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Contests started: YAKITORI (8), B-SIDE (1-4), 1 (1), SEXTANT (7), INTERNET EXPLORER (8, 8), THONK (5), LAST MOMENT (4, 6), TEMPTATION (10), DIRT (4)

Contests won: SYNE (4), ANY CLUE THAT USES NEW YEAR'S THEMED WORDPLAY (?), XENIAL (6), XEME (4), 爱 (1), KORNGOLD (8)

All Submissions

Clue ID Contest Clue Explanation (hover) Submitted By Likes
10872 KORNGOLD (8) Conductor made of metal band and metal (8) KORN (metal band) + GOLD (metal) Buck 3
10713 XEME (4) Bird's two pronouns (4) def: bird
XE + ME (both are pronouns)
Buck 2
10746 爱 (1) 开始接纳知己的喜好 (1) Surface reading: Starting to accept my friend's preference

def = 喜好 (preference / like / love)
Wordplay:
开始接纳 (Starting to accept) => The top part of 受 (受 = accept)
知己 = Friend = 友
Top part of 受 + 友 = 爱
的 ('s) acts as a connector
Buck 2
10940 VIOLIN CONCERTO IN D MAJOR (6, 8, 2, 1, 5) Iconic old inventor created great musical composition (6, 8, 2, 1, 5) def = Musical composition
(ICONICOLDINVENTOR)* + MAJOR
Buck 2
10680 SYNE (4) Broadcasting signal since then (4) def: since then
Broadcasting signal = Homophone of SIGN
Buck 1
10681 ANY CLUE THAT USES NEW YEAR'S THEMED WORDPLAY (?) Met before zero, about reversed number, in the final countdown after preparing for the new year!  (8, 4, 3, 2, 3) def: The entire clue (&lit)
Wordplay:
Met before zero, about reversed number = MET + O surrounding reversed NO (MONETO)
The final countdown after preparing for the new year = anagram of FOR THE NEW YEAR + final letter of countdowN (ANYWHEREFROTEN)

Putting MONETO in ANYWHEREFROTEN gives ANYWHERE FROM ONE TO TEN
Buck 1
10700 XENIAL (6) In retrospect, some plain explanations would be welcoming (6) def: welcoming
Hidden in pLAIN EXplanations reversed (in retrospect)
Buck 1
10878 TELEPHONE (9) Reach timewalls before infinity? Not good (9) Reach = def
Timewalls = T__E
Infinity not good = ALEPH ONE - A
(Antimatter Dimensions reference for surface reading)
Buck 1
10641 SHADOW (6) Obscure hashing algorithm, mostly broken (6) SHA+DOW(-n)
def=Obscure
Buck 0
10670 BLIZZARD (8) Sally had no time but lost laughter at the risk of natural disaster (8) def natural disaster

Sally had no time = BLITZ - T
lost laughter at the risk = HAZARD - HA
Buck 0

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