Contests started: GROUNDBREAKING (14), COCONUT (7), TIME MACHINE (4, 7)
Contests won: TANGIBLE (8), SLALOM (6), OK (2), MEASURE (7), MYCOLOGY (8)
| Clue ID | Contest | Clue | Explanation (hover) | Submitted By | Likes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9614 | TANGIBLE (8) | Concrete table absorbed spilled gin (8) | TA[GIN*]BLE = def. concrete | lavaloid | 4 |
| 9804 | SLALOM (6) | Puzzle type where loop is restricted by small reordering (6) | Puzzle type = defn. where = link word loop = O is restricted by = insertion indicator small reordering = SLALM (anag.) |
lavaloid | 4 |
| 10849 | MYCOLOGY (8) | Finally! Calm guy, cool/funky/odd guy, and fungi study (8) | ___M __Y (COLO)* G_Y = fungi study | lavaloid | 3 |
| 9664 | IDIOCY (6) | Announcement from head of engineering department of Chevron spelled out absolute nonsense (6) | Announcement from ... spelled out: gramogram indicator head of: first letter indicator engineering department of Chevron: EDOC absolute nonsense: definition |
lavaloid | 2 |
| 9899 | IFFY (4) | Improbable equivalence to vertical axis (4) | def: Improbable equivalence: IFF to: connecting word vertical axis: Y |
lavaloid | 2 |
| 10131 | OK (2) | Fine state (2) | ddef: Okay / Oklahoma | lavaloid | 2 |
| 10836 | MEASURE (7) | meter meter ender ender erasure erasure (7) | def. meter M (meter) + ERASURE - ende[R] |
lavaloid | 2 |
| 10068 | OUT OF TUNE (3, 2, 4) | A little flat which, initially, one Ugandan tenant offers fairly to a French one (3, 2, 4) | O___ U___ T___ O__ F___ T____ + UNE def: a little flat |
lavaloid | 1 |
| 10072 | CURRY (5) | The spicy food is going cold, hurry! (5) | def: the spicy food going cold = H -> C [C]URRY |
lavaloid | 1 |
| 10095 | CHEESE GRATER (6, 6) | Encourage to possess (without example) separate kitchen gadget (6, 6) | encourage: CHEER to possess: containment indicator without example: -EG separate: SEGREGATE CHEE (SEGR (-eg) ATE) R def: kitchen gadget |
lavaloid | 1 |
| 10756 | SEXTANT (7) | After evading taxes, Newton and Tesla makes measurement device (7) | TAXES anag. + N + T (physics unit) = measurement device | lavaloid | 1 |
| 10791 | SCP (3) | Spherical container's purpose, primarily: keeps fictional entities inside (3) | [S]pherical [C]ontainer's [P]urpose def. keeps fictional entities inside |
lavaloid | 1 |
| 10840 | TIME MACHINE (4, 7) | Nebraska university bends over backwards to accommodate Mach 1 electric starter in sci-fi device (4, 7) | Nebraska = NE university = MIT Mach 1 = MACHI electric starter = E TIME(MACHI)N< + E def. sci-fi device |
lavaloid | 1 |
| 10846 | MEASURE (7) | Portion noodles with Indonesian deer mixed in it (7) | noodles = MEE Indonesian deer = RUSA ME(ASUR*)E = portion |
lavaloid | 1 |
| 10922 | YOUR (4) | A Chinese person's right to the right pronoun (4) | 右(YOU) + R = pronoun | lavaloid | 1 |
| 9775 | VIEW (4) | Six disgusted remarks of scene (4) | six = VI disgusted remark = EW def. scene = VIEW |
lavaloid | 0 |
| 9958 | CORONER (7) | One who studies COVID-19 without a forensic pathologist, maybe (7) | One who studies: -ER suffix (e.g. philosopher) COVID-19: CORONA without A: remove A forensic pathologist, maybe: def |
lavaloid | 0 |
| 9960 | CORNER (6) | One who studies COVID-19 without a love of predicament (6) | One who studies: -ER suffix (e.g. philosopher) COVID-19: CORONA without a love: remove A O of: connecting word predicament: def |
lavaloid | 0 |
| 9974 | MERCURY (7) | Freddie is 80 (7) | ddef: Freddie Mercury / 80 on periodic table | lavaloid | 0 |
| 10024 | SATURN (6) | TAS run messed up by object from outer space (6) | TASRUN anag. def: object from outer space |
lavaloid | 0 |
| 10040 | AIR (3) | Launch Artificial Intelligence before end of December (3) | def: launch [a projectile] AI + _____R |
lavaloid | 0 |
| 10141 | STEALTH (7) | Weird tale, infiltrating something in secrecy (7) | S (TEAL*) TH = secrecy | lavaloid | 0 |
| 10308 | TERRITORY (9) | Region created when author Pratchett ate spoiled roti (9) | Region = defn. created when = linking word author Pratchett = TERRY ate = containment spoiled roti = ROTI anag. region = TER(RITO*)RY |
lavaloid | 0 |
| 10632 | STATUE (6) | Take legal action about tattoo on sculpture (6) | S(TAT)UE = sculpture | lavaloid | 0 |
| 10759 | BACKSEAT (8) | Before starting transition, pseudonymous artist with no nose reportedly won't stop telling you what to do (8) | Starting transition = T Pseudonymous artist with no nose reportedly = homophone of "banksy" with no nasals def. = won't stop telling you what to do |
lavaloid | 0 |
| 10806 | LUDDITE (7) | People who Rage Against the Machine's lead labelled unproductive due to messing up edit (7) | [L]abelled [U]nproductive [D]ue + DITE* def. people who rage against the machine |
lavaloid | 0 |
| 10885 | TATTOO (6) | Pattern for Yin-Yang border broke ToT (6) | Yin-Yang: TAO (kind of) border: container indicator broke ToT: anag. TOT TA (TTO*) O = pattern |
lavaloid | 0 |
| 10918 | ZZZ (3) | Snore as last bit of Rush song is put on loop (3) | Rush song = YYZ last bit of YYZ is put on loop = ZZZ = snore |
lavaloid | 0 |
| 10983 | OCTAVE (6) | Terrible orchestra can't even cover Beethoven's famous symphony 12 semitones above (6) | defn. 12 semitones above (O_C_E_T_A)* contains V (Symphony no.5) |
lavaloid | 0 |
| 11159 | PURGATORY (9) | Spanish cat, possessed by cat noise, initiates your torture (9) | PUR(GATO)R + Y____ = torture | lavaloid | 0 |