Contests started: APOSTATE (8), SWANS (5), VIOLET (6), COME AND SEE (4, 3, 3), ROBBER (6), MATCHA (6), ENDLESS NIGHT (7, 5), FLOATING POINT (8, 5), INFINITE JEST (8, 4), EPIOUSION (9), TWIN PEAKS (4, 5), NEPO BABY (4, 4), HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN (5, 2, 3, 6, 3), DZONG (5), GAY (3), LOOPS (5), SONIC YOUTH (5, 5), CRYPTIC CLUE-WRITING CONTESTS (7, 4-7, 8), BRUH (4)
Contests won: GONCHAROV (9), APOSTATE (8), OCTAVE (6), COCA-COLA (4-4), XANADU (6), ARRAIGNMENT (11), BULWARK (7), ESCUTCHEON, VOIDPUNK (8), FRABJOUS (8), CARPAL TUNNEL (6, 6), FLOATING POINT (8, 5), POWWOW (6), PURGATORY (9), INFINITE JEST (8, 4), MIRROR (6), EPIOUSION (9), FORMULA ONE (7, 3), COELACANTH (10), ACE OF SPADES (3 2 6), JOHN CENA (4, 4), SCRABBLE (8), REPEAT (6), OMBUDSMAN (9), EISTEDDFODAU (12), VERMEER (7), SAOR (4), CARPENTER (9), LEMNISCATE (10), SONIC YOUTH (5, 5), BABY GRONK (4, 5)
| Clue ID | Contest | Clue | Explanation (hover) | Submitted By | Likes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10999 | XANADU (6) | Sex, an adulterer's slice of heaven (6) | seXANADUlterer | vi0let | 6 |
| 10993 | COCA-COLA (4-4) | It's pretty sweet that fashion designer hangs around California, near Los Angeles (4-4) | COCO around CA next to LA | vi0let | 5 |
| 11000 | COME AND SEE (4, 3, 3) | A demo scene repurposed for film (4, 3, 3) | (ADEMOSCENE)* | vi0let | 4 |
| 11115 | ESCUTCHEON | Coats are found on this messy teen's couch (10) | teenscouch anag | vi0let | 4 |
| 11152 | FLOATING POINT (8, 5) | Pi to fit along new revised number system (8, 5) | (PITOFITALONG + N)* | vi0let | 4 |
| 11169 | FORMULA ONE (7, 3) | Girl or guy? Mulan takes clothes off, revealing one racy little thing? (7, 3) | F OR M? mULAn + ONE | vi0let | 4 |
| 11089 | BULWARK (7) | Kabul war king protects the defenses (7) | kaBULWARKing | vi0let | 3 |
| 11123 | SOLARPUNK (9) | So, it's to act unrealistically, removing the source of trash! (9) | so + larp + (j)unk | vi0let | 3 |
| 11137 | VOIDPUNK (8) | LGBT subculture in UK providing organization without rig (8) | (UKPROVIDING)* - rig | vi0let | 3 |
| 11150 | CARPAL TUNNEL (6, 6) | Nuclear plant mishap results in injury (6, 6) | NUCLEARPLANT anag | vi0let | 3 |
| 11172 | COELACANTH (10) | Can the coal be developed into a fossil? (10) | CANTHECOAL anag | vi0let | 3 |
| 10976 | OCTAVE (6) | Circle central road at interval (6) | O (circle) + CT (central) + AVE (road) | vi0let | 2 |
| 11087 | BULWARK (7) | Battle secured by most of the defense (7) | WAR in BULK | vi0let | 2 |
| 11156 | PURGATORY (9) | Try a group organization that's in the middle (9) | (tryagroup)* | vi0let | 2 |
| 11164 | MIRROR (6) | I'm left right or left right makes left go right (6) | MI< + R + RO< + R | vi0let | 2 |
| 11165 | EPIOUSION (9) | Religious word contained within section of Koine mistranslated (9) | (kOINE)* around PIOUS, &lit | vi0let | 2 |
| 11170 | FORMULA ONE (7, 3) | Large amount of playing around - no tag, just racing (7, 3) | (LARGEAMOUNTOF - TAG)* | vi0let | 2 |
| 11212 | ACE OF SPADES (3 2 6) | Reverend's room of advisors to provide Saddam Hussein's mark (3 2 6) | SPACE OF AIDES spooner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Most-wanted_Iraqi_playing_cards |
vi0let | 2 |
| 11214 | BONGCLOUD (9) | Result of burning up a royal movement? (9) | ddef (result of burning up || a royal movement) | vi0let | 2 |
| 11217 | JOHN CENA (4, 4) | Can acne get popped when it's one you can't see? (4, 4) | JOHN + (ACNE)* can as in john as in toilet |
vi0let | 2 |
| 11237 | REPEAT (6) | Crepe, a tasty, filling thing to have a few times (6) | cREPEATasty | vi0let | 2 |
| 11273 | OMBUDSMAN (9) | Vietnam's dub mostly featuring rewind from something official? (9) | vietNAMSDUBMOstly < | vi0let | 2 |
| 11277 | EISTEDDFODAU (12) | Added suite of dancing in music festivals (12) | (addedsuiteof)* | vi0let | 2 |
| 11326 | VERMEER (7) | You paint European girls? Cover me erotically in the nude (7) | you paint european girls def coVERMEERotically |
vi0let | 2 |
| 11327 | WHITE WHALE (5, 5) | Reverend to stop during fruitless endeavour (5, 5) | WAIT WHILE spoonerism | vi0let | 2 |
| 11877 | CARPENTER (9) | For example, Jesus' instruction to fish at the sluice gate? (9) | jesus was a carpenter "CARP, ENTER" |
vi0let | 2 |
| 11879 | SAOR (4) | Flip roast and trim end for flavor (4) | ROAS(-t)< flavor is supposedly what saor means, in venetian dialect |
vi0let | 2 |
| 11897 | LEMNISCATE (10) | Sacred is the Goddess with three heads, with two heads severed a symbol of eternity (10) | SOLEMN IS HECATE with two heads (SO) and (HE) removed |
vi0let | 2 |
| 11950 | BABY GRONK (4, 5) | We, after leaving, began work by mingling around with a certain social media personality (4,5) | (BEGANWORKBY-WE)* | vi0let | 2 |
| 10643 | GONCHAROV (9) | Martin Scorsese film original "Gangs of New York" essentially rejected, attacking roadman (9) | original "GANGS OF NEW" -> GON york, essentially rejected -> OR, then reverse it for RO roadman -> CHAV put RO inside CHAV by GON -> GONCHAROV |
vi0let | 1 |
| 10801 | RICIN (5) | Drug that takes the edge off of judging value (5) | pRICINg | vi0let | 1 |
| 10808 | APOSTATE (8) | A piece of shit misogynist Andrew, a godless being (8) | A + POS + TATE | vi0let | 1 |
| 10820 | GOSSAMER (8) | Thin material made with some rags (8) | (SOMERAGS)* | vi0let | 1 |
| 10847 | POTOOOOOOOO (11) | Oooooooo, top going back is a fast one (11) | oooooooootop reversed very creative |
vi0let | 1 |
| 11037 | ARRAIGNMENT (11) | Emigrant ran agitated when charges are read out (11) | EMIGRANTRAN anagram | vi0let | 1 |
| 11090 | BARRIER (7) | Lawyer's exam starts off duller, it's a pain (7) | BAR + dRIER | vi0let | 1 |
| 11112 | VOYAGE (6) | Envoy: a gentleman protecting a crusade (6) | enVOYAGEntleman | vi0let | 1 |
| 11122 | JUMP (4) | Mug shots might be done after this (4) | ddef MUG (jump, as in attack) shots might be done after this (jumpshot in basketball) |
vi0let | 1 |
| 11138 | ESTOC (5) | Tuck knees to chest to hide (5) | kneESTOChest | vi0let | 1 |
| 11149 | FRABJOUS (8) | Badger us for a job? The inner circle will leave dope (8) | (USFORAJOB)* - O | vi0let | 1 |
| 11157 | POWWOW (6) | One surrendered at World of Warcraft LAN party, maybe (6) | POW + WOW | vi0let | 1 |
| 11160 | INFINITE JEST (8, 4) | Jet fins reassembled into something with unusual structure (8, 4) | jetfins letterbank | vi0let | 1 |
| 11188 | MARTINI (7) | Irritated Mr. with sin - shaken, not stirred drink (7) | (IRRITATEDMRSIN - STIRRED)* | vi0let | 1 |
| 11335 | GAY (3) | gay gay (3) | double definition | vi0let | 1 |
| 11896 | SLIM (4) | Going back long distances, using up energy to lose weight (4) | MILES reversed without E | vi0let | 1 |
| 11911 | SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME... (5, 5, 5, ETC.) | friedn friedn friend friend friend ... (5, 5, 5) | https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Slime friemd :) |
vi0let | 1 |
| 11915 | SONIC YOUTH (5, 5) | Kid, cool, is not "in" or "hot" with those with Starpower? (5,5) | SON ICY OUT H, they made the song starpower | vi0let | 1 |
| 11916 | SONIC YOUTH (5, 5) | They're responsible for "Purr", like certain cats downstairs exchanging heads (5, 5) | like certain cats -> YONIC (sorry) YONIC SOUTH swapping heads |
vi0let | 1 |
| 11918 | ANY ANAGRAM OF STONE (5) | Self-titled Eno composition is rock (5) | S/T (ENO)* |
vi0let | 1 |
| 11946 | SKIBIDI (7) | To go down a mountain, around in the same place that's got a lot of Cameramen? (7) | unfortunately i know a little bit about the lore of skibidi toilet SKI around IBID |
vi0let | 1 |
| 10633 | STATUE (6) | Build removes right to model (6) | stature - r | vi0let | 0 |
| 10642 | SHADOW (6) | Keep track of and cash a downpayment in sections (6) | section of caSH A DOWnpayment | vi0let | 0 |
| 10818 | GIZMO (5) | Contraption for schmoozing is rebuilt - not yet in Germany (5) | (SCHMOOZING - SCHON)* idk if this counts as an indirect anagram |
vi0let | 0 |
| 10977 | ON MAIN (2, 4) | Where I've posted myself rafting by the Rhine (2, 4) | if yr rafting by the rhine you might be ON the MAIN (tributary river) | vi0let | 0 |
| 10979 | HAUNTER (7) | Man searching for game surrounds one ghostly beast (7) | HUNTER around A | vi0let | 0 |
| 10992 | COCA-COLA (4-4) | One insane clipped chicken ran back to drink (4-4) | A LOCA COCk backwards | vi0let | 0 |
| 10994 | EMBRYO (6) | Ecosystem: bryophytes absorbing a seed (6) | ecosystEMBRYOphytes | vi0let | 0 |
| 10995 | KLOTSKI (7) | Within the backlots, kilometers of movable set pieces (7) | movable set pieces defn. sorta. i guess it works? idrk bacKLOTSKIlometers |
vi0let | 0 |
| 11036 | AGENDA (6) | Let's talk about this scoop of Häagen-Dazs (6) | haAGENDAzs | vi0let | 0 |
| 11151 | CARPAL TUNNEL (6, 6) | It might stop you from grabbing fish swimming alone until 10 flee (6, 6) | CARP + (ALONEUNTIL) - IO (10) | vi0let | 0 |
| 11166 | EPIOUSION (9) | Use opinion to finish off interpreting religious text (9) | (USEOPINIO)* | vi0let | 0 |
| 11201 | TWIN PEAKS (4, 5) | It features the sound of Falling from two great heights (4, 5) | the theme of twin peaks is falling by julee cruise | vi0let | 0 |
| 11205 | FINAGLE (7) | Began life, molting and growing into worm (7) | (eganlif)* | vi0let | 0 |
| 11213 | FIANCHETTO (10) | For example, move to B2 bombing left China to not take loss (10) | (LEFTCHINATO - L)* | vi0let | 0 |
| 11236 | SCRABBLE (8) | Where you might play a Bingo group after setting cards first (8) | SC + RABBLE https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bingo_(Scrabble) |
vi0let | 0 |
| 11256 | CHANNEL (7) | It's got a sea on both sides, it's got a C on both sides with both sides around name (7) | i see on both sides like chanel chanel around N |
vi0let | 0 |
| 11878 | SOAR (4) | Strive! Overcome! Achieve! Reach, take lead, and fly! (4) | first letters of STRIVE OVERCOME ACHIEVE REACH | vi0let | 0 |
| 11912 | SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME... (5, 5, 5, ETC.) | Going on for miles, a vast array of beasts (5, 5, 5, 5, 5...) | miles letterbank |
vi0let | 0 |
| 11935 | RIZZ (4) | Charisma, essentially - it's last said by a certain generation (4) | chaRIsma it's last Z a certain generation Z there is a better, cleaner way to do this, but i am tired |
vi0let | 0 |
| 11961 | FOLDEROL (8) | lord of le random nonsense :3 (8) | lordofle anag :3 not doing aything i just wanted it to be cuter |
vi0let | 0 |