Started by edderiofer
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)
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| Clue ID | Clue | Explanation (hover) | Submitted By | Likes |
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| 536 | 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) |
level | 4 |
| 539 | Charlie, the Deputy Führer, to enter the field of battle (10) | "Deputy Führer"=Rudolf HESS "to enter"=BOARD (like a plane) C+HESS+BOARD |
madjaqk | 3 |
| 543 | Couple left duke's wife and poet outside front of obscene mating place (10) | (-du)CHESS + B(O_)ARD = mating place | Sp3000 | 3 |
| 577 | Ace, say, gets S in Network; it has eight ranks (10) | "it has eight ranks" = C(H(ESS)BO)ARD | phenomist | 3 |
| 579 | Bosch reads about setting for King's Game? (10) | CHESSBOARD* ("the king's game" is a nickname for chess; allusion to Ender's Game and/or Game of Thrones) | AuLeaf | 2 |
| 534 | Variety of curds turns ESE to army's battlefield (10) | CHESSBOARD = CHEESEBOARD with ESE substituted for SS | edderiofer | 1 |
| 530 | Finally told, according to Chao, on the battleground? (10) | Defn: battleground = CHESSBOARD "told, according to Chao" = homophone indicator "Finally" = "CHESSBOARD": > [00:17] chaotic_iak: FINALLY = CHESSBOARD is also close enough for a sufficiently relaxed definition of closeness https://ptb.discordapp.com/channels/379129452203999242/422886139498856448/539237442654568461 |
edderiofer | 0 |
| 537 | Obsess endlessly, tinkering in green field of play (10) | Obsess endlessly, tinkering = OBSES(-s), anagrammed; in green = in CHARD; "field of play" defines CHESSBOARD |
prawo | 0 |
| 578 | Charlie - he's at first, somewhat bored sounding, is rigid and monochrome (10) | C+HE'S+S_+BOARD ("bored sounding")= is rigid and monochrome | wolf | 0 |