Contests started: ANY CLUE WITH A WORD USED MULTIPLE TIMES (?), (0), ANY ANAGRAMLESS CLUE WITH AN ANSWER THAT IS 15+ LETTERS LONG (?), TÜRKIYE, TEN THOUSAND (3, 8), UNTIDY (6), GOD SAVE THE QUEEN (3, 4, 3, 5), PIKASHOCK (9), BLÅHAJ (6), ANY CLUE WHERE A PUNCTUATION MARK IS INCLUDED IN THE PARSE, LANG (4)
Contests won: TEN-FOUR (3-4), TAKE A BREATHER (4, 1, 8), SNOWSTORM OR SNOW STORM (9 OR 4, 5), FALLOUT (7), ANY CLUE WITH A WORD USED MULTIPLE TIMES (?), CARDIOLOGY (10), COBALT (6), HALFTIME OR HALF TIME (8 OR 4,4), ANY CLUE THAT BEGINS "IN SOVIET RUSSIA..." (?), REPORT (6), VOW (3), ANY CLUE WITH ITS WORDS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER (?), CLUE THAT HAS A DIFFERENT ANSWER DEPENDING ON WHETHER IT’S INTERPRETED BEFORE OR AFTER THE YEAR 1868 (?), IFFY (4), SAXOPHONIST (11), MUTINY (6), SINGLETON (9), DEBASE (6), GRAB BAG (4, 3), DASHER (6), IKAYAKI (7), SACRILEGE (9), PETRICHOR (9)
| Clue ID | Contest | Clue | Explanation (hover) | Submitted By | Likes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8464 | TEN-FOUR (3-4) | Understood bad fortune (3-4) | def: understoof wordplay: FORTUNE* |
noneuclidean | 7 |
| 9893 | CLUE THAT HAS A DIFFERENT ANSWER DEPENDING ON WHETHER IT’S INTERPRETED BEFORE OR AFTER THE YEAR 1868 (?) | Name of the current capital city of Japan comes from plastic toy, OK? (5) | TOKYO* or KYOTO* i assume this is why the contest was created lmao |
noneuclidean | 6 |
| 8510 | TAKE A BREATHER (4, 1, 8) | Sit down to start a lousy break and polish off an unfinished sandwich (4, 1, 8) | def: Sit down to start = T_ a = A lousy break = KEABR* polish off = EAT an unfinished sandwich = HER(-o) |
noneuclidean | 4 |
| 8580 | FALLOUT (7) | Fail to complete a video game (7) | def: a video game fail = F complete = ALLOUT (as in all-out effort) |
noneuclidean | 4 |
| 8583 | SNOWSTORM OR SNOW STORM (9 OR 4, 5) | Latest in news feed covering new worst blizzard (9) | def: blizzard latest in news = _S feed = NOM (as in eat) covering = [containment indicator] new worst = WORST* SNO(WSTOR*)M |
noneuclidean | 4 |
| 8644 | ANY CLUE THAT STARTS WITH "MACHINE TO STEAL" (?) | Machine to steal new star in a constellation named for a lizard (1 12) | T CHAMAELEONTIS MACHINETOSTEAL* def: star in a constellation named for a lizard |
noneuclidean | 4 |
| 8722 | COBALT (6) | Tattered lab coat lacks a metallic element (6) | def: metallic element LABCO(-a)T* |
noneuclidean | 4 |
| 8414 | ANY CLUE THAT USES &, @, /, OR ^ AS AN INDICATOR (?) | Castle/a home (5) | castle slash a = P(-a)LACE def: home |
noneuclidean | 3 |
| 8456 | TEN-FOUR (3-4) | 6👌 (3-4) | def:👌 10-4=6 |
noneuclidean | 3 |
| 8467 | ID CARD (2, 4) | Yes, fake pirate's cry had audibly created proof of age (2,4) | def: proof of age wordplay: yes = AYE fake = DEKE pirate's cry = ARR had = 'D audibly: "EYE DEKE ARR 'D" sounds like ID CARD i just wanted an excuse to make a dumb homophone clue lmao |
noneuclidean | 3 |
| 8474 | OUROBOROS (9) | Our old unending snake hints of reincarnation of souls! (9) | &lit our = OUR old = O unending snake = BO(-a) hints of Reincarnation Of Souls = ROS |
noneuclidean | 3 |
| 8495 | BUFFALO (7) | Audibly amplify a quiet alarm (7) | def: alarm wordplay: audibly = homophone indicator amplify = BUFF (as in video games) a = A quiet = LOW "BUFF A LOW" sounds like BUFFALO |
noneuclidean | 3 |
| 8593 | ADJACENT (8) | Nearby, a chatterer broadcasted on the radio (8) | def: nearby a = A chatterer = JAY (sense 2 of jay on google) broadcasted = SENT on the radio = [homophone indicator] "A JAY SENT" |
noneuclidean | 3 |
| 8596 | ONE (3), THEN TWO (3), THEN THREE (5), THEN FOUR (4), ETC. | Luucky number is even (5) | def: lucky number is=S even=EVEN |
noneuclidean | 3 |
| 8690 | ANY CLUE WITH A WORD USED MULTIPLE TIMES (?) | Mutated genes came from revolution of the French the French the French (7) | def: mutated genes revolution of the French = LA< the French = LE the French = LES AL< + LE + LES |
noneuclidean | 3 |
| 8766 | ANY CLUE THAT BEGINS "IN SOVIET RUSSIA..." (?) | In Soviet Russia there is support | def: support _T RUSS_ |
noneuclidean | 3 |
| 8772 | FORK (4) | Split in choice of temperature??? | def: split choice of temperature = F OR K |
noneuclidean | 3 |
| 9116 | VOW (3) | Voltage that hurts produces swear words? (3) | voltage = V that hurts = OW swear words? = VOW (as in wedding vows) |
noneuclidean | 3 |
| 9440 | ANY CLUE WITH ITS WORDS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER (?) | Lord: "Order, er, Al" (4) | EARL* all of the words are in ALPHABETICALORDER :) |
noneuclidean | 3 |
| 9460 | COAX (4) | Encourage company to downsize (4) | encourage = def company = CO to = juxtaposition indicator downsize = AX |
noneuclidean | 3 |
| 9870 | A CLUE THAT COULD GET YOU CHARGED WITH A CRIME IF SPOKEN/PUBLISHED IN A PARTICULAR CONTEXT (?) | It's stormy! Don't move! (3) | *SIT https://corpuslegalis.com/us/code/title18/false-weather-reports |
noneuclidean | 3 |
| 10130 | MUTINY (6) | RIO™ (6) | def: RIOT wp: MU TINY featuring some elision that Definitely Isn't Acceptable |
noneuclidean | 3 |
| 10541 | CORAL (5) | Pacific or Aldabran feature! | &lit _C OR AL_ | noneuclidean | 3 |
| 10688 | IKAYAKI (7) | Canoe is trapped between currents with squid (7) | I(KAYAK)I I = current in physics |
noneuclidean | 3 |
| 10717 | PETRICHOR (9) | Darling with fruity or pleasant aroma | PET+RICH+OR | noneuclidean | 3 |
| 8479 | TAX (3) | Γㅋ< & ↔ = $$$ (3) | Γㅋ< with its reflection looks like TAX behold: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/730973177483755621/937684992992108554/unknown.png this is a perfectly sensible cryptic clue what are you talking about |
noneuclidean | 2 |
| 8537 | BREAKING BAD (8, 3) | TV show robbery gone wrong: one killed (8,3) | def: TV show robbery = BREAK-IN gone = GONE wrong = BAD one killed = (-one) BREAKING(-one)BAD |
noneuclidean | 2 |
| 8682 | ANY CLUE WITH A WORD USED MULTIPLE TIMES (?) | Bearing bearing bearing bearing bearing bearing bearing bearing bearing bearing bearing bearing bearing close to total lunacy (13) | def: lunacy Bearing bearing bearing bearing bearing bearing bearing bearing bearing bearing bearing bearing = S+E+N+S+E+E+S+S+N+E+S+S bearing = [containment indicator] close to total = _L S+E+N+S+E+(_L)+E+S+S+N+E+S+S |
noneuclidean | 2 |
| 8723 | CARDIOLOGY (10) | Matter of the heart is awfully racy, involving exchange where bit of arousal turns to love (10) | def:Matter of the heart awfully racy = RACY* involving = [containment indicator] exchange = DIALOG where bit of arousal turns to love = A_ -> O CAR(DI(A_->O)LOG)Y* |
noneuclidean | 2 |
| 8938 | REPORT (6) | Note: "VENT" is a button in Among Us | def: a button in Among Us Note = RE Vent = PORT (as in an opening for the passage of steam, liquid, or gas) |
noneuclidean | 2 |
| 8984 | FLOCCINAUCINIHILIPILIFICATION (29) | Corrupt politician in official clinic: "I, uh, showed the consideration of something to be worthless" (29) | corrupt (anagram) POLITICIANINOFFICIALCLINICIUH* showed (connector) the consideration of something to be worthless (def) |
noneuclidean | 2 |
| 9897 | IFFY (4) | Provided furry outerwear of dubious quality (4) | def: of dubious quality Provided = IF furry outerwear = F_Y |
noneuclidean | 2 |
| 10048 | SAXOPHONIST (11) | Player said "lets go! i see enemy hideout!" (11) | def: Player said = homophone indicator lets go = SACKS i see = OH enemy = FOE hideout = NEST "SACKS OH FOE NEST" |
noneuclidean | 2 |
| 10050 | GENESIS (7) | Bits of DNA is the beginning (7) | def: the beginning bits of DNA = GENES is = IS |
noneuclidean | 2 |
| 10332 | BOOLEAN (7) | True or false: Imprisoning Leia halfheartedly is a good thing (7) | LEIA halfheartedly = LE(-i)A (removing half of the middle letters of LEIA) a good thing = BOON imprisoning LEA is BOON = BOO(LEA)N |
noneuclidean | 2 |
| 10505 | DEBASE (6) | Empty database has hexadecimal, possibly corrupt (6) | empty database = D_E hexadecimal, possibly = BASE |
noneuclidean | 2 |
| 10595 | GRAB BAG (4, 3) | Excitedly brag and talk about a variety of things (4, 3) | Excitedly = anagrind brag = BRAG and = concatenation talk = GAB about = reversal a variety of things = def GRAB* + BAG< |
noneuclidean | 2 |
| 10694 | TAKOYAKI (8) | Toy I equipped with guns resembles something the Japanese enjoy (8) | T(AK)OY(AK)I | noneuclidean | 2 |
| 10695 | SACRILEGE (9) | Small plot of land has one section for burning Bibles, for example | small=S plot of land = ACRE has = containment indicator one = I section = LEG (e.g. leg of a race) for = connector burning Bibles, for example = def S+ACR(I+LEG)E |
noneuclidean | 2 |
| 8063 | HAND TURKEY (4, 6) | Digital drawing is hard nut to crack before explanation (4,6) | (HAND TUR)* + KEY | noneuclidean | 1 |
| 8469 | TIGER (5) | Go-getter's bank receives $1000 (5) | def: go-getter wordplay: bank = TIER $1000 = G TI(G)ER |
noneuclidean | 1 |
| 8493 | FLACON (6) | Florida man's naked, accepting company for a fancy bottle (6) | def: a fancy bottle wordplay: Florida = FL man's naked = (-m)AN(-s) company = CO FL + A(CO)N |
noneuclidean | 1 |
| 8543 | PITY (4) | Terse, without hint of humanity or compassion | def: compassion terse = PITHY without hint of Humanity = (-h) PIT(-h)Y |
noneuclidean | 1 |
| 8550 | WHATEVS (7) | I don't care for hate against past winners, to begin with (7) | def: I don't care hate = HATE against = VS past = (as in after) winners, to begin with = W_ W_ + (HATE + VS) |
noneuclidean | 1 |
| 8552 | BORDER (6) | Drill involves day to march (6) | def: march (as in the Welsh Marches, e.g.) drill = BORER involves = (containment indicator) day = D BOR(D)ER |
noneuclidean | 1 |
| 8584 | SPRUCE (6) | Fool complains about answer to you eagerly, at first (6) | def: fool (see sense 3 of spruce on google) wordplay: complains about = CARPS< answer to you = (A->U) eagerly at first = E_ SPR(A->U)C< + E_ |
noneuclidean | 1 |
| 8678 | ANY CLUE WITH A WORD USED MULTIPLE TIMES (?) | Note note note note note note noted (8) | D+E+TE+C+TE+D (TE is an alternate spelling of TI) |
noneuclidean | 1 |
| 8726 | (0) | Nothing is complete without a large loss (0) | def: Nothing complete = ALL without = [removal indicator] a = A large = L loss = L ALL - (A+L+L) |
noneuclidean | 1 |
| 8777 | HALFTIME OR HALF TIME (8 OR 4,4) | That guy took back around fifty euros at the beginning of sports intermission (8) | def: sports intermission That guy = HIM took = [containment indicator] back = AFT around = [containment indicator] fifty = L euros at the beginning = E_ of = [connector] H(A(L)FT)IM + E_ |
noneuclidean | 1 |
| 9895 | CODSWALLOP (10) | Part of software's defense is by obfuscation, primarily; without the right program, at first it's total nonsense. (10) | def: it's total nonsense Part of software's = CODE'S defense = WALL is by = juxtaposition indicator obfuscation, primarily = O_ without the right = -(_e) program, at first = P_ COD(-e)S+WALL+O_+P_ |
noneuclidean | 1 |
| 9933 | ANY CLUE WITH AN "OBVIOUS" ANSWER THAT'S ONLY RULED OUT BY THE ENUMERATION (?) | A crowd of people without end, right next to half-concealed Google competitor (behind us), becomes the subject of many memes (7) | not A+MO(-b)+(-bi)NG+US but MO(-b)+R+BI(-ng)+US thanks eric |
noneuclidean | 1 |
| 10106 | ANY WORD OR PHRASE CONTAINING EXACTLY ONE HUNDRED LETTERS (?) | Maniacal laughter comes from 50 hectares (100) | def: Maniacal laughter 50 hectares = HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA |
noneuclidean | 1 |
| 10247 | CLOCK (5) | 🕥🕒🕥🕖🕰️ (5) | def = 🕰️ 🕥=C (semaphore) 🕒=LO (looks like L and O) 🕥🕖=CK (semaphore) |
noneuclidean | 1 |
| 10492 | SINGLETON (9) | Snitch exposed one person (9) | SING + LET ON | noneuclidean | 1 |
| 10545 | PARQUET (7) | Type of flooring is a common one, reportedly (7) | a common = PARK one = A reportedly = homophone indicator |
noneuclidean | 1 |
| 10637 | SHADOW (6) | Fish that stings is the ultimate lifeform (6) | SHAD = fish OW = that stings |
noneuclidean | 1 |
| 10676 | DASHER (6) | For example, Rudolph the Reindeer? (6) | ddef "For example, Rudolph" is referring to Wilma Rudolph, who competed in the 200-meter dash in the Olympics |
noneuclidean | 1 |
| 8461 | SCARLET (7) | Rose is about right, OK? (7) | def: rose is = S about = CA (circa) right = R OK = let |
noneuclidean | 0 |
| 8520 | REVEAL (6) | Start to leak revolutionary note with, going up, half of review to enthusiasts, primarily (6) | def: Start to leak wordplay: revolutionary note = LA< = AL with, going up, = (put whatever comes after this before) half of review = REV(-iew) to = (juxtaposition indicator) enthusiasts, primarily = E_ (REV(-iew) + E_) + AL< |
noneuclidean | 0 |
| 8521 | LOVERS (6) | Start to leak revolutionary note with, going up, half of review to enthusiasts, primarily (6) | def: enthusiasts, primarily wordplay: Start to leak = L_ revolutionary note = SO< = OS with = (containment indicator) going up = (reversal indicator) half of review = REV(-iew) to = (connector) L + O(VER<)S< |
noneuclidean | 0 |
| 8523 | BREAKING BAD (8, 3) | Dab cryptically for a TV show? (8,3) | Reverse clue: BREAKING BAD = anagram of BAD = DAB def: a TV show |
noneuclidean | 0 |
| 8551 | FEBRUARY (8) | Half-feverish, you are hampered by last of chemotherapy for the month (8) | def: the month half-feverish = FEBR(-ific) you = U are hampered = AR(-e) last of chemotherapy = _Y |
noneuclidean | 0 |
| 8905 | INDIANA (7) | I N I IN (7) | def: IN (state abbr) I = INDIA (NATO alphabet) N = N I = A (both mean one) |
noneuclidean | 0 |
| 9001 | ANY CLUE THAT USES A MATHEMATICAL SEQUENCE OTHER THAN EVENS/ODDS TO INDEX (?) | Odious potato chip is appropriate (5) | wordplay: 1,2,4,7,8 into POtAtoCHip is POACH def: appropriate |
noneuclidean | 0 |
| 9445 | CHTHONIC (8) | Warm up a saint for the audience in Hell (8) | warm up = THAW a saint = NICK for the audience = homophone indicator in hell = def |
noneuclidean | 0 |
| 9505 | A CLUE WHERE EVERY WORD, AS WELL AS THE ANSWER, ARE ALSO VALID WORDS IN NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE(S) (?) | Director dupes intern (sort of) and starts to expose nosy texts (14) | SUPERINTENDENT def: director wp: anag(sort of) of DUPES INTERN + intials(starts to) of Expose Nosy Texts SUPERINTEND* + E_ N_ T_ superintendent: romanian for "superintendent" (big shocker) director: spanish for "director" (amazing) dupes: conjugation of french word for "dupe" intern: dutch for "internal" sort: danish for "black" of: icelandic for "too" and: estonian for "offering" starts: conjugation of swedish word for "start" to: catalan for "tone" expose: conjugation of french word for "expose" nosy: conjugation of polish word for "nose" texts: conjugation of swedish word for "text" |
noneuclidean | 0 |
| 9896 | IFFY (4) | ||Hairy, kinky yiff|| (4) | def: hairy (as in anxiety-inducing) IFFY* forgive me |
noneuclidean | 0 |
| 10071 | CURRY (5) | why they call after cold you oven out of don't start shown eats right hot food (5) | def: hot food why they call = "Y" after = (juxtaposition indicator) cold = C you = U oven out of = (-oven) don't start shown = (-p)ROVEN eats = (containment indicator) right = R C+U(R)(-p)R(-oven)+Y in reference to this: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/why-do-they-call-it-oven |
noneuclidean | 0 |
| 10145 | STEALTH (7) | Deranged Spheal makes head of prey into mincemeat, ultimately eating back half of it in private (7) | def: private deranged spheal = anagram of SPHEAL makes head of prey into mincemeat, ultimately = (p_ -> _T) eating = containment indicator back half of it = (-i)T S(_T)EAL(p_->_T)H* |
noneuclidean | 0 |
| 10337 | DAVID BOWIE (5, 5) | Movie star that is going after a large sum of money recalled capturing video in which last of cache becomes buried, primarily (5,5) | def: movie star that is = IE going after = concatenation a large sum of money = WAD recalled = reversal capturing = containment VIDEO in which last of cachE becomes Buried, primarily = (_e->B_) DA(VID(e_->B)O)W+IE |
noneuclidean | 0 |
| 10498 | PIKASHOCK (9) | Choice about Pokémon trainer in level results in Pokémon character being surprised (9) | choice = PICK about = [containment indicator] pokemon trainer = ASH in = [containment indicator] level = KO results in = [connector] pokemon character being surprised = def PI(K(ASH)O)CK |
noneuclidean | 0 |
| 10725 | DOCENT (6) | Lecturer said "-2" in Spanglish??? | sounds like "DOS N'T" i'm not sorry |
noneuclidean | 0 |