Started by koha____
| Clue ID | Clue | Explanation (hover) |
|---|---|---|
| 13544 | Bangkok truck stop announced protocol to verify success (8) | definition “protocol to verify success” homophone of THAI BRAKE lol |
| 13545 | Retake IB in fashion: It gives you a chance to score higher? (8) | Anagram of "Retake IB" tiebreaks let you go from tie to win (or tie to lose, hence the word "chance") |
| 13547 | Determine who will win free brie among “Secret Cheese Santa” backers on Kickstarter? (8) | def "Determine who will win" [secre]T + (IEBR*) + [chees]E + [sant]A + K[ick] |
| 13548 | Make like a pretzel baker working overtime (8) | TIE (make like a pretzel) + BREAK (anag. baker [working]) |
| 13549 | Bind and break to settle the score, in a way (8) | Charades Bind = TIE + BREAK def = settle the score, in a way |
| 13550 | Crashing bike after failing to yield incurs penalties, possibly (8) | (BIKE AFTER)* minus F (failing) = penalties, possibly (as in a penalty shootout) |
| 13552 | Entwined bar remark? Make uneven, go ahead! (8) | Whole clue is definition on the surface (entwined = equal, bar remark = score, make uneven = break the tie, go ahead = also break tie by being ahead in score) make uneven -> choose odd letters -> EnTwInEdBaRrEmArK -> ETIEBREAK go ahead -> head letter goes -> remove E from start -> TIEBREAK |
| 13553 | Weirdly bite rake to decide who wins (8) | TIEBREAK (weirdly -> biterake)(anag) TIEBREAKs decide who wins in case of a tie |
| 13554 | See who gets the gold touch at first. Secondly, Midas meets abysmal, tragic result! A bit of karma! (8) | Touch + mIdas mEets aBysmal tRagic rEsult + A + Karma (letter selections) |