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Guilt of Sonic the Hedgehog (7)
SHAYMIN (= "shame in" homophone) [= "hedgehog"]; "Sonic" as homophone indicator
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| Clue ID | Clue | Explanation (hover) | Submitted By | Likes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 426 | Guilt of Sonic the Hedgehog (7) | SHAYMIN (= "shame in" homophone) [= "hedgehog"]; "Sonic" as homophone indicator | level | 2 |
| 425 | A grassy Pokémon from Japan, much like a lute, won the millenials but lost half of the base. | grassy Pokémon: def from Japan, much like a lute: SHAMISEN Millenial: (generation) Y half of the base: -baSE SHA(+Y)MI(-se)N |
wolf | 1 |
| 430 | A living Chia Pet is hard inside, to say the least | hard inside to say = H into SAY the least = MIN a living Chia Pet = S(H)AY+MIN |
wolf | 1 |
| 443 | Said colloquially, hanging a sign, on this creature, of gratitude (7) | Def. "creature of gratitude" = SHAYMIN (see: Pokemon category) said = homophone indicator colloquially hanging a sign on = SHAMIN' (see: pet shaming) |
edderiofer | 1 |
| 445 | Grass-type mythical initially seen in Sinnoh, avoiding drama on its home ground (7) | &lit; Shaymin comes from Sinnoh's "Flower Paradise" and is shy and reserved (ie, avoids drama) in its original, land form (on its home ground) Grass type: HAY mythical initially: M_ seen in SINNOH: SHA(YM)INNOH avoiding: deletion indicator drama on its home ground: NOH (Japanese masked play) S[HAYM]IN(-noh) |
AuLeaf | 1 |
| 427 | With sky and ground, formed breeze without rotation as careless drives (7) | Def. With sky and ground forme, D + SASHAY (breeze) - <AS< (without rotation as) + MIND (care) - all Ds (less drives). | Akumu | 0 |
| 436 | Chaotic has left humanity halfway with this, first becoming almost mainly imaginative! (7) | &lit Definition: chaotic_iak leaves "humanity" by making a non-human character, a Shaymin, which itself is different from other Shaymins (hence "imaginative") Wordplay: chaotic HAS -> SHA (anagram) HUMANITY halfway -> NITY (half of word) left ... -> YTIN (reverse) THIS first -> T (first letter) almost mainly IMAGINATIVE -> M ("almost first" letter, so second letter) ... with ... becoming ... -> YMIN (letter replacement) concatenate -> SHAYMIN Clue co-authored with Deusovi |
chaotic_iak | 0 |