schizophoenix

Contests started: CURDY (5), HEADPAT (7), DRAGON BALL (6, 4), HASTE (5), FELON (5), OPEN CONVENTION (4, 10), BONELESS (8), JOY, PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE (12, 6), CATS AND DOGS (4, 3, 4), MUSICAL (7), END OF THE WORLD (3, 2, 3, 5)

Contests won: TMESIS (6), APPROACH (8), BED ROTTING (3, 7), CHARABANC (9), PETRICHOR (9), SUPERPOSITION (13), FUCK (4), REALISM (7), MOTHER GOOSE (6, 5), SINGING (7), GORGE (5), ROGER (5), RHUBARB (7), HARBOR (6), ANY CLUE WITH AN EXTRANEOUS INDICATOR (?), RAPPORT (7), CRUCIVERBALIST (14), SHELLAC (7), POODLE SKIRT (6, 5), TUMBLEWEED (10), CRICKET (7), CHATTER (7), TAROT CARD (5, 4), PREMIUM (7), EMERGE (6), IMPRESARIO (10), PERMIT (6), OUST (4), FOLLY (5), FANCY (5), UNCALLED-FOR (8-3), VIM (3), EMACS (5), ROUGE (5), PANDESAL (8), ESCAPE HATCH (6 5), POLITE (6), UPVOTE (6), KNIGHT (6), FORT KNOX (4 4), GLEE (4), QUIZ (4), CAPTCHA (7), HOTSHOT (7), COSMOS (6), CHARGE (6), CRATER (6), BLURB (5), SBURB (5), SCRIBE (6), THE YIPS (3 4), LUMBER (6), GHOUL (5), LOTUS (5), SIMON SAYS (5, 4), OXBLOOD (7), DEMENTIA (8), MAGNUM OPUS (6 4)

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Clue ID Contest Clue Explanation (hover) Submitted By Likes
12782 LUMBER (6) Light brown wood (6) L+UMBER schizophoenix 5
12316 PETRICHOR (9) Friendly animal is fruity or smells earthy (9) PET + RICH + OR = def schizophoenix 4
12233 APPROACH (8) Access program bug (8) Access = def
APP + ROACH
schizophoenix 3
12358 FUCK (4) Impossibly good restaurant pelts sailors getting a round in (4, 5) F(O)URS + TARS = one more than Michelin gives schizophoenix 3
12557 CHATTER (7) Talk about someone famously mad (7) def = C(about)+HATTER schizophoenix 3
12560 PREMIUM (7) Extra umpire splayed about upturned wicket (7) def = M(upside-down W) in UMPIRE* schizophoenix 3
12632 OUST (4) Out outs out (4) OUTS* schizophoenix 3
12794 GHOUL (5) Flesh-eating demon sloughs off skin messily (5) def = (-S)LOUGH*(-S) schizophoenix 3
12799 VAMPIRE (7) Anger follows one who beguiles sucker (7) VAMP+IRE=def schizophoenix 3
12804 LOTUS (5) There's uranium in plenty a water plant (5) LOT(U)S=def schizophoenix 3
12032 MULTIINSTRUMENTALIST (20) Modified stimuli turn mindreader to a single-handed satisfier of orchestration (20) "STIMULITURN" (anag.) + MENTALIST schizophoenix 2
12242 BED ROTTING (3, 7) Garden of vegetables left too long vegetating? (3, 7) dodgy ddef schizophoenix 2
12248 CHARABANC (9) Endless opportunity: "Put ME in, coach!" (9) CH(ARAB)ANCE - E schizophoenix 2
12428 GORGE (5) Eat egg reversed in egg reversed (5) def = G(O)(R)GE schizophoenix 2
12441 RHUBARB (7) Rec center accommodating bar crowd noise (7) R + HU(BAR)B = crowd noise
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walla
schizophoenix 2
12559 TAROT CARD (5, 4) Surrounded by a little nonsense, it drives people to a tool that can be used to predict the future (5,4) TAD (little) containing ROT(nonsense)+CAR = def schizophoenix 2
12745 CHARGE (6) "Change! Change! Neutral to reverse to forward!" (6) CHA(N->R)GE=def schizophoenix 2
12759 THE YIPS (3 4) Welcome inside information for unexplained loss of skill (3 4) HEY in TIPS = def schizophoenix 2
12832 SIMON SAYS (5, 4) A command you must obey on board ship is about man on a yacht's bow (5, 4) def = (IS about M+ON, +A+Y) in SS(ship) schizophoenix 2
12851 OXBLOOD (7) With magic box, can Democrat be dark red? (7) BOX* + LOO + D schizophoenix 2
12855 DEMENTIA (8) Men, with time, get lost in scrambled idea with a brain disease (8) MEN+T in IDEA* schizophoenix 2
12199 ANY CLUE THAT HAS TO END IN A SPECIFIC NUMBER OF QUESTION MARKS (?) Leg in cushion calls confused operator?? (7, 10) anag (NULLISH COALESCING) schizophoenix 1
12210 HEART (5) Hare got mixed up but Tortoise kept its head to focus (5) anag(HARE) + T(ortoise) schizophoenix 1
12302 CHIN UP (4 2) You in a pinch? Confused? Take this advice! (4, 2) anag(U+PINCH) schizophoenix 1
12315 ANY HUMAN BONE (?) Rakish, dishevelled, a romantic pair only tells the truth (8, 3) anag(RAKISH) + A SHIP = SHAKIRA'S HIP schizophoenix 1
12320 GRAPHIC (7) Head plotter is very clear (7) GRAPH IC = def schizophoenix 1
12334 SUPERPOSITION (13) Great location - coincidence? (13) ddef schizophoenix 1
12345 GARBLED (7) Loveless, tragic Greta - a luminary of the screen or just hard to understand? (7) GARBO - O + LED = def schizophoenix 1
12405 REALISM (7) "Kingdom" is inside a theoretical framework that views world politics as an enduring competition among self-interested states vying for power and positioning within an anarchic global system devoid of a centralized authority (7) REAL(IS)M = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Realism_(international_relations) schizophoenix 1
12409 SINGING (7) Evil and good bridged by spirit of harmonious process (7) SIN+GIN+G = def(noun) schizophoenix 1
12443 HARBOR (6) Conceal heart of shady shelter (6) def = H + ARBOR schizophoenix 1
12513 CRUCIVERBALIST (14) Frequent X poster is cruel brat confused about hearing one of our number's in Rome (14) Frequent [cross word] poster (def) =
ISCRUELBRAT* surrounding CIV (104 = hearing "one of our")
schizophoenix 1
12520 SHELLAC (7) She and I out of light purple resin (7) SHE + L(I)LAC schizophoenix 1
12553 POODLE SKIRT (6, 5) Many in Pakistan and India pass on retro dancewear (6, 5) OODLES(many) in PK(country) + I(phonetic) + RT(retweet = pass on) = def schizophoenix 1
12556 CRICKET (7) Bug causing noise in a medical scan? Yes, observed in grain (7) def = K in RICE in CT schizophoenix 1
12562 SHRIMP (6) Type of seafood shop where nothing is out of bound (6) SH(O -> RIM)P schizophoenix 1
12566 EMERGE (6) We eventually get together and come out (6) (-W)E+MERGE schizophoenix 1
12617 PERMIT (6) Authorize a way to get curly hair? (6) PERM IT schizophoenix 1
12680 PANDESAL (8) Criticize agreement to consume small bread roll (8) PAN + DE(S)AL = def schizophoenix 1
12691 POLITE (6) Nice police officer hides truth in a lie (6) def = PO + LI(T)E schizophoenix 1
12693 APPLE (5) PC maker's software is low-energy (5) APP+L+E schizophoenix 1
12703 UPVOTE (6) Veep standing weirdly between you and a donut has the facade of support (6) U+(VP reversed)+O+T(H)E = def schizophoenix 1
12710 GLEE (4) Singing club has a good side (4) G+LEE schizophoenix 1
12712 QUIZ (4) You and me in highest-scoring Scrabble competition (4) Q,Z = Scrabble(10 pts)
Q+U+I+Z
schizophoenix 1
12718 CAPTCHA (7) Are we human? Or are we dance- get it right rather than laughing first! (7) def = C(-first HA)(+APT)CHA schizophoenix 1
12723 HOTSHOT (7) Pro hits only targets' silly hats on their heads (7) defn = starting letters schizophoenix 1
12730 COSMOS (6) The universe is a cold diffuse energy void (6) def = C+OSMOSE-E schizophoenix 1
12735 COOKIE (6) Chef that is famously a monster (6) COOK + IE = def (cookie monster) schizophoenix 1
12749 CRATER (6) Average scorer in depression (6) C RATER = def schizophoenix 1
12752 BLURB (5) Short promo for vague book (5) def = BLUR+B schizophoenix 1
12753 SBURB (5) Comic sandbox game takes you out of city outskirt (5) def = S(-U)BURB schizophoenix 1
12756 SCRIBE (6) Writer's house in some outskirts (6) def = CRIB in S(-OM)E schizophoenix 1
12761 ARMORY (6) OR ARMOURY (7) In this place, are rare mortars or revolvers (extremely detailed) surrounding you? Depending which side of the Atlantic you're from, yes (6 or 7) def = ARMOR (only first letters) (possibly inserting U) +Y schizophoenix 1
12805 CORRODE (7) Eat? Runaway first?? (7) def = CORR ODE (their first single) schizophoenix 1
12876 MAGNUM OPUS (6 4) Best work about the creator: good in man precedes the origin of universes, matter, and eventually America (6, 4) def = OP in (G in MAN + U + M + US) schizophoenix 1
10944 NINTENDO (8) Famously made super game - pun? No such intend-in' (8) pun on super; INTEND into NO schizophoenix 0
10945 RAMPANT (7) Angry outburst about mornings and afternoons, endless and unrestrained (7) RANT about AMPM-M(end) schizophoenix 0
12161 PHOENIX (7) Lady who loves the strange (not ok!), strange, strange bird (7) Lady who loves the strange = XENOPHILE GAL
not ok = remove LEGAL
strange = anag. indicator
strange bird = PHOENIX
schizophoenix 0
12168 BEST BOY (4, 3) Blended soybean got rid of an illness in lungs for doggy (4, 3) Blended = anag. SOYBEAN - AN
illness in lungs = TB
schizophoenix 0
12169 UNIX (4) One constant class of operating systems (4) one = UNI
constant = X
schizophoenix 0
12174 MARNIX (6) Endless source of conflicts - do not permit in PC (6) Endless (source of conflicts) = MARS(the god) - S
Do not permit = NIX
in PC = def
schizophoenix 0
12175 UNIX (4) Endless source of conflicts - do not permit in PC (4) Endless (source of conflicts) = US(the country representing 40% of arms exports) - S
Do not permit = NIX
in PC = def
schizophoenix 0
12177 POO POO (3, 3) Don't think it sounds like it does it in the woods (3, 3) Don't think it = def
sounds like POOH
does it in the woods = POO
schizophoenix 0
12181 TMESIS (6) Un-freaking-believable example of time passing us two siblings by (6) Un-freaking-believable - example of: def
T+ME+SIS
schizophoenix 0
12211 HEART (5) Hopefully displayed correctly after higgledy-piggledy entry begins with the center (5) H E (begins) + ART (hopefully displayed correctly) = HEART (the center) schizophoenix 0
12225 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ (26) All Romans are the furthest translation of the imperial fundamental unit? (26) All Romans = def
furthest translation (of the imperial) = ROT13, applied to (A TO M)
schizophoenix 0
12231 ÉTOUFFÉE (8) Cajun crawfish, headless, set you off ease (8) Cajun crawfish = def
(s)ET (y)OU (o)FF
ease = "e"s
schizophoenix 0
12241 PENPA (5) "Pen pineapple apple-" leaders leading Tibetans in exile (5) PEN + P A (leaders) =
PENPA (current Sikyong, the political leader of the Central Tibetan Administration)
schizophoenix 0
12243 PENPA (5) A person leading Tibetans in exile is someone who writes to you endlessly (5) Someone leading Tibetans in exile = def
= PENPAL - L
schizophoenix 0
12247 DEAD WEIGHT (4, 6) Departed ex-US president just before 9-11 not helping at all (4, 6) DEAD + W (US prez) + EIGHT (just before nine, ten, eleven) = def schizophoenix 0
12250 FORTHCOMING (11) Forcing puns out of crazy Pom hunts - admit it! - is to be expected (11) FORCING containing(admit) anag(POMHUNTS-PUNS) = def (to be expected) schizophoenix 0
12257 POKE (4) Mixed ahi, onion, shoyu extract (contains no USA): you first quietly appropriate Hawaiian fish dish (4) anag(TUNAONIONSOYSAUCE -(extract) CONTAINSNOUSAYOU) = E;
(first) P(quietly) + OK(appropriate);
Hawaiian fish dish = def
schizophoenix 0
12259 QUAY (4) Water landing: Away from turbulent current, abandon small boat where boats unload (4) Anag(turbulent) of AC(current)+QUIT(abandon)+DINGHY(small boat)-DITCHING(water landing) = QUAY (where boats unload) schizophoenix 0
12272 PUNCH IN (5 2) Remove bag's pain - guess can leave (heading home today) and start work (5, 2) POUCH - OUCH + HUNCH + TIN, remove HT = def schizophoenix 0
12280 AKIMBO (6) Spread a slice? (6) ddef, RIP Kimbo Slice schizophoenix 0
12308 REDACT (6) Colorful pretense? (6) ddef schizophoenix 0
12317 ONLIADBCEHMRUS (14) Observing nine lightly inscribed and darkly burnished chrome emulsifiers, Hermione motivates Ron until she starts mixing in dumb choleras (14) starting letters = anag schizophoenix 0
12330 SUPERSTITION (12) Odd belief is great? No, it- it's backwards! (12) SUPER + rev(NOITITS) schizophoenix 0
12331 WEIR (4) Barrier method ends spermflow - reduce STI resistance! (4) def = WEI(ends) + R schizophoenix 0
12335 SUPERSTITION (12) Unreasonable belief in division going from average to great-great-great! (12) def = PARTITION (PAR -> SUPERS) schizophoenix 0
12348 CREMATE (7) Out-going rapper starts with cold burn (7) EM(rapper) in RATE(going) after C schizophoenix 0
12369 CRINGE (6) Please vote for this clue, it's cope although it's nothing for whoever made this contest (6) def = C(OP->RING)E schizophoenix 0
12377 NEXUS (5) The North and the Confederacy, for example, were at the center of it all (5) N + EX-US = def schizophoenix 0
12395 DADA (4) Meaningless movement yields child's first cry of Father (4) ddef schizophoenix 0
12401 MOTHER GOOSE (6, 5) She is a teller of folk stories, therefore following in those common ways (6, 5) def = “therefore” following (in “those”) “common ways” = MO + TH(ERGO)OSE schizophoenix 0
12427 INCORPORATED (12) Pet in car door messily fused (12) PETINCARDOOR* schizophoenix 0
12429 ROGER (5) Some jolly good changes in the middle of song, amidst "arr"s (5) "some jolly" = R + O(D->G)E + R schizophoenix 0
12442 HORSERADISH (11) This root vegetable tastes spicy and horrid as she blends it (11) horridasshe* schizophoenix 0
12444 GOTCHA (6) Casually have tea in booby trap (6) ddef “have tea” schizophoenix 0
12456 AMEN BREAK (4, 5) What happens when you’ve had enough of guys for a while, especially the samples found in clubs (4, 5) A MEN BREAK = def schizophoenix 0
12457 RAPPORT (7) Electric connection makes resistance appear strangely (7) Electric connection = def
= R + APPORT
schizophoenix 0
12458 ANY CLUE WITH AN EXTRANEOUS INDICATOR (?) Holding and ruler holding or one who rules his holding (8) Holding and ruler holding or one who rules his holding: LAND(holding) + L(OR)D(ruler holding or) = one who rules his holding

Holding and ruler or one who rules his holding: LAND + LORD = LANDLORD (one who rules his holding)
schizophoenix 0
12460 PARASOL (7) Usual sun conceals heart of shady shelter (7) PAR+A(heart of shady)+SOL = shelter schizophoenix 0
12461 PARAPET (7) Roof surrounding partly half-concealed heart of shady shelter, kind of (7) Roof surrounding = def
= PAR(-TLY) + sh(A)dy + PET (kind of shelter)
schizophoenix 0
12462 PARAGON (7) Exemplar of Spanish wine was broken, removed from a shady shelter, and replaced with another type of Spanish wine! (7) Exemplar = def
= CARAVAN (shady shelter) - (CA, VA) + (PA, GO)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vino_de_Pago
schizophoenix 0
12554 TUMBLEWEED (10) This rolling thing blew across me amidst the disordered sound of two banjos playing (10) This rolling thing (def) = BLEW in ME in DUET* schizophoenix 0
12567 QUATERNION (10) A system to make complex numbers more complex: Extract the center of a fourth of layered object, removing nothing (10) def = QUA(-R)TER+(-O)NION schizophoenix 0
12609 STAIRCASE (9) Crossing with unintentional movements is fair game, even as this gets you through multiple levels (9) TICS interlaced with SARAE(iSfAiRgAmE) = def schizophoenix 0
12611 POLEMIC (7) Aggressive attack to spar one who is dropped at the end of it? (7) def = POLE(spar) + MIC schizophoenix 0
12616 IMPRESARIO (10) At the bottom of the ninth, someone who takes superstars around (Puerto Rican/Spanish) is someone who makes plays happen (10) I(ninth letter)
+MARIO(takes super stars)
around(PR+ES)
=def
schizophoenix 0
12620 PERMIT (6) What is needed for a Mystery Hunt, and from who? (6) def = PER MIT schizophoenix 0
12644 DEFAULT (7) Welsh pronunciation of the cause of earthquakes? (7) def(welsh) = "the fault" schizophoenix 0
12646 FOLLY (5) Lacking the unconscious self, peaceful period of regression is foolishness (5) (-ID)YLL+OF, reversed = def schizophoenix 0
12649 MATCH (5) Equal contest (5) ddef schizophoenix 0
12650 MATCH (5) What makes a good striker? She's famously ice-cold (5) def (strike a match) = little match girl schizophoenix 0
12654 FANCY (5) Whim-like (5) ddef schizophoenix 0
12663 FRESH (5) Prince Will is cheeky (5) of Bel-Air = def schizophoenix 0
12668 SPROUT (6) Start to shoot in a slow and silent defeat (6) Start to shoot (def) = S+P+ROUT schizophoenix 0
12669 UNCALLED-FOR (8-3) Was Uncle Al inside the Ford that rolled over? Totally unnecessary! (8-3) AL in UNCLE + DFOR = def schizophoenix 0
12671 VIM (3) Famous editor goes with vigor (3) vim and vigor schizophoenix 0
12672 EMACS (5) Famous editor for fast rapper at current speed (5) def = EM(inem)+A+C+S schizophoenix 0
12675 ROUGE (5) Observing the good within makes libertine turn red (5) G in ROUE = "turn red" (verb defn) schizophoenix 0
12678 BUTTERFLY (9) Pretty insect! A bee, say, or some other insect? (9) def = B+UTTER+FLY schizophoenix 0
12684 KINDA (5) Sort of family is family, sort of (5) sort of = def = KIN + DA schizophoenix 0
12687 ESCAPE HATCH (6 5) This gets you out of a submarine, leaving two articles of gentleman’s clothing between Spain and China (6 5) ES+CAPE+HAT+CH schizophoenix 0
12704 KNIGHT (6) Chess piece looks like another chess piece after dusk (6) K+NIGHT schizophoenix 0
12708 FORT KNOX (4 4) No simple reason for extra-large Italian fugitive to know endless mystery at the gold store (4 4) extra-large Italian fugitive = translate XL out of roman numerals = FORTY
simple reason = Y
FORT(Y)+KNO(W)+X = def
schizophoenix 0
12714 LATEX (5) Rubber - or overdue spotting marks! (5) def = LATE + X (marks the spot) schizophoenix 0
12716 BABA IS YOU (4 2 3) A/B conversion replicates! I start in the second person with a game that changes the rules (4 2 3) BA(conversion=anagrind)+BA(replicates)+I+S(start)+YOU(in the second person)=def schizophoenix 0
12744 ROULETTE (8) Betting game making the rounds with rule about zero - cut short the endings (8) def = R(O)ULE+TTE(last letters) schizophoenix 0
12764 THIMBLE (7) Cup for pricks made him cross first as bleeding began (7) def = T(cross)+HIM+BLE(-EDING) schizophoenix 0
12783 COPIUM (6) False hope amidst the end of most websites is where, quietly, I take you (6) def=COM insert P+I+U schizophoenix 0
12784 BASS TROMBONE (4 8) Deep brass at first, but a superior symphony typically requires (or makes) broader self-identity (4 8) def = starters(BASSTROMB)+ONE schizophoenix 0
12807 BALLOT BOX (6, 3) Best weapon against fascism is AI buffet (all-in) (6, 3) def = B(ALL)OT+BOX schizophoenix 0
12820 OLIVE GARDEN (5 6) An American pretending to be Italian becomes eventually Mario in person - awful danger! (5 6) def = mari(O)+LIVE+GARDEN* schizophoenix 0
12822 TABULATE (8) Spreadsheet functionality forbidden and deceased (8) TABU+LATE schizophoenix 0
12823 LENTIL (6) Enter into small legume (6) ENT in LIL schizophoenix 0
12829 GRAPEVINE (9) Heartless grievance including a German-sounding complaint where rumors are often found (9) GR(-I+A)PE+VINE(sounds like WHINE) schizophoenix 0
12837 QUEUEING (8) Anxious equine surrounding you with good lining up (8) EQUINE* around U + G = def schizophoenix 0
12848 FIVE STARS (4 5) General rank of the best hotels? (4, 5) cryptic ddef I think schizophoenix 0
12861 GASH (4) Green tree cleft (4) G+ASH=def schizophoenix 0
12882 REVERB (6) Echo echoing echoing, for example? (6) def = re-verb schizophoenix 0

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