kpogue

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)

All Submissions

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

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