Contests started: COCA-COLA (4-4), HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM (5://3.7.3), LIPOGRAM (8), HAT TRICK (3 5), EXPLETIVE (9), LET'S DO "YOUR USERNAME (?)" AGAIN THAT WAS FUN, FLAGRANT (8), POWWOW (6), ACE OF SPADES (3 2 6), NAG A RAM (3 1 3), NINETY NINE (6 4), WHODUNIT (8), QWERTY (6), A (1), B (1), C (1), D (1), E (1), F (1), G (1), H (1), I (1), J (1), K (1), L (1), M (1), N (1), O (1), P (1), Q (1), R (1), S (1), T (1), U (1), V (1), W (1), X (1), Y (1), Z (1), AND PER SE AND (3 3 2 3), LOOP (4), FLAGSHIP (8), FRESCO (6), LIMESTONE (9), NO ONE (2 3), UNHEARD-OF (7-2), NIX (3), A113 (4), NONAGON (7), TRIANGLE (8), LEFTIST (7), REDUX (5), PARSE (5), HUBRIS (6), BULBOUS (7), WARM (4), ANY NUMBER BIGGER THAN 1000 (?), ALL HALLOWS' EVE (3 7' 3), ERRING (6), FACE CARD (4 4), 8OO10CDC (8), ANY CLUE (3 4), BEE-EATER (3-5), HYDROGEN (8), SOAR (4), SLIM (4), BALDERDASH (10)
Contests won: EMBRYO (6), CHORTLE (7), FUEL (4), GOOSE (5), COW TOOLS (3, 5), LITERALLY (9), ROBBER (6), AGENDA (6), MAKEMAKE (8), RESPOND (7), CLOSED (6), SQUINT (6), DOJO (4), HUNDRED (7), INTUITION (9), SUBSTANCE (9), WALLWORT (8), ESTIVAL (7), FOOL’S GOLD (5, 4), BALCONY (7), SLAKING (7), HOT WHEELS (3 6), COLON (5), MARS (4), COMPARISON (10), RUGGED (6), I AM GROOT (1 2 5), MILESTONE (9), UGLIEST (7), JAMBOREE (8), WONDER (6), SORE (4), FELT (4), VALET (5), TALOS (5), MALEFIC (7), LUPPYLUPPY (10), CRYPTIC CLUE-WRITING CONTESTS (7, 4-7, 8)
| Clue ID | Contest | Clue | Explanation (hover) | Submitted By | Likes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11769 | SORE (4) | Sober -> Drunk -> Black out -> In pain (4) | SORE(-b)* | Zimodo | 6 |
| 11021 | COW TOOLS (3, 5) | Notable panel company puts the T in textiles (3, 5) | CO + W (T)OOLS | Zimodo | 4 |
| 11092 | BARRIER (7) | Stop to listen to gravedigger? (7) | BARRIER "burier" | Zimodo | 4 |
| 11825 | MALEFIC (7) | Yaoi about Saturn and Mars? (7) | MALE FIC | Zimodo | 4 |
| 11017 | GOOSE (5) | Goes wild protecting egg! (5) | GO(O)SE* | Zimodo | 3 |
| 11102 | CHARLOTTE (9) | City grifter takes last breath on air (9) | CHARLOTTE "charlat(-an)" charlatan homophone, but with the last syllable removed |
Zimodo | 3 |
| 11105 | RESPOND (7) | Talk about small lake (7) | RE + S + POND | Zimodo | 3 |
| 11760 | SORE (4) | The god of love was upset and angry (4) | SORE< | Zimodo | 3 |
| 10990 | EMBRYO (6) | A dying flame without energy. With a simple greeting, this can be the start of a new life (6) | def: the start of a new life EMB(-e)R + YO |
Zimodo | 2 |
| 11003 | CHORTLE (7) | Unit that dropped the ball led endlessly for a laugh (7) | C(-o)HORT + LE_ | Zimodo | 2 |
| 11011 | FUEL (4) | Hydrogen pipe (NO NITROGEN) (4) | FU(-nn)EL | Zimodo | 2 |
| 11030 | LITERALLY (9) | Really simple demonstration (9) | LITE + RALLY | Zimodo | 2 |
| 11042 | MAKEMAKE (8) | "God, I got a great poker hand twice!" (8) | M(AK)E + M(AK)E | Zimodo | 2 |
| 11047 | MAKEMAKE (8) | Make fun of a mother? Alright, if you speak to God (8) | MAKEMAKE "mock a ma? kay" | Zimodo | 2 |
| 11094 | BULWARK (7) | Defense built from ox labor, allegedly (7) | BULWARK "bull work" | Zimodo | 2 |
| 11117 | ESCUTCHEON | Shield cryptic clues with no number and techno babble | ESCU(-l)* + TCHEON* | Zimodo | 2 |
| 11139 | SOLARPUNK (9) | Vibe with spouse and fool around with wordplay (9) | SO + LAR(PUN)K | Zimodo | 2 |
| 11247 | ANY CLUE THAT USES SAT-STYLE ANALOGIES AS WORDPLAY (?) | Hot : Blue :: Time : Cell (10) | H + IS TO + BL + AS + T | Zimodo | 2 |
| 11269 | SQUINT (6) | Sea creature with no feet, no bone, and narrow eyes (6) | SQUI(-d) + N + T | Zimodo | 2 |
| 11289 | HUNDRED (7) | German dog near Red Square (7) | HUND + RED | Zimodo | 2 |
| 11303 | INTUITION (9) | Through payment, understanding (9) | IN + TUITION | Zimodo | 2 |
| 11314 | WALLWORT (8) | A plant that is, to some extent, now all worthless (8) | _W ALL WORT_ | Zimodo | 2 |
| 11395 | A (1) | In article about the first keynote, per ace American author, "One very short scream." (1) | 11def In|article|about|the first|keynote,|per|ace|American|author,|"One|very short scream." |
Zimodo | 2 |
| 11420 | ESTIVAL (7) | Carnival, without fail, to appear in the summer (7) | (-f)ESTIVAL | Zimodo | 2 |
| 11452 | FOOL’S GOLD (5, 4) | Bad logos during failure is a poor investment (5 4) | FO(OLS GO*)LD | Zimodo | 2 |
| 11494 | BORK (4) | Icelandic singer doesn't have a second break (4) | B(-j)ORK | Zimodo | 2 |
| 11508 | BALCONY (7) | Alcohol bottled by barren terrace (7) | B(ALC)ONY | Zimodo | 2 |
| 11528 | SLAKING (7) | Californian hockey team lined up back to front for drinking water (7) | (S)LAKING(-s) how tf do i annotate this | Zimodo | 2 |
| 11597 | COMPARISON (10) | Public land, without French address, accomodates Paris association (10) | CO(-m)M(PARIS)ON | Zimodo | 2 |
| 11613 | I AM GROOT (1 2 5) | GotG gag got Mario aroar. (1 2 5) | I AM GROOT* + only uses letters from IAMGROOT |
Zimodo | 2 |
| 11625 | MILESTONE (9) | A landmark moment of Davis' sound (9) | MILES' + TONE | Zimodo | 2 |
| 11741 | WONDER (6) | Get a sense of awe from Taylor Swift's album now played backwards (6) | WON+DER< | Zimodo | 2 |
| 11031 | FINNISH (7) | Scandinavian woman in north, sorta (7) | F + IN + N + ISH | Zimodo | 1 |
| 11032 | ROBBER (6) | Pitcher switches hands to cheat (6) | (l -> R)OBBER | Zimodo | 1 |
| 11054 | CATNIP (6) | AC broke? Throw back a beer with a drug, like weed (6) | CA* + TNIP< | Zimodo | 1 |
| 11072 | SANDWICH (8) | Plane over half of Kansas city for lunch (8) | SAND + WICHita | Zimodo | 1 |
| 11073 | TURNTABLE (9) | A belt is let loose around pitcher over bat (9) | def: A belt (anagram of table) T(URN + TAB<)LE* |
Zimodo | 1 |
| 11119 | JUMP (4) | Hesitation in Japan gets you beat up (4) | J(UM)P | Zimodo | 1 |
| 11135 | ESTOC (5) | Delivered a normal sword (5) | ESTOC "a stock" | Zimodo | 1 |
| 11143 | CLOSED (6) | Shut down and left silenced (6) | CLOS(-et)ED | Zimodo | 1 |
| 11155 | PURGATORY (9) | Fire a politician without note or anguish (9) | PURG(-e) A TORY | Zimodo | 1 |
| 11239 | REPEAT (6) | Note: dirt is regular (6) | RE + PEAT | Zimodo | 1 |
| 11259 | CHANNEL (7) | Anne left after church for some water? (7) | CH + ANNE + L | Zimodo | 1 |
| 11288 | DOJO (4) | ||Knock up dear at school|| (4) | DO + JO | Zimodo | 1 |
| 11305 | SUBSTANCE (9) | Thing to understand? (9) | punny ddef | Zimodo | 1 |
| 11310 | SANDBAG (7) | Shilling and dollar made to underperform (7) | S + AND + BAG https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bag |
Zimodo | 1 |
| 11357 | COPY (4) | Fancy Pocky loses thousands to imitation (4) | COPY(-k)* | Zimodo | 1 |
| 11497 | PERCENT (7) | Part with a penny (7) | PER + CENT | Zimodo | 1 |
| 11526 | LEFT (4) | Split without note! (4) | (-c)LEFT | Zimodo | 1 |
| 11532 | PARENTHESIS (11) | Average english argument around 11 (11) | PAR + EN + THESIS | Zimodo | 1 |
| 11538 | BAROQUE (7) | Fancy cookout has nothing replace the belly (7) | BAR(O -be)QUE | Zimodo | 1 |
| 11552 | ATLAS (5) | Finally, endless maps (5) | AT LAS(-t) | Zimodo | 1 |
| 11577 | MARS (4) | A lot of swamp ruins (4) | MARS(-h) | Zimodo | 1 |
| 11584 | BARTENDER | Server shutdown amidst traffic (9) | BART(END)ER | Zimodo | 1 |
| 11615 | RUGGED (6) | Carpeted firm? (6) | punny ddef variant to appease the not-brits | Zimodo | 1 |
| 11723 | REGRESSION (10) | Return regular expression with no experience (10) | REG + (-exp)RESSION | Zimodo | 1 |
| 11771 | SORE (4) | 20 - 100 is a lot (4) | S(-c)ORE | Zimodo | 1 |
| 11789 | VALET (5) | Virginia permitted someone to drive a car (5) | VA+LET | Zimodo | 1 |
| 11810 | VALOR (5) | Circle missing from oval or heart (5) | (-o)VAL+OR | Zimodo | 1 |
| 11817 | JEEPERS (7) | Holy cow carers? (7) | JEEP+ERS | Zimodo | 1 |
| 11856 | CEVICHE (7) | Replace piece of lamb with bits of eggplant and veal in stale appetizer (7) | C(l -> EV)ICHE | Zimodo | 1 |
| 11874 | SAOR (4) | Free in Ireland to soar badly (4) | SAOR* | Zimodo | 1 |
| 11895 | LEMNISCATE (10) | 8a is CLEMENT after editing (10) | LEMNISCATE* | Zimodo | 1 |
| 11900 | LOOPS (5) | "Circles" album has 2 love songs at the end (5) | L(OO)P+_S | Zimodo | 1 |
| 11930 | RIZZ (4) | NSFW ||Cum covering head makes ladies swoon|| (4) | R+_IZZ | Zimodo | 1 |
| 10980 | OCTAVE (6) | Starting out note: Don't begin staff with 2:1 ratio (6) | O_ + C (note) + (-s)TAVE | Zimodo | 0 |
| 10997 | ITINERARY (9) | An uncommon set up interrupting small route (9) | I + TIN(ERAR<)Y | Zimodo | 0 |
| 10998 | XANADU (6) | Told "Do endless drugs before getting to nirvana." (6) | XANA(-x)¹ + DU ("do") ¹xanax is its own plural |
Zimodo | 0 |
| 11008 | INDICATED (9) | It's pointed out I hang around Charlie, but not Ted (9) | INDI(C)A + TED | Zimodo | 0 |
| 11033 | AGENDA (6) | Plan a contract after the better part of an eternity (6) | AGE(-s) + NDA | Zimodo | 0 |
| 11051 | MATCHA (6) | A bar replaces nothing in coffee or tea (6) | M(o -> AT)CHA | Zimodo | 0 |
| 11129 | LET'S DO "YOUR USERNAME (?)" AGAIN THAT WAS FUN | ||I sodomize bareback|| (6) | _ZIMODO_< | Zimodo | 0 |
| 11208 | FACETIOUSLY (11) | Jokingly fuck over your faculties without hesitation (11) | FACETIOUSLY(-ur)* | Zimodo | 0 |
| 11260 | KOROK (5) | Zelda character made from iron and nickel, say (5) | KOROK "core rock" | Zimodo | 0 |
| 11265 | ANY CLUE THAT INCLUDES THE SAME WORD THREE OR MORE TIMES (?) | Work about about about about about titanium (8) | C(RE)A(TI)ON | Zimodo | 0 |
| 11266 | ANY CLUE THAT INCLUDES THE SAME WORD THREE OR MORE TIMES (?) | Meditative end end end end (3) | Z + EN_ | Zimodo | 0 |
| 11297 | BROOD (5) | General that's absent to duck children (5) | BRO(a->O)D | Zimodo | 0 |
| 11302 | INTUITION (9) | Getting it! (9) | Reverse cryptic &lit _IT_ |
Zimodo | 0 |
| 11360 | COPY (4) | Steal wordplay, ultimately, for the clue submitted before this (4) | Steal = Cop Wordplay, ultimately = Y The clue submitted before this = def. |
Zimodo | 0 |
| 11374 | TRAIN (5) | Exercise without a top! (5) | (-s)TRAIN | Zimodo | 0 |
| 11390 | PUNT (4) | Wordplay with tense for a kick (4) | PUN + T | Zimodo | 0 |
| 11436 | FRANTIC (7) | French act is wild (7) | FR + ANTIC | Zimodo | 0 |
| 11450 | KEPI (4) | Funny pike with hat (4) | KEPI* | Zimodo | 0 |
| 11454 | EXCLAMATION MARK (11, 4) | Not surprised (11 4) | ddef | Zimodo | 0 |
| 11457 | RAIN CHECK (4, 5) | God has to protect king for a promise (4 5) | RA + IN CHECK | Zimodo | 0 |
| 11500 | CARET (5) | CRT power indicator (5) | C ARE T | Zimodo | 0 |
| 11502 | QUIVER (6) | The queen and you head to the hospital around 4, as there's a lot of arrows in them (6) | Q + U(IV)ER | Zimodo | 0 |
| 11506 | AMPERSAND (9) | ET shouts "Fire pocket sand!" (9) | AMPERSAND ("amp purse sand") | Zimodo | 0 |
| 11523 | COMMUTE (7) | Commercial utility vehicle for travel (7) | COMM + UTE | Zimodo | 0 |
| 11555 | EMBARGO (7) | Snapping turtle bites Gab more (7) | EMBARGO* def: https://www.ncpedia.org/media/1807-embargo-cartoon |
Zimodo | 0 |
| 11559 | BARBIE (6) | Cookout to ban bachelor, say (6) | BARBIE "bar b" | Zimodo | 0 |
| 11574 | HOT WHEELS (3 6) | Small cars with women wearing sexy stilettos (3 6) | HOT (W)HEELS | Zimodo | 0 |
| 11576 | COLON (5) | Column on punctuation (5) | COL + ON | Zimodo | 0 |
| 11594 | WOK (3) | Pan Caeser's PhD (3) | PhD ROT19 is WOK also every word in the clue is capitalized that's neat |
Zimodo | 0 |
| 11614 | RUGGED (6) | Carpeted? (6) | punny clue | Zimodo | 0 |
| 11660 | GUTS (4) | Initially gave you Tyler's heart (4) | G_ + U + T'S | Zimodo | 0 |
| 11663 | UGLIEST (7) | 11660 damaged bottles rest horizontally, revealing the worst looking one (7) | 11660 -> https://cryptics.jackbrounstein.com/contest/3020-guts-4?highlight=11660#clue11660 UG(LIE)ST* revealing is connector |
Zimodo | 0 |
| 11688 | JAMBOREE (8) | Jay and an uninteresting person, around morning, find energy for get together (8) | J(AM)BORE+E | Zimodo | 0 |
| 11739 | DIVEST (6) | Free at 05:04 EST (6) | DIV+EST | Zimodo | 0 |
| 11772 | SEAT (4) | Lost at sea wanting a place to relax (4) | SEAT(-a)* | Zimodo | 0 |
| 11781 | FELT (4) | Seemed to be left out (4) | FELT* | Zimodo | 0 |
| 11794 | TALOS (5) | 50% off puzzle game on Windows, macOS, or Linux! (5) | (-por)TAL+OS | Zimodo | 0 |
| 11798 | ERUDITE (7) | Pretty true. I, Ed, am not a rock. (7) | ERUDITE* idk why every time i see this word i think its a rock but its not |
Zimodo | 0 |
| 11816 | TO A T (2, 1, 1) | Perfect speech by removing a section (2 1 1) | TO A(-s) T | Zimodo | 0 |
| 11830 | SWAG (4) | Played at the park without new stuff (4) | SWA(-n)G | Zimodo | 0 |
| 11839 | ANY CHEESE (?) | This cheese is made backwards (4) | EDAM< | Zimodo | 0 |
| 11841 | ANY CHEESE (?) | Report on aged smell of cheese (7) | GRUYERE "grew air" | Zimodo | 0 |
| 11844 | ANY CHEESE (?) | A naughty crime by a yellow square (8) | A+MERIC*+AN | Zimodo | 0 |
| 11863 | LUPPYLUPPY (10) | "Dogs with large heads" is a combination of words (10) | (p->L)UPPY(p->L)UPPY | Zimodo | 0 |
| 11894 | ANY ANAGRAM OF STONE (5) | English soundtrack is sort of rock? (5) | EN+OST def: STONE sorted slphabetically i dont think this is a valid def at all i dont care |
Zimodo | 0 |
| 11928 | CRYPTIC CLUE-WRITING CONTESTS (7, 4-7, 8) | Tombs play host to cultic puzzling and gross rituals involving counting badly and out of turn, a favorite PC passtime (7 4-7 8) | CRYP(TIC CLU*+E W+RIT(ING CONT(-u)*)ES)TS | Zimodo | 0 |