Contests started: QUINQUAGENARIAN (15), BOBBINS (7), ERIC FOX (4, 3), ANY CLUE WHERE EVERY WORD CONTAINS THE LETTER Q (?), ARMADILLO (9), ANY CLUE WHERE EVERY WORD CONTAINS THE LETTER X (?), QAQQAQ (6), ANY CLUE WHERE EVERY WORD IS THE SAME LENGTH (?), TARDIGRADE (10), ARMADILLIDIIDAE (15), TRPCIC (6), ANY CLUE WHOSE ANSWER IS THE NUMBER OF LETTERS IT CONTAINS (?), KACHINA (7), ANY CLUE WITH TWO DIFFERENT ANSWERS DEPENDING ON WHETHER IT’S INTERPRETED IN BRITISH ENGLISH OR AMERICAN ENGLISH (?), CONVEX (6), CONCAVE (7), OXEYE (5) OR OXEYE DAISY (5, 5), ANY CLUE WITH AN "OBVIOUS" ANSWER THAT'S ONLY RULED OUT BY THE ENUMERATION (?), JOVIAL (6), AIR (3), WIGWAM (6), OK (2), PLATELETPHERESIS (16), MEGAGON (7), INBOX (5), OXBLOOD (7), DEMENTIA (8), OCTOBER
Contests won: ANY CLUE THAT IS ALSO A PARADOX (?), AQUARIUM (8), ONSEN (5), CONTACT (7), CORN (4), EARTH (5), AIR (3), BROMIDE (7)
| Clue ID | Contest | Clue | Explanation (hover) | Submitted By | Likes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9855 | TARGET (6) | Goal of changing larger edges to tight edges? (6) | def: "Goal" wordplay: Replace the edges of "larger" with those of "tight" -> "target" |
EricFox53 | 4 |
| 9869 | DETOUR (6) | Routed, rerouted! (6) | &lit When you change your route, you're taking a detour Also an anagram of "routed" |
EricFox53 | 4 |
| 10126 | BROMIDE (7) | I’m bored stirring a chemical compound (7) | def: a chemical compound IMBORED* = BROMIDE |
EricFox53 | 4 |
| 9718 | ANY CLUE THAT IS ALSO A PARADOX (?) | Endless era ends with decay (6) | "endless era" -> ER "ends with" = comes after "with" -> WITHER def: "decay" |
EricFox53 | 3 |
| 9852 | AQUARIUM (8) | Tank a question you answer right - I underlined 1000 (8) | def: Tank A = A Q = Question U = You A = Answer R = Right I = I U = Underlined M = 1000 |
EricFox53 | 3 |
| 9854 | CRISIS (6) | Current risk starts before terrorists! (6) | &lit def paraphrased: Danger at the presence of terrorists wordplay: CR (current risk "starts") placed before ISIS (infamous terrorist group) |
EricFox53 | 3 |
| 9904 | ONSEN (5) | A puzzle hidden in nonsense (5) | def: A puzzle nONSENse (hidden) |
EricFox53 | 2 |
| 9955 | CORN (4) | Cob of really nourishing origins! (4) | &lit C_ O_ R_ N_ (origins = first letters) |
EricFox53 | 2 |
| 6122 | ANY CLUE THAT DOESN'T USE THE LETTER E (?) | Fifth glyph that isn't in this hint! (1) | ddef fifth glyph = that isn't in this hint = E |
EricFox53 | 1 |
| 7919 | HEAT (4) | Hurricanes consume warmth (4) | H + eat = Heat | EricFox53 | 1 |
| 7920 | ANY CLUE THAT HAS NO LETTERS IN COMMON WITH ITS ANSWER (?) | Cuddle cutlery (5) | ddef | EricFox53 | 1 |
| 8238 | SIX (3) | Number nine after five (3) | def: "Number" wordplay: "nine" -> IX, placed after "five" (5) -> S |
EricFox53 | 1 |
| 9003 | ANY CLUE THAT USES A MATHEMATICAL SEQUENCE OTHER THAN EVENS/ODDS TO INDEX (?) | Carefully selected triangular exterior (5) | Triangular indices: (C)a(r)ef(u)lly (s)elec(t)ed = CRUST Exterior = def |
EricFox53 | 1 |
| 9779 | SEVERANCE (9) | Unusual seven-acre division (9) | def: "Division" SEVEN-ACRE* |
EricFox53 | 1 |
| 9879 | ANY CLUE CONSISTING OF LETTERS FROM A SINGLE ROW OF YOUR KEYBOARD (?) | TypeError root to proper etiquette (4) | ddef: CODE | EricFox53 | 1 |
| 9930 | CONTACT (7) | Agreement of no right to touch (7) | def: Touch agreement = CONTRACT "of no right" = remove R to = connector |
EricFox53 | 1 |
| 9935 | CLUE THAT SIMULTANEOUSLY SATISFIES AS MANY PREVIOUS PROMPTS AS POSSIBLE (?) | Kill; behead; chop up (3/4) | https://cryptics.jackbrounstein.com/contest/1274-any-clue https://cryptics.jackbrounstein.com/contest/1616-any-clue-but-grammar-doesnt-matter https://cryptics.jackbrounstein.com/contest/56-ice-3 https://cryptics.jackbrounstein.com/contest/2334-any-clue-that-is-a-winning-clue-youve-stolen-off-a-past-contest-but-interpretted-to-somehow-solve-into-a-different-answer https://cryptics.jackbrounstein.com/contest/1439-any-clue-whose-answer-is-a-boardcard-game (https://tinyurl.com/43pb6axs) https://cryptics.jackbrounstein.com/contest/1439-any-clue-whose-answer-is-a-boardcard-game (https://tinyurl.com/5b6fup8r) https://cryptics.jackbrounstein.com/contest/182-any-clue-incorporating-a-song-title (Explicit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQmJGXHnlZM) https://cryptics.jackbrounstein.com/contest/2368-a-clue-that-could-get-you-charged-with-a-crime-if-spokenpublished-in-a-particular-context |
EricFox53 | 1 |
| 9952 | SNAKE (5) | ||She's naked, *hides schlong*|| (5) | she'S NAKEd def: schlong |
EricFox53 | 1 |
| 9953 | SUPPORT (7) | Help a group taking crazy pup (7) | help = definition a group = SORT taking = containment indicator crazy pup = UPP* |
EricFox53 | 1 |
| 10014 | EARTH (5) | Broken heart's world (5) | broken = anagram indicator heart = fodder 's = connector world = definition |
EricFox53 | 1 |
| 10020 | AIR (3) | It comes from hairdryers! (3) | &lit: hAIRdryers | EricFox53 | 1 |
| 10149 | COCONUT (7) | Two companies initialize natural undertaking to produce fruit (7) | 2x Company = COCO Initialize: “Natural Undertaking To” = NUT produce = connector Fruit = def = COCONUT |
EricFox53 | 1 |
| 10640 | SHADOW (6) | Follow commercial in show (6) | SH(AD)OW def = Follow |
EricFox53 | 1 |
| 6164 | THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY (3, 11, 5, 2, 3, 6) | A sci-fi comedy, taxed Yu Tea, thick highlighters? O, he messed up. (3, 11, 5, 2, 3, 6) | definition: "A sci-fi comedy" wordplay: Anagram ("messed up") of "taxed Yu Tea, thick highlighters? O, he" |
EricFox53 | 0 |
| 7252 | EEVEE (5) | Pokémon eye for New Year’s Eve (5) | EYE, replacement for “y” is EVE = EEVEE, a Pokémon | EricFox53 | 0 |
| 9878 | ANY CLUE CONSISTING OF LETTERS FROM A SINGLE ROW OF YOUR KEYBOARD (?) | Prior to it, we require property (3) | Hidden: wE REquire | EricFox53 | 0 |
| 9881 | ANY CLUE CONSISTING OF LETTERS FROM A SINGLE ROW OF YOUR KEYBOARD (?) | 01010100 01110111 01101111 00101101 01110000 01100001 01110010 01110100 00100000 01100010 01110010 01100001 01101001 01101110 01111001 00100000 01100010 01101100 01100101 01101110 01100100 (6) | In binary: "Two-part brainy blend" def: Two-part BINARY* |
EricFox53 | 0 |
| 9903 | LIONESSES (9) | No lies matter to roaring felines (9) | no lies = fodder matter = letter bank indicator to = connector roaring felines = definition |
EricFox53 | 0 |
| 10019 | FIRE (4) | Dismiss odds of FBI order (4) | def: "dismiss" "odds of FBI order" = (F)b(I) o(R)d(E)r |
EricFox53 | 0 |
| 12867 | OCTOBER | Sorry, I didn't mean to start this contest... The enter key just submits it without any warning, apparently (7) | Go ahead and delete this contest if that's possible | EricFox53 | 0 |