Contests started: CHIVALRY (8), UBNIQU (6), CELLAR DOOR (6, 4), AEGILOPS (8), SPOON-FEED (5-4), SUDOKU (6), SIC (3), HOMEOWNER (9), MISLED (6), DOLLOP (6), DOZE (4), SWIMS (5), BANK (4), DITTO (5), ELLIPSIS (8), FINE (4), DREAMT (6), NAN (3), MARROWSKY (9), TENSE (5), PLUMB BOB (5, 3), ASTONISH (8), SNUCK (5), FACTORIAL (9), OBJECT (6), OBEISANCE (9), ZENITH (6), VERTIGO (7), BASH (4), ELECTRODE (9), STIR (4), PUZZLERS CLUB (8, 4), RATHER (6), GASLIGHT (8), CATERWAUL (9), DIVINE (6), HOME (4), ANY SUPERVOCALIC CLUE (?), YAJILIN (7), TRIAL (5), CALIFORNIA (10), FAR-OUT (3-3), CHAMPORADO (10), NO CONTEST (2, 7), REASON (6), EGREGIOUS (9), YATTA (5), PENSIVE (7), PELT (4), TACITURN (8), GLOMP (5), PORTAL (6), DRIFT (5), INCOGNITO (9), LOGIC (5), FRAY (4), HAPAX LEGOMENON (5, 9), ARROW (5), ACE (3), SCRAM (5), DEEP-SIX (4-3), TWITTERPATED (12), CHANCY (6), MONDEGREEN (10), OWO (3), CASE (4), GARRULOUS (9), SINK (4), ALL CAPS (3, 4), VITUPERATE (10), POP (3), PARITY (6), LAVISH (6), SUNFLOWER (9), COUNTER (7), AGLET (5), GIF (3), BIG SHOT (3, 4), LADDER (6), NADIR (5), ENHANCE (7), CONTRACT (8), SILENT (6), UFO (3), KIBITZ (6), FOUNDER (7), SODOKU (6), GOLEM (5), FORTIFY (7), OTHER (5), CASTLE (6), ERSATZ (6), ATARAXIA (8), FLASK (5), COMPLETE (8), LULL (4), TINIKLING (9), FIVE (4), ASPHALT (7), CARAMBOLA (9), SPLURGE (7), REPRISE (7), EMBARK (6), CROQUIS (7), FIGMENT (7), GYOZA (5), STAUNCH (7), YULE LOG (4, 3), ZZXJOANW (8), VERKLEMPT (9), PLOTZ (5), SERAI (5), DORD (4), COTILLION (9), ANY CLUE WHOSE WORDPLAY IS REVERSE LETTER BANK (?), SAVOIR FAIRE (6, 5), KIRBY (5), VORPAL (6), SCRAP (5), IXNAY (5), NOSH (4), UWU (3), FETCH (5), TEN-FOUR (3-4), BUFFALO (7), PITY (4), SPRUCE (6), BOGART (6), PICROSS (7), ABSCOND (7), BLEEP (5), FLUMMOX (7), REIGN (5), INDIANA (7), APROPOS (7), TAWDRY (6), PERUSE (6), SLEW (4), STERN (5), CHAPARRAL (9), PARLEYVOO (9), RATIO (5), RECKON (6), ROTOM (5), SVELTE (6), EIGHTY-SIX (6-3), HAYWIRE (7), VOW (3), HELICOPTER (10), UPDOG (5), INCORRIGIBLE (12), OBVIATE (7), SEA LION (3, 4), SPIRIT LEVEL (6, 5), UBE (3), EMOJI (5), VAMP (4), HABANERO (8), BUFFET (6), FOSSIL (6), ARCHIVE (7), BLESS (5), TESTIFY (7), GLOOM (5), EA-NASIR (2-5), COAX (4), SPATCHCOCK (10), FLICK (5), MANTISSA (8), GHOTI (5), LYNX (4), YANK (4), BOX (3), ABANDON (7), ANGST (5), HACK (4), CAVE (4), VIEW (4), ROUND TRIP (5, 4), SLALOM (6), CREEK (5), COMPASS (7), AQUARIUM (8), DETOUR (6), ONSEN (5), SNAKE (5), RIPPLE EFFECT (6, 6), DOUBLE BACK (6, 4), MINESWEEPER (11), TENTS (5), BATTLESHIPS (11), PENCILS (7), BARNS (5), ISLANDS (7), HIJACK (6), FLOUNDER (8), BROMIDE (7), MUTINY (6), DOGMA (5), FLAKE (5), EXCISE (6), BRISKET (7), TESTAMENT (9), BALANCE (7), GHOST (5), CLOCK (5), CANAL (5), VAGUE (5), FLOAT (5), PRISM (5), TERRITORY (9), SKYSCRAPERS (11), BILLOWY (7), BOOLEAN (7), FIG LEAF (3, 4), OLIVE BRANCH (5, 6), PIPIS (5), CORNCOB (7), BOO (3), DOOBLYDOO (9), GROK (4), DISCO (5), BOOST (5), DOWN (4), HYGGE (5), REAL TALK (4, 4), AMALGAM (7), CORAL (5), PARQUET (7), HINGE (5), CROSS-STITCH (5-6), LA PAZ (2, 3), TAJ MAHAL (3, 5), STAIRWELL (9), NORI (4), GRAB BAG (4, 3), COUNTRY (7), MEANDER (7), KOBAYASHI MARU (9, 4), REFLECT (7), PITCHER (7), STATUE (6), SHADOW (6), GONCHAROV (9), HUMBUG (6), SCROOGE (7), SNOOZE (6), GRINCH (6), DASHER (6), AULD (4), TAKOYAKI (8), BLOCK (5), MOOCH (5), PETRICHOR (9), DOCENT (6), DEAD SET (4, 3), CASHIER (7), RAGDOLL (7), BACKSEAT (8), BINGLE (6), THE GAME (3, 4), INCHOATE (8), FFXIV (5), BIKE LANE (4, 4), LUDDITE (7), MONTAGE (7), KLUDGE (6), GIZMO (5), KISMET (6), CAVEAT (6), MEASURE (7), POTOOOOOOOO (11), DESIRE PATH (6, 4), RÄT (3), TELEPHONE (9), MIGHT (5), RUBY (4), ANY CLUE THAT CAN BE SUNG TO TUNE OF TMNT THEME SONG (?), ZZZ (3), LIGHT MODE (5, 4), ADULTING (8), ANY CLUE THAT LOOKS LIKE CRYTYPING (?), ALEMBIC (7), BAT PHONE (3, 5), FLOP ERA (4, 3), TO WIT (2, 3), ON MAIN (2, 4), HAUNTER (7), KLOTSKI (7), CHORTLE (7), FUEL (4), COW TOOLS (3, 5), LITERALLY (9), MAKEMAKE (8), CATNIP (6), BELLICOSE (9), FUTZ (4), CIVIL (5), BULWARK (7), RESPOND (7), JUMP (4), FRABJOUS (8), PURGATORY (9), MIRROR (6), COELACANTH (10), FINAGLE (7), ELOPE (5), REPEAT (6), KOROK (5), OMBUDSMAN (9), ENGINEER (8), PHANTOM (7), BROOD (5), ALSO-RAN (4-3), SANDBAG (7), WHITE WHALE (5, 5), CHEESE (6), FRIDGE (6), GALUMPH (7), HYPE (4), PUNT (4), LUMPIA (6), DEF (3), KEPI (4), FOOL’S GOLD (5, 4), RAIN CHECK (4, 5), VERBOTEN (8), LABEL (5), RED FLAG (3, 4), BORK (4), QUIVER (6), BALCONY (7), NITRO (5), SLAKING (7), BAROQUE (7), OLD-TIMEY (3-5), ATLAS (5), PIKMIN (6), IMBROGLIO (9), MARS (4), PAELLA (6), WOK (3), ROVE (4), SAVVY (5), RUGGED (6), KEFIR (5), MILESTONE (9), SHUFTI (6), BANNER (6), SIROCCO (7), CLUTCH (6), GUINEA PIG (6, 3), BADGER (6), JAMBOREE (8), DEKKO (5), SIMPATICO (9), BIAS (4), BULLISH (7), RECOVER (7), PABLUM (6), TWANG (5), SUP (3), WONDER (6), FLOTSAM (7), VALET (5), CYCLE (5), ERUDITE (7), VALOR (5), TO A T (2, 1, 1), MALEFIC (7), BROUGHAMMED (11), ANY CHEESE (?), MUST (4), JIMMY (5), NERF (4), LEMNISCATE (10), CUBEWANO (8), KEEP GOING (4, 5), EXTRUDE (7), ANY CLUE THAT USES A TONE TAG (?), FOLDEROL (8), ANAMANAGUCHI (12), KARAOKE (7), FOIE GRAS (4, 4), CAREEN (6), HAMBURGEVONS (12), PING (4), PLAY DEAD (4, 4), SOFA (4), PORTCULLIS (10), BAR NONE (3, 4), ARCHAIC (7), NINJA (5), LIED (4), TELEGRAM (8), ADHERE (6), SATURNINE (9), BEST BOY (4, 3), SOAK (4), GIMME (5), CORDYCEPS (9), HEART (5), MARTLET (7), ÉTOUFFÉE (8), BUPKIS (6), DEAD WEIGHT (4, 6), POKE (4), AKIMBO (6), POLLYANNA (9), REDACT (6), CHAPERONE (9), CREMATE (7), CRINGE (6), STEM (4), RAPPORT (7), JOB (3), TENOR (5), JEJUNE (6), ADROIT (6), DECIMATE (8), JEDI (4), ON ICE (2, 3), SHELLAC (7), TAGALOG (7), NO DICE (2, 4), SEA CHANGE (3, 6), CAPSIZE (7), MACGYVER (8), ADAPT (5), ENSORCELL (9), DEFAULT (7), UNCALLED-FOR (8-3), VIM (3), ROUGE (5), PANDESAL (8), MOXIE (5), APPLE (5)
Contests won: PERIHELION (10), INTERESTING (11), MAKE DO (4, 2), ANSWER (6), SILENCE (7), EXHAUSTION (10), PROJECTION (10), PERPENDICULAR (13), INSTITUTE (9), BE NOISY (2, 5), ENVOY (5), CRAB RAVE (4, 4), GREEN PAINT (5, 5), PRAXIS (6), CHECK (5), SCHMEAR (7), REALIZE (7), NOPE (4), QAZVIN (6), VOTE (4), SALAMI (6), HOMEOWNER (9), AIOLI (5), KETCHUP (7), SQUEEGEE (8), YEAR OF THE OX (4, 2, 3, 2), ELEVEN ACROSS (6, 6), GOOSE EGG (5, 3), CELLIST (7), TRAINGLE ( 8), BIDEN (5), PERSEVERANCE (12), CANCUN (6), GRAVITAS (8), FIDDLEDEEDEE (12), DUPE (4), AESTHETICS (10), ASSASSIN (8), DISINGENUOUS (12), EGGCORN (7), WIND-UP (4-2), AGED RUM (4, 3), AGGREGATING (11), PERIAPSIS (9), ERIC FOX (4, 3), RUBIK'S CUBE (6, 4), IRON (III) CHLORIDE (4 (3) 8), SWIMS (5), STOLID (6), SENATOR (7), KNICK-KNACK (5-5), BONE (4), THANK YOU OR THANK-YOU (5, 3 OR 5-3), GREEBLE (7), BLOTTO (6), GOODBYE (7), GNEISS (6), CARNAPTIOUS (11), URL (3), THROUGH (7), LIVERPOOL (9), ARMADILLO (9), TOGETHER (8), FINE (4), STRINGS (7), SUS (3), DREAMT (6), ARROYO (6), MULLIGAN (8), STATE OF THE ART (5, 2, 3, 3), ⚠️(1), PERSONALIZED OPTIONS REWARDS TIER (12, 7, 7, 4), FIDGET (6), TENSE (5), FOURIER (7), PLUMB BOB (5, 3), ZARF (4), KVELL (5), QUADRILATERAL (13), WUHU ISLAND (4, 6), INSOUCIANT (10), DOGECOIN (8), WEED (4), INFEST (6), ANAGRAM INDICATOR (7, 9), RESCINDED (9), ANY CLUE WHOSE ANSWER IS A PREVIOUS CONTEST WITH 0 ENTRIES (?), MOIST (5), ANY CLUE WHOSE ANSWER IS A BOARD/CARD GAME (?), UP TOP (2, 3), SNAP (4), ANNIVERSARY (11), PED XING (3, 4), RAMUNE (6), PER SE (3, 2), ASTRID (6), KAIZO (5), NESSIE (6), USER STATS (4, 5), DIVERS (6), STIR (4), PUZZLERS CLUB (8, 4), SOLENOID (8), BESMIRCH (8), ANY GREEK LETTER (?), BOCCE (5), GATEKEEP (8), CALICA (6), CATERWAUL (9), TILL (4), L1K (3), AXOLOTL (7), ANY SUPERVOCALIC WORD OR PHRASE (?), NINE (4), SHANGRI-LA (7-2), CHAMPORADO (10), NO CONTEST (2, 7), ORIGAMI (7), REASON (6), GO BLIND (2, 5), BOPOMOFO (8), SYZYGY (6), RENDER (6), DETHRONE (8), MWAHAHAHA (9), PROJECTYL (9), PELT (4), GLOMP (5), HEATWAVE (8), PUNCHINGCATTO (13), IVES (4), PI DAY (2, 3), MAD HATTER (3, 6), TENABLE (7), OOMPH (5), SHTUM (5), SADGE (5), CASINO (6), ANY MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (?), SCRIVENER (9), HEADS OR TAILS (5), TALK SHOP (4, 4), KOALA (5), HANDSHAKE (9), UFO (3), DORK (4), SORBET (6), FAFF (4), GLARE (5), ICHOR (5), HEAT (4), CASTLE (6), WARIO (5), GUY (3), AKKALA (6), MST (3), TOBLERONE (9), NOIR (4), CRANBERRY (9), LIGMA (5), CARAMBOLA (9), WOW (3), SILPH (5), BURNOUT (7), CROQUIS (7), LAUNDER (7), FEAR (4), ZZXJOANW (8), PLOTZ (5), YOLK (4), SIX (3), CAPTIOUS (8), WALTZ (5), PIRATE (6), FNORD (5), SAVOIR FAIRE (6, 5), THE ABC'S (3, 3'1), DOPE (4), VORPAL (6), ESPERANTO (9), DRAGON (6), FREE (4), CUTE MAGE (4, 4), NOSH (4), RAGTIME (7), LOVERS (6), PITY (4), BORDER (6), TRENCHCOAT (10), SPACE CADET (5, 5), SCREE (5), BOGART (6), WET (3), MINISTER (8), CHURRO (6), ABSCOND (7), SUPERB (6), FRACTURE (8), FORK (4), TRIMP OR TRIMPING (5 OR 8), THYMINE (7), CARING (6), PLINTH (6), ANY VARIATION OF PATIENCE/SOLITAIRE (?), ANY BATMAN SUPERVILLAIN (?), CHAPARRAL (9), RATIO (5), LANCE (5), ROTOM (5), BOLD (4), SOAP (4), LIAISON (7), OSTRICH (7), OBVIATE (7), STAB (4), HADES (5), ALBATROSS (9), ERROR (5), TREMOR (6), GLOOM (5), FEINT (5), COAX (4), LYNX (4), LAGNIAPPE (9), TRIFLE (6), YANK (4), WATER (5), DINT (4), HIJACK (6), PATE (4), PEAT (4), TAPE (4), EXCISE (6), BRISKET (7), TRUSS (5), NEW ORDER (3, 5), DIG IN (3, 2), SEAHORSE (8), ARENA (5), VAT (3), ACROSS (6), MAO (3), PARQUET (7), HINGE (5), KRAKEN (6), MULE (4), VOIR DIRE (4, 4), LA PAZ (2, 3), TSUNAMI (7), DEMONSTRATE (11), COUNTRY (7), ANY CLUE THAT CONTAINS THE PHRASE "LOST IN TRANSLATION" (?), CLAP (4), ARMY (4), SHADOW (6), DEAD SET (4, 3), RAGDOLL (7), TELETUBBIES (11), SCP (3), BIKE LANE (4, 4), MONTAGE (7), KLUDGE (6), ARENDELLE (9), GOSSAMER (8), THE LAST OF US (3, 4, 2, 2), TULLE (5), POTOOOOOOOO (11), DESIRE PATH (6, 4), POKER FACE (5, 4), ALEJANDRO (9), THONK (5), TATTOO (6), SCRIABIN (8), NINTENDO (8), TEMPTATION (10), ALEMBIC (7), DIRT (4), BAT PHONE (3, 5), HISAISHI (8), TUCHUS (6), ON MAIN (2, 4), SOLARPUNK (9), LET'S DO "YOUR USERNAME (?)" AGAIN THAT WAS FUN, ENGINEER (8), GAY (3), TRAIN (5), PUNT (4), SHOGI (5), RAPHAEL (7), KEPI (4), L (1), LEFT (4), OLD-TIMEY (3-5), EMBARGO (7), VERTICAL (8), BANNER (6), SCRE4M (6), NIX (3), GUDGEON (7), SOLIPSISM (9), SUP (3), VALOR (5), ERRING (6), MUST (4), SHOUT (5), SLIME (5), RIZZ (4), CONSOLE (7), NYE (3), RETURNED (8), SLEEP IN (5, 2), MULTIINSTRUMENTALIST (20), PING (4), IPHONE (6), MITMH (5), FOREVER (7), NINJA (5), PENPA (5), PEACH (5), PARASOL (7), ADROIT (6), HOPE (4), LEGO (4), PORTLY (6), TROPHY (6), FORGE (5), MOXIE (5), ONION (5), JOY, MOONCAKE (8), GALACTIC (8), FRIGID (6), ANY OCEAN (?), BEHEST (6)
| Clue ID | Contest | Clue | Explanation (hover) | Submitted By | Likes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5643 | SCHMEAR (7) | Leader of militia in frantic search for cover (7) | SCH(M_)EAR* | dohz | 7 |
| 8221 | YOLK (4) | Oddly yellow mixture—a central component in cooking! (4) | (Y_L_O_)*+_K_ &lit |
dohz | 6 |
| 8740 | ABSCOND (7) | Flee from bad, bad cons (7) | ABSCOND* | dohz | 6 |
| 9155 | LIAISON (7) | Hylia is one protecting Link (7) | _LIA IS ON_ | dohz | 6 |
| 11549 | EMBARGO (7) | “Love, take me back—” “Stop!” (7) | (EM+BARG+O)< Love = O take = GRAB me = ME back = reversal indicator Stop = def not an &lit |
dohz | 6 |
| 5763 | HOMEOWNER (9) | That woman received a premonition about a cry of pain for a landlord (9) | H(OME(OW)N)ER | dohz | 5 |
| 5770 | KETCHUP (7) | Condiment King and others start to hold up (7) | K+ETC+H_+UP | dohz | 5 |
| 6324 | ARMADILLO (9) | Farm ad: “I’ll offer to shelter animal” (9) | _ARM AD ILL O_ | dohz | 5 |
| 6491 | TENSE (5) | Fasten seatbelt to hold tight (5) | _TEN SE_ | dohz | 5 |
| 6868 | STIR (4) | “It’s back! Run!” creating commotion (4) | STI<+R | dohz | 5 |
| 8078 | WOW (3) | OH MY GOD, MOM’S GONNA FLIP (3) | “MOM” vertical flip def = OH MY GOD, as in the expression of surprise |
dohz | 5 |
| 8606 | SCREE (5) | Slippery slope argument falling short (5) | SCREE(-d) | dohz | 5 |
| 9256 | ALBATROSS (9) | A club, ignoring the odds, sorta swings back and finally scores a three under par (9) | A+_L_B+(ATROS<)+_S a three under par = def |
dohz | 5 |
| 11414 | SHOGI (5) | Board game that’s Go-ish, after a fashion (5) | SHOGI* Board game = def that’s = connector Go-ish, = GOISH after a fashion = anagram indicator |
dohz | 5 |
| 11738 | SUP (3) | Slurp at regular intervals! (3) | S_U_P &lit |
dohz | 5 |
| 12071 | MITMH (5) | Hmm… it’s puzzling! (5) | MITMH* &lit ’s puzzling = anagram indicator (kinda weak ik) |
dohz | 5 |
| 12244 | PENPA (5) | Open page featuring puzzle editor (5) | _PEN PA_ puzzle editor = def, as in https://swaroopg92.github.io/penpa-edit/ |
dohz | 5 |
| 5591 | ENVOY (5) | Messenger aboard maiden voyage (5) | _EN VOY_ | dohz | 4 |
| 5721 | VOTE (4) | Pivoted pocketed pick (4) | _VOTE_ | dohz | 4 |
| 5777 | YEAR OF THE OX (4, 2, 3, 2) | Marry me, finally, returning for a hug and kiss after the lunar calendar’s current phase (4, 2, 3, 2) | (_Y+_E)+(A+ROF)<+(THE+(O+X)) | dohz | 4 |
| 5955 | DUPE (4) | Fool a noble, quietly replacing king (4) | DU(k->P)E | dohz | 4 |
| 6175 | STOLID (6) | Bristol ideally keeps calm (6) | _STOL ID_ | dohz | 4 |
| 6189 | SWIMS (5) | Moves in water, primarily, backstroking within seas’ boundaries! (5) | S_((W_+I_+M_)<)_S &lit |
dohz | 4 |
| 6340 | TOGETHER (8) | United to capture that woman (8) | TO+GET+HER | dohz | 4 |
| 6370 | SUS (3) | Shady slums, regularly overlooked (3) | S_U_S | dohz | 4 |
| 6849 | USER STATS (4, 5) | People’s marks! (4, 5) | &lit ddef (USER STATS / USERS’ TATS) | dohz | 4 |
| 6865 | DIVERS (6) | Various doctors I’ve interrupted (6) | D(IVE)RS | dohz | 4 |
| 6960 | BESMIRCH (8) | Defame both sides to cover grotesque crimes (8) | B_(ESMIRC*)_H | dohz | 4 |
| 7503 | SCRAM (5) | Run and yell, losing energy (5) | SCR(-e)AM | dohz | 4 |
| 7599 | SADGE (5) | Wise man takes down icon of sorrow (5) | SA(D)GE | dohz | 4 |
| 8075 | LIGMA (5) | Gmail circulated made-up disease (5) | LIGMA* | dohz | 4 |
| 8568 | SPACE CADET (5, 5) | Computer game expert acted irritated after shoving past beginners (5, 5) | (S_+P_)+(ACE+CADET*) | dohz | 4 |
| 8581 | FALLOUT (7) | Disregard shielding aluminum for radioactive debris (7) | F(AL)LOUT | dohz | 4 |
| 8653 | MINISTER (8) | Essentially, Shaymin is terrible as head of department (8) | _MIN IS TER_ | dohz | 4 |
| 8804 | FORK (4) | Branch supporting last bit of bark (4) | FOR+_K | dohz | 4 |
| 9141 | SOAP (4) | Cleaner’s ring stuck in drain (4) | S(O)AP | dohz | 4 |
| 9221 | HADES (5) | God of throwing shade (5) | HADES* why yes this wp is reused from another clue will that be a problem officer |
dohz | 4 |
| 9228 | OBVIATE (7) | Make something unnecessary and above it all wrong (7) | OBVIATE* Make something unnecessary = def all wrong = anagram indicator |
dohz | 4 |
| 9394 | TREMOR (6) | Shudder in guilt/remorse (6) | _T REMOR_ | dohz | 4 |
| 9409 | GLOOM (5) | Darkness hiding in igloo, maybe? (5) | _GLOO M_ | dohz | 4 |
| 10077 | DINT (4) | Down, in time for depression (4) | D+IN+T | dohz | 4 |
| 10600 | ANY CLUE THAT CONTAINS THE PHRASE "LOST IN TRANSLATION" (?) | Fired from leading roles in “Lost in Translation” (3) | L_+I_+T_ | dohz | 4 |
| 10858 | DESIRE PATH (6, 4) | Unofficial trail’s end is around dilapidated piers (6, 4) | DE(SIREP*)ATH Unofficial trail = def ’s = connector end = DEATH is around = containment indicator dilapidated piers = SIREP* |
dohz | 4 |
| 10887 | ALEJANDRO (9) | “A Disheartened Love” (Juliett and Romeo love song) (9) | A+L(-ov)E+J+AND+R+O song = def |
dohz | 4 |
| 10921 | SCRIABIN (8) | Writin’ about a Russian composer (8) | SCRI(A)BIN | dohz | 4 |
| 11371 | TRAIN (5) | Develop art that’s revolutionary and popular (5) | TRA<+IN Develop = def art that’s revolutionary = TRA< and = juxtaposition indicator popular = IN |
dohz | 4 |
| 11920 | SLIME (5) | I’m aboard sled, dropping down into mud (5) | SL(IM)E(-d) | dohz | 4 |
| 12600 | PORTLY (6) | Stout is like a certain alcoholic beverage? (6) | ddef like a certain alcoholic beverage = like port = PORT-LY |
dohz | 4 |
| 12602 | TROPHY (6) | Award in astrophysics (6) | _TROPHY_ | dohz | 4 |
| 5498 | CHARMANDER (10) | Cher receives Armand like a lizard in heat (10) | CH(ARMAND)ER | dohz | 3 |
| 5616 | CRAB RAVE (4, 4) | Bend backward and forward for a viral music video (4, 4) | CRA<+BRAVE | dohz | 3 |
| 5618 | GREEN PAINT (5, 5) | Core of disagreement with North Pole’s leader isn’t an item of little significance (5, 5) | (-disa)GREE(-ment)+N+P_+AINT | dohz | 3 |
| 5623 | CHECK (5) | Chaotic heckler seizes control (5) | _C HECK_ | dohz | 3 |
| 5676 | NOPE (4) | An op-ed featuring an expression of dissent (4) | _N OPE_ | dohz | 3 |
| 5677 | QAZVIN (6) | Start to quantify the set of integers between one and five in the calligraphy capital of Iran (6) | Q_+(A+Z+V)+IN | dohz | 3 |
| 5682 | REALIZE (7) | Become aware of Area 51, head off to meet zany extraterrestrial leaders (7) | (-a)REA+LI+(Z_+E_) | dohz | 3 |
| 5727 | VOTE (4) | Gerudo man bearing top piece of Triforce makes a decision (4) | VO(T_)E Gerudo man = VOE |
dohz | 3 |
| 5736 | SALAMI (6) | Cured sausage from dreadful, endless malaise (6) | SALAMI(-e)* | dohz | 3 |
| 5753 | AIOLI (5) | Outer bits of peeled garlic and oil, blended! (5) | _A_I_+(OLI*) &lit |
dohz | 3 |
| 5771 | SQUEEGEE (8) | Window-cleaner, look around: Her Highness lost a shoe by garden’s entrance (8) | S(QUEE_+G_)EE | dohz | 3 |
| 5820 | VOCIFERATES (11) | Upset a ref; I covertly held back screams (11) | (_VOC I FER A TES_)< | dohz | 3 |
| 5855 | LADY LUCK (4, 4) | Need to hold down money, ultimately left up to chance (4, 4) | LA(D+_Y+L+U)CK | dohz | 3 |
| 5883 | FLYSWATTER (10) | Flatter to secure capital ends of yellowjackets, spiders, wasps! (10) | FL(Y_+S_+W_)ATTER &lit i too was surprised to learn that “flatter” (noun) is apparently an alt for “flattener” |
dohz | 3 |
| 5986 | ASSASSIN (8) | Endlessly judging her, essentially becoming a murderer (8) | Endlessly judging = ASSESSIN(-g) her, essentially becoming a = _e_->A murderer = def |
dohz | 3 |
| 5987 | FIDDLEDEEDEE (12) | Start to fight 1,500,550 nemeses, evenly taking action for a lot of nonsense (12) | F+I+D+DL+_E(DEED)_E_E_ | dohz | 3 |
| 6025 | AULEAF (6) | Puzzler is mauled, extremities scratched to a great degree (6) | (-m)AULE(-d)+AF to a great degree = as fuck = AF pardon the violent imagery |
dohz | 3 |
| 6051 | DISINGENUOUS (12) | Start to deliver promissory notes around, chaotically ensuing to be insincere (12) | D+I(SINGENU*)OUS | dohz | 3 |
| 6052 | EGGCORN (7) | GregCon went crazy as a result of miscommunication (7) | EGGCORN* | dohz | 3 |
| 6198 | SENATOR (7) | Politician turns back time, becoming new (7) | SE(t->N)ATOR< | dohz | 3 |
| 6276 | THANK YOU OR THANK-YOU (5, 3 OR 5-3) | Waving hanky out as an expression of gratitude (5, 3) | (THANK YOU)* | dohz | 3 |
| 6300 | URL (3) | Oddly unruly address (3) | U_R_L_ | dohz | 3 |
| 6354 | FINE (4) | Thin knife scratching head messily (4) | (-k)FINE* | dohz | 3 |
| 6385 | ANY CLUE THAT USES A CHESS ABBREVIATION (?) | ASDFGHJKL;RNBQKBNR? (4, 3) | HOME ROW ddef | dohz | 3 |
| 6387 | DREAMT (6) | Envisioned bustling trade around market’s entrance (6) | DREA(M_)T* | dohz | 3 |
| 6407 | ARROYO (6) | Buoy or raft holding back water channel (6) | (_AR RO YO_)< | dohz | 3 |
| 6431 | SUSCEPTIBLE (11) | Readily affected from Sky Uppercut at first, Sceptile consumes bit of berry (11) | (S_+U_)+SCEPTI(B_)LE | dohz | 3 |
| 6482 | FIDGET (6) | Jitter I’d get after false start (6) | F_+ID+GET | dohz | 3 |
| 6497 | TENSE (5) | High-strung adolescents’ heart sank to the floor (5) | High-strung = def adolescents = TEENS heart sank to the floor = move middle letter to the end (down clue only) |
dohz | 3 |
| 6512 | FOURIER (7) | Wild fire consumes our number (7) | F(OUR)IER* the fourier number is a thing in physics and engineering |
dohz | 3 |
| 6549 | BETTER (6) | Larger slice of sorbet terrine (6) | _BET TER_ | dohz | 3 |
| 6562 | KVELL (5) | Dropping greeting, the VP’s fanbase’ll rejoice (5) | K(-hi)VE+LL | dohz | 3 |
| 6565 | QUADRILATERAL (13) | Four-sided bird houses differ extremely at times—mostly identical, ultimately (13) | QUA(D_R)IL+AT+ERA(-s)+_L | dohz | 3 |
| 6575 | NETHERITE (9) | Nastiest environment? Originally, it’s in there! (9) | N_+E_+THER(IT)E &lit “it” (netherite) originates in the nether, the “Nastiest environment” |
dohz | 3 |
| 6655 | ANY CLUE WHOSE ANSWER IS A PREVIOUS CONTEST WITH 0 ENTRIES (?) | Lover within reach (one yard) (5) | _H ONE Y_ | dohz | 3 |
| 6656 | ANY CLUE WHOSE ANSWER IS A PREVIOUS CONTEST WITH 0 ENTRIES (?) | Tyler was raving to an EDM genre (8) | RAWSTYLE* | dohz | 3 |
| 6663 | ANY CLUE WHOSE ANSWER IS A PREVIOUS CONTEST WITH 0 ENTRIES (?) | *Talk About Love: One Hundred and One Arousing, Kinky Openers for the Distinguished Mod* (7_3) | CHA(O)T+I+C+I+(A_+K_) sometimes you get an idea for how to start a clue and it takes you down a drastic direction |
dohz | 3 |
| 6678 | MOIST (5) | Damp haze envelops heart of woods (5) | M(_O_)IST | dohz | 3 |
| 6718 | ANY CLUE WHOSE ANSWER IS A BOARD/CARD GAME (?) | Focus group (13) | CONCENTRATION ddef | dohz | 3 |
| 6935 | SOLENOID (8) | Lone pizza mascot’s center of attraction (8) | SOLE+NOID | dohz | 3 |
| 6987 | GATEKEEP (8) | Get a confused look from rear guard (8) | (GATE*)+(KEEP<) | dohz | 3 |
| 7092 | ANY SUPERVOCALIC WORD OR PHRASE (?) | Connected constellation’s edges (10) | BOUND+ARIES | dohz | 3 |
| 7254 | ORIGAMI (7) | Am I following? Or is glue primarily for paper-sculpting? (7) | (OR+(I_+G_))+(AM+I) | dohz | 3 |
| 7267 | REASON (6) | Gather in here as one (6) | _RE AS ON_ | dohz | 3 |
| 7269 | GO BLIND (2, 5) | Stop seeing monster by foot of bed (2, 5) | GOBLIN+_D | dohz | 3 |
| 7340 | PELT (4) | Hurry and hide (4) | ddef | dohz | 3 |
| 7515 | OOMPH (5) | Energy and health low! Retreat! (5) | (OOM+PH)< health = HP, as in video games low = MOO not an &lit, but the ! wants to be there |
dohz | 3 |
| 7620 | CASINO (6) | Gambling house company covering a crime (6) | C(A+SIN)O | dohz | 3 |
| 7959 | WARIO (5) | Republican in Iowa confused for Libertarian? (5) | WA(R)IO* | dohz | 3 |
| 8180 | FEAR (4) | Ear next to loud alarm (4) | F+EAR | dohz | 3 |
| 8212 | TWO (3) | First prime suspect won’t part (3) | _T WO_ | dohz | 3 |
| 8226 | SIX (3) | Nine’s rotation! (3) | IX+S letter sequence rotation to S+IX &lit |
dohz | 3 |
| 8275 | CAPTIOUS (8) | Critical topic: USA Reconstruction (8) | CAPTIOUS* | dohz | 3 |
| 8285 | PIRATE (6) | Rob is quietly angry (6) | P+IRATE | dohz | 3 |
| 8300 | PIRATE (6) | Scoundrel aboard that is after plunder, primarily! (6) | P_+I(RAT)E &lit |
dohz | 3 |
| 8327 | DOPE (4) | Use performance-enhancing drugs and participate in gym? (4) | ddef (DOPE / DO PE) | dohz | 3 |
| 8328 | DOPE (4) | Op-ed mistaken for news (4) | DOPE* def = news, as in slang |
dohz | 3 |
| 8331 | ESPERANTO (9) | Poets near-revolutionized language (9) | ESPERANTO* | dohz | 3 |
| 8334 | VORPAL (6) | Deadly victory (or, quietly, a loss) (6) | V+OR+P+A+L | dohz | 3 |
| 8342 | DRAGON (6) | Flying creature is aground, disoriented after up-chucking (6) | DRAGON(-u)* | dohz | 3 |
| 8381 | FREE (4) | Tree scratches roof after starting to fall on the house (4) | F_+(-t)REE on the house = def |
dohz | 3 |
| 8468 | TAX (3) | Fine, pronounced nails (3) | “tacks” homophone | dohz | 3 |
| 8522 | LOVERS (6) | Left-overs for fans (6) | L+OVERS | dohz | 3 |
| 8553 | BORDER (6) | Neighbor and tenant in conversation (6) | “boarder” homophone | dohz | 3 |
| 8601 | ADJACENT (8) | Hand oddly lacking jack/ace? Initially, nine/ten is close (8) | _A_D+J+ACE+(N_+T_) | dohz | 3 |
| 8610 | DR. NO (2. 2) | Beginning of spy film series’ downgrade regularly brought up (2. 2) | (_D_R_N_O_)< | dohz | 3 |
| 8622 | BOGART (6) | Machine to steal fish and hog (6) | BO(GAR)T | dohz | 3 |
| 8648 | WET (3) | Stewpot keeping back moisture (3) | (_WET_)< | dohz | 3 |
| 8759 | FRACTURE (8) | Break truth about Republican opening up real estate (8) | F(R_)ACT+U+RE | dohz | 3 |
| 8760 | SUPERB (6) | Excellent for each aboard vessel (6) | SU(PER)B | dohz | 3 |
| 8773 | FORK (4) | I run 3 steps back to where the road splits (4) | “I run” rot(-3) where the road splits = def |
dohz | 3 |
| 8853 | CARING (6) | Oscar in garments to keep warm (6) | _CAR IN G_ | dohz | 3 |
| 8911 | PLINTH (6) | Fiber found in measure of acid or base (6) | P(LINT)H base = def |
dohz | 3 |
| 8963 | ANY BATMAN SUPERVILLAIN (?) | Outlaw and leader of evil! (4) | BAN+E_ &lit |
dohz | 3 |
| 9218 | STAB (4) | Thrust a blade, essentially! (4) | _ST A B_ &lit |
dohz | 3 |
| 9257 | EASTER (6) | Day about a man who rose closer to where the sun rises (6) | ddef closer to where the sun rises = more to the east = east-er |
dohz | 3 |
| 9348 | ANY CLUE BEGINNING WITH "HARRY POTTER AND" (?) | *Harry Potter and the Case of Slytherin* design offered up zombies—oddly lacking for Rowling, say (10) | Harry Potter = HP (as it is readily abbreviated to, at least in some spaces) and = juxtaposition indicator the Case of Slytherin = S_N design = ART offered up = reversal indicator zombies—oddly lacking = _O_B_E_ for = connector Rowling, say = def (TRA+N_S+PH)<+_O_B_E_ |
dohz | 3 |
| 9426 | FEINT (5) | Strafe intermittently to cover a tricky attack (5) | _FE INT_ | dohz | 3 |
| 9454 | COAX (4) | Influence via drugs, reportedly (4) | “cokes” homophone | dohz | 3 |
| 9568 | LYNX (4) | Wild cat connects to the audience (4) | “links” homophone | dohz | 3 |
| 9579 | LAGNIAPPE (9) | Sort of appealing bonus (9) | APPEALING* | dohz | 3 |
| 9581 | TRIFLE (6) | Beginning to tirelessly search for something small (6) | T_+RIFLE | dohz | 3 |
| 9599 | YANK (4) | Drag Moby down 12 steps (4) | “Moby” rot12 | dohz | 3 |
| 9600 | YANK (4) | Kenyan kindly provides housing for American (4) | _YAN K_ | dohz | 3 |
| 9684 | ANGST (5) | Apprehension of a no-good saint (5) | A+N+G+ST | dohz | 3 |
| 9711 | PODCAST (7) | Audio show of the reverend’s fishy history (7) | “cod past” spoonerism “fishy history” being “cod past” is a touch tenuous, yeah |
dohz | 3 |
| 10219 | BRISKET (7) | Gamble, accepting risk for a cut of beef (7) | B(RISK)ET | dohz | 3 |
| 10487 | ACROSS (6) | Over sport, not taking sides (6) | (-l)ACROSS(-e) | dohz | 3 |
| 10533 | MAO (3) | AOC shifted left 14 times, becoming a revolutionary (3) | MAO rot(-14) | dohz | 3 |
| 11114 | SOLARPUNK (9) | Environmental movement fell around polar meltdown (9) | S(OLARP*)UNK | dohz | 3 |
| 11369 | TRAIN (5) | Discipline via starvation regularly (5) | _T_R_A_I_N | dohz | 3 |
| 11378 | A (1) | I turned 18, becoming alpha (1) | “I” rot18 | dohz | 3 |
| 11393 | PUNT (4) | John took 20 steps back, leading to kick (4) | “John” rot(-20) | dohz | 3 |
| 11417 | RAPHAEL (7) | Chat with Jacob’s wife about Renaissance painter (7) | RAP+(HAEL<) Chat = RAP with = juxtaposition indicator Jacob’s wife = LEAH about = reversal indicator Renaissance painter = def |
dohz | 3 |
| 11488 | L (1) | End of Loss! (1) | End of Loss = first end of LOSS End of Loss = last end of | || || L &lit |
dohz | 3 |
| 11657 | SCRE4M (6) | Slasher roughed up 4 mercs (6) | SCRE4M* Slasher = def, as in slasher film |
dohz | 3 |
| 11669 | NIX (3) | Ultimately, seventy-seven plus nine equals eighty-six (3) | _N+IX Ultimately, seventy-seven = _N plus = juxtaposition indicator nine = IX equals = connector eighty-six = def |
dohz | 3 |
| 11941 | RIZZ (4) | Game is dull, turnt up 14 times (4) | “dull” rot14 Game = def, as in charisma |
dohz | 3 |
| 11956 | CONSOLE (7) | Components of Joy-Cons + OLED Nintendo Switch, say (7) | _CONS OLE_ Nintendo Switch, say = def |
dohz | 3 |
| 12098 | FOREVER (7) | Endlessly rage about gold (7) | F(OR)EVER Endlessly = def rage = FEVER about = containment indicator gold = OR |
dohz | 3 |
| 12601 | TROPHY (6) | Decline to leave a prize (6) | (-a)TROPHY | dohz | 3 |
| 5456 | WARNOCK (7) | Senate nominee can work to rebuild (7) | WARNOCK* | dohz | 2 |
| 5529 | KICKOFF (7) | A thousand unbounded sickos fast-forward to beginning of game (7) | K+(-s)ICKO(-s)+FF | dohz | 2 |
| 5561 | EXHAUSTION (10) | The anxious, distressed fatigue (10) | EXHAUSTION* | dohz | 2 |
| 5576 | BE NOISY (2, 5) | Make a fuss working to take one back and replace you with myself (2, 5) | B(ENO<)(u->I)SY | dohz | 2 |
| 5585 | EVENING (7) | Sunset is at seven in Georgia (7) | _EVEN IN G_ | dohz | 2 |
| 5590 | OUT (3) | South to leave borders open (3) | (-s)OUT(-h) | dohz | 2 |
| 5633 | PASSE-PARTOUT (5-7) | A bit of each piece in faint framing (5-7) | PASS(E_+PART)OUT | dohz | 2 |
| 5641 | LOGGING (7) | Cutting and filing (7) | ddef | dohz | 2 |
| 5664 | CRYPTID (7) | Ending on a different note, this puzzle is a mysterious beast (7) | CRYPTI(c->D) | dohz | 2 |
| 5683 | CRYPTID (7) | Weep quietly three times a day for a legendary creature (7) | CRY+P+TID three times a day = ter in die = TID |
dohz | 2 |
| 5714 | SIC (3) | Regularly switch word for word (3) | S_I_C_ | dohz | 2 |
| 5785 | CELLIST (7) | Expert with strings in Excel lists (7) | _CEL LIST_ | dohz | 2 |
| 5801 | CELLIST (7) | Space is time for a string theorist? (7) | CELL+IS+T | dohz | 2 |
| 5813 | ELEVEN ACROSS (6, 6) | Killer whale nevertheless lost heart, mostly rising to entry (6, 6) | ((EL_EVEN+ACRO)<)SS Killer whale = ORCA nevertheless lost heart = NEVE(-rthe)LESS mostly rising = partial reversal indicator (this is ironically a down clue) entry = def |
dohz | 2 |
| 5819 | VOCIFERATES (11) | Cries out amid havoc if Era testifies (11) | _VOC IF ERA TES_ | dohz | 2 |
| 5829 | TRAINGLE ( 8) | A cute conveyance heartlessly trapping leg, cutting off foot ( 8) | TRA(-pp)ING+LE(-g) | dohz | 2 |
| 5840 | THE XX (3, 2) | Gratitude surrounding former indie band (3, 2) | TH(EX)X | dohz | 2 |
| 5906 | PERSEVERANCE (12) | Stamina for each lively verse and dance without leader (12) | PER+(SEVER*)+(-d)ANCE | dohz | 2 |
| 5923 | GRAVITAS (8) | Seriousness of regular dirtbags coming after mostly easy money (8) | GRAV(-y)+_I_T_A_S | dohz | 2 |
| 5924 | CANCUN (6) | Finally, Sen. Cruz oddly aboard vessel leading to seaside getaway (6) | CA(_N+C_U_)N | dohz | 2 |
| 5982 | AESTHETICS (10) | Troubled East and hectic South, lacking one hundred principles of art (10) | AEST*+HE(-c)TIC+S | dohz | 2 |
| 6097 | LIT (3) | Fired heavy attack, wiping out flanks (3) | (-b)LIT(-z) | dohz | 2 |
| 6104 | AGED RUM (4, 3) | Drunk rummaged without a bit of moderation for alcohol (4, 3) | AGEDRUM(-m)* | dohz | 2 |
| 6162 | GAMESTOP (8) | Clothing retailer accepts weathered tomes for electronics retailer (8) | GA(MESTO*)P | dohz | 2 |
| 6171 | ERIC FOX (4, 3) | Spooner’s iron bovine leads to puzzler (4, 3) | “ferric ox” spoonerism | dohz | 2 |
| 6172 | IRON (III) CHLORIDE (4 (3) 8) | Amid anger, big brother gained one and lost one by Florida, removing boundaries for a compound (4(3) 8) | IR(ONII(I)CH(-an)+(-f)LORID(-a))E | dohz | 2 |
| 6174 | PERIAPSIS (9) | Spatial proximity of disguised spies circling revolutionary duo (9) | PE(RIAP<)SIS* | dohz | 2 |
| 6210 | HYACINTH (8) | [Clue about playactor essentially starting to hold flower] (8) | H(_YAC_)INT+H | dohz | 2 |
| 6239 | BUG (3) | Badger’s oddly grubby back (3) | _B_U_G< | dohz | 2 |
| 6265 | GREEBLE (7) | Visual detail is mostly green and blue, wanting turquoise, essentially (7) | GREE(-n)+BL(-_u_)E | dohz | 2 |
| 6266 | KNICK-KNACK (5-5) | King Nicholas can return in casual agreement for a trifle (5-5) | K+NICK+K(NAC<)K casual agreement = KK |
dohz | 2 |
| 6275 | BLOTTO (6) | Drunk bastard initially joins gambling game (6) | B_+LOTTO | dohz | 2 |
| 6286 | CARNAPTIOUS (11) | Our captain’s terribly grumpy (11) | CARNAPTIOUS* | dohz | 2 |
| 6320 | THROUGH (7) | Beyond the endless expanse outside the fairway (7) | TH(-e)+ROUGH | dohz | 2 |
| 6325 | LIVERPOOL (9) | Resident to circle back to English city (9) | LIVER+(POOL<) | dohz | 2 |
| 6356 | STRINGS (7) | Cords and coils gain tension and lose power (7) | S(T)(-p)RINGS | dohz | 2 |
| 6390 | ANY CLUE THAT USES A CHESS ABBREVIATION (?) | Pawn becomes nothing (0) | in chess, “pawn” is abbreviated to…nothing | dohz | 2 |
| 6428 | MAJOR (5) | Prominent junction primarily between Massachusetts and Oregon (5) | MA+J_+OR | dohz | 2 |
| 6429 | MINOR (5) | Lower gate after I’m back (5) | MI<+NOR | dohz | 2 |
| 6449 | LIL NAS X (3, 3, 1) | Rapper plainly, regularly sent up extra small pair of Satan Shoes (3, 3, 1) | plainly, regularly = _L_I_L_ sent up = reversal indicator (down clue only) extra small = XS pair of Satan Shoes = _AN _L_I_L_+((NA_+SX)<) |
dohz | 2 |
| 6460 | ⚠️(1) | EXERCISE CAUTION ℹ 📥 🔻 🔄 (1) | ℹ = ¡ 📥 = insertion indicator 🔻 = ▽ 🔄 = rotation indicator |
dohz | 2 |
| 6506 | JAIL (4) | Can Jack feel pain? (4) | J+AIL def = Can (slang) |
dohz | 2 |
| 6537 | CROSSWORD (9) | Puzzle sorcerer halfway came up with something sharp (9) | _CROS<+SWORD | dohz | 2 |
| 6589 | WUHU ISLAND (4, 6) | After you infiltrate the President’s home, you and I initially, silently leave a note detailing something that should be legalized (4, 6) | W(U)H+U+I+(S_+L_+A_+N_+D_) #LegalizeWuhuIsland |
dohz | 2 |
| 6604 | DOGECOIN (8) | Cryptocurrency: Bad? Good? Nice? (8) | DOGECOIN* | dohz | 2 |
| 6623 | INFEST (6) | Skin festers, exhibiting plague (6) | _IN FEST_ | dohz | 2 |
| 6627 | INSOUCIANT (10) | Carefree cousin ain’t messing around (10) | INSOUCIANT* lmao all the entries for this contest are just anagrams |
dohz | 2 |
| 6640 | RESCINDED (9) | Discerned, disturbed, dissolved (9) | RESCINDED* | dohz | 2 |
| 6645 | ANAGRAM INDICATOR (7, 9) | Nonacid margarita stirred or shaken, say (7, 9) | (ANAGRAM INDICATOR)* | dohz | 2 |
| 6705 | UP TOP (2, 3) | Returning bad smell after marijuana high (2, 3) | (UP+TOP)< bad smell = PU (the interjection) marijuana = POT high = def |
dohz | 2 |
| 6739 | BAGS (4) | Word puzzler’s logic puzzles (4) | ddef “bag” is the name of a logic puzzle type, aka “cave” or “corral” |
dohz | 2 |
| 6774 | PED XING (3, 4) | Road sign delaying around ten? I’m gone (3, 4) | (-im)PED(X)ING | dohz | 2 |
| 6804 | KAIZO (5) | Revolutionary, chaotic mod by magical land from the East! (5) | (KAI<)+(ZO<) &lit chaotic mod = IAK magical land = OZ |
dohz | 2 |
| 6848 | NESSIE (6) | Lake monster is seen at sea (6) | NESSIE* | dohz | 2 |
| 6931 | PUZZLERS CLUB (8, 4) | Within bar, carousers head off to join extremely cool community of problem solvers (8, 4) | P((-g)UZZLERS+C_L)UB | dohz | 2 |
| 6952 | IN THE DETAILS (2, 3, 7) | Where God was nailed, He is reformed and welcomed time and time again (2, 3, 7) | (IN (T)HE DE(T)AILS)* TIL “the devil is in the details” derives from “God is in the details” no one says that anymore though, so now that’s just “Where God *was*” (def) nailed, He is reformed = INHEDEAILS* welcomed time and time again = insert two instances of T |
dohz | 2 |
| 6954 | ANY GREEK LETTER (?) | Small amount invested in audiotapes (4) | _IOTA_ | dohz | 2 |
| 6957 | ANY GREEK LETTER (?) | Returning “three” for an amount close to zero (1) | ε< | dohz | 2 |
| 6973 | MYANMAR (7) | Country, my one flaw (7) | MY+AN+MAR | dohz | 2 |
| 7037 | AXOLOTL (7) | A kiss and hug with abundance: lovely introduction for Minecraft newcomer (7) | A+X+O+LOT+L_ | dohz | 2 |
| 7080 | ANY SUPERVOCALIC WORD OR PHRASE (?) | Chill dance mania seizes you (10) | DISCO+(U)+RAGE Chill = def |
dohz | 2 |
| 7113 | NINE (4) | Victim of seven canines devoured (4) | _NINE_ | dohz | 2 |
| 7132 | SOUPÇON OR SOUPCON (7) | Assorted coupons provided a little bit (7) | SOUPCON* | dohz | 2 |
| 7185 | TRUCK (5) | Trade and peace cut short by king (5) | TRUC(-e)+K | dohz | 2 |
| 7206 | NO CONTEST (2, 7) | Dubiously consent to plea (2, 7) | (NO CONTEST)* no contest is a type of plea |
dohz | 2 |
| 7276 | CUP FINAL (3, 5) | Match ended loudly in a loss following dramatic conclusion (3, 5) | _C+(UP+F+IN+A+L) | dohz | 2 |
| 7281 | BOPOMOFO (8) | Cry of disapproval contains quiet sound of a cow eating loud transliteration system (8) | BO(P)O+MO(F)O surface is nonsense :pensive: |
dohz | 2 |
| 7297 | RENDER (6) | Provide warning to leave Michigan (6) | RE(-mi)NDER | dohz | 2 |
| 7298 | SYZYGY (6) | Last couples of busy, crazy orgy develop close union (6) | _SY+_ZY+_GY | dohz | 2 |
| 7318 | MWAHAHAHA (9) | [sound of a kiss] [sound of discovery] [sound of triumph] [sound of laughter] (9) | MWAH+AHA+HA | dohz | 2 |
| 7328 | DETHRONE (8) | Bring down aircraft carrying alien tech, at last (8) | D(ET+_H)RONE | dohz | 2 |
| 7342 | PROJECTYL (9) | Puzzler’s scheme with leaders of youth league (9) | PROJECT+(Y_+L_) | dohz | 2 |
| 7478 | TENABLE (7) | Plateau carrying eastern flanks can be defended (7) | T(E_N)ABLE | dohz | 2 |
| 7541 | SLOUGH (6) | Swamp of frenzied ghouls (6) | SLOUGH* | dohz | 2 |
| 7598 | SADGE (5) | Egads! Misshapen Twitch emote (5) | SADGE* | dohz | 2 |
| 7756 | PEASANT (7) | Farmer kindly scrubbing tail of bull (7) | P(-_l)EASANT | dohz | 2 |
| 7766 | TALK SHOP (4, 4) | Spooner’s surprise summit to discuss work (4, 4) | “shock top” spoonerism | dohz | 2 |
| 7827 | UFO (3) | Alien spacecraft sighted in Beaufort (3) | _UFO_ | dohz | 2 |
| 7866 | SORBET (6) | Ready-to-eat ball! (6) | S(ORB)ET &lit |
dohz | 2 |
| 7875 | FAFF (4) | Dawdle in self-affirmation (4) | _F AFF_ | dohz | 2 |
| 7909 | ICHOR (5) | Which organ stores the blood of gods? (5) | _ICH OR_ | dohz | 2 |
| 7918 | HEAT (4) | Sheath carries weaponry (4) | _HEAT_ def = weaponry, as in “packing heat” |
dohz | 2 |
| 7934 | CASTLE (6) | Move king and rook left in rank (6) | CAST(L)E | dohz | 2 |
| 7949 | GUY (3) | Oddly gaudy dude (3) | G_U_Y | dohz | 2 |
| 8008 | ANY BIRD WITH ENUM (3) | Booby is a kind of bird (3) | TIT ddef resubmitted this clue solely for the clue id get |
dohz | 2 |
| 8031 | TOBLERONE (9) | To be “getting around”, left and right, one becomes a snack (9) | TO+B(L)E+R+ONE :flushed: |
dohz | 2 |
| 8033 | NOIR (4) | Evenly unholier and dark (4) | _N_O_I_R | dohz | 2 |
| 8077 | CARAMBOLA (9) | Kind of fruit found in Pacific Asia / Central America, ultimately! | _C+_A+(RAMBO)+_L+_A &lit Kind of fruit = RAMBO, as in the apple cultivar |
dohz | 2 |
| 8116 | SILPH (5) | 51’s returning puzzle hunt, primarily! (5) | (SIL<)+(P_+H_) &lit n.b. silph puzzle hunt is hosted by a team of people, of whom level 51 is a member |
dohz | 2 |
| 8117 | BURNOUT (7) | For the reverend, acquire match to produce destructive fire (7) | “earn bout” spoonerism def is maybe questionable, though it’s the first one on dictionary.com |
dohz | 2 |
| 8128 | CROQUIS (7) | Sketch is scratchy, stressed differently (7) | “croaky”…homophone? but you change which syllable is stressed | dohz | 2 |
| 8229 | DOCTOR (6) | Fudge treat (6) | ddef Fudge = def, as in tamper with |
dohz | 2 |
| 8276 | ANY CLUE WHOSE WORDPLAY IS REVERSE LETTER BANK (?) | Device to see source of every bit of senselessness (4) | LENS reverse letter bank of “senselessness” | dohz | 2 |
| 8323 | CALL IN (4, 2) | Submit or rule? Quite similar, according to the reverend (4, 2) | “law kin” spoonerism | dohz | 2 |
| 8325 | DOPE (4) | Suspend operations to hide drug (4) | _D OPE_ | dohz | 2 |
| 8333 | DOPE (4) | Fool! Fool! Nothing for you (4) | D(u->O)PE | dohz | 2 |
| 8376 | CUTE MAGE (4, 4) | Silent prison for the reverend puzzler (4, 4) | “mute cage” spoonerism | dohz | 2 |
| 8380 | RUM (3) | Weird: Ass Has No Ass (3) | RUM(-p) | dohz | 2 |
| 8387 | THIRTY (6) | Primarily ’tween hyphens, it represents the end of story! (6) | (T_+H_+I_+R_+T_)+_Y &lit def refers to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/-30- |
dohz | 2 |
| 8389 | NOSH (4) | Snack eaten by Merino sheep (4) | _NO SH_ | dohz | 2 |
| 8400 | RAGTIME (7) | For the reverend, attach verse to music (7) | “tag rhyme” spoonerism | dohz | 2 |
| 8531 | LOVERS (6) | Devotees embodied by will over skill (6) | _L OVER S_ | dohz | 2 |
| 8554 | BORDER (6) | Business’s first order: developing margin (6) | B_+ORDER | dohz | 2 |
| 8555 | BORDER (6) | Hem back in layered robes (6) | (_BOR DER_)< | dohz | 2 |
| 8563 | PITY (4) | Feel bad, or lean back and finally enjoy? (4) | PIT<+_Y | dohz | 2 |
| 8576 | SNOWSTORM OR SNOW STORM (9 OR 4, 5) | Whiteout keeps standard, for Spooner (9) | “stows norm” spoonerism | dohz | 2 |
| 8647 | WET (3) | Oddly, wheat is damp (3) | W_E_T | dohz | 2 |
| 8716 | CHURRO (6) | Without stopping, rush into company for fried pastry (6) | C(HURR(-y))O | dohz | 2 |
| 8787 | TRIMP OR TRIMPING (5 OR 8) | Cut quietly and maneuver in a video game (5) | TRIM+P | dohz | 2 |
| 8806 | THYMINE (7) | Building block of life found in healthy minerals (7) | _THY MINE_ | dohz | 2 |
| 8807 | THYMINE (7) | A partner of disguised hitmen taking your head? (7) | TH(Y_)MINE* A partner = def, as in the “partner” of adenine, abbreviated as A |
dohz | 2 |
| 8824 | MODEL (5) | Ideal spot for the audience (5) | “mottle” homophone…if you squint | dohz | 2 |
| 8953 | ANY VARIATION OF PATIENCE/SOLITAIRE (?) | Web designer again falls back (6) | SPIDER< again falls = REDIPS |
dohz | 2 |
| 9026 | CHAPARRAL (9) | Man on a railroad over a large shrubland (9) | CHAP+A+RR+A+L | dohz | 2 |
| 9034 | RATIO (5) | Own someone on Twitter via endless discourse (5) | (-o)RATIO(-n) | dohz | 2 |
| 9037 | LANCE (5) | Surgical tool found at back of ambulance (5) | _LANCE | dohz | 2 |
| 9057 | ROTOM (5) | Pokémon’s time in space (5) | RO(T)OM | dohz | 2 |
| 9068 | BOLD (4) | Vivid blue and gray (4) | B+OLD | dohz | 2 |
| 9425 | FEINT (5) | Cover iron with tin alloy (5) | FE+(INT*) def = Cover, as in pretense |
dohz | 2 |
| 9497 | FAIL-DEADLY (4-6) | A day filled to explode, encouraging deterrence in nuclear warfare (4-6) | (FAIL DEADLY)* | dohz | 2 |
| 9580 | TRIFLE (6) | Awkwardly flirt with enemy leader, providing cake (6) | TRIFL*+E_ | dohz | 2 |
| 9598 | TRIFLE (6) | Group of three going from quiet to loud for dessert (6) | TRI(p->F)LE | dohz | 2 |
| 10054 | WATER (5) | Server, take out one drink (5) | WA(-i)TER | dohz | 2 |
| 10201 | EXCISE (6) | ✂😵🔊 (6) | “x eyes” homophone might not appear correct depending on how this is rendered on your device |
dohz | 2 |
| 10358 | DIG IN (3, 2) | Eat wild indigo, overlooking orange (3, 2) | DIGIN(-o)* | dohz | 2 |
| 10554 | HINGE (5) | He’s drinking gin + rolling a joint (5) | H(ING*)E ’s drinking = containment indicator rolling = anagram indicator a joint = def |
dohz | 2 |
| 10558 | MULE (4) | Baby of donkey and horse to cry aloud (4) | “mewl” homophone | dohz | 2 |
| 10571 | TSUNAMI (7) | I’m nuts, a crazed force of nature (7) | TSUNAMI* | dohz | 2 |
| 10591 | DEMONSTRATE (11) | Exhibit avant-garde, modern taste (11) | DEMONSTRATE* | dohz | 2 |
| 10597 | COUNTRY (7) | Jointly reverse attempt for territory??? (7) | ddef Jointly reverse attempt = CO-UN-TRY, or COUNTRY when unhyphenated territory = def |
dohz | 2 |
| 10625 | CLAP (4) | What Jeb! wants is to finish, taking loss (4) | C(L)AP you’re living in 2022, i’m living in 2016 https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/please-clap |
dohz | 2 |
| 10737 | DEAD SET (4, 3) | Resolved to be drunk, sedated (4, 3) | (DEAD SET)* | dohz | 2 |
| 10750 | RAGDOLL (7) | Kind of death animation AGDQ cut short in turn (7) | R(AGD(-q))OLL | dohz | 2 |
| 10760 | BUNNY (5) | It likes to hop and sleep when turned 9 times (5) | “sleep” rot9 | dohz | 2 |
| 10772 | BINGLE (6) | Belgian swerved, avoiding a car crash (6) | BINGLE(-a)* | dohz | 2 |
| 10776 | TELETUBBIES (11) | Pair of Texan leaders to allow you to bring along gun (that is small) to TV show—for kids! 😱 (11) | TE_+LET+U+BB+IE+S Pair of Texan leaders = TE_ to allow = LET you = U to bring along = juxtaposition indicator (admittedly awkward) gun = BB that is = IE small = S to = connector TV show—for kids! = def not an &lit |
dohz | 2 |
| 10845 | TULLE (5) | Netting, essentially—regularly built by the French! (5) | _T_+_U_L_+LE &lit Netting, essentially = _T_ regularly built = _U_L_ the French = LE adverbs are cheap and i am the spitting image of frugality also not a huge fan of “the french” for “le” but whaddaya gonna do |
dohz | 2 |
| 10850 | POTOOOOOOOO (11) | Opt to provide everything needed to develop racehorse (11) | “Opt” letter bank how do we feel about letter banks where only one letter is duplicated |
dohz | 2 |
| 10888 | POKER FACE (5, 4) | Lady Gaga song is quiet? More mediocre. Loud? Excellent! (5, 4) | P+OKER+F+ACE Lady Gaga song = def is = connector quiet = P More mediocre = OKER (more okay, or OK-ER) Loud = F Excellent = ACE not an &lit |
dohz | 2 |
| 10889 | THONK (5) | Custom emote time! <:honk:628396407954472990> (5) | T+HONK | dohz | 2 |
| 10904 | WAS (3) | Win a small Egyptian scepter (3) | W+A+S Egyptian scepter = def, as in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Was-sceptre |
dohz | 2 |
| 10941 | ADULTING (8) | Being dutiful or degrading, dismissed time and time again (8) | ADULT(-era)(-t)ing …alternatively, ADUL(-t)(-era)TING Being dutiful = def or = connector degrading = ADULTERATING dismissed = deletion indicator time = ERA and time again = T |
dohz | 2 |
| 10943 | NINTENDO (8) | Company known for Mario, Link, Kirby—mostly 9/10 work! (8) | NIN(-e)+TEN+DO not an &lit |
dohz | 2 |
| 10952 | TEMPTATION (10) | No! It met at night with alien, coming back for desire (10) | (TE+MP+TA+TI+ON)< | dohz | 2 |
| 10959 | DIRT (4) | Revolutionary time to free Earth (4) | (DIR+T)< Revolutionary = reversal indicator time = T to free = RID Earth = def |
dohz | 2 |
| 10972 | ON MAIN (2, 4) | “I’m anon?” [changes to be at my public account] (2, 4) | (ON MAIN)* changes = anagram indicator to be = connector at my public account = def |
dohz | 2 |
| 11109 | RESPOND (7) | Answer in voice chat “Back in the game!” (7) | “respawned” homophone Answer = def in voice chat = homophone indicator Back in the game = respawned |
dohz | 2 |
| 11127 | LET'S DO "YOUR USERNAME (?)" AGAIN THAT WAS FUN | Puzzler to sleep soundly (4) | “doze” homophone surely “soundly” can work as homophone indicator right |
dohz | 2 |
| 11416 | DEF (3) | This part of the clue is fed up (3) | DEF< This part of the clue = def |
dohz | 2 |
| 11495 | BORK (4) | Corrupt and vile, shifting right 6 times (4) | “vile” rot6 Corrupt = def |
dohz | 2 |
| 11524 | LEFT (4) | Felt troubled and departed (4) | LEFT* | dohz | 2 |
| 11806 | VALOR (5) | Unova lore featuring Pokémon team (5) | _VA LOR_ | dohz | 2 |
| 11807 | ERRING (6) | Fish abandons leader, going astray (6) | (-h)ERRING | dohz | 2 |
| 11809 | MYSTIC (6) | Army sticks prisoners in dark (6) | _MY STIC_ prisoners = hidden word indicator in = connector dark = def, as in obscure |
dohz | 2 |
| 11851 | MUST (4) | “It’s… umm…” [taken aback] “mold!” (4) | (_MU ST_)< taken aback = hidden word reversal indicator mold = def not an &lit |
dohz | 2 |
| 11871 | SHOUT (5) | Leader of Smash Mouth reformed after ignoring mass outcry (5) | S_+HOUT(-m)* Leader of Smash = S_ reformed = anagram indicator ignoring = deletion indicator mass = M outcry = def |
dohz | 2 |
| 11898 | LOOPS (5) | Rings of beef I rolled 10 times (5) | “beef I” rot10 | dohz | 2 |
| 12030 | MULTIINSTRUMENTALIST (20) | Strum a line, remixed and resampled for a one-man band, perhaps (20) | “Strum a line” letter bank | dohz | 2 |
| 12031 | SLEEP IN (5, 2) | Tussle! Epinephrine limits rest until later (5, 2) | _SLE EPIN_ | dohz | 2 |
| 12046 | IPHONE (6) | Cell with bars I quietly file (6) | I+P+HONE Cell with bars = def, as in cell(ular device) with (signal strength) bars quietly = P file = HONE |
dohz | 2 |
| 12106 | NINJA (5) | Rōnin: Japan’s secret warrior (5) | _NIN JA_ | dohz | 2 |
| 12292 | YOUR FAVORITE COLOR (?) | Green, red, and yellow starts to become dull (4) | G_+R_+A_+Y_ | dohz | 2 |
| 12582 | HOPE (4) | Wish with open heart (4) | _H OPE_ | dohz | 2 |
| 12630 | OUST (4) | Axe head off during fight on horseback (4) | (-j)OUST Axe = def head off during = first letter deletion indicator fight on horseback = JOUST |
dohz | 2 |
| 12665 | FORGE (5) | Develop iron-clad organization (5) | F(ORG)E | dohz | 2 |
| 12683 | MOXIE (5) | I’m back, receiving hug and kiss with energy and vigor (5) | M(O+X)I<+E | dohz | 2 |
| 12707 | ONION (5) | Prison? I only smuggled a vegetable! (5) | _ON I ON_ not &lit |
dohz | 2 |
| 12725 | MOONCAKE (8) | Mean cook cooked Chinese pastry (8) | MOONCAKE* | dohz | 2 |
| 12893 | BEHEST (6) | Maybe he’s trying to keep order (6) | _BE HES T_ | dohz | 2 |
| 5444 | DIAGONALISATION (15) | Mona Lisa loses head, splitting on a digit-scrambled matrix conversion (15) | Mona Lisa loses head = (-m)ONALISA splitting = insertion indicator on a digit-scrambled = DIAGTION* matrix conversion = def |
dohz | 1 |
| 5446 | DETAIL(S) (6 OR 7) | Military group buried in cadet ailments (6) | _DET AIL_ | dohz | 1 |
| 5467 | PERIHELION (10) | Persian spirit has meeting with Norse goddess; it’s more or less positive by the time the sun draws near (10) | PERI+HEL+ION Persian spirit = PERI Norse goddess = HEL it’s more or less positive = ION |
dohz | 1 |
| 5476 | CAMEMBERT (9) | A French commune came with Umberto, heading off with no footing (9) | CAME+(-u)MBERT(-o) | dohz | 1 |
| 5528 | INTERESTING (11) | Exciting to be relaxing after endless winter (11) | (-w)INTE(-r)+RESTING | dohz | 1 |
| 5547 | LAWYER (6) | Not a problem to get framed by real backwards attorney (6) | LA(WY)ER< Not a problem = you’re welcome = YW (thanks to deus for punching up this part of clue) |
dohz | 1 |
| 5558 | ANSWER (6) | A compass points right to the solution (6) | A+NSWE+R | dohz | 1 |
| 5560 | ANSWER (6) | Samaritans were embodying what’s right (6) | _ANS WER_ | dohz | 1 |
| 5562 | MAKE DO (4, 2) | Male baker unwrapped dough without complaint to survive (4, 2) | M+(-b)AKE(-r)+DO(-ugh) | dohz | 1 |
| 5563 | SILENCE (7) | License to edit and censor (7) | SILENCE* | dohz | 1 |
| 5564 | PROJECTION (10) | First time means jack in insurance estimate (10) | PRO(t->J)ECTION | dohz | 1 |
| 5565 | PERPENDICULAR (13) | For each awaiting, short of a pair, rimless eyepieces are steep (13) | PER+PENDI(-ng)+(-o)CULAR(-s) | dohz | 1 |
| 5596 | FAKE (4) | Frankie, oddly, is not real (4) | F_A_K_E | dohz | 1 |
| 5614 | SPOON-FEED (5-4) | Spoil a prank with a desire to twist where the ends meet (5-4) | Spoil = def a prank with a desire = SPOOF+NEED to twist where the ends meet = transpose last letter of SPOOF with first letter of NEED |
dohz | 1 |
| 5624 | PRAXIS (6) | Praise cut short, interrupted by a kiss to get action (6) | PRA(X)IS(-e) | dohz | 1 |
| 5626 | PRAXIS (6) | Uprise to shed limits and take up a weapon for direct action (6) | (-u)PR(AX)IS(-e) | dohz | 1 |
| 5648 | AAA (3) | Scream for blood, blood, blood (3) | A+A+A | dohz | 1 |
| 5702 | LUCIFER (7) | Unlucky at heart if hesitation leads to Venus appearing before sunrise (7) | _LUC_+IF+ER | dohz | 1 |
| 5713 | III (3) | The third looks sick in another case (3) | “III” in all caps can look like “Ill” in title case | dohz | 1 |
| 5738 | DEFINITION (10) | Feedback: without energy in it, I only partially got the description (10) | DE(-e)F<+IN+IT+I+ON_ | dohz | 1 |
| 5758 | HEMLOCK (7) | Poison is secure after returning neutral response (7) | HEM<+LOCK | dohz | 1 |
| 5776 | GOOSE EGG (5, 3) | Goes to provide everything needed for nothing at all (5, 3) | “Goes” letter bank | dohz | 1 |
| 5799 | ELBOW (5) | Reel back, losing half a heart to a shove (5) | ELB(-b)OW< losing half a heart = delete one of the two middle letters |
dohz | 1 |
| 5858 | BIDEN (5) | President is sloppy in bed (5) | BIDEN* why |
dohz | 1 |
| 5860 | BIDEN (5) | Crushed in endless debt for president (5) | BIDEN(-t)* | dohz | 1 |
| 5872 | DOLLOP (6) | Serving to perform fifty-fifty operation (6) | DO+L+L+OP | dohz | 1 |
| 5907 | ERA (3) | Regularly begroan age (3) | _E_R_A_ | dohz | 1 |
| 5944 | IXPOWHXQELZTBUMXDS (18) | Laughing for some wi-fi password (18) | ddef | dohz | 1 |
| 5980 | DIME | Alternative medicine half-off for ten cents (4) | DIME(-cine)* | dohz | 1 |
| 5981 | NONSENSE (8) | Drivel produced by repeatedly picked bits from nose (8) | “nose” letter bank | dohz | 1 |
| 6026 | BAD (3) | Troubadour held a Michael Jackson performance (3) | _BAD_ | dohz | 1 |
| 6047 | CLINOMANIA (10) | Trimmed snow-man, amid 152°, meets with a morbid sleepiness (10) | CLI((-s)NO(-w)+MAN)I+A | dohz | 1 |
| 6057 | WIND-UP (4-2) | Sweep down and up like clockwork (4-2) | WIN+D+UP | dohz | 1 |
| 6065 | NASDAQ (6) | Market disruption of sand by a couple of aquariums (6) | NASD*+AQ_ | dohz | 1 |
| 6077 | AGED RUM (4, 3) | Spirit: “Murder most foul, crowned with silver” (4, 3) | AG+(EDRUM(-r)*) Murder most foul = MURDE(-r)* crowned with silver = AG on top (down clue only) |
dohz | 1 |
| 6080 | TITTLE (6) | Shred a bit of turkey and let it mix (6) | T_+(ITTLE*) | dohz | 1 |
| 6083 | INTESTINES (10) | Einstein wanders around state, developing guts (10) | INTE(ST)INES* | dohz | 1 |
| 6109 | LAUREN (6) | Herring initially nibbles after lure, trapping one (6) | L(A)URE+N_ lauren herring is a former tennis player |
dohz | 1 |
| 6111 | AGGREGATING (11) | Greg is in Georgia, surrounded by giant, riotous gathering (11) | A(G(GREG)A)TING* the saga of GregCon continues |
dohz | 1 |
| 6120 | ANY CLUE (?) | A little bit returned for a cat’s mouth? (1) | 3 A little bit = ε a cat = :3, so its mouth = 3 what are you talking about, “3” can serve as a clue in many puzzles, such as tapa, slitherlink, skyscrapers… |
dohz | 1 |
| 6153 | QUESTION MARK OR ? (8 4 or 1) | Capital / mistake? (1) | ddef Capital / = ?, as in “/” typed with the shift key held down mistake = ?, as in chess notation |
dohz | 1 |
| 6173 | PARSIMONY (9) | I’m surrounded by fire in evacuated property for economy (9) | P_(ARS(IM)ON)_Y | dohz | 1 |
| 6178 | RUBIK'S CUBE (6, 4) | Buick’s crashed, intercepting a Countryman to create a puzzling combination of color (6, 4) | RU(BIKSCU*)BE …alternatively, R(UBIKSC*)UBE a Countryman = RUBE |
dohz | 1 |
| 6218 | KVETCH (6) | Carve after the fifth king returns to complain (6) | (K+V)<+ETCH the fifth = V |
dohz | 1 |
| 6220 | REPRESENTATIVE (14) | Winding serpent infiltrates artist—losing head is typical (14) | (-c)RE(PRESENT*)ATIVE artist = CREATIVE (noun) |
dohz | 1 |
| 6231 | SONDER (6) | Social epiphany scattering drones (6) | SONDER* | dohz | 1 |
| 6244 | BANK (4) | Rub ankle, squeezing mound (4) | _B ANK_ | dohz | 1 |
| 6245 | BONE (4) | Completely regular brownies (4) | B_O_N_E_ def = Completely, as in “bone tired” yes, officer, these are completely regular brownies |
dohz | 1 |
| 6251 | BONE (4) | Ivory and ebony mostly mixed (4) | BONE(-y)* | dohz | 1 |
| 6253 | UPGRADE (7) | University graduate in physical education improvement (7) | U+P(GRAD)E | dohz | 1 |
| 6279 | MONDRIAN (8) | Spooner’s drawn me on painting (8) | “drawn me on” spoonerism lmao i couldn’t figure how to not just give that directly | dohz | 1 |
| 6281 | GNEISS (6) | Rock is pleasing to the ear (6) | “nice” homophone | dohz | 1 |
| 6296 | GOODBYE (7) | Leave. Do return by the start of evening. Farewell. (7) | GO+(OD<)+BY+E_ | dohz | 1 |
| 6299 | URL (3) | curly braces address (3) | _URL_ “recent google search” |
dohz | 1 |
| 6304 | PRODUCE (7) | Stick skewering dark pink fruits and vegetables (7) | P(ROD)UCE | dohz | 1 |
| 6314 | XEROX (5) | God of love endlessly after a kiss, and a kiss, and reproduction (5) | X+ERO(-s)+X | dohz | 1 |
| 6321 | THROUGH (7) | Past is passed, by the sound of it (7) | passed, by the sound of it = homophone of “threw”, as in “the player passed/threw the ball” | dohz | 1 |
| 6388 | ANY CLUE THAT USES A CHESS ABBREVIATION (?) | Ballad of knight in shining armor taking ogre’s head (4) | S_(O_)(N)_G | dohz | 1 |
| 6406 | FIREFLY (7) | Tiredly trading time and distance each for family’s first highlight of the summer (7) | (t->F_)IRE(d->F_)LY highlight of the summer = def |
dohz | 1 |
| 6430 | MULLIGAN (8) | Think again, start off confused, try again (8) | MULL+((-a)IGAN*) | dohz | 1 |
| 6438 | FRICASSEE (9) | Meat dish is Central Africa’s, seemingly (9) | _FRICAS SEE_ | dohz | 1 |
| 6453 | STATE OF THE ART (5, 2, 3, 3) | Modern taste losing focus in gentle spirit (5, 2, 3, 3) | S(TA(-s)TE)OFT+HEART | dohz | 1 |
| 6505 | HOOSEGOW (8) | Elect to abandon leader and go wherever at first is cooler (8) | (-c)HOOSE+GO+W_ def = cooler (slang) |
dohz | 1 |
| 6529 | ZARF (4) | Cup holder of bizarre center and leakproof base (4) | _ZAR_+_F | dohz | 1 |
| 6586 | DECENT (6) | Decode centrist: secretly right? (6) | _DE CENT_ | dohz | 1 |
| 6622 | INFEST (6) | Overrun police chief moves back a couple steps (6) | police = FINEST, as in slang (“New York’s finest”) chief moves back a couple steps = first letter moves two steps toward the back |
dohz | 1 |
| 6636 | WEED (4) | Recreational drug evens out weekend (4) | W_E_E_D | dohz | 1 |
| 6659 | ANY CLUE WHOSE ANSWER IS A PREVIOUS CONTEST WITH 0 ENTRIES (?) | For Spooner, fellow's fly is where you can see brief images (8) | “chap’s gnat” spoonerism | dohz | 1 |
| 6670 | RING (4) | Gang’s wicked grin (4) | RING* | dohz | 1 |
| 6672 | RING (4) | “Hug!” [cringes internally] (4) | _RING_ | dohz | 1 |
| 6677 | MOIST (5) | I enter Missouri State drenched (5) | MO+(I)+ST | dohz | 1 |
| 6695 | TANG (4) | Kick back in soothing nature (4) | (_TAN G_)< def = Kick, as in “this food has some kick to it” |
dohz | 1 |
| 6717 | ANY CLUE WHOSE ANSWER IS A BOARD/CARD GAME (?) | 1+0! (3) | UN+O &lit 1 = UN, as in “that’s a big un” 0 = O 1+0 = 1 = UNO factorial jokesters get the :rolled_up_newspaper: |
dohz | 1 |
| 6719 | ANY CLUE WHOSE ANSWER IS A BOARD/CARD GAME (?) | Draw a card if hogs run wild (2, 4) | (GO FISH)* | dohz | 1 |
| 6722 | ANY CLUE WHOSE ANSWER IS A BOARD/CARD GAME (?) | Church-attending unscathed rally (9) | _CATHED RAL_ | dohz | 1 |
| 6723 | SNAP (4) | Tip of nail stuck in drain crack (4) | S(N_)AP | dohz | 1 |
| 6730 | TARTARE (7) | Start a restaurant featuring raw cuisine (7) | _TART A RE_ | dohz | 1 |
| 6751 | SECOND DOSE (6, 4) | “Another shot! SOS!” encoded, garbled (6, 4) | (SECOND DOSE)* | dohz | 1 |
| 6761 | ANNIVERSARY (11) | Democrat is winning, essentially, during opponent’s celebration (11) | A(d->_NNI_)VERSARY | dohz | 1 |
| 6777 | RAMUNE (6) | Add uranium to mixed ramen for a carbonated refreshment (6) | RAM(U)NE* | dohz | 1 |
| 6779 | SYNTAX ERROR (6, 5) | Broadcaster of the price of evildoing heard to be why the program won’t compile (6, 5) | “sin tax airer” homophone | dohz | 1 |
| 6781 | PER SE (3, 2) | “Essentially” supersedes “intrinsically” (3, 2) | _PERSE_ | dohz | 1 |
| 6785 | VERTIGO (7) | Feeling dizzy, it retreated into wild grove (7) | VER(TI<)GO* | dohz | 1 |
| 6794 | ASTRID (6) | Queen of the Belgians aboard last ride (6) | _AST RID_ | dohz | 1 |
| 6805 | I M PEI (1, 1, 3) | Oddly, I am a poetic architect (1, 1, 3) | I_M_P_E_I_ | dohz | 1 |
| 6806 | BASH (4) | Blow in tuba sharply (4) | _BA SH_ | dohz | 1 |
| 6823 | PECCADILLO (10) | Accept excluded outsiders—in return, I’ll get in trouble for delinquency (10) | (-t)PECC(-a)<+AD(ILL)O | dohz | 1 |
| 6858 | ABOUT (5) | Close to neighbor, filled with love (5) | AB(O)UT | dohz | 1 |
| 6862 | ANY D&D RELATED CLUE/ANSWER (?) | Reassembled a yurt (lawn tent) to critical success (7, 6) | (NATURAL TWENTY)* | dohz | 1 |
| 6958 | BOCCE (5) | Sport is poorly done, reportedly (5) | “botchy” homophone | dohz | 1 |
| 7017 | PEORIA (6) | Avant-garde opera captures one city in Illinois (6) | PEOR(I)A* | dohz | 1 |
| 7024 | TILL (4) | Dig in until late (4) | _TIL L_ | dohz | 1 |
| 7025 | CATERWAUL (9) | Shrill noise from cold water mixed with gold and a bit of lead (9) | C+(ATERW*)+AU+L_ | dohz | 1 |
| 7029 | L1K (3) | Puzzler loses heart before king puzzler (3) | L(-5)1+K | dohz | 1 |
| 7036 | DIVINE (6) | Foresee the leader of Men in pieces, embraced by death in turn (6) | D(m->IVI)NE< Foresee = def the leader of Men = M in pieces = M -> IVI embraced by = insertion indicator death = END in turn = reversal indicator |
dohz | 1 |
| 7044 | EXODUS (6) | Former love regularly ignored drugs, leading to withdrawal (6) | EX+O+D_U_S | dohz | 1 |
| 7091 | ANTIMETABOLE (12) | Nothing interrupts an agenda like a mix-up of the previous order (12) | AN+TIMETAB(O)LE Nothing = O agenda = TIMETABLE |
dohz | 1 |
| 7112 | NINE (4) | Baseball team fills mezzanines (4) | _NINE_ | dohz | 1 |
| 7119 | AND-LIT (3-3) | Clue for the reverend: “Drop the plane!” (3-3) | “land it” spoonerism not an &lit, but the ! wants to be there |
dohz | 1 |
| 7135 | SCIOLISM OR SCIOLIST (8) | Fraud solicits freely (8) | SCIOLIST* | dohz | 1 |
| 7137 | METROID (7) | Creature weak to the cold walked around tip of iceberg, following me (7) | ME+TRO(I_)D | dohz | 1 |
| 7160 | TRIAL (5) | Pilot Earhart finally returned home (5) | _T+(RIAL<) def = Pilot (adjective) |
dohz | 1 |
| 7195 | SHANGRI-LA (7-2) | Utopia built from cobbled ashlaring (7-2) | SHANGRILA* | dohz | 1 |
| 7205 | CHAMPORADO (10) | California imports ham and pork mostly to serve a Philippine dish (10) | C(HAM+POR(-k))A+DO to serve = DO, as in “it’ll do” |
dohz | 1 |
| 7211 | POPCORN (7) | For the reverend, obtain erotica and movie snack (7) | “cop porn” spoonerism | dohz | 1 |
| 7255 | ANY CLUE WHERE EVERY WORD IS THE SAME LENGTH (?) | Cali city amid very real mess: base over roof with each side same (11) | Cali city = LA amid = insertion indicator very = QUITE real mess = RALE* base over roof = move bottom letter to top (down clue only) with each side same = def (E)+QUI(LA)TE+RAL(-e)* |
dohz | 1 |
| 7256 | ANY CLUE WHERE EVERY WORD IS THE SAME LENGTH (?) | Low-key (4) | BASE ddef Low = BASE, as in vulgar key = BASE, as in fundamental |
dohz | 1 |
| 7268 | GO BLIND (2, 5) | Become unable to see Spooner’s light tie (2, 5) | “glow bind” spoonerism | dohz | 1 |
| 7317 | PWN (3) | Regularly spewing beat (3) | _P_W_N_ | dohz | 1 |
| 7383 | GLOMP (5) | Embrace warmth, flipping tail quietly (5) | GLO(w->M)+P | dohz | 1 |
| 7386 | HEATWAVE (8) | Throw around a couple of twigs to create prolonged warmth (8) | HE(A+TW_)AVE | dohz | 1 |
| 7414 | PUNCHINGCATTO (13) | Puzzler putting a conch in motion (13) | PUNCHINGCATTO* | dohz | 1 |
| 7415 | IVES (4) | Livestream featuring football player (4) | _IVES_ | dohz | 1 |
| 7416 | MAD HATTER (3, 6) | Puzzler possessed substance for Spooner (3, 6) | “had matter” spoonerism | dohz | 1 |
| 7417 | PI DAY (2, 3) | I’d cut salary for an irrational occasion (2, 3) | P(ID)AY | dohz | 1 |
| 7538 | TARDIGRADE (10) | Water bear to protect a business for the reverend (10) | “guard a trade” spoonerism iffy middle syllable, i know |
dohz | 1 |
| 7539 | EN GARDE (2, 5) | Get ready, Gengar! Start off with Dream Eater, at first (2, 5) | (-g)ENGAR+(D_+E_) not putting the target to sleep first smh |
dohz | 1 |
| 7580 | SHTUM (5) | Empty habitat in total quiet (5) | S(H_T)UM | dohz | 1 |
| 7601 | LEGEND (6) | Fiction, for example, in supply (6) | L(EG)END | dohz | 1 |
| 7725 | ANY MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (?) | Neighbor returns brass instrument (4) | TUBA< | dohz | 1 |
| 7762 | HEADS OR TAILS (5) | Follows stories on the radio (5) | “tales” homophone | dohz | 1 |
| 7765 | HEADS OR TAILS (5) | Starts throwing shade (5) | HEADS* | dohz | 1 |
| 7767 | ON THE EDGE (2, 3, 4) | Minor won’t heed geezer, essentially (2, 3, 4) | _ONT HEED GE_ def = Minor, as in marginal |
dohz | 1 |
| 7808 | NADIR (5) | I run after Dan, retreating to the lowest point (5) | NAD<+I+R | dohz | 1 |
| 7868 | SORBET (6) | Brothers came back with alien treat (6) | SORB<+ET | dohz | 1 |
| 7870 | DORK (4) | Fool’s gold stored in banks of Denmark (4) | D_(OR)_K | dohz | 1 |
| 7880 | GLARE (5) | Light lager brewed (5) | GLARE* credit to frictionlessemu for punching up this clue |
dohz | 1 |
| 7963 | ANY CLUE WHOSE ANSWER IS THE NUMBER OF LETTERS IT CONTAINS (?) | Intrinsically trustworthy couple (3) | _TWO_ IT contains two letters, so the answer must be TWO |
dohz | 1 |
| 7994 | ANY BIRD WITH ENUM (3) | Brock captured a legendary bird (3) | _ROC_ | dohz | 1 |
| 7999 | ANY BIRD WITH ENUM (3) | A United Kingdom bird (3) | A+UK | dohz | 1 |
| 8005 | COMPLETE (8) | Come around quietly and let’s wrap up (8) | COM(P+LET)E | dohz | 1 |
| 8006 | MST (3) | Puzzler seen in Amsterdam (3) | _MST_ | dohz | 1 |
| 8007 | MST (3) | Puzzler, turning 12: “Agh!” (3) | “Agh” rot12 not an &lit etc. etc. |
dohz | 1 |
| 8034 | NOIR (4) | Black rhino agitated after losing tip of horn (4) | NOIR(-h_)* | dohz | 1 |
| 8044 | BETAVEROS (9) | Puzzler’s organized voter base (9) | BETAVEROS* | dohz | 1 |
| 8061 | ASPHALT (7) | Sticky, viscous substance produced from expressed butt crack (7) | “ass fault” homophone This Is My Worst One Yet |
dohz | 1 |
| 8069 | CRANBERRY (9) | Shout about mixing barren flavor of Sprite (9) | CR(ANBERR*)Y …alternatively, C(RANBER*)RY |
dohz | 1 |
| 8120 | SOFTFRO (7) | Puzzler frequently enters safe room, oddly (7) | S_(OFT)F_R_O_ | dohz | 1 |
| 8131 | LAUNDER (7) | Clean uranium kept in space probe (7) | LA(U)NDER | dohz | 1 |
| 8141 | LMAO (4) OR (1, 1, 1, 1) | www.lamia.com/odds (4) | L_M_A_O_ www = def, as in the japanese text expression of laughter |
dohz | 1 |
| 8169 | SUS OR SUSPICIOUS (3 OR 10) | Mom’s turning 6? Doubtful (3) | “Mom” rot6 | dohz | 1 |
| 8184 | ZZXJOANW (8) | According to hearsay, wood! (8) | “shaw” homophone &lit the musical guide by rupert hughes purports that “zzxjoanw” is pronounced “shaw”, and defines it as, among other things, a fife, as in the woodwind instrument (or “wood” for short). a shaw is also a wood, as in a thicket. |
dohz | 1 |
| 8213 | TWO (3) | Couple can be log-rolling by 8 (3) | “log” rot8 | dohz | 1 |
| 8246 | BICKER (6) | Argue amid acerbic kerfuffle (6) | _BIC KER_ | dohz | 1 |
| 8266 | WALTZ (5) | Disney’s articulated dance (5) | “walt’s” homophone | dohz | 1 |
| 8274 | ANY CLUE USING PALINDROME WORDPLAY (?) | Last letter delivered back and forth leisurely (4) | “z” phonetic palindrome for EASY def = leisurely (adjective) |
dohz | 1 |
| 8289 | WORDLE (6) | We received translation of Lord’s secret answer (6) | W(ORDL*)E in wordle, the “wordle” is the word you’re trying to guess, hence def = secret answer |
dohz | 1 |
| 8301 | FNORD (5) | Stomach-turning leaf is a latent source of unease (5) | F(NOR<)D | dohz | 1 |
| 8302 | NORTH (5) | Back-talked authority to get up on the map (5) | Back-talked authority = phonetic reversal of “throne” up on the map = def |
dohz | 1 |
| 8303 | SAVOIR FAIRE (6, 5) | I savor recycling and clean energy, demonstrating discretion (6, 5) | SAVOIR*+FAIR+E discretion = def |
dohz | 1 |
| 8305 | THE ABC'S (3, 3'1) | Batches of sorted letters! (3, 3’1) | (THE ABC’S)* &lit |
dohz | 1 |
| 8324 | KIRBY (5) | Ape and dog live on the radio (5) | “cur be” homophone def = Ape, as in imitator/mimic |
dohz | 1 |
| 8339 | DRAGON (6) | Organ donor’s unique molecules developing lung, for one (6) | “Organ donor” reverse letter bank def = lung, for one, as in the chinese dragon |
dohz | 1 |
| 8353 | SCRAP (5) | Car crashed into shop’s sides, leading to fight (5) | S_(CRA*)_P | dohz | 1 |
| 8401 | NOSH (4) | Chuck and Sean played back on the radio (4) | “Sean” phonetic reversal def = Chuck, as in us slang for food |
dohz | 1 |
| 8476 | TAX (3) | Fee t joining boot (3) | T+AX def = Fee t = T boot = AX, as in to dismiss your honor as you can see a hair space character separates “Fee” and “t” THEREFORE the clue is NOT elision THE DEFENSE RESTS |
dohz | 1 |
| 8497 | TAKE A BREATHER (4, 1, 8) | Destroy an infant’s toy? According to the reverend, stop! (4, 1, 8) | “break a teether” spoonerism not an &lit etc. etc. |
dohz | 1 |
| 8538 | ENCHANTMENT (11) | Ren-chan™ enters, exhibiting charm (11) | _EN CHAN TM ENT_ | dohz | 1 |
| 8564 | PITY (4) | [Clue about your first regret] (4) | PIT<+Y_ practically identical wp to the last submission, i know |
dohz | 1 |
| 8565 | PITY (4) | Shame is sharp, cutting both old and new (4) | P(-o)I(-n)TY | dohz | 1 |
| 8605 | SCREE (5) | Discreetly collecting a bunch of rocks (5) | _SCREE_ | dohz | 1 |
| 8770 | BLEEP (5) | Shave back behind entrance to bathroom to cover for something indecent (5) | B_+LEEP< cover for something indecent = def |
dohz | 1 |
| 8852 | ANY ANAGRAMLESS CLUE WITH AN ANSWER THAT IS 15+ LETTERS LONG (?) | Spooner’s trials and struggles producing a Western film (5, 3, 7) | BOOTS AND SADDLES spoonerism of “suits and battles” | dohz | 1 |
| 8879 | REIGN (5) | Sway back in swing I erected (5) | (_RE I GN_)< | dohz | 1 |
| 8939 | REPORT (6) | Sent up media wiki contributor’s statement (6) | TROPER< media wiki contributor = TROPER, as in one who contributes to the media wiki tv tropes |
dohz | 1 |
| 8948 | ANY VARIATION OF PATIENCE/SOLITAIRE (?) | From behind, evenly approach stringed instrument (4) | H_A_R_P_< | dohz | 1 |
| 8949 | ANY VARIATION OF PATIENCE/SOLITAIRE (?) | Win as quietly as an insect (4) | W+AS+P | dohz | 1 |
| 9010 | MAESTRO (7) | Steam locomotive starts to run over conductor (7) | MAEST*+(R_+O_) | dohz | 1 |
| 9015 | RAREBIT (7) | Arbiter cooked British dish (7) | RAREBIT* | dohz | 1 |
| 9022 | PLAUDIT (7) | Emptied pool, upon inspection, generates approval (7) | P_L+AUDIT | dohz | 1 |
| 9170 | OSTRICH (7) | O Christ! Crazed bird! (7) | O+STRICH* not an &lit |
dohz | 1 |
| 9198 | APRON (5) | Garment worn while cooking ora-pro-nobis, essentially (5) | _A PRO N_ | dohz | 1 |
| 9237 | GARBAGE (7) | Refuse to boast about progress (7) | GARB<+AGE | dohz | 1 |
| 9265 | ERROR (5) | Fear losing time to mistake (5) | (-t)ERROR | dohz | 1 |
| 9304 | VAMP (4) | Refurbish halfway depleted lava lamp (4) | (-la)VA+(-la)MP | dohz | 1 |
| 9350 | FISHING (7) | Selfish ingrates to keep searching (7) | _FISH ING_ | dohz | 1 |
| 9424 | ANTHEM (6) | Plan the music to carry a song (6) | _AN THE M_ | dohz | 1 |
| 9438 | DIDACTIC (8) | Achieved a passing grade, bolstered by essentials of substitute teacher’s teaching (8) | DID+A+C+(_TI_+_C_) | dohz | 1 |
| 9444 | ANY CLUE WITH ITS WORDS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER (?) | ANY CLUE CRUDELY DESCRIBING *SING* WITHOUT YIELD (?) (11) | UNCEA(SING)LY* ANY CLUE CRUDELY = UNCEALY* DESCRIBING = containment indicator WITHOUT YIELD = def |
dohz | 1 |
| 9481 | SPATCHCOCK (10) | Split up and seize the Vulcan, as ordered by the reverend (10) | “catch spock” spoonerism def = Split up, as in preparing poultry to be cooked |
dohz | 1 |
| 9583 | TRIFLE (6) | Treat to treat lightly (6) | ddef i wonder if this water from the same well |
dohz | 1 |
| 10075 | DINT (4) | Vested interest keeping impression (4) | _D INT_ | dohz | 1 |
| 10103 | HIJACK (6) | Rob a truck, say hello, meeting the guy running this site (5) | HI+JACK Rob a truck, say = def hello = HI the guy running this site = JACK |
dohz | 1 |
| 10108 | TAPE (4) | Drain energy strip (4) | TAP+E | dohz | 1 |
| 10110 | PEAT (4) | Gym class: a time for turf (4) | PE+A+T | dohz | 1 |
| 10241 | TRUSS (5) | Bundle Starbursts evenly (5) | _T_R_U_S_S | dohz | 1 |
| 10373 | SEAHORSE (8) | Hippocampus’s shoes are recobbled (8) | SEAHORSE* | dohz | 1 |
| 10384 | PAGODA (6) | Father… Lord… a temple (6) | PA+GOD+A | dohz | 1 |
| 10395 | ARENA (5) | River turned 9 times, forming ring (5) | “River” rot9 | dohz | 1 |
| 10451 | FACTUAL (7) | True or false: a bad cut leads to angry Lucas (7) | F+A+CTU*+(A_+L_) weak star wars connection but whaddaya gonna do |
dohz | 1 |
| 10488 | VAT (3) | Tank kept in observation (3) | _VAT_ | dohz | 1 |
| 10543 | PARQUET (7) | What in Spain is in part a small compartment in France? (7) | PAR(QUE)T parquet is french for a small compartment |
dohz | 1 |
| 10547 | TRAGEDY (7) | Alternative, edgy art, like a story with a sad ending (7) | TRAGEDY* | dohz | 1 |
| 10551 | KRAKEN (6) | Giant squid’s sight followed ship going west (6) | KRA<+KEN | dohz | 1 |
| 10565 | VOIR DIRE (4, 4) | I drive (or crash, to speak the truth) (4, 4) | (VOIR DIRE)* to speak the truth = def, as in what it translates to |
dohz | 1 |
| 10568 | LA PAZ (2, 3) | “Destroy almost everything!”: Uprising @ capital of Bolivia (2, 3) | Destroy = ZAP almost everything = AL(-l) Uprising = reversal indicator (down clue only) ((-l)LA+PAZ)< |
dohz | 1 |
| 10613 | PARAMEDIC (9) | “Carpa diem!” [sick] [gets doctor] (9) | PARAMEDIC* sick = anagram indicator gets = connector this is maybe the most dream-logic surface i’ve written |
dohz | 1 |
| 10624 | CLAP (4) | Applaud alpaca, flustered after being sheared (4) | (-a)CLAP(-a)* | dohz | 1 |
| 10626 | ARMY (4) | Military-occupied farmyard (4) | _ARMY_ | dohz | 1 |
| 10636 | SHADOW (6) | Female pig had had to be the ultimate lifeform (6) | S(HAD)OW def = the ultimate lifeform, as in shadow the hedgehog |
dohz | 1 |
| 10730 | 1 (1) | i iiii (1) | 1 = i, as in the roman numeral 1 = iiii, as in the fourth power of the imaginary unit |
dohz | 1 |
| 10754 | BUNNY (5) | ||🅱ussy flipping directions like a prolific breeder (5)|| | BU(ss->NN)Y sorry |
dohz | 1 |
| 10775 | INTERNET EXPLORER (8, 8) | Web browser compiled from recycled bits of torn pixel (8, 8) | “torn pixel” letter bank | dohz | 1 |
| 10785 | SCP (3) | James C. Penney’s secret foundation (3) | _S C P_ def = foundation, as in the scp foundation fun fact: the james c. penney foundation was an actual thing |
dohz | 1 |
| 10804 | BIKE LANE (4, 4) | Cycleway akin to poison for Spooner (4, 4) | “like bane” spoonerism | dohz | 1 |
| 10813 | MONTAGE (7) | Film technique produced by megaton explosion (7) | MONTAGE* | dohz | 1 |
| 10816 | ARENDELLE (9) | Frozen location where Aaron Dell is heard (9) | “Aaron Dell” homophone idk if “where” makes sense as connector fun fact: aaron dell is a real-life ice hockey player |
dohz | 1 |
| 10819 | GOSSAMER (8) | Gamer’s OS broadcast to Web (8) | GOSSAMER* | dohz | 1 |
| 10843 | TULLE (5) | French town’s instrument on the radio (5) | “tool” homophone | dohz | 1 |
| 10890 | TATTOO (6) | Ink stored by artist at toolkit (6) | _T AT TOO_ | dohz | 1 |
| 10899 | RUBY (4) | Gemstone is oddly lacking, arguably (4) | _R_U_B_Y | dohz | 1 |
| 10905 | GLINKA (6) | Russian composer needing no introduction, talking freely (6) | (-t)GLINKA* | dohz | 1 |
| 10908 | GLINKA (6) | Composer giving Link another Piece of Heart (6) | _G LINK A_ does “Piece of Heart” make sense as hidden word indicator? don’t answer that |
dohz | 1 |
| 10926 | CURDY (5) | Down-right up & left through chimney, empty and thick (5) | C_((U+R+D)<)_Y Down-right up = D+R+U left = reversal indicator through = insertion indicator chimney, empty = C(-himne)Y and = connector thick = def ampersands are ignorable right |
dohz | 1 |
| 10937 | ADULTING (8) | Being responsible is a soft chime to my ears (8) | “a dull ting” homophone | dohz | 1 |
| 10938 | LAST MOMENT (4, 6) | *Last Guardian* English translation initially developed very late (4, 6) | LAST+MOM+EN+T_ Guardian = MOM, as in legal guardian translation initially = T_ developed = connector very late = def, interpreting LAST MOMENT in the adjective sense (e.g. “last-moment decision”) don’t feel great about the first word being given straight like that but the surface demands it :smiling_face_with_tear: |
dohz | 1 |
| 10953 | ALEMBIC (7) | Disturbed? I be calm and still (7) | ALEMBIC* still = def |
dohz | 1 |
| 10963 | TUCHUS (6) | Dictator’s held us in can (6) | “took us” homophone can = def |
dohz | 1 |
| 11009 | FUEL (4) | According to hearsay, not many will feed (4) | “few’ll” homophone feed = def |
dohz | 1 |
| 11096 | GEORGE (6) | Christian saint described in age or gender (6) | _GE OR GE_ | dohz | 1 |
| 11147 | FLAGRANT (8) | Undisguised anger oddly taken in sweet time (8) | FL(A_G_R)AN+T Undisguised = def anger oddly = A_G_R taken in = insertion indicator sweet = FLAN time = T |
dohz | 1 |
| 11332 | GAY (3) | Homosexual aboard return voyage (3) | _GAY_< | dohz | 1 |
| 11348 | PASTA (5) | At soup! Clothes around entrance of aisle? …In retrospect, it’s just food (5) | (P_(A_)_S+TA)< At = AT soup! Clothes = S_P around = containment indicator entrance of aisle? = A_ …In retrospect, = reversal indicator it’s just food = def surface is a reference to https://youtu.be/FAUnDDTz30k also this clue is a haiku |
dohz | 1 |
| 11367 | MATISSE (7) | Diplomat is secretly housing wild beast? (7) | _MAT IS SE_ matisse is recognized as one of the “fauves” (french for “wild beasts”) |
dohz | 1 |
| 11440 | FRANTIC (7) | Wild insect found in Africa lacking exoskeleton (7) | (-a)FR(ANT)IC(-a) Wild = def insect = ANT found in = insertion indicator Africa lacking exoskeleton = (-a)FRIC(-a) |
dohz | 1 |
| 11467 | AT SIGN (2, 4) | Handle leader of misfit giants (2, 4) | (AT SIGN)* def = Handle leader, as in the prefix of a social media handle |
dohz | 1 |
| 11504 | QUIVER (6) | “Ubniqu!” I verified, holding pack of Arrows (6) | _QU I VER_ pack of Arrows = def arrows best logic puzzle genre |
dohz | 1 |
| 11548 | OLD-TIMEY (3-5) | Revising melody—it’s outdated (3-5) | Revising melody—it = (OLD-TIMEY)* ’s = connector outdated = def |
dohz | 1 |
| 11571 | VERTICAL (8) | Characters detained by Javert I calculated to be upright (8) | _VERT I CAL_ Characters detained by = hidden indicator to be = connector upright = def |
dohz | 1 |
| 11714 | SOLIPSISM (9) | Significant other is locking lips with me, backing off the thought that one is alone (9) | SO+(LIPS)+IS+M(-e) Significant other = SO locking = containment indicator with = juxtaposition indicator backing off = last letter deletion indicator the thought that one is alone = def |
dohz | 1 |
| 11731 | CONFAB (6) | Discuss Celsius over Fahrenheit—maybe oddly lacking (6) | C+ON+F+_A_B_ | dohz | 1 |
| 11763 | SORE (4) | Wound from scourge evens out (4) | S_O_R_E | dohz | 1 |
| 11766 | FLOTSAM (7) | Refuse medieval leader Astolfo, abruptly turning around (7) | ((-o)FLOTSA+_M)< Refuse = def medieval leader = M_ Astolfo, abruptly = ASTOLF(-o) turning around = reversal indicator |
dohz | 1 |
| 11864 | CEVICHE (7) | Bruce, Vic, Henry consumed fish dish (7) | _CE VIC HE_ | dohz | 1 |
| 11899 | SLIM (4) | “Small? Large?” “I’m small” (4) | S+L+IM | dohz | 1 |
| 12016 | RETURNED (8) | Back! Stop! Back around! Run wildly! (8) | RET(URN*)ED< Back = def, in an adjective sense Stop = DETER Back = reversal indicator around = containment indicator Run wildly = URN* |
dohz | 1 |
| 12042 | PING (4) | Say, @Mods, pin last note! (4) | PIN+G Say, @Mods = def by example last note = G not an &lit |
dohz | 1 |
| 12096 | MONGREL (7) | Pokémon Grellow features dog of unknown origin (7) | _MON GREL_ this is nothing |
dohz | 1 |
| 12104 | FOREVER (7) | Force goat to circle ring till the cows come home (7) | F+(O)+REVER | dohz | 1 |
| 12229 | BRUIT (5) | Reported ruffian’s rumor (5) | “brute” homophone | dohz | 1 |
| 12459 | PARASOL (7) | Attach a ghost to the listener’s umbrella (7) | “pair a soul” homophone | dohz | 1 |
| 12501 | ADROIT (6) | Secret of Avogadro, Italian expert (6) | _ADRO IT_ | dohz | 1 |
| 12583 | HOPE (4) | He embodies overpowered desire (4) | H(OP)E | dohz | 1 |
| 12656 | FELON (5) | Crook CEO Musk crowned by failure (5) | F+ELON | dohz | 1 |
| 12728 | GALACTIC (8) | Large excerpt from legal act I codified (8) | _GAL ACT I C_ | dohz | 1 |
| 5421 | BEGINNING (9) | Genesis for example in throwing away (9) | B(EG)INNING | dohz | 0 |
| 5433 | DETAIL(S) (6 OR 7) | Fine points to be dined in, slipped retreating (7) | D(ETA)ILS< dined = ATE slipped = SLID |
dohz | 0 |
| 5439 | DENTAL FLOSS (6, 5) | Oral filament fastens doll loosely (6, 5) | (DENTAL FLOSS)* | dohz | 0 |
| 5450 | MYST (4) | Openings of yellow stone in Montana lead to hidden island (4) | M(Y_+S_)T | dohz | 0 |
| 5453 | OSSOFF (6) | Senate hopeful recomposed so-so fortissimo (6) | OSSO*+FF | dohz | 0 |
| 5536 | COMMENCED (9) | Carbon-copied around half of a German welcome to be initiated (9) | C((-willk)OMMEN)CED | dohz | 0 |
| 5546 | FERROUS (7) | Containing iron extracted from aquifer rousing (7) | _FER ROUS_ | dohz | 0 |
| 5556 | FOUND (5) | Launch detected (5) | ddef | dohz | 0 |
| 5559 | SILENCE (7) | Left halfway in because of the lack of audio (7) | SI(LE(-ft))NCE | dohz | 0 |
| 5571 | INSTITUTE (9) | Idol takes time to lose sizable heart for a bit of influence, following trendy society (9) | IN+ST(a->I)TU(T)E | dohz | 0 |
| 5577 | CELLAR DOOR (6, 4) | It’s the sweetest-sounding sell, heard or said (6, 4) | “sell, heard or” homophone, kinda It’s the sweetest-sounding = def https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonaesthetics#Cellar_door |
dohz | 0 |
| 5580 | BOUGIE (6) | You entered a swamp that is splashy (6) | BO(U)G+IE def = splashy, as in ostentatious |
dohz | 0 |
| 5582 | MYSTERY (7) | My upholstery wore down halfway; for what I don’t know (7) | MY+(-uphol)STERY | dohz | 0 |
| 5583 | MYSTERY (7) | Secret ability to eat its own tail (losing a bit of ass as well) (7) | M(-a)(Y)STERY | dohz | 0 |
| 5593 | WHINGE (6) | Gripe and grumble about, starting to groan (6) | WHIN(G)E | dohz | 0 |
| 5728 | CONNECTOR (9) | Retcon elements used repetitively to form a link (9) | “Retcon” letter bank | dohz | 0 |
| 5739 | BLURSED (7) | Drained/consumed purse’s contents, for better/worse (7) | BL(_URS_)ED | dohz | 0 |
| 5778 | ELBOW (5) | Spooner’s shout for a joint (5) | “bellow” spoonerism | dohz | 0 |
| 5789 | CELLIST (7) | Crew oddly still at sea for a performer of music (7) | C_E_+(LLIST*) beware the siren song |
dohz | 0 |
| 5798 | MISLED (6) | Misguided, backwards segment of Supermodel Simulator (6) | (_MIS LED_)< | dohz | 0 |
| 5810 | WILDCARD (8) | Cryptically clued RCAD*, say? (8) | Cryptically clued RCAD = “wildcard” reverse cryptic *, say = def (“*” is a wildcard character) Local Puzzler Submits Reverse Cryptic That Also Features Elision, Is Arrested |
dohz | 0 |
| 5833 | OOO (3) | Score of nothing three times in a row leads to a win in tic-tac-toe (3) | O+O+O | dohz | 0 |
| 5889 | ACCIACCATURA (12) | Ornamental note composed of recycled bits of Urtica (12) | “Urtica” letter bank | dohz | 0 |
| 5908 | CANCUN (6) | Republican cunningly touring beach resort (6) | _CAN CUN_ | dohz | 0 |
| 6056 | WIND-UP (4-2) | Preparation and conclusion (4-2) | ddef | dohz | 0 |
| 6090 | JUMENTOUS (9) | Jack up menus, about to stale (9) | J+U+MEN(TO)US | dohz | 0 |
| 6113 | ANY CLUE WHOSE SURFACE IS A STRING OF SEVEN OR MORE EMOJI (?) | :hole: :no_entry_sign: :clock: <:Kappa:394502913428291604> :one: :socks: :heavy_minus_sign: :foot: :hugging: :hotel: <:pikashock:566310516793016330> :waning_crescent_moon: :nine: :waxing_crescent_moon: | PI(-t)+K+A+S(H)OCK(-s) 🕳🚫🕰 = PI(-t) :Kappa: = K 1️⃣ = A 🧦➖🦶🤗🏨 = S(H)OCK(-s) :pikashock: = def 🌘9️⃣🌒 = enum |
dohz | 0 |
| 6116 | ANY CLUE WHOSE SURFACE IS A STRING OF SEVEN OR MORE EMOJI (?) | :knot: :speech_balloon: :four_leaf_clover: :hugging: <:keke:561239540241793035> :broken_heart: :inbox_tray: :id: <:notlikeduck:610368846712537109> :waning_crescent_moon: :pause_button: :waxing_crescent_moon: | NOT+L(I(K(-ek)E)D)UCK 🪢💬 = NOT homophone 🍀 = LUCK 🤗 = containing :keke:💔 = K(-ek)E 📥 = inserted in 🆔 = ID :notlikeduck: = def 🌘⏸🌒 = enum |
dohz | 0 |
| 6124 | DAM (3) | Hold back from voicing a curse (3) | “damn” homophone | dohz | 0 |
| 6132 | CENTAUR (7) | Legendary creature right after copper and gold (7) | CENT+AU+R | dohz | 0 |
| 6133 | DAM (3) | Stop ten meters (3) | ddef ten meters = decameter = DAM |
dohz | 0 |
| 6211 | MOON MOON (4, 4) | Spooner’s subsatellite is an old meme (4, 4) | spoonerism of… “moonmoon”… wait… | dohz | 0 |
| 6252 | BONE (4) | Cenobite held back part of body (4) | _BONE_< | dohz | 0 |
| 6298 | URL (3) | Up, right, then left to reach address (3) | U+R+L | dohz | 0 |
| 6337 | CAW (3) | Win one hundred in return for a call (3) | (C+A+W)< | dohz | 0 |
| 6365 | SOLUBLE (7) | Lady initially wears loose blouse, easily dispersed (7) | SO(L_)UBLE* …alternatively, SOLUB(L_)E* |
dohz | 0 |
| 6472 | ANY INFINITE STRING (♾️) | -- https://cryptics.jackbrounstein.com/contest/1377-any-infinite-string?highlight=6472#clue6472 New submission for ANY INFINITE STRING (♾️): -- https://cryptics.jackbrounstein.com/contest/1377-any-infinite-string?highlight=6472#clue6472 New submission for ANY INFINITE STRING (♾️): -- https://cryptics.jackbrounstein.com/contest/1377-any-infinite-string?highlight=6472#clue6472 New submission for ANY INFINITE STRING (♾️): -- https://cryptics.jackbrounstein.com/contest/1377-any-infinite-string?highlight=6472#clue6472 New submission for ANY INFINITE STRING (♾️): -- https://cryptics.jackbrounstein.com/contest/1377-any-infinite-string?highlight=6472#clue6472 New submission for ANY INFINITE STRING (♾️): -- https://cryptics.jackbrounstein.com/contest/1377-any-infinite-string?highlight=6472#clue6472 New submission for ANY INFINITE STRING (♾️): -- https://cryptics.jackbrounstein.com/contest/1377-any-infinite-string?highlight=6472#clue6472 New submission for ANY INFINITE STRING (♾️): -- https://cryptics.jackbrounstein.com/contest/1377-any-infinite-string?highlight=6472#clue6472 New submission for ANY INFINITE STRING (♾️): -- https://cryptics.jackbrounstein.com/contest/1377-any-infinite-string?highlight=6472#clue6472 New submission for ANY INFINITE STRING (♾️): | New submission for ANY INFINITE STRING (♾️): -- https://cryptics.jackbrounstein.com/contest/1377-any-infinite-string?highlight=6472#clue6472 New submission for ANY INFINITE STRING (♾️): -- https://cryptics.jackbrounstein.com/contest/1377-any-infinite-string?highlight=6472#clue6472 New submission for ANY INFINITE STRING (♾️): -- https://cryptics.jackbrounstein.com/contest/1377-any-infinite-string?highlight=6472#clue6472 New submission for ANY INFINITE STRING (♾️): -- https://cryptics.jackbrounstein.com/contest/1377-any-infinite-string?highlight=6472#clue6472 New submission for ANY INFINITE STRING (♾️): -- https://cryptics.jackbrounstein.com/contest/1377-any-infinite-string?highlight=6472#clue6472 New submission for ANY INFINITE STRING (♾️): -- https://cryptics.jackbrounstein.com/contest/1377-any-infinite-string?highlight=6472#clue6472 New submission for ANY INFINITE STRING (♾️): -- https://cryptics.jackbrounstein.com/contest/1377-any-infinite-string?highlight=6472#clue6472 New submission for ANY INFINITE STRING (♾️): -- https://cryptics.jackbrounstein.com/contest/1377-any-infinite-string?highlight=6472#clue6472 New submission for ANY INFINITE STRING (♾️): -- https://cryptics.jackbrounstein.com/contest/1377-any-infinite-string?highlight=6472#clue6472 New submission for ANY INFINITE STRING (♾️): -- https://cryptics.jackbrounstein.com/contest/1377-any-infinite-string?highlight=6472#clue6472 | dohz | 0 |
| 6474 | FIDGET (6) | Jiggle gizmo, head becoming full (6) | (w->F)IDGET | dohz | 0 |
| 6481 | PERSONALIZED OPTIONS REWARDS TIER (12, 7, 7, 4) | Topaz swindler has all the necessary bits for Carl-bot’s latest scheme (12, 7, 7, 4) | “Topaz swindler” letter bank | dohz | 0 |
| 6488 | KNAPP DANEBEN (5, 7) | Ben went back and forth after very quietly filling a dank recess to a close miss (5, 7) | Ben went back and forth = NEBEN palindrome after = position indicator very quietly = PP filling = insertion indicator a dank recess = (KNAD+A)< a close miss = def (KNA(PP)D+A)<+(>NEBEN<) |
dohz | 0 |
| 6499 | SPHINGES (8) | Mythical creatures roll around hot grease regularly (8) | SP(H)IN+G_E_S_ | dohz | 0 |
| 6528 | PLUMB BOB (5, 3) | Start to launch uranium bomb, roughly encased in lead weight (5, 3) | P(L_+U+(MBBO*))B | dohz | 0 |
| 6538 | GRIMALKIN (9) | King dances around beheaded old witch (9) | G((-p)RIMAL)KIN* | dohz | 0 |
| 6611 | WEED (4) | We’d received a bit of ecstasy and marijuana (4) | WE(E_)D …alternatively, W(E_)ED |
dohz | 0 |
| 6613 | WEED (4) | Small dick drug (4) | WEE+D i’m sorry |
dohz | 0 |
| 6618 | OMEGA MART (5, 4) | In Oregon, Maine, Georgia, Massachusetts, and the tip of Texas is a surreal supermarket (5, 4) | O(ME+GA+MA)R+T_ | dohz | 0 |
| 6650 | RING (4) | Loop pool (4) | ddef pool = RING, as in price ring (obscure def, i know) |
dohz | 0 |
| 6666 | CHRYSALISM (10) | Timeless crystal contains hydrogen, iodine, sulfur, and a bit of magnesium, forming a strange tranquility (10) | C(H)RYS(-t)AL+I+S+M_ | dohz | 0 |
| 6667 | FACTORIAL (9) | Product featured in *Manufactoria* level (9) | _FACTORIA L_ | dohz | 0 |
| 6721 | ANY CLUE WHOSE ANSWER IS A BOARD/CARD GAME (?) | Mills six steps to the right, feeling pity (5) | SORRY rot6 of “Mills” | dohz | 0 |
| 6772 | MAGNETAR (8) | Center of much attraction to get in MAGA rally, at first (8) | MAG(NET)A+R_ | dohz | 0 |
| 6782 | PER SE (3, 2) | Color in essence (3, 2) | ddef color = PERSE |
dohz | 0 |
| 6795 | ASTRID (6) | Norwegian princess reorganized triads (6) | ASTRID* | dohz | 0 |
| 6796 | PER SE (3, 2) | Soft poetry taking the edge off by itself (3, 2) | P+(-v)ERSE | dohz | 0 |
| 6822 | PLETHORA (8) | Kazaaakpleth or Ariadne saves many (8) | _PLETH OR A_ yet another hidden lmao play into the breach |
dohz | 0 |
| 6918 | NO WAY (2, 3) | I can’t believe it’s covered in snow, aye? (2, 3) | _NOW AY_ I can’t believe it = def |
dohz | 0 |
| 6932 | CHOUSE (6) | Trick hidden in Chinchou’s electricity (6) | _CHOUS E_ | dohz | 0 |
| 6949 | HAND-WAVY (4-4) | Hydrogen and tungsten are viable, yet primarily lacking in rigor (4-4) | H+AND+W+(A_+V_+Y_) | dohz | 0 |
| 6959 | BRUH (4) | Dude evens out borough (4) | B_R_U_H | dohz | 0 |
| 6988 | CALICA (6) | Supervocalic “ambidextrous” captures puzzler (6) | _CALIC A_ | dohz | 0 |
| 7022 | K-I-S-S-I-N-G (1-1-1-1-1-1-1) | King Sis remixed a playground song (1-1-1-1-1-1-1) | KISSING* | dohz | 0 |
| 7054 | YOUR FAVORITE FOOD (?) | Background actor heard to be trouble (4) | “supe” homophone (slang for supernumerary) def = trouble, as in “in the soup” |
dohz | 0 |
| 7058 | 52 (2 OR 5-3) | Untouchable couple going back and forth (2) | palindrome…kinda def = Untouchable (52 is an untouchable number) couple = 2 going back and forth = 5 and 2 (the digital representation of 2 backwards is 5) |
dohz | 0 |
| 7079 | DOOZY (5) | Dizzy at first, then dizzy not at first for something extraordinary (5) | D_+(-w)OOZY | dohz | 0 |
| 7178 | FUN FACT (3, 4) | Peacekeepers in *Final Fantasy Origins* show a bit of trivia (3, 4) | (F_+(UN)+F_)+ACT | dohz | 0 |
| 7201 | MELLOW (6) | Soft sound of a cat swallowing half of pill (6) | ME((-pi)LL)OW | dohz | 0 |
| 7215 | DESPERADO (9) | Outlaw’s run with trouble after chaotic speed (9) | DESPE*+R+ADO | dohz | 0 |
| 7216 | THERIANTHROPE (13) | Thin hope Terra reforms for Beast Boy, say (13) | THERIANTHROPE* | dohz | 0 |
| 7248 | BREADTH (7) | The drab, dreadful extent (7) | BREADTH* | dohz | 0 |
| 7316 | E. COLI OR ESCHERICHIA COLI (1. 4 OR 11, 4) | Source of much gut pain within Charlotte Coliseum (1. 4) | _E COLI_ | dohz | 0 |
| 7399 | TWO-BIT (3-3) | For Spooner, start that thing cheap (3-3) | “boot it” spoonerism | dohz | 0 |
| 7403 | IVES (4) | Composer is around outskirts of Venice (4) | I(V_E)S | dohz | 0 |
| 7613 | CASE (4) | Oddly classier suit (4) | C_A_S_E_ | dohz | 0 |
| 7631 | IHNN (6) | Puzzler oddly lacking lightning (4) | _I_H_N_N_ i have no lightning |
dohz | 0 |
| 7634 | SINK (4) | Dip last of octopus ink (4) | _S+INK | dohz | 0 |
| 7682 | TAPA (4) | By ear, overcome a logic puzzle (4) | “top a” homophone | dohz | 0 |
| 7753 | GIRAFFE (7) | Mammal’s mistake to ingest iridium (7) | G(IR)AFFE | dohz | 0 |
| 7760 | SCRIVENER (9) | Small, cold river swallows English writer (9) | S+C+RIV(EN)ER the strid strikes again |
dohz | 0 |
| 7761 | GIF (3) | Moving image of grief at odds (3) | G_I_F | dohz | 0 |
| 7769 | KOALA (5) | Knock out in the manner of a marsupial (5) | KO+ALA | dohz | 0 |
| 7812 | HANDSHAKE (9) | Hot and quiet body of water without entrance or way of introduction (9) | H+AND+SH+(-l)AKE way of introduction = def |
dohz | 0 |
| 7897 | MERLOT (6) | Varietal ingredient of gamer lotion (6) | _MER LOT_ | dohz | 0 |
| 7905 | FORTIFY (7) | False or true? If yes, hold up (7) | F+OR+T+IF+Y | dohz | 0 |
| 7911 | BLIMOUSEALERRE (14) | Aloe + mulberries blended for an English concoction (14) | BLIMOUSEALERRE* | dohz | 0 |
| 7912 | LSD (3) | Regularly closed drug (3) | _L_S_D | dohz | 0 |
| 7932 | SLASH (5) | Burnt residue after evacuating school =/ (5) | S(-choo)L+ASH = = connector / = def |
dohz | 0 |
| 7933 | META (4) | Beyond Meat alternative (4) | META* | dohz | 0 |
| 7977 | A-OK (1-2) | Koala, losing a left, returns all right (1-2) | A(-la)OK< | dohz | 0 |
| 7995 | ANY BIRD WITH ENUM (3) | Bird is regularly immoral (3) | _M_O_A_ :honk: |
dohz | 0 |
| 8015 | AKKALA (6) | Hyrule region’s king pinched by a koala, losing ring (6) | A+(K)+K(-o)ALA | dohz | 0 |
| 8099 | KACHINA (7) | Sound of money cut short by a Native American spirit (7) | KACHIN(-g)+A | dohz | 0 |
| 8206 | PLOTZ (5) | Drop plans over the phone (5) | “plots” homophone | dohz | 0 |
| 8219 | DISCORDANT ANT (10, 3 OR 13) | In a cryptic, Nat becomes a puzzler (10, 3) | reverse cryptic | dohz | 0 |
| 8308 | NAIAD (5) | Diana’s swimming like a maiden of the water (5) | NAIAD* a maiden of the water = def |
dohz | 0 |
| 8332 | DOPE (4) | Hodge Podge holds back idiot (4) | (_DOP E_)< surface is a reference to the adventure zone |
dohz | 0 |
| 8358 | DONJON (6) | Wear jester’s cap before performing for heart of the castle (6) | DON+J_+ON | dohz | 0 |
| 8556 | TRENCHCOAT (10) | Encroach awkwardly into middle of fitted garment (10) | _T(RENCHCOA*)T_ | dohz | 0 |
| 8717 | CHURRO (6) | Cherry changes vowels, becoming fair food (6) | CH(e->U)RR(y->O) is this wp fair? the substitute vowels are unspecified but the pool of possibilities feels reasonably small to begin with |
dohz | 0 |
| 8771 | OWL (3) | Night flier sent back plywood regularly (3) | _O_W_L_< | dohz | 0 |
| 8818 | NOTA BENE (4, 4) | Acknowledge contents of can o' TaB Energy (4, 4) | _N O TAB ENE_ | dohz | 0 |
| 8878 | LINTEL (6) | In a cryptic, tell support (6) | “l in tel” reverse cryptic | dohz | 0 |
| 8895 | SPRAY (5) | Special Beam Cannon (5) | SP+RAY tenuous def i know; “spray” can refer to the device doing the spraying, and water cannons are a thing, so, uh, *cough* |
dohz | 0 |
| 9251 | SPIRIT LEVEL (6, 5) | Tool to tell tilt of Big Boo’s haunt, say? (6, 5) | ddef big boo’s haunt is a ghost-themed course (“spirit level”) from super mario 64 |
dohz | 0 |
| 9283 | MCDONALD'S (9) | Gutted fish eaten by Mona Lisa, oddly gulping down fast food (9) | M(C(-o)D)ONA+L_(D)S_ | dohz | 0 |
| 9354 | TURIN (5) | Reportedly visitin’ Italian city (5) | “tourin’” homophone | dohz | 0 |
| 9427 | BREACH (6) | Run into bank opening (6) | B(R)EACH | dohz | 0 |
| 9538 | ANY URL (?) | www.lamia.com/odds (4) | L_M_A_O_ www = def, as in the japanese text expression of laughter |
dohz | 0 |
| 9941 | CORN (4) | ||One hundred horny, naked country girls make do with it|| (4) | C+(-h)ORN(-y) level this is all your fault |
dohz | 0 |
| 10093 | CHEESE GRATER (6, 6) | He gets career changed to shredder (6, 6) | (CHEESE GRATER)* | dohz | 0 |
| 10109 | PATE (4) | Quietly consumed edible spread (4) | P+ATE | dohz | 0 |
| 10216 | GAP (3) | Unevenly grasps opening (3) | G_A_P_ | dohz | 0 |
| 10292 | NEW ORDER (3, 5) | In a cryptic, Red or Blue Monday producer (3, 5) | In a cryptic, Red or = “NEW ORDER” reverse cryptic Blue Monday producer = def, referring to the band |
dohz | 0 |
| 10481 | YAMMER (6) | #MerMay circulating on Twitter (6) | YAMMER* idk abt the def tbh |
dohz | 0 |
| 10553 | HINGE (5) | Complains endlessly into dating app (5) | (-w)HINGE(-s) | dohz | 0 |
| 10556 | MULE (4) | Good luck charm: shed skin resembling work animal (4) | (-a)MULE(-t) | dohz | 0 |
| 10557 | MULE (4) | Slipper: one who slips drugs? (4) | ddef | dohz | 0 |
| 10560 | SUIT UP (4, 2) | Stupid Trump unevenly put clothes on (4, 2) | S_U_I_T_U_P | dohz | 0 |
| 10581 | NORI (4) | Sushi wrapper consumed by minority (4) | _NORI_ | dohz | 0 |
| 10638 | SHADOW (6) | Obscure commercial interrupted presentation (6) | SH(AD)OW | dohz | 0 |
| 10657 | TIDINGS (7) | Magpie flocks three times a day in uncentered groups (7) | TID+IN+G(-roup)S Magpie flocks = def, according to google three times a day = TID, as in “ter in die” from prescriptions |
dohz | 0 |
| 10783 | TELETUBBIES (11) | —copied and adapted characters from *It*? *Blue’s Clues* children’s TV show— (11) | hey what the hell who rotated my clue copied and adapted characters from = letter bank indicator It? Blue’s = letter bank fodder Clues = connector (as a verb, i.e. “[this wordplay] clues [this answer]” (is this anything)) children’s TV show = def |
dohz | 0 |
| 10809 | APOSTATE (8) | Turn coat top at sea, at sea (8) | APOSTATE* def = Turn coat (noun, alt form of turncoat) |
dohz | 0 |
| 10817 | KLUDGE (6) | King left beheaded! Move for a quick-and-dirty solution (6) | K+L+(-b)UDGE beheaded! Move = (-b)UDGE |
dohz | 0 |
| 10829 | THE LAST OF US (3, 4, 2, 2) | Tragic story… *Those Faults*…? Misremembered… (3, 4, 2, 2) | (THE LAST OF US)* surface in ref to the fault in our stars |
dohz | 0 |
| 10830 | KISMET (6) | Loki’s method to seal fate (6) | _KIS MET_ | dohz | 0 |
| 10898 | MIGHT (5) | Regularly amping that power (5) | _M_I_G_H_T | dohz | 0 |
| 10909 | BALAKIREV (9) | Composer and bishop, in accordance with king, met with anger and violence at first (9) | B+ALA+K+IRE+V_ | dohz | 0 |
| 10934 | LAST MOMENT (4, 6) | Mom’s talent is changing in the nick of time (4, 6) | (LAST MOMENT)* the nick of time = def |
dohz | 0 |
| 10956 | DIRT (4) | Petri dish holds back soil (4) | (_D IRT_)< | dohz | 0 |
| 10957 | DIRT (4) | I’d recall and share gossip (4) | DI<+RT I’d recall = DI< share = RT gossip = def |
dohz | 0 |
| 10958 | DIRT (4) | Troubled, tired, losing energy, becoming dust (4) | DIRT(-e)* Troubled = anagram indicator losing energy = (-e) becoming = connector dust = def |
dohz | 0 |
| 10961 | BAT PHONE (3, 5) | Bishop to make amends, welcoming parish outsiders to a line to a higher power (3, 5) | B+AT(P_H)ONE Bishop = B to make amends = ATONE welcoming = containment indicator parish outsiders = P_H to = connector a line to a higher power = def |
dohz | 0 |
| 10965 | HISAISHI (8) | That man’s robots welcome Japanese composer (8) | HIS+AIS+HI | dohz | 0 |
| 11281 | DZONG (5) | Fortress of Chairman Mao loses energy, then swaps leaders (5) | Fortress = def of = connector Chairman Mao = ZEDONG loses energy = -e then swaps leaders = zd->DZ (z(-e)d->DZ)ONG |
dohz | 0 |
| 11282 | ENGINEER (8) | Architect uncovered façade storing liquor (8) | (-v)EN(GIN)EER Architect = def uncovered = first letter deletion indicator façade = VENEER storing = containment indicator liquor = GIN |
dohz | 0 |
| 11283 | SUMMON (6) | Request kind of game to be launched into sun (6) | SU(MMO)N “to be launched into” is a wordy insertion indicator aye |
dohz | 0 |
| 11330 | GAY (3) | Building a yurt to house homosexual (3) | _G A Y_ this was obligatory |
dohz | 0 |
| 11356 | COPY (4) | Hypocrite carries back forgery (4) | _COPY_< | dohz | 0 |
| 11373 | TRAIN (5) | Work out essence of Ultra Instinct (5) | _TRA IN_ | dohz | 0 |
| 11389 | PUNT (4) | Joke time! [kick] (4) | PUN+T | dohz | 0 |
| 11445 | KEPI (4) | Military hat found in snake pit (4) | _KE PI_ | dohz | 0 |
| 11596 | COMPARISON (10) | Endlessly come & go with one child for test of similarity (10) | COM(-e)+PAR(-t)+I+SON Endlessly = last letter deletion indicator go = PART with = juxtaposition indicator one = I child = SON for = connector test of similarity = def |
dohz | 0 |
| 11652 | BANNER (6) | Flag to a moderator, perhaps? (6) | ddef Flag = def to = connector a moderator, perhaps? = def, as in someone who can ban content/users, i.e. a banner |
dohz | 0 |
| 11687 | GUDGEON (7) | You died during good game? Time to cheat! (7) | G(U+D)G+EON You = U died = D during = insertion indicator good game = GG Time = EON to = connector cheat = def not an &lit |
dohz | 0 |
| 11704 | GRUE (4) | Monster! Rouge scrambled, dropping ring (4) | GRUE(-o)* this is sonic the hedgehog-themed i guess |
dohz | 0 |
| 11719 | PARSE (5) | Vet hiding among sharp arsenal (5) | _P ARSE_ def = Vet (verb) |
dohz | 0 |
| 12008 | NYE (3) | ANY INITIALLY LACKING CLUE ULTIMATELY RESULTING IN END TIME (?) (3) | (-a)NY+_E ANY INITIALLY LACKING = (-a)NY CLUE ULTIMATELY = _E RESULTING IN = connector END TIME (?) = def |
dohz | 0 |
| 12450 | PEACH (5) | “Princess and Pea” chapter (5) | PEA+CH | dohz | 0 |
| 12451 | PEACH (5) | Reported comeback of inexpensive fruit (5) | “cheap” reverse homophone | dohz | 0 |
| 12452 | PEACH (5) | Extract from grape, a cherished fruit (5) | _PE A CH_ | dohz | 0 |
| 12453 | PEACH (5) | Peace cut short by hot-head princess (5) | PEAC(-e)+H_ | dohz | 0 |
| 12593 | LEGO (4) | In the latter half, Nihilego is something you don’t wanna step on (4) | _LEGO | dohz | 0 |
| 12594 | LEGO (4) | Golem uses Explosion after losing footing to something you don’t wanna step on (4) | LEGO(-m)* surely “uses Explosion” can be an anagrind |
dohz | 0 |
| 12661 | FORGE (5) | Loudly cored orange produce (5) | F+OR(-an)GE | dohz | 0 |
| 12662 | FRESH (5) | Renewed stuff, reshaped stuffing (5) | _F RESH_ | dohz | 0 |
| 12664 | FANCY (5) | Elaborate Findings Chief Detective Drew, Scratching Head (5) | F_+(-n)ANCY | dohz | 0 |
| 12666 | FANCY (5) | Dismissing popular, early childhood dream (5) | (-in)FANCY | dohz | 0 |
| 12667 | FRESH (5) | Green farmers regularly start to harvest (5) | F_R_E_S+H_ | dohz | 0 |
| 12709 | JOY | Pokémon nurse turned down “Mr. B” 3 times (3) | “Mr. B” rot(-3) brock you gotta cool it |
dohz | 0 |
| 12862 | GASH (4) | Mega Sharpedo internalized Cut? (4) | _GA SH_ | dohz | 0 |
| 12886 | ANY OCEAN (?) | Bottom-tier, to be honest (5) | F+RANK https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Ocean |
dohz | 0 |
| 12889 | FRIGID (6) | Principally freezing/stiff! (6) | F_+RIGID “frigid” and “rigid” aren’t etymologically related i think? free real estate |
dohz | 0 |