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Contests started: IXPOWHXQELZTBUMXDS (18), 867-5309 (3-4), ANY CLUE WHOSE SURFACE IS A STRING OF SEVEN OR MORE EMOJI (?), IRON (III) CHLORIDE (4 (3) 8), SWAN LAKE YACHT KIOSK (4 4 5 5), HUMUHUMUNUKUNUKUĀPUA'A (20'1), PRETTY GIRL IN CRIMSON ROSE (8) (6, 4, 2, 7, 4 (1)), BOOKS THAT ARE BORING (5 4 3 6), WACKY TOBACKY (5,7), SYNTAX ERROR (6, 5), 鏡 雨 (1, 1), IN THE DETAILS (2, 3, 7), CALICA (6), L1K (3), 52 (2 OR 5-3), I DON’T KNOW (1, 3’1, 4), ANY CRYPTIC CLUE (3, 7, 4), DOUGHS (6), PROJECTYL (9), PUNCHINGCATTO (13), MAD HATTER (3, 6), DUCK KONUNDRUM (4, 9), FLASH FOOD (5, 4), IHNN (6), RUSTY (5), KOALA (5), ZIMONZE (7), TERMINAL (8), DYLANAMITE (10), JAMIE HARGROVE (5, 8), FIRETRUCK (9), SOFTFRO’S KIDNEY (7’1, 6), CHAOTIC (7), MST (3), BETAVEROS (9), DOUGHS (6), PENZO (5), PHENOMIST (9), INVALIDD (8), FLATLUIGI (9), AUTUMN LEAVES (6, 6), TCKMN (5), HI (2), PROCYON (7), CALICO CAT (6, 3), RIVER PEBBLE (5, 6), THE CAT IN THE HAT (3, 3, 2, 3, 3), ANY WORD OR PHRASE CONTAINING EXACTLY ONE HUNDRED LETTERS (?), TASTHING (8), LUPPYLUPPY (10), SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME... (5, 5, 5, ETC.), ANY CLUE WITH AN ENUMERATION OF "SOMETIMES" (SOMETIMES), HELP! I'M TRAPPED IN A CRYPTIC CLUE (4! 2, 7, 2, 1, 7, 4)

Contests won: IXPOWHXQELZTBUMXDS (18), DIME, FIFTY-FIFTY (5-5), NASDAQ (6), 漫畫 (2), REFRIGERATOR (12), FACTORIAL (9), PEORIA (6), NAVEM MERCIBUS IMPLERE (5, 8, 7), YULE LOG (4, 3)

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Clue ID Contest Clue Explanation (hover) Submitted By Likes
6207 漫畫 (2) Transcript of Japanese comic read traditionally: "Brush field one." "Say 'net' again." "Water." (2) "Transcript of Japanese comic" (def) + read top-down, right-to-left: 聿 (radical 129, "brush"), 田 (radical 102, "field"), 一 (radical 1, "one") ⺜(form of radical 73, "say"), 罒 (form of radical 122, "net"), 又 (radical 29, "again"), 氵(form of radical 85, "water") Cheshire 4
6001 DIME In Madrid, tell me where to make a sharp turn (4) "Dime" is Spanish for "tell me"; "where to make a sharp turn" is the definition Cheshire 3
6096 ANY CLUE WHOSE SURFACE IS A PALINDROME (?) Evil olive (4) "Barren brownish-green" is a ddef for DRAB Cheshire 3
6102 NASDAQ (6) Stock market Q-and-A's are dodgy (6) QANDAS* Cheshire 3
6000 FIFTY-FIFTY (5-5) Nothing fair (5-5) Ddef: "50 minus 50" is nothing, while "fifty fifty" is fair Cheshire 2
6013 AESTHETICS (10) Put ashes on the jerks, they're always fashionable (10) Ashes = Æs; "the jerks" = "the tics" Cheshire 2
6044 TITTLE (6) One of Beijing's Three Tenors set in stone (6) "One of Beijing's three" = definition
Tenors (TT) set in stone (TILE)
Cheshire 2
6101 BOBBINS (7) Dylan takes out the trash (7) BOB + BINS
"Bobbins" is British slang for "junk"
Cheshire 2
6141 ANY CLUE WHOS SURFACE IS A PALNDROME, HAS SEVEN OR MORE EMOJIS, AND DOESNT USE THE LETTER E (?) 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢 (1) 😢 (7x def) Cheshire 2
6256 DEMISEMIHEMIDEMISEMIQUAVER (26) His voice trembles after repeatedly sampling his EDM sound with Six Flags (26) QUAVER after HISEDM (letter bank)

A 256th note is typically portrayed having "six flags" in a musical score
Cheshire 2
6310 ELLIPSIS (8) Fiji's crown... (8) (ddef) Cheshire 2
6421 REFRIGERATOR (12) Rare tiger for refurbished appliance (12) RARETIGERFOR* Cheshire 2
6610 POLYDACTYLY (11) Condition of "Paralyzer" artist: it's demonstrated throughout every line of Homer's epic poems? ddef: "Paralyzer" was a hit by Finger Eleven, while the original Greek versions of the Odyssey and Iliad were written in dactylic hexameter Cheshire 2
7028 PEORIA (6) It's a city in Europe (or I am lying) (6) Euro(pe or I a)m Cheshire 2
8179 YULE LOG (4, 3) Sounds like you'll record something festive on TV! (4, 3) YULE (homophone) + LOG Cheshire 2
11892 SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME... (5, 5, 5, ETC.) Limes chopped up and reused for all the descendants of a legend (5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5...) LIMES (letter bank) Cheshire 2
5914 DOZE (4) Just shy of twelve winks (4) Just shy of twelve = (DOZE)n; "winks" is the definition Cheshire 1
5929 IXPOWHXQELZTBUMXDS (18) During nine left-wing politicians' pandemic coverage, a loveless Doctor Cross and a homeless man trap a confused quetzal and steal its gold; the whole thing signals a traumatic ending (18) Nine = IX

Left-wing politicians = Ds

Nine left-wing politicians' pandemic coverage = IX (POX) Ds

During nine left-wing politicians' pandemic coverage, a loveless Doctor (WHO - O) Cross (X) and a homeless man (BUM) = IX [PO (WHX BUM) X ] DS

During nine left-wing politicians' pandemic coverage, a loveless Doctor Cross and a homeless man trap a confused quetzal (QELZTAU) and steal its gold (-AU) = IX{PO[WHX(QELZT)BUM]X}DS

"The whole thing signals a traumatic ending" = definition
Cheshire 1
6027 BAD (3) Dirty Beyoncé commercial (3) (def) + "B ad" Cheshire 1
6086 JUMENTOUS (9) One diet soda additive in e-cigarettes left out will create the strong scent of horse urine! (9) One diet soda additive (MENTO) in e-cigarettes (JUULS) left out (-L) & def Cheshire 1
6401 HUMUHUMUNUKUNUKUĀPUA'A (20'1) Bizarrely-named fish recipe: "punk ham as needed" (20'1) PUNKHAM (letter bank) Cheshire 1
6443 LIL NAS X (3, 3, 1) Rapper "Richard Nililnon" is an example of this (3, 3, 1) ddef: LIL NAS X / LILN AS X Cheshire 1
6463 ⚠️(1) Hazardous sign of global warning? (1) (ddef) Cheshire 1
6641 FACTORIAL (9) Operation! (9) (ddef) Cheshire 1
6702 ANY CLUE WHOSE ANSWER IS A BOARD/CARD GAME (?) "Unhinged" game: cheating, right! (5: 3 9) MAGICTHEGATHERING* &lit
"Unhinged" is a set of non-tournament-legal cards in Magic
Cheshire 1
6731 BAGS (4) Grabs silver buried in bluff (4) B(AG)S Cheshire 1
7234 BREADTH (7) Wide range of placement for run: First, second, third... to the one named for sourdough (7) "Wide range of placement" = def.
run: First, second, third... to the one named for sourdough -- find the ordinal number for "bread", which is "breadth"
Cheshire 1
7382 NAVEM MERCIBUS IMPLERE (5, 8, 7) Ambiguous name’s bumper— evil crime! (5, 8, 7) &lit Cheshire 1
11612 I AM GROOT (1 2 5) I AM GROOT! (1 2 5) Grootian-language ddef&lit Cheshire 1
12195 ANY CLUE THAT HAS TO END IN A SPECIFIC NUMBER OF QUESTION MARKS (?) Indicator of certainty at the end of this statement (4, 8, 5) ddef Cheshire 1
6028 QUINQUAGENARIAN (15) Potential energy in between two charges associated with amber arranged in an era that started in 1971 (15) (U in) inside "qq"; UAG "amber" stop codon; "in an era" anagrammed

Definition: "That started in 1971"
Cheshire 0
6036 MESOTHELIOMA (12) Subject of many suits is home to male drunk (12) "Subject of many suits" = def; "is home to male" anag. Cheshire 0
6088 ANY CLUE WHOSE SURFACE IS A PALINDROME (?) Al lets Della call Ed "Stella"? (5) WEIRD (ddef) Cheshire 0
6163 QUESTION MARK OR ? (8 4 or 1) Make a Blogatog submission? (8 4) ddef: "Blogatog" is a Tumblr feed where users can ask questions to Mark Rosewater, the most well-known designer of Magic: the Gathering cards. Cheshire 0
6419 NAN (3) Flight itinerary: Los Angeles, CA to Spokane, WA to Santa Fe, NM to Billings, MT to St. Louis, MO to Lincoln, NE to Lubbock, TX to Duluth, MN to Memphis, TN to Atlanta, GA to Detroit, MI to Raleigh, NC to Syracuse, NY to finally arrive at Fiji's largest international airport (3) Connect-the-dots as wordplay; The IATA code for Nadi International Airport, which handles nearly all international flights to Fiji, is NAN Cheshire 0
6464 ANY INFINITE STRING (♾️) Pie product has transcendental value (okay, it's actually about 8.54) (♾️) ddef: π*e = 8.5397342226735670654635508695465744950348885357651149618796011301792286111573308075725638697104739439137749425116774676463211875... Cheshire 0
6603 TITS UP (4, 2) Dead birder's comment, perhaps (4,2) ddef Cheshire 0
6624 INSOUCIANT (10) Frivolous auctions in derangement (10) AUCTIONSIN*, with no letters ending up where they started Cheshire 0
6899 TO BOOT (2, 4) Even farther toward fire (2, 4) “Toward” = “to”
“Fire” = “boot” from a company, as a verb
Cheshire 0
6907 ANY CLUE THAT USES TEXT EMOTICONS SOMEHOW (?) (^◕ᴥ◕^) |┬┴┬┴┤_・)⁾├┬┴┬┴| (¬_¬) --------- (a,T) (3) CAT: sounds like "see a T" Cheshire 0
7349 SWEET CAROLINE (5, 8) Drunken row, celesta in English pub sing-along (5, 8) ROWCELESTA* + IN + E Cheshire 0
7625 TMESIS (6) “DIY: Coin Containers”? I’d say The Times is fringe (6) DIY: coin “containers” I’d say (definition)
T(he Ti)MESIS
Cheshire 0
10117 ANY WORD OR PHRASE CONTAINING EXACTLY ONE HUNDRED LETTERS (?) Bowling Green, Ahmedabad, Toronto, Jakarta, Bogota, Yokohama, Managua, New York City, Bombay, and Kaho'olawe (wow!) may not become optimum list of vacation destinations (5, 7, 3, 1 5 4 2 2 7, 6, 4 2 6 4, 3 5, 7, 4, 3 3'1 2 2 4 2 6?) <greenahmedabadtorontojakartabogotayokohamamanaguanewyorkcitybombayandkahoolawewowmaynotbecomeoptimum> -> "Aruba, Jamaica..." Cheshire 0

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