Contests started: TALKING HEADS (7, 5), NEW ORDER (3, 5), ODD FUTURE (3, 6), DAVID BOWIE (5, 5), CROP TOP (4, 3), ETHERNET (8), DESCARTES (9), SONG 2 (4, 1), NIGHTHAWKS (10)
Contests won: WATERMELON (10), EXPLORE (7), PRISM (5), DOWN (4)
| Clue ID | Contest | Clue | Explanation (hover) | Submitted By | Likes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10261 | LEVEE (5) | Where I drove my Chevy with a flat, after turning left into avenue's end (5) | where i drove my chevy -> defn (this is a lyric from don mclean's american pie) flat -> LEVEL left -> L avenue's end -> E turn L into E in LEVEL to get LEVEE |
empyreu | 3 |
| 10263 | WATERMELON (10) | Fruit we eat that may be served after slicing off long end (10) | WE around A TERM (it may be served) after LON(-g) | empyreu | 2 |
| 10290 | EXPLORE (7) | Adventure game's levels and story (7) | EXP + LORE | empyreu | 2 |
| 10361 | DIG IN (3, 2) | Start to eat, dining messily and spitting out bit of noodles (3, 2) | (DINING)* - N(oodles) | empyreu | 2 |
| 10265 | VAGUE (5) | Fashion trend where you swap ring for artsy top that might be a little muddy (5) | v(o->a)gue | empyreu | 1 |
| 10273 | POLYDACTYLY | Some parts of adult film performed without professional I made to act, covered in loving gestures involving many fingers, perhaps? (11) | some parts of adult film -> POrno performed without professional -> DIY I made to act -> change I to ACT cover in loving gestures -> LY DACTY LY put it all together for POLYDACTYLY |
empyreu | 1 |
| 10285 | FLOAT (5) | Put forward an idea for what we'll all do down here (5) | ddef (as in suggesting an idea and pennywise from it) | empyreu | 1 |
| 10293 | PRISM (5) | Monkey edges away, endless danger from monolith's source - it may be found on the dark side of the moon (5) | monkey edges away -> aPe endless danger -> RISk monolith's source -> M def may be found on the dark side of the moon (pink floyd album has a prism on it) |
empyreu | 1 |
| 10341 | SCHERZO (7) | Zero danced about after school movement (7) | SCH + (ZERO)* | empyreu | 1 |
| 10351 | DIG IN (3, 2) | Consume five hundred, one bottle of alcohol (3, 2) | D + IG + IN | empyreu | 1 |
| 10352 | DIG IN (3, 2) | Start eating at diner without hesitation, consuming some figs (3, 2) | din(-er) all around fIGs | empyreu | 1 |
| 10402 | SONG 2 (4, 1) | Child of eSports organization might woohoo a lot? (4, 1) | SON + G2 the song contains a lot of "woohoos" | empyreu | 1 |
| 10489 | DOWN (4) | State of Spotify after Taylor Swift released "Ready For It?" (4) | ddef state of spotify.. -> DOWN ready for it.. DOWN (as in i'm down) |
empyreu | 1 |
| 10286 | C MAJOR (1, 5) | Scale of a limitless sound after short distance (1, 5) | scale -> defn a limitless sound ->A fJORd (sound as in Milford Sound) short distance -> CM (as in centimetre) put it all together -> CM + A + JOR |
empyreu | 0 |
| 10289 | TALKING HEADS (7, 5) | The posters depict a lake cordoned off without one being denied entrance, this must be the place, they say (7, 5) | the posters -> THE ADS a lake cordoned off, without one -> A LAK(-e), then remove A -> LK being denied entrance -> (-be)ING depict -> containing indicator put it all together T(A + L(-a)K(-e) + (-be)ING)HEADS defn: "This Must Be The Place" is a song by the Talking Heads |
empyreu | 0 |
| 10314 | DESPERATE (9) | It's white, blue, and black in day, sometimes (9) | ESPER in DATE defn parsed as SOME TIMES (desperate times) |
empyreu | 0 |
| 10342 | SCHERZO (7) | Movement at back of disco has timeless frequency (7) | back of disco -> sco timeless frequency -> her(-t)z has -> container indicator |
empyreu | 0 |
| 10350 | ELECTION (8) | It might be hard to swap sides for national vote (8) | e(r->l)ection sorry newspaper emoji or something | empyreu | 0 |
| 10354 | CADENZA (7) | Italian's rhythm: dance, dance from finish to start (7) | (DANCE)* + Z + A |
empyreu | 0 |
| 10357 | ELECTION (8) | Vote to skip Celeste map's first and third parts (8) | celeste map REFLECTION skip first and third -> ELECTION |
empyreu | 0 |
| 10396 | CORNCOB (7) | Wearing Chanel throughout Usher's music - it might be an earful? (7) | COCO throughout RNB | empyreu | 0 |
| 10397 | ARENA (5) | Stadium's thankless, aren't ya? (5) | ARENTYA - TY | empyreu | 0 |
| 10447 | BJORK (5) | Job messed up: rock's edges of a fountain of blood, in the shape of a girl (5) | (job)* + r(oc)k I'M A FOUNTAIN OF BLOOD IN THE SHAPE OF A GIRL YOU'RE A BIRD ON THE BRIM HYPNOTIZED BY THE WHIRL |
empyreu | 0 |
| 10454 | ANY PUZZLEHUNT TEAM (?) | exploring countryside's executive committee: each cut evenly (2) | cut the even letters from EACH to get EC | empyreu | 0 |
| 10455 | ANY PUZZLEHUNT TEAM (?) | Team's "Spiza" Bird Index? (11) | the index of how "cardinal" like something may be, i.e. CARDINALITY (sus, i know) | empyreu | 0 |