Contests started: BUGGY (5), SLIP (4), IMPROVE (7), POT BROWNIES (3, 8), ATOM (4), TELEVISION (10), BEARD (5), TEXAS (5), GOAL (4), ROACH (5), ROBOT (5), ANTIQUE (7), MARIO (5), MEAN (4), ASKING (6), DOUGH (5), HEBREW (6), PATRIOT (7), BURGER (6), SIESTA (6), GRINDER (7), BOXERS (6), THE SUN (3, 3), GAME SIX (4, 3), JUST WHAT I NEEDED (4, 4, 1, 6), STAN (4), BAD DOG (3, 3), FAKE (4), LOGGING (7), UPGRADE (7), PRESS F (5, 1), TESTING (7), CHATTER (7), UPDATE (6), HOPE (4), NEEDLE (6)
Contests won: BUGGY (5), COMPUTABLE (10), MAKE (4), EAT (3), ROCKWELL, POT BROWNIES (3, 8), BLANK (5), STRUCTURE (9), DAYS (4), UNIONIZED (9), RUMPUS (6), ROACH (5), ANTIQUE (7), ULTIMATE (8), FAN (3), PHENOMIST (9), ASKING (6), GOLD LEAF (4, 4), MARASCHINO (10), ANTARCTICA (10), GOOGLE (6), LARCENY (7), MAKE (4), PEWTER (6), FREAKED (7), PALLET (6), NASH EQUILIBRIUM (4, 11), PSYCHO (6), GAME SIX (4, 3), STIMULATED (10), EXTRADITION (11), BELITTLE (8), COMMENT (7), OZONE (5), PTA (3), BUG (3), CAROUSEL (8), RUM (3), UPDATE (6)
| Clue ID | Contest | Clue | Explanation (hover) | Submitted By | Likes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2444 | OZONE (5) | Fantastical land with one type of gas in the atmosphere (5) | OZ+ONE="type of gas in the atmosphere" | madjaqk | 8 |
| 350 | ASKING (6) | Raising questions like family, gently (at first) (6) | AS+KIN+G_ | madjaqk | 7 |
| 694 | GOOGLE (6) | Go check out tech company (6) | GO OGLE | madjaqk | 6 |
| 1134 | PALLET (6) | Friend rented out bed (6) | PAL+LET | madjaqk | 6 |
| 80 | COMPUTABLE (10) | Soluble carbon monoxide fluctuating around phosphorus (10) | Soluble=def carbon monoxide=CO fluctuating=MUTABLE (in the sense of constantly changing, not just possible to change) around=container indicator phosphorus=P Thanks to Sp3000 for spotting an error in the first draft! |
madjaqk | 5 |
| 144 | EAT (3) | Consume brewed tea (3) | TEA* | madjaqk | 5 |
| 2078 | BELITTLE (8) | Casually dismiss advice for aspiring dwarves? (8) | ddef, with a question mark because the second definition is more of a pun than an actual definition | madjaqk | 5 |
| 32 | BUGGY (5) | Vehicle prone to crashing (5) | Double def | madjaqk | 4 |
| 149 | ROCKWELL | Hardness scale for stone chipper (8) | ROCK + WELL (as in healthy/"you're looking well") Definition references the Rockwell hardness scale, which I just learned about from Wikipedia |
madjaqk | 4 |
| 161 | POT BROWNIES (3, 8) | Brew potions, cut up edibles (3, 8) | BREW POTIONS* (thanks, Nutrimatic!) | madjaqk | 4 |
| 330 | PHENOMIST (9) | Puzzler confused his top men (9) | HISTOPMEN* | madjaqk | 4 |
| 381 | CRYPTIC (7) | Yell out, "Barnum, I see a puzzle!" (7) | CRY + PT + I + C Definition is puzzle, as in, "Do you want to do a cryptic?" |
madjaqk | 4 |
| 403 | GOLD LEAF (4, 4) | Finally paving over ancient meadow and part of forest to make something gaudy (4, 4) | Down clue only G_ + OLD + LEA + F_ |
madjaqk | 4 |
| 525 | MARASCHINO (10) | Walk around like me drunk on cherry liqueur (10) | "Walk"=MARCH "around"=container indicator "like"=AS "me"=I "drunk on"=ON anagram MAR(AS)CH+I+NO |
madjaqk | 4 |
| 589 | ANTARCTICA (10) | Cataract in fuzzy white area (10) | CATARACTIN* | madjaqk | 4 |
| 1136 | FREAKED (7) | DJ implicated in payola scandal grabbed a machine gun and had a total meltdown (7) | DJ implicated in payola scandal=Alan FREED (coiner of the term "rock and roll", incidentally) Grabbed a machine gun=insert AK had a total meltdown=FREAKED (In the sense of, "When my mom saw my pierced ear, she totally freaked!") |
madjaqk | 4 |
| 6525 | CAROUSEL (8) | After night of drunken revelry, finally hurl on an amusement park ride (8) | "After": position indicator "night of drunken revelry": CAROUSE (can be a noun, apparently) "finally hurl": _L "on": connecting glue "an amusement park ride": def |
madjaqk | 4 |
| 8640 | ANY CLUE THAT STARTS WITH "MACHINE TO STEAL" (?) | Machine to steal books (5) | Answer is ROBOT "Machine": definition "to": connector "steal": ROB "books": OT (Old Testament, like the Bible) |
madjaqk | 4 |
| 146 | TOMORROW (8) | Enemy of Jerry and Bobby to say this when hurt in the near future (8) | Enemy of Jerry=TOM Bobby=ORR (an NHL and crosswordese Hall of Famer) say this when hurt=OW in the near future=def "and" and "to" are used purely as connectors |
madjaqk | 3 |
| 171 | BLANK (5) | Delete short green character from "Street Fighter" (5) | Delete=def short=curtailment indicator green character from "Street Fighter"=BLANKA |
madjaqk | 3 |
| 186 | CHOCOLATE (9) | Reportedly, marks on a board showed the way to treat (9) | Reportedly=homophone indicator marks on a board=CHALK showed the way=LIT |
madjaqk | 3 |
| 210 | DAYS (4) | Verbally stun for some time (4) | "DAZE" homophone | madjaqk | 3 |
| 331 | MARIO (5) | Italian man hurt by Greek woman (5) | MAR+IO (from Greek mythology) | madjaqk | 3 |
| 333 | SAMUS (5) | Bounty hunter from the Gestapo abducted a Greek character (5) | S(A+MU)S | madjaqk | 3 |
| 342 | MEAN (4) | Absurd name, like "Ebenezer Scrooge" (4) | NAME anagram | madjaqk | 3 |
| 391 | HUNT (4) | Linger after removing a track (4) | H(-a)UNT | madjaqk | 3 |
| 393 | GOLD LEAF (4, 4) | Golf deal scotched for something that looks fancier (4, 4) | GOLFDEAL* | madjaqk | 3 |
| 456 | HEBREW (6) | The brewer hides text in Israel (6) | _HE BREW_ | madjaqk | 3 |
| 465 | FINALLY (7) | Horse around? It doesn't matter, in the end (7) | FI(NA)LLY | madjaqk | 3 |
| 488 | LEFT OUT (4, 3) | In France, the Financial Times is unpopular and excluded (4, 3) | LE+FT+OUT | madjaqk | 3 |
| 539 | CHESSBOARD (10) | Charlie, the Deputy Führer, to enter the field of battle (10) | "Deputy Führer"=Rudolf HESS "to enter"=BOARD (like a plane) C+HESS+BOARD |
madjaqk | 3 |
| 731 | LARCENY (7) | Taking cola east, between Los Angeles and New York (7) | "Taking"=def (as a noun) RC (cola) + E between LA and NY |
madjaqk | 3 |
| 767 | INFERNAL (8) | Trendy green animal coat is simply wicked (8) | "Trendy"=IN "green"=FERN "animal coat"=A_L |
madjaqk | 3 |
| 773 | MAKE (4) | Force medical examiner to carry gun (4) | M(AK)E AK as in AK-47 |
madjaqk | 3 |
| 929 | PEWTER (6) | Tungsten in a type of salt alloy? (6) | W in PETER (a "type of salt") The question mark is because the "saltpeter" reference is a little hinkey, as we've debated in #word-puzzles |
madjaqk | 3 |
| 1597 | NASH EQUILIBRIUM (4, 11) | Nubile Iraqi hums strangely, the product of a beautiful mind (4, 11) | NUBILEIRAQIHUMS* Definition references the Nash biography "A Beautiful Mind" Thanks, wordsmith.org/anagram! |
madjaqk | 3 |
| 3081 | ANY CLUE WHERE EVERY WORD IS THE SAME LENGTH (?) | Skit's chest holds tacky stuff (6) | KITSCH hidden in "skit's chest" | madjaqk | 3 |
| 8375 | RUM (3) | Recipe using molasses, originally! (3) | "originally"=first letter indicator &lit |
madjaqk | 3 |
| 9144 | CODA (4) | Colorado District Attorney's final statement (4) | "final statement": def "Colorado": CO "District Attorney": DA |
madjaqk | 3 |
| 40 | NONPLUS (7) | Nun lops off stump (7) | "Nun lops" anagram "Stump" is a verb as the definition but a noun in the surface |
madjaqk | 2 |
| 115 | MAKE (4) | Assemble assault rifle in Maine (4) | AK (as in AK-47) in ME | madjaqk | 2 |
| 150 | ROCKWELL | Orwell, strangely, covers comedian Louis Norman (8) | ORWELL* around CK ("comedian Louis") Def is "Norman", referencing the painter Norman Rockwell |
madjaqk | 2 |
| 160 | SQUARE (6) | Disorganized Quakers, having lost kickass leader, even the score | QUAKERS* - K Definition is "even the score", per dictionary.com (def 20) "Quakers" in the surface should mean the University of Pennsylvania sports team, not the religious movement |
madjaqk | 2 |
| 191 | CHOCOLATE (9) | Sweet dialogue holds back crazy extremes, primarily (9) | Sweet=def (as a noun) dialogue=CHAT holds back=reversed container indicator crazy=LOCO extremes, primarily=E CH(OCOL<)AT+E |
madjaqk | 2 |
| 204 | ATOM (4) | Iota, alpha, tau, omicron, mu (4) | Iota=def Rest are Greek letters that looks like English letters |
madjaqk | 2 |
| 229 | (AEMT)* (4) | The important part: @ me first (4) | The important part=def ME before AT |
madjaqk | 2 |
| 236 | RAISIN (6) | Fruit is in inclement weather (6) | Fruit=def inclement weather=RAIN around IS |
madjaqk | 2 |
| 237 | RAISIN (6) | Head of Research is after a popular snack (6) | Head of Research=R after=position indicator popular=IN snack=def R+(IS after A)+IN |
madjaqk | 2 |
| 291 | ROBOT (5) | Machine to steal books (5) | ROB+OT ("books"=OT, for Old Testament, is something I've seen in British cryptics...maybe.) |
madjaqk | 2 |
| 293 | CHRISTMAS (9) | Noel, Chris, and Thomas kill prostitute (9) | Noel=definition CHRIS+T[-ho]MAS |
madjaqk | 2 |
| 312 | ANTIQUE (7) | Quite old defendant I questioned is hiding something (8) | quite old=def _ANT I QUE_ |
madjaqk | 2 |
| 321 | FAN (3) | Lover's note neglected at first (3) | FA+N_ | madjaqk | 2 |
| 341 | MEAN (4) | Troops controlling a base (4) | ME(A)N | madjaqk | 2 |
| 405 | HUNT (4) | Regressive Tennessee...er...animal killing (4) | (TN+UH)< | madjaqk | 2 |
| 496 | PRIMARIES (9) | Mayor Rahm's brother involved in set up for latest Illinois elections (9) | "Mayor Rahm" is Chicago's Rahm Emanuel, whose brother is famous Hollywood agent Ari (the inspiration for Ari on "Entourage", incidentally) "set up" = PRIME (as a verb, eg "primes the pump) "latest Illinois" = _S PRI(ARI)E+_S |
madjaqk | 2 |
| 553 | TETRIS (6) | Vietnamese celebration in Rhode Island's a fun way to pass the time (6) | TET+RI'S | madjaqk | 2 |
| 592 | BOW OUT (3, 3) | Quit staff without essential scrutiny (3, 3) | BO+WO+_UT_ | madjaqk | 2 |
| 618 | PATRIOT (7) | It's easy to go crazy and start breaking stuff for someone who loves their country (7) | PAT ("It's easy") + RIOT ("Go crazy and start breaking stuff") | madjaqk | 2 |
| 800 | RED HERRING (3,7) | You shouldn't pay attention to this socialist woman's jewelry (3, 7) | "You shouldn't pay attention to this"=def "socialist"=RED "woman's"=HER "jewelry"=RING Surface vaguely alludes to Alexandria Ocascio-Cortez "controversies" |
madjaqk | 2 |
| 807 | WILSON (6) | Actor Smith's part of the cast of "Broadcast Flip" (6) | "Will's in" Definition is "Flip", from the old comedian |
madjaqk | 2 |
| 1024 | LUIGI (5) | Video game character starts to level up, incrementally gaining intensity (5) | first letters | madjaqk | 2 |
| 1438 | GRADE (5) | One finished with class struggle finally to rise up (5) | "One finished with class"=GRAD "struggle finally"=E "to rise up"=GRADE (as an intransitive verb) |
madjaqk | 2 |
| 1578 | ETCH (4) | Treat with acid and more hydrogen (4) | ETC+H | madjaqk | 2 |
| 1683 | YUCCA (5) | Initially, you use certain crampons ascending this mountain (5) | first letters | madjaqk | 2 |
| 1746 | J.LO (1.2) | Remove bits of egg and lime from dessert for pop star (1.2) | Dessert: JELLO, minus first letters of EGG and LIME | madjaqk | 2 |
| 1874 | GAME SIX (4, 3) | American military surrounds city in Iowa at times when Buckner screwed up (4, 3) | "American military"=GI "City in Iowa"=AMES "times"=X (as in multiplication) "when Buckner screwed up"=def (reference to the 1986 World Series) G(AMES)I+X |
madjaqk | 2 |
| 1892 | PSYCHO (6) | Perhaps someone young committing harm on leaders! (6) | initial letters | madjaqk | 2 |
| 1959 | EXTRADITION (11) | Removing criminals from the country is something we used to do regularly? (11) | "Ex-tradition" | madjaqk | 2 |
| 1960 | STIMULATED (10) | Recreated the conditions surrounding accident; finally provoked a response (10) | "Recreated the conditions"=SIMULATED "surrounding"=insertion indicator "accident finally"=T S(T)IMULATED |
madjaqk | 2 |
| 3019 | RENDEZVOUS (10) | Meet Zed (nervous, jittery) (10) | ZEDNERVOUS* | madjaqk | 2 |
| 3078 | JUST WHAT I NEEDED (4, 4, 1, 6) | Perfect: Audited when jets scramble (4, 4, 1, 6) | AUDITEDWHENJETS* I guess the surface is about a fighter pilot who couldn't make it to the battle because he was dealing with the IRS? |
madjaqk | 2 |
| 4863 | PUMPKIN (7) | Vegetable puddin' (7) | Double definition ("pumpkin" and "puddin'" are both terms of endearment) | madjaqk | 2 |
| 6232 | BUG (3) | Insect found in Malibu gardens (3) | "Insect": definition "found in": hidden words indicator maliBU Gardens |
madjaqk | 2 |
| 59 | QUIXOTIC (8) | Endlessly ask questions on toxic slurry like a crazy person (8) | Down entry only Endlessly ask questions=QUI(z) on=position indicator toxic slurry=TOXIC* like a crazy person=def |
madjaqk | 1 |
| 64 | SLIP (4) | Drop half of pair of laceless shoes (4) | SLIP(pers) | madjaqk | 1 |
| 82 | TONIGHT (7) | Reverend Spooner's never-before-seen, uncomfortable "West Side Story" tune (7) | Spoonerism of "new tight" | madjaqk | 1 |
| 112 | EDEN (4) | "Paradise City" in North Carolina (4) | Double def (Paradise//City in North Carolina) Surface alludes to the Guns 'n' Roses song. |
madjaqk | 1 |
| 113 | SEPTEMBER (9) | This month "Medium" features Barnum, Forster, and Bishop (9) | Medium=SEER Features=container indicator Barnum, Forster, and Bishop=PT + EM + B Surface refers to the CBS crime series |
madjaqk | 1 |
| 114 | ENIGMA (6) | Don't start reaming out that mysterious person (6) | (r)EAMING* That mysterious person=def |
madjaqk | 1 |
| 136 | YOUR USERNAME (?) | Four cards, angry, chase after me (3, 4) | Four cards=JAQK (jack, ace, queen, king) Angry=MAD Chase after=Position indicator Me=def |
madjaqk | 1 |
| 140 | IMPROVE (7) | Better movie PR broadcast (7) | Better=def (as a verb, like "better oneself") Broadcast=anagram indicator Movie PR=grist |
madjaqk | 1 |
| 162 | BLANK (5) | Untouched $50 in credit union (5) | L in BANK | madjaqk | 1 |
| 190 | ROLEPLAYED | Without hint of embarrassment, naked troll put on some music and spiced things up in the bedroom, maybe (10) | Naked troll=(t)ROL(l) Put on some music=PLAYED Without=container indicator hint of embarrassment=E ROL(E)PLAYED="spiced things up in the bedroom, maybe" |
madjaqk | 1 |
| 194 | CONTEXT (7) | Subway extension under tower in Canada (outside of Ontario's capital) and surroundings (7) | (Down clue only) T+EXT under C(O)N (referencing Boston's T and the CN Tower) |
madjaqk | 1 |
| 199 | ATOM (4) | Smallest part of a cat (4) | Smallest part=def A + TOM |
madjaqk | 1 |
| 205 | CHIPOTLE (8) | Something spicy: Greek x Pole, with a little Turkish inside (8) | Something spicy=def Greek x=CHI Pole=POLE A little Turkish=T(urkish) Inside=insertion indicator |
madjaqk | 1 |
| 209 | STRUCTURE (9) | Something made Saint Curt insane with desire (lack of God, initially) (9) | Something made=def ST + CURT* + UR(g)E |
madjaqk | 1 |
| 243 | FIRM (4) | Say yes, without very much business? (4) | AFFIRM - AF The question mark is because "very much" => AF is pretty recent slang and somewhat risqué |
madjaqk | 1 |
| 252 | INFINITY (8) | Everything inside Italian club sandwiches: $5 (8) | Everything=def inside=IN Italian=IT club=Y sandwiches=container indicator $5=FIN (old timey slang) |
madjaqk | 1 |
| 256 | ODDBALL (7) | Weirdo, truly impressed, to cry loudly (7) | "AWED BALL" homophone | madjaqk | 1 |
| 258 | BEARD (5) | Bared odd hipster affectation (5) | BARED* | madjaqk | 1 |
| 261 | RUMPUS (6) | Politician embroiled in Russia-United States brouhaha (6) | MP in RU-US | madjaqk | 1 |
| 263 | TEXAS (5) | Sat around with former flame inside Austin's home (5) | SAT< with EX inside "Austin's home"=TEXAS |
madjaqk | 1 |
| 272 | MAIZE (5) | Make like Massachusetts grain? (5) | MA-IZE It's an awkward pun, sorry (not sorry) |
madjaqk | 1 |
| 279 | MAIZE (5) | Discuss month's harvest for Thanksgiving, perhaps (5) | Homophone of "May's" Definition is "harvest for Thanksgiving, perhaps" Wordplay partially poached from Level 51 in the Discord |
madjaqk | 1 |
| 310 | ANTIQUE (7) | Quaint, broken-down piece, essentially! (7) | ANTIQU* + _E_ &lit |
madjaqk | 1 |
| 311 | ULTIMATE (8) | Mutilate, cut up radical (8) | MUTILATE* "Radical" as synonym for "ultimate" shows up in Chambers and thesaurus.com |
madjaqk | 1 |
| 326 | RESOLUTION (10) | Engineer is to rule on image granularity (10) | ISTORULEON* | madjaqk | 1 |
| 416 | DOUGH (5) | Boy in World War I shouted annoyed grunt (5) | "Boy in World War I"=def (as in DOUGHBOY) "shouted"=homophone indicator "annoyed grunt"=D'OH ("annoyed grunt" is how the term appears in "Simpsons" scripts) |
madjaqk | 1 |
| 453 | COIN (4) | Scheme to steal one ton of moolah (4) | CON around I Definition is "ton of moolah", as in the informal "That's gotta take some serious coin" |
madjaqk | 1 |
| 562 | SWEET (5) | Radical alien tunneling under Southwestern fence, ultimately (5) | Down clue only, with "tunneling under" as a positional indicator SW + _E + ET Definition shamelessly stolen from #557 |
madjaqk | 1 |
| 588 | MASQUERADE (10) | Massachusetts band recruits Queen of the East for a high-class party (10) | MA+SQU(ER)AD+E | madjaqk | 1 |
| 595 | ANTARCTICA (10) | Place insect on a curved path; note state (10) | Down clue only ANT+ARC+TI+CA |
madjaqk | 1 |
| 619 | PATRIOT (7) | Reverend Spooner to evaluate Mondrian's "Super Bowl Champion" (7) | "RATE PIET" spoonerism | madjaqk | 1 |
| 1002 | ANY CLUE INCORPORATING A SONG TITLE (?) | Take $50 from "Psycho Killer" lyricist (5) | KILLER* - L to get RILKE ("lyricist" in the sense of poet) | madjaqk | 1 |
| 1012 | PERHAPS (7) | According to guys (not including Charlie), it's a valid definition by example indicator (7) | According to: PER Guys: CHAPS Not including Charlie: remove C I guess in the surface we've been arguing about cryptic rules with someone named Charlie? |
madjaqk | 1 |
| 1070 | ANY (3) | A new club? Whatever (3) | A+N+Y | madjaqk | 1 |
| 1255 | SWARM (5) | Converge on southwestern branch (5) | SW+ARM Definition is for "swarm" as a verb |
madjaqk | 1 |
| 1460 | ANGLE (5) | Pub offering has hints of nuts and...glazed fish? (5) | A(N_ + G_)LE Definition is "fish", as the verb |
madjaqk | 1 |
| 1571 | HORSE (5) | Junk gardening tool without rust, oddly (5) | "Junk"=definition (as in heroin) "gardening tool"=HOE "without"=container indicator "rust, oddly"=R_S_ (Thanks, Akumu!) |
madjaqk | 1 |
| 1594 | MAYPOLE (7) | Tree reportedly is something used in a Pagan festival (7) | "Maple" There's probably a version of this that's &lit |
madjaqk | 1 |
| 1629 | DO (2) | Take action demonizing others, initially (2) | D_ O_ | madjaqk | 1 |
| 1630 | DO (2) | Sleep with star stripped bare (2) | [-i]DO[-l] | madjaqk | 1 |
| 1934 | TRIVIAL (7) | Six involved in trial, not worth anyone's time (7) | TRI(VI)AL | madjaqk | 1 |
| 2007 | DIE/DICE (3/4) | Chop up 99 in Deleware (3) | D(IC)E | madjaqk | 1 |
| 2063 | HASHISH (7) | Marijuana is kind of like some potatoes? (7) | Double def, “some potatoes” are hash browns, sometimes just referred to as “potato hash”. Question mark to indicate the irregular definition. | madjaqk | 1 |
| 2097 | COMMENT (7) | Note Mrs. French ensnared in scam--unpleasant, ultimately (7) | "Note"=def "Mrs. French"=MME ("madame") "scam"=CON CO(MME)N+_T |
madjaqk | 1 |
| 2851 | SPOONER (7) | Older man captivates petty officer and one reverend (7) | S(PO + ONE)R = "reverend" | madjaqk | 1 |
| 2854 | SPOONER (7) | Reverend returning from Chihuahua: "I screwed up" (7) | Chihuahua=REN (from "Ren and Stimpy") "I screwed up"=OOPS (REN+OOPS)< |
madjaqk | 1 |
| 3205 | CLUE CONTAINING A CHARACTER OR ITEM FROM CLUE (?) | Wife-to-be holding green spanner (6) | BRID(G)E | madjaqk | 1 |
| 4536 | PTA (3) | Tap out from school organization (3) | "tap": fodder "out": anagrind "school organization": PTA (Parent-Teacher Association) I don't have any issue with "wordplay from definition", but I know others will object |
madjaqk | 1 |
| 8352 | VORPAL (6) | Very keen sabermetrician's stat applied to American League (6) | "very keen": definition (to the extent that vorpal swords in D&D can decapitate people, they're presumably sharp) "Sabermetrician's stat": VORP (value over replacement player, at attempt to quantify how a particular player compares to the average in the league at the time) "applied to": affixment indicator (the way that something "applied to" a wall is stuck to it "American League": AL |
madjaqk | 1 |
| 9401 | IOUEA (5) | Debt to video game company for old sponges (5) | "Debt": IOU "to": connector "video game company": EA "for": connector "old sponges": definition |
madjaqk | 1 |
| 12575 | UPDATE (6) | University police department took in new information (6) | University=U police department=PD took in=ATE new information=def |
madjaqk | 1 |
| 12581 | HOPE (4) | Long jump with energy (4) | "Long": def "jump": HOP "with": connector "energy": E |
madjaqk | 1 |
| 7 | INTEGRAL (8) | Important large tin destroyed (8) | LARGE TIN anagram | madjaqk | 0 |
| 9 | INTEGRAL (8) | Big reversal after hydrogen leaves trace amount in whole (8) | HINT (trace amount) - H (hydrogen) + LARGE backward (big reversal) def: "Whole", as in non-fractional |
madjaqk | 0 |
| 31 | BUGGY (5) | Unreliable score without post-match commentary (5) | Score=BUY Without=container indicator Post-match commentary=GG |
madjaqk | 0 |
| 54 | WHITEOUT (8 OR 5, 3) | Snow Captain Utah after a bit | Captain=EO Utah=UT After=positional indicator A bit=WHIT |
madjaqk | 0 |
| 57 | WHITEOUT (8 OR 5, 3) | Get rid of the reason to make horse-racing picks out loud (5, 3) | "WHY TOUT" homophone | madjaqk | 0 |
| 65 | SLIP (4) | Evade 51 police leaders chasing head of syndicate (4) | LI + P after S | madjaqk | 0 |
| 81 | PRAYER (6) | Hope for disorganized parry without energy (6) | PARRY* around ("without") E(nergy) Def is "hope", as in "without a prayer" |
madjaqk | 0 |
| 116 | MAKE (4) | Recognize someone undercover hiding in Bungoma, Kenya (4) | Recognize someone undercover=def (as in cliche cop show dialogue, "We've been made!") Hiding in=hidden word indicator Bungoma is a real city, mostly notable for its sugar mills |
madjaqk | 0 |
| 135 | YOUR USERNAME (?) | Who wrote this insane Berlin Accord with two royals? (3, 4) | Who wrote this=def Insane=MAD Berlin Accord=JA Two royals=QK (queen/king) |
madjaqk | 0 |
| 168 | POT BROWNIES (3, 8) | Kitty that is small eats chocolate treat with a "special" ingredient (3, 5) | Kitty=POT (poker term) That is=IE Small=S Eats=insertion indicator Chocolate=BROWN |
madjaqk | 0 |
| 228 | DAYS (4) | The German club inside Inn (4) | The German=DAS Club=Y Inside=insertion indicator def references the hotel chain Days Inn |
madjaqk | 0 |
| 230 | (AEMT)* (4) | 1,000 consume beef or pork (4) | M + EAT | madjaqk | 0 |
| 251 | TODAY | Toady confused now, eg (5) | TOADY* Note that the def also has five letters, bluffing that it might be the grist |
madjaqk | 0 |
| 259 | UNIONIZED (9) | Organized without a charge? (9) | "UN-IONIZED" (with a question mark indicating it's a little hinky) | madjaqk | 0 |
| 267 | GOAL (4) | Archipelago always hides an inviting destination (4) | Hidden letters | madjaqk | 0 |
| 268 | GOAL (4) | The Spanish old-school player flopped around endzone (4) | The Spanish=LA Old-school player=OG Flopped=reversal indicator |
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| 270 | ROACH (5) | Bug hiding in encroachment (5) | Hidden letters | madjaqk | 0 |
| 276 | ICE (3) | Officer hides stolen diamonds (3) | Hidden word: offICEr | madjaqk | 0 |
| 290 | BLARE (5) | This harsh sound is a feature of her albums played backwards (5) | This harsh sound=def is a feature of=hidden word indicator played backwards=reversal indicator smuBLAREh |
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| 305 | MILLE FEUILLE (5 7) | Modern woman internalizes shouted insult and eats large, large pastry? (5 7) | Modern woman = MILLIE (from the Broadway musical "Thoroughly Modern Millie") shouted insult=homophone of "F U" = EF EU large, large = LL MILL(EF EU)I(LL)E Question mark because that EF EU is pretty dodgy. |
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| 313 | ULTIMATE (8) | The last fight after a brawl? (8) | Double definition References Super Smash Brothers series subtitles; question mark to get away with not capitalizing "Brawl" |
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| 320 | FAN (3) | Whip up dessert without trace of lard (3) | F[-l]AN def="whip up" (as in "fan the flames") |
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| 322 | # (5, 6 OR 9 OR 10) | Mash keyboard key (5) | POUND ddef |
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| 328 | MARIO (5) | Italian man in Massachusetts river (5) | MA+RIO | madjaqk | 0 |
| 621 | TART (4) | "Thanks for the retweet, slut!" (4) | TA (Britishism) + RT Ignore the non-Ximenean unused words. |
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| 740 | SCHADENFREUDE | Negative feeling from transforming such a defender (13) | SUCHADEFENDER* | madjaqk | 0 |
| 1071 | ANY (3) | Some type of bellybutton, they say (3) | "innie" (as opposed to an outie) | madjaqk | 0 |
| 1766 | ANAGRIND (8) | Cut up grain and bananas, maybe (8) | GRAINAND* Written independently of #1763 |
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| 1767 | ANAGRIND (8) | Badger found in Arkansas and Indiana first darts around, sometimes (8) | "Badger"=NAG (as a verb) A(NAG)R+IN+D_ def is "Around, sometimes" |
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| 1860 | PREY (4) | Raptor without left eye to hunt weaker game (4) | "Raptor"=OSPREY "left eye"=OS (from "oculus sinister", used in eyeglass prescriptions--thanks, Wikipedia!) "hunt weaker game"=def (using PREY as a verb) |
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| 1861 | PREY (4) | Victim of hunters is a passive character, someone played by Daisy in "Star Wars" (4) | P_+REY (Daisy Ridley's character in the "Star Wars" sequels) | madjaqk | 0 |
| 1891 | PSYCHO (6) | Japanese weapon company briefly broadcast Hitchcock film (6) | "Sai co" | madjaqk | 0 |
| 1951 | THE END (3, 3) | Finish in North Dakota after middle-aged you? (3, 3) | "Finish"=def "North Dakota"=ND "after"=positional indicator "middle-aged you?"=THEE (Form of "you" from Middle English) |
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| 2133 | ANY CLUE STARTING WITH CALL IN (?) | Call in to broadcast covering extreme crime excesses and issues of community concern (5, 9) | DOWN CLUE ONLY "Call in to broadcast" = LOCALINT* "covering" = positional indicator "extreme crime" = _E "excesses" = RESTS (as in "the rest of the pie") "issues of community concern" = defition LOCAL INT* + _E + RESTS |
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| 3193 | UKRAINE (7) | Four-stringed instruments falling from the sky (noisily) in Eastern European nation? (7) | "UKE RAIN" "Uke" being slang for a ukulele; the question mark is because the whole thing is kind of a stretch |
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| 9964 | JESUS (5) | I’m in Paris, ignoring one person who shares a birthday with Jimmy Buffett (5) | “I’m in Paris”: JE SUIS “Ignoring one”: Remove I “Person who shares a birthday with Jimmy Buffett”: def It’s true, Jimmy Buffett was born on Christmas Day. |
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| 10233 | GHOST (5) | Stop talking to person who invited you over for dinner following final dig (5) | "Stop talking to": definition (as in, "She ghosted me") "Person who invited you over for dinner": HOST "Following": position indicator "Final dig": _G |
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| 11700 | GRUE (4) | A monster in the darkness got bigger when discussed (4) | "A monster in the darkness": def "got bigger": GREW "when discussed": homophone indicator |
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| 11702 | BULLISH (7) | John (from Britain) is hot, like a Taurus? (7) | "John (from Britain)": BULL (referencing John Bull, the UK equivalent of Uncle Sam) "is": IS "hot": H "like a Taurus?": def |
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| 12586 | NO DICE (2, 4) | Coined new phrase meaning "not a chance" (2, 4) | COINED* Possibly the least deceptive definition of all time |
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