jovi_al

Contests started: MEOW (4), MONGREL (7), MORTADELLA (10), ESPALIER (8), MARNIX (6), TMESIS (6), KEYSMASH (8)

Contests won: ETHERNET (8), TIDINGS (7), BLATANT (7), ESCHEW (6), MERCURIAL (9), ESPALIER (8), AFTERNOON (9)

All Submissions

Clue ID Contest Clue Explanation (hover) Submitted By Likes
12064 SOFA (4) Furniture displayed in works of art (4) work(S OF A)rt jovi_al 5
10653 TIDINGS (7) Seventh note with bell sounds brings news (7) seventh note == TI
bell sounds == DINGS
TI+DINGS == news
jovi_al 3
12143 ADHERE (6) "Believe," he read curiously (6) HEREAD* jovi_al 3
12200 ANY CLUE THAT HAS TO END IN A SPECIFIC NUMBER OF QUESTION MARKS (?) Yaoi endless key of life? (5) Yaoi = BL (boys' love)
endless key of life = ANK(-h)
? = BLANK (in Scrabble)
jovi_al 3
9996 WAHOO (5) Celebration initiated with a helping of Ouzo (5) Celebration = definition
initiated = first letters of "with a helping of Ouzo" = WAHOO
jovi_al 2
10605 ANY CLUE THAT CONTAINS THE PHRASE "LOST IN TRANSLATION" (?) "Lost In Translation" star reviewed blurry mail (4,6) "Lost in Translation" star == def.
reviewed == anagrind
blurry mail == BILL MURRAY
jovi_al 2
12063 MELANCHOLY (10) Rebuild, calmly hone emotion (10) (CALMLYHONE)*
def: emotion
jovi_al 2
12093 BLATANT (7) Strange battalion lacking information over patent (7) strange = anagrind
battalion lacking information over = battal(-io)n
patent = def
jovi_al 2
12121 BARBADOS (8) Tourist destination: tavern with grim windows (8) BAR+BAD+OS jovi_al 2
12142 ESCHEW (6) Avoid endless Escher waterfall, at first (6) ESCHE+W jovi_al 2
12184 SOAK (4) Alcoholic? Drunkly ask Oscar (4) ASKO*
def = alcoholic
jovi_al 2
12193 AFTERNOON (9) No one fart! Nasty time of day (9) NOONEFART* jovi_al 2
10012 WOAH (4) Exclamation made initially with only a hiccup (4) Exclamation = def
initially With Only A Hiccup = WOAH
jovi_al 1
10366 ETHERNET (8) Enter the malfunctioning network technology (8) Network technology = ethernet
Malfunctioning = anagrind
Enter the = anagrams to ethernet
jovi_al 1
10628 PITCHER (7) Baseball player questioned PR ethic (7) baseball player == def
questioned == anagrind
"PR ethic" anagram == _PITCHER_
jovi_al 1
11923 ANY ANAGRAM OF STONE (5) "Strange," notes transcriber (5) (NOTES)* => STENO jovi_al 1
12090 BAR NONE (3, 4) Unlimited war bonnet strangely without exception (3, 4) unlimited WAR BONNET = AR BONNE
strangely = anagrind
without exception = def
jovi_al 1
12103 ARCHAIC (7) Ancient Roman features Sudoku technique (7) ARCH+AIC jovi_al 1
12122 NATICK (6) Mass part (kilo) after strange shenanigan (6) (ANTIC*)+K jovi_al 1
12147 MERCURIAL (9) Horrible rum eclair leading to unpredictable behavior (9) RUMECLAIR* jovi_al 1
12189 GIMME (5) Freebie? I'm in broke, Meg (5) G(IM)ME* jovi_al 1
12208 HEART (5) Ridiculous Wreath has no break-in, love (5) (-w)REATH*
def love (term of endearment)
jovi_al 1
9997 ANY CURRENT WORLD LEADER (?) Pub with over-actor caused Iraqi government issue (6) Pub = BAR
Over-actor = HAM
Iraqi goverment issue (issue in the supplying sense) = BARHAM
jovi_al 0
10010 FIRE (4) Report to outskirts of Fuji with reply (4) report = fire (gunfire)
outskirts of fuji = FI
reply = RE
jovi_al 0
10011 TEN THOUSAND (3, 8) Honda's tune with team leader was a messy number (3,8) number = def
team leader = T
HONDAS TUNE T = anagram of ten thousand
messy = anagram indicator
jovi_al 0
10013 MINESWEEPER (11) Questionable new preemies' game (11) questionable = anagram indicator
new preemies = anagram of minesweeper
game = def
jovi_al 0
10058 GENESIS (7) Garbled "nice" heard with echo propagation (7) garbled = anagram indicator
"nice" heard = gneiss
with = connector
echo = e
gneiss + e = genesis
propagation = def
jovi_al 0
10622 OORT (4) Astronomer that first offered orbital rock theory (4) Astronomer-- definition
first-- first letters of
Offered Orbital Rock Theory -- OORT
jovi_al 0
10654 INDITE (6) Compose tin die rolled (6) compose == def
rolled == anagrind
tin die == INDITE*
jovi_al 0
10655 CHORALE (7) Hymn from headless Greek god's blood with beer (7) Hymn == def
headless Greek god's blood with beer == (-i)CHOR+ALE
jovi_al 0
11924 HENRY (5) Pointless threnody went wrong for bozo (5) bozo = def
pointless threnody = threnody - DOT = hreny
went wrong = (hreny)*
jovi_al 0
12083 WOOF (4) Strangely initiates paying respects with surprised emoticon threads (4) initiates paying respects: F
surprised emoticon: OWO
strangely: anagrind
threads: def (kind of an obscure definition please don't hurt me)
jovi_al 0
12109 NINJA (5) Assassin Benjamin lacking Bombe, oddly, strangely (5) (-BE)NJA(-M)IN* jovi_al 0
12131 CRAPS (5) Spark uprising, begin preferring hundred over thousand for betting scenario (5) C+(-K)RAPS jovi_al 0
12150 ESPALIER (8) Make trees (e.g. pears) lie unnaturally flat! (8) [PEARSLIE]* jovi_al 0
12158 PAIN (4) French bread suffering (4) ddef jovi_al 0
12162 PHOENIX (7) A remarkable thing: Lisa Kudrow's character is missing, be nothing (7) PHOE(-be)+NIX jovi_al 0
12185 TMESIS (6) Mix samarium, silicon, tellurium for intervention in compound? (6) i know it's an indirect anagram, sue me
[SM+SI+TE]*
jovi_al 0
12220 CLOVER (6) Hundred to zero: recipe for luxury (6) C+LOVE+R, def luxury (as in "in clover") jovi_al 0
12221 MARTLET (7) Headless sting to allow footless bird (7) (-s)MART+LET jovi_al 0
12228 BRUIT (5) Start to bring rumor up in talks (5) B_R_U_I_T_ jovi_al 0

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