Contests started: ANTEPENULTIMATE (15), RARE CANDY (4, 5), ANY CLUE THAT'S &LIT AND A QUESTIONABLE DEF?! (?), TURKEY (6), DECEMBER (8), POTATO (6), ANY CLUE WHOSE SURFACE COMPLIMENTS A PUZZLER (??), MODERATOR (9), PANICKING (9), TWENTY-ONE (6-3), VOTE (4), DIME, ANY CLUE WHOSE SURFACE IS A PALINDROME (?), SENATOR (7), BUG (3)
Contests won: RARE CANDY (4, 5), BABEL (5), TURKEY (6), WHATEVER (8), DECEMBER (8), UNSWEETENED (11), BLIZZARD (8), SPIRAL GALAXY (6, 6), NONSENSE (8)
| Clue ID | Contest | Clue | Explanation (hover) | Submitted By | Likes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5147 | WHATEVER (8) | Hate in West Virginia emergency room doesn't matter (8) | W(HATE)V+ER = "doesn't matter" | Tiralmo | 6 |
| 4928 | BIDEN (5) | 46 Down in France's Nice (5) | 46 (nickname for the presumptive 46th president) = D(own) contained within BIEN ("nice" translated to French) | Tiralmo | 4 |
| 5021 | BABEL (5) | Babylon's marvel had most of its constituents scattered to the winds! | BAB(-ylon's marv)EL &lit | Tiralmo | 4 |
| 5022 | RARE CANDY (4, 5) | 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 | Tiralmo | 4 |
| 5112 | TURKEY (6) | Jailer gives nary a quarter; three strikes (6) | TUR(-n...)KEY: bowling term for three consecutive strikes | Tiralmo | 4 |
| 5208 | DECEMBER (8) | Half-decent: gets coal at Christmastime (8) | DEC_+EMBER | Tiralmo | 4 |
| 5065 | CRAFT (5) | Sea vehicle! (5) | C+RAFT &lit | Tiralmo | 3 |
| 5098 | HEAD (4) | Leader in niche advertising (4) | _HEAD_ | Tiralmo | 3 |
| 5689 | SPIRAL GALAXY (6, 6) | 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) | Tiralmo | 3 |
| 5915 | DOZE (4) | Rest of magical land is in Delaware (4) | Rest = D(OZ)E | Tiralmo | 3 |
| 4937 | REPROVE (7) | Don't flatter senator who rambles endlessly (7) | Don't flatter = REP + ROVE(-r) | Tiralmo | 2 |
| 5101 | MOZART (6) | Composed musical pieces Violin Concerto No. 3 and 4 in Salzburg, and Requiem at the end! (6) | anagrammed(composed) ART (musical pieces) (vi)O(lin concerto) (sal)Z(burg), and (requie)M - &lit | Tiralmo | 2 |
| 5102 | AMADEUS (7) | 1984 Oscar winning film Reddit Q&A thread by Puzzler's Club member (7) | AMA+DEUS | Tiralmo | 2 |
| 5194 | BUCKET (6) | Item used in an icy challenge, or what some say they'll do about the trend (6) | "buck it" | Tiralmo | 2 |
| 5332 | BLIZZARD (8) | Big reptile gets twice as much sleep during wintery conditions (8) | B+LI(Z→ZZ)ARD | Tiralmo | 2 |
| 5692 | SIC (3) | Egg on face value indicator (3) | SIC ddef: egg on / face value indicator = editor term for as it originally appeared, regardless of intended meaning | Tiralmo | 2 |
| 5705 | III (3) | Third third third third third third third (3) | ..I ..I ..I = the third generation with the same name | Tiralmo | 2 |
| 5926 | NONSENSE (8) | Babble on about fly with nightingale's head for all time (8) | babble = NO<+(t→N_)SE(t→N_)SE | Tiralmo | 2 |
| 5951 | AULEAF (6) | Aurath's made it clear that he is not a sheet of gold (6) | Aurath's made it clear that he is not =def of Auleaf, referencing Aurath having had the discord nickname "not auleaf" gold=AU + sheet=LEAF (with "of" indicating the gold should be treated as an adjective before the noun) |
Tiralmo | 2 |
| 4927 | INTEGRAL (8) | Vital D&D figure (for example, real weird guy) (8) | Vital = INT (D&D stat) + e.g. + ℝ + Al (Yankovich) | Tiralmo | 1 |
| 5105 | WOLFGANG (8) | Confused golf member about Mozart (8) | W(OLFG*)ANG | Tiralmo | 1 |
| 5206 | LIST (4) | Solutions with every third deviation from the vertical (4) | ..L..I..S ..T. | Tiralmo | 1 |
| 5214 | UNSWEETENED (11) | 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...) |
Tiralmo | 1 |
| 5244 | BAOBAB (6) | Keke's friend hugging close to jumbo base of birch tree (6) | BA(_O)BA+B_ | Tiralmo | 1 |
| 5245 | PAN (3) | Spanish bread - I am not into French bread (3) | PA(-i)N | Tiralmo | 1 |
| 5627 | PRAXIS (6) | Evil group is after image management practice (6) | PR+AXIS (image management = public relations, commonly abbreviated PR) |
Tiralmo | 1 |
| 5896 | CANCUN (6) | Dance with the essence of truth for Patricia's last resort (6) | CANC(_a→_U_)N = resort | Tiralmo | 1 |
| 6046 | BAD (3) | Criminal baaed, oddly (3) | Criminal (adj) = B_A_D | Tiralmo | 1 |
| 5000 | LAME DUCK (4, 4) | A mode where you won't get anything for nothing and are worthless in luck! (4, 4) | L((AM(o->_)DE)*)UCK &lit | Tiralmo | 0 |
| 5340 | BY-PRODUCT (2-7) | Crazy pyro tears way after burning starts, for an unintended result (2-7) | B_+PYRO*+DUCT(tear's way) | Tiralmo | 0 |
| 5487 | ANY CLUE WHICH CONTAINS EXACTLY ONE LETTER (?) | Exactly one letter has properties of STRAIGHT, SYMMETRIC, TOP-HEAVY, and FLAT-TOPPED! (1) | T &lit: the only letter that has all four of these characteristics, and the only letter that appears in (is a property of) all four terms | Tiralmo | 0 |
| 5491 | ANY CLUE WHICH CONTAINS EXACTLY ONE LETTER (?) | L llllllllllll l lllllllll l llllllllllllllllllll l lllll l llllllllllllllllll l? (5) | Liter = L.engths of words containing 12,9,20,5,and 18 letters respectively. Questionable due to unclued a1z26 conversion. | Tiralmo | 0 |
| 6049 | LOBSTER BUCKS (7, 5) | Buck Blosters production! (7 5) | LOBSTER BUCKS* &lit (Lobster Bucks originally premiered as part of Buck Blosters) ((How did no one beat me to this clue in 26 hours?)) |
Tiralmo | 0 |
| 6092 | LIT (3) | Amazing wordplay example (3) | ddef (slang / &lit) | Tiralmo | 0 |