Contests started: ENCHANTMENT (11), SPACE CADET (5, 5), MODEL (5), AREPA (5), AWESOME (7), AUTONOMY (8), RAMBUNCTIOUS (12), LIBRARY (7), RAMPANT (7)
Contests won: ADJACENT (8), FLUMMOX (7), PROCYON (7), RETROGRADE (10), UMAMI (5), A CLUE IN WHICH EVERY WORD IS (OR IS PART OF) A COMMONLY ACCEPTED ANAGRIND (?), SPLOOT (6), THANOS (6), ELEVEN (6), EPEE (4), BOX (3), ROUND ROBIN (5, 5), GAP (3), TESTAMENT (9), EMBERS, BALANCE (7), GHOST (5), BENIGN (6), GOLFER (6), CARAFE (6), MIGHT (5)
| Clue ID | Contest | Clue | Explanation (hover) | Submitted By | Likes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8455 | SCARLET (7) | Ruby was initially Sapphire's companion - Garnet, almost from the start, had the bud of love (without a second of envy) in her heart (7) | Ruby = def initially Sapphire's companion = SC Garnet almost from the start = ARNET Bud of love = L without a second of envy = -N SC + gAR(L)nET |
biocuriousgeorgie | 4 |
| 8623 | ADJACENT (8) | Next to a music player, a penny (8) | A+DJ+A+CENT | biocuriousgeorgie | 4 |
| 8453 | SCARLET (7) | A color (7) | A color = def A color = SCARLET (i.e., the color of the "A" worn by Hester in The Scarlet Letter) |
biocuriousgeorgie | 3 |
| 8494 | TIGER (5) | Sounds like a growl following Siamese cat (5) | Sounds like (Thai + grrr) = TIGER Cat = def |
biocuriousgeorgie | 3 |
| 8502 | OUROBOROS (9) | Unlimited bourbon (not the first bottle) leads to cigarette butts - in the end, it's the circle of life (9) | bOURBOn - B (first bottle) = OURO cigarette butts = marlBORO in the end, it's = itS the circle of life = def |
biocuriousgeorgie | 3 |
| 8547 | LOVERS (6) | Admirers unlock hearts with endless poetry (6) | Admirers = def unlock hearts = unLOck endless poetry = VERSe |
biocuriousgeorgie | 3 |
| 8657 | WATER (5) | Waiter, I spilled a drink (5) | Waiter, "I" spilled = WAiTER A drink = def |
biocuriousgeorgie | 3 |
| 9470 | UMAMI (5) | No Cadmium--Cadmium ruined my experience with MSG (5) | No Cadmium-Cadmium, ruined = (CADMIUM-CD)*= AMIUM* My experience with MSG = def (i.e., umami is the qualitative experience of receptors binding to glutamate) |
biocuriousgeorgie | 3 |
| 9488 | SPLOOT (6) | Spot held mostly low pose - typical of a corgi (6) | SP(LOw)OT Pose typical of a corgi = def |
biocuriousgeorgie | 3 |
| 9510 | AREPA (5) | Mirabel's mom can make you feel better with just one (one!) cooked pear (5) | Mirabel's mom can make you feel better with just one = def (line from Encanto) One = A PEAR* = REPA |
biocuriousgeorgie | 3 |
| 9553 | JACKAL (6) | The assassin of Forsyth, Kerouac, and Gore (6) | "The" assassin of Forsyth = def Kerouac and Gore = JACK + AL |
biocuriousgeorgie | 3 |
| 9623 | BOX (3) | A way to rearrange your face but not to fight? (3) | A way to rearrange your face, but not TO = BOtoX Fight = def |
biocuriousgeorgie | 3 |
| 10235 | GHOST (5) | Initially, Gengar had only suggested this to Haunter (5) | G_ H_ O_ S_ T_ Haunter = def |
biocuriousgeorgie | 3 |
| 10715 | LICENSE (7) | Denucleated fungal-algal composites on base of log make green light (7) | Denucleated fungal-algal composites = LIC(-h)ENS on = vertical juxtaposition indicator base of log = e Green light = def |
biocuriousgeorgie | 3 |
| 10895 | MIGHT (5) | May 4th commemorates Luke's initial disappearance from Light (5) | May = def 4th comMemorates = M Luke's initial (L) disappearance from Light = IGHT |
biocuriousgeorgie | 3 |
| 8454 | FETCH (5) | Gretchen's cool, get it? (5) | ddef Gretchen's word for cool in Mean Girls = FETCH Get it = FETCH (as a command) |
biocuriousgeorgie | 2 |
| 8518 | BUFFALO (7) | Polish regularly fail to intimidate (7) | Polish = BUFF regularly fail to = fAiL tO intimidate = def |
biocuriousgeorgie | 2 |
| 8546 | LOVERS (6) | Without their leader, small shorebirds are not fighters (6) | pLOVERS I'm a lover, not a fighter |
biocuriousgeorgie | 2 |
| 8599 | ADJACENT (8) | Descriptive word about secant (but not its origin)? (8) | &lit: secant = hypotenuse/adjacent, but apparently the origin/etymology of the word is related to how it "cuts" the circle ADJ + (sECANT)* |
biocuriousgeorgie | 2 |
| 8600 | ONE (3), THEN TWO (3), THEN THREE (5), THEN FOUR (4), ETC. | Sounds like an island octet (5) | Ait homophone Octet = def |
biocuriousgeorgie | 2 |
| 8618 | BOGART (6) | Shapeshifter reduced its belly to become a Hollywood star (6) | BOGgART | biocuriousgeorgie | 2 |
| 8634 | SCREE (5) | Timeless secret lost in a pile of rocks (5) | Timeless secret lost = (SECREt)* Pile of rocks = def |
biocuriousgeorgie | 2 |
| 8638 | ANY CLUE THAT STARTS WITH "MACHINE TO STEAL" (?) | Machine to steal heart of damsel after the beauty fell short in stereotypical hippie fashion (11) | Machine to = BOT TO steal heart of damsel = MS The Beauty fell short = BELLe Stereotypical hippie fashion = def |
biocuriousgeorgie | 2 |
| 8639 | ANY CLUE THAT STARTS WITH "MACHINE TO STEAL" (?) | Machine to steal the first- and second-born of ignorant racist (5) | B(IG)OT Machine = BOT First and second-born of ignorant = IG Racist = def |
biocuriousgeorgie | 2 |
| 8675 | COUGAR (6) | Predatory female wild cat (6) | Ddef Predatory female | wild cat |
biocuriousgeorgie | 2 |
| 8677 | PICROSS (7) | Half-dose of bitter poison dissolved a couple layers of tissue - it's a rather graphic problem, isn't it? (7) | Half-dose of bitter poison = PICROtoxin (literally means "bitter poison") Dissolved a couple layers of tissue = tiSSue It's a rather graphic problem, isn't it? = punny def (i.e., it's a puzzle involving graphics) |
biocuriousgeorgie | 2 |
| 8710 | ANY CLUE WITH A WORD USED MULTIPLE TIMES (?) | Container containing container is not containing (6) | BA(TIN)G BAG containing TIN Not containing = def for BATING, an archaic form meaning "except for, excluding" |
biocuriousgeorgie | 2 |
| 8724 | SOULMATE (8) | It's said only a caffeinated drink has the ability to forever make your heart beat faster (8) | Sounds like SOLE a caffeinated drink = MATE has the ability to forever make your heart beat faster = def (taking a little poetic license with the part of speech here, shhh) |
biocuriousgeorgie | 2 |
| 8757 | (0) | What is love when Cupid reportedly has no arrows? (0) | What is love = baby don't hurt me...I mean, def (i.e., "nothing" in tennis) Cupid, reportedly = sounds like Eros = ARROWS has no arrows = ARROWS-ARROWS = |
biocuriousgeorgie | 2 |
| 8810 | FLUMMOX (7) | Baffle doofus after a failing grade (7) | Baffle = def F + LUMMOX |
biocuriousgeorgie | 2 |
| 8834 | MODEL (5) | The most common one comes with half-pound version (5) | The most common one = MODE half-pound = Lb Version = def |
biocuriousgeorgie | 2 |
| 8913 | SPRAY (5) | Flower arrangement had pansy artfully arranged to surround rose bud, but no note (5) | Flower arrangement = def (a branch of flowers and leaves) (PANSY)* around R_, with no N |
biocuriousgeorgie | 2 |
| 9420 | FEINT (5) | Often, I'm not even fake (5) | Even letters of oFtEn I'm NoT Fake = def (v.) |
biocuriousgeorgie | 2 |
| 9468 | A CLUE IN WHICH EVERY WORD IS (OR IS PART OF) A COMMONLY ACCEPTED ANAGRIND (?) | Mess around with odd blend (3) | Mess around with (def) = BED odd blend = BlEnD |
biocuriousgeorgie | 2 |
| 9498 | THANOS (6) | The man who set two of every four to be destroyed?! (6) | THem ANwh OSet &lit |
biocuriousgeorgie | 2 |
| 9534 | ELEVEN (6) | In retrospect, original closing time back before store opening was moved from seven! (6) | In retrospect = reversal of originaL closing + timE back = EL before = position indicator Store opening (S) was moved from seven = sEVEN &lit - 7-Eleven stores used to be open from 7am-11pm (who woulda guessed), until they switched to 24 hours |
biocuriousgeorgie | 2 |
| 9547 | EPEE (4) | Equipment pointed primarily at core need for a non-lame sport? (4) | E_ P_ nEEd A non-lame sport? = def: Foil and sabre fencing use a lamé jacket to complete the circuit with the conductive region on the weapon and make it clear when a touch has been made on the target area, but epee does not require a lamé because a touch counts anywhere on the body as long as the tip of the weapon is depressed. (Clue/definition updated and resubmitted because my partner who is a fencer just reminded me that epee is in fact the one type of fencing that *doesn't* use a lamé...) (If épée doesn't need accents for this competition, as the competition title indicates, then I will argue that lamé does not either!) |
biocuriousgeorgie | 2 |
| 9576 | LYNX (4) | The oldest web browser that's still maintained originally lacked a dependent variable and an independent variable (4) | The oldest web browser that's still maintained = def Originally, lacked = L A dependent variable and an independent variable = Y 'N' X |
biocuriousgeorgie | 2 |
| 9692 | ANGST (5) | Generalized anxiety disorder stang (5) | Generalized anxiety = def Disorder stang = STANG* |
biocuriousgeorgie | 2 |
| 9731 | SECRETARIAT (11) | Upset!: Rat ties race with horse who usually wins! (11) | Upset RATTIESRACE* Horse who usually wins = def |
biocuriousgeorgie | 2 |
| 9813 | CLUE THAT'S ENTIRELY IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE (ANSWER, DEFINITION, AND CRYPTIC READING) | టపాసులు పేలినప్పుడు, మొట్టమొదటిగా సుఖము పొతే రాగాలు తీయచ్చు (3) | Literal translation: When firecrackers explode, if you first lose your happiness/comfort, you can cry/wail టపాసులు (firecrackers) పేలినప్పుడు (when they explode) = anagram టపాసులు మొట్టమొదటిగా (immediately first,) సుఖము (happiness/comfort) పొతే (if it goes away) = remove సు (the first letter of సుఖము) రాగాలు (tunes/songs) = def = పాటలు తీయచ్చు (you can take out) = connector, comes after because that's how Telugu grammar works surface reading: రాగాలు తీయు is also an idiomatic phrase meaning to cry/wail/scream used often to describe tantrums (e.g., you can sing as much as you like, but it's not going to change the situation) టపాసులు* - సు = పాటలు |
biocuriousgeorgie | 2 |
| 10223 | TESTAMENT (9) | Will the new year in Hanoi include a pollinator, perhaps? (9) | Will = def the new year in Hanoi = TET includes a pollinator, perhaps = STAMEN TE(STAMEN)T |
biocuriousgeorgie | 2 |
| 10257 | CANAL (5) | Common internet disclaimer: I should be replaced by cats starting with C & O, for example (5) | Common internet disclaimer = IANAL (I am not a lawyer) I replaced by Cats starting = (I->C)ANAL C&O, for example = def (i.e., the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, known as the C&O Canal) |
biocuriousgeorgie | 2 |
| 8466 | TEN-FOUR (3-4) | Two-bit for audio is okay (3-4) | Two-bit = binary two = TEN for audio = sounds like for = FOUR okay = def |
biocuriousgeorgie | 1 |
| 8544 | TAKE A BREATHER (4, 1, 8) | Unwind with a fresh tea break before noticeably cutting a head off (4, 1, 8) | Unwind = def fresh (tea break)* = TAKE A BRE noticeably, cutting a head off = rATHER |
biocuriousgeorgie | 1 |
| 8545 | LOVERS (6) | Incite revolts without starting the flames (6) | <REVOLtS> minus The Flames = def |
biocuriousgeorgie | 1 |
| 8561 | REVEAL (6) | Bare skin? Aloe vera turns owww into ahhh (6) | Bare = def Skin (as a verb) aLOE VERa -> turns -> REVEOL owww into ahhh (O->A, would also be W->H but there is none) |
biocuriousgeorgie | 1 |
| 8598 | SPRUCE (6) | Christmas tree purchased even after Mar/Apr/May, without hint of awkwardness (6) | Christmas tree = def SPR (spring) + pUrChAsEd - A |
biocuriousgeorgie | 1 |
| 8624 | ADJACENT (8) | The start of a difficult journey to retrieve samples from Proxima Centauri's neighbor (8) | A D_ J_ + _A CENT_ |
biocuriousgeorgie | 1 |
| 8658 | UNIVERSE (8) | What comes between life and everything else, turning left to right after stealing our souls and completely exposing vanity as the primary virtue? (8) | What comes between life and everything = def (i.e., "Life, the Universe and Everything") Stealing our souls = oUr Completely exposing vanity = vaNIty The primary virtue = V_ Else, turning left to right = E(l->R)SE Bonus answer to the riddle that I'm not sure actually fully makes sense = a selfie camera |
biocuriousgeorgie | 1 |
| 8674 | WET (3) | God takes sixteen turns to flood (3) | GOD rot-16 = WET Flood = def (as a verb) |
biocuriousgeorgie | 1 |
| 8688 | MINISTER (8) | Small semi-truck driver is official (8) | Small = MINI semi (truck driver) = teamSTER official (n.) = def |
biocuriousgeorgie | 1 |
| 8706 | ANY CLUE WITH A WORD USED MULTIPLE TIMES (?) | Fish had had sad end with bad doc (7) | Fish = HADDOCK had had sad end = HA(D)D bad doc = OCK (i.e., Doc Ock) |
biocuriousgeorgie | 1 |
| 8755 | COBALT (6) | At the end of the day, what space borders on is blue (6) | At = connector The end of the day = C.O.B. (close of business) What space borders on = ALT (on my keyboard, at least - I've decided Macs temporarily don't exist) Blue = def |
biocuriousgeorgie | 1 |
| 8761 | OWL (3) | In a reversal, the mealworm eats the late bird (3) | The late bird = def (because owls are night owls) Mealworm reversed contains OWL |
biocuriousgeorgie | 1 |
| 8781 | FORK (4) | Have sex in the Good Place, then split? (4) | ddef Have sex in the Good Place (e.g., "fork you") Split |
biocuriousgeorgie | 1 |
| 8783 | ANY CLUE THAT BEGINS "IN SOVIET RUSSIA..." (?) | In Soviet Russia, the compass points West after questioning - it's strange (5) | Q + U(S->E, S->E)R The compass points west instead of north, so rotate compass directions in USSR 90° ccw (S->E) Questioning = Q (as in LGBTQQ) Strange = def |
biocuriousgeorgie | 1 |
| 8808 | THYMINE (7) | I'm back in Boston - enemy's going around riding the T (7) | TH(N(IM<)Y<)E IM backwards in (Boston enemy = NY, going around) = YMIN YMIN riding (i.e., sitting inside) THE = TH(YMIN)E T = def |
biocuriousgeorgie | 1 |
| 8812 | ANY GEOGRAPHICAL PLACE (?) | After last expedition aboard a small boat, I'm half afraid (oddly!) to follow you to where three seas meet (11) | Last expedition = N, aboard a KAYAK = KANYAK I'm half= M, afraid oddly = ARI to follow you = UMARI where three seas meet = KANYAKUMARI |
biocuriousgeorgie | 1 |
| 8813 | ANY GEOGRAPHICAL PLACE (?) | Eve's partner went back to fuel vehicle in children's comedy film (10) | ADAM< + GAS + CAR Children's film = MADAGASCAR |
biocuriousgeorgie | 1 |
| 8815 | INTERROBANG (11) | Punctuation partially started off with a gunshot‽ (11) | Questionably true/punny &lit (hence, ‽) Punctuation, partially = INTERRuption (see https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/punctuate) Started off = O with = connector a gunshot = BANG The use of "bang" for the exclamation mark (a part of an interrobang) is rumored to have started when printers used "!" to denote a gunshot in comic books. |
biocuriousgeorgie | 1 |
| 8861 | PROCYON (7) | After favoring chipmunks initially, they finally live a level below a raccoon's family (7) | After PRO, C_, _Y Live = ON (e.g., on air) A level below a raccoon's family = def (level below family = genus, and raccoon's genus = Procyon) |
biocuriousgeorgie | 1 |
| 8887 | LINTEL (6) | Fibrous fluff from Krypton sometimes decorates a door? (6) | Fibrous fluff from Krypton = LINT-EL (e.g., Lint from the House of El, like Kal-El) Sometimes decorates a door = def |
biocuriousgeorgie | 1 |
| 8888 | LINTEL (6) | The beam at the door illuminated the French mirror, bringing in the setting sun (6) | The beam at the door = def Illuminated = LIT the French mirror = LE< The setting sun = last letter of suN LI(N)T + EL |
biocuriousgeorgie | 1 |
| 8896 | RETROGRADE (10) | An agile runner circling an exposed agora sent back the outcome, creating a spot of trouble for Mercury, perhaps? (10) | An agile runner = DARTER, circling exposed aGORa, sent back = DAR(GOR)TER< + thE outcome Creating = connector A troublesome spot for Mercury, perhaps? = def (i.e., Mercury being in retrograde supposedly causes trouble) |
biocuriousgeorgie | 1 |
| 8900 | PROSPECT (8) | Go pan for gold in a river, in a river; time goes by - t'aint a kilo, just a sliver (8) | Go pan for gold = def A river in a river = R in PO = PRO Time goes by (i.e., T goes after) t'ain't a kilo, just a sliver = SPECK-K P(R)O + SPECk + T |
biocuriousgeorgie | 1 |
| 8909 | INDIANA (7) | Gary is in such a state - every other one of his nude frontal images was exposed (the rest are not available) (7) | Gary is in such a state = def (i.e., Gary, Indiana) every other one of hIs NuDe = IND frontal Images = I wAs exposed = A the rest are Not Available = the remaining letters are NA |
biocuriousgeorgie | 1 |
| 9056 | EARLY (5) | Rocky really left - gone before his time (5) | Rocky REALLY with L gone = EARLlY* Before his time = def |
biocuriousgeorgie | 1 |
| 9410 | GOOGLE-FU (6-2) | Research art from Sonic Youth album with essential (forgive the French) cover of F*** You (6-2) | Research art = def Sonic Youth album = GOO essential forGive + the French = G + LE cover of F*** You = FU |
biocuriousgeorgie | 1 |
| 9479 | CRAZY (5) | Lunatic is mad czar-y (5) | (CZARY)* Trying this again without the indirect anagram and going with calica's suggestion...thanks! |
biocuriousgeorgie | 1 |
| 9485 | A CLUE IN WHICH EVERY WORD IS (OR IS PART OF) A COMMONLY ACCEPTED ANAGRIND (?) | Embroil constituents, moving Right out of place, making changes (6) | Embroil constituents, moving R out = (EMBrOIL)* Of place, making changes = def = MOBILE Anagrinds: embroil, constituents, moving, right (as a verb), out of place, making changes |
biocuriousgeorgie | 1 |
| 9507 | WONT (4) | Used to yearn for a listener (4) | Used to = def Yearn, for a listener = homophone of want |
biocuriousgeorgie | 1 |
| 9551 | GHOTI (5) | After first grade, school centers on a couple of tides and spelling for fish (5) | First grade = G_ School centers = HO A couple of tides = TI Spelling for fish = def |
biocuriousgeorgie | 1 |
| 9554 | ASPECT (6) | Face a small perp who's not sus (6) | Face = def (i.e., side) A S_ susPECT |
biocuriousgeorgie | 1 |
| 9562 | CALICO CAT (6, 3) | Except in rare cases, a female feline with Hollywood-state fur has the seed of celebrity (6, 3) | Except in rare cases, a female feline = def (calico cats are almost always female because the tricolor pattern requires two X chromosomes, one of which is randomly inactivated in each patch of fur). Hollywood-state = CALI fur has the seed of celebrity = CO(C)AT |
biocuriousgeorgie | 1 |
| 9621 | TANGIBLE (8) | The first faster-than-light communication device exchanged a thousand per second - quite substantial (8) | The first = T ansible exchanged G for S = AN(G)IBLE Quite substantial = def |
biocuriousgeorgie | 1 |
| 9622 | TANGIBLE (8) | Blanch hearts and innards of a chicken (then place the tail on top, for real) (8) | blANch + GIBLET then place the tail on top (i.e., move the last letter to the first) = T AN GIBLE real = def |
biocuriousgeorgie | 1 |
| 9691 | AWESOME (7) | Great, sounds cute! So I will come afterward. (7) | Great = def Sounds "cute!" = sounds like "aww" = AWE SO I = ME (will come afterward = not particularly necessary, but reasonable position indicator) |
biocuriousgeorgie | 1 |
| 9694 | ROUND ROBIN (5, 5) | After earth loses gravity, a bird creates a space where everyone can talk (5, 5) | After gROUND, ROBIN (Etymology comes from "round ribbon", as it turns out! So the bird's the word) A space where everyone can talk = def (e.g., round robin time in a meeting) |
biocuriousgeorgie | 1 |
| 9726 | ANY CLUE WITH TWO DIFFERENT ANSWERS DEPENDING ON WHETHER IT’S INTERPRETED IN BRITISH ENGLISH OR AMERICAN ENGLISH (?) | Zealot removes pants, real confused about what might happen when your light goes out (5|7) | FUNDIE - UNDIE + REAL* = FLARE FUNDIE - DIE (i.e., American pants are the bottom half of what we wear) + REAL* = FUNERAL What might happen when your light goes out = def |
biocuriousgeorgie | 1 |
| 9766 | VIEW (4) | Outlook's mostly heard of you (4) | Outlook = def "of you" heard = "a view", so mostly = VIEW |
biocuriousgeorgie | 1 |
| 10166 | SWALLOW (7) | Drink has consequence: running into the side of a building with a yelp of pain (7) | Drink = def has consequence = last letter of haS (not sure if completely valid, but I liked the surface better than clearer options) the side of a building = WALL a yelp of pain = OW running into/with = juxtaposition indicators |
biocuriousgeorgie | 1 |
| 10185 | HAMILTON (8) | Founding father originally haunted by a writer of Paradise Lost (8) | Founding father = def originally, Haunted, by A = H + A Writer of Paradise Lost = MILTON |
biocuriousgeorgie | 1 |
| 10186 | HAMILTON (8) | Pet name containing broken Tamil for someone whose face is a ten? (8) | Pet name (HON) containing broken TAMIL = H(TAMIL*)ON Someone whose face is a ten? = def (i.e., Hamilton is the face of the $10 bill) |
biocuriousgeorgie | 1 |
| 10198 | BURSAR (6) | The one holding the purse strings is a bear wearing bear skin (6) | The one holding the purse strings = def A bear = URSA wearing BeaR skin = B(URSA)R |
biocuriousgeorgie | 1 |
| 10210 | GAP (3) | Something you should mind in approaching a platform? (3) | Semi-&lit Something you should mind = def (but also the whole clue can be the def) In approaching a platform = _G A P_ |
biocuriousgeorgie | 1 |
| 10211 | RAMBUNCTIOUS (12) | Unruly lone wolf loses tail and endlessly points to debts (12) | Unruly = def Lone wolf loses tail = RAMBo Endlessly, points = pUNCTa To = juxtaposition indicator Debts = IOUS |
biocuriousgeorgie | 1 |
| 10221 | EMBERS | Firebrands decapitated representatives (6) | Firebrands = def Decapitated representatives = mEMBERS |
biocuriousgeorgie | 1 |
| 10224 | TESTAMENT (9) | Taxidermist destined, it's said, to provide evidence of reality (9) | Taxidermist = TESTA destined, it's said = homophone of meant = MENT evidence of reality = def (Is it real? Nope! Chuck Testa!) |
biocuriousgeorgie | 1 |
| 10232 | BALANCE (7) | Roll call for an N*Sync member with no curves creates harmony (7) | Roll call for an N*Sync member = BASS, LANCE (i.e. in roll call, they call the last name first) With no curves = drop the SS Harmony = def |
biocuriousgeorgie | 1 |
| 10240 | CLOCK (5) | Hit shoe switches sides a thousand times (5) | Hit = def (v.) Shoe switches sides = C(R->L)OC A thousand times = K (i.e., the prefix for 1000x) |
biocuriousgeorgie | 1 |
| 10243 | BENIGN (6) | Helpful to hear a queen sometimes in Germany, no? (6) | Helpful = def Hear = homophone indicator A queen sometimes = BEE In Germany, no = NEIN Sounds like BEE NEIN = BENIGN |
biocuriousgeorgie | 1 |
| 10461 | GOLFER (6) | Errand boy holds hockey stick for a player, of course (6) | Errand boy = GOFER hockey stick = L (as in h-e-double hockey sticks) A player of course = def |
biocuriousgeorgie | 1 |
| 10472 | DISCO (5) | Dance is more than half innovation (5) | Dance = def More than half of DISCOvery (Different etymology from discotheque, as far as I can tell!) |
biocuriousgeorgie | 1 |
| 10891 | TATTOO (6) | Permanent marker on the face sometimes is revenge for a tit as well (6) | Permanent marker on the face, sometimes = def (i.e., marker as in an identifying mark) revenge for a tit = TAT (i.e., tit-for-tat) as well = TOO |
biocuriousgeorgie | 1 |
| 10969 | TO WIT (2, 3) | Fool is filled with love for a comedian's brief toast (2, 3) | Fool is filled with love = T(O)WIT A comedian's brief toast = def |
biocuriousgeorgie | 1 |
| 8498 | TAKE A BREATHER (4, 1, 8) | Thank you, endangered parrot! A tar pit without its city - not quite a place to rest (4,1,8) | Thank you = TA engendered parrot = KEA A tar pit without its city = LA BREA - L.A. not quite a place = THERe To rest = def |
biocuriousgeorgie | 0 |
| 8500 | OUROBOROS (9) | Most acrid scents contain oxygen and swap the initial disulfide for a benzene ring in alchemy (9) | Most acrid = sOUR, scents = ODORS Oxygen = O, initial disulfide = D swapped for benzene = B Ring in alchemy = def sOURO(D->B)OR(O)S |
biocuriousgeorgie | 0 |
| 8519 | FLACON (6) | Half deserted? Fire the next three to switch sides for a bottle! (6) | Half-deserted fire = CONFLAgration The next three to switch sides = CON<->FLA = FLACON for = connector A bottle = def |
biocuriousgeorgie | 0 |
| 8524 | FEBRUARY (8) | In parts of Bookspace lacking early light, you supplement with iron before the last month of winter (8) | parts of bookspace lacking early light (LI) = liBRARY in BRARY, you = BRUARY supplement with iron before = FE + BRUARY the last month of winter = def |
biocuriousgeorgie | 0 |
| 8535 | ENCHANTMENT (11) | A spell cast by eyeless Gregorian singing in eminent disgrace (11) | A spell = def, cast by = connector (e.g., made by) Gregorian singing (n.) = CHANT (not sure if etymology is an issue here) eminent disgrace = anagram (ENIMENT or wherever you want to put the i) eyeless = -I EN(CHANT)iMENT |
biocuriousgeorgie | 0 |
| 8557 | TRENCHCOAT (10) | Camouflage, for children, towers over every other cool art - time to pull the whiskey out (10) | Def = Camouflage for children towers (e.g., two kids in a trenchcoat) Every other cool art = CoOl ArT Time + to pull (the whiskey out) = T + wRENCH Assuming down clue: over COAT, TRENCH = TRENCHCOAT |
biocuriousgeorgie | 0 |
| 8559 | TRENCHCOAT (10) | Virtual technocrat's fancy attire (10) | Virtual = almost entirely, fancy = anagram <TECHNOCRATs> |
biocuriousgeorgie | 0 |
| 8560 | TRENCHCOAT (10) | Crooked coach caught by some Jersey city slicker (10) | TREN<COACH>Ton Slicker = def |
biocuriousgeorgie | 0 |
| 8571 | PITY (4) | Alas, in verse, I ne'er used "o'er" (4) | Alas = def In verse, I = P(I)OETRY ne'er used "o'er" = PIoeTrY |
biocuriousgeorgie | 0 |
| 8572 | WHATEVS (7) | White House rate-limited Teslas and Priuses, eh? (7) | WH + rATe + EVS (i.e., electric vehicles) Eh = def |
biocuriousgeorgie | 0 |
| 8577 | BORDER (6) | Staff starting to refuse the German fringe (6) | BO + R + DER = fringe | biocuriousgeorgie | 0 |
| 8597 | SPACE CADET (5, 5) | She started movement with two left feet - even danced erratically like an alien daydreamer (5,5) | S_ + PACE (gait with two left legs moving at the same time) + CAD* + ET | biocuriousgeorgie | 0 |
| 8631 | SCREE (5) | Some banshees sound like gravel (5) | Some banshees' sound = SCREEch Gravel = def |
biocuriousgeorgie | 0 |
| 8633 | SCREE (5) | Cliff's leftovers are starting to smell a bit disturbing (5) | Cliff's leftovers = def Starting to smell = S A bit disturbing = CREEpy |
biocuriousgeorgie | 0 |
| 8672 | MECHANICAL BULL (10, 4) | Pope's decree: Father excommunicated, for He actually now leads the original infidels in Mecca as a robot cow (10,4) | Pope's decree = PAPAL BULL Father excommunicated for ... = PAPA replaced with ... He actually now leads = H_ A_ N_ the original infidels = I_ in Mecca = MEC(HANI)CA a robot cow = def [papa->MEC(HANI)CA]L BULL |
biocuriousgeorgie | 0 |
| 8673 | MINISTER (8) | Attend a moment - I saw that first, ergo…halfsies? (8) | Attend = def a moment = MIN I saw that first = I + ST Ergo halfsies = ER MIN I S_T_ ER_ |
biocuriousgeorgie | 0 |
| 8705 | CHURRO (6) | Coated extruded tube with hot copper alloy at one end, received gold in return (6) | Coated extruded tube = def (I mean, technically speaking...) Hot copper alloy = H + CU mixed together = CHU At one end, received = R Gold in return = OR, reversed = RO |
biocuriousgeorgie | 0 |
| 8713 | CUPID (5) | The architect of love is a canine with no end of kisses (5) | The architect of love = def Canine with no end of kisses = CUsPID |
biocuriousgeorgie | 0 |
| 8762 | TE AMO (2, 3) | Rihanna song about following heart to wrong team? (2, 3) | semi-&lit: "Te Amo" is basically about a girl who falls for a straight girl Following (heart to wrong), team = TEAM + O (Tried to clean it up a little but am too sleepy to do better) |
biocuriousgeorgie | 0 |
| 8775 | HALFTIME OR HALF TIME (8 OR 4,4) | The second before a note is held in E Flat augmented is when the band marches (4, 4) | The second = H A note = IM (i.e., instant message) held in (E FLAT)* augmented = ALFT(IM)E when the band marches = def |
biocuriousgeorgie | 0 |
| 8779 | BLEEP (5) | Swear in polite company that the act of sticking out your tongue held barely a trace of impertinence (5) | Swear, in polite company = def (e.g., "what the bleep") The act of sticking out your tongue = BLEP held (barely a trace of impertinencE) = BL(E)EP |
biocuriousgeorgie | 0 |
| 8780 | INTERROBANG (11) | What punctuates an exclamatory question ‽ (11) | ddef: "What punctuates an exclamatory question" and "‽" |
biocuriousgeorgie | 0 |
| 8828 | THYMINE (7) | Base your core premise in observable outcome (7) | Base = def (i.e., one of the four bases that make up DNA) Your = THY + preMise + IN + observablE |
biocuriousgeorgie | 0 |
| 9055 | OVERDUE (7) | Rude novel by grumpy Swedish man was returned late to the library (7) | Rude novel = RDUE* by = next to Grumpy Swedish man = OVE (from the novel A Man Called Ove) Returned late to the library = def |
biocuriousgeorgie | 0 |
| 9070 | BOLD (4) | So brave for not having hair transplants - at least for now, shaved (4) | So brave = def Not having hair = BALD At least = first letter of At = A nOw, shaved = O BALD transplants A for O |
biocuriousgeorgie | 0 |
| 9131 | FINALE (6) | Like a snake, in the Wheel of Time, there is no ending - the end is the beginning, and what's left goes around again in the end (6) | Like a snake in the Wheel of Time (but with no ending) = AELFINn The end is the beginning = FIN begins the word What's left goes around again = ALE* is rearranged In = connector The end = def |
biocuriousgeorgie | 0 |
| 9296 | PISTACHIO (9) | Nut makes a half circle with facial hair after shaving some off the top (9) | Nut = def (I know they're technically seeds, but they're nuts in common usage) A half circle = PI (i.e., in radians) Facial hair after shaving some off the top = muSTACHIO |
biocuriousgeorgie | 0 |
| 9428 | ANTHEM (6) | Neal Stephenson novel without a song (6) | ANaTHEM | biocuriousgeorgie | 0 |
| 9430 | CHTHONIC (8) | Archetypal deposed leader pockets three flipped coins from the underworld (8) | Archetypal deposed leader = iCONIC Pockets = contains Three flipped coins = HTH (i.e., heads, tails, heads) From the underworld = def |
biocuriousgeorgie | 0 |
| 9431 | BREACH (6) | A new line per infraction (6) | A new line = BR (as in the html code for line break) Per = each Infraction = def |
biocuriousgeorgie | 0 |
| 9457 | COAX (4) | Cajole a cable (4) | Ddef - common slang for coaxial cable | biocuriousgeorgie | 0 |
| 9475 | PERPETUITY (10) | As they say, a cat's chat may be beloved (and quite peachy, perhaps?) but French is forever (10) | As they say, a cat's chat, may be = sounds like purr = PER Beloved = PET Quite peachy, perhaps? but (minus) French = frUITY Forever = def |
biocuriousgeorgie | 0 |
| 10237 | LIBRARY (7) | A bookkeeper, possibly of Latin origin, scales yurt odds back (7) | A bookkeeper, possibly = def Of Latin origin, scales = LIBRA YuRt odds back = RY |
biocuriousgeorgie | 0 |
| 10465 | CARAFE (6) | Leading amphora relative brought around in a place that serves drinks! (6) | &lit AR brought around = RA, in CAFE CA(A_R_<)FE |
biocuriousgeorgie | 0 |
| 10726 | PARTICIPANTS (12) | Players here in France, in outlandish trap, wore British underwear (12) | Players = def Here in France = ICI In outlandish trap = RT(ICI)PA Wore British underwear = PA(RTICIPA)NTS |
biocuriousgeorgie | 0 |
| 10768 | INTERNET EXPLORER (8, 8) | Summer trainee and Latin lover long ago preceded public relations around mythos of Dora who braved the web? (8, 8) | Summer trainee = INTERN and Latin = ET lover long ago = EX preceded = juxtaposition indicator public relations around mythos = P(LORE)R Dora who braved the web? = silly def INTERN + ET + EX + P(LORE)R |
biocuriousgeorgie | 0 |
| 10911 | RUBY (4) | Actor Rose may regret failing grade while Asian, I hear (4) | Actor Rose = def Sounds like regret + failing grade while Asian (i.e. what we used to call an "Asian fail") = sounds like RUE + B |
biocuriousgeorgie | 0 |