAT (=snitch) < = TAR GET = achieve goal = def |
| A CLUE THAT COULD GET YOU CHARGED WITH A CRIME IF SPOKEN/PUBLISHED IN A PARTICULAR CONTEXT (?) | rpl | July 8, 2022, 7:50 p.m. | rpl | “Senator, I invaded in Capitol riot” (10) | INCA(I)PITOL* = POLITICIAN |
| OXEYE (5) OR OXEYE DAISY (5, 5) | EricFox53 | July 9, 2022, 8:02 a.m. | rpl | Margeurite’s ex-love refused to see Gatsby’s ex-love (5,5) | def - Margeurite/OXEYE DAISY XO< (ex-love refused) + EYE (to see) + DAISY (Gatsby’s ex-love) |
| DETOUR (6) | dohz | July 10, 2022, 3:27 a.m. | level | Frost-like in manner, describing the ends of side street as "the path less travelled by", perhaps (6) | D(_E _T)OUR [='"the path less travelled by", perhaps'] |
| TENNIS (6) | Space_Kalak | July 10, 2022, 6:40 a.m. | rpl | Game of returning 1st serve in net (6) | def Game = S_+IN+NET< |
| ANY CLUE CONSISTING OF LETTERS FROM A SINGLE ROW OF YOUR KEYBOARD (?) | Kusane | July 11, 2022, 6:19 a.m. | SoftFro | [esc] [F12 🔊︎] [F2 🔆︎] (6) | [esc]: def [F12 🔊︎]: F (increases volume) [F2 🔆︎]: LIGHT (increases brightness) This is on a Mac |
| CODSWALLOP (10) | Firetruck | July 11, 2022, 7:47 a.m. | Firetruck | Chicken house consists of low grade, dilapitated walls and horse apples (10) | Chickrn house=COOP consists of : containment Low grade: D Dilapitated walls = WALLS* horse apples=def CO(D+WALLS*)OP |
| VITO (4) | SKOG | July 11, 2022, 8:05 a.m. | wolf | The Godfather incoporated it in Canadian whisky (4) | V(IT)O |
| CLUE THAT HAS A DIFFERENT ANSWER DEPENDING ON WHETHER IT’S INTERPRETED BEFORE OR AFTER THE YEAR 1868 (?) | rpl | July 11, 2022, 9:21 a.m. | noneuclidean | Name of the current capital city of Japan comes from plastic toy, OK? (5) | TOKYO* or KYOTO* i assume this is why the contest was created lmao |
| SUSURRUS (8) | phenomist | July 11, 2022, 3:42 p.m. | rpl | Murmurs of US-USSR war ending badly over uranium (8) | def Murmurs = US-USSR _R* ("badly") contains ("over") U(ranium) |
| IFFY (4) | wolf | July 11, 2022, 10:51 p.m. | noneuclidean | Provided furry outerwear of dubious quality (4) | def: of dubious quality Provided = IF furry outerwear = F_Y |
| ONSEN (5) | dohz | July 12, 2022, 3:32 a.m. | EricFox53 | A puzzle hidden in nonsense (5) | def: A puzzle nONSENse (hidden) |
| LIONESSES (9) | Space_Kalak | July 12, 2022, 6:42 a.m. | bags | Rests, hugging one's small group of cats (9) | def. "group of cats" wordplay: LIES ("Rests": i.e. the book lies on the table) around ONE'S S ("hugging" "one's" "small") |
| TUGENDHAT (9) | Botaku | July 12, 2022, 7:56 a.m. | summitwei | Politician to pull off fedora, say (9) | TUG+END+HAT |
| ANY CLUE WITH AN "OBVIOUS" ANSWER THAT'S ONLY RULED OUT BY THE ENUMERATION (?) | EricFox53 | July 12, 2022, 8:42 a.m. | rpl | Evil, vile settle (6) | not LIVE* def Evil = BAD+DIE |
| ANY CLUE THAT CAN BE INTERPRETED IN TWO OR MORE WAYS THAT ALL GIVE THE SAME ANSWER (?) | jatloe12345 | July 12, 2022, 9:23 a.m. | rpl | Inhabit vile evil (4) | VILE* = EVIL* = LIVE |
| ANY CLUE THAT HAS THE STRING "++++" IN IT (?) | edderiofer | July 13, 2022, 9:59 a.m. | |||
| CLUE THAT SIMULTANEOUSLY SATISFIES AS MANY PREVIOUS PROMPTS AS POSSIBLE (?) | rpl | July 13, 2022, 10:52 a.m. | Delabranche | This clue's solution: a noun satisfying whatever everyone requested initially! (6) | &lit: ANSWER to the prompt and initials of A N(oun) S(atsifying) W(hatever) E(veryone) R(equested) I(nitially) |
| CONTACT (7) | bags | July 13, 2022, 3:50 p.m. | EricFox53 | Agreement of no right to touch (7) | def: Touch agreement = CONTRACT "of no right" = remove R to = connector |
| SNAKE (5) | dohz | July 14, 2022, 3:37 a.m. | dpad | Brick game with a plumber's tool (5) | ddef Brick game = the Nokia "Brick" had a game simply called SNAKE with = link a plumber's tool = tool to clean out drains |
| SUPPORT (7) | Space_Kalak | July 14, 2022, 6:47 a.m. | bags | Keep opening with casual greeting (7) | def. "Keep" wordplay: PORT ("opening") with 'SUP ("casual greeting") |
| CORN (4) | level | July 14, 2022, 9:33 a.m. | EricFox53 | Cob of really nourishing origins! (4) | &lit C_ O_ R_ N_ (origins = first letters) |
| CORNER (6) | phenomist | July 14, 2022, 9:33 a.m. | dpad | Heartless medical examiner's catch-22 (6) | Heartless = drop middle letter medical examiner = CORoNER 's = link catch-22 = def, a troubling situation (backed into a corner) |
| CORONER (7) | wolf | July 14, 2022, 10:34 a.m. | dpad | "I see dead people" lies crooner (7) | "I see dead people" = def, a coroner would say this lies = anagrind CROONER = anagram fodder |
| SMACK-DAB (5-3) | Koala | July 14, 2022, 11:14 a.m. | bags | Returned low-quality cameras, receiving $1,000 directly (5-3) | def. "directly" wordplay: reversal of BAD CAMS ("Returned", "low-quality" "cameras") containing K ("receiving" "$1,000": i.e. 'I bought it for 5K') |
| JESUS (5) | SKOG | July 14, 2022, 1:23 p.m. | rpl | I’m in Notre Dame without a savior (5) | I’m - JE SUIS in Notre Dame - French indicator without a - delete I ("one") JE SU(-i)S |
| JOVIAL (6) | EricFox53 | July 14, 2022, 9:50 p.m. | bags | Happy with going in, flipping over large kid's drink (6) | def. "Happy" wordplay: VIA ("with") going in a reversal of L O.J. ("flipping over", "large" "kid's drink": orange juice) |
| MERCURY (7) | Space_Kalak | July 16, 2022, 6:52 a.m. | bags | Joyful about copper found in distant planet (7) | def. "distant planet" wordplay: MERRY ("Joyful") around ("about") CU ("copper": periodic table); link "found in" |
| RIPPLE EFFECT (6, 6) | dohz | July 16, 2022, 9:08 a.m. | Neeerd | Dispersion and diffusion of PC filter (6, 6) | Letter bank for PC FILTER |
| OUTER (5) | dpad | July 16, 2022, 9:14 a.m. | bags | Alien returning to invade our surface (5) | def. "surface" (e.g. 'outer layer'/'surface layer') wordplay: reversal of E.T. ("Alien", "returning") inside of OUR ("to invade" "OUR") |
| RHYTHMS (7) | phenomist | July 16, 2022, 10:41 a.m. | |||
| RIVER PEBBLE (5, 6) | Cheshire | July 16, 2022, 12:59 p.m. | dpad | Poem by Belle oddly opens "After seventeen steps down an arena / Something in an otter's pocket..." (5,6) | PoEm By BeLlE oddly = every other letter opens = juxtaposition after seventeen steps down an = rot17 ARENA = RIVER Something in an otter's pocket = def, https://veloxify.com/animals/2021/otters-have-a-favorite-stone-that-they-carry-with-them-for-the-rest-of-their-life/6602/ |
| GROUNDBREAKING (14) | lavaloid | July 16, 2022, 11:07 p.m. | Firetruck | When solving a cryptic on drugs, didn't quite finish (14) | Reverse cryptic clue: "when solving a cryptic" = indicator for reverse cryptic clue. ON DRUGS didn't quite finish = ON DRUG Reverse cryptic "GROUND BREAKING" = ONDRUG* with "breaking" as anagram indicator. |
| ANY CURRENT WORLD LEADER (?) | Neeerd | July 17, 2022, 2:16 p.m. | frictionlessemu | Letter from Greek president (2) | ddef for XI (letter from Greek; President of China) |
| DOUBLE BACK (6, 4) | dohz | July 18, 2022, 9:18 a.m. | Firetruck | Loop knapsack with an extra loop (6,4) | Loop = def knapsack = BACKPACK Add an extra loop to the P in BACKPACK to get BACKBACK, a double BACK |
| WOAH (4) | Firetruck | July 18, 2022, 3:53 p.m. | Neeerd | Jesus Christ with beheaded biblical figure (4) | Jesus Christ - Def (like the interjection) With - W Beheaded biblical figure - (-n)OAH |
| WAHOO (5) | dpad | July 18, 2022, 6:39 p.m. | SKOG | Mario shouts this out loud: "Huh? Them?" (5) | Huh=WHA, Them=WHO Out loud = homophone "WHA WHO" = "WAHOO" Mario shouts this = def. |
| TEN THOUSAND (3, 8) | noneuclidean | July 19, 2022, 2:45 p.m. | dylanamite | Yurt, unfinished house, and a home needed this many balloons to fly (3, 8) | Yurt = TENT unfinished house = HOUS_ and = AND "A home needed this many balloons to fly" is a reference to the film Up and the number of balloons needed to lift the house according to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10,000 |
| FIRE (4) | Space_Kalak | July 20, 2022, 6:58 a.m. | dylanamite | Get rid of part of Ireland (4) | part (hidden word) oF IREland get rid of = FIRE |
| MINESWEEPER (11) | dohz | July 20, 2022, 9:52 a.m. | septacube77 | A game about numbers -- prime, complex, round, cardinal, square, irrational numbers (11) | A game about numbers = def prime complex = MIPER anagram round = container indicator cardinal square = NESW (drawn out, these cardinal directions make a square) irrational numbers = EE Final parse: MI(NESW + EE)PER* |
| EARTH (5) | phenomist | July 20, 2022, 3:56 p.m. | EricFox53 | Broken heart's world (5) | broken = anagram indicator heart = fodder 's = connector world = definition |
| SATURN (6) | SoftFro | July 20, 2022, 3:59 p.m. | AuLeaf | Planet revolves, spinning around main axis (6) | cycle of TURNS around A_: [>S](A)TURN[s>] |
| AIR (3) | EricFox53 | July 20, 2022, 4:08 p.m. | EricFox53 | It comes from hairdryers! (3) | &lit: hAIRdryers |
| THE CAT IN THE HAT (3, 3, 2, 3, 3) | Cheshire | July 21, 2022, 12:38 p.m. | Firetruck | He balances fishbowls // And cups and long rakes // And spreads out pink spots // With each tint that he breaks (3,3,2,3,3) | def: He balances fishbowls // And cups and long rakes // And spreads out pink spots (referring to events from The Cat in the Hat and The Cat in the Hat Comes Back with = connector EACHTINTTHATHE* breaks: anagram indicator |
| HYDROPHOBIC (11) | AuLeaf | July 21, 2022, 10:19 p.m. | Deusovi | Likely term ascribed to piece of fabric, that when covered in H₂O... remains just as light! (11) | &lit: entire clue is the definition. ("remains just as light" meaning that it doesn't absorb any of the water - and is therefore just as light as it was before, both in terms of weight and color) wordplay: "Likely term" = terminus of LIKELY = Y "ascribed to" = concatenation indicator "piece of fabric" = DROP, as in a drop curtain (common in theater - see https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/drop#Noun, def 4.7) "that when covered in" = container indicator "H₂O" = HHO "remains just as" = concatenation indicator (read roughly as "sits alongside") "light" = slang for lighter = BIC giving H(Y+DROP)HO+BIC |
| TENTS (5) | dohz | July 22, 2022, 12:05 p.m. | septacube77 | T-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-teepees (5) | ddef t t t t t t t t t t = TEN T'S teepees = TENTS |
| ANY CLUE THAT ONLY USES THE TEN HUNDRED MOST COMMON WORDS FROM XKCD'S THING EXPLAINER (?) | septacube77 | July 22, 2022, 1:55 p.m. | AuLeaf | This "word-play word-crossing game" helper event starter is mad because this month's number repeated? Point taken (11, alphanum.) | SE(PT.)ACUBE*+7,7 |
| SAXOPHONIST (11) | Neeerd | July 22, 2022, 4:53 p.m. | noneuclidean | Player said "lets go! i see enemy hideout!" (11) | def: Player said = homophone indicator lets go = SACKS i see = OH enemy = FOE hideout = NEST "SACKS OH FOE NEST" |
| GENESIS (7) | phenomist | July 23, 2022, 3:49 a.m. | AuLeaf | Film critic gives 70% to *Inception* (7) | 70% of GENE SISkel |
| ANY CLUE MENTIONING "A GIRL ON EACH SIDE" (?) | edderiofer | July 23, 2022, 3:27 p.m. | Neeerd | Adolescent kid missing, with a girl on each side (7) | T(-w)EEN+A+G+E_ = Adolescent |
| OUT OF TUNE (3, 2, 4) | Neeerd | July 24, 2022, 5 p.m. | tckmn | Broken foot restrains you... then nasty net ensnares you... unpleasant sounding! (3,2,4) | O(U)TOF* + T(U)NE* = unpleasant sounding |
| WATER (5) | AuLeaf | July 24, 2022, 5:03 p.m. | dohz | Server, take out one drink (5) | WA(-i)TER |
| BATTLESHIPS (11) | dohz | July 25, 2022, 3:53 a.m. | tckmn | Military vessels coming from weird establishment with penguin leader instead of men (11) | military vessels = anagram ESTABLISH(-men)T + P(-enguin) wouldn't you want your battleship factories to be led by penguins? that would be so cool |
| ANGLERS (7) | phenomist | July 25, 2022, 3:39 p.m. | Neeerd | Weird regnal names, ultimately from fishermen (7) | ANGLER*+_S = Fishermen |
| CURRY (5) | Firetruck | July 26, 2022, 3:17 p.m. | fluff | Clean dish (5) | ddef (to “clean” or groom an animal and the food) |
| PENCILS (7) | dohz | July 27, 2022, 3:57 a.m. | Tortoise | Writing implements containing, effectively, graphite centrally affixed with latex on one end! (7) | Writing implements = PENS containing effectively, graphite = C (graphite is a form of carbon) centrally affixed = central letter of AFFIXED with = juxtaposition latex on one end = L & lit. |
| DINT (4) | SoftFro | July 27, 2022, 5:52 p.m. | dohz | Down, in time for depression (4) | D+IN+T |
| SCHOOL TRIP (6, 4) | phenomist | July 28, 2022, 12:07 a.m. | tckmn | Funny Polish actor ignoring a group of children (6,4) | funny = anagram POLISHACTOR ignoring a = remove A group of children = definition (the group going on the trip can be referred to as a trip) |
| HAIR TIE (4, 3) | bags | July 28, 2022, 12:13 p.m. | tckmn | Two Thais, one running out of time and the other outspoken, surround our last piece of elastic (4,3) | (-t)HAI + _R + "TIE" = piece of elastic |
| BARNS (5) | dohz | July 29, 2022, 4:02 a.m. | bags | Restrictions surrounding red farm buildings (5) | def. "farm buildings" wordplay: BANS ("Restrictions") surrounding R ("red": RGB) |
| SLANT (5) | phenomist | July 30, 2022, 8:53 p.m. | septacube77 | Change pitch, turn! (5) | &lit change pitch = shift solfege note by one turn = STINT parse: S(ti -> LA)NT |
| CHEESE GRATER (6, 6) | bags | July 31, 2022, 2:43 a.m. | Tortoise | Swindler makes off with bits of everyone's stuff – for example, Romeo's kitchen gadget (6, 6) | Swindler = CHEATER makes off with = contains bits of everyone's stuff = first letters of Everyone's Stuff for example = EG Romeo = R 's = linking kitchen gadget = def |
| ISLANDS (7) | dohz | July 31, 2022, 8:28 a.m. | AuLeaf | Earth as seen on board in-orbit multinational research base: bits of terrain surrounded by watery expanse (7) | I.S.(LAND)S. |
| MYOPIA (6) | phenomist | Aug. 1, 2022, 11:55 p.m. | dpad | IPO may result in short-sightedness (6) | IPO MAY = anagram fodder result in = anagrind short-sightedness = def |
| HIJACK (6) | dohz | Aug. 2, 2022, 8:32 a.m. | dohz | Rob a truck, say hello, meeting the guy running this site (5) | HI+JACK Rob a truck, say = def hello = HI the guy running this site = JACK |
| WIGWAM (6) | EricFox53 | Aug. 2, 2022, 10:25 p.m. | |||
| ANY WORD OR PHRASE CONTAINING EXACTLY ONE HUNDRED LETTERS (?) | Cheshire | Aug. 3, 2022, 4:40 p.m. | dpad | _King of the Hill_ episode with characters from _Cave Prowling Myths_ (4,7,2,3,8,7,3,10,2,7,5,2,3,8,7,3,10,2,7) | King of the Hill episode = definition with characters from = letter bank indicator Cave Prowling Myths = letter bank What Happens at the National Propane Gas Convention in Memphis Stays at the National Propane Gas Convention in Memphis |
| PATE (4) | Firetruck | Aug. 4, 2022, 1:09 p.m. | dohz | Quietly consumed edible spread (4) | P+ATE |
| PEAT (4) | wolf | Aug. 4, 2022, 1:20 p.m. | dohz | Gym class: a time for turf (4) | PE+A+T |
| TAPE (4) | jatloe12345 | Aug. 4, 2022, 1:20 p.m. | dohz | Drain energy strip (4) | TAP+E |
| FLOUNDER (8) | dohz | Aug. 5, 2022, 12:49 p.m. | Firetruck | Erector Set around large fish (8) | erector:FOUNDER Set around: containment Large:L as in T shirt size fish:def |
| TREASURES | Firetruck | Aug. 6, 2022, 2:29 p.m. | Tortoise | Team leader provides comfort after losing the first of several valuable items (8) | Team leader = T provides comfort = REASSURES after losing = deletion the first of several S valuable items = def |
| ANY TRIPLE-OR-MORE DEFINITION CLUE (?) | theduckmedic | Aug. 6, 2022, 4:55 p.m. | rpl | Scarlet is a Stanford athlete and ecclesiastic major who plays football for Arizona? (8) | quintuple def. CARDINAL Scarlet (red) a Stanford athlete (university team) ecclesiastic (noun, priest) major (adj, important) who plays football for Arizona? (NFL team) |
| BROMIDE (7) | dohz | Aug. 7, 2022, 1:09 p.m. | EricFox53 | I’m bored stirring a chemical compound (7) | def: a chemical compound IMBORED* = BROMIDE |
| OK (2) | EricFox53 | Aug. 8, 2022, 12:25 p.m. | lavaloid | Fine state (2) | ddef: Okay / Oklahoma |
| MUTINY (6) | dohz | Aug. 9, 2022, 1:16 p.m. | noneuclidean | RIO™ (6) | def: RIOT wp: MU TINY featuring some elision that Definitely Isn't Acceptable |
| BOUNTY (6) | Neeerd | Aug. 10, 2022, 10:19 a.m. | dpad | Premium nut chewed and swallowed by a kid (6) | Premium = def NUT = anagram fodder chewed = anagrind and swallowed by = contained in a kid = BOY |
| UNTIDY (6) | noneuclidean | Aug. 10, 2022, 2:34 p.m. | Neeerd | Dirty, dirty nudity (6) | UNTIDY* |
| STEALTH (7) | InvalidD | Aug. 11, 2022, 4:12 p.m. | Tortoise | Ordered "The Last Ninja" feature (7) | ordered the last = anagram of THELAST ninja feature = def |
| COCONUT (7) | lavaloid | Aug. 12, 2022, 11:28 p.m. | Deusovi | Categorically, a fruit with a hard shell! (7) | &lit: entire clue is the definition wordplay: "a fruit with a hard shell" = NUT; "categorically" is an indicator to interpret the word as in category theory, where co-co-X = X. (see https://youtu.be/H0Ek86IH-3Y?t=438) i'm not sorry |
| MAUDLIN (7) | Space_Kalak | Aug. 13, 2022, 8:11 a.m. | Tortoise | Overly emotional principal holds up bad test result at the end of school (7) | overly emotional = def principal = MAIN holds = container up = U bad test result = D at = juxtaposition the end of school = L |
| ANY RENAISSANCE ARTIST (?) | Neeerd | Aug. 14, 2022, 4:44 p.m. | Tortoise | Italian who painted the ceilings artfully (11) | Italian who painted = def for [Artemisia] GENTILESCHI the ceilings artfully = anagram of THECEILINGS |
| BISCUIT (7) | WoomyRogue | Aug. 15, 2022, 10:45 a.m. | Neeerd | Heard about French soup -- it goes with bread (7) | "BISQUE IT" = bread |
| COMPARE (7) | Space_Kalak | Aug. 15, 2022, 10:46 a.m. | Tortoise | Equate close friend with missing daughter (7) | equate = def close friend = COMPADRE with missing daughter = delete D |
| SIXTEEN (7) | dpad | Aug. 15, 2022, 10:59 a.m. | InvalidD | Number seen around one exit regularly (7) | Def: Number Wordplay: SEEN surrounding I+_X_T |
| SWALLOW (7) | phenomist | Aug. 15, 2022, 11:17 a.m. | Neeerd | Down south, everyone is surrounded by astonishment (7) | S+W(ALL)OW = Down |
| QUINTET (7) | wolf | Aug. 15, 2022, 12:12 p.m. | Neeerd | Group of five from Qinghai's capital united during Lunar New Year (7) | Q_+U+IN+TET = Group of five |
| SANDSTORM (9) | theduckmedic | Aug. 16, 2022, 10:54 a.m. | rpl | Random rioting on street following top secret investigation of financial crimes (9) | Random rioting - ANDORM* on street - AND(ST)ORM* following top secret - S_+AND(ST)ORM* def - investigation of financial crimes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandstorm_report) |
| CREME DE LA CREME (5, 2, 2, 5) | Neeerd | Aug. 16, 2022, 10:54 p.m. | rpl | Clarè and I, in possession of cocaine, took medicine from French boss (5,2,2,5) | CLARÈ+ME - Clarè and I CLA(C)RÈME - in possession of [containment] C(ocaine) C(REMÈDE)LACRÈME - took [containment], medicine from French [REMÈDE, "medicine" in French] def - boss (informal, i.e. "the best") |
| H.G. WELLS | rpl | Aug. 17, 2022, 12:49 p.m. | Firetruck | He wrote fantastical stories, whilst Ian oddly ran away from wishing wells (1.1. 5) | Def: he wrote fantastical stories whilst ian oddly = WhILStIaN WISHINGWELLS - WISIN |
| DOGMA (5) | dohz | Aug. 17, 2022, 3:47 p.m. | Firetruck | Returned _ The Godfather Companion_ for screwball comedy (5) | returned the god: DOG father companion: MA screwball comedy: def Folks who follow the dogma of Derrick Somerset Macnutt will :notlikeduck: |
| PLATELETPHERESIS (16) | EricFox53 | Aug. 17, 2022, 5:25 p.m. | phenomist | Teleport her in childless extended movement after Chinese army's production of yellow substance (16) | TP HER in TELE(-kin)ESIS after PLA = "production of yellow substance" |
| SCRUMP (6) | Firetruck | Aug. 18, 2022, 8:02 p.m. | rpl | Second Circuit chief judge holds right to contract (6) | S - Second C_ - Circuit chief UMP - judge contains R - holds R(ight) def = to contract (verb, "to shrink") |
| SCRUMDIDDLYUMPTIOUS (19) | Neeerd | Aug. 19, 2022, 3:20 p.m. | Firetruck | Silty cuspidor Dum Dum strangely tasting pretty good (19) | SILTYCUSPIDORDUMDUM* |
| CRUDITÉ (7) | rpl | Aug. 20, 2022, 11:18 a.m. | Firetruck | It's found in low-brow and high-brow vegetarian options (7) | def: high-brow vegetarian options CRUD(IT)E low-brow=crude IT = IT |
| VEGGIE TRAY (6, 4) | frictionlessemu | Aug. 20, 2022, 11:37 a.m. | Firetruck | At every gig, it's prepared?! (6,4) | ATEVERYGIG* There always seems to be a veggie tray to feed the performers, in this explanation anyways. |
| CHARCUTERIE (11) | dpad | Aug. 20, 2022, 11:43 a.m. | Firetruck | Great body after burn or scrape: whatever it is, it might be cured (11) | def: whatever it is, it might be cured [as a meat] burn: CHAR scrape: CUT Great body: ERIE |
| FLAKE (5) | dohz | Aug. 21, 2022, 6:56 a.m. | dpad | Regularly film a skier and a bit of snow (5) | Regularly = every other letter FiLm A sKiEr and = link a bit of snow = definition |
| HAMILTON (8) | Space_Kalak | Aug. 21, 2022, 8:51 a.m. | rpl | Hit Lin-Manuel original composition about America's beginning, embraced greatly by the audience! (8) | H - Hit (baseball abbrev) H+MILN* - LIN-M_ ("-Manuel original") anagram ("composition") H(A_)MILN - contains ("about") A_ ("America's beginning") HAMIL("TO")N - contains ("embraced") "TOO" ("greatly" i.e. excessively) homophone ("by the audience") def/&lit: Hamilton is a widely-acclaimed popular musical show , composed by Lin-Manuel Miranda, about America's founding |
| JEFFERSON (9) | Neeerd | Aug. 21, 2022, 3:24 p.m. | rpl | He chastised England's King in France: "I very strongly doubt US in Spain's Revolution" (9) | def: He chastised England's King (Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence) JE - in France: "I" FF - very strongly (music abbrev.) ER - doubt SON< - "us" in Spain = NOS; 's Revolution = reversal indicator |
| BURSAR (6) | rpl | Aug. 23, 2022, 8:37 a.m. | rpl | A. Burr first to shoot, murdered treasurer (6) | A BURR S_* (murdered = anagrind) def - treasurer |
| DUBLIN (6) | Space_Kalak | Aug. 23, 2022, 8:55 a.m. | Neeerd | Capital city getting twice as large, I've heard (6) | Homophone of DOUBLIN' |
| REYKJAVIK (9) | Neeerd | Aug. 23, 2022, 11:05 p.m. | Tortoise | With king interrupting contingent of Freyja, Vikings established seat of power in Iceland (9) | With king interrupting = insert K contingent of Freyja, Vikings = fREYJA VIKings established = link seat of power in Iceland = def |
| RAMBUNCTIOUS (12) | biocuriousgeorgie | Aug. 24, 2022, 9:23 p.m. | Neeerd | Lively Cuban tourism ruined (12) | Anagram of CUBAN TOURISM |
| EXCISE (6) | dohz | Aug. 25, 2022, 4:09 a.m. | dohz | ✂😵🔊 (6) | “x eyes” homophone might not appear correct depending on how this is rendered on your device |
| GAP (3) | Firetruck | Aug. 25, 2022, 8:47 p.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | Something you should mind in approaching a platform? (3) | Semi-&lit Something you should mind = def (but also the whole clue can be the def) In approaching a platform = _G A P_ |
| TASTHING (8) | Cheshire | Aug. 25, 2022, 9:30 p.m. | rpl | Enigmatic sign that puzzler created on Aug 26? (8) | SIGN THAT* anagram Aug 26 is TASTHING's birthday (according to PC discord) |
| OMNIPOTENT (10) | Neeerd | Aug. 25, 2022, 11:08 p.m. | |||
| PACER (5) | rpl | Aug. 26, 2022, 10:07 a.m. | Firetruck | It goes back and forth, go back over, going back (5) | def: it goes back and forth go back ovee: RECAP going back: reversal |
| BRISKET (7) | dohz | Aug. 27, 2022, 2:24 p.m. | dohz | Gamble, accepting risk for a cut of beef (7) | B(RISK)ET |
| GUY FAWKES (3, 6) | Neeerd | Aug. 27, 2022, 11:14 p.m. | |||
| TESTAMENT (9) | dohz | Aug. 29, 2022, 2:32 p.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | Will the new year in Hanoi include a pollinator, perhaps? (9) | Will = def the new year in Hanoi = TET includes a pollinator, perhaps = STAMEN TE(STAMEN)T |
| EMBERS | wolog | Aug. 30, 2022, 12:45 p.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | Firebrands decapitated representatives (6) | Firebrands = def Decapitated representatives = mEMBERS |
| GUITALELE (9) | rpl | Aug. 30, 2022, 12:45 p.m. | Neeerd | Kiku, Estonia imprisons lawbreaking leader after a guilty contract killing (9) | Kiku = GUITAL(-y)*+E(L_)E A GUILTY - anagram fodder Contract - cut short (remove last letter) Killing - anagram indicator |
| UNENDING (8) | InvalidD | Sept. 1, 2022, 10:29 a.m. | Neeerd | Immortal Greek figure coming back to messy den with poisoned gin (8) | UN<+END*+ING* = Immortal |
| BALANCE (7) | dohz | Sept. 1, 2022, 12:38 p.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | Roll call for an N*Sync member with no curves creates harmony (7) | Roll call for an N*Sync member = BASS, LANCE (i.e. in roll call, they call the last name first) With no curves = drop the SS Harmony = def |
| JUGGERNAUT (10) | Neeerd | Sept. 1, 2022, 9:58 p.m. | jatloe12345 | Force of gravity after pitcher: Eritrea sounds like nothing! (10) | Def: Force G after JUG: ER (sounds like NAUGHT) JUGGERNAUT |
| LABOUR (6) | Space_Kalak | Sept. 2, 2022, 12:43 a.m. | rpl | Disheartened lover goes on about timeless Shakespearean work? (6) | Disheartened lover - L__R goes on - contains (i.e. putting clothes "on") about timeless - ABOU(-t) def - Shakespearean work = LABOUR (British spelling) |
| MÉNIÈRE (7) | rpl | Sept. 3, 2022, 8:58 a.m. | rpl | French doc and I entered gate two at Tiananmen East (7) | French doctor - def I entered - I contained in... "gate" - MÉN (pinyin) "two" - ÈR (pinyin) at Tiananmen - Chinese indicator East - E MÉN(I)ÈR+E |
| GHOST (5) | dohz | Sept. 3, 2022, 3:12 p.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | Initially, Gengar had only suggested this to Haunter (5) | G_ H_ O_ S_ T_ Haunter = def |
| LIBRARY (7) | biocuriousgeorgie | Sept. 4, 2022, 10:08 a.m. | rpl | Study of literature ends in the swapping for a book (7) | Study - def of literature - LITERARY ends in the - T_E swapping for a B(ook) - LI(te->B)RARY |
| CLOCK (5) | dohz | Sept. 5, 2022, 3:15 p.m. | bags | Register in class, where pupils may be focused (5) | double def. "Register" (verb) "in class, where pupils may be focused" (eyes may be focused on the clock in class) |
| BENIGN (6) | Neeerd | Sept. 5, 2022, 3:18 p.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | Helpful to hear a queen sometimes in Germany, no? (6) | Helpful = def Hear = homophone indicator A queen sometimes = BEE In Germany, no = NEIN Sounds like BEE NEIN = BENIGN |
| BIOCHEMISTRY (12) | rpl | Sept. 5, 2022, 6:55 p.m. | rpl | ⚤❤️😭🤗⌛🕛🕐🤪🔬🧬(12) | ⚤❤️ BI+O(love) 😭🤗 C()RY ⌛🕛🕐🤪 H(our)+TIMES* BI+O+C(H.+EMIST*)RY |
| TRUSS (5) | Space_Kalak | Sept. 6, 2022, 12:48 a.m. | dohz | Bundle Starbursts evenly (5) | _T_R_U_S_S |
| CANAL (5) | dohz | Sept. 7, 2022, 3:21 p.m. | rpl | Firth and de Armas wearing Chanel clothes (5) | def - firth wordplay - ANA ("de Armas") in ("wearing") C__L ("clothes") |
| LEVEE (5) | Neeerd | Sept. 7, 2022, 3:22 p.m. | rpl | During `____` apocalypse, Evelyn returned `____` ... when the `____` breaks, originating from Kansas and Memphis (5) | wordplay: "During ____ apocalyps(E, EVEL)yn returned ____" (extraneous punctuation ignored) def: "... when the ____ breaks, originating from Kansas and Memphis" ("When the Levee Breaks" is a lyric and original song by blues duo Memphis Minnie & Kansas McCoy -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_the_Levee_Breaks; a more popular version of that original work was later covered by Led Zeppelin) |
| GOD SAVE THE QUEEN (3, 4, 3, 5) | noneuclidean | Sept. 8, 2022, 1:39 p.m. | rpl | The Spanish Inquisition interrupts the Father's prayer to English national anthem (3, 4, 3, 5) | the "Spanish Inquisition" - THE "QUE" interrupts - contained in... the Father's - GOD'S prayer - AVE (i.e. "Ave Maria") {to} English - EN (abbrev.) GOD'S+AVE(THE QUE)EN = def. "national anthem" |
| WATERMELON (10) | Neeerd | Sept. 9, 2022, 4:28 p.m. | empyreu | Fruit we eat that may be served after slicing off long end (10) | WE around A TERM (it may be served) after LON(-g) |
| VAGUE (5) | dohz | Sept. 9, 2022, 4:31 p.m. | Firetruck | Slight internal fever or illness (5) | slight = def internal fever = feVer illness = AGUE |
| CHARLES III (7, 3) | wolf | Sept. 9, 2022, 10:59 p.m. | rpl | He reacted with Sicilian opening in response, losing knight to king (7,3) | ("reacted with" = anagrind) *[HE + SICILIAN + R_ ("opening in response")] - N ("losing knight") = CHARLES III link - {to} def - "king" |
| POLYDACTYLY | Emily | Sept. 10, 2022, 9:33 a.m. | rpl | Written as so to condition for monkey possessing more thumbs than me? (11) | double def "condition for monkey possessing more thumbs than me?" (standard definition for POLYDACTYLY i.e. having more fingers than expected) "written as so" The clue is written in dactylic hexameter ("POLY-DACTYL-Y"), consisting of 6 long-short-short syllabic feet: WRIT-ten as//SO to con-//DI-tion for//MON-key pos-//ESS-ing more// THUMBS than me? |
| CROSIER (7) | rpl | Sept. 10, 2022, 6:28 p.m. | rpl | Fern is disheartened over Charlotte's case--||butchered Wilbur at last|| (7) | def. Fern (type of plant) [IS+O__R+C__E]* ("butchered") + _R ("Wilbur at last") |
| TALKING HEADS (7, 5) | empyreu | Sept. 11, 2022, 3:22 p.m. | rpl | Elsa and heartless knight forged some anchors (7,5) | (ELSA + A_N + KNIGHT)* def - some anchors (as in TV show hosts) |
| FLOAT (5) | dohz | Sept. 11, 2022, 4:35 p.m. | rpl | Propose love inside condo (5) | def - propose (i.e. to "float" an idea) FL(O)AT |
| EXPLORE (7) | quatrevingtneuf | Sept. 12, 2022, 2:46 a.m. | empyreu | Adventure game's levels and story (7) | EXP + LORE |
| C MAJOR (1, 5) | rpl | Sept. 13, 2022, 9:21 a.m. | phenomist | Relative of a minor Spanish red revolutionary is following camp, oddly (1, 5) | "Relative of a minor" (Relative key in music) = ROJA< rev. after CaMp (odd letters) |
| NEW ORDER (3, 5) | empyreu | Sept. 13, 2022, 5:38 p.m. | dohz | In a cryptic, Red or Blue Monday producer (3, 5) | In a cryptic, Red or = “NEW ORDER” reverse cryptic Blue Monday producer = def, referring to the band |
| PRISM (5) | dohz | Sept. 13, 2022, 5:45 p.m. | empyreu | Monkey edges away, endless danger from monolith's source - it may be found on the dark side of the moon (5) | monkey edges away -> aPe endless danger -> RISk monolith's source -> M def may be found on the dark side of the moon (pink floyd album has a prism on it) |
| ANY PHINEAS AND FERB CHARACTER (?) | Neeerd | Sept. 14, 2022, 3:39 p.m. | Firetruck | Guy wearing a photogenic hat! (5 1) | ans: AGENT P GENT (=guy) wearing A And literally so |
| BELLES-LETTRES (6-7) | edderiofer | Sept. 14, 2022, 8:13 p.m. | rpl | Bestseller novel covering Latin and French literary genre (6-7) | BESTSELLER novel - BELLES TRES* covering - {container} Latin - L. (abbrev) and French - ET literary genre - def BELLES(L.+ET)TRES* |
| FEDERER (7) | rpl | Sept. 15, 2022, 6:54 p.m. | frictionlessemu | Served to, um, uh, a tennis legend (7) | Served to = FED, um = ER, uh = ER, a tennis legend = definition |
| TERRITORY (9) | dohz | Sept. 15, 2022, 10:08 p.m. | dpad | Habitat is really empty after moving otter outside of Rhode Island (9) | Habitat = definition is = link ReallY empty = outer letters after = juxtaposition moving = anagrind OTTER = anagram fodder outside of = containing Rhode Island |
| DESPERATE (9) | Tortoise | Sept. 17, 2022, 9:28 p.m. | dpad | Having lost hope, a magic shard interrupts a night out (9) | Having lost hope = definition a magic shard = ESPER, in Magic: the Gathering, there are five wedges interrupts = inside a night out = DATE |
| HEXADECIMAL (11) | Neeerd | Sept. 17, 2022, 9:31 p.m. | Tortoise | Malice developed after mind comprehended unknown base (11) | malice developed = ECIMAL* after = juxtaposition mind = HEAD comprehended unknown = containing X base = def |
| SKYSCRAPERS (11) | dohz | Sept. 18, 2022, 4:26 a.m. | rpl | Walter White's wife is wrapping waste without last of Saul's lofty properties (11) | SKYLER'S - Walter White's wife is SKYL(SCRAP)ERS - wrapping waste SKY(-L)SCRAPERS - without last of sauL def - lofty properties |
| ODD FUTURE (3, 6) | empyreu | Sept. 18, 2022, 4:42 p.m. | rpl | Band of Martians and Veggies riot on Tudor feud (3,6) | Band of (Matt) Martians and (Casey) Veggies = TUDOR FEUD* (riot on = anagrind) |
| HANDY (5) | wolog | Sept. 18, 2022, 6:15 p.m. | wolog | Practical half of Han Dynasty (5) | HAN DYnasty |
| A STRAIGHT CROSSWORD CLUE THAT IS ALSO PARSEABLE AS A CRYPTIC CLUE (HAVING A DIFFERENT ANSWER) (?) | rpl | Sept. 19, 2022, 5:20 p.m. | rpl | `____` & `____`' _Communist Manifesto_ (10) | straight: MARXENGELS (10) cryptic: ____ & ____ = RED ACTIONS (10) |
| BILLOWY (7) | dohz | Sept. 20, 2022, 5 a.m. | rpl | Characteristic of a big Blue Wave at last, Barrasso (WY) supports S.4204, for one (7) | Characteristic of a big blue wave - def at last, Barrasso (WY) - _O WY supports - vertical juxtaposition S.4204, for one - BILL (i.e. a Senate resolution) BILL+_O WY |
| VIVACE (6) | rpl | Sept. 21, 2022, 6:39 p.m. | Tortoise | Sinful behavior captivates Virginia quickly (6) | Sinful behavior = VICE captivates = containing Virginia = VA quickly = def |
| DAVID BOWIE (5, 5) | empyreu | Sept. 22, 2022, 3:51 p.m. | rpl | Iconic English actor playing Obi-wan nearly died holding Vader's helmet (5,5) | Iconic English actor - def playing - anagrind OBIWA_ DIED* containing V_ ("Vader's helmet") DA(V_)IDBOWIE* |
| BOOLEAN (7) | dohz | Sept. 22, 2022, 5:07 p.m. | rpl | True or false: Luke is evacuated, sheltered in Naboo by arrangement (7) | L__E - Luke is evacuated {container} - sheltered in BOO AN* - Naboo, by arrangement BOO(L__E)AN* |
| SUCKY (5) | Neeerd | Sept. 23, 2022, 8:50 p.m. | rpl | Shitty Senate leader neglecting half of Kentucky (5) | S_ = Senate leader _____UCKY = neglecting half of (-kent)ucky |
| SCHERZO (7) | rpl | Sept. 24, 2022, 7:19 a.m. | Neeerd | Musical composition by top singer Cher with Chaz Bono at finale (7) | S_+CHER+_Z _O = Musical composition |
| CROP TOP (4, 3) | empyreu | Sept. 25, 2022, 9:13 p.m. | rpl | British king to vacation in work wear that's risqué? (4,3) | British king = CR (charles rex) vacation in work = PTO (paid time-off) in OP (opus) wear that's risqué? = CR+O(PTO)P |
| FIG LEAF (3, 4) | dohz | Sept. 25, 2022, 9:14 p.m. | rpl | Finnish girlfriend covers plain wear for modesty? (3,4) | Finnish = FI (ISO lang abbrev) girlfriend covers plain = GF contains LEA (as a meadow) wear (n.) for modesty = FI+G(LEA)F |
| CADENZA (7) | rpl | Sept. 26, 2022, 7:37 a.m. | wolog | Solo shirtless student ending New Zealand and Australia (7) | Solo = def Shirtless student = Cadet - T New Zealand and Australia = NZA |
| DIG IN (3, 2) | Space_Kalak | Sept. 26, 2022, 11:03 a.m. | dohz | Eat wild indigo, overlooking orange (3, 2) | DIGIN(-o)* |
| ELECTION (8) | wolog | Sept. 26, 2022, 11:12 a.m. | jatloe12345 | Celeste map to pick particle (8) | Def: https://gamebanana.com/mods/150499 Wordplay: pick particle -> elect ion |
| OLIVE BRANCH (5, 6) | dohz | Sept. 27, 2022, 9:20 p.m. | rpl | Symbol of peace & love to endure and grow (5,6) | Symbol of peace = O (love) + LIVE (to endure) + BRANCH (grow) |
| ETHERNET (8) | empyreu | Sept. 27, 2022, 11:29 p.m. | jovi_al | Enter the malfunctioning network technology (8) | Network technology = ethernet Malfunctioning = anagrind Enter the = anagrams to ethernet |
| CORONIAL (8) | rpl | Sept. 28, 2022, 6:26 p.m. | rpl | Villain or occultist's turn to hold a quarantine baby (8) | Villain or occultist = fodder; 's turn = reversal; to hold = hidden word indicator (vil]LAIN OR OC[cultist)< = def. a quarantine baby |
| PIPIS (5) | dohz | Sept. 30, 2022, 4:04 p.m. | dpad | Two detectives initially stumble identifying some shellfish (5) | Two = repeat detectives = PI initially = first letter Stumble identifying = link some shellfish = definition |
| LOOKDOWN (8) | rpl | Sept. 30, 2022, 6:54 p.m. | Firetruck | See feathers on fish? (8) | Look+down |
| DESCARTES (9) | empyreu | Oct. 1, 2022, 12:44 a.m. | rpl | "No, I aserted [_sic_]" - miswrote a French philosopher (9) | wp: ASERTED S(-i)C* ("miswrote" = anagrind) = DESCARTES(-i)* def: a French philosopher |
| SEAHORSE (8) | phenomist | Oct. 1, 2022, 1:18 a.m. | dohz | Hippocampus’s shoes are recobbled (8) | SEAHORSE* |
| PAGODA (6) | aperson | Oct. 1, 2022, 8:44 a.m. | wolog | Turn to hold a dog approaching a temple. (6) | (A DOG AP[proaching)<= |
| FAIT ACCOMPLI (4, 8) | Space_Kalak | Oct. 1, 2022, 11:46 a.m. | wolog | It's a matter of fact: anagram capital of mic! (4,8) | (CAPITAL OF MIC)* |
| CORNCOB (7) | dohz | Oct. 2, 2022, 4:31 p.m. | rpl | Crop ear off big heads after CEO sides with RNC (7) | Crop ear = O_B_ after C_O+RNC |
| FOR GOOD (3,4) | rpl | Oct. 2, 2022, 7:09 p.m. | Firetruck | Permanently lost memory - time to take a lot of drugs (3,4) | Permantently = def FORGOT = lost memory, T->OF |
| RETURNED (8) | wolog | Oct. 2, 2022, 8:54 p.m. | wolog | Lastly, order champagne without menu after main course served? Go back! (8) | Last letters of "order champagne ... course served" |
| ARENA (5) | ace | Oct. 2, 2022, 10:24 p.m. | dohz | River turned 9 times, forming ring (5) | “River” rot9 |
| SONG 2 (4, 1) | empyreu | Oct. 3, 2022, 3:21 a.m. | rpl | "Blur" number so no big governments ban cipher (4, 1) | "Blur" number = SO N(o) G2(-0) ("big governments" = G20; "cipher" means 0) |
| STAND (6) | Jackson | Oct. 3, 2022, 4:20 p.m. | rpl | Super tiny animal faces North Dakota bear (5) | S_T_A_ ("faces" = 1st letter indicator) + ND = bear (verb) |
| LILLIPUTIAN (11) | phenomist | Oct. 4, 2022, 9:21 a.m. | rpl | I'll put in a revision after the lead in line–one minute (11) | I'll put in a revision = (ILL PUT IN A)* the lead in L(ine) = L_ one = I L_ I + LLIPUTIAN* def = minute (adj. tiny) |
| BOO (3) | dohz | Oct. 4, 2022, 7:10 p.m. | rpl | Display offense in something that stinks (3) | display Offense in = O (sports abbrev for offense) contained in... something that stinks = BO (body odor) B(O)O - &lit. whole clue is the definition |
| MEMORY (6) | rpl | Oct. 4, 2022, 7:39 p.m. | Firetruck | Retrospective "I, Eel" didn't get an A (6) | ME MORAY - A |
| OVERWATCH (9) | Space_Kalak | Oct. 5, 2022, 11:57 a.m. | rpl | Hot RPG thrown, finish off evac in blizzard (9) | Hot RPG = def THROW_ EVAC = thrown, finish off evac in blizzard = anagrind OVERWATCH(-n)* |
| NIGHTHAWKS (10) | empyreu | Oct. 5, 2022, 4:01 p.m. | rpl | The Reverend's top hits are a piece of art (10) | Spoonerism of HEIGHT (top) KNOCKS (hits) // def = a piece of art (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nighthawks_(Hopper)) |
| BREAK (5) | wolog | Oct. 5, 2022, 4:41 p.m. | rpl | Dark switching sides to dawn (5) | B(L->R)EAK = def "to dawn" (sense: "to break" a new day) |
| ORACULAR (8) | rpl | Oct. 7, 2022, 7:14 a.m. | Firetruck | Vampire got beheaded in Oregon, just like Hen-Wen (8) | O(DRACULA-D)R Hen-Wen is the white oracular pig from The Prydain Chronicles |
| OUTLIER ()7() | Firetruck | Oct. 7, 2022, 10:23 p.m. | rpl | US traitor heard amongst fringe element on the extreme right? (7) | LI ("lee" homophone) inside OUT()ER (fringe) // def = element on the extreme right? |
| DOOBLYDOO (9) | dohz | Oct. 8, 2022, 7:11 a.m. | rpl | Bully frequently surrounded by poop down below? (9) | DOO(B_L_Y)DOO |
| IMPLICIT (8) | wolog | Oct. 8, 2022, 7:48 p.m. | wolog | Absolute clarity with no beginning or end. (8) | [s]IMPLICIT[y] |
| FAÇADE (6) | rpl | Oct. 9, 2022, 2:07 p.m. | rpl | "Masquerade" note sung with top four characters in cadence (6) | def = Masquerade // FA ("note sung", from solfege) + (top four characters in) CADE__ |
| BJORK (5) | Firetruck | Oct. 11, 2022, 8:55 a.m. | septacube77 | ___ live: “Alarm Call”! (5) | &lit live = be alarm = irk call = homophone ”be irk” -> Björk Björk has sung the song “Alarm Call” live |
| GROK (4) | dohz | Oct. 11, 2022, 5:39 p.m. | Tortoise | Get $1000 (or... $1000) back (4) | Get = def $1000 = K or = OR $1000 = G back = reversal |
| VICTUALS (8) | rpl | Oct. 12, 2022, 12:43 p.m. | Tortoise | Food provided by Connecticut university, served in small containers (8) | Food = def provided by = link Connecticut = CT university = U served in = contained in small containers = VIALS |
| FACTUAL (7) | wolog | Oct. 12, 2022, 2:25 p.m. | septacube77 | For one, real! (7) | &lit for one = F real = ACTUAL F + ACTUAL |
| ANY PUZZLEHUNT TEAM (?) | rpl | Oct. 14, 2022, 2:17 p.m. | dpad | The Saviors of Bookspace's Banach-Tarski meta (8) | The Saviors of Bookspace = definition, TEAMMATE were the first team to solve the 2022 MIT Mystery Hunt 's = link Banach-Tarski = cut apart each letter into finite pieces then reassemble them into two copies of each letter META = Banach-Tarski fodder |
| ADZE (4) | Firetruck | Oct. 15, 2022, 7:47 a.m. | rpl | Hear commercials for knife (4) | "ads" homophone |
| GOLFER (6) | aperson | Oct. 15, 2022, 1:07 p.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | Errand boy holds hockey stick for a player, of course (6) | Errand boy = GOFER hockey stick = L (as in h-e-double hockey sticks) A player of course = def |
| CARAFE (6) | wolog | Oct. 16, 2022, 3:18 p.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | Leading amphora relative brought around in a place that serves drinks! (6) | &lit AR brought around = RA, in CAFE CA(A_R_<)FE |
| CALVARY (7) | rpl | Oct. 16, 2022, 7:18 p.m. | rpl | Suffering soldiers moving left-left-left (7) | CAVA(<-L)RY (= soldiers) CAV(<-L)ARY CA(L)VARY (= suffering) |
| DISCO (5) | dohz | Oct. 17, 2022, 1:20 p.m. | rpl | Is company supporting Democratic party? (5) | D(emoratic) IS CO. supporting = vertical juxt. |
| CAVALRY (7) | Firetruck | Oct. 18, 2022, 5:39 p.m. | rpl | Nancy's greeting every other of Larry's men with big arms? (7) | (greeting in Nancy, [France]) "ÇA VA" (every other of) L_R_Y |
| VERDIGRIS (9) | rpl | Oct. 19, 2022, 7:32 a.m. | rpl | Green coat of mine found in river's ruined (9) | def = Green coat DIG (v. mine) in VER()RIS* (rivers ruined) |
| BOOST (5) | dohz | Oct. 20, 2022, 12:02 p.m. | rpl | Surge in disapproval ends in Truss retiring (5) | Surge {in} // BOO S__T< |
| YAMMER (6) | ace | Oct. 20, 2022, 5:37 p.m. | Tortoise | British PM retired *months* before the late Queen? Go on (6) | British PM retired = YAM (MAY reversed) months = M the late Queen = ER Go on = def |
| SHORTEST (8) | Space_Kalak | Oct. 21, 2022, 4:34 a.m. | rpl | Tory leader? Toss her out like Putin among Russia's leaders (8) | T_ TOSS HER* (out = anagrind) |
| INHOTIM (7) | rpl | Oct. 21, 2022, 6:03 p.m. | rpl | "Museum of Interesting Things" (MIT) :coin: Hunt is oddly over... (7) | "Museum of Interesting Things" = def (MIT) :coin: = MIT O (looks like a circle) HuNt Is, oddly = H_N_I_ over = reversal _I_N_H O TIM< |
| VAT (3) | Firetruck | Oct. 21, 2022, 9:56 p.m. | dohz | Tank kept in observation (3) | _VAT_ |
| ACROSS (6) | aperson | Oct. 22, 2022, 8:41 a.m. | dohz | Over sport, not taking sides (6) | (-l)ACROSS(-e) |
| DOWN (4) | dohz | Oct. 22, 2022, 1:10 p.m. | empyreu | State of Spotify after Taylor Swift released "Ready For It?" (4) | ddef state of spotify.. -> DOWN ready for it.. DOWN (as in i'm down) |
| SINGLETON (9) | SoftFro | Oct. 24, 2022, 1:15 p.m. | noneuclidean | Snitch exposed one person (9) | SING + LET ON |
| PIKASHOCK (9) | noneuclidean | Oct. 24, 2022, 1:16 p.m. | rpl | Kings contain wild chaos after spy makes meme face (9) | K(*ASHOC)K (after) PI (spy) // {makes} meme face = def |
| TRIPTYCH (8) | Firetruck | Oct. 24, 2022, 3:29 p.m. | dpad | Hint: cheat the Reverend with a piece of art (8) | Hint = TIP cheat = TRICK the Reverend = Spoonerism with = link a piece of art = def |
| LIMITED (7) | wolog | Oct. 25, 2022, 4:37 p.m. | AuthorialIntent | Told a falsehood to get around MIT's enrollment, for example (7) | LI(MIT)ED |
| ANY (GRAMMATICAL) CLUE WITH 3 OR MORE POSSIBLE ANSWERS (? OR ? OR ? ...) | rpl | Oct. 26, 2022, 7:46 a.m. | rpl | *Vogue* feature once put out odds of candied lye (5) | *Vogue* feature once = def put out = indicator for deletion (like "extinguished"), or anagram (like "spread out") odds of ... = letter selection 1. ADELE (Adkins) = _A_D_E_ L_E (delete odds) 2. CINDY (Crawford) = C_N_I_D _Y_* (anagram odds) 3. CYNDI (Lauper) = C_N_I_D _Y_* (anagram odds) |
| DEBASE (6) | wolog | Oct. 27, 2022, 11:17 p.m. | noneuclidean | Empty database has hexadecimal, possibly corrupt (6) | empty database = D_E hexadecimal, possibly = BASE |
| [144 As] (144) | ace | Oct. 27, 2022, 11:26 p.m. | Tortoise | Screaming "Black hearts! Gross!" (144) | Screaming = def Black heart[] = A [s] gross = x144 |
| ALPINE (6) | Space_Kalak | Oct. 28, 2022, 12:52 a.m. | skaldskaparmal | Poland's capital is surrounded by a field of mountains (6) | Poland's capital = P is surrounded by = container a field = A LINE (as in a line of work) of mountains = A L(P)INE |
| HYGGE (5) | dohz | Oct. 28, 2022, 12:55 a.m. | rpl | Husband flipped eggy Danish for comfort (5) | H(usband) YGGE< |
| VUELIE (6) | rpl | Oct. 29, 2022, 7:07 p.m. | Firetruck | Frozen track elusive, lost with falling snow (6) | ELUSIVE* - S (elusive lost, S=snow) Vuelie is apparently a theme from Frozen |
| REAL TALK (4, 4) | dohz | Oct. 30, 2022, 1 a.m. | rpl | Republican lunatic Lake embraces alternative "facts" (4, 4) | R(epublican) E(ALT.)ALK* def = "facts" |
| HAUNT (5) | Firetruck | Oct. 30, 2022, 1:51 p.m. | Tortoise | Puzzle event taking place around a familiar location (5) | Puzzle event = HUNT taking place around = container a = A familiar location = def |
| DRACARYS (8) | rpl | Nov. 1, 2022, 7:24 a.m. | rpl | Rhaenyra's pet losing tail badge over dragonfire (8) | Rhaenyra's pet, losing tail = SYRA(-x) badge = CARD over = reversal DRAC _ARYS< |
| BLÅHAJ (6) | noneuclidean | Nov. 1, 2022, 5:06 p.m. | skaldskaparmal | Boring drama finally beginning to jump the shark (6) | Boring = BLAH drama finally = A beginning to jump = J making BLAH+A+J = the shark |
| MALAPHOR (8) | mstang107 | Nov. 2, 2022, 1:56 p.m. | rpl | Mike crushed AlphaZero with rook blunder of sorts (8) | M = Mike (nato) *ALAPH = crushed Alpha O = Zero R = rook def = blunder of sorts |
| A KNEE CLUE (PATELLA, SHIN, ETC) (?) | Firetruck | Nov. 2, 2022, 2:37 p.m. | Firetruck | Skinned knee around 1:30 (2) | KNEE-KE |
| NE (2) | SoftFro | Nov. 2, 2022, 3:31 p.m. | phenomist | Upright piano removed from upended cage (2) | upended cage = PEN< = NEP, remove P (piano) = NE = "upright" (NE = northeast) |
| AMALGAM (7) | dohz | Nov. 2, 2022, 6:32 p.m. | rpl | American semi-fascist movement upset about Labour Union (7) | AM. = American A(L.)GAM< = semi-fascist movement [MAGA] reversed [upset], containing [about] L(abour) [UK Party abbr.] Union = def |
| WHO (3) | skaldskaparmal | Nov. 3, 2022, 7:30 p.m. | Firetruck | Doctor follower or something doctors follow? (3) | Ddef (Doctor Who, World Health Organization) |
| WINNIE OR POOH (6/4) | rpl | Nov. 4, 2022, 6:14 p.m. | Deusovi | What a backed-up horse might produce, or so I'm told, is a yellow bear (6 or 4) | "or so I'm told" = homophone indicator schrödinger: WINNIE ("whinny") or POOH ("poo") i'm only slightly sorry |
| WHAT COMES NEXT? (4, 5, 4) | rpl | Nov. 6, 2022, 9:03 p.m. | skaldskaparmal | The Mac OS X went crazy. How should we deal with it? (4, 5, 4) | Crazy indicates an anagram of "The Mac OS X went". Def is "How should we deal with it?" |
| MAO (3) | phenomist | Nov. 6, 2022, 10:40 p.m. | dohz | AOC shifted left 14 times, becoming a revolutionary (3) | MAO rot(-14) |
| CORAL (5) | dohz | Nov. 8, 2022, 6:25 a.m. | skaldskaparmal | It's *Under the Sea* I heard sung by a choir (5) | sung by a choir = CHORAL I heard = homophone indicator Def is "It's under the sea" |
| MARICOPA (8) | rpl | Nov. 9, 2022, 5:48 p.m. | AuLeaf | County where voting machines have experienced technical difficulties from unfortunate copier jam; tank is missing inkjets (8) | MARICOPA(-inkjets)* [anag. COPIERJAMTANKIS minus INKJETS] |
| PARQUET (7) | dohz | Nov. 10, 2022, 6:34 a.m. | dohz | What in Spain is in part a small compartment in France? (7) | PAR(QUE)T parquet is french for a small compartment |
| TRAGEDY (7) | bags | Nov. 11, 2022, 2:38 a.m. | Firetruck | Attempt to consume old stuff, like _Romeo and Juliet_ (7) | TR(AGED)Y |
| HINGE (5) | dohz | Nov. 12, 2022, 10:36 a.m. | dohz | He’s drinking gin + rolling a joint (5) | H(ING*)E ’s drinking = containment indicator rolling = anagram indicator a joint = def |
| KRAKEN (6) | Firetruck | Nov. 13, 2022, 7:17 p.m. | dohz | Giant squid’s sight followed ship going west (6) | KRA<+KEN |
| MULE (4) | rpl | Nov. 14, 2022, 7:51 a.m. | dohz | Baby of donkey and horse to cry aloud (4) | “mewl” homophone |
| SUIT UP (4, 2) | Space_Kalak | Nov. 14, 2022, 12:10 p.m. | PantherSnuggler | Exercise covering university dress (4 2) | S(+U)IT UP |
| DOWNRANK (8) | phenomist | Nov. 14, 2022, 1:20 p.m. | PantherSnuggler | Demote Rand? Know destruction! (8) | Anagram of (RAND KNOW) |
| CROSS-STITCH (5-6) | dohz | Nov. 15, 2022, 3:55 p.m. | PantherSnuggler | Sewing as a hobby, TV painter gets lost in a midwestern zone, resulting in irritation (5-6) | C(ROSS)ST+ITCH |
| VOIR DIRE (4, 4) | Firetruck | Nov. 16, 2022, 5:14 p.m. | dohz | I drive (or crash, to speak the truth) (4, 4) | (VOIR DIRE)* to speak the truth = def, as in what it translates to |
| LA PAZ (2, 3) | dohz | Nov. 17, 2022, 5:56 p.m. | dohz | “Destroy almost everything!”: Uprising @ capital of Bolivia (2, 3) | Destroy = ZAP almost everything = AL(-l) Uprising = reversal indicator (down clue only) ((-l)LA+PAZ)< |
| THE TIME BEING (3, 4, 5) | Firetruck | Nov. 18, 2022, 6:57 p.m. | phenomist | Doctor the present? (3, 4, 5) | ddef (Doctor as in Doctor Who, who is a Time Lord being; the present as in "for the time being" / "for the present") |
| TSUNAMI (7) | aperson | Nov. 19, 2022, 8:38 a.m. | dohz | I’m nuts, a crazed force of nature (7) | TSUNAMI* |
| TAJ MAHAL (3, 5) | dohz | Nov. 19, 2022, 6:01 p.m. | skaldskaparmal | "Tomb Juliet was in almost had floor covering," brought up Al (3, 5) | Juliet = J (NATO alphabet) was in = insertion almost had = HA_ floor covering = MAT brought up = reversal Al = AL giving Tomb = [TA(J)M+_AH]<+AL |
| ANY SI UNIT (BASE OR DERIVED) WITH THE PREFIX RONNA-, QUETTA-, RONTO- OR QUECTO- (?) | Botaku | Nov. 20, 2022, 11:29 a.m. | skaldskaparmal | A lot of resistance, but no harm no foul (8) | A lot of resistance defines RONNAOHM which is an anagram (clued by foul) of "no harm no" |
| STAIRWELL (9) | dohz | Nov. 21, 2022, 6:08 p.m. | rÿàń | Inflation steals top-tier inflation agent on the way up (9) | S(Tier+AIR)WELL |
| RESTRAINT (9) | phenomist | Nov. 22, 2022, 8:31 p.m. | Neeerd | Stop eating, practice self-control (9) | RES(TRAIN)T = self-control |
| NORI (4) | dohz | Nov. 23, 2022, 9:40 p.m. | septacube77 | Half of a puzzle where you shade blocks of size two and/or one (4) | N + OR + I half of a puzzle where you shade blocks of size two - def and - N or - OR one - I |
| LEFTOVER OR LEFTOVERS (8) OR (9) | Firetruck | Nov. 24, 2022, 2:48 p.m. | rÿàń | Quit before six bowls of cricket were uneaten (8) | Quit = LEFT In cricket, six bowls make up an OVER Uneaten = def |
| ANY CLUE WHERE A PUNCTUATION MARK IS INCLUDED IN THE PARSE | noneuclidean | Nov. 24, 2022, 4:40 p.m. | AuLeaf | –−Æ=🛑 (3) | END(-ash) |
| DEMONSTRATE (11) | AuthorialIntent | Nov. 25, 2022, 9:27 a.m. | dohz | Exhibit avant-garde, modern taste (11) | DEMONSTRATE* |
| BLACK FRIDAY (5, 6) | phenomist | Nov. 25, 2022, 2:16 p.m. | skaldskaparmal | Time to buy a song by the artist (5, 6) | Time to buy = definition a song = FRIDAY by = juxtaposition indicator (in the reverse order in this case) the artist [of the song] = (Rebecca) BLACK |
| GRAB BAG (4, 3) | dohz | Nov. 26, 2022, 4:22 a.m. | noneuclidean | Excitedly brag and talk about a variety of things (4, 3) | Excitedly = anagrind brag = BRAG and = concatenation talk = GAB about = reversal a variety of things = def GRAB* + BAG< |
| COUNTRY (7) | dohz | Nov. 28, 2022, 6:30 a.m. | dohz | Jointly reverse attempt for territory??? (7) | ddef Jointly reverse attempt = CO-UN-TRY, or COUNTRY when unhyphenated territory = def |
| ANY CLUE THAT CONTAINS THE PHRASE "LOST IN TRANSLATION" (?) | InvalidD | Nov. 29, 2022, 6:46 a.m. | dohz | Fired from leading roles in “Lost in Translation” (3) | L_+I_+T_ |
| MEANDER (7) | dohz | Nov. 30, 2022, 11:29 a.m. | Firetruck | Surly? Upset? Angry? Take a walk (7) | MEAN (=surly) + RED< (upset angry) Take a walk=def |
| KOBAYASHI MARU (9, 4) | dohz | Dec. 2, 2022, 1:04 p.m. | skaldskaparmal | Cry in defeat as that man (a Russian) creates no-win scenario (9, 4) | Cry = BAY (like a dog's bay) in = insertion indicator defeat = KO (knock out) as = AS that man = HIM a = A Russian = RU (abbreviation in language code) creates = linking word no-win scenario = KO(BAY)AS+HIM+A+RU |
| OORT (4) | Firetruck | Dec. 4, 2022, 10:55 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Limit of outermost part of the solar system (4) | limit of outermost is O OR T defn is just “part of the solar system”. there’s an &lit in there somewhere but i haven’t found it |
| PARAMEDIC (9) | quatrevingtneuf | Dec. 5, 2022, 12:58 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Medical professional rejects nonsense surrounding media frenzy (9) | defn: “medical professional” CRAP reversed around anagram of MEDIA |
| REFLECT (7) | dohz | Dec. 6, 2022, 4:57 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Consider medical scan after involuntary spasm doesn’t end (7) | def “consider” CT (medical scan) after REFLE(-x) (end off involuntary spasm) |
| CHLAMYDIA (9) | AuthorialIntent | Dec. 6, 2022, 9:01 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Unpleasant malady, with a bit of inflammation after touching central parts! (9) | &lit anag MALADY with I, after middle of touCHing please remember to practice safe sex |
| CLAP (4) | Firetruck | Dec. 7, 2022, 12:50 p.m. | dohz | What Jeb! wants is to finish, taking loss (4) | C(L)AP you’re living in 2022, i’m living in 2016 https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/please-clap |
| ARMY (4) | phenomist | Dec. 7, 2022, 1:05 p.m. | dohz | Military-occupied farmyard (4) | _ARMY_ |
| PITCHER (7) | dohz | Dec. 8, 2022, 5:45 a.m. | skaldskaparmal | Spit cherry stone into jar (7) | Spit cherry = hidden fodder stone = hidden indicator (meaning the central portion of [something like a cherry] into = linking word jar = _PITCHER_ |
| STATUE (6) | dohz | Dec. 10, 2022, 2:16 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Item placed in a logic puzzle immediately by elite puzzlehunting team (6) | defn “item placed in a logic puzzle” as in statue park STAT (immediately) by UE (unicode equivalence) |
| SHADOW (6) | dohz | Dec. 13, 2022, 12:43 a.m. | dohz | Female pig had had to be the ultimate lifeform (6) | S(HAD)OW def = the ultimate lifeform, as in shadow the hedgehog |
| GONCHAROV (9) | dohz | Dec. 15, 2022, 12:46 a.m. | vi0let | Martin Scorsese film original "Gangs of New York" essentially rejected, attacking roadman (9) | original "GANGS OF NEW" -> GON york, essentially rejected -> OR, then reverse it for RO roadman -> CHAV put RO inside CHAV by GON -> GONCHAROV |
| MEGAGON (7) | EricFox53 | Dec. 16, 2022, 12:31 a.m. | Taargus | It's me! Gag on a circle, in my opinion. (7) | Cryptic: literally "It's megagon" Definition: i am facetiously calling it a circle |
| HUMBUG (6) | dohz | Dec. 17, 2022, 12:53 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Cheating Spooner’s embrace from behind (6) | defn - cheating spoonerism of BUM HUG |
| SCROOGE (7) | dohz | Dec. 19, 2022, 12:58 a.m. | Botaku | Miser's twisted self-esteem associated with ugly and malevolent beings (7) | miser - def 's - link twisted - reversal self-esteem - EGO associated with - juxtaposition ugly and malevolent beings - ORCS (EGO+ORCS)< |
| INDITE (6) | rpl | Dec. 19, 2022, 8:01 p.m. | Botaku | Write, rearrange in edit (6) | write - def rearrange - anagram (INEDIT)* |
| TIDINGS (7) | Space_Kalak | Dec. 20, 2022, 9 a.m. | jovi_al | Seventh note with bell sounds brings news (7) | seventh note == TI bell sounds == DINGS TI+DINGS == news |
| CHORALE (7) | rpl | Dec. 21, 2022, 8:23 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Something nice to hear during church or a lecture (7) | defn - something nice to hear hidden *CH OR A LE* |
| SNOOZE (6) | dohz | Dec. 22, 2022, 5:33 a.m. | rÿàń | Zeno's paradox: getting zero sleep (6) | paradox is being used as an anagrind here, so zeno's paradox = SNOZE getting = insertion zero = O sleep = def = SNOOZE |
| NATIVITY (8) | Space_Kalak | Dec. 22, 2022, 9:41 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Starting off with sitting around idly without constant interruption is what Christmas is all about (8) | INACTIVITY (sitting around idly) - I (start off) - C (constant interruption) |
| TROLL (5) | Firetruck | Dec. 22, 2022, 10:05 a.m. | Taargus | Toll taker! (5) | def: A troll takes a toll cryptic: "Toll take-r" This might not be strictly legal, but it was too good to pass up |
| EROICA (6) | rpl | Dec. 23, 2022, 9:29 p.m. | rÿàń | Beethoven's third porno: "No Time" (6) | beethoven's third = def porno = EROTICA no time = remove T from EROTICA |
| BLIZZARD (8) | Marnix | Dec. 24, 2022, 7:45 a.m. | Taargus | Wow! Creator's a storm (8) | WoW creator is Blizzard blizzard is a storm |
| GRINCH (6) | dohz | Dec. 25, 2022, 8:43 a.m. | Firetruck | The one who hates Christmas, who Whos fear will tread / Step by step in pursuit of some green and some red (6) | tread step by step =INCH some green and some red = GR |
| INBOX (5) | EricFox53 | Dec. 27, 2022, 8:47 a.m. | Botaku | Letter tray of stainless steel doped with boron (5) | letter tray - def of - link stainless steel - INOX doped with - insertion boron - B IN(+B)OX |
| DASHER (6) | dohz | Dec. 28, 2022, 6:34 p.m. | noneuclidean | For example, Rudolph the Reindeer? (6) | ddef "For example, Rudolph" is referring to Wilma Rudolph, who competed in the 200-meter dash in the Olympics |
| PERI-PERI (4-4) | Firetruck | Dec. 29, 2022, 10:29 a.m. | wolf | Nando's specialty: ripe, ripe, ripe offering (4-4) | container |
| SYNE (4) | rpl | Dec. 29, 2022, 3:29 p.m. | Buck | Broadcasting signal since then (4) | def: since then Broadcasting signal = Homophone of SIGN |
| LANG (4) | noneuclidean | Dec. 29, 2022, 3:48 p.m. | |||
| AULD (4) | dohz | Dec. 30, 2022, 8:58 p.m. | Botaku | Old contents of cauldron (4) | old - def contents of - container cAULDron |
| ANY CLUE THAT USES NEW YEAR'S THEMED WORDPLAY (?) | Marnix | Dec. 31, 2022, 8:19 a.m. | Buck | Met before zero, about reversed number, in the final countdown after preparing for the new year! (8, 4, 3, 2, 3) | def: The entire clue (&lit) Wordplay: Met before zero, about reversed number = MET + O surrounding reversed NO (MONETO) The final countdown after preparing for the new year = anagram of FOR THE NEW YEAR + final letter of countdowN (ANYWHEREFROTEN) Putting MONETO in ANYWHEREFROTEN gives ANYWHERE FROM ONE TO TEN |
| TAKOYAKI (8) | dohz | Jan. 2, 2023, 7:08 a.m. | dpad | Weirdly okay chip-wrapped snack (8) | Weirdly = anagrind OKAY = fodder chip = TAKI wrapped = inside snack = definition |
| IKAYAKI (7) | Botaku | Jan. 2, 2023, 7:57 a.m. | noneuclidean | Canoe is trapped between currents with squid (7) | I(KAYAK)I I = current in physics |
| SACRILEGE (9) | rpl | Jan. 2, 2023, 9:15 a.m. | noneuclidean | Small plot of land has one section for burning Bibles, for example | small=S plot of land = ACRE has = containment indicator one = I section = LEG (e.g. leg of a race) for = connector burning Bibles, for example = def S+ACR(I+LEG)E |
| YAKITORI (8) | Buck | Jan. 3, 2023, 2:32 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Street food or a Tiki cocktail after end of party (8) | defn = street food /ORATIKI (cocktail as anag ind) after *Y (end of party) |
| BLOCK (5) | dohz | Jan. 4, 2023, 7:14 a.m. | skaldskaparmal | Person using drying pan changes hands to protect oneself in a way (5) | Person using drying pan = BROCK changes hands = R->L to protect oneself in a way = BLOCK (reference https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oawUi9s3ENE) |
| SPEECHLESS (10) | rpl | Jan. 4, 2023, 10:53 a.m. | skaldskaparmal | Silent bullet bore left and missed dictator's head (10) | bullet = SPEED CHESS bore left = contains L and missed dictator's head = remove D for SPEE(-d)CH(L)ESS |
| XENIAL (6) | rpl | Jan. 7, 2023, 7:03 a.m. | Buck | In retrospect, some plain explanations would be welcoming (6) | def: welcoming Hidden in pLAIN EXplanations reversed (in retrospect) |
| MOOCH (5) | dohz | Jan. 7, 2023, 9:10 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Ask for a kiss while topless (5) | defn = ask for SMOOCH topless |
| B-SIDE (1-4) | Buck | Jan. 8, 2023, 9:02 a.m. | Botaku | Next to reported increase in difficulty (1-4) | next to - BESIDE reported - homophone increase in difficulty - def (in the context of Celeste) |
| LICENSE (7) | quatrevingtneuf | Jan. 9, 2023, 12:18 a.m. | Tortoise | Permit awkward silence (7) | permit = def awkward silence = anagram of SILENCE |
| XEME (4) | rpl | Jan. 9, 2023, 8:04 a.m. | Buck | Bird's two pronouns (4) | def: bird XE + ME (both are pronouns) |
| PETRICHOR (9) | dohz | Jan. 9, 2023, 9:13 a.m. | noneuclidean | Darling with fruity or pleasant aroma | PET+RICH+OR |
| CARNIVOROUS (11) | rpl | Jan. 11, 2023, 8:13 a.m. | skaldskaparmal | Like someone who only eats steak and various corn crackers (11) | various corn = anagram fodder crackers = anagram indicator (in the sense of crazy) and = connector Def = Like someone who only eats steak |
| PARTICIPANTS (12) | SoftFro | Jan. 11, 2023, 3:52 p.m. | rÿàń | Competition ruined captain's trip (12) | competition = def (e.g. in a contest, the participants are the competition vis-à-vis you) ruined = anagrind captain's trip = fodder |
| DOCENT (6) | dohz | Jan. 12, 2023, 5:11 a.m. | Firetruck | Speaker's money transferred to the audience (6) | "DOUGH SENT" |
| 1 (1) | Buck | Jan. 13, 2023, 12:53 a.m. | Botaku | Legendre's constant reportedly won (1) | Legendre's constant - def reportedly - homophone |
| NOBODY HERE (6, 4) | Firetruck | Jan. 13, 2023, 8:40 p.m. | |||
| @ME (3) | rpl | Jan. 16, 2023, 7:04 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Bad team! Don't do this! (3) | not an &lit, just emphatic defn = don't @me anag. TEAM to ATME (this is legit right?) |
| DEAD SET (4, 3) | dohz | Jan. 16, 2023, 2:55 p.m. | dohz | Resolved to be drunk, sedated (4, 3) | (DEAD SET)* |
| MATE (4) | Space_Kalak | Jan. 16, 2023, 3:52 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Bad team! Do this! (4) | riffing off the last submission defn = do this ("do" a mate... sorry) anag. TEAM |
| 爱 (1) | rpl | Jan. 18, 2023, 7:17 a.m. | Buck | 开始接纳知己的喜好 (1) | Surface reading: Starting to accept my friend's preference def = 喜好 (preference / like / love) Wordplay: 开始接纳 (Starting to accept) => The top part of 受 (受 = accept) 知己 = Friend = 友 Top part of 受 + 友 = 爱 的 ('s) acts as a connector |
| CASHIER (7) | dohz | Jan. 18, 2023, 3:57 p.m. | skaldskaparmal | Cher is a fantastic person who you should be comfortable giving money to (7) | Cher is a = anagram fodder fantastic = anagram indicator person who you should be comfortable giving money to = CASHIER* |
| ARCTURUS (8) | rpl | Jan. 20, 2023, 7:28 a.m. | rpl | Alpha Boötes' Curve Donut Expressed (8) | def: Alpha Boötes (Arcturus is the brightest star in the constellation Boötes -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayer_designation) wp: Curve Donut Expressed => "arc torus" homophone |
| RAGDOLL (7) | dohz | Jan. 20, 2023, 4:35 p.m. | dohz | Kind of death animation AGDQ cut short in turn (7) | R(AGD(-q))OLL |
| BUNNY (5) | Space_Kalak | Jan. 22, 2023, 7:26 a.m. | Firetruck | Bugs, etc like brioche (5) | Ddef (Bugs Bunny, "like brioche") |
| BACKSEAT (8) | dohz | Jan. 22, 2023, 7:33 p.m. | Sp3000 | Annoying sort of driver reverses vehicle then takes off (8) | Annoying sort of driver = CAB ("vehicle") reversed + TAKES anagrammed ("off") |
| SEXTANT (7) | Buck | Jan. 23, 2023, 12:19 a.m. | Taargus | A tool for navigating south still exists (7) | def: tool for navigating cryptic: south (S) + still exists (EXTANT) |
| HÁČEK (5) | rpl | Jan. 23, 2023, 12:17 p.m. | tckmn | Symbol on the edge of glyph, primarily altering sound of Eastern European language! (5) | symbol on the edge of glyph = _H primarily altering = A_ sound of Eastern European language = "ČEK" definition: &lit (háčeks are diacritics in czech that change the sound of the letter they're attached to) |
| BINGLE (6) | dohz | Jan. 24, 2023, 8:14 p.m. | gppasco | Don't use Google to look up the French name for Crimew's Sprigatito (6) | Don't use Google to look up = BING the French = LE name for Crimew's Sprigatito = def |
| INTERNET EXPLORER (8, 8) | Buck | Jan. 25, 2023, 2:37 a.m. | dpad | Someone gaining experience with an alien, a boy scout, and an old computer program (8, 8) | Someone gaining experience = INTERN with = juxtaposition an alien = ET a boy scout = EXPLORER and = link an old computer program = definition |
| TRIQUETRA (9) | rpl | Jan. 25, 2023, 1:19 p.m. | dpad | Retweet "tequila changes hands, drunkenly creates a simple knot" (9) | Retweet = RT TEQUIlA changes hands = L->R drunkenly creates = anagram a simple knot = definition |
| THE GAME (3, 4) | dohz | Jan. 26, 2023, 8:17 p.m. | dpad | Teams argue that regularly making sacrifices brought about a cognitohazard (3, 4) | tEaMs ArGuE tHaT regularly making sacrifices = every other letter brought about = reversal a cognitohazard = definition (Don't skip sleep during hunts!) |
| TELETUBBIES (11) | Idontknow | Jan. 26, 2023, 9:40 p.m. | dohz | Pair of Texan leaders to allow you to bring along gun (that is small) to TV show—for kids! 😱 (11) | TE_+LET+U+BB+IE+S Pair of Texan leaders = TE_ to allow = LET you = U to bring along = juxtaposition indicator (admittedly awkward) gun = BB that is = IE small = S to = connector TV show—for kids! = def not an &lit |
| STEVIA (6) | rpl | Jan. 27, 2023, 2:22 p.m. | dpad | Toothpaste vials found to contain artificial sweetener (6) | toothpaSTE VIAls found to contain = hidden word artificial sweetener = definition |
| INCHOATE (8) | dohz | Jan. 28, 2023, 10:55 p.m. | rÿàń | Developing into each cuckoo (8) | developing = def into each = fodder cuckoo = anagrind |
| SCP (3) | Idontknow | Jan. 28, 2023, 10:57 p.m. | dohz | James C. Penney’s secret foundation (3) | _S C P_ def = foundation, as in the scp foundation fun fact: the james c. penney foundation was an actual thing |
| SUDAFED (7) | rpl | Jan. 29, 2023, 4:40 p.m. | Firetruck | Illegally, FDA used drug (7) | FDAUSED* |
| FFXIV (5) | dohz | Jan. 31, 2023, 3:15 a.m. | Botaku | Decapitate, kill, strike me: vaster, opener critically acclaimed MMORPG (5) | decapitate - delete first letter kill - OFF strike - X (in bowling) me - I opener - first letter critically acclaimed MMORPG - def _FF+X+I+V_ |
| ANY CLUE THAT ONLY USES THE PENTOMINO LETTERS (FILNPTUVWXYZ) | noneuclidean | Jan. 31, 2023, 2:51 p.m. | noneuclidean | Fill in pun put up in nil/V-unit unit (9) | Fill in = PEN (as in to write down) pun = MOT put up = reversal indicator in = IN nil = O V-unit unit = def PEN+TOM<+IN+O |
| RICIN (5) | rpl | Jan. 31, 2023, 5:15 p.m. | noneuclidean | Toxin of some historic interest | _RIC IN_ |
| BIKE LANE (4, 4) | dohz | Feb. 2, 2023, 3:23 a.m. | dohz | Cycleway akin to poison for Spooner (4, 4) | “like bane” spoonerism |
| COCOBOLO (8) | rpl | Feb. 3, 2023, 1 p.m. | |||
| LUDDITE (7) | dohz | Feb. 4, 2023, 3:30 a.m. | PantherSnuggler | Diluted, misshapen, backwards thinker! (7) | Anagram (misshapen) of DILUTED |
| A CLUE WHERE EVERY WORD IS AN ANAGRAM INDICATOR | Taargus | Feb. 4, 2023, 5:25 p.m. | septacube77 | Every word streak is an anagram indicator (8) | every word - anagram indicator STREAKIS - ASTERISK* an anagram indicator - def |
| APOSTATE (8) | vi0let | Feb. 4, 2023, 11:41 p.m. | vi0let | A piece of shit misogynist Andrew, a godless being (8) | A + POS + TATE |
| MONTAGE (7) | dohz | Feb. 6, 2023, 5:16 a.m. | dohz | Film technique produced by megaton explosion (7) | MONTAGE* |
| WAKANDA (7) | rpl | Feb. 7, 2023, 1:55 p.m. | SoftFro | Energy-rich state protected by Marvel superhero! (7) | Energy-rich state: AK protected by: containment indicator Marvel superhero: WANDA &lit: W(AK)ANDA |
| KLUDGE (6) | dohz | Feb. 8, 2023, 8:02 p.m. | dohz | King left beheaded! Move for a quick-and-dirty solution (6) | K+L+(-b)UDGE beheaded! Move = (-b)UDGE |
| BALLOON (7) | Firetruck | Feb. 9, 2023, 12:13 p.m. | Firetruck | Lab made up crazy device for espionage (7) | LAB< + LOON |
| ARENDELLE (9) | rpl | Feb. 9, 2023, 2:34 p.m. | dohz | Frozen location where Aaron Dell is heard (9) | “Aaron Dell” homophone idk if “where” makes sense as connector fun fact: aaron dell is a real-life ice hockey player |
| GIZMO (5) | dohz | Feb. 10, 2023, 8:08 p.m. | dpad | A creature you shouldn't feed after midnight secretly ascends random ziggurat (5) | A creature you shouldn't feed after midnight = definition, from the movie Gremlins secretly = hidden word ascends = reversal randOM ZIGgurat |
| GOSSAMER (8) | rpl | Feb. 11, 2023, 6:36 p.m. | dohz | Gamer’s OS broadcast to Web (8) | GOSSAMER* |
| SWANS (5) | vi0let | Feb. 11, 2023, 8:04 p.m. | skaldskaparmal | With boards, without birds (5) | With = W without = SANS boards = insertion birds = S(W)ANS |
| KISMET (6) | dohz | Feb. 12, 2023, 9:03 p.m. | dpad | Pitching without a mistake is fate (6) | Pitching = anagrind without A = drop A MISTaKE = anagram fodder is = link fate = definition |
| TACHYCARDIA (11) | rpl | Feb. 13, 2023, 8 p.m. | dpad | The initially sore joker recalls ChatGPT, gets an increased heart rate (11) | The initially sore = ACHY joker = CARD recalls ChatGPT = AI< gets [link] an increased heart rate = definition |
| THE LAST OF US (3, 4, 2, 2) | SoftFro | Feb. 13, 2023, 10:08 p.m. | dohz | Tragic story… *Those Faults*…? Misremembered… (3, 4, 2, 2) | (THE LAST OF US)* surface in ref to the fault in our stars |
| CAVEAT (6) | dohz | Feb. 14, 2023, 10:08 p.m. | Anonymus25 | WARNING: Hollow asymmetrical tunnel starts (6) | Hollow is a synonym of CAVE "Starts" is an indicator of taking initals, mainly (A)symmetrical (T)unnel, getting AT CAVE+AT= CAVEAT, definition is WARNING |
| TIME MACHINE (4, 7) | lavaloid | Feb. 15, 2023, 11:09 p.m. | Firetruck | This odd meme involves reform of China that could lead to a new era (4, 7) | ThIs + MEM(CHINA*)E def: that could lead to a new era |
| TULLE (5) | rpl | Feb. 16, 2023, 4:44 p.m. | dohz | Netting, essentially—regularly built by the French! (5) | _T_+_U_L_+LE &lit Netting, essentially = _T_ regularly built = _U_L_ the French = LE adverbs are cheap and i am the spitting image of frugality also not a huge fan of “the french” for “le” but whaddaya gonna do |
| MEASURE (7) | dohz | Feb. 17, 2023, 3:55 a.m. | lavaloid | meter meter ender ender erasure erasure (7) | def. meter M (meter) + ERASURE - ende[R] |
| OUAGADOUGOU (11) | sodiumnitrate | Feb. 18, 2023, 12:13 p.m. | Firetruck | Capital city loves gouda every which way (11) | letter bank of GOUDA |
| MYCOLOGY (8) | rpl | Feb. 18, 2023, 5:09 p.m. | lavaloid | Finally! Calm guy, cool/funky/odd guy, and fungi study (8) | ___M __Y (COLO)* G_Y = fungi study |
| POTOOOOOOOO (11) | dohz | Feb. 19, 2023, 3:59 a.m. | dohz | Opt to provide everything needed to develop racehorse (11) | “Opt” letter bank how do we feel about letter banks where only one letter is duplicated |
| ANANASSA (8) | rpl | Feb. 20, 2023, 6:23 p.m. | dpad | NASA reorgs twice, develops a strawberry (8) | NASA = anagram fodder (twice) reorgs = anagrind develops = link a strawberry = definition |
| PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICOVOLCANOCONIOSIS (45) | Anonymus25 | Feb. 20, 2023, 8:25 p.m. | summitwei | Breaking: Cops pummel iconic oil scion. Coronavirus is not a cool disease (45) | <COPSPUMMELICONICOILSCIONCORONAVIRUSISNOTACOOL> = disease |
| COPENHAGEN (10) | Space_Kalak | Feb. 21, 2023, 4:02 a.m. | Neeerd | Capital combats open change (10) | lazy anagram |
| DESIRE PATH (6, 4) | dohz | Feb. 21, 2023, 4:19 a.m. | dohz | Unofficial trail’s end is around dilapidated piers (6, 4) | DE(SIREP*)ATH Unofficial trail = def ’s = connector end = DEATH is around = containment indicator dilapidated piers = SIREP* |
| HOLST (5) | Neeerd | Feb. 22, 2023, 1:11 p.m. | Rainy | A bit of alcohol stoned famous composer (5) | A bit of = hidden word indicator alcohol stoned = hidden word fodder famous composer = definition _HOLST_ |
| TÁR (3) | rpl | Feb. 22, 2023, 7:10 p.m. | Taargus | Tailor's clothes are worn by a cute asexual lesbian conductor (3) | cryptic: Tailor's clothes (TR) around "a cute asexual" (acute A, or Á) def: Tar is a lesbian conductor |
| RÄT (3) | dohz | Feb. 23, 2023, 4:42 a.m. | rpl | Viral song upset conductor with wrong accent (3) | viral song = def upset = reversal conductor = TÁR with wrong accent = change Á to Ä |
| KORNGOLD (8) | Neeerd | Feb. 24, 2023, 3:39 p.m. | Buck | Conductor made of metal band and metal (8) | KORN (metal band) + GOLD (metal) |
| CZÁRDÁS (7) | rpl | Feb. 25, 2023, 5:43 a.m. | Neeerd | Russian emperor brought back sad folk dance (7) | CZAR+DAS< = folk dance |
| TELEPHONE (9) | dohz | Feb. 25, 2023, 5:49 a.m. | Neeerd | Ring broke? Elope then (9) | ELOPETHEN* = ring |
| POKER FACE (5, 4) | wolf | Feb. 25, 2023, 8:59 a.m. | dohz | Lady Gaga song is quiet? More mediocre. Loud? Excellent! (5, 4) | P+OKER+F+ACE Lady Gaga song = def is = connector quiet = P More mediocre = OKER (more okay, or OK-ER) Loud = F Excellent = ACE not an &lit |
| ALEJANDRO (9) | Akumu | Feb. 25, 2023, 12:13 p.m. | dohz | “A Disheartened Love” (Juliett and Romeo love song) (9) | A+L(-ov)E+J+AND+R+O song = def |
| THONK (5) | Buck | Feb. 26, 2023, 6:40 a.m. | dohz | Custom emote time! <:honk:628396407954472990> (5) | T+HONK |
| TATTOO (6) | Space_Kalak | Feb. 26, 2023, 3:41 p.m. | dohz | Ink stored by artist at toolkit (6) | _T AT TOO_ |
| MUSSORGSKY (10) | Neeerd | Feb. 27, 2023, 9:11 p.m. | Tortoise | Blatant send-up penned by strongly perfumed composer (10) | GROSS reversed inside MUSKY |
| BORODIN (7) | noneuclidean | Feb. 27, 2023, 11 p.m. | rpl | Composer for Berlin orchestra leads finale of *Thor: Love and Thunder* (7) | def = Composer, for = link B_O_ (leads) (finale of) _R O (love) DIN (thunder) |
| MIGHT (5) | dohz | Feb. 28, 2023, 7:10 a.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | May 4th commemorates Luke's initial disappearance from Light (5) | May = def 4th comMemorates = M Luke's initial (L) disappearance from Light = IGHT |
| GLINKA (6) | Neeerd | March 1, 2023, 9:54 p.m. | rpl | Polish Hamlet's ring in reflective silver (6) | Polish hamlet = def (village in Poland) ring = LINK reflective silver = GA< (element abbrev) |
| BALAKIREV (9) | wolf | March 1, 2023, 11:20 p.m. | rpl | Musician composed a live bar to capture Tchaikovsky's heart (9) | def musician = *(A LIVE BAR) {contains} __K__ |
| RUBY (4) | dohz | March 2, 2023, 7:12 a.m. | Rainy | Polish yellow gemstone (4) | RUB+Y |
| WAS (3) | rpl | March 2, 2023, 7:59 a.m. | Tortoise | In Germany, what is in the past? (3) | double def: "what" in German and "is in the past" Question mark is for surface and not indicative of funny buseniess |
| CORELLI (7) | Neeerd | March 3, 2023, 10:21 p.m. | rpl | He bowed to men in orchestra section (7) | def = He bowed (as in "bowing a violin", Corelli was a violinist) men = OR ("original regiment", military men) in = container orchestra section = CELLI |
| INSTEAD (7) | rpl | March 4, 2023, 10:10 a.m. | rpl | Rather than being "woke", DeSantis cancels "The Last of Us" (7) | Rather than = def being = link "woke" DeSantis = anagram *DESANTIS (the meaning of "woke" is arbitrary, so it's perfectly valid as an anagram indicator!) cancels "the last of uS" = delete _S *INSTEAD(-_S) |
| ANY CLUE THAT CAN BE SUNG TO TUNE OF TMNT THEME SONG (?) | dohz | March 4, 2023, 10:56 a.m. | gppasco | Splinter-sensei's heart is pithy (5) | [to the tune of TMNT theme song] Take the first term ("splinter-sensei") Grab five letters from the middle; You get TERSE, a word for "pithy" You have solved the cryptic-- turtle power! |
| ZZZ (3) | dohz | March 6, 2023, 2:23 p.m. | skaldskaparmal | Last character in topless musical group makes noise in bed (3) | Last character = Z in = insertion topless musical group = ZZ (-top) Z(Z)Z = noise in bed |
| YOUR (4) | rpl | March 6, 2023, 6:27 p.m. | skaldskaparmal | "The solver is" can be contracted to "The solver's" (4) | YOU'RE can be contracted (curtailment) to YOUR(-e) |
| SCRIABIN (8) | Neeerd | March 6, 2023, 10:48 p.m. | dohz | Writin’ about a Russian composer (8) | SCRI(A)BIN |
| THE NEW GROVE DICTIONARY OF MUSIC AND MUSICIANS (3 3 5 10 2 5 3 9) | Tortoise | March 8, 2023, 9:40 a.m. | noneuclidean | Ravel, Ives, do re mi, canonic, fugue, act... many words in this! (3 3 5 10 2 5 3 9) | &lit ravel = anagram indicator IVESDOREMICANONICFUGUEACTMANYWORDSINTHIS this took like an hour i hope it was worth it lmao |
| LIGHT MODE (5, 4) | dohz | March 8, 2023, 2:34 p.m. | noneuclidean | Element of spaceflight model is a type of display (5 4) | _LIGHT MODE_ |
| CURDY (5) | schizophoenix | March 8, 2023, 9:56 p.m. | noneuclidean | Bit of cheese associated with Lancashire's upper class, say: awfully dry and lumpy (5) | Bit of cheese = C_ associated with Lancashire's upper class, say = U (see sense 3 on google) awfully dry = RDY* and = connector lumpy = def C_+U+RDY* |
| STICKS AND STONES (6, 3, 6) | bags | March 9, 2023, 2:46 a.m. | noneuclidean | Attach files to new email showcasing, primarily, a rhyme (6, 3, 6) | Attach = STICK files = SANDS to = TO new email showcasing primarily = N_ E_ S_ a rhyme = def |
| VIOLIN CONCERTO IN D MAJOR (6, 8, 2, 1, 5) | rpl | March 9, 2023, 6:21 p.m. | skaldskaparmal | Nasty Peruvian mononymous singer to drag independent enchanting person with bit of hesitation in audition for Tchaikovsky performance (6, 8, 2, 1, 5) | Homophone (in audition) of VILE INCAN CHER TOW INDIE MAGE ER |
| LAST MOMENT (4, 6) | Buck | March 10, 2023, 10:58 a.m. | bags | Wail about most terrible finale (4, 6) | def. "finale" LAMENT ("Wail") about STMO* ("MOST", "terrible") |
| ADULTING (8) | dohz | March 10, 2023, 3:34 p.m. | noneuclidean | For example, going to work and soullessly being a bootlicker (8) | For example, going to work = def and = connector soullessly being a bootlicker = ADUL(-a)TING |
| NINTENDO (8) | bags | March 11, 2023, 3:19 p.m. | dohz | Company known for Mario, Link, Kirby—mostly 9/10 work! (8) | NIN(-e)+TEN+DO not an &lit |
| RAMPANT (7) | biocuriousgeorgie | March 11, 2023, 9:36 p.m. | bags | Escalating tirade about a politician (7) | "Escalating" = RANT ("tirade") about A MP ("a politician") |
| KHACHATURIAN (12) | Neeerd | March 12, 2023, 4:07 p.m. | rpl | Russian emperor receives a bad haircut (12) | KH(A *CHATURI)AN |
| ANY CLUE THAT LOOKS LIKE CRYTYPING (?) | dohz | March 12, 2023, 4:52 p.m. | gppasco | cdajfkdajkhfj,,, first thing,,,,, MOM,,, shaking, like,,,,, (6) | cdajfkdajkhfj first thing = C MOM shaking = OMM* like = AS ,,,,, = COMMAS |
| TEMPTATION (10) | Buck | March 12, 2023, 10:02 p.m. | dohz | No! It met at night with alien, coming back for desire (10) | (TE+MP+TA+TI+ON)< |
| AN "ANTI-&LIT" IN WHICH THE WHOLE CLUE FUNCTIONS AS WORDPLAY AND IS ALSO A DEFINITION FOR AN ANTONYM OF THE ANSWER (?) | rpl | March 13, 2023, 6:27 p.m. | skaldskaparmal | Primarily gnomish, insignificant, small creature¡ (5) | G_ I_ + ANT |
| ALEMBIC (7) | dohz | March 14, 2023, 4:59 p.m. | dohz | Disturbed? I be calm and still (7) | ALEMBIC* still = def |
| COBBLESTONE (11) | bags | March 15, 2023, 11:27 p.m. | Neeerd | Asphalt kills Boston celeb (11) | lazy anagram |
| DIRT (4) | Buck | March 16, 2023, 3:48 a.m. | dohz | Revolutionary time to free Earth (4) | (DIR+T)< Revolutionary = reversal indicator time = T to free = RID Earth = def |
| BAT PHONE (3, 5) | dohz | March 16, 2023, 7:39 p.m. | dohz | Bishop to make amends, welcoming parish outsiders to a line to a higher power (3, 5) | B+AT(P_H)ONE Bishop = B to make amends = ATONE welcoming = containment indicator parish outsiders = P_H to = connector a line to a higher power = def |
| HISAISHI (8) | Neeerd | March 17, 2023, 8:28 a.m. | dohz | That man’s robots welcome Japanese composer (8) | HIS+AIS+HI |
| TUCHUS (6) | Firetruck | March 17, 2023, 6:39 p.m. | dohz | Dictator’s held us in can (6) | “took us” homophone can = def |
| FLOP ERA (4, 3) | dohz | March 18, 2023, 7:46 p.m. | Taargus | Wolf left, dropped his tail, and - for each alpha - produced only bad music (4, 3) | Wolf left (FLOW) dropped his tail (FLO) for each alpha (PER A) -> FLOP ERA produced (linking) only bad music (def) |
| TO WIT (2, 3) | dohz | March 20, 2023, 11 p.m. | noneuclidean | Specifically, what to do with an illegally parked car? (2, 3) | TOW IT |
| YSAŸE (5) | Neeerd | March 22, 2023, 10:14 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Composer's final melody gets easy to play (5) | defn = composer Y (final of melody) + /EASY |
| HUMORESQUE (10) | rpl | March 22, 2023, 5:31 p.m. | Taargus | Comedy, partial burlesque, or romantic genre (10) | comedy: HUMOR partial burlesque: ESQUE def: humoresque is a romantic genre |
| ON MAIN (2, 4) | dohz | March 22, 2023, 11:04 p.m. | dohz | “I’m anon?” [changes to be at my public account] (2, 4) | (ON MAIN)* changes = anagram indicator to be = connector at my public account = def |
| JUST DESERTS (4, 7) | phenomist | March 23, 2023, 2:51 a.m. | Taargus | A deserved punishment is precisely what's at Baskin-Robbins, it's said (4, 7) | def: "a deserved punishment" "precisely": JUST "what's at baskin robbins": DESSERTS -> "it's said": DESERTS |
| OCTAVE (6) | Space_Kalak | March 24, 2023, 5:35 p.m. | vi0let | Circle central road at interval (6) | O (circle) + CT (central) + AVE (road) |
| VIOLET (6) | vi0let | March 24, 2023, 9:09 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | To live freely beyond the blue… (6) | defn = beyond the blue (end of the EM spectrum) /TOLIVE |
| BLUE-EYES WHITE DRAGON (4-4, 5, 6) | rpl | March 25, 2023, 8:53 a.m. | Rainy | Yu-Gi-Oh card that they used in a blog, were mixed up (4-4, 5, 6) | Yu-Gi-Oh card - Definition they used in a blog, were - anagram fodder mixed up - anagram indicator THEYUSEDINABLOGWERE* |
| HAUNTER (7) | dohz | March 25, 2023, 3:32 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Predator ate a Pokémon (7) | defn = pokémon HUNTER around A |
| COCA-COLA (4-4) | Zimodo | March 27, 2023, 11:03 a.m. | vi0let | It's pretty sweet that fashion designer hangs around California, near Los Angeles (4-4) | COCO around CA next to LA |
| KLOTSKI (7) | dohz | March 27, 2023, 4:33 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | I can complete many (somewhere in the thousands) a puzzle (7) | defn = a puzzle I after LOTS (many) in KK (thousands, somewhere inside them) |
| EMBRYO (6) | AuthorialIntent | March 28, 2023, 8:16 a.m. | Zimodo | A dying flame without energy. With a simple greeting, this can be the start of a new life (6) | def: the start of a new life EMB(-e)R + YO |
| COME AND SEE (4, 3, 3) | vi0let | March 28, 2023, 7:54 p.m. | noneuclidean | Russian film said how to copy files on a Mac (4, 3, 3) | "command c" |
| XANADU (6) | noneuclidean | March 28, 2023, 10:33 p.m. | vi0let | Sex, an adulterer's slice of heaven (6) | seXANADUlterer |
| ITINERARY (9) | phenomist | March 29, 2023, 2:52 a.m. | noneuclidean | Heading off? Try to follow it during a specific period of time! | heading off try = (-t)RY to follow = concatenation it = IT during = IN a specific period of time = ERA IT+IN+ERA+(-t)RY |
| CHORTLE (7) | dohz | March 30, 2023, 4:38 a.m. | Zimodo | Unit that dropped the ball led endlessly for a laugh (7) | C(-o)HORT + LE_ |
| INDICATED (9) | rpl | March 31, 2023, 6:12 a.m. | Firetruck | Referred to be charged with one count: breaking and entering (9) | INDIC(A)TED |
| HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM (5://3.7.3) | Zimodo | March 31, 2023, 1:47 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | [rotating]… see ad, then you follow a string of the latest new content, leading the uploaders to grow and develop endlessly! | &lit (the rotating at the beginning is the loading wheel) HTTPS (SEEAD shifted by 11) + WWW (string of latest content of NEW) + YOU (you follow) + (leading) T(he) U(ploaders) + BECOM(e) grow endlessly |
| RAISON D'ÊTRE (6, 1'4) | phenomist | March 31, 2023, 6:36 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | The point is to rearrange letters in a set order (6 1’4) | defn = the point /INASETORDER |
| FUEL (4) | dohz | April 1, 2023, 4:43 a.m. | Zimodo | Hydrogen pipe (NO NITROGEN) (4) | FU(-nn)EL |
| GOOSE (5) | biocuriousgeorgie | April 3, 2023, 7:54 a.m. | Zimodo | Goes wild protecting egg! (5) | GO(O)SE* |
| LIMINAL (7) | dpad | April 3, 2023, 7:54 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Transitional plan I'm illustrating has components to reflect on (7) | defn = transitional pLAN I'M ILlustrating reversed |
| COW TOOLS (3, 5) | dohz | April 3, 2023, 7:56 a.m. | Zimodo | Notable panel company puts the T in textiles (3, 5) | CO + W (T)OOLS |
| FINNISH (7) | phenomist | April 4, 2023, 11:08 a.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | Uralic language is not first, in the end (7) | Uralic language = def FIN(N)ISH |
| QUOKKA (6) | dpad | April 5, 2023, 7:57 a.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | Smiling animal is alright in endless, shaking temblor (6) | Smiling animal = def OK in QUAKe* |
| LITERALLY (9) | dohz | April 5, 2023, 12:50 p.m. | Zimodo | Really simple demonstration (9) | LITE + RALLY |
| ROBBER (6) | vi0let | April 5, 2023, 7:31 p.m. | Zimodo | Pitcher switches hands to cheat (6) | (l -> R)OBBER |
| AGENDA (6) | theduckmedic | April 6, 2023, 10:51 a.m. | Zimodo | Plan a contract after the better part of an eternity (6) | AGE(-s) + NDA |
| ARRAIGNMENT (11) | phenomist | April 6, 2023, 11:30 a.m. | vi0let | Emigrant ran agitated when charges are read out (11) | EMIGRANTRAN anagram |
| LIPOGRAM (8) | Zimodo | April 7, 2023, 3:31 p.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | Partly like writing in code, never using the second letter! (8) | Partly like = LI writing in code, never using the second letter = PrOGRAM &lit if you'll accept that writing a lipogram is kind of like writing a secret code (and technically the clue itself is a lipogram that never uses the second letter, B) |
| MAKEMAKE (8) | dohz | April 9, 2023, 1:29 a.m. | Zimodo | "God, I got a great poker hand twice!" (8) | M(AK)E + M(AK)E |
| MATCHA (6) | vi0let | April 9, 2023, 6:09 p.m. | Akumu | Pair well with a green tea (6) | def. "green tea" from MATCH (pair well with) + A |
| PROSODY (7) | phenomist | April 10, 2023, 12:58 p.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | Snoop enthralls, regularly goes gold for lyrical rhythm (7) | Snoop = PRY Enthralls = container indicator, as in captures Regularly goes gold = gOeSgOlD PR(_O_S_O_D)Y Lyrical rhythm = def |
| CATNIP (6) | dohz | April 11, 2023, 1:45 a.m. | gppasco | PC retroactively adopting anti-cryptic temptation (6) | PC retroactively = CP< adopting anti-cryptic = insert ANTI anagram temptation = C[ATNI]P |
| HAT TRICK (3 5) | Zimodo | April 11, 2023, 9:27 p.m. | Neeerd | Three goals: be loud, give birth, strain slightly (3 5) | "HATCH RICK" = Three goals |
| BATHTUB (7) | phenomist | April 12, 2023, 4:21 p.m. | dpad | Gin is made here with barium, some THC, and, oddly, thumbs (7) | Gin is made here = definition, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathtub_gin with = link barium = BA some THc oddly = every other letter ThUmBs |
| SANDWICH (8) | biocuriousgeorgie | April 13, 2023, 7:50 p.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | A hero? Rather, has Quayle swapped in for the Reverend? (8) | A hero = def Spoonerism for "DAN SWITCH" (i.e., Dan Rather has Dan Quayle take his place) |
| BELLICOSE (9) | dohz | April 14, 2023, 2:52 a.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | Aggressive ringer is hiding competence (obviously) at first, emerges in the lead (9) | Aggressive = def Ringer = BELL Is hiding (competence obviously, at first) = I(CO)S Emerges, in the lead = Emerges BELL + I(C_ O_)S + E_ |
| TURNTABLE (9) | l_powell | April 14, 2023, 5:53 a.m. | Neeerd | Record fiery rebuttal surrounding nationalist leader (9) | N_ in REBUTTAL* = record (like a disc) |
| JUICE (5) | phenomist | April 14, 2023, 5:52 p.m. | l_powell | Slay! After the first half of June? Bulk up illicitly (5) | Def: bulk up illicitly (as in steroids) SLAY=>ICE JU(ICE) |
| FUTZ (4) | dohz | April 16, 2023, 3:13 a.m. | l_powell | Wise rival pursues noisy fiddle (4) | Def = Fiddle Wise rival (Utz) pursues Noisy (F) |
| PETE'S SAKE (5, 4) | Firetruck | April 16, 2023, 1:13 p.m. | |||
| PUZZLE (6) | phenomist | April 16, 2023, 7:43 p.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | Stump for political leader to replace military leader in gun region (6) | Stump = def P replaces M in MUZZLE (a region of a gun) |
| CIVIL (5) | dohz | April 18, 2023, 4:30 a.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | Polite -> cold -> upset -> nearly furious (5) | Polite = def Cold = C (as on my faucet) Upset "nearly furious" = LIVId< |
| GEORGE (6) | Space_Kalak | April 20, 2023, 3:22 a.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | Eat eats East States' 1st seat (6) | Eat = GORGE eats = container indicator East = E States' 1st seat = def (US first president) |
| BULWARK (7) | dohz | April 20, 2023, 4:36 a.m. | vi0let | Kabul war king protects the defenses (7) | kaBULWARKing |
| BARRIER (7) | phenomist | April 20, 2023, 11:06 a.m. | l_powell | Wall Street ditched by British lawyer (7) | Def = wall BARRI(-st)ER |
| EXPLETIVE (9) | Zimodo | April 21, 2023, 6:53 a.m. | l_powell | Live accompaniment loses second frontman after fantasy role playing's reckoning curse (9) | def = curse live accompaniment loses second frontman = LET(-l)IVE fantasy role playing's reckoning = EXP |
| CONFUNDLE (9) | Anonymus25 | April 21, 2023, 7:59 a.m. | l_powell | Stump fond uncle somehow (9) | anagrind |
| OUBLIETTE (9) | l_powell | April 22, 2023, 8:05 a.m. | |||
| CHARLOTTE (9) | rpl | April 22, 2023, 4:31 p.m. | dpad | A sweet web admin? (9) | A sweet = def, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_(cake) web-admin = punny def, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte%27s_Web |
| RESPOND (7) | dohz | April 24, 2023, 8:13 a.m. | Zimodo | Talk about small lake (7) | RE + S + POND |
| VOYAGE (6) | phenomist | April 24, 2023, 12:32 p.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | It might be fantastic to grow old after I go to Spain (6) | It might be fantastic = def To grow old = AGE After I go, to Spain = VOY |
| SOLARPUNK (9) | biocuriousgeorgie | April 25, 2023, 8:39 p.m. | dohz | Environmental movement fell around polar meltdown (9) | S(OLARP*)UNK |
| ESCUTCHEON | l_powell | April 26, 2023, 5:01 a.m. | vi0let | Coats are found on this messy teen's couch (10) | teenscouch anag |
| JUMP (4) | dohz | April 26, 2023, 8:20 a.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | Leap day replaced by July 1st in rubbish locality (4) | Leap = def D replaced by J in DUMP |
| ENDLESS NIGHT (7, 5) | vi0let | April 26, 2023, 10:36 a.m. | Botaku | Christie novel mixes hints, legends (7,5) | Christie novel - def mixes - anagram (HINTSLEGENDS)* [Side note: it's a detective novel with a legend as a central plot point, so this ought to be &littable.] |
| LET'S DO "YOUR USERNAME (?)" AGAIN THAT WAS FUN | Zimodo | April 26, 2023, 11:18 a.m. | dohz | Puzzler to sleep soundly (4) | “doze” homophone surely “soundly” can work as homophone indicator right |
| ESTOC (5) | phenomist | April 26, 2023, 12:43 p.m. | Botaku | Tuck in white stockings (5) | tuck - def in - hidden word whitE STOCkings |
| VOIDPUNK (8) | edderiofer | April 26, 2023, 1:26 p.m. | vi0let | LGBT subculture in UK providing organization without rig (8) | (UKPROVIDING)* - rig |
| CLOSED (6) | phenomist | April 28, 2023, 2:33 p.m. | Zimodo | Shut down and left silenced (6) | CLOS(-et)ED |
| FLAGRANT (8) | Zimodo | April 29, 2023, 8:07 a.m. | Tortoise | Obvious complaint about the Stars and Stripes? (8) | Obvious = def FLAG RANT heteronym |
| FRABJOUS (8) | dohz | April 30, 2023, 8:27 a.m. | vi0let | Badger us for a job? The inner circle will leave dope (8) | (USFORAJOB)* - O |
| MORRIS DANCING (6, 7) | Space_Kalak | April 30, 2023, 11:58 a.m. | |||
| CARPAL TUNNEL (6, 6) | phenomist | April 30, 2023, 3:37 p.m. | vi0let | Nuclear plant mishap results in injury (6, 6) | NUCLEARPLANT anag |
| FLOATING POINT (8, 5) | vi0let | May 1, 2023, 3:35 a.m. | vi0let | Pi to fit along new revised number system (8, 5) | (PITOFITALONG + N)* |
| POWWOW (6) | Zimodo | May 2, 2023, 11:04 a.m. | vi0let | One surrendered at World of Warcraft LAN party, maybe (6) | POW + WOW |
| PURGATORY (9) | dohz | May 2, 2023, 12:07 p.m. | vi0let | Try a group organization that's in the middle (9) | (tryagroup)* |
| INFINITE JEST (8, 4) | vi0let | May 3, 2023, 7:58 a.m. | vi0let | Jet fins reassembled into something with unusual structure (8, 4) | jetfins letterbank |
| MIRROR (6) | dohz | May 5, 2023, 3:47 a.m. | vi0let | I'm left right or left right makes left go right (6) | MI< + R + RO< + R |
| EPIOUSION (9) | vi0let | May 5, 2023, 10:48 a.m. | vi0let | Religious word contained within section of Koine mistranslated (9) | (kOINE)* around PIOUS, &lit |
| FORMULA ONE (7, 3) | bigstuffedcat | May 6, 2023, 6:46 a.m. | vi0let | Girl or guy? Mulan takes clothes off, revealing one racy little thing? (7, 3) | F OR M? mULAn + ONE |
| COELACANTH (10) | dohz | May 7, 2023, 11:10 a.m. | vi0let | Can the coal be developed into a fossil? (10) | CANTHECOAL anag |
| MARTINI (7) | phenomist | May 9, 2023, 10:54 a.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | A cocktail for a pope (7) | Ddef - martini and Martin I |
| TWIN PEAKS (4, 5) | vi0let | May 9, 2023, 1:28 p.m. | noneuclidean | TV show adaptations involved one new part at the beginning (4, 5) | TV show = def adaptations = TWEAKS included = containment indicator one = I new = N part at the beginning = P_ TW(I+N+P_)EAKS |
| FINAGLE (7) | dohz | May 9, 2023, 1:34 p.m. | bigstuffedcat | Frantically leafing through plot (7) | (LEAFING)* |
| FIANCHETTO (10) | bigstuffedcat | May 10, 2023, 8:20 a.m. | bigstuffedcat | Bishop's arrangement confused the faction | (THEFACTION)* |
| BONGCLOUD (9) | rpl | May 10, 2023, 7:11 p.m. | wolf | Bizarre opening, placing king's ass at the start clearly out there! (9) | &lit Bizarre opening: B_ placing: ON king's ass: _G at the start clearly: C_ out there: LOUD (flashy, garish) |
| POSTAL SERVICE (6, 7) | l_powell | May 11, 2023, 8:55 a.m. | noneuclidean | Vital process distributing its letters all around Earth! (6, 7) | &lit anagram of VITALPROCESS around E |
| FACETIOUSLY (11) | phenomist | May 11, 2023, 11:10 a.m. | bigstuffedcat | Satirically confront president's final promise-- shrewd (11) | Satirically = def FACE + T + IOU + SLY |
| ACE OF SPADES (3 2 6) | Zimodo | May 11, 2023, 1:57 p.m. | vi0let | Reverend's room of advisors to provide Saddam Hussein's mark (3 2 6) | SPACE OF AIDES spooner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Most-wanted_Iraqi_playing_cards |
| JOHN CENA (4, 4) | bigstuffedcat | May 12, 2023, 12:20 p.m. | vi0let | Can acne get popped when it's one you can't see? (4, 4) | JOHN + (ACNE)* can as in john as in toilet |
| ELOPE (5) | dohz | May 12, 2023, 12:24 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | After ignoring the first three letters, this letter says just run away to get married (5) | (-env)ELOPE |
| NEPO BABY (4, 4) | vi0let | May 12, 2023, 1:03 p.m. | bigstuffedcat | Briefly, chess grandmaster to coddle child who only succeeds because of parents (4, 4) | NEPO is a common nickname ("briefly") for GM Ian Nepomniatchi; BABY = coddle. |
| TRUISM (6) | phenomist | May 13, 2023, 11:20 a.m. | rpl | A moral politician leaves right-wing movement (6) | def = A moral // TRU(-mp)ISM |
| JURY (4) | Space_Kalak | May 14, 2023, 8:09 a.m. | bigstuffedcat | Perhaps "Twelve Angry Men" might still be out (4) | dd: "Perhaps Twelve Angry Men" // might still be out (cf. "the jury is out") |
| SCRABBLE (8) | bigstuffedcat | May 14, 2023, 12:41 p.m. | vi0let | Where you might play a Bingo group after setting cards first (8) | SC + RABBLE https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bingo_(Scrabble) |
| REPEAT (6) | dohz | May 14, 2023, 12:49 p.m. | vi0let | Crepe, a tasty, filling thing to have a few times (6) | cREPEATasty |
| TCHOTCHKE (9) | phenomist | May 15, 2023, 12:38 p.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | Knick knack even stack, input/output patch: partial key post block or catch (9) | Knick knack = def even stack = sTaCk input/output patch: = patch I to O in the following Partial KEy after "block or catch" = HITCH + KE _T_C_ + H(I->O)TCH + KE |
| ANY CLUE THAT USES SAT-STYLE ANALOGIES AS WORDPLAY (?) | theduckmedic | May 15, 2023, 12:50 p.m. | phenomist | proton : neutron :: its purpose : push (6) | P IS TO N = "its purpose is to push" |
| CHANNEL (7) | biocuriousgeorgie | May 16, 2023, 1:20 p.m. | bigstuffedcat | Chat room for /pol/ frequenter that abandoned far right in favor of left (7) | "Chat room": def /pol/ frequenter: CHANNER; abandoning the R at the end ("far right") in favor of an L |
| KOROK (5) | dohz | May 16, 2023, 1:54 p.m. | bigstuffedcat | To get Zelda character: Right, left + right, circle right (5) | Right = OK Right, left + right = KO + OK Right, left + right, circle right = KO(R)OK |
| HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN (5, 2, 3, 6, 3) | vi0let | May 16, 2023, 6:26 p.m. | bigstuffedcat | New Orleans locale wrongfully hires union's thug foes | "New Orleans locale": def (cf. the first verse of the song); (HIRESUNIONSTHUGFOES)* |
| ANY CLUE THAT INCLUDES THE SAME WORD THREE OR MORE TIMES (?) | bigstuffedcat | May 17, 2023, 12:01 p.m. | Botaku | How to finish sonnets? "Set set, Set upset." (9) | SESTETTES how to finish sonnets? - def upset - anagram (SETSETSET)* |
| SQUINT (6) | phenomist | May 17, 2023, 2:23 p.m. | Zimodo | Sea creature with no feet, no bone, and narrow eyes (6) | SQUI(-d) + N + T |
| NAG A RAM (3 1 3) | Zimodo | May 17, 2023, 11:33 p.m. | rÿàń | Funny anagram! (3 1 3) | *(ANAGRAM) &lit: "nag a ram" is an anagram and a funny google easter egg |
| OMBUDSMAN (9) | dohz | May 18, 2023, 8:36 p.m. | vi0let | Vietnam's dub mostly featuring rewind from something official? (9) | vietNAMSDUBMOstly < |
| EISTEDDFODAU (12) | noneuclidean | May 19, 2023, 2:06 p.m. | vi0let | Added suite of dancing in music festivals (12) | (addedsuiteof)* |
| DZONG (5) | vi0let | May 19, 2023, 5:01 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Dwelling from China’s East has a zigzag pattern (5) | defn = dwelling DONG (東, “east” in chinese) with Z (which is itself a zigzag) |
| SUMMON (6) | quatrevingtneuf | May 21, 2023, 8:39 a.m. | noneuclidean | Call some in! (6) | homphone of "some in" |
| ENGINEER (8) | dohz | May 21, 2023, 10:39 p.m. | dohz | Architect uncovered façade storing liquor (8) | (-v)EN(GIN)EER Architect = def uncovered = first letter deletion indicator façade = VENEER storing = containment indicator liquor = GIN |
| DOJO (4) | phenomist | May 23, 2023, 2:28 p.m. | Zimodo | ||Knock up dear at school|| (4) | DO + JO |
| HUNDRED (7) | phenomist | May 25, 2023, 2:38 p.m. | Zimodo | German dog near Red Square (7) | HUND + RED |
| NINETY NINE (6 4) | Zimodo | May 25, 2023, 4:25 p.m. | bags | Amount spent in teeny inn (6-4) | def. "Amount" wordplay: anagram ("spent") of IN TEENY INN |
| PHANTOM (7) | dohz | May 26, 2023, 4:42 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Essentially, amorphous pest in your house, finally exorcised! (7) | &lit P (center of amorPhous) + ANT in HOM(-e) |
| BANANA BREAD (6, 5) | bags | May 27, 2023, 2:34 p.m. | Rainy | Nana bear baked in a disgusting pastry (6 5) | BA(NANA+BREA*)D |
| BROOD (5) | dohz | May 28, 2023, 9:29 p.m. | l_powell | Issue banging head on revolving door (5) | def. = issue (as in offspring) wordplay B+<ROOD |
| WHODUNIT (8) | Zimodo | May 29, 2023, 4:39 p.m. | l_powell | A mystery unraveled with udon (8) | def = a mystery <withudon> |
| INTUITION (9) | l_powell | May 30, 2023, 7:52 a.m. | Zimodo | Through payment, understanding (9) | IN + TUITION |
| ALSO-RAN (4-3) | dohz | May 30, 2023, 9:37 p.m. | noneuclidean | A poor, unexcellent loser behind number one, coming from the back! (4-3) | A+LSOR(-e)*+(A+N)< |
| SUBSTANCE (9) | phenomist | May 31, 2023, 5:23 p.m. | Zimodo | Thing to understand? (9) | punny ddef |
| HOLBEIN (7) | rÿàń | June 1, 2023, 9:37 a.m. | Botaku | Warhol being part painter (7) | warHOL BEINg part - hidden word painter - def |
| SANDBAG (7) | dohz | June 1, 2023, 9:42 p.m. | bags | Potentially throw my username in description? (7) | def. "Potentially throw" (like throwing an online game) wordplay: S AND BAG ("my username", "in description": my username is BAGS, which you could describe as "S" AND "BAG") |
| QWERTY (6) | Zimodo | June 2, 2023, 2:36 a.m. | AuthorialIntent | Said key word: T, without E, for keyboard layout (6) | "k(-ey)word T" -> "k()ˌwərd ˈtē" |
| WALLWORT (8) | AuthorialIntent | June 2, 2023, 6:59 a.m. | Zimodo | A plant that is, to some extent, now all worthless (8) | _W ALL WORT_ |
| REVIVAL (7) | phenomist | June 2, 2023, 5:27 p.m. | Botaku | Tel Aviv eradicates revolutionary prisoners in resurgence (7) | teLAVIVERadicates revolutionary - reversal prisoners - hidden word in - link resurgence - def |
| CARPE DIEM (5, 4) | bags | June 4, 2023, 7:43 p.m. | Akumu | Whipped cream with an included pedi? Make the most of life! (5 4) | CREAM* around PEDI; whipped, like all words, is an anagrind |
| WHITE WHALE (5, 5) | dohz | June 4, 2023, 8:42 p.m. | dpad | My obsession? Hearing a ghoul scream. (5, 5) | My obsession = definition Hearing = homophone ghoul scream = WIGHT WAIL |
| SWINDLE (7) | l_powell | June 5, 2023, 10:39 a.m. | AuthorialIntent | Cheat to get edge over, succeed without me (7) | S(WIN)(-i)DLE |
| VERMEER (7) | rÿàń | June 5, 2023, 12:13 p.m. | vi0let | You paint European girls? Cover me erotically in the nude (7) | you paint european girls def coVERMEERotically |
| ESPRIT DE CORPS (6, 2, 5) | phenomist | June 6, 2023, 7:52 p.m. | l_powell | Outspoken sea hawk furnishing a feeling of pride or loyalty (6, 2, 5) | Homophone indicator: outspoken sea hawk = Osprey furnishing = decor a feeling of pride or loyalty = def |
| GAY (3) | vi0let | June 6, 2023, 9:13 p.m. | dohz | Homosexual aboard return voyage (3) | _GAY_< |
| CHEESE (6) | dohz | June 6, 2023, 10:54 p.m. | l_powell | Lychee seedling conceals processed dairy element (6) | Processed dairy element = def Ly(CHEE SE)eds |
| FRIDGE (6) | dohz | June 8, 2023, 10:57 p.m. | jen | French hilltop is cooler (6) | F = French Ridge = hilltop |
| ACROSTIC (8) | phenomist | June 9, 2023, 12:38 a.m. | dpad | An angry bug reportedly just looking at first letters (8) | An angry bug = A CROSS TICK reportedly = homophone just looking at first letters = def |
| LAUTREC (7) | rÿàń | June 9, 2023, 12:38 p.m. | Botaku | Toulouse artist's novella "Utrecht's gems" (7) | Toulouse artist - punny def for (Toulouse-)Lautrec novelLAUTRECht's gems - hidden word |
| FUMBGY ZONE (6, 4) | noneuclidean | June 9, 2023, 10:45 p.m. | Botaku | One of three channels: #fucked-up-memes-by-gay-youths, #introductions-corner, ...? (6,4) | one of three channels - def, from the meme the phrase originates from F_ U_ M_ B_ G_ Y_ introductions - first letters corner - ZONE |
| GALUMPH (7) | dohz | June 11, 2023, 1:57 a.m. | Botaku | Stomp former student in annual riddle event (7) | stomp - def former student - ALUM in - insertion indicator annual riddle event - GPH, short for Galactic Puzzle Hunt |
| PASTA (5) | InvalidD | June 12, 2023, 2:52 a.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | Noodles after one (5) | Noodles = def After = PAST One = A |
| COPY (4) | phenomist | June 12, 2023, 3:03 a.m. | InvalidD | Roger docks actor pays regularly (4) | Def: Roger (as in Copy that -> Roger that) Wordplay: Cut out regular letters of ACTOR PAYS for _C_O_ P_Y_ |
| POIGNANT (8) | l_powell | June 13, 2023, 4:14 a.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | Moving tip: boxes flip over and need good lids (8) | Moving = def Tip = POINT boxes = container indicator flip over And Need Good lids = (A_ N_ G_)< POI(A_ N_ G_)<NT |
| HYPE (4) | dohz | June 13, 2023, 12:45 p.m. | dpad | Lengthy period full of excitement (4) | lengtHY PEriod |
| MATISSE (7) | rÿàń | June 13, 2023, 8:34 p.m. | l_powell | Frenchman working with canvas ruined its seam (7) | Frenchman working with canvas = def Ruined = anagrind <itsseam> |
| TRAIN (5) | phenomist | June 14, 2023, 12:56 p.m. | dohz | Develop art that’s revolutionary and popular (5) | TRA<+IN Develop = def art that’s revolutionary = TRA< and = juxtaposition indicator popular = IN |
| A (1) | Zimodo | June 14, 2023, 2:26 p.m. | gppasco | "One for all" overturned (1) | One = def For all, overturned = ∀, flipped |
| PUZZLE HUNT (6, 4) | l_powell | June 15, 2023, 6:51 a.m. | dpad | Up, up! Then catch some Zs! Then lutetium is anagrammed for one or more metas! (6, 4) | UP< ZZ <THEN+LU> One or more metas = def |
| PUZZLEHUNT (10) | wolf | June 15, 2023, 9:01 a.m. | l_powell | Hunt puzzle assembly! (10) | Anagram ddef (sorry Jonah you snooze you lose) |
| PUNT (4) | dohz | June 15, 2023, 7:29 p.m. | dohz | John took 20 steps back, leading to kick (4) | “John” rot(-20) |
| B (1) | Zimodo | June 16, 2023, 2:29 p.m. | bags | Born a follower (1) | "Born" (abbreviation) "a follower" (B follows A in the alphabet) |
| SHOGI (5) | bags | June 17, 2023, 8:14 p.m. | dohz | Board game that’s Go-ish, after a fashion (5) | SHOGI* Board game = def that’s = connector Go-ish, = GOISH after a fashion = anagram indicator |
| LUMPIA (6) | dohz | June 17, 2023, 8:53 p.m. | phenomist | Puzzler eats soft spring roll (6) | LUM(P)IA |
| SEA (3) | l_powell | June 18, 2023, 4:57 a.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | Neptune's orbit is mostly retrograde - odd among planets (3) | Neptune's orbit = def (i.e., the sphere of influence of the god Neptune) Retrograde, odd among planets = P_A_E_S< Mostly = SEAp |
| EDELWEISS (9) | phenomist | June 18, 2023, 6:21 a.m. | rpl | Daisy Ridley taking no sides after Star Wars opening scene oddly rewritten (9) | Daisy = def RIDLEY, taking no sides = _IDLE_ Star Wars opening = S_W_ SCENE, oddly = S_E_E rewritten = anagrind (S_W_ S_E_E _IDLE_)* |
| C (1) | Zimodo | June 18, 2023, 3:11 p.m. | gppasco | Arc, ultimately! (1) | &lit; arC, and C is ultimately an arc |
| RAPHAEL (7) | rÿàń | June 19, 2023, 7:25 p.m. | dohz | Chat with Jacob’s wife about Renaissance painter (7) | RAP+(HAEL<) Chat = RAP with = juxtaposition indicator Jacob’s wife = LEAH about = reversal indicator Renaissance painter = def |
| DEF (3) | dohz | June 19, 2023, 8:58 p.m. | gppasco | Satisfied about this half of the clue (3) | Satisfied, about = FED, reversed This half of the clue = def |
| SACROSANCT (10) | wolog | June 20, 2023, 3:03 p.m. | Rainy | Can't cross a ruin that's hallowed (10) | Can't cross a - anagram fodder ruin - anagram indicator that's - connecting word hallowed - definition |
| FARGO (5) | dpad | June 20, 2023, 3:05 p.m. | lydian | US City's distant reach (5) | FAR + GO |
| D (1) | Zimodo | June 20, 2023, 3:13 p.m. | bags | Something to hide with underpants down (1) | ddef: "Something to hide with underpants" (D: slang for male genitals) "down" (D: in a crossword) |
| ESTIVAL (7) | rpl | June 21, 2023, 8:47 a.m. | Zimodo | Carnival, without fail, to appear in the summer (7) | (-f)ESTIVAL |
| TOREADOR (8) | phenomist | June 22, 2023, 2:23 a.m. | rpl | Man facing charges in Oregon after broke lawyer retired (8) | Man facing charges = def; in = link TORE = broke (v.) AD< = lawyer retired OR = Oregon |
| E (1) | Zimodo | June 22, 2023, 4:16 p.m. | gppasco | Energy constant (1) | ddef |
| FRANTIC (7) | biocuriousgeorgie | June 23, 2023, 4:46 a.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | Berserk tirade pervades fan's writing (7) | Berserk = def Tirade = RANT Fan's writing = FIC F(RANT)IC |
| PAY RESPECTS (3, 8) | noneuclidean | June 24, 2023, 5:19 p.m. | Neeerd | Opening of pop song followed by half of spectators' smile and praise (3, 8) | P_+AYRE+SPECT(-ators)+S = praise |
| F (1) | Zimodo | June 24, 2023, 10:52 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | It ends off with failure (1) | last letter of OFF F is failing grade |
| SCRIMSHAW (9) | l_powell | June 25, 2023, 9:33 a.m. | l_powell | Chris swam into a sailor's craft (9) | <chrisswam> def = a sailor's craft (scrimshaw is principally associated with 19th(?) century whalers as practitioners) |
| KEPI (4) | dohz | June 25, 2023, 6:47 p.m. | dohz | Military hat found in snake pit (4) | _KE PI_ |
| G (1) | Zimodo | June 27, 2023, 2:31 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | So good (1) | good abbr. = G so as in solfege note (yes i'm being basic assuming it's Cmaj) |
| FOOL’S GOLD (5, 4) | dohz | June 27, 2023, 6:54 p.m. | Zimodo | Bad logos during failure is a poor investment (5 4) | FO(OLS GO*)LD |
| EXCLAMATION MARK (11, 4) | phenomist | June 29, 2023, 12:02 a.m. | Neeerd | ||*bang* *climax* *moan* *take head* *raw sex*|| (11, 4) | (CLIMAX+MOAN+TAKE+R_)* = Bang |
| H (1) | Zimodo | June 29, 2023, 5:30 a.m. | |||
| RAIN CHECK (4, 5) | dohz | June 29, 2023, 6:57 p.m. | l_powell | Hacker inc mucked up torrent fix (4, 5) | <hackerinc> Def = torrent fix |
| AT SIGN (2, 4) | phenomist | July 1, 2023, 2:04 a.m. | dpad | Two shift a bit of the Bat-Signal (2, 4) | Two shift = def (two on a qwerty keyboard gives @ if shift is held) a bit of the = hidden word bATSIGNal |
| I (1) | Zimodo | July 1, 2023, 7:55 a.m. | lydian | 1 = √-1 (1) | ddef, 1 = I, √-1 = i |
| A CLUE FOR THE NAME OF A MUSIC GROUP YOUR PARENTS LIKE (?) | l_powell | July 1, 2023, 2:23 p.m. | |||
| VERBOTEN (8) | dohz | July 1, 2023, 7:58 p.m. | dpad | Vancouver bot encounter is secretly taboo (8) | vancouVER BOT ENcounter is secretly = hidden word taboo = def |
| OCTOTHORPE (10) | phenomist | July 3, 2023, 2:14 a.m. | noneuclidean | <#379130675309051904> initially confused, following original content that's short and in Japanese (10) | should display as #other-puzzles initially confused, following original content that's short and in Japanese # = def other = OTHER puzzles initially = P_ confused = anagrind following = juxtaposition original content that's short = OC and in Japanese = TO OC+TO+THORPE* |
| J (1) | Zimodo | July 3, 2023, 8:56 a.m. | summitwei | Energy unit formed with 2/3 Uranium? (1) | J looks like 2/3 of a U |
| LABEL (5) | dohz | July 3, 2023, 8:04 p.m. | noneuclidean | Description of what Cain said to his brother on Twitter after killing him??? (5) | L ABEL |
| DOLLAR (6) | phenomist | July 5, 2023, 9:30 a.m. | AuthorialIntent | Buck, bunny, and anteater at the banks (6) | DOLL (attractive woman) + A_R |
| K (1) | Zimodo | July 5, 2023, 10:08 a.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | First kiss is all right (1) | K_, all right = def |
| RED FLAG (3, 4) | dohz | July 6, 2023, 12:36 a.m. | bags | Concerning pattern for lad/GF (3, 4) | &lit (entire clue is definition and entire clue is wordplay) RE ("Concerning") DFLAG ("pattern for lad/GF": anagram of LADGF) |
| L (1) | Zimodo | July 7, 2023, 1:43 p.m. | dohz | End of Loss! (1) | End of Loss = first end of LOSS End of Loss = last end of | || || L &lit |
| PERCENT (7) | phenomist | July 7, 2023, 2:11 p.m. | phenomist | tenth squared the reverend's snake (7) | spoonerism of SERPENT = "tenth squared" |
| BORK (4) | dohz | July 8, 2023, 12:40 a.m. | Rainy | Arbor knot protects damage (4) | _BOR K_ |
| CARET (5) | phenomist | July 9, 2023, 3:51 p.m. | l_powell | Tend to start warning of error in writing (5) | CARE + T(o) def = warning of error in writing |
| M (1) | Zimodo | July 9, 2023, 5:29 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | A candy after doubling mass (1) | M&M is a candy m mass in formulae |
| QUIVER (6) | dohz | July 10, 2023, 12:44 a.m. | Neeerd | Shake container (6) | lazy ddef |
| AMPERSAND (9) | phenomist | July 11, 2023, 3:56 p.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | ASCII character - shifted 7! (9) | &lit The ASCII character - (minus), when shifted back by 7 in the ASCII tables, becomes & def = the ASCII character you get from Shift+7 (on a US QWERTY keyboard, anyway) |
| N (1) | Zimodo | July 11, 2023, 7:36 p.m. | |||
| BALCONY (7) | dohz | July 12, 2023, 12:48 a.m. | Zimodo | Alcohol bottled by barren terrace (7) | B(ALC)ONY |
| STAR (4) | phenomist | July 13, 2023, 4:03 p.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | Feature of liberal arts (4) | Feature = def ARTS* |
| O (1) | Zimodo | July 13, 2023, 7:40 p.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | ||Climax of porno!|| (1) | &lit Last letter of pornO |
| NITRO (5) | dohz | July 14, 2023, 12:53 a.m. | AuLeaf | Western fort intentionally conceals explosive (5) | _NI TRO_< |
| COMMUTE (7) | biocuriousgeorgie | July 15, 2023, 4:24 a.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | Cute mom plays Journey every day (7) | CUTEMOM* plays journey every day = def |
| LEFT (4) | phenomist | July 15, 2023, 4:55 p.m. | dohz | Felt troubled and departed (4) | LEFT* |
| P (1) | Zimodo | July 16, 2023, 12:26 a.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | Speak second tongue on the internet (1) | sPeak Tongue on the internet = def, as the tongue of the emoticon :P |
| SLAKING (7) | dohz | July 16, 2023, 12:56 a.m. | Zimodo | Californian hockey team lined up back to front for drinking water (7) | (S)LAKING(-s) how tf do i annotate this |
| PARENTHESIS (11) | phenomist | July 17, 2023, 5:11 p.m. | noneuclidean | The interrupting English symbol, primarily in assembled pairs! (11) | &lit The = THE interrupting = containment indicator English = EN symbol, primarily = S_ in = containment indicator assembled pairs = PARIS* PAR(EN(THE)S_)IS* |
| BAROQUE (7) | dohz | July 18, 2023, 1 a.m. | lavaloid83 | *Bocchi the Rock!* song starts and ends in the style of Vivaldi (7) | "[Bo]cchi the [Rock]" homophone = BAROQUE = the style of Vivaldi |
| Q (1) | Zimodo | July 18, 2023, 4:45 a.m. | rpl | Conspiracy in *Succession* revealed to audience (1) | Conspiracy = def; in = link Succession, revealed to audience = "queue" homophone |
| OLD-TIMEY (3-5) | dohz | July 20, 2023, 1:06 a.m. | dohz | Revising melody—it’s outdated (3-5) | Revising melody—it = (OLD-TIMEY)* ’s = connector outdated = def |
| NOVELLA (7) | biocuriousgeorgie | July 20, 2023, 4:37 a.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | Upended all of German literary form (7) | "all of" in German, upended = (ALLE VON)< Literary form = def |
| SUBSCRIPT (9) | phenomist | July 20, 2023, 4:53 a.m. | phenomist | Short letter of unionized membership (9) | SUBSCRIPT(-ion) (unionized meaning remove ion) = "short letter" |
| R (1) | Zimodo | July 20, 2023, 7:49 a.m. | rpl | Short take is intended for mature audiences (7) | ddef short take - r. is abbrev from Latin for "take" (e.g. Rx prescription) intended for mature audiences - movie rating |
| EMBARGO (7) | biocuriousgeorgie | July 22, 2023, 5:45 a.m. | dohz | “Love, take me back—” “Stop!” (7) | (EM+BARG+O)< Love = O take = GRAB me = ME back = reversal indicator Stop = def not an &lit |
| S (1) | Zimodo | July 22, 2023, 9:46 a.m. | rpl | Second letter of the alphabet (1) | Second (unit of time) = S def = letter of the alphabet |
| ADDITION (8) | phenomist | July 22, 2023, 11:48 a.m. | l_powell | Ain’t I odd, concealing something that wasn’t originally part of the plans? (8) | <ain’t I odd> Def = something that wasn’t originally part of the plans? (like an addition on a house) |
| ATLAS (5) | dohz | July 22, 2023, 7:31 p.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | Recall season one - he was a Titan (5) | (SALT+A)< |
| BRACES (6) | phenomist | July 24, 2023, 11:51 a.m. | latentmoths | Super Bowl back takes rush carries (6) | Super Bowl = SB back = reverse ind. = BS takes = container ind. rush = race carries = def. |
| BARBIE (6) | biocuriousgeorgie | July 24, 2023, 12:45 p.m. | noneuclidean | Imp opener, after some harrassment, embraces initially high-earning movie that premiered on July 21, 2023 (6) | Imp opener = I_ after = concatenation some harrassment = BARB embraces initially = E_ high-earning movie that premiered on July 21, 2023 = BARB + I_ + E_ |
| T (1) | Zimodo | July 24, 2023, 12:45 p.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | Boston subway report: something spilled (1) | Boston subway = def report = homophone indicator something spilled = "tea" |
| OPPENHEIMER (11) | lavaloid83 | July 24, 2023, 10 p.m. | noneuclidean | Imp opener, after some harrassment, embraces initially high-earning movie that premiered on July 21, 2023 (11) | Imp opener = IMPOPENER after some harrassment = anagram embraces = containment initially high-earning = H_ E_ movie that premiered on July 21, 2023 = OPPEN(H_ E_)IMER* |
| PIKMIN (6) | dohz | July 25, 2023, 1:30 a.m. | latentmoths | Plant-like creatures I know, in the evening, mostly sin. (6) | P(IK)M+(s)IN Plant-like creatures = def I know = IK in the evening = contained in PM mostly sin = (s)IN |
| INCEPTION (9) | rpl | July 26, 2023, 12:55 p.m. | latentmoths | A hotel has a peculiar type of license for opening. (9) | IN(CEPTIO)*N A hotel = INN has = container ind. peculiar = anagram ind. type of license = POETIC for = link word opening = def |
| VERTICAL (8) | phenomist | July 26, 2023, 1:10 p.m. | dohz | Characters detained by Javert I calculated to be upright (8) | _VERT I CAL_ Characters detained by = hidden indicator to be = connector upright = def |
| HOT WHEELS (3 6) | SoftFro | July 26, 2023, 1:20 p.m. | Zimodo | Small cars with women wearing sexy stilettos (3 6) | HOT (W)HEELS |
| U (1) | Zimodo | July 26, 2023, 4:55 p.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | It's radioactive, you said?! (1) | It's radioactive = def (uranium) You said = homophone of U |
| IMBROGLIO (9) | dohz | July 27, 2023, 5:13 a.m. | rpl | Microbiologist spilled liquid CO - it's leaving a mess (9) | MICROBIOLOGIST spilled = IMBROGLIOcoist* liquid CO ITS leaving = IMBROGLIO(-*coist) a mess = def |
| COLON (5) | phenomist | July 28, 2023, 1:14 p.m. | Zimodo | Column on punctuation (5) | COL + ON |
| V (1) | Zimodo | July 29, 2023, 12:17 a.m. | rpl | The origin of Valjean as a revolutionary (1) | the origin of Valjean = V_ as = link; a revolutionary = def (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V_(character) |
| MARS (4) | dohz | July 29, 2023, 5:19 a.m. | Zimodo | A lot of swamp ruins (4) | MARS(-h) |
| BARTENDER | Teal | July 29, 2023, 3:25 p.m. | gammarob | Painting during a night of heavy drinking just gets you more drinks (9) | “gets you more drinks” = defn ART in BENDER makes BARTENDER |
| W (1) | Zimodo | July 31, 2023, 12:26 a.m. | Anonymus25 | Victory letter (1) | W is a slang used by people to mean Win/Victory W is a letter ddef |
| QUOTATION (9) | phenomist | July 31, 2023, 12:27 a.m. | |||
| PAELLA (6) | dohz | July 31, 2023, 9:03 p.m. | AuLeaf | Baselessly turned beer hops into Spanish dish (6) | reversal of AL(-e)+LEAP(-s) |
| X (1) | Zimodo | Aug. 2, 2023, 5:30 a.m. | gppasco | Careless, lacking LA Times (1) | Careless = LAX Lacking LA = [la]X Times = X |
| WOK (3) | dohz | Aug. 2, 2023, 9:10 p.m. | l_powell | Endless right-wing complaint target is site of huge stir? (3) | WOK(e) def = site of huge stir? |
| FONTAINE (8) | Anonymus25 | Aug. 4, 2023, 1:15 a.m. | |||
| COMPARISON (10) | phenomist | Aug. 4, 2023, 2:01 a.m. | Zimodo | Public land, without French address, accomodates Paris association (10) | CO(-m)M(PARIS)ON |
| Y (1) | Zimodo | Aug. 4, 2023, 7:36 a.m. | |||
| Z (1) | Zimodo | Aug. 6, 2023, 10:57 a.m. | AuLeaf | Zero's first in the set of integers (1) | wp: Z_ link: "in" def: the set of integers (ℤ) |
| ? (1) | AuLeaf | Aug. 6, 2023, 11:50 a.m. | AuLeaf | Hook hand visibly used in interrogatory climax (1) | ? looks like a hook hand |
| ROVE (4) | dohz | Aug. 8, 2023, 2:23 a.m. | wisprabbit | Stray trapped in Groverhaus (4) | Def: stray; hidden ("trapped") in gROVErhaus |
| AND PER SE AND (3 3 2 3) | Zimodo | Aug. 8, 2023, 12:22 p.m. | |||
| MULTIPLY (8) | biocuriousgeorgie | Aug. 9, 2023, 11:43 a.m. | |||
| QUESTION (8) | phenomist | Aug. 10, 2023, 2:27 a.m. | gppasco | Queen, after replacing fourth member with Otis, playing “Is This the World We Created…?” or “Who Wants to Live Forever” (8) | Queen, after replacing fourth member with Otis playing: QUE[E]N -> QUE[OTIS*]N (playing anagrind) “Is This the World We Created…?” or “Who Wants to Live Forever”: These are Queen songs that are also questions |
| SAVVY (5) | dohz | Aug. 11, 2023, 8:59 a.m. | gppasco | Knowing a wrong way to write ten in Roman numerals: dividing, say (5) | Knowing: def A wrong way to write ten in Roman numerals: VV Dividing say: SA[VV]Y ("VV" divides "SAY") |
| LOOP (4) | Zimodo | Aug. 12, 2023, 10:12 p.m. | septacube77 | Whirlpool whorl (4) | whirlpool - reverse POOL whorl - def |
| FLAGSHIP (8) | Zimodo | Aug. 15, 2023, 7 a.m. | |||
| RUGGED (6) | dohz | Aug. 15, 2023, 9:05 p.m. | Zimodo | Carpeted firm? (6) | punny ddef variant to appease the not-brits |
| IM WOLFY (2 5) | SoftFro | Aug. 16, 2023, 1:03 p.m. | |||
| I AM GROOT (1 2 5) | wolf | Aug. 16, 2023, 3:57 p.m. | Zimodo | GotG gag got Mario aroar. (1 2 5) | I AM GROOT* + only uses letters from IAMGROOT |
| PEDANTIC (8) | l_powell | Aug. 17, 2023, 11:12 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Annoying bit of mischief by a short kid (8) | defn - annoying ANTIC (bit of mischief) by PED(iatric) |
| FRESCO (6) | Zimodo | Aug. 18, 2023, 4:07 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Violently forces Al to make it outside? (6) | /FORCES defn - AL FRESCO refers to outdoor dining |
| KEFIR (5) | dohz | Aug. 19, 2023, 1:39 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Coke: first bottled drink (5) | defn - drink bottled as hidden ind |
| ATARAXIA (8) | rpl | Aug. 19, 2023, 6 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Interrupting uncontrolled movement with anticonvulsant remedies initially produces a relaxed state (8) | defn - relaxed state ATAXIA with A* R* bonus points for being kinda true |
| MILESTONE (9) | dohz | Aug. 21, 2023, 1:58 p.m. | Zimodo | A landmark moment of Davis' sound (9) | MILES' + TONE |
| MINESTRONE (10) | quatrevingtneuf | Aug. 22, 2023, 12:01 a.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | Soup for me - hearty, with energy for a thousand (10) | Soup = def For me = MINE Hearty = STRONG with E for G = STRONE |
| LIMESTONE (9) | Zimodo | Aug. 22, 2023, 12:06 a.m. | dpad | Elvis meets at lounge regularly, providing rock (9) | eLvIsMeEtSaTlOuNgE regularly = every other letter providing = link rock = def |
| MIFEPRISTONE (12) | phenomist | Aug. 22, 2023, 1:44 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Feminine ports no longer harbour origin of neonate after this disruption! (12) | anag. FEMININEPORTS - N(eonate) sorry for this |
| PINECONE (8) | biocuriousgeorgie | Aug. 22, 2023, 6:28 a.m. | Firetruck | Subject from a branch of economics: inflating the yen (8) | Subject from a branch: def Economics=ECON inflating: containment indicator yen = PINE (synonym) PIN(ECON)E |
| NO ONE (2 3) | Zimodo | Aug. 25, 2023, 7:33 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | From twelve, to a smaller number, to zero people (2 3) | defn = zero people NOON + E (confirming that e<12 is an exercise for the reader) |
| FLAPS (5) | Firetruck | Aug. 26, 2023, 7:27 a.m. | dpad | Florida public school panics (5) | FLA+PS |
| EDGE CASE (4 4) | noneuclidean | Aug. 26, 2023, 9:41 p.m. | dpad | Boundary condition caused meltdown e.g. ceased (4 4) | Boundary condition = def caused = link meltdown = anagrind EGCEASED = anagram fodder |
| R2D2 (2) | phenomist | Aug. 26, 2023, 9:52 p.m. | gppasco | Droid, Republican, and Democrat getting into Taylor Swift song (4) | Droid = def Republican = R Democrat = D getting into = container indicator Taylor Swift song = 22 R + 2[D]2 = R2D2 |
| POIOUMENA (9) OR POIOUMENON (10) | Firetruck | Aug. 28, 2023, 4:48 p.m. | |||
| GOBBLEDYGOOK (12) | Anonymus25 | Aug. 28, 2023, 6:43 p.m. | phenomist | Eat fact, eat slime baloney (12) | GOBBLE (eat) + DYK (fact, did you know) takes GOO (slime) = "baloney" |
| M3GAN (4) | gppasco | Aug. 28, 2023, 9:55 p.m. | noneuclidean | Movie about a doll with AI technology and a guy with mobile telephony technology (133) | M(3G)AN |
| OTIOSE (6) | Firetruck | Aug. 31, 2023, 5:03 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Idea exposed: downright worthless? (6) | defn = worthless (-n)OTIO(-n) + S (down) + E (right) |
| SHUFTI (6) | dohz | Aug. 31, 2023, 5:20 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Reconnaissance found leader trapped inside: close one! (6) | defn = reconnaissance (it's not an &lit, i think it just reads better) F (leader of found) trapped in SHUT (close) + I (one) |
| UNHEARD-OF (7-2) | Zimodo | Aug. 31, 2023, 7:50 p.m. | |||
| BANNER (6) | dohz | Sept. 3, 2023, 5:58 p.m. | dohz | Flag to a moderator, perhaps? (6) | ddef Flag = def to = connector a moderator, perhaps? = def, as in someone who can ban content/users, i.e. a banner |
| DAWDLE (6) | WoomyRogue | Sept. 4, 2023, 2:35 p.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | Drag one's feet in clumsy waddle (6) | Drag one's feet = def WADDLE* |
| SCRE4M (6) | gppasco | Sept. 4, 2023, 11:01 p.m. | dohz | Slasher roughed up 4 mercs (6) | SCRE4M* Slasher = def, as in slasher film |
| ANACONDA (8) | biocuriousgeorgie | Sept. 5, 2023, 7:52 p.m. | rpl | Video game company invested in first programmer of Python (8) | Video game company = NACON https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nacon invested in = containment first programmer = ADA (Lovelace) of = link A(NACON)DA |
| ELI (3) | Firetruck | Sept. 7, 2023, 5:47 p.m. | Firetruck | Elvis has no competition with Whitney (3) | ELVIS - VS (versus=competition) Def: eli whitney, inventor of the cotton gin, a terrible cocktail if you ask me |
| GUTS (4) | gppasco | Sept. 7, 2023, 9:55 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Belly grunt is odd (4) | defn = belly GrUnT iS sounds from there can be odd i guess |
| UGLIEST (7) | noneuclidean | Sept. 7, 2023, 9:57 p.m. | Zimodo | 11660 damaged bottles rest horizontally, revealing the worst looking one (7) | 11660 -> https://cryptics.jackbrounstein.com/contest/3020-guts-4?highlight=11660#clue11660 UG(LIE)ST* revealing is connector |
| NIX (3) | Zimodo | Sept. 9, 2023, 5:51 p.m. | dohz | Ultimately, seventy-seven plus nine equals eighty-six (3) | _N+IX Ultimately, seventy-seven = _N plus = juxtaposition indicator nine = IX equals = connector eighty-six = def |
| SIROCCO (7) | dohz | Sept. 9, 2023, 11:18 p.m. | Taargus | Knighted anthropomorphic wallaby discussed the wind in North Africa (7) | "sir rocko" (hom.) |
| A113 (4) | Zimodo | Sept. 11, 2023, 6:13 p.m. | gppasco | Pixar easter egg: band playing “Amber” in reverse after end of “Luca” (4) | Pixar easter egg: def band playing "Amber" in reverse: 311 rev. -> 113 after end of "Luca": put 113 after (luc)A |
| BAYMAX (6) | rpl | Sept. 11, 2023, 8:05 p.m. | |||
| CLUTCH (6) | dohz | Sept. 12, 2023, 7:36 a.m. | |||
| NONAGON (7) | Zimodo | Sept. 14, 2023, 2:09 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Something from math class is a bother during lunch hour (7) | NAG in NOON |
| CLUTCH (6) | Firetruck | Sept. 14, 2023, 6:31 p.m. | Firetruck | On the other hand, it can help to walk with a purse (6) | CRUTCH changing R To L (on the other hand) |
| GUINEA PIG (6, 3) | dohz | Sept. 15, 2023, 4:50 a.m. | rpl | Lab test with a tailless penguin doctored on Instagram (6, 3) | def = Lab test (subject) link = with GUINEA P* = (A PENGUI_)* doctored [on] IG = Instagram |
| AUTUMNAL (8) | rpl | Sept. 17, 2023, 7:20 a.m. | rpl | Abdomen broke, ulna fractured after a concerning fall (8) | Abdomen = TUM broke = contained in Ulna fractured = UNAL* A U(TUM)NAL* |
| TRIANGLE (8) | Zimodo | Sept. 17, 2023, 9:10 p.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | Say "Go Fish" to get three points often (8) | Say = homophone indicator Go = "try" (as a noun, e.g., give it a go/try), sounds like TRI Fish = ANGLE Three points, often = def |
| BADGER (6) | dohz | Sept. 18, 2023, 4:18 p.m. | Firetruck | Pester the guy giving out nametags (6) | ddef (badger (v) and one who badges) 🦡🦡🦡🦡🦡🦡🦡🦡🦡🦡🦡🦡🍄🍄 🦡🦡🦡🦡🦡🦡🦡🦡🦡🦡🦡🦡🍄🍄 🦡🦡🦡🦡🦡🦡🦡🦡🦡🦡🦡🦡🍄🍄 🐍🐍🐍 |
| GUDGEON (7) | biocuriousgeorgie | Sept. 20, 2023, 8:05 a.m. | dohz | You died during good game? Time to cheat! (7) | G(U+D)G+EON You = U died = D during = insertion indicator good game = GG Time = EON to = connector cheat = def not an &lit |
| LEFTIST (7) | Zimodo | Sept. 21, 2023, 9 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Democrat's docket has sealed her fate in an alternative manner (7) | defn = democrat (somewhat US-centric) LIST (docket) seals hEr FaTe |
| JAMBOREE (8) | dohz | Sept. 21, 2023, 9:20 a.m. | Zimodo | Jay and an uninteresting person, around morning, find energy for get together (8) | J(AM)BORE+E |
| NEONATE (7) | quatrevingtneuf | Sept. 22, 2023, 11:15 a.m. | Firetruck | Baby had gas, got changed (7) | Had=ate, bas=neon, got changes: swap 'em |
| DEKKO (5) | dohz | Sept. 23, 2023, 6:50 p.m. | Firetruck | Peep, at distance, to echo loudly (5) | d + "echo" |
| SNOOKER (7) | Firetruck | Sept. 24, 2023, 8:03 a.m. | |||
| AFORESAID (9) | rpl | Sept. 26, 2023, 5:37 a.m. | mbingo | A+ for staggering ideas expressed earlier (9) | def: "expressed earlier"; A+FOR+ESAID* |
| SIMPATICO (9) | dohz | Sept. 28, 2023, 12:08 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Nice, Latino fool: a Costa Rican (9) | defn = nice in spanish SIMP + A TICO |
| REDUX (5) | Zimodo | Sept. 29, 2023, 6:03 p.m. | Firetruck | Loud mallards in the tall grass again (5) | "REED DUCKS" |
| BIAS (4) | dohz | Sept. 30, 2023, 5:14 p.m. | Firetruck | Without gender preference: like gender preference, perhaps (4) | Without gender preference: BI like: AS with gender preference, perhaps: def |
| BAEZ (4) | Firetruck | Sept. 30, 2023, 9:05 p.m. | AuLeaf | Singer Joan denies initially riding exotic zebra (4) | BAEZ(-r_)* |
| GRUE (4) | Firetruck | Oct. 3, 2023, 7:46 a.m. | Firetruck | One who never has a light meal's first gluttonous regret (4) | Def: one who never has a light meal, since a grue eats in darkness First gluttonous: G Regret: RUE |
| BULLISH (7) | dohz | Oct. 3, 2023, 4:37 p.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | Optimistic hedge conceals bad back (7) | Optimistic = def Hedge = BUSH, containing ILL reversed BU(ILL<)SH |
| DYBBUK (6) | Firetruck | Oct. 5, 2023, 9:55 a.m. | |||
| BULLSHIT (8) | AuLeaf | Oct. 5, 2023, 1:28 p.m. | Firetruck | Applesauce is a country pie filling (8) | Ddef (applesauce meaning "moonshine", and cowpies) |
| RECOVER (7) | dohz | Oct. 5, 2023, 5:49 p.m. | Firetruck | Recording complete. Save? (7) | REC + OVER |
| MILLE-FEUILLE (5-7) | InvalidD | Oct. 7, 2023, 9:50 a.m. | Firetruck | Napoleon's mule: "I feel ill, terrible" (5-7) | MULEIFEELILL* |
| PABLUM (6) | dohz | Oct. 7, 2023, 5:52 p.m. | Firetruck | "Plumbum" translated....um.....to "a (sorta) leaden work" (6) | PLUMBUM is lead in Latin (hence 'Pb') PL(UM->A)BUM* leaden work = def |
| SOLIPSISM (9) | Firetruck | Oct. 10, 2023, 4:01 p.m. | dohz | Significant other is locking lips with me, backing off the thought that one is alone (9) | SO+(LIPS)+IS+M(-e) Significant other = SO locking = containment indicator with = juxtaposition indicator backing off = last letter deletion indicator the thought that one is alone = def |
| TWANG (5) | dohz | Oct. 12, 2023, 12:59 p.m. | Firetruck | Fly returns to drink Whiskey and Tang (5) | GNAT< =fly returns Drink: containment Whiskey=W (NATO) Tang= def |
| PARSE (5) | Zimodo | Oct. 13, 2023, 2:29 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Sort spare parts! (5) | somewhat shaky &lit <SPARE>, and i am loosely suggesting that sorting things is equivalent to parsing things |
| REGRESSION (10) | Anonymus25 | Oct. 15, 2023, 6:18 p.m. | Madmahogany | Backsliding vent in cast iron (10) | Defn: Backsliding vent in cast iron = (EGRESS) in (RION)* |
| CONFAB (6) | Firetruck | Oct. 16, 2023, 9:24 a.m. | Madmahogany | Leading conversation on nonformal, frivolous, asinine business (6) | Kind of an &lit Acrostic on Conversation On Nonformal, Frivolous, Asinine Business |
| PAISLEY (7) | biocuriousgeorgie | Oct. 17, 2023, 9:27 p.m. | Firetruck | Extremely short pants easily ruined, full of tears (7) | P_ + EASILY* |
| SUP (3) | dohz | Oct. 18, 2023, 9:06 a.m. | dohz | Slurp at regular intervals! (3) | S_U_P &lit |
| DIVEST (6) | quatrevingtneuf | Oct. 19, 2023, 8:22 a.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | Take things from the superlative scuba aficionado? (6) | Take things from = def scuba aficionado = diver, so the superlative one would be...DIVEST? |
| WONDER (6) | dohz | Oct. 20, 2023, 9:23 a.m. | Zimodo | Get a sense of awe from Taylor Swift's album now played backwards (6) | WON+DER< |
| HUBRIS (6) | Zimodo | Oct. 20, 2023, 1:54 p.m. | Firetruck | "Center connects to radius" is ninth circle trait (6) | HUB+R (radius) + IS In the Divine Comedy, the ninth Circle of Hell contains giants representing hubris |
| FULVOUS (7) | Firetruck | Oct. 21, 2023, 9:54 a.m. | Madmahogany | Artful voussoirs contain this hue (7) | artFUL VOUSsoirs Semi &lit?? because I googled pictures of arches and some old ones have this color |
| FLOTSAM (7) | dohz | Oct. 22, 2023, 5:21 p.m. | Madmahogany | Return mast after endless surge of debris (7) | Defn: debris FLOw(MAST)<= |
| SORE (4) | quatrevingtneuf | Oct. 23, 2023, 12:10 p.m. | Zimodo | Sober -> Drunk -> Black out -> In pain (4) | SORE(-b)* |
| BULBOUS (7) | Zimodo | Oct. 23, 2023, 5:01 p.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | Bloated bus is full of extremely unusual body odor (7) | Bloated = def extremely UnusuaL body odor = BO (common enough abbreviation, I think?) B(U_L + BO)US |
| SEAT (4) | noneuclidean | Oct. 25, 2023, 12:23 p.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | Bench pressed a set (4) | Bench = def Pressed = anagrind (e.g., liquefied like with a juice press) for ASET* |
| FELT (4) | biocuriousgeorgie | Oct. 25, 2023, 7:56 p.m. | Zimodo | Seemed to be left out (4) | FELT* |
| WARM (4) | Zimodo | Oct. 25, 2023, 7:58 p.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | General's bread and butter might start to get toast-y (4) | General's bread and butter = WAR might start = M To get toasty = def (warm as a verb) |
| CADRE (5) | Firetruck | Oct. 26, 2023, 12:37 p.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | Care about Delta team (5) | CA(D)RE Team = def |
| VALET (5) | dohz | Oct. 27, 2023, 12:32 p.m. | Zimodo | Virginia permitted someone to drive a car (5) | VA+LET |
| ANY NUMBER BIGGER THAN 1000 (?) | Zimodo | Oct. 29, 2023, 6:56 a.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | Author held love for a number named by a child (6) | Author = GOGOL, held love = GO(O)GOL A number named by a child = def |
| CYCLE (5) | dohz | Oct. 29, 2023, 5:36 p.m. | |||
| TALOS (5) | short_c1rcuit | Oct. 30, 2023, 2:59 p.m. | Zimodo | 50% off puzzle game on Windows, macOS, or Linux! (5) | (-por)TAL+OS |
| ALL HALLOWS' EVE (3 7' 3) | Zimodo | Oct. 31, 2023, 3:57 p.m. | manofsteele | Hotel decorated with two of everything takes great pains the night before Halloween (3 7’ 3) | “Hotel decorated with two of everything” - H surrounded by ALL and ALL “Great pains” - OWS “Night before” - EVE “Halloween” - def |
| ERUDITE (7) | dohz | Oct. 31, 2023, 11:32 p.m. | Triske | Very wise to begin eating most of a veggie tray (7) | E + cRUDITE |
| MYSTIC (6) | lydian | Nov. 2, 2023, 6:05 a.m. | summitwei | Person with magical powers: "My wand's back... it's gone!" (6) | MY+STIC(-k) |
| INSTINCT (8) | biocuriousgeorgie | Nov. 2, 2023, 7:08 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Talent from Yale? (8) | defn = talent yale is an INST IN CT |
| VALOR (5) | dohz | Nov. 2, 2023, 11:51 p.m. | dohz | Unova lore featuring Pokémon team (5) | _VA LOR_ |
| ERRING (6) | Zimodo | Nov. 2, 2023, 11:57 p.m. | dohz | Fish abandons leader, going astray (6) | (-h)ERRING |
| YONKS (5) | Firetruck | Nov. 3, 2023, 10:07 p.m. | manofsteele | City in New York doesn't need medical attention for a long time (5) | City in New York - YONKERS Doesn't need medical attention - delete ER A long time - def yeah i know yonkers is a little obscure but i live there so i gotta rep it |
| JEEPERS (7) | manofsteele | Nov. 4, 2023, 10:30 p.m. | Firetruck | Oh, my kids swallowed up a sword (7) | J(EPEE<)RS oh my= def Kids = jrs Sword = epee |
| TO A T (2, 1, 1) | dohz | Nov. 4, 2023, 11:57 p.m. | AuLeaf | Without trace of singe, toast is perfectly done (2,1,1) | TOA(-s_)T |
| FACE CARD (4 4) | Zimodo | Nov. 6, 2023, 3:29 p.m. | noneuclidean | For example, Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now" starting on "gonna" and ending on "real" (ignoring the highest note) is played with ritardando, essentially (4 4) | For example, Queen = def 's = connector "Don't Stop Me Now" starting on "gonna" and ending on "real" (ignoring the highest note) is played = FAC(-f)ECA with = juxtaposition ritardando, essentially = _RD_ |
| MALEFIC (7) | dohz | Nov. 8, 2023, 9:12 a.m. | Zimodo | Yaoi about Saturn and Mars? (7) | MALE FIC |
| 8OO10CDC (8) | Zimodo | Nov. 8, 2023, 3:40 p.m. | Madmahogany | Show where they control outbreaks after 810 cases of obese heads (8) | Defn: Show 8(OO)10(CDC) they control outbreaks: CDC cases is the containment indicator of obese heads = OO |
| SWAG (4) | Firetruck | Nov. 9, 2023, 1:12 p.m. | manofsteele | Stolen goods concealed by this wagon (4) | Stolen goods - def; concealed - hidden word; thiS WAGon |
| ANY CLUE (3 4) | Zimodo | Nov. 10, 2023, 3:47 p.m. | Firetruck | "Shin, for one", for one! (3 4) | "A KNEE CLUE" homophone |
| BROUGHAMMED (11) | dohz | Nov. 10, 2023, 9:47 p.m. | AuLeaf | Took a short stretch — one being semi-topless, with back draped in madam's clothes — following rough activity primarily in bed (11) | def: took a short stretch — one being semi-topless, with back draped (a brougham is a limousine with a roofless front section, and a limousine is a short version of a stretch limousine) link word: "in" wp: B(ROUGH+A_+M_M)ED |
| ANY CHEESE (?) | dohz | Nov. 12, 2023, 9:54 p.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | Before, I have cut short flatulation without false dairy product (7) | Have cut short = HAVe Flatulation without false = fART Before I = HAV + ART + I Dairy product = def |
| BEE-EATER (3-5) | Zimodo | Nov. 12, 2023, 9:55 p.m. | |||
| CIDER (5) | biocuriousgeorgie | Nov. 15, 2023, 11:46 a.m. | DadJokes | “101 Dalmatians” — first half over, drink! (5) | CI (101 in Roman numerals) + D (Dalmatians’s first) + ER (half ovER) |
| MUST (4) | dohz | Nov. 16, 2023, 3:08 p.m. | dohz | “It’s… umm…” [taken aback] “mold!” (4) | (_MU ST_)< taken aback = hidden word reversal indicator mold = def not an &lit |
| CEVICHE (7) | Firetruck | Nov. 17, 2023, 11 a.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | Central to "Cicero! Six! Pop! Squish!" finale in Cell Block is a fish dish (7) | Central to ciCEro = CE Six = VI Pop squish finale in cell block = C(_H)E where block is indicating a block of letters from CEll A fish dish = def |
| HYDROGEN (8) | Zimodo | Nov. 17, 2023, 11:53 a.m. | discountdadjokes | Mother is full of disgusting, grody gas (8) | HEN (mother) containing YDROG (disgusting “grody”) |
| LUPPYLUPPY (10) | Cheshire | Nov. 18, 2023, 2:10 p.m. | Zimodo | "Dogs with large heads" is a combination of words (10) | (p->L)UPPY(p->L)UPPY |
| YABBA DABBA DOO (5, 5, 3) | lydian | Nov. 18, 2023, 5:09 p.m. | dpad | Cry produced by a body (5, 5, 3) | Cry = def produced by = letter bank indicator A BODY = bank |
| JIMMY (5) | dohz | Nov. 19, 2023, 9:24 a.m. | discountdadjokes | Force loud music to become moderate in a short period of time (5) | JIFFY (“short period of time”) -> FF to MM (loud music to become moderate) -> JIMMY (“Force”) |
| SHOUT (5) | biocuriousgeorgie | Nov. 21, 2023, 11:20 a.m. | dohz | Leader of Smash Mouth reformed after ignoring mass outcry (5) | S_+HOUT(-m)* Leader of Smash = S_ reformed = anagram indicator ignoring = deletion indicator mass = M outcry = def |
| NERF (4) | dohz | Nov. 21, 2023, 12:34 p.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | License confiscated from friend-turned-gun manufacturer? (4) | License confiscated from friend = FRIEND minus ID Turned = reversal indicator = FREN< Gun manufacturer? = def |
| SAOR (4) | Firetruck | Nov. 24, 2023, 9:14 a.m. | vi0let | Flip roast and trim end for flavor (4) | ROAS(-t)< flavor is supposedly what saor means, in venetian dialect |
| SOAR (4) | Zimodo | Nov. 24, 2023, 9:20 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Fly up to this point without flapping first (4) | SO (-f)AR |
| CARPENTER (9) | biocuriousgeorgie | Nov. 25, 2023, 6:58 a.m. | vi0let | For example, Jesus' instruction to fish at the sluice gate? (9) | jesus was a carpenter "CARP, ENTER" |
| LOOPS (5) | vi0let | Nov. 27, 2023, 7:58 a.m. | manofsteele | Unraveled spool goes on and on forever (5) | Unraveled - anagram; SPOOL -> LOOPS goes on and on forever - def |
| CLEAT (5) | biocuriousgeorgie | Nov. 27, 2023, 10:14 a.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Obstacle: a trench hides a spike (5) | hidden *CLE A T* |
| AUTHENTIC (9) | Firetruck | Nov. 27, 2023, 12:14 p.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | Real gold? Then check if the bottom's scratched (9) | Real = def Gold = AU THEN check (if the bottom's scratched) = TICk |
| SLIME (5) | Akumu | Nov. 27, 2023, 9:29 p.m. | dohz | I’m aboard sled, dropping down into mud (5) | SL(IM)E(-d) |
| ANY ANAGRAM OF STONE (5) | rever91 | Nov. 27, 2023, 9:43 p.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | Rock and roll tones (5) | Rock = def Roll tones = move a letter from end to front (->S)TONEs-> |
| SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME... (5, 5, 5, ETC.) | Cheshire | Nov. 27, 2023, 10:26 p.m. | manofsteele | Limitless supply of dash/D.O.T. lovers makes me dizzy for countless miles (5 5 5 5…) | Limitless supply of dash/D.O.T lovers - def Dizzy - anagram; MILES -> SLIME “Countless” suggests to repeat MILES ad infinitum |
| SLIM (4) | Zimodo | Nov. 27, 2023, 11:31 p.m. | dpad | Shady fellow? It's me, trying on every size! (4) | Slim fellow = def (Slim Shady) me = I trying on = containment indicator every size = S L M |
| LEMNISCATE (10) | dohz | Nov. 27, 2023, 11:32 p.m. | vi0let | Sacred is the Goddess with three heads, with two heads severed a symbol of eternity (10) | SOLEMN IS HECATE with two heads (SO) and (HE) removed |
| SONIC YOUTH (5, 5) | vi0let | Nov. 29, 2023, 8:05 a.m. | vi0let | Kid, cool, is not "in" or "hot" with those with Starpower? (5,5) | SON ICY OUT H, they made the song starpower |
| HENRY (5) | mstang107 | Nov. 29, 2023, 6:13 p.m. | mstang107 | Taking W's when mocking late Secretary Kissinger | (-W)HEN + (-W)RY |
| CUBEWANO (8) | dohz | Nov. 30, 2023, 7:26 p.m. | dpad | Sandwich filled with a bit of mutton and something a little eccentric (8) | Sandwich = CUBANO filled with = containing a bit of mutton = EWe something a little eccentric = definiton, "a low-eccentricity Kuiper belt object" |
| CRYPTIC CLUE-WRITING CONTESTS (7, 4-7, 8) | vi0let | Dec. 1, 2023, 9:03 a.m. | Zimodo | Tombs play host to cultic puzzling and gross rituals involving counting badly and out of turn, a favorite PC passtime (7 4-7 8) | CRYP(TIC CLU*+E W+RIT(ING CONT(-u)*)ES)TS |
| KEEP GOING (4, 5) | dohz | Dec. 2, 2023, 7:49 p.m. | Firetruck | Look back over, enter something for the finale! (4,5) | PEEK< (look=PEEK, back over = reversal) GO IN = enter somethinG (something, for the finale=G) |
| RIZZ (4) | mstang107 | Dec. 3, 2023, 6:20 p.m. | dohz | Game is dull, turnt up 14 times (4) | “dull” rot14 Game = def, as in charisma |
| HUNTINALITY (11) | rever91 | Dec. 3, 2023, 7:23 p.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | Once upon a time, puzzles were made by a nomadic warrior with a metal, glowing eye inside (11) | Once upon a time puzzles = def Nomadic warrior = HUN A metal = TIN Glowing = ALIT Eye inside = _Y_ |
| EXTRUDE (7) | dohz | Dec. 4, 2023, 7:53 p.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | To push through can be overly churlish without a reasonable opening (7) | To push through = def Overly churlish = EXTRA RUDE without a reasonable opening = without A R_ EXTRa rUDE |
| BRUH (4) | vi0let | Dec. 4, 2023, 9:23 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Man is abandoning foolish hubris (4) | defn = MAN (i think these are pretty interchangeable interjections) anag. of HUBRIS without IS |
| BALDERDASH (10) | Zimodo | Dec. 5, 2023, 2:48 p.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | Naked reindeer's heels over head for bull (10) | Naked = BALD Reindeer's heels over head = DASHER with heels (more than one end letters) over head (assuming a down clue), i.e.,ER DASH Bull = def |
| BABY GRONK (4, 5) | gppasco | Dec. 5, 2023, 3:10 p.m. | vi0let | We, after leaving, began work by mingling around with a certain social media personality (4,5) | (BEGANWORKBY-WE)* |
| SKIBIDI (7) | noneuclidean | Dec. 5, 2023, 4:58 p.m. | quatrevingtneuf | Idk, is bicycling a meme? (7) | defn = a meme anag. (cycling) of IDK IS BI- |
| ANY CLUE THAT USES A TONE TAG (?) | dohz | Dec. 6, 2023, 8:38 p.m. | rpl | Sierra: Um... I love you! /s (sincere) [7] | S = Sierra (NATO) ER = um I O (love) U /s def = sincere |
| CONSOLE (7) | biocuriousgeorgie | Dec. 7, 2023, 11:57 a.m. | dohz | Components of Joy-Cons + OLED Nintendo Switch, say (7) | _CONS OLE_ Nintendo Switch, say = def |
| GYATT (5) | Taargus | Dec. 7, 2023, 3:31 p.m. | Taargus | Goddamn hotel check-in got moved back (5) | (H->G)YATT check-in being the start of the word, like checking in is the start of a hotel stay |
| ANY CLUE THAT DOES NOT SHARE LETTERS WITH THE ANSWER (?) | rever91 | Dec. 8, 2023, 12:45 a.m. | discountdadjokes | Cancelled platform test ended early — later, we hear (5) | QUIBI (Cancelled platform) = QUIz (test ended early) + BI (homophone of “bye” — “later, we hear”) |
| FOLDEROL (8) | dohz | Dec. 9, 2023, 3:04 a.m. | dpad | Fool loses love, embraces older nonsense (8) | FoOL loses love = drop one O embraces = surrounding OLDER nonsense = def |
| EIGENLETTER (11) | rpl | Dec. 9, 2023, 7:24 a.m. | dpad | Elite regent organizes two characters in similar spots (11) | ELITE REGENT = anagram fodder organizes = anagrind two characters in similar spots = def |
| KRAMPUS (7) | Firetruck | Dec. 9, 2023, 3:12 p.m. | dpad | Oddly, Korean MapQuest leads to a monster (7) | Oddly = every other letter KoReAnMaPqUeSt (Hey kids! Back before google maps, we had to use https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MapQuest to get places _and_ we had to print it out ahead of time! Wild!) leads to = link a monster = def |
| GOAT (4) | rever91 | Dec. 10, 2023, 8:45 p.m. | Kusane | Travel to find mountain climber? (4) | Travel to = "GO AT" |
| AGOUTI (6) | biocuriousgeorgie | Dec. 10, 2023, 9:44 p.m. | discountdadjokes | Silver depleted, I become an animal (6) | AG (chemical symbol for Silver) + OUT (synonym of “depleted”) + I = AGOUTI (“An animal”) |
| ANAMANAGUCHI (12) | dohz | Dec. 11, 2023, 7:28 a.m. | Akumu | Scott Pilgrim's band in Ghana, in Macau, in Bedlam (12) | Anamanaguchi is a band headlining multiple Scott Pilgrim media works, anagram of GHANAINMACAU indicated by "in Bedlam" |
| HONJOK (6) | rpl | Dec. 12, 2023, 6:17 p.m. | discountdadjokes | Flying solo into New Jersey, heads smack-dab into the middle of a U-Turn (6) | HONJOK ("Flying solo) = NJ (New Jersey heads) into the center of (smack-dab into the middle of) HOOK (a U-Turn). |
| ANY CLUE WITH AN ENUMERATION OF "SOMETIMES" (SOMETIMES) | Cheshire | Dec. 13, 2023, 5:31 p.m. | gppasco | "Add anything" "Bananas?" "Always" (SOMETIMES) | (ADDANYTHING)* Bananas - anagrind Always - def (SOMETIMES) - Day and night sure are some times |
| ANY CLUE IN THE `SHE ___ ON MY ___ UNTIL I ___` FORMAT OR SOMETHING EQUIVALENT (?) | Kusane | Dec. 14, 2023, 10:35 a.m. | Botaku | ||She bullying on my sag [sic!] til i burst|| (14) | MISOGYNISTICAL she(-)bullying - def (ONMYSAGSICTILI)* burst - anagrind |
| WONKA (5) | gppasco | Dec. 18, 2023, 12:53 p.m. | discountdadjokes | Korean bread: knead first, then add a source of chocolate (5) | WON (Korean currency — aka “bread”) + K (first letter of knead) + A = WONKA (“source of chocolate”) |
| EXAMPLE (7) | biocuriousgeorgie | Dec. 19, 2023, 8:45 a.m. | Taargus | Take a test orally, e.g. (7) | “exam pull” homophone def: e.g. (you wanted me to do this, you clever bastard) |
| OFFICER (7) | rpl | Dec. 21, 2023, 6 p.m. | dpad | Kill, kill! Right, sergeant? (7) | Kill = OFF kill = ICE Right = R sergeant = def |
| HALF-ASSED (4-5) | Zimodo | Dec. 22, 2023, 5:50 a.m. | discountdadjokes | “A sad shelf. Poorly designed, poorly executed.” (4-5) | Anagram of ASADSHELF (“A sad shelf. Poorly designed”) = HALF-ASSED (“poorly executed.”) |
| SEASON'S GREETINGS (6'1 9) | AuLeaf | Dec. 25, 2023, 11:17 a.m. | discountdadjokes | See song asserting insanely saccharine sentiment (6’1 9) | Anagram of SEE SONG ASSERTING |
| SLOTH (5) | Firetruck | Dec. 26, 2023, 11:35 a.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | In Oslo, they sin (5) | _SLO TH_ |
| NYE (3) | ZohMyGosh | Dec. 29, 2023, 6:05 a.m. | dohz | ANY INITIALLY LACKING CLUE ULTIMATELY RESULTING IN END TIME (?) (3) | (-a)NY+_E ANY INITIALLY LACKING = (-a)NY CLUE ULTIMATELY = _E RESULTING IN = connector END TIME (?) = def |
| CHARLATAN (9) | bags | Dec. 30, 2023, 2:56 p.m. | rpl | White spider spoke and many heard a quack (9) | White spider = "charlotte" (from Charlotte's Web by E.B. White), spoke = homophone many = "ton", heard = homophone a quack = def // homophone of "charlotte ton" |
| RETURNED (8) | bags | Jan. 1, 2024, 3:01 p.m. | dohz | Back! Stop! Back around! Run wildly! (8) | RET(URN*)ED< Back = def, in an adjective sense Stop = DETER Back = reversal indicator around = containment indicator Run wildly = URN* |
| FELICITATIONS (13) | biocuriousgeorgie | Jan. 1, 2024, 3:02 p.m. | bags | Praise a majority of cartoon cat references (13) | def. "Praise" wordplay: FELI[x] (a majority of cartoon cat: ref. Felix the Cat) + CITATIONS |
| KARAOKE (7) | dohz | Jan. 1, 2024, 9:03 p.m. | bags | Sport time becomes decent bar activity (7) | def. "bar activity" wordplay: KARATE ("Sport"), with T becoming OK ("time" becomes "decent") KARATE and KARAOKE both have the root "kara" (meaning 'empty'), if that etymological overlap impacts your voting. |
| ANTICIPATION (12) | Firetruck | Jan. 3, 2024, 7:46 p.m. | Zimodo | Trick I set up... (6...) | ANTIC+I... |
| FOIE GRAS (4, 4) | dohz | Jan. 4, 2024, 7:46 a.m. | bags | French like to eat it, initially having fattened duck, say (4, 4) | &lit FR AS ("French" "like") to contain I ("to eat" "it, initially": first letter of IT) inside of O E.G. ("having fattened" "duck" "say") F(O(I)EG)RAS |
| CRÈME BRÛLÉE (5, 6) | rpl | Jan. 4, 2024, 9:23 a.m. | mstang107 | Somehow rèmémber clûe without having medium dessert (5, 6) | (RÈMÉMBERCLÛE-M)* |
| SLEEP IN (5, 2) | bags | Jan. 5, 2024, 4:10 p.m. | dohz | Tussle! Epinephrine limits rest until later (5, 2) | _SLE EPIN_ |
| CAREEN (6) | dohz | Jan. 6, 2024, 8:59 a.m. | bags | Charge/dash! (6) | &lit CARE ("charge": e.g. 'The kids were in her charge/care') + EN ("dash": en dash, –) |
| MULTIINSTRUMENTALIST (20) | Zimodo | Jan. 6, 2024, 6:55 p.m. | dohz | Strum a line, remixed and resampled for a one-man band, perhaps (20) | “Strum a line” letter bank |
| GASTROPOD (9) | bags | Jan. 7, 2024, 4:21 p.m. | |||
| HAMBURGEVONS (12) | dohz | Jan. 8, 2024, 9:04 a.m. | bags | Half of actors advise against taking on meaningless text (12) | def. "meaningless text" wordplay: HAMB[ones] ("Half of" "actors") URGE ("advise") VS containing ON ("against" "taking" "on") |
| VENEER (6) | mstang107 | Jan. 8, 2024, 9:30 a.m. | Zimodo | Turn around english coat (6) | V(EN)EER |
| PREPARE (7) | Marnix | Jan. 9, 2024, 10:15 p.m. | bags | Make criminal put back modern art (7) | def. "Make" wordplay: PREP (reversal of PERP: "criminal", "put back") + ARE ("modern art": modern version of the verb "art", like in "thou art") |
| PING (4) | dohz | Jan. 10, 2024, 10:05 a.m. | dohz | Say, @Mods, pin last note! (4) | PIN+G Say, @Mods = def by example last note = G not an &lit |
| ASTRAY (6) | bags | Jan. 11, 2024, 3:47 p.m. | dpad | Hydrogen-free cigarette receptacle gone wrong (6) | Hydrogen-free = drop H cigarette receptacle = AShtray gone wrong = definition |
| 500 INTERNAL SERVER ERROR (3 8 6 5) | Zimodo | Jan. 12, 2024, 10:22 a.m. | bags | Apprentice steward having almost complete fear, hiding face after card game, making setback that impacted many this Friday (3, 8, 6, 5) | def. "setback that impacted many this Friday" wordplay: INTERN SERVER ("Apprentice" "steward") with AL[-L] ("almost" "complete") + [-T]ERROR ("fear", "hiding face") after 500 ("card game") 500 INTERN(AL[l]) SERVER [t]ERROR |
| TIMEOUT (7) | rpl | Jan. 12, 2024, 11:33 a.m. | Zimodo | Bad MIT error initially obstructing teams around the university! (7) | TIM*+E+O_(U)T_ |
| PLAY DEAD (4, 4) | dohz | Jan. 13, 2024, 4:23 p.m. | bags | Lady poorly wearing green dress initially is in command (4, 4) | def. "command" (a command for a dog) wordplay: LAYD (anagram ["poorly"] of "lady") wearing PEA ("green": example of a vegetable, a.k.a a green) D ("dress", "initially") |
| IPHONE (6) | bags | Jan. 14, 2024, 6:10 p.m. | dohz | Cell with bars I quietly file (6) | I+P+HONE Cell with bars = def, as in cell(ular device) with (signal strength) bars quietly = P file = HONE |
| SOFA (4) | dohz | Jan. 15, 2024, 6:05 p.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | GF missing large couch (4) | G F = notes SOL + FA, missing large = SO(-l) FA Couch = def |
| MELANCHOLY (10) | InvalidD | Jan. 16, 2024, 2:50 a.m. | mstang107 | The Reverend @theduckmedic and Molly are sad (10) | Spoonerism of "Kell and Molly" |
| GF (2) | gppasco | Jan. 16, 2024, 10:58 a.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | Odd gift for a partner (2) | G_F_ |
| OFFSTAGE (8) | bags | Jan. 17, 2024, 4:34 p.m. | mstang107 | Behind the scenes of E.T., sofa GF reassembled (8) | *ETSOFAGF |
| MEOW (4) | jovi_al | Jan. 17, 2024, 8:22 p.m. | Zimodo | Homeowner hides pet's sound (4) | _MEOW_ |
| PORTCULLIS (10) | dohz | Jan. 17, 2024, 8:34 p.m. | bags | Malfunctioning still, CPU restricts OR gate (10) | def. "gate" wordplay: PTCULLIS ("Malfunctioning" "still, CPU": anagram of STILL CPU) surrounds OR ("restricts" "OR") |
| MITMH (5) | Zimodo | Jan. 17, 2024, 8:48 p.m. | dohz | Hmm… it’s puzzling! (5) | MITMH* &lit ’s puzzling = anagram indicator (kinda weak ik) |
| WOOF (4) | mstang107 | Jan. 19, 2024, 3:10 a.m. | Zimodo | Two officers hide pet's sound (4) | _WO OF_ |
| BAR NONE (3, 4) | dohz | Jan. 19, 2024, 8:53 p.m. | rpl | GF entertains nurse, is not turned off to a man (3, 4) | GF = BAE; nurse = RN; is not turned off = ON BA(RN ON)E def: https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/to-a-man |
| FIDELITY (8) | bags | Jan. 20, 2024, 9:23 p.m. | Zimodo | "Castro, I thank you for the loyalty" (8) | FIDEL+I+TY |
| BLATANT (7) | rpl | Jan. 21, 2024, 8:04 a.m. | jovi_al | Strange battalion lacking information over patent (7) | strange = anagrind battalion lacking information over = battal(-io)n patent = def |
| MONGREL (7) | jovi_al | Jan. 21, 2024, 6:52 p.m. | mstang107 | Bond character working admissions test, left cross (7) | M+ON+GRE+L = "cross" |
| FOREVER (7) | mstang107 | Jan. 21, 2024, 7:28 p.m. | dohz | Endlessly rage about gold (7) | F(OR)EVER Endlessly = def rage = FEVER about = containment indicator gold = OR |
| ARCHAIC (7) | dohz | Jan. 21, 2024, 9:10 p.m. | mstang107 | Old tea inside new car (7) | AR(CHAI)C* |
| IRAQI (5) | Zimodo | Jan. 22, 2024, 9:17 p.m. | mstang107 | Radio host on panel game show from the Middle East (5) | IRA (Glass) + QI (Quite Interesting) |
| NINJA (5) | dohz | Jan. 24, 2024, 7:25 a.m. | dohz | Rōnin: Japan’s secret warrior (5) | _NIN JA_ |
| WHAT (4) | Zimodo | Jan. 25, 2024, 1:30 a.m. | mstang107 | Second baseman with baseball cap? (4) | W+HAT = "Second baseman" (as in "Who's on First?") |
| MORTADELLA (10) | jovi_al | Jan. 25, 2024, 1:39 p.m. | rpl | La carne di la donna non è mobile sopra (10) | Surface: The woman's complexion is not changing on top (cheeky ref to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_donna_e_mobile) def: la carne ("meat" or "complexion") MORTA ("dead") = non è mobile ("is not moving/changing") [sopra = "on top"] D' = di (contraction) ELLA = la donna ("the woman") |
| VERMOUTH (8) | mstang107 | Jan. 26, 2024, 2:43 a.m. | rpl | Must product of roots have half the real numbers, say? (8) | __VE = haVE half ℝ = the real numbers MOUTH (v.) = say def: vermouth is a product made from "must" (i.e. grape juice) and herbal "roots" |
| LIED (4) | dohz | Jan. 26, 2024, 9:32 p.m. | rpl | Delivered PM to Carol (4) | homophone ("delivered") of LEAD ("PM" / project manager) = def carol (a song) |
| NATICK (6) | rpl | Jan. 27, 2024, 9:18 a.m. | Zimodo | North American bug is kind of cross (6) | NA+TICK |
| BARBADOS (8) | Zimodo | Jan. 27, 2024, 11:17 a.m. | noneuclidean | Insult upsets a nation (8) | BARB+ADOS |
| TELEGRAM (8) | dohz | Jan. 28, 2024, 9:37 p.m. | rpl | PM to inform a BBC talk show host on air (8) | def = PM (i.e. a private message sent/encrypted using the app - noun or verb both work) TELL A GRAHAM (Norton) = "to inform a BBC talk show host" homophone = "on air" |
| MIHOYO (6) | Idontknow | Jan. 29, 2024, 12:04 p.m. | rpl | RPG manufacturer redirected ICBM shell to cargo hole (6) | def RPG manufacturer (i.e. the maker of Genshin Impact) M__I< (shell, redirected) HOY (cargo) O (hole) |
| CRAPS (5) | Zimodo | Jan. 29, 2024, 1:04 p.m. | discountdadjokes | Abolish, top-to-bottom, gambling game (5) | SCRAP (“abolish”) -> S moves from “top-to-bottom” -> CRAPS (“gambling game”) |
| ESCHEW (6) | mstang107 | Jan. 30, 2024, 7:14 p.m. | jovi_al | Avoid endless Escher waterfall, at first (6) | ESCHE+W |
| ADHERE (6) | dohz | Jan. 31, 2024, 12:28 a.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | Paste advertisement in this place (6) | Paste = def, as in glue AD + HERE |
| ANY CLUE THAT IS ALSO A METAPUZZLE (?) | Zimodo | Jan. 31, 2024, 4:32 p.m. | rpl | META: Platitude (3rd); Forever (1st); Eternity (penultimate); Remembrance (last); Haunter (last) [5] | (Cryptic clue) def: meta wordplay: plA_ F_ ..Ty _E _R = AFTER [5] (a meaning for the Greek root "meta-") (Meta puzzle) Word-indexing into the winning clues for PLATITUDE, FOREVER, ETERNITY, REMEMBRANCE, and HAUNTER yields: "First endlessly topless barrier Pokémon [5]" This is another cryptic clue that solves to EEVEE. (def: Pokémon; wordplay: E_ lEVEE) Notice that EEVEE is also a previous contest word on this site. The word that comes "AFTER EEVEE" in the contest archives is KAHAU [5], which is the final answer. |
| MERCURIAL (9) | rpl | Feb. 2, 2024, 6:58 a.m. | jovi_al | Horrible rum eclair leading to unpredictable behavior (9) | RUMECLAIR* |
| SATURNINE (9) | dohz | Feb. 2, 2024, 8:25 a.m. | dpad | Moulin Rouge dancer stashes a vase with a cold disposition (9) | Moulin Rouge dancer = SATINE stashes = containing a vase = URN with = link cold disposition= definition |
| VENETIAN (8) | Zimodo | Feb. 2, 2024, 6:37 p.m. | AuLeaf | Blind-sort lattice in naive arrangement (8) | VE(NET)IAN* |
| ESPALIER (8) | jovi_al | Feb. 3, 2024, 12:56 a.m. | jovi_al | Make trees (e.g. pears) lie unnaturally flat! (8) | [PEARSLIE]* |
| PAIN (4) | mstang107 | Feb. 4, 2024, 8:35 a.m. | bags | Dad in agony (4) | PA IN = "agony" |
| PHOENIX (7) | bags | Feb. 5, 2024, 1:36 a.m. | AuLeaf | Rap genre sheds the antithesis of Square Enix video-game attorney Wright (7) | remove HI...P [antithesis of "square"] from the outside of HIPHOP and add ENIX to get PHOENIX Wright |
| MARNIX (6) | jovi_al | Feb. 6, 2024, 7:54 a.m. | Zimodo | Refuse to disapprove of dragon (6) | MAR+NIX |
| BEST BOY (4, 3) | dohz | Feb. 6, 2024, 9:57 a.m. | Zimodo | Your dog ball for you in store (4 3) | BEST B(u->O)Y |
| UNIX (4) | Zimodo | Feb. 6, 2024, 9:59 a.m. | noneuclidean | os-9??? (4) | def = os wp = -9 = UN-IX "any shitass clue can be absolved by appending sufficiently many question marks" ~ximenes, in "ximenes on the art of the crossword" |
| POO POO (3, 3) | bags | Feb. 7, 2024, 1:49 a.m. | bags | Police had nothing originally on subject of release (3, 3) | def. "subject of release" wordplay: PO-PO ("Police") containing O ("had" "nothing") + O ("originally", "on": first letter of ON) |
| TMESIS (6) | jovi_al | Feb. 8, 2024, 10:26 a.m. | schizophoenix | Un-freaking-believable example of time passing us two siblings by (6) | Un-freaking-believable - example of: def T+ME+SIS |
| SOAK (4) | dohz | Feb. 8, 2024, 10:49 a.m. | discountdadjokes | A type-changing Pokémon move? Oak’s confused (4) | SOAK (“A type-changing Pokémon move”) = anagram of OAKS (“Oak’s confused”) |
| GIMME (5) | dohz | Feb. 10, 2024, 10:54 a.m. | discountdadjokes | Talk show host from 2 to 5, great lead-in — I’ll take it. (5) | G (great lead-in) + IMME (letters 2 to 5 from Jimmy KIMMEL) = GIMME (I’ll take it) |
| AFTERNOON (9) | bags | Feb. 11, 2024, 2:24 a.m. | jovi_al | No one fart! Nasty time of day (9) | NOONEFART* |
| LOWERCASE (9) | Zimodo | Feb. 11, 2024, 2:34 a.m. | bags | Creole was displayed correctly, unlike this contest word (9) | def. "unlike this contest word" wordplay: anagram of CREOLE WAS ("displayed correctly") |
| CORDYCEPS (9) | dohz | Feb. 12, 2024, 10:59 a.m. | discountdadjokes | Strip the ends of funky music albums — they’ll grow on you. (9) | CORD (strip) + YC (the ends of “funky” and “music”) + EPS (albums) = CORDYCEPS (they’ll grow on you) |
| ANY CLUE THAT HAS TO END IN A SPECIFIC NUMBER OF QUESTION MARKS (?) | edderiofer | Feb. 12, 2024, 4:46 p.m. | discountdadjokes | Retained by simple rote memorization? (7) | EROTEME (archaic word for “?”) = simplE ROTE MEmorization |
| LOVESICK (8) | bags | Feb. 14, 2024, 11:11 a.m. | |||
| HEART (5) | dohz | Feb. 14, 2024, 11:17 a.m. | Tortoise | Less than three-fifths of aesthetes appreciate beauty (5) | fifth letters of aestHetes apprEciate + ART |
| CLOVER (6) | biocuriousgeorgie | Feb. 16, 2024, 11:33 a.m. | Zimodo | Charlie and Romeo's charm (6) | C+LOVER |
| ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ (26) | Zimodo | Feb. 16, 2024, 1:09 p.m. | discountdadjokes | Roman legion ordered to present big bird song selection. (26) | Roman legion ordered -> The Roman alphabet in order, and “ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ” is sung (as a single word) by Big Bird in a memorable (to me anyway) Sesame Street song. |
| MARTLET (7) | dohz | Feb. 16, 2024, 1:43 p.m. | bags | Museum has paintings by large bird (7) | def. "bird" wordplay: MET ("Museum": Metropolitan Museum of Art) contains ART by L ("paintings" by "large") wait, it's called "The Met" and not just "Met"? you peddle falsehoods |
| BRUIT (5) | bags | Feb. 17, 2024, 1:10 a.m. | bags | Islander bringing up old rumor (5) | def. "old rumor" (BRUIT is an archaic word for rumor) wordplay: BRIT ("Islander") containing U ("bringing" "up": L/R/D/U is use for left/right/down/up in various places) |
| ÉTOUFFÉE (8) | dohz | Feb. 18, 2024, 8:26 p.m. | bags | Cajun dish: English candy containing bit of umami (8) | def. "Cajun dish" wordplay: E ("English") TOFFEE ("candy") containing U[mami] ("bit" of UMAMI) |
| APPROACH (8) | bags | Feb. 19, 2024, 2:03 a.m. | schizophoenix | Access program bug (8) | Access = def APP + ROACH |
| BUPKIS (6) | dohz | Feb. 20, 2024, 8:32 p.m. | discountdadjokes | A belch, then a smooch? No third thing. I repeat — you get nothing. (6) | BURP + KISS (“A belch, then a smooch?”) - (r+s) (“No third thing. I repeat”) = BUPKIS (“nothing”) |
| KEYSMASH (8) | jovi_al | Feb. 21, 2024, 4:16 p.m. | bags | Makes shy criminal communicate frantically (8) | def. "communicate frantically" wordplay: anagram of MAKES SHY ("criminal") |
| BED ROTTING (3, 7) | bags | Feb. 21, 2024, 5:12 p.m. | schizophoenix | Garden of vegetables left too long vegetating? (3, 7) | dodgy ddef |
| PENPA (5) | Zimodo | Feb. 22, 2024, 6:12 a.m. | dohz | Open page featuring puzzle editor (5) | _PEN PA_ puzzle editor = def, as in https://swaroopg92.github.io/penpa-edit/ |
| DEAD WEIGHT (4, 6) | dohz | Feb. 23, 2024, 10:37 p.m. | bags | Spooner's married potential lover, resulting in burden (4, 6) | def. "burden"; link "resulting in" wordplay: Spoonerism of WED DATE ("married" "potential lover") |
| CHARABANC (9) | bags | Feb. 24, 2024, 5:23 p.m. | schizophoenix | Endless opportunity: "Put ME in, coach!" (9) | CH(ARAB)ANCE - E |
| FORTHCOMING (11) | Zimodo | Feb. 24, 2024, 6:52 p.m. | bags | Keep seeking shelters: cold is near (11) | def. "near" wordplay: FORT ("Keep") HOMING ("seeking") surrounds C ("shelters" "cold") |
| POKE (4) | dohz | Feb. 26, 2024, 12:32 a.m. | Zimodo | Punch well in gym class (4) | P(OK)E |
| QUAY (4) | mstang107 | Feb. 26, 2024, 4:58 a.m. | bags | Who in France announced wharf? (4) | def. "wharf" wordplay: homophone of QUI ("Who in France", "announced": French word for 'who') |
| MICHIGAN (8) | bags | Feb. 27, 2024, 12:46 a.m. | discountdadjokes | Sort of rummy whisked ham icing (8) | Anagram of HAMICING |
| HEADPAT (7) | schizophoenix | Feb. 27, 2024, 8:50 a.m. | discountdadjokes | Heat pad massage is a comforting thing (7) | Anagram of HEATPAD |
| INFERNAL (8) | WoomyRogue | Feb. 27, 2024, 12:20 p.m. | discountdadjokes | In the underworld, fact becomes fiction in secret (8) | INTERNAL (secret) -T +F (fact becomes fiction) = INFERNAL (in the underworld) |
| PUNCH IN (5 2) | Zimodo | Feb. 27, 2024, 1:05 p.m. | bags | Start working joke feature (5, 2) | def. "Start working" wordplay: PUN ("joke") CHIN ("feature") |
| AKIMBO (6) | dohz | Feb. 28, 2024, 1:34 a.m. | bags | Crooked boa actively strangling Kardashian (6) | def. "Crooked" wordplay: ABO ("BOA" "actively": anagram of BOA) containing KIM ("strangling" "Kardashian") |
| NEW SOUTH WALES (3, 5, 5) | bags | Feb. 29, 2024, 1:50 p.m. | discountdadjokes | Top story: Fired heads of hospital ward encounter troubles, reported Australian state (3 5 5) | NEWS + OUT + HW + ALES (homophone of AILS (“troubles”)) |
| WASD (4) | Zimodo | March 1, 2024, 2:12 a.m. | mstang107 | Control scheme used to be poor (4) | WAS+D |
| POLLYANNA (9) | dohz | March 1, 2024, 4:46 a.m. | Zimodo | Parrot a north american optimist (9) | POLLY+AN+NA |
| YOUR FAVORITE COLOR (?) | WoomyRogue | March 2, 2024, 7:55 a.m. | noneuclidean | https://i.imgur.com/8cpZACq.png | extremely lacking greed = GREE(-d) or (-g)REED not initially (establishing) = + N_ or (-e_) GREE(-d)+N_ or (-g)RE(-e_)D |
| CAPS LOCK (4 4) | Zimodo | March 3, 2024, 2:16 a.m. | bags | A neighbor put hats on some hair (4, 4) | def. "A neighbor" (caps lock is next to the A key) wordplay: CAPS on LOCK |
| EVONNE GOOLAGONG (6, 9) | bags | March 3, 2024, 12:48 p.m. | discountdadjokes | Gonna Google “oven repair service professional” (6 9) | *GONNAGOOGLEOVEN = EVONNE GOOLAGONG (a tennis player, or “service professional”) |
| ASTERISK (8) | Zimodo | March 5, 2024, 6:07 a.m. | Tortoise | Character in M*A*S*H essentially experienced danger (8) | [-t]ASTE[-d]+RISK |
| CEMENT (6) | WoomyRogue | March 5, 2024, 10:07 a.m. | noneuclidean | glue ₡ (6) | ok hear me out: ME=I in CENT=¢ = ₡ this is definitely ximenean |
| CHIN UP (4 2) | Zimodo | March 7, 2024, 6:33 a.m. | Tortoise | In their initial appearances in Theogony, Chaos and Nyx quietly exercise (4-2) | CHI+NU (first letters of CHAOS and NYX in Greek) + P |
| REDACT (6) | dohz | March 7, 2024, 9:14 p.m. | discountdadjokes | Edit to obscure bloody performance (6) | REDACT (Edit to obscure) = RED (bloody) + ACT (performance) |
| DRAGON BALL (6, 4) | schizophoenix | March 8, 2024, 10:34 a.m. | Zimodo | Delay regarding large lab returning one of seven artifacts (6 4) | DRAG×ON+BAL+L< |
| WELTANSCHAUUNG (14) | InvalidD | March 8, 2024, 11:47 a.m. | discountdadjokes | A newt’s gulch has everything you need for a comprehensive worldview (14) | ANEWTSGULCH letter bank |
| PETRICHOR (9) | WoomyRogue | March 8, 2024, 2:37 p.m. | schizophoenix | Friendly animal is fruity or smells earthy (9) | PET + RICH + OR = def |
| ANY HUMAN BONE (?) | Zimodo | March 9, 2024, 8:51 a.m. | discountdadjokes | Bar is a hip spot? (5) | PUBIS (part of the hip, or “a hip spot”) = PUB (Bar) + IS. |
| ONLIADBCEHMRUS (14) | edderiofer | March 10, 2024, 7:24 a.m. | bags | Oh, I unscrambled randomly for hamburgevons alternative (14) | def. "hamburgevons alternative" wordplay: anagram of OHIUNSCRAMBLED ("randomly") |
| GRAPHIC (7) | WoomyRogue | March 10, 2024, 6:48 p.m. | bags | Colorful, mostly grape juice-flavored drink (7) | def. "Colorful" wordplay: GRAP[e] ("mostly", "grape") HI-C ("juice-flavored drink": the American brand) |
| INCH (4) | Zimodo | March 11, 2024, 1:18 p.m. | Taargus | Confused chin and part of a foot (4) | chin* inch = part of a foot |
| SUPERSTITION (12) | bags | March 13, 2024, 2:48 a.m. | discountdadjokes | Building manager’s “Don’t touch me!” sounds like irrational behavior (12) | Homophone (SUPERSTITION and SUPER’S TITIAN — “Don’t touch me” is an English translation of “Noli me tangere,” the Latin title of a painting by Titian) |
| WEIR (4) | WoomyRogue | March 13, 2024, 7:05 a.m. | mstang107 | Mostly strange dam (4) | WEIR(-D) |
| SUPERPOSITION (13) | Zimodo | March 13, 2024, 3:39 p.m. | schizophoenix | Great location - coincidence? (13) | ddef |
| ROCKET SCIENCE (6 7) | Zimodo | March 15, 2024, 3:52 p.m. | discountdadjokes | Crocket's niece goes crazy for aerospace engineering (6 7) | CROCKETSNIECE anagram |
| PRODIGY (7) | bags | March 16, 2024, 2:28 a.m. | discountdadjokes | Exceptional talent produces in gym’s first halves (7) | PRODuces + In + GYm’s (first halves) |
| REDSTONE (8) | Zimodo | March 17, 2024, 4 p.m. | mstang107 | Street surrounded by modified ore in Minecraft (8) | RED(ST)ONE = "ore in Minecraft". you thought 'modified' was an anagrind. haha i sure got you good |
| WILLIS (6) | mstang107 | March 17, 2024, 5:20 p.m. | discountdadjokes | Georgia prosecutor leads witness in lawsuit, laughs in sidebar (6) | Fani WILLIS = first letters (leads) of “witness … sidebar” |
| CHAPERONE (9) | dohz | March 19, 2024, 12:01 a.m. | mstang107 | Protect a president captured by revolutionary in Argentina (9) | "Protect" = CH(A+PERON)E and it sorta fits chronologically! Juan Perón was president 1946-55 (and 1973-74) whereas Che lived 1928-67 :umbreoncheer: |
| GARBLED (7) | Zimodo | March 20, 2024, 7:42 a.m. | mstang107 | Confusing costume was on top (7) | GARB + LED |
| CREMATE (7) | dohz | March 21, 2024, 12:06 a.m. | AuLeaf | Don't bury tract of land without a partner (7) | (-a)CRE+MATE |
| TRENCHANT (9) | mstang107 | March 21, 2024, 4:50 p.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | Start off inert, cast some magic words to make acid (9) | Start off inert, cast = iNERT* Some magic words = CHANT Acid (adj.) = def |
| FUCK (4) | Zimodo | March 22, 2024, 7:47 a.m. | schizophoenix | Impossibly good restaurant pelts sailors getting a round in (4, 5) | F(O)URS + TARS = one more than Michelin gives |
| BASED (5) | mstang107 | March 24, 2024, 1:30 a.m. | Zimodo | https://file.garden/X0Z2SJHWmTiKn2IW/Agree_d5.png | ddef this is the only way i could find to have a subscript d unicode has failed me |
| CRINGE (6) | dohz | March 24, 2024, 1:31 a.m. | mstang107 | Flinch from phone call in modern age (6) | C(RING)E = "flinch"; RING = "phone call" as in the British nounal usage; CE = "modern age" as in Common Era |
| BUCK (4) | Botaku | March 24, 2024, 1:46 a.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | Deer sometimes sound like a chicken (4) | ddef (deer, sometimes | sound like a chicken) |
| FRINGE (6) | noneuclidean | March 24, 2024, 1:59 a.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | FBI show's firing/cutting its first episode's lead (6) | FBI show = def Firing, cutting Its first = FiRING Episode's lead = E |
| CASED (5) | Space_Kalak | March 24, 2024, 2:47 a.m. | |||
| FACED (5) | phenomist2 | March 24, 2024, 2:08 p.m. | Zimodo | Dared to return coffee (5) | FACED< |
| PASTE (5) | Zimodo | March 25, 2024, 4:46 a.m. | mstang107 | Cut partner from tapas testing (5) | "Cut partner" = taPAS TEsting |
| WASTE (5) | summitwei | March 25, 2024, 9:41 a.m. | mstang107 | Throw away a stew? Terrible! (5) | "Throw away" = ASTEW* |
| HASTE (5) | schizophoenix | March 25, 2024, 11:08 a.m. | mstang107 | Detest having small velocity (5) | HA(S)TE = "velocity" |
| GRACED (6) | WoomyRogue | March 26, 2024, 8:11 a.m. | Zimodo | Embellished a speedrun in Geometry Dash (6) | G(RACE)D |
| NEXUS (5) | DiscordantAnt | March 26, 2024, 9:17 a.m. | septacube77 | Link retired in North America (5) | N(EX)US |
| BLOKUS (6) | mstang107 | March 26, 2024, 10:29 a.m. | Zimodo | Puzzle game in car game (6) | B(LOK)US |
| SCORCHED EARTH (8, 5) OR (8-5) | bags | March 26, 2024, 1:49 p.m. | Zimodo | 20 around church with lack of heart? (8 5) | SCOR(CH)E+DEARTH |
| HEARTBURN (9) | phenomist | March 26, 2024, 2:42 p.m. | AuLeaf | Bar hunter from acid tripping up (9) | HEARTBURN* |
| CWM (3) | Zimodo | March 27, 2024, 5:51 a.m. | bags | ||Fertilizer essentially doubled land formation? (3)|| | def. "land formation" wordplay: CUM ("Fertilizer"), with U -> W ("essentially doubled") |
| CMU (3) | SoftFro | March 28, 2024, 7:48 a.m. | Zimodo | University involved in electronic music (3) | _C MU_ |
| BUFFET (6) | WoomyRogue | March 28, 2024, 8:17 a.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | Muscular alien's more than a snack (6) | BUFF + ET |
| MAGICAL (7) | DiscordantAnt | March 28, 2024, 9:29 a.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | Bats claim eating a goat head is marvelous (7) | Bats claim = CLAIM* eating a goat head = M(A+G_)ICAL Marvelous = def |
| REALISM (7) | mstang107 | March 28, 2024, 3:19 p.m. | schizophoenix | "Kingdom" is inside a theoretical framework that views world politics as an enduring competition among self-interested states vying for power and positioning within an anarchic global system devoid of a centralized authority (7) | REAL(IS)M = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Realism_(international_relations) |
| DADA (4) | Zimodo | March 29, 2024, 6:11 a.m. | bags | Pop art movement (4) | double def. “Pop” (as in ‘father’) and “art movement” |
| MOTHER GOOSE (6, 5) | bags | March 30, 2024, 12:37 a.m. | schizophoenix | She is a teller of folk stories, therefore following in those common ways (6, 5) | def = “therefore” following (in “those”) “common ways” = MO + TH(ERGO)OSE |
| SINGING (7) | DiscordantAnt | March 30, 2024, 1:19 p.m. | schizophoenix | Evil and good bridged by spirit of harmonious process (7) | SIN+GIN+G = def(noun) |
| WISHING WELL (7, 4) | mstang107 | March 30, 2024, 3:43 p.m. | jovi_al | Object that may grant request giving good tidings (7, 4) | ddef object that may grant request-- a wishing well giving good tidings-- wishing well (as in wishing someone wellness) |
| BEVERAGE (8) | WoomyRogue | April 1, 2024, 8:25 a.m. | mstang107 | One buck for large Powerade? (8) | [L->B("one buck")]EVERAGE = "ade". Don't @ me: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/-ade_(suffix) |
| ANY NON-CRYPTIC CLUE (?) | Zimodo | April 1, 2024, 8:48 a.m. | jovi_al | Forgiven with tender hand? (4) | DEBT |
| MONSTERS (8) | DiscordantAnt | April 1, 2024, 1:28 p.m. | Zimodo | Demons from the north in most hospital areas (8) | MO(N)ST+ERS |
| STUN (4) | mstang107 | April 1, 2024, 5:09 p.m. | Zimodo | Amaze with timeless feat (4) | STUN(-t) |
| INCORPORATED (12) | AuLeaf | April 2, 2024, 1:34 p.m. | mstang107 | Included messy indoor carpet (12) | INDOORCARPET* |
| GORGE (5) | WoomyRogue | April 3, 2024, 8:59 a.m. | schizophoenix | Eat egg reversed in egg reversed (5) | def = G(O)(R)GE |
| ROGER (5) | Zimodo | April 3, 2024, 9:13 a.m. | schizophoenix | Some jolly good changes in the middle of song, amidst "arr"s (5) | "some jolly" = R + O(D->G)E + R |
| STEM (4) | dohz | April 4, 2024, 8:54 p.m. | Zimodo | Spring break (4) | ddef |
| CHAMFER (7) | jovi_al | April 4, 2024, 11:56 p.m. | bags | Cut unpleasant person after drink (7) | def. "Cut" wordplay: MF'ER ("unpleasant person": motherfucker) after CHA ("drink") |
| HORSERADISH (11) | bags | April 6, 2024, 3:12 a.m. | jovi_al | Strangely shred hair (or hair treatment product) (11) | shredhairor* hair treatment product - def |
| RHUBARB (7) | WoomyRogue | April 6, 2024, 2:09 p.m. | schizophoenix | Rec center accommodating bar crowd noise (7) | R + HU(BAR)B = crowd noise https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walla |
| HARBOR (6) | phenomist | April 7, 2024, 2:40 p.m. | schizophoenix | Conceal heart of shady shelter (6) | def = H + ARBOR |
| GOTCHA (6) | Zimodo | April 7, 2024, 2:46 p.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | I hear you go by "Tesla Chad", mostly? (6) | I hear you = def GO next to T + CHAd Question mark just for surface |
| AMEN BREAK (4, 5) | jovi_al | April 7, 2024, 11:17 p.m. | Zimodo | Sample name? (4 5) | ddef but one of the defs is a revenge lol |
| PEACH (5) | WoomyRogue | April 9, 2024, 7:14 a.m. | dohz | “Princess and Pea” chapter (5) | PEA+CH |
| ANY CLUE WITH AN EXTRANEOUS INDICATOR (?) | bags | April 10, 2024, 1:38 a.m. | schizophoenix | Holding and ruler holding or one who rules his holding (8) | Holding and ruler holding or one who rules his holding: LAND(holding) + L(OR)D(ruler holding or) = one who rules his holding Holding and ruler or one who rules his holding: LAND + LORD = LANDLORD (one who rules his holding) |
| RAPPORT (7) | dohz | April 10, 2024, 3:31 a.m. | schizophoenix | Electric connection makes resistance appear strangely (7) | Electric connection = def = R + APPORT |
| PARASOL (7) | phenomist | April 11, 2024, 5:03 p.m. | dohz | Attach a ghost to the listener’s umbrella (7) | “pair a soul” homophone |
| PARAPET (7) | biocuriousgeorgie | April 12, 2024, 5:45 a.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | Monkey gets into character, becoming balcony guard (7) | Monkey = APE (technically speaking, not true, but good enough for a clue) Character = PART, as in a role PAR(APE)T Balcony guard = def |
| PARAGON (7) | WoomyRogue | April 12, 2024, 9:21 a.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | Model Spanish crown after peseta (7) | Model = def P + ARAGON (i.e., the Crown of Aragon) |
| PAIR OF HANDS (4 2 5) | Zimodo | April 13, 2024, 7:46 a.m. | panthersnuggler_00594 | Nice person just trying to help had pains for drunk (4, 2, 5) | "Nice person just trying to help" def "had pains for" anagrammed (drunk) |
| ANODYNE (7) | phenomist | April 13, 2024, 6:59 p.m. | |||
| EINSTEIN (8) | WoomyRogue | April 15, 2024, 6:44 a.m. | exempt_medic | Number ninety-nine's namesake ties nine ties (8) | Number ninety-nine (Einsteinium)'s namesake = def NINE TIES* |
| CEPHALOPOD (10) | jovi_al | April 15, 2024, 7:14 p.m. | bags | 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") |
| JOB (3) | dohz | April 16, 2024, 12:49 a.m. | bags | Book appointment (3) | double def. "Book" (a book of the Old Testament, pronounced "johb" and etymologically unrelated) and "appointment" |
| CLANK (5) | WoomyRogue | April 17, 2024, 7:24 a.m. | AuLeaf | Rattle-snake shed its skin, moving after cold left (5) | rattle = C+L+(-s)ANK*(-e) |
| PARAMOUR (8) | AuLeaf | April 17, 2024, 10:14 a.m. | jovi_al | Secret lover Mara held up in drink (8) | P(ARAM<)OUR, def "secret lover" |
| PARADE ( 6) | biocuriousgeorgie | April 17, 2024, 1:03 p.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | Standard juice in March (6) | PAR + ADE |
| PARAMETER (9) | phenomist | April 17, 2024, 8:10 p.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | Sheepish dad consumer abandoned a property? (9) | Sheepish dad? = PA RAM Consumer, abandoned a = EaTER Property = def |
| FIRST (5) | Zimodo | April 18, 2024, 1:01 a.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | Leading right into bumper? (5) | Leading = def R into FIST |
| PRIDE FLAG (5, 4) | jovi_al | April 19, 2024, 9:29 a.m. | |||
| TENOR (5) | dohz | April 19, 2024, 3:43 p.m. | jovi_al | One back in lead theatre role! (5) | T(ENO<)R |
| LLAMA (5) | Zimodo | April 21, 2024, 8:11 a.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | Woolly animal (not quite sheep) in Los Angeles (5) | Woolly animal = def Not quite sheep = LAMb, in LA = L(LAM)A |
| JEJUNE (6) | dohz | April 21, 2024, 3:48 p.m. | |||
| ASTERN (6) | WoomyRogue | April 23, 2024, 7:30 a.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | Ninth "House" character (by email, perhaps?) gets behind a ship (6) | Ninth House character by email perhaps = A STERN (i.e. what Alex Stern's email might be) Behind a ship = def |
| ADROIT (6) | dohz | April 23, 2024, 6:35 p.m. | dohz | Secret of Avogadro, Italian expert (6) | _ADRO IT_ |
| DETROIT (7) | noneuclidean | April 23, 2024, 6:48 p.m. | Zimodo | Nothing in trash, unamerican city (7) | DETR(O)IT(-us) |
| TROUT (5) | Zimodo | April 23, 2024, 6:56 p.m. | bags | Trawler at banks released fish (5) | def. "fish" wordplay: TR (first and last letter of TRAWLER ["at banks"]) + OUT ("released") |
| JUST DO IT (4, 2, 2) | phenomist | April 25, 2024, 3:47 p.m. | |||
| ANY MAGIC WORD(S) (?) | Zimodo | April 25, 2024, 7:02 p.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | Tada! A bit of ravioli in pasta sauce! (6) | P(R)ESTO |
| DECIMATE (8) | dohz | April 25, 2024, 10:06 p.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | Strike down one in ten rodents returning during dinner with GF (8) | Strike down one in ten = def Rodents returning = MICE< Dinner with gf = DATE D(ECIM)ATE |
| TRIALS (6) | Space_Kalak | April 26, 2024, 8:51 a.m. | Zimodo | Sample fats orally for tests (6) | TRIALS "try oils" |
| LARIAT (6) | phenomist | April 27, 2024, 6:41 p.m. | |||
| OBGYN (5) | Zimodo | April 27, 2024, 10:15 p.m. | |||
| JEDI (4) | dohz | April 28, 2024, 6:55 a.m. | Zimodo | DJ i.e. mix master (4) | JEDI* |
| CRUCIVERBALIST (14) | Zimodo | April 29, 2024, 10:41 p.m. | schizophoenix | Frequent X poster is cruel brat confused about hearing one of our number's in Rome (14) | Frequent [cross word] poster (def) = ISCRUELBRAT* surrounding CIV (104 = hearing "one of our") |
| ON ICE (2, 3) | dohz | April 30, 2024, 1:32 p.m. | Zimodo | Unneat musical ending? (2 3) | ddef |
| CYNICAL (7) | phenomist | April 30, 2024, 2:16 p.m. | Zimodo | Young Yankovic picks up nicotine /neg (7) | CY(NIC)AL |
| CANOPY (6) | biocuriousgeorgie | May 1, 2024, 2:35 p.m. | AuLeaf | Copy an egregious bedcover? (6) | CANOPY* |
| NUMEROLOGY (10) | Zimodo | May 2, 2024, 5:34 p.m. | AuLeaf | Cast rune, gloomy about calculating one's destiny, perhaps (10) | *[RUNE GLOOMY] |
| SHELLAC (7) | dohz | May 3, 2024, 12:17 a.m. | schizophoenix | She and I out of light purple resin (7) | SHE + L(I)LAC |
| CALLOUS (7) | phenomist | May 3, 2024, 6:07 a.m. | InvalidD | Ruthless tactic Al lousily concealed (7) | (hidden) _C AL LOUS_ |
| SHACKLE (7) | AuLeaf | May 3, 2024, 5:25 p.m. | |||
| ESPAÑOL (7) | Zimodo | May 5, 2024, 2:24 a.m. | |||
| BROMATE (7) | noneuclidean | May 5, 2024, 2:50 a.m. | Zimodo | Friend of a friend ate around 10:00?? (7) | BRO(M)ATE def is a reverse cryptic ddef ximenes would murder me for this one |
| TAGALOG (7) | dohz | May 5, 2024, 12:06 p.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | Girl Scout cookie sold in second language (7) | TAGALONG, getting rid of _N Language = def |
| HONEYPOT (8) | biocuriousgeorgie | May 7, 2024, 5:21 p.m. | WoomyRogue | Lurer scrambled to phone captured youth (8) | HONE(Y)POT* |
| CORSET (6) | WoomyRogue | May 8, 2024, 9:20 a.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | Chest wrapper worn by Rose, maybe! (6) | is maybe really an anagrind? ...maybe? |
| BAKING SHEET (6, 5) | InvalidD | May 11, 2024, 5:43 a.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | Pan, but kinda square, Spooner's terrified where sugar might come from (6, 5) | Spoonerism for "shaking beet" Pan but kinda square = def |
| EMPTY (5) | AuLeaf | May 14, 2024, 9:24 a.m. | talishir_ | Devoid of short musical theater sounds | Devoid is a definition of empty; while “short musical theater” clues the acronym MT, which sounds like empty |
| MOUNTAIN (8) | phenomist | May 14, 2024, 9:47 a.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | Utter, peak extreme in amount (8) | Utter peak = def Extreme = anagram indicator for INAMOUNT* |
| GOAT YOGA (4, 4) | biocuriousgeorgie | May 16, 2024, 8:51 a.m. | AuLeaf | "Gym mama" to blog about losing 3000lb in exercise routine with kids (4 4) | (GOATYOGA[-mmm lb])* |
| TACTILE (7) | phenomist | May 16, 2024, 9:53 a.m. | phenomist | Detailed strategem by the French can be perceived (7) | TACTI(-c)+LE (the French) |
| TESTING (7) | madjaqk | May 16, 2024, 11:57 a.m. | gppasco | Screening the Best Picture winner from 1973, with character closest to the lead edited out (7) | screening = def Best Picture winner from 1973 = THE STING character closest to the lead edited out = remove second letter, so T[h]ESTING |
| NEW AGE (3 3) | Zimodo | May 16, 2024, 12:14 p.m. | InvalidD | No time to earn payment with music movement (3, 3) | NE(-t)+WAGE |
| POODLE SKIRT (6, 5) | biocuriousgeorgie | May 19, 2024, 6:38 a.m. | schizophoenix | Many in Pakistan and India pass on retro dancewear (6, 5) | OODLES(many) in PK(country) + I(phonetic) + RT(retweet = pass on) = def |
| IZZARD (6) | InvalidD | May 19, 2024, 9:56 a.m. | |||
| TUMBLEWEED (10) | biocuriousgeorgie | May 22, 2024, 2:55 p.m. | schizophoenix | This rolling thing blew across me amidst the disordered sound of two banjos playing (10) | This rolling thing (def) = BLEW in ME in DUET* |
| CRICKET (7) | AuLeaf | May 26, 2024, 7:38 p.m. | schizophoenix | Bug causing noise in a medical scan? Yes, observed in grain (7) | def = K in RICE in CT |
| CHATTER (7) | madjaqk | May 28, 2024, 1:27 p.m. | schizophoenix | Talk about someone famously mad (7) | def = C(about)+HATTER |
| TAROT CARD (5, 4) | bags | May 28, 2024, 10:20 p.m. | schizophoenix | Surrounded by a little nonsense, it drives people to a tool that can be used to predict the future (5,4) | TAD (little) containing ROT(nonsense)+CAR = def |
| PREMIUM (7) | WoomyRogue | May 30, 2024, 5:16 a.m. | schizophoenix | Extra umpire splayed about upturned wicket (7) | def = M(upside-down W) in UMPIRE* |
| SHRIMP (6) | Zimodo | May 30, 2024, 10:45 p.m. | WoomyRogue | Seafood fanatic ate only the edges of hamburger (6) | S(H_R)IMP |
| EMERGE (6) | WoomyRogue | June 1, 2024, 6:22 a.m. | schizophoenix | We eventually get together and come out (6) | (-W)E+MERGE |
| QUATERNION (10) | jovi_al | June 1, 2024, 12:49 p.m. | Tortoise | Complex equation involving real number and extension of a complex number (10) | R+N inside anagram of EQUATION |
| COMFORT (7) | Zimodo | June 2, 2024, 1:02 p.m. | Tortoise | Show up mostly for tea and sympathy (7) | COM[-e]+FOR+T |
| UPDATE (6) | madjaqk | June 3, 2024, 9:18 p.m. | madjaqk | University police department took in new information (6) | University=U police department=PD took in=ATE new information=def |
| ANY CLUE USING “PRIDE MONTH” (?) | WoomyRogue | June 4, 2024, 6:54 a.m. | rpl | Alabama embraces most of Pride Month (5) | A(PRI__)L |
| SYRUP (5) | Zimodo | June 6, 2024, 5:23 p.m. | InvalidD | Drink containing dash of yoghurt and red, sweet liquid (5) | S(Y_+R)UP |
| SHUFFLE (7) | Zimodo | June 10, 2024, 6:01 p.m. | Tortoise | Mix up egg dish containing bit of ham instead of egg (7) | H replaces O in SOUFFLE |
| HOPE (4) | madjaqk | June 11, 2024, 9:28 p.m. | dohz | Wish with open heart (4) | _H OPE_ |
| LOZENGE (7) | jovi_al | June 11, 2024, 10:50 p.m. | Zimodo | There's peace in playing with lego. It soothes (7) | LO(ZEN)GE* |
| NO DICE (2, 4) | dohz | June 11, 2024, 11:07 p.m. | Zimodo | Vain democrat accepted by radical (2 4) | NO (D)ICE |
| CALISSON (8) | noneuclidean | June 12, 2024, 12:11 a.m. | |||
| CARPOOL (7) | Zimodo | June 14, 2024, 2:58 a.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | Drive together in middle of April to get into some YMCA pool (7) | middle of April = R into (some ymCA + POOL) _CA(_R_)POOL |
| FORLORN (7) | Zimodo | June 16, 2024, 3:55 a.m. | |||
| SCRIBBLE (8) | WoomyRogue | June 16, 2024, 5:43 a.m. | Zimodo | Scratch penned in black! (8) | SCRIB(BL)E |
| SEA CHANGE (3, 6) | dohz | June 16, 2024, 5:15 p.m. | Zimodo | Mix together saengchae for a shift (3 6) | SEA CHANGE* |
| STATUE PARK (6 4) | Zimodo | June 18, 2024, 9:27 a.m. | Tortoise | Taupe pattern breaking up sparsely decorated puzzle in black and white (6 4) | anagram of TAUPE in STARK |
| EGOT (4) | Zimodo | June 20, 2024, 12:15 p.m. | noneuclidean | Level 51's profile picture on Discord (not X) is revolutionary, getting multiple awards (4) | TOGE(-kiss)< |
| LEGO (4) | biocuriousgeorgie | June 21, 2024, 9:07 a.m. | dohz | In the latter half, Nihilego is something you don’t wanna step on (4) | _LEGO |
| PORTLY (6) | Zimodo | June 24, 2024, 6:12 p.m. | dohz | Stout is like a certain alcoholic beverage? (6) | ddef like a certain alcoholic beverage = like port = PORT-LY |
| TROPHY (6) | phenomist | June 24, 2024, 8:28 p.m. | dohz | Award in astrophysics (6) | _TROPHY_ |
| CONCH (5) | WoomyRogue | June 25, 2024, 8:45 a.m. | Tortoise | Bacon cheeseburger secretly contains shellfish (5) | hidden in baCON CHeeseburger |
| CAPSIZE (7) | dohz | June 25, 2024, 8:07 p.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | After lie, medium perhaps is upset (7) | medium, perhaps = SIZE after lie = CAP upset = def |
| STAIRCASE (9) | Zimodo | June 26, 2024, 11:05 p.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | It could go both up and down, as trace is fluctuating (9) | ASTRACEIS* |
| POLEMIC (7) | biocuriousgeorgie | June 28, 2024, 8:53 a.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | Rant, bashing mole in photo (7) | Rant = def P(MOLE*)IC |
| MACGYVER (8) | dohz | June 28, 2024, 4:38 p.m. | Tortoise | Jury-rig air conditioning in British sports car, very crudely (8) | Jury-rig = def AC in MG + anagram of VERY |
| IMPRESARIO (10) | phenomist | June 28, 2024, 4:46 p.m. | schizophoenix | At the bottom of the ninth, someone who takes superstars around (Puerto Rican/Spanish) is someone who makes plays happen (10) | I(ninth letter) +MARIO(takes super stars) around(PR+ES) =def |
| OREO O'S (4 2) | Zimodo | June 29, 2024, 1:15 a.m. | rpl | Queen's castle is welcoming for a breakfast meal (4 1'1) | Queen's castle = OOO (chess abbrev) is = 'S welcoming = containment for = RE O(RE)OO 'S |
| PERMIT (6) | WoomyRogue | June 29, 2024, 11:15 a.m. | schizophoenix | Authorize a way to get curly hair? (6) | PERM IT |
| ADAPT (5) | dohz | July 1, 2024, 12:03 a.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | Prosecutor's in-appropriate reform (5) | DA is in APT = A(DA)PT |
| ONE ON ONE (3 2 3) | Zimodo | July 1, 2024, 9:13 a.m. | WoomyRogue | Powered through a single head-to-head match (3 2 3) | ONE(ON)ONE |
| OUST (4) | WoomyRogue | July 3, 2024, 5:06 a.m. | schizophoenix | Out outs out (4) | OUTS* |
| ENSORCELL (9) | dohz | July 3, 2024, 11:32 a.m. | rpl | Remove cover from alarm on prison entrance (9) | (-s)ENSOR = Remove cover from alarm CELL = prison def = entrance (v. "to bewitch") |
| DURACELL (8) | Zimodo | July 3, 2024, 11:42 a.m. | WoomyRogue | Relay inside dead battery (8) | DU(RACE)LL |
| WORDCEL (7) | noneuclidean | July 3, 2024, 11:46 a.m. | |||
| 1-UP (1-2) | Zimodo | July 5, 2024, 11:50 a.m. | WoomyRogue | I uncapped a beverage - a Corpse Reviver (1-2) | 1+(-7)UP |
| MARGIN (6) | WoomyRogue | July 5, 2024, 4:10 p.m. | Space_Kalak | Warning up without skirt (6) | Def: skirt WARNING "up" (anagrammed) but missing the W ("with" out) *MARGIN(-w) |
| DEFAULT (7) | dohz | July 6, 2024, 2:40 p.m. | Zimodo | Fail to meet the standard (7) | ddef |
| FOLLY (5) | Zimodo | July 8, 2024, 10:25 a.m. | schizophoenix | Lacking the unconscious self, peaceful period of regression is foolishness (5) | (-ID)YLL+OF, reversed = def |
| MATCH (5) | WoomyRogue | July 10, 2024, 4:51 a.m. | buzzbee | Watch! Front flipped for a game (5) | flip front -> (M)atch = def (a game) |
| FANCY (5) | biocuriousgeorgie | July 12, 2024, 8:42 a.m. | schizophoenix | Whim-like (5) | ddef |
| FELON (5) | schizophoenix | July 12, 2024, 8:50 a.m. | rpl | Part of lifelong con (5) | liFELONg |
| FRESH (5) | WoomyRogue | July 12, 2024, 1:27 p.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | "Flames I Extinguished": her first novel (5) | FiRES + H_ Novel = def |
| FORGE (5) | Zimodo | July 12, 2024, 2:30 p.m. | dohz | Develop iron-clad organization (5) | F(ORG)E |
| UNCALLED-FOR (8-3) | dohz | July 14, 2024, 3:58 p.m. | schizophoenix | Was Uncle Al inside the Ford that rolled over? Totally unnecessary! (8-3) | AL in UNCLE + DFOR = def |
| SPROUT (6) | WoomyRogue | July 15, 2024, 5:16 a.m. | AuLeaf | Shoot, and POTUS gets wound around tip of ear (6) | SP(_R)OUT* |
| VIM (3) | dohz | July 16, 2024, 6:23 p.m. | schizophoenix | Famous editor goes with vigor (3) | vim and vigor |
| EMACS (5) | dpad | July 16, 2024, 6:25 p.m. | schizophoenix | Famous editor for fast rapper at current speed (5) | def = EM(inem)+A+C+S |
| NOTEPAD (7) | frictionlessemu | July 16, 2024, 6:26 p.m. | biocuriousgeorgie | App to open .dat (formatted) (7) | App = def OPENDAT* |
| VS CODE (2, 4) | phenomist | July 17, 2024, 2:53 a.m. | |||
| ENIAC (5) | Zimodo | July 17, 2024, 3:08 a.m. | AuLeaf | Retro actor who played "Alfie" on an early computer (5) | ENIAC< |
| LIFT (4) | biocuriousgeorgie | July 17, 2024, 7:50 a.m. | |||
| ROUGE (5) | dohz | July 19, 2024, 1:10 a.m. | schizophoenix | Observing the good within makes libertine turn red (5) | G in ROUE = "turn red" (verb defn) |