Contests started: M3GAN (4), SCRE4M (6), GUTS (4), BABY GRONK (4, 5), WONKA (5), GF (2)
Contests won: BINGLE (6), ANY CLUE THAT CAN BE SUNG TO TUNE OF TMNT THEME SONG (?), ANY CLUE THAT LOOKS LIKE CRYTYPING (?), CATNIP (6), A (1), C (1), DEF (3), E (1), X (1), QUESTION (8), SAVVY (5), R2D2 (2), A113 (4), ANY CLUE WITH AN ENUMERATION OF "SOMETIMES" (SOMETIMES)
| Clue ID | Contest | Clue | Explanation (hover) | Submitted By | Likes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11248 | ANY CLUE THAT USES SAT-STYLE ANALOGIES AS WORDPLAY (?) | Cereal : Iodine :: Braille : Letters (3) | : Iodine :: -> KIX, turning dots to letters and elements to symbols Cereal -> def |
gppasco | 4 |
| 11379 | A (1) | "One for all" overturned (1) | One = def For all, overturned = ∀, flipped |
gppasco | 4 |
| 11407 | C (1) | Arc, ultimately! (1) | &lit; arC, and C is ultimately an arc | gppasco | 4 |
| 10913 | ANY CLUE THAT CAN BE SUNG TO TUNE OF TMNT THEME SONG (?) | Splinter-sensei's heart is pithy (5) | [to the tune of TMNT theme song] Take the first term ("splinter-sensei") Grab five letters from the middle; You get TERSE, a word for "pithy" You have solved the cryptic-- turtle power! |
gppasco | 3 |
| 11415 | DEF (3) | Satisfied about this half of the clue (3) | Satisfied, about = FED, reversed This half of the clue = def |
gppasco | 3 |
| 10769 | BINGLE (6) | Don't use Google to look up the French name for Crimew's Sprigatito (6) | Don't use Google to look up = BING the French = LE name for Crimew's Sprigatito = def |
gppasco | 2 |
| 11375 | A (1) | Fifth of vodka? Great! (1) | vodkA | gppasco | 2 |
| 11592 | X (1) | Careless, lacking LA Times (1) | Careless = LAX Lacking LA = [la]X Times = X |
gppasco | 2 |
| 11600 | Z (1) | Non-player character in "Paralyzer: the Mark of Zorro" (1) | Non-player character in "Paralyzer": The character in "Paralyzer" that isn't in "player" The mark of Zorro: Z |
gppasco | 2 |
| 11870 | NERF (4) | Retreating Frenchman, surrendering a lot in the end, gives name of weapons provider (4) | Frenchman, surrendering a lot in the end - > FREN[-chman] Retreating -> reverse it Name of weapons provider -> def |
gppasco | 2 |
| 11986 | ANY CLUE WITH AN ENUMERATION OF "SOMETIMES" (SOMETIMES) | "Add anything" "Bananas?" "Always" (SOMETIMES) | (ADDANYTHING)* Bananas - anagrind Always - def (SOMETIMES) - Day and night sure are some times |
gppasco | 2 |
| 10951 | ANY CLUE THAT LOOKS LIKE CRYTYPING (?) | cdajfkdajkhfj,,, first thing,,,,, MOM,,, shaking, like,,,,, (6) | cdajfkdajkhfj first thing = C MOM shaking = OMM* like = AS ,,,,, = COMMAS |
gppasco | 1 |
| 11048 | CATNIP (6) | PC retroactively adopting anti-cryptic temptation (6) | PC retroactively = CP< adopting anti-cryptic = insert ANTI anagram temptation = C[ATNI]P |
gppasco | 1 |
| 11433 | E (1) | Energy constant (1) | ddef | gppasco | 1 |
| 11607 | SAVVY (5) | Knowing a wrong way to write ten in Roman numerals: dividing, say (5) | Knowing: def A wrong way to write ten in Roman numerals: VV Dividing say: SA[VV]Y ("VV" divides "SAY") |
gppasco | 1 |
| 11608 | QUESTION (8) | Queen, after replacing fourth member with Otis, playing “Is This the World We Created…?” or “Who Wants to Live Forever” (8) | Queen, after replacing fourth member with Otis playing: QUE[E]N -> QUE[OTIS*]N (playing anagrind) “Is This the World We Created…?” or “Who Wants to Live Forever”: These are Queen songs that are also questions |
gppasco | 1 |
| 11949 | ANY CLUE THAT USES A TONE TAG (?) | Gin cocktail is back in /gen (7) | Gin cocktail -> def is -> connector word back -> reversal indicator in /gen -> IN OR GEN ans: NEGRONI |
gppasco | 1 |
| 10789 | SCP (3) | Backed up some laptops for secretive foundation (3) | Backed up some laptops -> PCS ("some laptops") rev. secretive foundation -> def |
gppasco | 0 |
| 10795 | FFXIV (5) | Incorporated buggy fix into loud bit of video game that has a free trial, and includes the entirety of A Realm Reborn AND the award-winning Heavensward expansion up to level 60 with no restrictions on playtime (5) | "Loud bit of video" -> F + V(ideo) "buggy fix" -> FXI "Incorporated... into..." -> insert second into first to get F[FXI]V "game that has a free trial, and includes the entirety of A Realm Reborn AND the award-winning Heavensward expansion up to level 60 with no restrictions on playtime" -> This is true! |
gppasco | 0 |
| 10857 | POTOOOOOOOO (11) | Horse and kitty toppled very tall snowman (11) | Horse = def Kitty = POT Toppled very tall snowman = OOOOOOOO (simply turn 90 degrees and see a very tall snowman) |
gppasco | 0 |
| 10886 | TATTOO (6) | Ink made by milking oat (6) | OAT letter bank | gppasco | 0 |
| 11158 | POWWOW (6) | Gathering sounds from someone who's starting to spell "pwn," but they're getting punched after each letter (6) | "P—OW! W—OW!" | gppasco | 0 |
| 11358 | COPY (4) | Steal wordplay, ultimately, for the clue submitted after this (4) | Steal = Cop Wordplay, ultimately = Y The clue submitted after this = def. |
gppasco | 0 |
| 11359 | COPY (4) | Steal wordplay, ultimately, for this clue (4) | Steal = Cop Wordplay, ultimately = Y This clue = a copy of the clue before it |
gppasco | 0 |
| 11637 | R2D2 (2) | Droid, Republican, and Democrat getting into Taylor Swift song (4) | Droid = def Republican = R Democrat = D getting into = container indicator Taylor Swift song = 22 R + 2[D]2 = R2D2 |
gppasco | 0 |
| 11673 | A113 (4) | Pixar easter egg: band playing “Amber” in reverse after end of “Luca” (4) | Pixar easter egg: def band playing "Amber" in reverse: 311 rev. -> 113 after end of "Luca": put 113 after (luc)A |
gppasco | 0 |