Contests started: SILHOUETTE (10), FAHRENHEIT (10), ZARF (4), ANNIVERSARY (11), PLETHORA (8), PENMANSHIP (10), ANIMOSITY (9), ADJACENT (8), UNIVERSE (8)
Contests won: SUDOKU (6), VOCIFERATES (11), LADY LUCK (4, 4), LIT (3), BOBBINS (7), DAM (3), CENTAUR (7), PADDYWHACK (10), TIME IMMEMORIAL (4, 10), BETTER (6), STRONGEST (9), DECENT (6), CRACKLE (7), APERTURE (8), ELECTRODE (9), APLOMB (6), ORANGE (6), MASTERMIND (10), SCARLET (7)
| Clue ID | Contest | Clue | Explanation (hover) | Submitted By | Likes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8451 | SCARLET (7) | Skin mark allowed to become kind of red (7) | Skin mark = SCAR allowed = LET to become = connector kind of red = def |
majickace | 6 |
| 5636 | SUDOKU (6) | Press up, down, enter, up after the end of this logic game (6) | _S+(U+D+OK+U) | majickace | 5 |
| 5818 | VOCIFERATES (11) | Shouts "Fires!" to evac chaotically (11) | Shouts = def disorderly = anagram indicator firestoevac = VOCIFERATES* |
majickace | 5 |
| 6095 | LIT (3) | Today I learned about a cryptic clue where the entire clue is both the definition and the wordplay (3) | Today I learned = TIL about = reversal indicator a cryptic clue where the entire clue is both the definition and the wordplay = def LIT< |
majickace | 5 |
| 5847 | LADY LUCK (4, 4) | The kid blessed, from toe to head, by the goddess of fortune (4,4) | The kid = LAD blessed = LUCKY from toe to head = LUCK_Y => Y_LUCK the goddess of fortune = def |
majickace | 3 |
| 5863 | OOO (3) | Vacation a bit too often (3) | def = vacation a bit = hidden word indicator too often = tOO Often |
majickace | 3 |
| 5887 | ERA (3) | Period reshaping boundless years (3) | period = def reshaping = anagram indicator boundless years = _ear_ => ERA* |
majickace | 3 |
| 5910 | MONUMENT (8) | Major tournament artlessly resculpted a statue (8) | major = M (in music) tournament artlessly = TOURNAMENT - ART resculpted = anagram indicator M+(ONUMENT-(art))* a statue = def |
majickace | 3 |
| 6128 | BOBBINS (7) | Endlessly fishing for apples with short reel (7) | endlessly = remove last letter fishing for apples = BOBBING short = S reel = def BOBBIN(-g) + S |
majickace | 3 |
| 6268 | PADDYWHACK (10) | Cracking a password with leads from a dastardly devilish youth to gain unauthorized access to a system will result in a spanking (10) | cracking = containment indicator password = PW leads from = first letters a dastardly devilish youth = ADDY to gain unauthorized access to a system = HACK will result in = connector a spanking = def P(A_+D_+D_+Y_)W + HACK |
majickace | 3 |
| 6548 | BETTER (6) | Singer Midler gets an Oscar finally?! (6) | singer midler = BETTE get an = append indicator oscar finally = oscaR &lit ... kinda maybe ("better" as in "surpass a previous level of achievement") |
majickace | 3 |
| 6582 | STRONGEST (9) | Having the most alcohol, regularly Seth Rogen is seen drunk on the street (9) | having the most alcohol = def regularly seth = every other letter S_T_ rogen is seen drunk = anagram RONGE* street = ST S_T_+RONGE*+ST |
majickace | 3 |
| 6737 | APERTURE (8) | Perforation found in cheaper tureens (8) | perforation = def found in = hidden word indicator cheaper tureens = _APER TURE_ |
majickace | 3 |
| 6976 | MYANMAR (7) | Nowadays, Burma is a central destination between early/late May and March (7) | nowadays Burma = def a = A central destination = _N_ between = container early/late May = M_Y March = MAR M_Y+A+_N_+MAR |
majickace | 3 |
| 8452 | SCARLET (7) | Evil uncle empowered a marvelous witch? (7) | Evil uncle = SCAR (from Lion King) empowered = LET a marvelous witch? = def (Marvel's Scarlet witch) |
majickace | 3 |
| 8504 | BUFFALO (7) | The Hulk, during his off days, paints head blue to intimidate others (7) | The Hulk, during his off days = the hulk is played by actor mark RUFFALO paints head = replace first letter blue = B to intimidate others = def (r>B)UFFALO |
majickace | 3 |
| 8591 | ONE (3), THEN TWO (3), THEN THREE (5), THEN FOUR (4), ETC. | A crowd of employee-operations personnel filled the start of the golf course (5) | A crowd = def (as in "three is a crowd") of = connector employee-operations personnel = HR filled = contained within the start of the golf course = TEE T(HR)EE |
majickace | 3 |
| 5774 | MISLED (6) | Lied to Michigan state and local government and education (6) | Michigan = MI State and Local Government and Education = SLED |
majickace | 2 |
| 5814 | WILDCARD (8) | Random protection surrounding vacant land in endless ice (8) | Random = def Protection = WARD Vacant land = L(-an)D Endless ice = IC(-e) "vacant land in endless ice" = I_LD_C "protection surrounding..." = W_ILDC_ARD |
majickace | 2 |
| 5885 | FLYSWATTER (10) | The head and ends of a decorative lily placed above water with threonine added, is an insect killer (10) | a decorative lily = fleur-de-lys head and ends = F_ + _LYS placed above = concatenation indicator water with threonine added = WAT(T)ER an insect killer = def |
majickace | 2 |
| 5917 | DOZE (4) | Heard female deer sleep (4) | heard = homophone indicator female deer (plural) = DOES "doze" sleep = def |
majickace | 2 |
| 5937 | PRIX FIXE (4, 4) | Public relations goes from nine to five (only taking 5 to 10 for a set meal) (4,4) | public relations = PR goes from nine to five = IXFIVE only taking 5 = (-v) to 10 = +X a set meal = def PR+IX+FI(-v)(+X)E |
majickace | 2 |
| 5967 | VACCINE (7) | Serum that prevents disease, about 1cc, is introduced into the blood vessel, orally (7) | serum that prevents disease = def about = reversal indicator 1cc = ICC is introduced into = container indicator blood vessel, orally = VANE ("vein") VA(CCI<)NE |
majickace | 2 |
| 6023 | 867-5309 (3-4) | Calls from Northern Canada and western Illinois requires inserting a nickel to reach Jenny's number (3-4) | Northern Canada = 867 (area code) western Illinois = 309 (area code) insert a nickel = add 5 Jenny's number = def 867 (+5) 309 |
majickace | 2 |
| 6291 | TIME IMMEMORIAL (4, 10) | Anarchic Miami metro mile has long since been forgotten (4, 10) | anarchic = anagram indicator miami metro mile = TIME IMMEMORIAL* long since been forgotten = def |
majickace | 2 |
| 6545 | ASTONISH (8) | Surprise! Maybe Martin is home (8) | surprise = def maybe martin = ASTON (as in Aston Martin) is = IS home = H ASTON+IS+H |
majickace | 2 |
| 6584 | DECENT (6) | A dive without scuba headgear is tolerable (6) | dive = DESCENT without = remove scuba headgear = S tolerable = def DE(-s)CENT |
majickace | 2 |
| 7016 | APLOMB (6) | Clumsy mob pal displays self-confidence (6) | clumsy = anagrind mob pal = APLOMB* self-confidence = def |
majickace | 2 |
| 7169 | BLINKER FLUID (7,5) | UK friend Bill played a prank (7, 5) | uk friend bill = BLINKERFLUID* played = anagrind a prank = def |
majickace | 2 |
| 7409 | ORANGE (6) | Concluding second … hit the buzzer … and ultimately score for the Syracuse University team (6) | concluding second = _O_____ hit the buzzer = RANG ultimately score = _E the Syracuse University team = def ("Syracuse Orange") _O__+RANG+_E |
majickace | 2 |
| 8373 | RUM (3) | Marching two by two backwards seems bizarre (3) | marching = shifting ("advancing in a regular/uniform manner") two = TWO by two backwards = TWO (rot -2) = RUM bizarre = def |
majickace | 2 |
| 8403 | RAGTIME (7) | Great rhythm leading to a good time! (7) | Great = GREAT rhythm = (pattern) Great rhythm = _R_A_ leading to a = (in front of a) good = G time = TIME &lit _R_A_ + G + TIME |
majickace | 2 |
| 8527 | REVEAL (6) | Celebration with an answer! (6) | Celebration = REVEL with = containing answer = A REVE(A)L &lit as in "name reveal party" lets family and friends guess and find out the baby's name |
majickace | 2 |
| 8533 | FEBRUARY (8) | Headless zebra was strewn in violent anger for a month (8) | Headless zebra = (-z)EBRA was strewn in = interspersed (letters are in order but mixed in) violet anger = FURY for a month = def (-z)F(EBR)U(A)RY |
majickace | 2 |
| 8575 | PITY (4) | Flatbread without a crispy bottom? For shame! (4) | Flatbread = PITA without a = (-a) crispy bottom = Y for = connector shame = def |
majickace | 2 |
| 8614 | SCREE (5) | Fragments of debris creep! (5) | Fragments of = hidden word indicator debris creep = _S CREE_ &lit debris = "loose natural material consisting especially of broken pieces of rock." creep = "the imperceptibly slow, steady, downward movement of slope-forming soil or rock." scree = "a collection of broken rock fragments at the base of a cliff" |
majickace | 2 |
| 10152 | ANY RENAISSANCE ARTIST (?) | Endless draught beer poured over spirit of a renaissance artist (12) | endless draught beer = MICHELO(-b) poured over = surrounds spirit = ANGEL of = connector a renaissance artist = def MICHEL(ANGEL)O(-b) |
majickace | 2 |
| 5638 | PASSE-PARTOUT (5-7) | I collapsed, learning that Dora was being replaced with part of Quebec's alternative to Sesame Street (5-7) | PASSE(-d+PART)OUT | majickace | 1 |
| 5678 | NOPE (4) | The original poster with neon borders was not approved (4) | OP=original poster NE=neon borders > N(OP)E |
majickace | 1 |
| 5693 | SPIRAL GALAXY (6, 6) | Majority of Spirit airplanes from New York to Los Angeles yanked into the twisting nebula (6, 6) | Majority of Spirit = SPIR Airplanes = A New York = LGA Los Angeles = LAX Yanked = Y |
majickace | 1 |
| 5782 | GOOSE EGG (5, 3) | Eyes see three grand laying around, but scoring nothing (5,3) | eyes = OO see = SEE three grand = GGG laying around = container indicator? |
majickace | 1 |
| 5783 | ELBOW (5) | Essentially, mathematician Nathaniel Bowditch drew a curve (5) | essentially = hidden word indicator nathani(EL BOW)ditch def = curve |
majickace | 1 |
| 5831 | DOLLOP (6) | The avatar embodying laughings one's head off and laughing one's ass off is a shapeless blob (6) | shapeless blob = def avatar = display picture (DP) laughing = lol (head off) => _OL laughing = lol (ass off) => LO_ embodying = containment indicator D+_OL+LO_+P |
majickace | 1 |
| 5846 | REGULAR (7) | Typical example, unlawful contents removed in a compressed file | typical = def example = EG unlawful contents removed = U_L in = container indicator a compressed file = RAR R_+EG+U_L+_AR |
majickace | 1 |
| 5886 | BIDEN (5) | Secretly, the alibi denounces the President (5) | hidden word = aliBI DENounces the President = def |
majickace | 1 |
| 5901 | CANCUN (6) | Mexican city regularly snuck in gold found in China (6) | Mexican city = def regularly snuck = _N_C_ in = container indicator gold = AU found in = container indicator China = CN C_+(A_+(NC)+_U)+_N |
majickace | 1 |
| 5903 | ACCIACCATURA (12) | Small note: a supportive summoning spell that is unfinished will bring forth a two-headed cat with boundless aura (12) | small note = def a = A supportive = indicator for placing after summoning spell that is unfinished = ACCI(-o) will bring forth = indicator for placing before a two-headed cat = A+(+C)CAT with = indicator for placing before boundless aura = (-a)UR(-a) ACCI(-o) + A+(+C)CAT + (-a)URA(-a) + A |
majickace | 1 |
| 5918 | DEFENESTRATE (12) | Show with Hungarian illness demon replacing short monster is something I'd throw out the window (12) | show = DEMONSTRATE Hungarian illness demon = FENE replacing = swap indicator short monster = MON (Pokemon = Pocket Monster) def = throw out the window |
majickace | 1 |
| 5964 | GRAVITAS (8) | The seriousness of marijuana backfiring is presented by central members of Congress (8) | the seriousness = def marijuana = SATIVA backfiring = reversal indicator is presented by = placed after indicator central members of congress = con(GR)ess _GR_ + (AVITAS<) |
majickace | 1 |
| 6019 | NEXT-LEVEL (4-5) | After the current stage, the wireless communication company possesses low expected value (4-5) | after the current stage = def wireless communication company = NEXTEL possesses = container indicator low = L expected value = EV |
majickace | 1 |
| 6125 | DAM (3) | Shaving the top bit off of a cheese coated in a red wax barrier (3) | shaving the top bit off = remove first letter a cheese coated in a red wax = EDAM barrier = def (-e)DAM |
majickace | 1 |
| 6129 | CENTAUR (7) | Mythical beast shrouded in magnificent aura (7) | mythical beast = def shrouded in = hidden word indicator magnifi(CENT AUR)a |
majickace | 1 |
| 6216 | JETTISON (8) | Throw away rock ’n roll lover Joan’s first short song (8) | throw away = def rock ’n roll lover Joan = JETT first = I short song = SON(-g) |
majickace | 1 |
| 6249 | BANK (4) | Broke head, and most of ankle, where the track began to slant | broke head = B most of ankle = ANK where the track began to slant = def B(-ank)+ANK(-le) |
majickace | 1 |
| 6261 | DEMISEMIHEMIDEMISEMIQUAVER (26) | Six Flags note that the two deaths surrounding MiMi includes a man in the middle of it all, with a shaky voice after a heart attack (26) | six flags note = def the two deaths = DEMISE x 2 surrounding MiMi = DEMISE(MIMI)DEMISE a man = HE includes ... in the middle of it all = contain in the middle indicator a shaky voice = QUAVER after = positioning indicator a heart attack = MI (myocardial infarction) DEMISE(MI(HE)MI)DEMISE + MI + QUAVER |
majickace | 1 |
| 6294 | CARNAPTIOUS (11) | Nurse, drowned in unending car and apartment debts, becomes easily aggravated (11) | nurse = RN drowned in = containment indicator unending car = CA_ apartment = APT debts = IOU+S (plural) becomes = connector easily aggravated = def CA_(RN)APT+IOUS |
majickace | 1 |
| 6295 | GNEISS (6) | The metamorphic rock’s origin is changed by the current shifting upstream and washing away the topmost earth (6) | the metamorphic rock = def origin = GENESIS is changed by = alter by current = I (electric current) shifting upstream = move letter towards the front washing away = remove the topmost = the first earth = E G(-e)NEISS |
majickace | 1 |
| 6329 | ELLIPSIS (8) | Train is encircling the boundaries to get an indication that a message will come through (8) | train = EL is = IS encircling = surrounding indicator boundaries = LIPS (as in edge/"lips of a cup") an indication that a message will come through = def (when someone is typing in chat, "..." is often used as an indicator) EL+LIPS+IS |
majickace | 1 |
| 6331 | XEROX (5) | Repeat zeros at the beginning and end are crossed out (5) | repeat = def crossed out = replace with X (z->X)ERO(s->X) |
majickace | 1 |
| 6332 | LIVERPOOL (9) | Survive, or at the end, group together to form an English city (9) | survive = LIVE "or" at the end = _R group together = POOL an English city = def LIVE+_R+POOL |
majickace | 1 |
| 6496 | TENSE (5) | Often senators are inconspicuously on edge (5) | _(TEN SE)_ inconspicuously = hidden word indicator on edge = def |
majickace | 1 |
| 6740 | CRACKLE (7) | Uproarious laughter interrupted by a rapid sharp snapping noise (7) | uproarious laughter = CACKLE interrupted by = container indicator rapid = R (as in RDT : Rapid Diagnostic Test) sharp snapping noise = def C(R_)ACKLE |
majickace | 1 |
| 6756 | STAR WARS (4 4) | Celebrity was given lead role to become a major franchise in entertainment history (4 4) | Celebrity = STAR was = WAS given lead role = R_ to become = connector a major franchise in entertainment history = def STAR+WA(R_)S |
majickace | 1 |
| 6828 | WUSS (4) | Endow USS Constitution with a wimp (4) | endow uss = _W USS_ constitution = as in "the composition of" something >> hidden word a wimp = def |
majickace | 1 |
| 6841 | ELECTRODE (9) | The conductor travelled on the caboose of the train around Epcot, oddly (9) | the conductor = def travelled on = RODE the caboose of = place at the end train = EL around = containment epcot oddly = E_C_T EL+(E_C_T)+RODE |
majickace | 1 |
| 6866 | DIVERS (6) | Several sections used by a doc, including an urgent care area (6) | several = def sections used by a doc = DIVS (i.e. sections in a HTML document) including = containment urgent care area = ER DIV(ER)S |
majickace | 1 |
| 6925 | CHOUSE (6) | The trick is to remove the last couple bits of pastry dough, and then add half the leftovers (6) | The trick = def remove the last couple bits = remove last 2 letters pastry dough = CHOUX leftovers = REFUSE CHO(-ux)+(-ref)USE |
majickace | 1 |
| 7006 | ANY CHARACTER FROM NORSE MYTHOLOGY (?) | French photo sharing app covers the debut of Greek goddess | French = FR photo sharing app = IG (instagram) covers = juxtapose the debut of Greek = G_ goddess = def FR+IG+G_ |
majickace | 1 |
| 7030 | TIC-TAC-TOE (3-3-3) | Breath mint and terms of endearment — precursors leading to three strikes in a row? (3) | Breath mint = TICTAC terms of endearment — precursors = T_+O_+E_ leading to = connector three strikes in a row? = def (X - X - X) TICTAC+T_+O_+E_ |
majickace | 1 |
| 7167 | TRIAL (5) | Hearing is of little importance after removing the source of vision impairment (5) | hearing [noun - "going to a court hearing"] = TRIVIAL after removing (-v_)(-i_) TRI(-v)(-i)AL |
majickace | 1 |
| 7214 | NO CONTEST (2, 7) | Plea for a draw, perhaps (2,7) | plea = def (nolo contendere) a draw, perhaps = def (i.e. whe a match is "no contest", participants neither get a W or a L) (ddef) |
majickace | 1 |
| 8374 | SCRAP (5) | Spin the wheel on a gambling game where players are given dice to throw out (5) | spin the wheel = rotate in a circular manner a gambling game where players are given dice = CRAPS => move S from back to front (+S)CRAP(-s) to throw out = def |
majickace | 1 |
| 8386 | THIRTY (6) | Parched, without a tiny bit of sustenance, for three decades (6) | Parched = THIRSTY without a tiny bit of sustenance = (-s_) for = connector THIR(-s_)TY = three decades |
majickace | 1 |
| 8388 | THIRTY (6) | The first dirty birthday that's not bad! (6) | The first = T_ dirty = anagram indicator birthday that's not bad = (-b)IRTH(-ad)Y T_ + HIRTY*(-bad) "dirty thirty" |
majickace | 1 |
| 8405 | MASTERMIND (10) | Doctor hides a sin, burying a phrase close to heart that reveals the brains behind the operation (10) | Doctor = MD hides = container indicator a sin = A SIN burying ... close to heart = container in the middle a phrase = TERM that reveals = connector the brains behind the operation = def M(AS(TERM)IN)D |
majickace | 1 |
| 8526 | LOVERS (6) | Buffalo versus shrouded hounds (6) | _LO VERS_ shrouded = hidden word hounds = def (as in enthusiasts "coffee-hound" <> "coffee-lover") |
majickace | 1 |
| 5651 | AAA (3) | Pair of bullets lacking a prime rating (3) | AA+AA-A=AAA Bullets: AA Bond credit rating describes AAA as "prime". |
majickace | 0 |
| 5780 | ELBOW (5) | Force bowel movement (5) | ELBOW = (BOWEL)* | majickace | 0 |
| 5950 | NONSENSE (8) | Senator interrupting with pieces of non sequitur (8) | senator = SEN interrupting = containment indicator with pieces of = hidden indicator non sequitur = "a statement (such as a response) that does not follow logically from or is not clearly related to anything previously said" def = &lit NON(SEN)SE_ |
majickace | 0 |
| 6287 | PRODUCE (7) | Construct for two, reducing echo on the inside (7) | construct = def for = PRO two = DEUCE reducing echo on the inside = remove inner E PRO + D(-e)UCE |
majickace | 0 |
| 6289 | BLOTTO (6) | Drunk bus driver from Springfield rear-ends the principal character Bart loathes (6) | drunk = def bus driver from Springfield = OTTO rear-ends = indicator to put behind the principal character = first letters Bart loathes = B_ + L_ |
majickace | 0 |
| 6290 | GOODBYE (7) | Superior pass — so long! (7) | superior = GOOD pass = BYE (as in getting a BYE in a tournament) so long = def |
majickace | 0 |
| 6541 | DEWCLAW (7) | Rear paw appendage that is removed to make harmless (7) | rear paw = W to make harmless = DECLAW &lit = DE(-W)CLAW ("appendage" a part that is joined to something larger, so using here to mean "letter" that is part of the word...) |
majickace | 0 |
| 6583 | SNUCK (5) | Tiptoed around a university, without the essential quick bite (5) | tiptoed = def around = place letters before and after university = U without the essential quick bite = remove the middle of SN(-a)CK SN(U)CK |
majickace | 0 |
| 6600 | RACHMANINOFF (12) | Black Widow receives an electronic payment for the Soul Stone and barricades in a Russian composer (12) | Black Widow = (Nastasha) ROMANOFF receives an electronic payment for the soul stone = replace st(O)ne with ACH barricades in = container for IN a Russian composer = def R((st(O)ne)->ACH)MAN(IN)OFF |
majickace | 0 |
| 6631 | WEED (4) | A component of Zimbabwe education is to remove unwanted plants from soil (4) | a component of = hidden word indicator zimbabwe education = zimbabWE EDucation to remove unwanted plants from soil = def _WE ED_ |
majickace | 0 |
| 6741 | BAGS (4) | Grabs loose folds of skin, perhaps (4) | grabs = def loose folds of skin, perhaps = def (as in "bags under the eyes") ddef |
majickace | 0 |
| 6815 | PECCADILLO (10) | Oil cartel leader moves to the back of the air conditioner-less luxury car for a bit of indiscretion (10) | oil carter = OPEC leader moves to the back of = PEC ___ O air conditioner-less luxury car = CADILL(-ac) a bit of indiscretion = def 😉 PEC(CADILL(-ac))O |
majickace | 0 |
| 6839 | ELECTRODE (9) | Choose to run around Old Tokyo to find a Pokémon (9) | choose = ELECT run = R around = reversal Old Tokyo = EDO a pokemon = definition ELECT+R+(ODE<) |
majickace | 0 |
| 6968 | ANY GREEK LETTER (?) | Landform by the river brings about change (5) | Landform by the river = DELTA (as in river delta) change = DELTA (ddef) |
majickace | 0 |
| 7010 | ZOMBIES (7) | Facial-feature rich blue creatures, on a quest to find a new home, exorcise parts of Japanese demon to capture evil leader of the undead (7) | Facial-feature rich blue creatures on a quest to find a new home = ZOOMBINIS exorcise parts of Japanese demon = remove O,N,I (is it confusing whether to remove once or every occurrence? order doesn't matter) to capture = contain evil leader = E_ of = connector the undead = def ZO(-o)MBI(-n)(-i)(E_)S |
majickace | 0 |
| 7166 | DIM SUM (3 3) | Returned mid summer, leaving behind French sea, for delicious Chinese food (3 3) | returned mid = DIM< summer leaving behind French sea = SUM(-mer) delicious Chinese food = def DIM<+SUM(-mer) |
majickace | 0 |
| 8404 | NOSH (4) | Wild rhinos leave Rhode Island to snack (4) | wild = anagram indicator rhinos leave Rhode Island = HNOS(-ri) to snack = def NOSH(-ri)* |
majickace | 0 |
| 10151 | COCONUT (7) | Pixar movie fanatic delivers a fruit (7) | Pixar movie = COCO fanatic = NUT delivers = connector a fruit = def COCO+NUT |
majickace | 0 |