Contests started: LIL NAS X (3, 3, 1), ANY CLUE THAT IS ALSO A COMPILABLE PROGRAM (?), VALAR MORGHULIS (5, 9), GUILTY PLEASURE (6, 8), RACHMANINOFF (12)
Contests won: NAN (3), FRICASSEE (9), MARROWSKY (9), WEEPING WILLOW (7, 6), ASTONISH (8)
| Clue ID | Contest | Clue | Explanation (hover) | Submitted By | Likes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6544 | ASTONISH (8) | Regarding Mr. Kumar: wow! (8) | As to Nish It’s not &lit but the exclamation point wants to be there |
kpogue | 4 |
| 6414 | MINOR (5) | For example, ace of diamonds or clubs in Bridge (5) | Double def: "For example, ace" is a minor chord diamonds and clubs are the minor suits in Bridge |
kpogue | 2 |
| 6418 | NAN (3) | One billionth slash zero (3) | NANO-O, &lit as 1/1000000000/0 is Not a Number (NaN) in js | kpogue | 2 |
| 6455 | MARROWSKY (9) | Spy (hot) -> high spot! (9) | Judi Dench as M is a hot spy (tell me I'm wrong) + arrow + sky &lit (spy hot is a marrowsky of high spot) |
kpogue | 2 |
| 6489 | ANY CLUE THAT IS ALSO A COMPILABLE PROGRAM (?) | cout << "Singer Patsy" << endl; (4) | (-c)line, def line = endl; | kpogue | 2 |
| 6435 | FRICASSEE (9) | Stew loudly, "Darn this mediocre grade to heck" (9) | Hom. "Frick a C" | kpogue | 1 |
| 6441 | JACKKNIFE (9) | A blade?! Just kidding around! Chill, all right, crazy? Fine (9) | JK around AC, all right = K, FINE* | kpogue | 1 |
| 6442 | BRUSSELS SPROUTS (8, 7) | Wines-consuming tipsy souse ingesting flasks, a port, even gross Belgian stuff (8, 7) | BRU(SOUSE* around (fLaSkSaPoRt)) TS | kpogue | 1 |
| 6530 | GUILTY PLEASURE (6, 8) | Endless ploys and ilk to avoid effort, leading one to a use of free time like watching The Bachelor, e.g. (6, 8) | GUIL(-e) + TYP(-e = effort leading) LE(I->A)SURE |
kpogue | 1 |
| 6801 | BASH (4) | Beat and mash while plugging your nose (4) | If you say "mash" with your nose plugged you'll say "bash" | kpogue | 1 |
| 6820 | PLETHORA (8) | Too many insides of supple thoraxes (8) | _PLE THORA_ | kpogue | 1 |
| 6413 | MULLIGAN (8) | Hercules clobbering, mauling, eating head of lion (8) | MAULING* around L ans Hercules Mulligan |
kpogue | 0 |
| 6440 | HITCHHIKE (9) | Hello, pretty lady. No unprescribed drugs around me for a free trip (9) | HI + TCHOTCHKE - OTC + I This is my last iteration I promise |
kpogue | 0 |
| 6454 | STATE OF THE ART (5, 2, 3, 3) | A good man would take in, repeatedly, the essence of the innovations in the field (5, 2, 3, 3) | ST + ATE + OFT + HEART | kpogue | 0 |
| 6459 | ⚠️(1) | Warning: Inverted black pawn over hole in Tokelau (not Micronesia) (1) | upside-down ♟ over 🕳️ in 🇹🇰-🇫🇲 | kpogue | 0 |
| 6470 | ANY INFINITE STRING (♾️) | Camp song, son (♾️) | def = Camp Song son = "This is the song that never ends..." etc. |
kpogue | 0 |
| 6478 | ANY INFINITE STRING (♾️) | Mr. Jock, TV quiz PhD, bags few lynx used as needed for a complete, detailed description of the universe from its inception until the end of time and beyond as written by Jeff Goldblum (♾️) | Letter bank from "Mr. Jock, TV quiz PhD, bags few lynx" | kpogue | 0 |
| 6479 | PRETTY GIRL IN CRIMSON ROSE (8) (6, 4, 2, 7, 4 (1)) | Fair druther without preference: add one's memoir (6, 4, 2, 7, 4 (1)) | Fair=pretty druther is reverse cryptic for "Girl in Crimson Rose (7)" without a definition (RUTH inside RED<) Then add 1 to the enumeration. |
kpogue | 0 |
| 6480 | ANY CLUE THAT INCLUDES AN ENTIRELY TRUE EDUCATIONAL FACT (?) | Thirteen equals eleven plus two, strangely (6, 4, 3) | literally the oldest anagram in the book (TWELVE PLUS ONE) |
kpogue | 0 |
| 6507 | JAIL (4) | The western part of Jackson, Illinois has a prison (4) | J_+(A)+IL | kpogue | 0 |
| 6531 | WEEPING WILLOW (7, 6) | Secretly, Sweeping Will owns a tree (7, 6) | _weeping will ow_ | kpogue | 0 |
| 6819 | PAUCITY (7) | Non-zero cloudiness swallows you, revealing barely a trace (7) | (-o)PA(U)CITY | kpogue | 0 |
| 6821 | PECCADILLO (10) | Small misstep: British "circus" experiencing vowel shifts (10) | PICADILLY but with different vowels | kpogue | 0 |