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)
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)
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |