Contests started: OREO (4), ARAPAIMA (8), BUTTERSCOTCH (12), YO MAMA (2, 4), CRAFT (5), MOZART (6), BELLY-SIDE UP (5-4, 2), AHEAD OF THE CURVE (5, 2, 3, 5), AFRO (4), COLORADO (8), TOMATO (6), BAOBAB (6), JE T'AIME (2, 1'4), TWELVE (6), MIXMASTER (9), DEFLATE (7), GO (2), ANY CLUE WHICH INCORPORATES A CAESAR CIPHER (?), KABOOM (6), DENTAL FLOSS (6, 5), SEDITION (8), CHARMANDER (10), GAME CHANGER (4, 7), MAKE DO (4, 2), TOGETHER (8), BETTER (6), TITS UP (4, 2), HOT DOG (3, 3), UP TOP (2, 3), TARTARE (7), SECOND DOSE (6, 4), PED XING (3, 4), PER SE (3, 2), CONCENTRIC CIRCLES (10, 7), WUSS (4), USER STATS (4, 5), POWER RULE (5, 4), TO BOOT (2, 4), NO WAY (2, 3), HAND-WAVY (4-4), MYANMAR (7), TILL THE COWS COME HOME (4, 3, 4, 4, 4), K-I-S-S-I-N-G (1-1-1-1-1-1-1), ALL GROWNSED-UP (3, 8-2), DOOZY (5), MISSOURI (8), NINE (4), AND-LIT (3-3), BZZT (4), FUN FACT (3, 4), SHANGRI-LA (7-2), DOT-TO-DOT (3-2-3), KAHAU (5), GO BLIND (2, 5), OWYHEE (6), PWN (3), OASIS (5), TRANQ (5), BIRTHDAY PRESENT (8, 7), LAND HO (4, 2), MANO A MANO/MANO-A-MANO (4, 1, 4) OR (4-1-4), ORANGE (6), THETA (5), IDEAL (5), TYSM (4) OR (1, 1, 1, 1), HYBRID CLASS (6, 5), WHOA (4), HOTEL (5), PHOTON (6), POETRY (6), DOHA (4), WALUIGI (7), DORK (4), STAN (4), ANY CLUE WHOSE ANSWER IS HIDDEN IN THE CLUE, BUT IS NOT A HIDDEN (?), HEAT (4), WARIO (5), BLOCKHEAD (9), A-OK (1-2), GARBOLOGY (9), BIG TIME (3, 4), ABRAHAM VAN HELSING (7, 3, 7), ROMANIA (7), HAND TURKEY (4, 6), PHOOEY (6), LIGMA (5), WOW (3), TWITCH (6), HE SHOOTS, HE SCORES (2, 6, 2, 6), HOME FREE (4, 4), S-TIER (1-4), VAPE PEN (4. 3), LMAO (4) OR (1, 1, 1, 1), NEPAL (5), TAKE FIVE (4, 4), GOLD LEAF (4, 4), FEAR (4), NEW YEAR'S EVE (3, 4'1, 3), PIZZA (5), TWO (3), DOCTOR (6), ANY CLUE WHICH INCORPORATES THE NUMBER 100, 101, OR 102 (?), PIRATE (6), THE ABC'S (3, 3'1), PENELOPE PITSTOP (8, 7), DOPE (4), HOW ARE YOU? (3, 3, 3), CAPUT (5), C'MON (1'3), TAX (3), TAKE A BREATHER (4, 1, 8), WHATEVS (7), ONE (3), THEN TWO (3), THEN THREE (5), THEN FOUR (4), ETC., MECHANICAL BULL (10, 4), CHURRO (6), FORK (4), CARING (6), NUMBER ONE (6, 3), OLD HAT (3, 3), SODA CAN (4, 3), AND... SCENE! (3... 5), SPRIGATITO (10), MAESTRO (7), DUMPSTER (8), SOAP (4), OSTRICH (7), TURTLE (6), STAB (4), GARBAGE (7), MF DOOM (2, 4), CHARLIE PARKER (7, 6), CARBON (6), MCDONALD'S (9), PISTACHIO (9), GOOGLE-FU (6-2), LECHONK (7), TANGIBLE (8), COASTER (7), PODCAST (7), PASSWORD (8), BISHOP (6), BOWSER (6), CONTACT (7), HAIR TIE (4, 3), CHEESE GRATER (6, 6), TRAGEDY (7), STICKS AND STONES (6, 3, 6), NINTENDO (8), COBBLESTONE (11), BANANA BREAD (6, 5), CARPE DIEM (5, 4), SHOGI (5), CHARLATAN (9), RETURNED (8), SLEEP IN (5, 2), GASTROPOD (9), ASTRAY (6), IPHONE (6), OFFSTAGE (8), FIDELITY (8), PHOENIX (7), POO POO (3, 3), AFTERNOON (9), LOVESICK (8), BRUIT (5), APPROACH (8), BED ROTTING (3, 7), CHARABANC (9), MICHIGAN (8), NEW SOUTH WALES (3, 5, 5), EVONNE GOOLAGONG (6, 9), SUPERSTITION (12), PRODIGY (7), SCORCHED EARTH (8, 5) OR (8-5), MOTHER GOOSE (6, 5), HORSERADISH (11), ANY CLUE WITH AN EXTRANEOUS INDICATOR (?), TAROT CARD (5, 4)
Contests won: LAME DUCK (4, 4), BIFURCATION (11), CALLIPYGIAN (11), VULTURE (7), WAIF (4), GOBBLE (6), PFIZER (6), EXTRA (5), TINSEL (6), CARP, LAWYER (6), DOWNRIGHT (9), BAGS (4), ZENITH (6), MAGNETAR (8), ABOUT (5), STATISTICS (10), GRENADINE (9), GASLIGHT (8), PLANTS (6), TIC-TAC-TOE (3-3-3), HOME (4), I DON’T KNOW (1, 3’1, 4), AND-LIT (3-3), PHLOGISTON (10), EGREGIOUS (9), DOZE (4), OASIS (5), EXUVIAE (7), MUFFIN (6), SLOWPOKE (8), MUM (3), OWO (3), PLOSIVE (7), SKELETOR (8), ANY DWARF FROM THE HOBBIT (?), GOLEM (5), YOUR MOST RECENT LUNCH/DINNER (?), ATARAXIA (8), FLASK (5), ANY BIRD WITH ENUM (3), OUTRÉ (5), LULL (4), TINIKLING (9), AUTHORITARIAN (13), DOUGHS (6), JOMAN (5), OH NO (2 2), DELIRIUM (8), SNICKERDOODLE (13), GYOZA (5), LE FISHE (2,5), POGCHAMP (8), MULTIVERSE (10), AUTUMN LEAVES (6, 6), GREGORY (7), SERAI (5), EXORDIUM (8), CIRCUMNAVIGATE (14), :NOTLIKEDUCK: (11), WORDLE (6), NORTH (5), SPONTANEOUS (11), VOTELESS (8), IXNAY (5), UWU (3), REJOIN (6), FETCH (5), ID CARD (2, 4), TIGER (5), FEBRUARY (8), REVEAL (6), DR. NO (2. 2), PICROSS (7), WATER (5), A CLUE THAT MUST SOLVE TO BOTH BENGALS AND RAMS, DEPENDING ON HOW WORDPLAY IS PARSED (7) AND (4), DOUGH ZONE (5, 4), PROSPECT (8), THE CHASE (3, 5), OLD HAT (3, 3), SODA CAN (4, 3), MONGOOSE (8), OUTLOOK (7), AND... SCENE! (3... 5), PERUSE (6), BLOOD PACT (5, 4), BASMATI (7), CONCERTO (8), EASTER (6), SALAD (5), ANTHEM (6), GHOTI (5), CALICO CAT (6, 3), ABANDON (7), ANGST (5), PATERISSA (9), HACK (4), LIONESSES (9), SUPPORT (7), SMACK-DAB (5-3), JOVIAL (6), MERCURY (7), OUTER (5), BARNS (5), CLOCK (5), LAST MOMENT (4, 6), RAMPANT (7), NINETY NINE (6 4), SANDBAG (7), B (1), D (1), RED FLAG (3, 4), FELICITATIONS (13), KARAOKE (7), FOIE GRAS (4, 4), CAREEN (6), HAMBURGEVONS (12), PREPARE (7), 500 INTERNAL SERVER ERROR (3 8 6 5), PLAY DEAD (4, 4), PORTCULLIS (10), PAIN (4), POO POO (3, 3), LOWERCASE (9), MARTLET (7), BRUIT (5), ÉTOUFFÉE (8), KEYSMASH (8), DEAD WEIGHT (4, 6), FORTHCOMING (11), QUAY (4), PUNCH IN (5 2), AKIMBO (6), CAPS LOCK (4 4), ONLIADBCEHMRUS (14), GRAPHIC (7), CWM (3), DADA (4), CHAMFER (7), CEPHALOPOD (10), JOB (3), TROUT (5)
| Clue ID | Contest | Clue | Explanation (hover) | Submitted By | Likes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8898 | THE CHASE (3, 5) | Cheetah's activity? (3, 5) | &lit 'the chase' as in 'the sport of hunting' wordplay: anagram of CHEETAH'S ("activity") |
bags | 7 |
| 8463 | ID CARD (2, 4) | 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]") |
bags | 6 |
| 8643 | ANY CLUE THAT STARTS WITH "MACHINE TO STEAL" (?) | Machine to steal rolls (4) | TOOL def. "Machine" wordplay: reversal of LOOT ("to steal" "rolls") |
bags | 6 |
| 9566 | GHOTI (5) | ||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") |
bags | 6 |
| 5007 | LAME DUCK (4, 4) | Poor Donald is one (4,4) | LAME ("Poor") + DUCK ("Donald is one", ref. Donald Duck), &lit | bags | 5 |
| 5077 | BIFURCATION (11) | You lie about helping to accept cold breakup (11) | (U FIB)< + R•ATION<(C) // def. "breakup" | bags | 5 |
| 5148 | WAIF (4) | Homeless person was given that small cut (4) | WAS ("was") + IF ("given that") - S ("small cut") // def. "Homeless person" | bags | 5 |
| 5153 | VULTURE (7) | 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” | bags | 5 |
| 5156 | GOBBLE (6) | Wolf or turkey's cry (6) | double definition: "Wolf" (verb) // "turkey's cry" | bags | 5 |
| 7550 | SLOWPOKE (8) | Essentially awareness-low Pokémon (8) | &lit: awarenesS-LOW POKÉmon ("essentially") | bags | 5 |
| 8471 | TIGER (5) | African country has time for new animal (5) | def. "animal" wordplay: NIGER ("African country") has T instead of N ("has time for new") |
bags | 5 |
| 8616 | DR. NO (2. 2) | 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?) |
bags | 5 |
| 8663 | WATER (5) | 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") |
bags | 5 |
| 8737 | TE AMO (2, 3) | Romantic confession short while after drink (2, 3) | def. "Romantic confession" wordplay: MO ("short while": i.e. 'in a mo') after TEA ("drink") |
bags | 5 |
| 12253 | FORTHCOMING (11) | Keep seeking shelters: cold is near (11) | def. "near" wordplay: FORT ("Keep") HOMING ("seeking") surrounds C ("shelters" "cold") |
bags | 5 |
| 5086 | CALLIPYGIAN (11) | Before paying, excitedly shout "I like snacks!" (11) | CALL ("shout") + I before PYGIAN*("PAYING, excitedly") // def. "like snacks", 'snacks' being slang for attractive people | bags | 4 |
| 5188 | INTRINSIC (9) | Natural, hot part of Trinidad is turned cold (9) | IN (hot) + TRIN (part of TRIN[idad]) + SI (IS, turned) + C (cold) // def. "Natural" | bags | 4 |
| 5324 | TINSEL (6) | Christmas decoration endlessly glistens in a magical way (6) | [G]LISTEN*[S] // def. "Christmas decoration" | bags | 4 |
| 5378 | CARP | Complain about role-playing (4) | def. "Complain" // CA ("about") + RP ("role-playing") | bags | 4 |
| 7031 | TIC-TAC-TOE (3-3-3) | 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) |
bags | 4 |
| 7322 | DOZE (4) | Sleep; it's almost 12! (4) | DOZE ("Sleep") = DOZE[n] ("almost" "12") cryptic reading: "DOZE; it's DOZE[n]" |
bags | 4 |
| 7595 | OWO (3) | Co-worker hides inquisitive stare (3) | hidden: cO-WOrker ("hides") = OWO ("inquisitive stare") | bags | 4 |
| 8236 | EXORDIUM (8) | Fumbling our mixed introduction (8) | anagram ("Fumbling") of OUR MIXED = "introduction" | bags | 4 |
| 8429 | UWU (3) | Modern expression from universal language (3) | def. "Modern expression" wordplay: U ("universal": movie ratings) + WU ("language", variety of Chinese) |
bags | 4 |
| 8457 | SCARLET (7) | Red car cut off leg in street (7) | def. "Red" wordplay: CAR ("car") LE[g] ("cut off" "leg") in ST ("street") |
bags | 4 |
| 8465 | ID CARD (2, 4) | I'd drive around car with driver's license, maybe (2, 4) | def. "driver's license, maybe" I'D ("I'd") D ("drive": PRNDL) surrounding ("around") CAR ("car"); link "with" |
bags | 4 |
| 8594 | ONE (3), THEN TWO (3), THEN THREE (5), THEN FOUR (4), ETC. | Number, if inverted, leads to vectorization (4) | FIVE def. "Number" wordplay: IF< ("if" "inverted") VE_ ("leads to" "VEctorization") |
bags | 4 |
| 8662 | WATER (5) | What's primary composition of tear? (5) | &lit W[hat] ("What's primary": 'primary' meaning 'something that stands first in rank') + ATER ("composition of TEAR": anagram of TEAR) |
bags | 4 |
| 8736 | A CLUE THAT MUST SOLVE TO BOTH BENGALS AND RAMS, DEPENDING ON HOW WORDPLAY IS PARSED (7) AND (4) | 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") |
bags | 4 |
| 8919 | OLD HAT (3, 3) | Dated awfully hot lad (3, 3) | def. "Dated" wordplay: anagram ("awfully") of HOT LAD |
bags | 4 |
| 9254 | EASTER (6) | 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? 🙋♂️ |
bags | 4 |
| 9421 | SALAD (5) | Re-ordered a lad's dish (5) | def. "dish" wordplay: anagrammed ("Re-ordered"), A LAD'S |
bags | 4 |
| 9693 | ANGST (5) | Sang off-key with true anxiety (5) | def. "anxiety" wordplay: ANGS* ("SANG", "off-key") + T ("true": i.e. true/false) |
bags | 4 |
| 9738 | PATERISSA (9) | Staff arranged a sea trip around 1st of September (9) | def. "Staff" wordplay: PATERISA* ("arranged", "A SEA TRIP") around S ("1st of S[eptember]") |
bags | 4 |
| 11398 | B (1) | Born a follower (1) | "Born" (abbreviation) "a follower" (B follows A in the alphabet) |
bags | 4 |
| 11428 | D (1) | Something to hide with underpants down (1) | ddef: "Something to hide with underpants" (D: slang for male genitals) "down" (D: in a crossword) |
bags | 4 |
| 11483 | RED FLAG (3, 4) | 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) |
bags | 4 |
| 11992 | OFFICER (7) | Proposal to embrace :clickx: outside Loss in PC (7) | def. "PC" (police constable) wordplay: OFFER ("Proposal") containing IC (":clickx:" with the outside removed: "outside Loss"); link word "in" |
bags | 4 |
| 12029 | CAREEN (6) | Charge/dash! (6) | &lit CARE ("charge": e.g. 'The kids were in her charge/care') + EN ("dash": en dash, –) |
bags | 4 |
| 12075 | PORTCULLIS (10) | Malfunctioning still, CPU restricts OR gate (10) | def. "gate" wordplay: PTCULLIS ("Malfunctioning" "still, CPU": anagram of STILL CPU) surrounds OR ("restricts" "OR") |
bags | 4 |
| 12224 | MARTLET (7) | 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 |
bags | 4 |
| 12398 | DADA (4) | Pop art movement (4) | double def. “Pop” (as in ‘father’) and “art movement” | bags | 4 |
| 4982 | FILLER (6) | Someone who loads rifle with a piece of lead carelessly (6) | "Someone who loads" // (RIFLE L[ead])* (carelessly) | bags | 3 |
| 5027 | CINNAMON (8) | Prisoner captured in Vietnam presents a challenge (8) | CON captured IN NAM = C(IN NAM)ON // def. "a challenge", ref. The Cinnamon Challenge | bags | 3 |
| 5094 | HEAD (4) | Part of the administration (4) | hidden in t(HE AD)ministration, &lit | bags | 3 |
| 5187 | WETLANDS (8) | We'll stand around lake hidden in swamp (8) | (WELLSTAND)*("around") minus L ("lake hidden") // def. "swamp" | bags | 3 |
| 6738 | BAGS (4) | 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. | bags | 3 |
| 6892 | GRENADINE (9) | Explosive covered in sticky substance (9) | GRENAD(IN)E = "sticky substance" | bags | 3 |
| 7011 | PLANTS (6) | 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") |
bags | 3 |
| 7107 | I DON’T KNOW (1, 3’1, 4) | 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 🤷♀️ |
bags | 3 |
| 7148 | AND-LIT (3-3) | 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 |
bags | 3 |
| 7336 | OASIS (5) | Nothing like this sanctuary! (5) | O ("Nothing") AS IS ("like this") = OASIS ("sanctuary") | bags | 3 |
| 7363 | MUFFIN (6) | Messin' up food (6) | ddef: MUFFIN' (Messin' up) & MUFFIN (food) | bags | 3 |
| 7594 | MUM (3) | Secretive gallery loses work (3) | MUM ("Secretive") = M[use]UM ("gallery" losing "work") | bags | 3 |
| 7683 | DOFF (4) | Remove day of February (4) | def.: "Remove" = DOFF wordplay: D ("day") OF ("of") F ("February") |
bags | 3 |
| 7708 | SKELETOR (8) | 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") |
bags | 3 |
| 8024 | OUTRÉ (5) | Alien is out and about (5) | def. "Alien" (the adjective) wordplay: OUT ("out") + RE ("about") |
bags | 3 |
| 8330 | VOTELESS (8) | 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 |
bags | 3 |
| 8378 | IXNAY (5) | 9? No, 86! (5) | def. "86" (as in 'to cancel') wordplay: IX ("9": Roman numerals) NAY ("No") |
bags | 3 |
| 8438 | FETCH (5) | Get some buffet chicken (5) | def. "Get" wordplay: hidden in ("some") [buf]FET CH[icken] |
bags | 3 |
| 8549 | REVEAL (6) | Unveil through flipping a lever (6) | def. "Unveil", link "through" wordplay: anagram of A LEVER ("flipping": i.e. 'freaking out') |
bags | 3 |
| 8665 | PICROSS (7) | Pretty mad about one puzzle (7) | def. "puzzle" wordplay: P ("pretty": text speak) CROSS ("mad") surrounding ("about") I ("one": Roman numerals) |
bags | 3 |
| 8725 | COBALT (6) | Element that lab occasionally extracts from the buttocks (6) | def. "Element" wordplay: reverse hidden in tha[T LAB OC]casionally ("extracts" as a noun; "from the buttocks" is the reversal indicator) |
bags | 3 |
| 8741 | A CLUE THAT MUST SOLVE TO BOTH BENGALS AND RAMS, DEPENDING ON HOW WORDPLAY IS PARSED (7) AND (4) | Tonight's winners: single-gendered mountain-dwellers (7/4) | def. "Tonight's winners" (of the Super Bowl) "single-gendered mountain-dwellers" is either BEN GALS ('ben' meaning 'mountain') or RAMS (male sheep, natively live in mountains) |
bags | 3 |
| 8899 | PROSPECT (8) | 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") |
bags | 3 |
| 8934 | OUTLOOK (7) | 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 |
bags | 3 |
| 8935 | SODA CAN (4, 3) | 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" |
bags | 3 |
| 9217 | CONCERTO (8) | Possible composition for cornet & co? (8) | &lit (bit of a def. by example, reason for the ?) wordplay: anagram ("Possible composition") for CORNET and CO |
bags | 3 |
| 9571 | LYNX (4) | Famous Nintendo character's in announcement for Atari console (4) | def. "Atari console" (the Atari Lynx, also called "The Lynx" or just "Lynx") link: "for" wordplay (really unique wordplay actually): homophone of LINK'S ("Famous Nintendo character's", "in announcement") |
bags | 3 |
| 9637 | TONER (5) | Briefly try to steal a skin product (5) | def. "skin product" wordplay: TR[y] ("Briefly", "try") containing ("to steal") ONE ("a") |
bags | 3 |
| 9639 | ABANDON (7) | Stop a belt being worn (7) | def. "Stop" wordplay: A ("a") BAND ("belt") ON ("being worn") |
bags | 3 |
| 9926 | LIONESSES (9) | 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") |
bags | 3 |
| 9965 | SMACK-DAB (5-3) | 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') |
bags | 3 |
| 10939 | LAST MOMENT (4, 6) | Wail about most terrible finale (4, 6) | def. "finale" LAMENT ("Wail") about STMO* ("MOST", "terrible") |
bags | 3 |
| 10949 | RAMPANT (7) | Escalating tirade about a politician (7) | "Escalating" = RANT ("tirade") about A MP ("a politician") | bags | 3 |
| 11411 | C (1) | Near light speed (1) | ddef "Near" (C: circa) "light speed" (C) |
bags | 3 |
| 11421 | DEF (3) | 100% unable to hear through the ear (3) | def. "100%" wordplay: DEAF ("unable to hear"), when heard ("through the ear") |
bags | 3 |
| 12078 | MEOW (4) | Do yardwork, maybe, around end of phone call (4) | def. "call" wordplay: MOW ("Do yardwork, maybe") around E ("end of phone": last letter of phone) |
bags | 3 |
| 12082 | WOOF (4) | Cry in court on Friday (4) | def. "Cry" wordplay: WOO ("court") on F ("Friday") |
bags | 3 |
| 12159 | PAIN (4) | Dad in agony (4) | PA IN = "agony" | bags | 3 |
| 12202 | HEART (5) | It fills the arteries! (5) | &lit (which i guarantee has been done a thousand times before) hidden in tHE ARTeries |
bags | 3 |
| 12230 | ÉTOUFFÉE (8) | Cajun dish: English candy containing bit of umami (8) | def. "Cajun dish" wordplay: E ("English") TOFFEE ("candy") containing U[mami] ("bit" of UMAMI) |
bags | 3 |
| 12240 | KEYSMASH (8) | Makes shy criminal communicate frantically (8) | def. "communicate frantically" wordplay: anagram of MAKES SHY ("criminal") |
bags | 3 |
| 12322 | GRAPHIC (7) | Colorful, mostly grape juice-flavored drink (7) | def. "Colorful" wordplay: GRAP[e] ("mostly", "grape") HI-C ("juice-flavored drink": the American brand) |
bags | 3 |
| 12384 | CWM (3) | ||Fertilizer essentially doubled land formation? (3)|| | def. "land formation" wordplay: CUM ("Fertilizer"), with U -> W ("essentially doubled") |
bags | 3 |
| 4992 | CHTHONIC (8) | Temperatures CRAZILY hot in first circle of hell (8) | C & H ("Temperatures": cold & hot) + HOTIN*("crazily") + C[ircle] // def. "of hell" | bags | 2 |
| 5041 | ECHO (4) | Mark is stuck between two choices (4) | hidden in choicE CHOice // def. "Mark" | bags | 2 |
| 5095 | HEAD (4) | Where helicopters go to avoid border officer (4) | HE[-lip]AD // def. "officer" | bags | 2 |
| 5161 | GOBBLE (6) | Act like a pig or a turkey (6) | double def. "Act like a pig" (a glutton) // "(Act like) a turkey" | bags | 2 |
| 5190 | YEW (3) | Kanye West shows: something very toxic (3) | hidden in [kan]YE W[est] // def. "something very toxic": only part of the seed is edible, the rest of the tree is toxic | bags | 2 |
| 5212 | LIST (4) | Rank 51st (4) | def. "Rank" // LI (51) + ST (st) | bags | 2 |
| 5260 | EXTRA (5) | Additional bit of sex training (5) | hidden in sEX TRAining // def. "Additional" | bags | 2 |
| 5296 | NIGHTLY (7) | Light sparkles in New York every time the moon rises (7) | N(IGHTL*)Y // def. "every time the moon rises" | bags | 2 |
| 6771 | MAGNETAR (8) | 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) |
bags | 2 |
| 6895 | STATISTICS (10) | 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 |
bags | 2 |
| 7057 | YOUR FAVORITE FOOD (?) | Very expired food (4) | SO ("Very") + UP ("expired", as in time) | bags | 2 |
| 7081 | DOOZY (5) | Democrat leaking something extraordinary (5) | D ("Democrat") OOZY ("leaking") = "something extraordinary" | bags | 2 |
| 7082 | HOME (4) | 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 | bags | 2 |
| 7141 | METROID (7) | Small entity from space which is seen after leaving inside of green egg (7) | &lit wordplay: METEOROID ("Small entity from space") - E O ("leaving" "inside of grEen" "egg") def.: the Metroid creature (for which the game's named) starts life in a green egg — see https://metroid.fandom.com/wiki/Metroid_Egg |
bags | 2 |
| 7184 | CALIFORNIA (10) | Lack of rain's destroyed me. Not going to be okay; in fact, exactly the opposite (10) | sad &lit ): wordplay: anagram of LACKOFRAIN ("destroyed") = CALKFORNIA. I ("me") not becoming K ("Not going to be" "okay"), but rather K becoming I ("in fact, exactly the opposite"). CAL[K->I]FORNIA def.: For years, California has been in a serious drought: https://www.drought.gov/states/california |
bags | 2 |
| 7589 | MONDEGREEN (10) | Misunderstood phrase from my level in French (10) | def.: Misunderstood phrase wordplay: MON DEGRÉ EN ("my level in", translated to French) |
bags | 2 |
| 7688 | PLOSIVE (7) | 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) |
bags | 2 |
| 7881 | GOLEM (5) | Components of big ol' emotionless robot (5) | def. "robot" wordplay: hidden in biG OL' EMotionless ("Components of") |
bags | 2 |
| 7891 | YOUR MOST RECENT LUNCH/DINNER (?) | Dad's assistant makes food (5) | PASTA def. food wordplay: PA'S T.A. ("Dad's" "assistant": teacher's assistant) |
bags | 2 |
| 7960 | ATARAXIA (8) | 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) |
bags | 2 |
| 8000 | ANY BIRD WITH ENUM (3) | 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 |
bags | 2 |
| 8003 | TRYST (5) | Relationship necessity after making the heart initially yearn?! (5) | &lit wordplay: TRUST ("Relationship necessity") after making the middle letter ("the heart") Y ("initially", "Y[earn]") |
bags | 2 |
| 8092 | OH NO (2 2) | John Oliver shows? Dear God! (2, 2) | hidden in [j]OHN O[liver] (“shows”) = “Dear God!” | bags | 2 |
| 8101 | SPLURGE (7) | Maybe purchase the deluxe package... accidentally... er... *gulps* (7) | def. "Maybe purchase the deluxe package" wordplay: anagram ("accidentally") of ER GULPS |
bags | 2 |
| 8108 | DELIRIUM (8) | 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) |
bags | 2 |
| 8177 | AUTUMN LEAVES (6, 6) | 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. |
bags | 2 |
| 8201 | GREGORY (7) | Headless ogre with violent man's name (7) | def. "man's name" wordplay: [o]GRE ("Headless" "ogre") + ("with") GORY ("violent") |
bags | 2 |
| 8216 | HI (2) | How introduction starts! (2) | &lit: first letters ("starts") of H[ow] I[ntroduction] | bags | 2 |
| 8247 | COTILLION (9) | Sick in bed, I sent back cancellation for gathering (9) | def. "gathering" wordplay: ILL ("sick") in COT I ("bed" "I") + ON ("sent back" "cancellation": reversal of NO) |
bags | 2 |
| 8250 | BICKER (6) | Sycophant dropping broken tool in fight (6) | def. "fight" wordplay: BOOTLICKER ("Sycophant") - ("dropping") OOTL ("broken" "tool": anagram of TOOL) |
bags | 2 |
| 8297 | COPPER (6) | Officer very quietly gets involved in some coercion (6) | def. "Officer" wordplay: PP ("very quietly") goes inside ("gets involved in") COER[cion] ("some" "coercion") |
bags | 2 |
| 8298 | COPPER (6) | Coin term for police officer (6) | double def. "Coin" (British term, specifically a penny) and "term for police officer" | bags | 2 |
| 8345 | VORPAL (6) | Throwing up, wizard in bathroom whips up mystical, magical word (6) | def. "mystical, magical word" wordplay: reversal ("Throwing up") of PRO ("wizard") in LAV ("bathroom": short for 'lavatory'); link word "whips up" |
bags | 2 |
| 8347 | DRAGON (6) | Start to deafeningly complain about monster (6) | def. "monster" wordplay: D[eafeningly] ("Start to" "deafeningly") RAG ON ("complain about") |
bags | 2 |
| 8428 | REJOIN (6) | Concerning, blunt, curt retort (6) | def. "retort" wordplay: RE ("Concerning": i.e. 'on the subject of') JOIN[t] ("blunt": marijuana; "curt") |
bags | 2 |
| 8437 | ANY ONE-WORD BAND NAME (?) | Band's most powerful piece (5) | ddef QUEEN: "Band"; "most powerful piece" (in chess) etymological overlap? never heard of her |
bags | 2 |
| 8503 | LOVERS (6) | Solver is confused for a couple (6) | def. "a couple": i.e. 'they're lovers'/'they're a couple' wordplay: anagram of SOLVER ("is confused") in the surface, "a couple" is supposed to read as "a couple of minutes"... is that a regional thing? |
bags | 2 |
| 8514 | FEBRUARY (8) | 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') |
bags | 2 |
| 8626 | BOGART (6) | Keep painting of swampland? (6) | def. "Keep" wordplay: BOG ART ("painting of swampland?") |
bags | 2 |
| 8630 | BOGART (6) | Send a dab around and share¡ (6) | gonna call this an anti-lit; the definition is the OPPOSITE of the whole clue (which is """signified""" by the ¡ instead of a !) wordplay: reversal of A GOB ("Send 'a dab' around": i.e. a dab of paint) + RT ("share": abbrv. for 'retweet') (this wouldn't be valid in a real crossword, but i find it interesting enough to submit nonetheless) |
bags | 2 |
| 8667 | WET (3) | Bathe with alien (3) | def. "Bathe" wordplay: W ("with") E.T. ("alien": abbrv. extra-terrestrial) |
bags | 2 |
| 8668 | WET (3) | Briefly urinate on (something), essentially (3) | &lit (as in 'wetting' the bed, for example) WE[e] ("Briefly", "urinate") on [some]T[hing] ("something", "essentially") |
bags | 2 |
| 8845 | SURNAME OF ANY U.S. PRESIDENT - NO REPEATED ANSWERS (?) | Like CEO and President (9) | CLEVELAND def. "President" wordplay: C-LEVEL ("Like CEO") + AND |
bags | 2 |
| 8859 | DOUGH ZONE (5, 4) | 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') |
bags | 2 |
| 8860 | REIGN (5) | Dominate on gaming website (5) | def. "Dominate" wordplay: RE ("on": i.e. 'on the subject of') IGN ("gaming website") |
bags | 2 |
| 8864 | REIGN (5) | Govern Niger liberally (5) | def. "Govern" wordplay: anagram ("liberally") of NIGER |
bags | 2 |
| 8923 | APROPOS (7) | A fake bone might be suitable (7) | def. "suitable" wordplay: A PROP OS ("A" "fake" "bone"); link "might be" |
bags | 2 |
| 9105 | MOTHER (6) | Tom turning back on that woman who raised me (6) | def. "who raised me" wordplay: MOT ("TOM"<, "turning back") next to ("on") HER ("that woman") |
bags | 2 |
| 9206 | BLOOD PACT (5, 4) | 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") |
bags | 2 |
| 9214 | BASMATI (7) | 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") |
bags | 2 |
| 9215 | CAPITAL (7) | Excellent bread in California (7) | def. "Excellent" wordplay: PITA ("bread") in CAL ("California": abbrv.) |
bags | 2 |
| 9349 | ARCHIVE (7) | Log boat I have from a dictator (7) | def. "Log" wordplay: homophone ("from a dictator": i.e. one who 'dictates') of ARK I'VE |
bags | 2 |
| 9443 | ANTHEM (6) | A nation's opening melody, pretty much (6) | &lit A ("A") N[ation] ("nation's opening") THEM[e] ("melody, pretty much") |
bags | 2 |
| 9563 | JACKAL (6) | Donkey: a large animal (6) | def. "animal" wordplay: JACK ("Donkey": a male donkey, specifically) + A L ("a large") |
bags | 2 |
| 9565 | CALICO CAT (6, 3) | 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") |
bags | 2 |
| 9603 | YANK (4) | Overthrow king: "Not a chance, jerk!" (4) | def. "jerk" wordplay: reverse ("Overthrow") K NAY ("king", "Not a chance") |
bags | 2 |
| 9609 | BOX (3) | Heard noises from chicken coop (3) | def. "coop" wordplay: homophone ("Heard") of BAWKS ("noises from chicken") |
bags | 2 |
| 9634 | BOX (3) | Black bovine's enclosure (3) | def. "Enclosure" link: "'s" (abbrv. 'is') wordplay: B ("Black") OX ("bovine") |
bags | 2 |
| 9695 | ANGST (5) | Dread Swedish physicist removing computer part (5) | def. "Dread" wordplay: ANGSTROM ("Swedish physicist") without ROM ("removing" "computer part") |
bags | 2 |
| 9743 | HACK (4) | Hit shed with taxi (4) | def. "taxi" wordplay: WHACK ("Hit") got rid of W ("shed" "with") |
bags | 2 |
| 9750 | CAVE (4) | Runs out of fancy grotto (4) | def. "grotto" wordplay: R ("Runs": baseball abbrv.) out of CRAVE ("fancy": verb) |
bags | 2 |
| 9781 | BOWSER (6) | Nintendo boss! (6) | &lit double def: Bowser is a Mario boss, and Doug Bowser is President of Nintendo of America. | bags | 2 |
| 9927 | ONSEN (5) | Breaking nose: businessman's last resort (5) | def. "resort" wordplay: ONSE* ("Breaking" "nose": anagram of NOSE) + [businessma]N ("businessman's last") |
bags | 2 |
| 9928 | ONSEN (5) | One's resort back in Japan?! (5) | &lit ONSE* ("ONE'S" "re-sort": i.e. a re-sort of ONE'S, an anagram of ONE'S) + [japa]N ("back" in "JAPAN") +? for resort/re-sort |
bags | 2 |
| 9954 | SUPPORT (7) | Keep opening with casual greeting (7) | def. "Keep" wordplay: PORT ("opening") with 'SUP ("casual greeting") |
bags | 2 |
| 10089 | BARNS (5) | Restrictions surrounding red farm buildings (5) | def. "farm buildings" wordplay: BANS ("Restrictions") surrounding R ("red": RGB) |
bags | 2 |
| 10239 | CLOCK (5) | 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) |
bags | 2 |
| 10536 | MAO (3) | Usual method to conceal ace for card game (3) | def. "card game" wordplay: M.O. ("Usual method": modus operandi) to conceal A ("ace"); link "for" |
bags | 2 |
| 10948 | NINTENDO (8) | Spanish boy's home to nurture and console (8) | NINO ("Spanish" "boy") contains ("is home to") TEND ("nurture") = "console" | bags | 2 |
| 11296 | BROOD (5) | Atrocious jumper for a family (5) | def. "family" wordplay: BAD ("Atrocious"), with ROO for A ("jumper for a") |
bags | 2 |
| 11309 | SANDBAG (7) | 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") |
bags | 2 |
| 11380 | TRAIN (5) | I rant about form of public transport (5) | def. "form of public transport" wordplay: I RANT anagrammed ("about") |
bags | 2 |
| 11412 | LUMPIA (6) | Video game star displays IP, coming back to get snack (6) | def. "snack" wordplay: LUMA ("Video game star") displays PI ("IP", "coming back"); link "to get" |
bags | 2 |
| 12015 | FELICITATIONS (13) | Praise a majority of cartoon cat references (13) | def. "Praise" wordplay: FELI[x] (a majority of cartoon cat: ref. Felix the Cat) + CITATIONS |
bags | 2 |
| 12038 | PREPARE (7) | 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") |
bags | 2 |
| 12044 | TIMEOUT (7) | Praise about my pronouns gives breather (7) | def. "breather" wordplay: TOUT ("Praise") surrounding I / ME ("about" "my pronouns" hehe haha teehee cuz 'my' is in the 1st person) |
bags | 2 |
| 12045 | 500 INTERNAL SERVER ERROR (3 8 6 5) | 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 |
bags | 2 |
| 12047 | PLAY DEAD (4, 4) | 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") |
bags | 2 |
| 12062 | MELANCHOLY (10) | Weapon nearly penetrated me: pure sadness (10) | def. "sadness" wordplay: LANC[e] ("Weapon", "nearly") went inside ME HOLY ("penetrated", "me", "pure") |
bags | 2 |
| 12172 | UNIX (4) | Castrated men called out modern timekeeper (4) | def. "modern timekeeper" (referring to Unix time) wordplay: homophone of EUNUCHS ("Castrated men", "called out") |
bags | 2 |
| 12178 | BEST BOY (4, 3) | Film assistant is live with stench in dirty room (4, 3) | def. "Film assistant" (thanks dohz) wordplay: BE ("live") with B.O. ("stench": body odor) in STY ("dirty room") |
bags | 2 |
| 12179 | POO POO (3, 3) | 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) |
bags | 2 |
| 12186 | SOAK (4) | Water small tree (4) | def. “Water” (the verb) wordplay: S (“small”) + OAK (“tree”) |
bags | 2 |
| 12191 | LOWERCASE (9) | Creole was displayed correctly, unlike this contest word (9) | def. "unlike this contest word" wordplay: anagram of CREOLE WAS ("displayed correctly") |
bags | 2 |
| 12222 | CLOVER (6) | Trefoil left in coat (6) | def. "Trefoil" wordplay: L ("left") in COVER ("coat") |
bags | 2 |
| 12223 | CLOVER (6) | Liberal wearing mask must be plant (6) | def. "plant"; connector "must be" wordplay: L ("Liberal") in COVER ("mask") |
bags | 2 |
| 12227 | BRUIT (5) | 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) |
bags | 2 |
| 12263 | QUAY (4) | Who in France announced wharf? (4) | def. "wharf" wordplay: homophone of QUI ("Who in France", "announced": French word for 'who') |
bags | 2 |
| 12276 | HEADPAT (7) | Excitedly, a pet had this! (7) | semi-&lit (so, def. "this", referring to the whole clue) wordplay: anagram of A PET HAD ("Excitedly") |
bags | 2 |
| 12290 | YOUR FAVORITE COLOR (?) | Ingredient for orange chicken (6) | answer: YELLOW double def: "Ingredient for orange" and "chicken" |
bags | 2 |
| 12385 | CWM (3) | 100 miles enclosed with cirque (3) | def. "cirque" wordplay: C M ("100" "miles") surrounded W ("enclosed" "with") |
bags | 2 |
| 12386 | GRACED (6) | Blessed one is one in crossword's location (6) | def. "Blessed" wordplay: I becomes ACE ("one" "is" "one") in GRID ("crossword's location") |
bags | 2 |
| 12394 | BUFFET (6) | Batter for meal (6) | double def. "Batter" and "meal" (link: "for") probably been done 1000 times before, though |
bags | 2 |
| 12471 | CEPHALOPOD (10) | 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") |
bags | 2 |
| 12472 | JOB (3) | Book appointment (3) | double def. "Book" (a book of the Old Testament, pronounced "johb" and etymologically unrelated) and "appointment" | bags | 2 |
| 4971 | HOMOPHONE (9) | Landline's getting old for electronic? It sounds the same! (9) | HOME PHONE is getting O for E // "It sounds the same!" | bags | 1 |
| 5034 | ALEATORIC (9) | At a dice roll, without rigidness or correlation, essentially random (9) | (ATA[D]ICEROL[L])*("random"), &lit | bags | 1 |
| 5068 | ANY CLUE THAT'S &LIT AND A QUESTIONABLE DEF?! (?) | Hairs cut all around?! (3) | BOB: do + do ("Hairs": one's hair/hairstyle is their do) = dodo ••• dod[o]("cut") = dod ••• "dod" when turned around is "bob" // questionable &lit | bags | 1 |
| 5149 | WHATEVER (8) | Right after haircut, grasping hat without initial ambivalence at all (8) | R ("right") following WEAVE ("haircut") containing HAT ("hat") minus A ("initial ambivalence") // def. "at all", e.g. I got no help whatever/at all. | bags | 1 |
| 5216 | PFIZER (6) | 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) | bags | 1 |
| 5349 | BEIGNET (7) | Mix gin and beet for this tasty treat (7) | (GIN and BEET)*("Mix") = "this tasty treat" | bags | 1 |
| 5504 | SHARPIE (7) | Devious person cutting crust off pizzas (7) | def. "Devious person" // SHARP ("cutting") + [P]IE[S] ("pizzas", without the "crust") | bags | 1 |
| 5535 | LAWYER (6) | Advocate for woman wearing coat (6) | def. "Advocate" // W ("woman") inside ("wearing") LAYER ("coat") | bags | 1 |
| 6263 | GREEBLE (7) | No articles being written for pleasant, interesting object (7) | [-A]GREE[-A]BLE (pleasant) = interesting object | bags | 1 |
| 6591 | DECENT (6) | Nice end-of-the-year tree (6) | def. "Nice" = DEC. (abbreviation for 'december'; "end-of-the-year") + ENT (Tree-like Tolkein creature) | bags | 1 |
| 6763 | ZENITH (6) | 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? |
bags | 1 |
| 6857 | ABOUT (5) | Dealing with an outbreak (5) | ABOUT = "A BOUT" | bags | 1 |
| 6894 | STATISTICS (10) | Immediately goes for Twitch's percentages (10) | STAT ("immediately": i.e. 'Give me 50cc's, STAT!') + IS ("goes for", costs) + TIC'S ("Twitch's") = "percentages" | bags | 1 |
| 6912 | ANY CLUE THAT USES TEXT EMOTICONS SOMEHOW (?) | Territory? :y (6) | COLON Y | bags | 1 |
| 6984 | GASLIGHT (8) | Beginning to grasp a subtle manipulative tactic (8) | G ("Beginning to G[rasp]") + A + SLIGHT ("subtle") = "manipulative tactic" | bags | 1 |
| 7066 | AXOLOTL (7) | Cut out piece of considerable size from Mexican sea creature (7) | AX ("Cut") O ("out": baseball) LOT ("piece") L ("of considerable size": large) = "Mexican sea creature" | bags | 1 |
| 7067 | HOME (4) | Mischief-maker's question with scratched property (4) | WHO, ME? ("Mischief-maker's question") without W ("with" "scratched") = "property" | bags | 1 |
| 7152 | PHLOGISTON (10) | 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<) | bags | 1 |
| 7175 | BLINKER FLUID (7,5) | Practical joke: eyedrops? (7, 5) | ddef: "Practical joke" = "eyedrops?" Eyedrops are fluid for your 'blinkers' |
bags | 1 |
| 7249 | NOTHING (7) | "~FA~!" "No? Fine." "~SOL~!" (7) | def.: "FA" (as in 'fuck-all') wordplay: NO ("No") + THIN ("Fine", as in a fine line) + G ("SOL": equivalent note to G in do-re-mi-fa-sol-la-ti-do) |
bags | 1 |
| 7250 | BREADTH (7) | Beam, to some extent (7) | def: "Beam, to some" (To nautical people, 'beam' means 'breadth'... but not to commonfolk) ddef: "extent" |
bags | 1 |
| 7251 | BREADTH (7) | Wealth: this is GOING to be spread (7) | BREAD ("Wealth": slang for money) + TH[is] ("this", "is going") = ("to be") "spread" wealth redistribution gang |
bags | 1 |
| 7286 | EGREGIOUS (9) | 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") |
bags | 1 |
| 7334 | PENSIVE (7) | Notes I have, deep in thought (7) | PENS ("Notes": verb) I'VE ("I have") = "deep in thought" | bags | 1 |
| 7335 | EXUVIAE (7) | 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") | bags | 1 |
| 7343 | PELT (4) | Attack dog potentially left inside (4) | PELT ("Attack") = PET ("dog, potentially"), L inside ("left" "inside") | bags | 1 |
| 7438 | LOGIC (5) | 0 + 100: It makes sense (5) | LOG I ("0": log(1) = 0) + C ("100": roman numerals) = LOGIC ("It makes sense") | bags | 1 |
| 7689 | TAPA (4) | Some food? Thanks, Dad! (4) | def. "Some food" = TAPA wordplay: TA ("Thanks") PA ("Dad") |
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| 7707 | PAPARAZZI (9) | Famous rapper's followers recreated a pizza rap (9) | def.: "Famous rapper's followers" (the paparazzi would follow a famous rapper around) wordplay: anagram ("recreated") of A PIZZA RAP |
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| 7957 | GUY (3) | Fish fails to hold onto very soft man (3) | GUPPY ("Fish") - PP ("very soft": pianissimo) = GUY "man" | bags | 1 |
| 7958 | GUY (3) | Toothless, losing "5th of November" man (3) | &lit def.: Yaknow. He's the 5th of November dude. "Losing" here acts like an adjective (idk the linguistic word for it) wordplay: GUMMY ("Toothless") - ("losing") [nove]M[ber] ("5th of November") M ("man") GU[mm]Y |
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| 7967 | ANY CLUE WHOSE ANSWER IS THE NUMBER OF LETTERS IT CONTAINS (?) | XXX videos end, leaves full of desire (6) | THIRTY def.: XXX (Roman numerals) wordplay: [video]S ("videos" "end") leaves THIRSTY ("full of desire") |
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| 7972 | FLASK (5) | 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") |
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| 7979 | FLASK (5) | Originally, lifevest is in full demand for water vessel (5) | def. "water vessel" wordplay: L[ifevest] ("Originally", "lifevest") is inside of F ("full": car's gas gauge) ASK ("demand": the verb) |
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| 8019 | LULL (4) | 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) |
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| 8027 | TINIKLING (9) | Traditional dance going around India (9) | def. "Traditional dance" wordplay: TINKLING ("going") around I ("India": NATO phonetic alphabet) |
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| 8038 | CALIPER (7) | Instrument replica is out of tune (7) | def. "Instrument" wordplay: anagram of REPLICA (*"is out of tune") |
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| 8041 | AUTHORITARIAN (13) | 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]") |
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| 8064 | DOUGHS (6) | 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) |
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| 8076 | CARAMBOLA (9) | Fruit (lemon, maybe), lamb, and a duck all mixed together (9) | def. "Fruit" wordplay: CAR ("lemon, maybe") + anagram of LAMB A O ("lamb, and a duck": 'duck' = O in cricket)*("all mixed together") |
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| 8094 | CAVES (5) | What’s essentially non-occupied (save bats)? (5) | &lit ("What's") C ("essentially non-occupied": middle letter of [non-oc]C[upied]) + SAVE*("bats": crazy, insane) |
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| 8100 | RUCK SACK (4, 4) | Criminal cracks UK's storage location (4, 4) | def. "storage location" wordplay: anagram ("Criminal": adj.) of CRACKS UK |
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| 8102 | PROGRAM (7) | Friends, maybe, holding a pleasing image of elderly relative (7) | def. "Friends, maybe": Friends is a popular TV program wordplay: PR ("holding a pleasing image": sustaining a pleasing public image = public relations) O ("of") GRAM ("elderly relative": north american term for grandma) |
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| 8125 | BURNOUT (7) | Stress follower follows from you following a follower followed by immediately not being followed anymore (7) | def. "Stress follower" (stress often results in burnout) "follows from" = connecting phrase wordplay: U ("you") after ("following") B ("'a' follower": B follows A in the alphabet) + ("followed by") RN ("immediately": abbr. for 'right now') OUT ("not being followed anymore", like a social standard or a fashion trend) |
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| 8129 | CROQUIS (7) | Line of great importance said after beginning of comedy sketch (7) | def. "sketch" homophone ("said") of ROW KEY ("Line" "of great importance") = ROQUIS after C ("beginning of C[omedy]") |
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| 8133 | SNICKERDOODLE (13) | Cookie stealer enters beginning of sweepstake drawing (13) | def. "Cookie" wordplay: NICKER ("stealer") inside of ("enters") S ("beginning of S[weepstake]") DOODLE ("drawing") |
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| 8140 | GYOZA (5) | 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") |
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| 8146 | LE FISHE (2,5) | 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) |
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| 8199 | CHAMPAGNE (9) | Who takes home the gold, silver, and empty celebratory drink (9) | def. "celebratory drink" wordplay: CHAMP ("Who takes home the gold") AG ("silver") N ("and") E ("empty") |
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| 8214 | SERAI (5) | Caravansary is turning around time (5) | def. "Caravansary" wordplay: SI (IS, "turning") containing ("around") ERA ("time") |
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| 8223 | DORD (4) | Word initially mistaken for entry to dictionary! (4) | &lit first letter of WORD ("Word", "initially") replaced with ("mistaken for") first letter of D[ictionary] ("entry to" "dictionary") |
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| 8248 | PRIMER (6) | A coating quickly stopping rust, I am (6) | &lit PER ("A", as in 'one meal a person') going around ("coating") R[ust] ("quickly stopping", "rust") I'M ("I am") |
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| 8249 | CIRCUMNAVIGATE (14) | 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') |
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| 8259 | CAPTIOUS (8) | As a pedant is rambling, I just about space out (8) | def. "As a pedant" anagram ("rambling") of I SPAC[e] OUT |
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| 8267 | WORDLE (6) | 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") |
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| 8271 | ANY CLUE WHOSE WORDPLAY IS REVERSE LETTER BANK (?) | One who learns their lesson from those repeatedly in utter distress? (7) | STUDIER def. "One who learns their lesson" wordplay: reverse letter bank of UTTER DISTRESS |
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| 8279 | :NOTLIKEDUCK: (11) | Hated sucky, poorly-cropped emoji (11) | def. "emoji" wordplay: NOT LIKED ("Hated", as in 'the movie is hated') [s]UCK[y] ("sucky", "poorly-cropped") |
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| 8299 | NORTH (5) | 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") |
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| 8312 | SAVOIR FAIRE (6, 5) | What a pyromaniac does to engulf area, employing one's style? (6, 5) | def. "style" wordplay: SAVOR FIRE ("What a pyromaniac does") containing A ("to engulf" "area") containing I ("employing" "one"); linked with apostrophe S +? because of SAVOR FIRE |
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| 8313 | SPONTANEOUS (11) | 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 |
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| 8318 | KIRBY (5) | A Nintendo icon said, "Fight against drugs!" (5) | def. "A Nintendo icon" wordplay: homophone ("said") of CURB E ("Fight against drugs": E = ecstasy) |
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| 8321 | CALL IN (4, 2) | Can admitting "Not feeling well" after getting up lead to this? (4, 2) | semi-&lit (def. "this": admitting you're sick after waking up may lead to a call in) wordplay: CAN ("Can") containing ("admitting") ILL< ("Not feeling well", "after getting up"); linked with "lead to" (in the past tense, not the present) |
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| 8322 | BOUTIQUE (8) | Worker turns to fight in antique shop (8) | def. "shop" wordplay: ANT ("Worker") becomes ("turns to") BOUT ("fight") in ANTIQUE (ant -> BOUT)IQUE |
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| 8346 | ESPERANTO (9) | Spanish class sought help from intermediary language (9) | def. "intermediary language" wordplay: ES ("Spanish": ISO code) P.E. ("class": physical ed.) RAN TO ("sought help from": i.e. 'After he got fired, he ran to me') |
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| 8350 | PANCAKE (7) | Smash occasional cracks in part of window (7) | def. "Smash" (verb) wordplay: C[r]A[c]K[s] ("occasional" "cracks") in PANE ("part of window") |
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| 8363 | DONJON (6) | Professor Jack covering part of castle (6) | def. "part of castle" wordplay: DON ("Professor") J ("Jack": playing cards) ON ("covering": i.e. covering a subject in school) |
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| 8407 | KLUTZ OR KLUTZY (5) OR (6) | Oaf (headless oaf) spins around, starts to topple zanily (5) | def. "Oaf" wordplay: [h]ULK ("headless" "oaf") reversed ("spins around") + first letters of T[opple] Z[anily] ("starts to") |
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| 8558 | BREAKING BAD (8, 3) | Show about skipping eating (8, 3) | def. "Show" wordplay: RE absent from ("about" "skipping": 'skipping' as in skipping a class) BREAKING BREAD ("eating") interestingly, if you remove the other RE instead, you get BAKING BREAD which is also a sensible phrase |
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| 8627 | BOGART (6) | Hog end of blunt containing gram (6) | &lit wordplay: BOAR ("Hog") T ("end of [blun]T") containing G ("gram") |
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| 8641 | UNIVERSE (8) | After eliminating work, not smart to brainlessly take over world (8) | def. "world" (i.e. the universe/world of computing) wordplay: without W ("After eliminating" "work"), UN[w]ISE ("not smart") to take [o]VER ("brainlessly" "take" "over") |
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| 8669 | MECHANICAL BULL (10, 4) | Guys having drink? No way — left out party animal (10, 4) | def. "party animal" wordplay: MEN containing CHA ("Guys" "having" "drink") + I CALL BULL ("No way") without L ("left" "out") |
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| 8753 | OWL (3) | wolf beat out the beginning of FRACTURE to create relevant contest (when combined with SUPERB) (3) | def. “relevant contest (when combined with SUPERB)" (the Super Bowl being a contest) wordplay: anagram of WOLF ("beat") without F_ ("out" "the beginning of F[RACTURE]); link "to create" surface meaning: wolf almost got sniped by the FRACTURE (8) contest following the SUPERB (6) contest |
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| 8800 | FLUMMOX (7) | Puzzle game genre is in volatile state (7) | def. "Puzzle" (verb) wordplay: MMO ("game genre": abbrv. massively multiplayer online (game)) is in FLUX ("volatile state") |
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| 8827 | THYMINE (7) | Plant absorbing in chemical (7) | def. "chemical" wordplay: THYME ("Plant") containing ("absorbing") IN |
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| 8947 | SCRABBLE (8) | Game feel (8) | double def. "Game" (the board game) and "feel" (verb) | bags | 1 |
| 8956 | AND... SCENE! (3... 5) | 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" |
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| 8957 | TRAMP (5) | President made you a hobo (5) | def. "hobo" wordplay: TRUMP ("President") made U A ("made" "you" (textspeak) "a") |
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| 8958 | TRAMP (5) | Tread/stamp on surface? (5) | &lit outside letters of TR[ead/st]AMP ("on surface") sorta like a reverse hidden. it's hidden on the outside |
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| 9106 | SPRING (6) | Skipping across economical time period (6) | def. "time period" wordplay: without A ("Skipping" "across"), SPARING ("economical": adj.) |
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| 9107 | GALOSH (6) | Tell someone to be quiet about a large shoe? (6) | def. "shoe" wordplay: GO 'SH' ("Tell someone to be quiet"; +? for 'green paint'-ness) containing A L ("a" "large") |
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| 9112 | VOW (3) | Swear in voice over work (3) | def. "Swear"; link "in" wordplay: VO ("voice over") + W ("work": physics) |
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| 9196 | SONI (4) | Part of Puzzlers Club not in agreement: "¡Sí!" "¡No!" (4) | def. "Part of Puzzlers Club" (Soni is a member of Puzzlers Club) wordplay: anagram ("not in agreement") of SINO |
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| 9200 | BROADWAY (8) | Friend one day entertained with theatrical performances (8) | def. "theatrical performances" wordplay: BRO ("Friend") A ("one") DAY ("day") containing W ("entertained" "with") |
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| 9250 | SPIRIT LEVEL (6, 5) | Turbulent Seville trip that’ll test steady planes (6, 5) | def. "that'll test steady planes" wordplay: anagram ("Turbulent") of SEVILLE TRIP |
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| 9255 | ALBATROSS (9) | Actress Jessica and Singer Diana withheld true source of guilt (9) | def. "source of guilt" wordplay: ALBA ("Actress Jessica": ref. Jessica Alba) and ROSS ("Singer Diana": ref. Diana Ross) withheld T ("true": true/false) |
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| 9262 | ALBATROSS (9) | A large winged animal (or alternatively, repeated source of shame)! (9) | &lit A ("A") L ("large") BAT ("winged animal") RO ("or", "alternatively": anagram of OR) S S ("repeated", "source of S[hame]") |
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| 9276 | UBE (3) | Somewhat outstanding Filipino food (3) | def. "Filipino food" wordplay: UBE[r] ("somewhat" "outstanding") |
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| 9386 | MUSTARD (7) | Some rodents in junkyard just about turning yellow (7) | def. "yellow" wordplay: RATS ("Some rodents") in DUM[p] ("junkyard", "just about") reversed ("turning") D(RATS)UM[p]< |
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| 9604 | TRIFLE (6) | Something small getting around filter (6) | def. "Something small" wordplay: anagrammed ("getting around"), FILTER |
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| 9699 | ROUND ROBIN (5, 5) | Shot rifle in competition (5, 5) | def. "competition" wordplay: ROUND ("Shot") ROB ("rifle") IN ("in") |
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| 9966 | JOVIAL (6) | 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) |
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| 9980 | MERCURY (7) | Joyful about copper found in distant planet (7) | def. "distant planet" wordplay: MERRY ("Joyful") around ("about") CU ("copper": periodic table); link "found in" |
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| 9981 | OUTER (5) | 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") |
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| 10081 | DINT (4) | 500: number on computer chip (4) | def. "chip" wordplay: D ("500") INT ("number on computer": abbrv. for 'integer' in many coding languages) |
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| 10082 | DINT (4) | Mark's princess books (4) | def. "Mark"; link "'s" wordplay: DI ("princess": Princess Di) NT ("books": abbrv. for New Testament) |
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| 10092 | SLANT (5) | Heel beginning to squish large bug (5) | def. "Heel": nautical term, see https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/heel#Etymology_2 wordplay: S[quish] ("beginning to SQUISH") L ("large") ANT ("bug") |
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| 11290 | NINETY NINE (6 4) | Amount spent in teeny inn (6-4) | def. "Amount" wordplay: anagram ("spent") of IN TEENY INN |
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| 11306 | SUBSTANCE (9) | Devout follower enters substitute church to find meaning (9) | def. "meaning" wordplay: STAN ("Devout follower") enters SUB ("substitute") CE ("church": Church of England); link "to find" |
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| 11410 | C (1) | Date's accompaniment gets what's on tap (1) | ddef "Date's accompaniment" (C: circa) "what's on tap" (C: cold, on faucet) |
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| 11586 | MARS (4) | Damages planet (4) | ddef: "Damages" (verb) & "planet" | bags | 1 |
| 12017 | KARAOKE (7) | 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. |
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| 12025 | FOIE GRAS (4, 4) | 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 |
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| 12036 | HAMBURGEVONS (12) | 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") |
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| 12170 | BEST BOY (4, 3) | Shapeshifting DC superhero forgot a pet's nickname (4, 3) | def. "pet's nickname" wordplay: BEAST BOY ("Shapeshifting DC superhero") with A ("forgot" "a") |
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| 12171 | MARNIX (6) | Puzzler ran about in stir (6) | def. "Puzzler" wordplay: ARN ("ran" "about": anagram of RAN) inside MIX ("stir") |
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| 12190 | GIMME (5) | I'm replacing one in game—pass it! (5) | def. "pass it!" wordplay: I'M replacing A ("one") in GAME: G(a->IM)ME |
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| 12205 | HEART (5) | Organ occasionally turning up in straight! (5) | &lit _A_R_ (ORGAN, "occasionally") reversed ("turning up": must be a down clue) in HET ("straight": short for heterosexual) |
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| 12234 | BUPKIS (6) | Zero Pikmin regularly boarded vehicle (6) | def. "Zero" wordplay: P_K_I_ ("PIKMIN", "regularly") in BUS ("vehicle") |
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| 12245 | DEAD WEIGHT (4, 6) | Spooner's married potential lover, resulting in burden (4, 6) | def. "burden"; link "resulting in" wordplay: Spoonerism of WED DATE ("married" "potential lover") |
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| 12261 | QUAY (4) | Drunk fled property, landing at bank (4) | def. "landing at bank" wordplay: LIT ("Drunk") removed from QUALITY ("property") |
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| 12267 | PUNCH IN (5 2) | Start working joke feature (5, 2) | def. "Start working" wordplay: PUN ("joke") CHIN ("feature") |
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| 12273 | PUNCH IN (5 2) | Replace audio with record function (5, 2) | double def: "Replace audio" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punch_in/out) and "record function" (when you punch in at work, you record your function) |
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| 12274 | PUNCH IN (5 2) | Record start in classic NES boxing game—on the contrary? (5, 2) | def. "Record start" ("Record" the verb) wordplay: not PUNCH OUT, but PUNCH IN ("classic NES boxing game—on the contrary?") |
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| 12275 | AKIMBO (6) | Crooked boa actively strangling Kardashian (6) | def. "Crooked" wordplay: ABO ("BOA" "actively": anagram of BOA) containing KIM ("strangling" "Kardashian") |
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| 12277 | INFERNAL (8) | Plain fern also somewhat irritating (8) | def. "irritating" wordplay: hidden in [pla]IN FERN AL[so] |
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| 12286 | WASD (4) | Had been Cupid's last alternative to arrows (4) | def. "alternative to arrows" wordplay: WAS ("Had been" [not exactly grammatically correct for the record]) D ("Cupid's last": last letter of Cupid) |
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| 12294 | CAPS LOCK (4 4) | A neighbor put hats on some hair (4, 4) | def. "A neighbor" (caps lock is next to the A key) wordplay: CAPS on LOCK |
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| 12324 | ONLIADBCEHMRUS (14) | Oh, I unscrambled randomly for hamburgevons alternative (14) | def. "hamburgevons alternative" wordplay: anagram of OHIUNSCRAMBLED ("randomly") |
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| 12325 | INCH (4) | Move slowly in church (4) | def. "Move slowly" wordplay: IN CH ("church") |
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| 12426 | BEVERAGE (8) | Be too old to consume orange juice, maybe (8) | def. "juice, maybe" wordplay: BE OVERAGE ("Be too old") to destroy ("to consume") O ("orange": color wheel) |
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| 12431 | GORGE (5) | Washington surrendered second side of fort (5) | def. “side of fort” wordplay: GEORGE (“Washington”) without second letter (“surrendered second”) |
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| 12436 | CHAMFER (7) | Cut unpleasant person after drink (7) | def. "Cut" wordplay: MF'ER ("unpleasant person": motherfucker) after CHA ("drink") |
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| 12499 | TROUT (5) | Trawler at banks released fish (5) | def. "fish" wordplay: TR (first and last letter of TRAWLER ["at banks"]) + OUT ("released") |
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| 12558 | CHATTER (7) | Twitch user's piece of text essentially made true (7) | def. "Twitch user"; link "'s" wordplay: CHAPTER ("piece of text") with the middle letter switched to T ("essentially made" "true") |
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| 4962 | UNDERGROUND (11) | Not smashed enough? That's beneath me (11) | ddef: Not smashed enough // That's beneath me | bags | 0 |
| 5189 | ETERNITY (8) | Bird that's pierced some eyes for a long time (8) | TERN (Bird) + IT (that) has pierced EY[es] // def. "a long time" | bags | 0 |
| 5198 | TRIP THE LIGHT FANTASTIC (4, 3, 5, 9) | Globetrotter has the authority to start and stop opening dance (4, 3, 5, 9) | TRIP FANATIC (Globetrotter), containing THE LIGHT (the authority), T (T[o] start), and S (S[top] opening) // def. "dance" | bags | 0 |
| 5275 | CARTOUCHE (9) | Oblong vehicle that hit me east (9) | oblong = def (as a noun) CART = vehicle OUCH = "that hit me" E = east |
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| 5350 | MODERATOR (9) | Position of rule over a kind of columnist? (9) | MODE ("Position") O ("of": cat-o'-nine-tails, pot o' gold) and R ("rule") covering RAT ("a kind of columnist": a fifth columnist is someone who works for the enemy in a war, hence a rat) // &lit: a forum moderator is a position of rule over forum posters... a kind of columnist. question mark for the "a kind of columnist" part of the def. | bags | 0 |
| 5382 | INSIDE BASEBALL (6, 8) | Popular sibling imprisons prostitute: completely incomprehensible (6, 8) | IN ("Popular") SIB ("sibling") containing ("imprisons") DEBASE ("prostitute": the verb) + ALL ("completely") // def. "incomprehensible": the adjectival form of "inside baseball" | bags | 0 |
| 5483 | ANY CLUE WHICH CONTAINS EXACTLY ONE LETTER (?) | >:( X (5) | CROSS: ddef. X is a cross and >:( looks cross. | bags | 0 |
| 5495 | CHIVALRY (8) | Politeness: the force of life. Be different to get big! (8) | def. "Politeness" // CHI ("the force of life") + VARY ("Be different") containing ("to get") L ("big": large, in shirt sizes) | bags | 0 |
| 6706 | DOWNRIGHT (9) | Dr. Frank? (9) | reverse engineer: "down" "right" = DR. "Frank" means "Downright" | bags | 0 |
| 6712 | ED BALLS (2, 5) | Politician reveals problem with penis (and testicles too) (2,5) | E.D. (Erectile dysfunction: "problem with penis") + BALLS ("and testicles too"), def. "Politician" | bags | 0 |
| 6729 | SNAP (4) | Note written in part of tree bark (4) | N ("Note") written in SAP ("part of tree") = SNAP ("bark") | bags | 0 |
| 6743 | APERTURE (8) | A tree collapsing across your last parking space (8) | A + P ("parking") + ((TREE)*("collapsing") surrounding UR ("your"), put last ("last")) = "space" | bags | 0 |
| 6744 | LJUBLJANA (9) | Line-dance with Janice around Lima (a capital city) (9) | L ("Line") + JUBA ("dance") containing ("with") JAN (short for "Janice") containing ("around") L ("Lima": NATO phonetic alphabet) = "a capital city" | bags | 0 |
| 6769 | PED XING (3, 4) | Riding a bike, make a left by crosswalk (3, 4) | PED(AL->X)ING | bags | 0 |
| 6775 | VERTIGO (7) | State of head-turning: time to leave after taking in one side of building (7) | &lit (kinda.... lol. the first bit defines it, but the rest is more like commentary. does that seem valid? i'd love to hear some discussion) (VER[(E -> M)ON]T(IG)O) VERMONT ("State") O ("of") losing EON ("time") with its head turned ("head-turning": E -> M, so losing MON) containing I ("one") G ("side of buildinG") |
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| 6893 | WANT (4) | Dark and gloomy time? (4) | &lit WAN ("Dark and gloomy": literary ) + T ("time") // definition is in the sense of "the state of being poor and in need of essentials; poverty" |
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| 6924 | CHOUSE (6) | Not-initially-resounding trick (6) | &lit (no one likes being tricked initially... you laugh about it after the fact) ECHO ("resounding": re-sounding) and RUSE ("trick"), not initially = [e]CHO[r]USE |
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| 7078 | ANY SUPERVOCALIC WORD OR PHRASE (?) | Particular acknowledgements of debt not that serious (9) | FACETIOUS FACET ("Particular": noun) IOUS ("acknowledgements of debt") = "not that serious" |
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| 7099 | ANY SUPERVOCALIC CLUE (?) | Fly in VP's head (not bullsh*t) (6) | VANISH ("Fly": leave quickly) = ("in") V ("V[P]'s head"), AN- ("not": prefix) ISH ("bullsh*t": ish is a U.S. euphemism for shit) | bags | 0 |
| 7253 | EEVEE (5) | What's ecstasy before the end of the day lead to Espeon? (5) | semi-&lit surface: Eevee evolves into Espeon by leveling up with high friendship during the day wordplay: E ("ecstasy") before EVE ("the end of the day": literary) + E[speon] ("lead to Espeon") |
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| 7263 | REASON (6) | Cause part of the year to start a bit earlier (6) | def.: "Cause" wordplay: SEASON ("part of the year"), with the first letter ("to start") "a bit earlier" in the alphabet. (s->R)EASON |
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| 7299 | RENDER (6) | Depict Santa's friends cutting wrapper for stuffing (6) | def. "Depict" wordplay: RE[i]ND[e]ER ("Santa's friends") without ("cutting") the outside part of the inside letters ("wrapper for stuffing": take [re]INDE[er] and remove I & E) |
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| 7309 | YATTA (5) | Unknown value: one times one ... ... ... I got it! (5) | def.: "I got it!" wordplay: Y ("Unknown value") A ("one") T T ("time"s) A ("one") |
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| 7404 | DRIFT (5) | Changing direction (a major fault) (5) | &lit wordplay: D ("Changing direction", "a": a[cross] and d[own] in a crossword) + RIFT ("major fault") |
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| 7711 | LAVISH (6) | Elaborate situation where she may be mistaken for slave? (6) | ddef (one straight def., one cryptic def.) straight def.: "Elaborate" = LAVISH cryptic def.: "situation where she may be mistaken for slave?" = LAV IS H (the word sHe may be mistaken for the word sLAVe if 'LAV' was 'H') |
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| 7712 | ANY DWARF FROM THE HOBBIT (?) | Dwarf's armpit stench clinging to coat (5) | def.: "Dwarf" = BOFUR wordplay: B.O. ("armpit stench": body odor) + ("clinging to") FUR ("coat") |
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| 7857 | SODOKU (6) | Kakarot forgets new guidelines, initially, and contracts "Delta" virus (6) | def.: "virus" wordplay: SON GOKU ("Kakarot") without ("forgets") N ("new") G[uidelines] ("guidelines", "initially"), containing ("and contracts") D (transliteration of Δ, or "delta") |
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| 7858 | SODOKU (6) | Response to a hypocrite, maybe, having potassium affliction (6) | def. "affliction" wordplay: SO DO U ("Response to a hypocrite, maybe") containing ("having") K ("potassium") Never gettable in a real crossword... but, hey, this isn't a real crossword 🤷♀️ |
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| 7943 | FOX (3) | Single fighter by 20XX, essentially? (3) | &lit def.: In Super Smash Bros. Melee, there is a meme saying that the character Fox will be the only competitively played character by the year 20XX. wordplay: F ("single" (just one) "fighter": in designations of US aircraft types (ex. the F117 Stealth fighter)) next to ("by") 0X ("20XX", "essentially"). F0X looks like FOX when written in the grid. |
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| 7955 | WARIO (5) | Reject saying "Oh, I like dough!" (5) | &lit def.: Wario is a social reject who likes money wordplay: O ("saying" "Oh": homophone of 'Oh') I ("I") RAW ("like dough": literal uncooked dough) backwards ("Reject": the verb) (O I RAW)< |
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| 7956 | WARIO (5) | Who’s essentially eclipsed by a red Italian? (5) | &lit def.: Wario is far outshined by Mario, a red Italian. wordplay: WHO ("Who") has center replaced ("is essentially eclipsed") by A R I ("a" "red" "Italian") W(h -> A R I)O |
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| 7980 | FLUX (4) | Change length among bones in the ear (4) | slightly NSFW def. "Change" (as in "a constant state of flux") wordplay: L ("length") inside of ("among") FUX ("bones" "in the ear": homophone of fucks: both mean 'have sex with (someone)') |
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| 7987 | FLUX (4) | Detailed card game variation (4) | def. "variation" wordplay: FLUX[x] ("card game", "De-tailed" (without its tail)) |
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| 7988 | COMPLETE (8) | Absolute Maker rising up above demolished temple (8) | must be a down clue def. "Absolute", i.e. a complete fool wordplay: OC ("Maker": 'Original Creator') reversed ("rising up") above MPLETE ("demolished" "temple": anagram of TEMPLE) |
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| 7990 | CHAOTIC (7) | Abandoning love, holding a circle of Hell in turmoil (7) | def. "in turmoil" wordplay: CHTHONIC ("of Hell"), without HON ("abandoning" "love": term of endearment) containing A O ("a" "circle") CH(AO)T[hon]IC read like "Abandoning love", "holding a circle", "of Hell" // "in turmoil" |
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| 8013 | TIMBIEBS (8) | New limited-edition doughnut holes: I bit ‘em uncertainly… … … “Nah. Don’t buy it.” (8) | def. "New limited-edition doughnut holes" wordplay: TIMBIE ("I bit ‘em", "uncertainly": anagram of I BIT EM) + BS ("Nah. Don't buy it.": 'Bullshit', both in the sense of saying you don't believe someone) |
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| 8023 | JOHNSON (7) | First and second part of COVID vaccine? (7) | cryptic def: JOHNSON is both the first and second part of "JOHNSON & JOHNSON" obviously objectionable but i dunno how else to implement the idea 🤷♀️ |
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| 8029 | TOBLERONE (9) | You got out of trouble, miraculously, with a chocolate bar (9) | def. "chocolate bar" wordplay: TOBLER[u]* (U leaving anagram of TROUBLE ("You got out of trouble, miraculously")) + ("with") ONE ("a") |
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| 8066 | ASPHALT (7) | An expulsion from the rear after holding in pressure making red, large, and tarry product (7) | def. "tarry product" wordplay: A SHART ("An expulsion from the rear") containing P ("after holding in pressure"), making R -> L ("making red, large") A S(P)HA[r->L]T |
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| 8070 | JOMAN (5) | 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)) |
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| 8071 | CRANBERRY (9) | Fruit cake initially said to be unacceptable on the inside (9) | def. "Fruit" wordplay: C[ake] ("cake, initially") RAN BY ("said to", as in 'inform': ran [something] by [someone] = said [something] to [someone]) containing ERR ("be unacceptable" "on the inside") |
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| 8107 | REPRISE (7) | Tweaked Pierre’s passage using familiar phrases? (7) | def. "passage using familiar phrases?" wordplay: anagram ("Tweaked") of PIERRES |
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| 8109 | DELIRIUM (8) | Revolutionary US naturalist John indeed contracted light fever (8) | def. "fever" wordplay: reversal ("Revolutionary") of MUIR ("US naturalist John": John Muir) I ("indeed", "contracted": I[ndeed]) LED ("light") |
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| 8121 | SOFTFRO (7) | Silly? Not to a cryptic clue writer! (7) | def. "a cryptic clue writer" wordplay: SOFT ("Silly": i.e. 'soft in the head') + FRO ("Not to": the opposite of 'to', as in 'to and fro') |
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| 8130 | S-TIER (1-4) | Über Schildkröte? (1-4) | very jokey ddef straight def. "Über" (outstanding, supreme) jokey def. "Schildkröte?" (means 'turtle' in German. 'animal' in German is 'Tier', so an animal in German that starts with 'S' would be an 'S' Tier) |
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| 8135 | WRAPPING (8) | Christmas activity: whiskey spitting (8) | def. "Christmas activity" (i.e. activity related to Christmas) wordplay: W ("whiskey": NATO phonetic alphabet) + RAPPING ("spitting": slang) |
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| 8147 | BROAD (5) | Huge entrance to barren trail (5) | def. "Huge" wordplay: B ("entrance to barren": first letter of B[arren]) + ROAD ("trail") |
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| 8148 | BROAD (5) | Clear umbrella (5) | ddef "Clear" "umbrella" | bags | 0 |
| 8154 | POGCHAMP (8) | 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") |
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| 8167 | MULTIVERSE (10) | 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") |
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| 8207 | PLOTZ (5) | Give books in today, if you would (5) | def. "Give" wordplay: OT ("books": Old Testament) in PLZ ("today, if you would": internet slang for 'please') |
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| 8224 | SIX (3) | 10 is round number (3) | def. "number" wordplay: reversal of X IS ("10" "is", "round") |
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| 8237 | DOCTOR (6) | Medical professional that'd be set after retiring, after undergoing one last examination?? (6) | def. "Medical professional" If you reverse DOCTOR, you get 'ROT COD'. If you 'rot COD' (i.e. COD rot16), you get SET. So, DOCTOR would be SET after being reversed ("retiring"), after being re-interpreted ("undergoing one last examination"). + Two question marks because the clue is highly, highly dubious |
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| 8290 | WALTZ (5) | Piece of pizza with round, light crust getting gobbled up (5) | def. "Piece", linking word: "of" wordplay: reversal of ZA W ("pizza" "with" "round") containing LT ("light crust": L[igh]T, "getting gobbled up") |
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| 8307 | NAIAD (5) | New assistant haunted by a spirit (5) | def. "spirit" wordplay: N ("new") AID ("assistant") containing ("haunted by") A ("a") |
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| 8310 | FNORD (5) | This word has hypnotic power? Fuck, no way! (5) | def. "This word has hypnotic power" wordplay: F ("Fuck") NO ("no") RD ("way": abbrv. for 'road') |
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| 8362 | CAPYBARA (8) | Group of horses holding yellow (not black) rose for another animal (8) | def. "another animal" wordplay: ARAB PACK ("Group of horses") containing Y ("holding" "yellow": CYMK) without K ("not" "black": CYMK), all reversed ("rose"); link word "for" |
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| 8371 | SCRAP (5) | Slightly NSFW clue >>> | Shave last hair off junk (5) def. "junk" wordplay: SCRAPE ("Shave") without the last letter ("last hair off") |
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| 8372 | RUM (3) | Drum's note left offbeat (3) | def. "offbeat" wordplay: [d]RUM ("DRUM's note left": note = D) |
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| 8391 | NOSH (4) | Food: Obviously, it was left out (4) | def. "Food" wordplay: NO SHIT ("Obviously") without IT ("it" "was left out") |
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| 8496 | OUROBOROS (9) | This character is but a snake’s head coming to the tail, with appearance primarily always being circle (9) | semi-&lit (so, def. "This", referring to the rest of the clue) short version: AURA'S BAR A, with S going to the end, with every A becoming O long version: AURA'S ("character is": 'character' meaning something's distinctive nature) BAR ("but": e.g. 'everyone, bar a few stragglers') A ("a"), S going to the end ("'S[nake]'s head' coming to the tail"), with A always being O ("with 'A[ppearance] primarily' always being 'circle'") |
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| 8508 | BUFFALO (7) | Improve OneLook to create puzzle (7) | def. "puzzle" (verb) wordplay: BUFF ("Improve": gaming term) A LO (elision of "One" "Look": i.e. 'lo and behold'); link "to create" |
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| 8548 | PITY (4) | A constant show of gratitude leads to sorrow (4) | def. "sorrow" wordplay: PI ("A constant": yeah there are an infinite number of constants but whatevs) TY ("show of gratitude": 'thank you'); link "leads to" |
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| 8628 | BOGART (6) | Brooks endlessly running past tree to maintain grass (6) | def. "to maintain grass" ('grass' being slang for marijuana) wordplay: GART[h] ("Brooks", "endlessly": ref. Garth Brooks) going after BO ("running past" "tree": ref. the Bo Tree in Buddhism) |
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| 8629 | BOGART (6) | Bully got bra tangled (6) | def. "Bully" wordplay: anagram of GOT BRA ("tangled") |
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| 8632 | TWEED (5) | Went after shirt's cloth (5) | def. "cloth" wordplay: WEED ("Went": urinated) after T ("shirt"); link "'s" (abbrv. 'is') |
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| 8844 | PROCYON (7) | Two sides of an argument: one claiming "yes", and one that's the brightest in their field (7) | def. "one that's the brightest in their field" (Procyon is the brightest star in the constellation Canis Minor) wordplay: PRO & CON ("Two sides of an argument"), with CON containing Y ("one [side of the argument] claiming yes"); link "and" |
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| 8865 | LINTEL (6) | What's trapped by fallin' telephone pole (6) | def. "pole" wordplay: hidden in ("What's trapped by") [fal]LIN' TEL[ephone] |
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| 8936 | MONGOOSE (8) | Huge loser cutting wings off animal (8) | def. "animal" wordplay: MONGO ("Huge") [l]OSE[r] ("loser", "cutting wings off") |
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| 8942 | PERUSE (6) | Read an application (6) | def. "Read" wordplay: PER ("an": e.g. $15 an hour) USE ("application": noun) |
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| 9063 | ROTOM (5) | Pokémon with "Frost" form primely, maybe at the first slot (5) | def. "Pokémon"; link "with" wordplay: ROTO ("'Frost' form", "primely": prime letters of FROST FORM) + M[aybe] ("Maybe" "at the first slot") |
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| 9110 | GREEN TEA OR BLACK TEA (5, 3 OR 5, 3) | Drink choice: After quarrel, we ultimately agreen't (5,3) | "agreen't" being that slang thing kids are using nowadays, where "n't" is appended to a word that normally doesn't contract with "not" def. "Drink choice" wordplay: anagram ("After quarrel") of [w]E AGREEN'T. also a cyclic rotation, but that doesn't lead to a nice surface |
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| 9128 | FINALE (6) | Finish part of fish drink (6) | def. "Finish" (noun) wordplay: FIN ("part of fish") ALE ("drink") |
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| 9129 | HELICOPTER (10) | I get to ram into sanctuary using small vehicle (10) | def. "vehicle" wordplay: I COP ("I get": U.S. slang (I think?) meaning 'I obtain') to enter SHELTER ("to ram into" "sanctuary") without S ("using" "small") |
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| 9195 | APRON (5) | A stab with a fork slightly cut kitchen garment (5) | def. "kitchen garment" wordplay: A ("A") PRON[g] ("stab with a fork" (verb), "slightly cut") |
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| 9197 | SONI (4) | Yōkai going after small Japanese village (4) | def. "Japanese village" (according to Wikipedia) wordplay: ONI (example of a "Yōkai") going after S ("small") |
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| 9199 | OVERMORROW (10) | Victor in old fight getting... uh... gold a couple days from now (10) | def. "a couple days from now" wordplay: V ("Victor": NATO alphabet) inside O ROW ("old" "fight"), getting ERM OR ("uh..." "gold") |
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| 9207 | ANY CLUE THAT USES THE SAME DEFINITION AND WORDPLAY (?) | Symbolic induction leaving messy pool and scab, getting hint of discoloration on shirt (5, 4) | BLOOD PACT &lit S ("Symbolic" "induction") removed from ("leaving") BLOOPAC[s] (anagram: "messy" "POOL and SCAB"), containing D ("getting" "hint of discoloration") on T ("shirt") |
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| 9216 | OBVIATE (7) | Obviously, I had shut down (7) | def. "shut down" (transitive) wordplay: OBV ("Obviously": abbrv.) I ATE ("I had": i.e. 'I had a meal') |
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| 9220 | OBVIATE (7) | Get around via bote (I spelled that wrong) (7) | def. "Get around" wordplay: VIA BOTE anagram ("I spelled that wrong") it's supposed to say "via boat" but i spelled it wrong |
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| 9224 | HADES (5) | Heads rolling in name of God (5) | def. "name of God" wordplay: anagram of HEADS ("rolling"); link "in" |
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| 9259 | CHARLIE PARKER (7, 6) | Bird enhanced lake with rare chirp (7, 6) | def. "Bird" (one of Charlie Parker's nicknames) wordplay: anagram ("enhanced") of LAKE with RARE CHIRP |
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| 9274 | ERROR (5) | Maybe literal headless imp (5) | def. "Maybe literal" (a "literal" is a type of typographical error) wordplay: [t]ERROR ("headless" "imp") |
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| 9275 | CARBON (6) | Element of encouragement for someone trying to gain weight? (6) | very stupid double def... don't judge me "Element" = CARBON; "of" = link "encouragement for someone trying to gain weight?" = CARB ON! |
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| 9388 | SPACEMAN (8) | Leader of martians gets in range, surrounding one?! (8) | &lit (with a ?-worthy def.) wordplay: M ("leader of M[artians]") gets in SPAN ("range"), surrounding ACE ("one") |
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| 9564 | ASPECT (6) | Part with one's muscle tee (6) | def. "Part" link: "with", i.e. 'along with' wordplay: A'S ("One's") PEC ("muscle") T ("tee") |
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| 9572 | OEUVRE (6) OR, IF YOU PREFER, ŒUVRE (5) | Groove repeatedly contains sound bite of musical work, maybe (6) | def. "musical work, maybe" wordplay: hidden homophone in "grOOVE REpeatedly" |
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| 9601 | ASPHODEL (8) | What's currently most of Hades' plot? (8) | &lit def: The Asphodel Meadows is a section of the Greek underworld (of which Hades is the king). "Plot" in the sense of a garden plot. wordplay: anagrammed ("currently": i.e. 'in the manner of a current', flowing), HADESPLO[t] ("most of" "HADES' PLOT") +? for "currently" |
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| 9602 | GREEN EGGS (5, 4) | "The Fault in Our Stars" author says to have good words at the beginning of book title (5, 4) | def. "words at the beginning of book title" wordplay: GREEN ("'The Fault in Our Stars' author") E.G.'S ("says": in the sense of 'for example') to have G ("good") |
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| 9767 | SEVERANCE (9) | Re-distributing acres with even division (9) | def. "division" wordplay: anagramming ("Re-distributing") ACRES with EVEN |
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| 9770 | KEY CHANGE (3, 6) | Maybe insert coins for song segment (3, 6) | def. "song segment" wordplay: KEY ("Maybe insert": the computer key) CHANGE ("coins"); link "for" |
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| 9782 | ROUND TRIP (5, 4) | Act that gets one to do turn when traveling! (5, 4) | &lit w.p.: RP ("Act": i.e. role-play) containing I ("that gets" "one") next to ("to") ROUNDT* ("DO TURN", "when traveling": anagram) |
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| 10067 | ANGLERS (7) | Who winds up to retrieve line! (7) | semi-&lit (so, def. "Who", referring to those specified in surface) wordplay: ANGERS ("winds up") to retrieve L ("line": abbrv.) |
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| 10079 | PENCILS (7) | Instruments top learner invested in class after class to take note! (7) | &lit wordplay: I ("I[nstruments" "top") L ("learner": abbrv.) invested in CS ("class": computer science) after P.E. ("class": physical education), to take N ("note": abbrv.) PE(N)C(I L)S |
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| 10084 | PENCILS (7) | Draws pic with lens broken (7) | def. "Draws" wordplay: anagram ("broken") of PIC with LENS |
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| 10085 | CURRY (5) | Rush to dismiss top basketball player (5) | def. "basketball player" (Steph Curry) wordplay: SCURRY ("Rush": noun), removing first letter ("to dismiss" "top") |
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| 10946 | RAMPANT (7) | Pandemic hit worker with shortage of money (7) | "Pandemic" (adj.) = RAP ("hit") ANT ("worker") with M ("shortage of M[ONEY]") | bags | 0 |
| 10947 | LAST MOMENT (4, 6) | Close relative in city's shelter (4, 6) | "Close" (noun) = MOM ("relative") in L.A.'S ("city's": Los Angeles's) TENT ("shelter") | bags | 0 |
| 11295 | PHANTOM (7) | Monsieur supports bug in soup as figment of imagination (7) | must be a down clue def. "figment of imagination" wordplay: M ("Monsieur") supports ANT ("bug") in PHO ("soup": the [still...?] popular Vietnamese soup); connector "as" |
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| 11307 | INTUITION (9) | Hunch sounds like it's hopeful? (9) | def. "Hunch" wordplay: homophone ("sounds like it's") of INTO WISHIN' ("hopeful") bit of a laugh :P |
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| 11377 | A (1) | Not the answer (1) | ddef. "Not the" & "answer" anti-&lit: "A" is indeed the answer |
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| 11439 | E (1) | Drug provides energy (1) | ddef: "Drug" (E: ecstasy) "energy" (E: like in E = mc^2) link: "provides" |
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| 11441 | FRANTIC (7) | Swiss cheese sandwiches it sent back, getting mad (7) | def. "mad" wordplay: FRANC ("Swiss cheese": money in Switzerland) surrounds ("sandwiches") TI (IT, "sent back"); link "getting" |
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| 12011 | NYE (3) | TV personality close to the audience (3) | def. "TV personality" wordplay: homophone of NIGH ("close", "to the audience") |
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| 12026 | CRÈME BRÛLÉE (5, 6) | Vineyard containing wild ember with side dish (5, 6) | def. "dish" wordplay: CRU ("Vineyard") containing EMEBR ("wild ember": anagram of EMBER) with LEE ("side") |
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| 12037 | PING (4) | In tears after losing small contact (4) | def. “contact” wordplay: [wee]PING (“In tears”, after losing “small”) |
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| 12203 | HEART (5) | That man and ace share this! (5) | &lit (which i reckon has not been done a thousand times before) HE ("That man") + A ("ace") RT ("share this": abbreviation for 're-tweet', as in 'rt if you agree') |
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| 12226 | ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ (26) | Preschool song's lyrics and keys? (26) | double def: "Preschool song's lyrics" and "keys" (on a keyboard) though, and i haven't checked this, there might be some etymological overlap |
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| 12254 | POKE (4) | Prod meal with raw fish (4) | ddef: "Prod" / "meal with raw fish" | bags | 0 |
| 12287 | POLLYANNA (9) | Survey: unknown number + one + one divided by zero = positive one? (9) | def. "positive one" wordplay: POLL ("Survey") Y ("unknown number") + AN ("one") + N/A ("one divided by zero": not applicable) |
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| 12323 | GRAPHIC (7) | Game feature: good hit bar sound (7) | def. "Game feature" wordplay: G ("good") RAP ("hit") HIC ("bar sound": drunk people say *hic*) |
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| 12393 | CMU (3) | Pennsylvanian school community's first Greek letter (3) | def. "Pennsylvanian school" wordplay: C ("community's first": first letter of community) + MU ("Greek letter") |
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| 12432 | INCORPORATED (12) | Mingled during collaborative roleplay, spoke (12) | def. "Mingled" wordplay: IN ("during") CO-RP ("collaborative roleplay") ORATED ("spoke") |
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| 12447 | GOTCHA (6) | Understood potential slogan for California Tea Processor Board? (6) | def. "Understood" (what you might say after someone explains something) wordplay: GOT CHA? (a play on "got milk?", the slogan for the California Milk Processor Board) |
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