Contests started: CHRISTMAS (9), INFERNAL (8), ABYSSAL (7), PEWTER (6), CERULEAN (8), VERMILION (9), CELADON (7), FUCHSIA (7), SAFFRON (7), CINNABAR (8), VIRIDIAN (8), ATELIER (7), NEOPETS (7), DISEASE (7), APEX (4), DISCOVERY (9), INTERSECT (9), ETERNAL (7), TENACIOUS (9), CARAMEL (7), ORIFICE (7), SOLVER (6), CULINARY (8), DISINFECT (9), FULL MOON (4, 4), CORN (4)
Contests won: ICE (3), ROBOT (5), BINARY STAR (6, 4), ARETAICS (8), SHAYMIN (7), CHESSBOARD (10), INFERNAL (8), QAT (3), PANGRAM (7), SHOWCASE (8), TREATY (6), AARDVARK (8), OMINOUS (7), BANDAGE (7), SIGNATURE MOVE (9, 4), PARALLEL (8), CARBONARA (9), CREEPER (7), SPOONER (7), LOREM IPSUM (5, 5), PEVERELL (8), STOP SIGN (4, 4), WALK OF FAME (4, 2, 4), DONUT (5), LIST (4), DETOUR (6)
| Clue ID | Contest | Clue | Explanation (hover) | Submitted By | Likes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5035 | DONUT (5) | Break a November streak with sweet, creamy hole (5) | DO NUT [= "sweet, creamy hole"] | level | 8 |
| 2601 | CARBONARA (9) | Chopped-up bacon, containing primarily Romano—a familiar pasta, to conclude! (9) | CA(R)_BON*+A+_R _A &lit. | level | 7 |
| 778 | INFERNAL (8) | Conclude setting up network is hellish (8) | INFER+NAL< [= "hellish"] | level | 6 |
| 5200 | LIST (4) | cant enumerate | ddef | level | 6 |
| 289 | ROBOT (5) | Bible, starting in Genesis, describes humanoid creation (5) | RO(B_)OT [= "humanoid creation"] | level | 5 |
| 371 | BINARY STAR (6, 4) | Hamper a romantic meeting, heading off with affair on the sides (two bodies going around with each other) (6, 4) | BIN+A+[-t]RYST+A_R [= "two bodies going around with each other"] | level | 5 |
| 390 | EUDAEMONICS (11) | Learning about happiness, Bill perhaps mounted, for starters, an employee: Lewinsky (almost satisfactory) (11) | EUD<+A_ E_+MONIC_+S [= "Learning about happiness"] | level | 5 |
| 1693 | AARDVARK (8) | Animal's one way (via sides) to enter Noah's vessel (8) | A+A(RD+V_A)RK [="Animal"] | level | 5 |
| 2234 | BANDAGE (7) | Disallow and forbid latest season's dress (7) | BAN+_D+AGE [= "dress", v.] | level | 5 |
| 2599 | CREEPER (7) | Primarily combustible green organism needing no introduction, for one! (7) | Primarily combustible = C_ green organism needing no introduction = (-t)REE for one = PER (as in "each") &lit. |
level | 5 |
| 9891 | DETOUR (6) | Frost-like in manner, describing the ends of side street as "the path less travelled by", perhaps (6) | D(_E _T)OUR [='"the path less travelled by", perhaps'] | level | 5 |
| 277 | ICE (3) | Kill; behead; chop up (3) | [-d]ICE [= "kill"] | level | 4 |
| 300 | CHRISTMAS (9) | "Crazy Rich Asians" segment ends with mother's birthday celebration, perhaps (9) | CHRI*+_S _T+MA'S [= "birthday celebration, perhaps"] | level | 4 |
| 420 | DOUGH (5) | C-note, as they say! (5) | DOUGH (= homophone for "do", as in solfege); [= "C-note, as they say!", indicating slang for money] | level | 4 |
| 536 | CHESSBOARD (10) | Revolutionary top songwriter's one who writes verses about love, where one may find a mate (10) | CHE+S_'S+B(O)ARD [= "where one may find a mate"] (Revolutionary = CHE; fringe songstress = S_S; one who writes verses = BARD; love = O) |
level | 4 |
| 972 | THUSLY (6) | Wed successor with initially solemn liturgy—you like that? (6) | THU (day after Wed.) + SLY (inits.) [= "like that"] | level | 4 |
| 1139 | MOBILE PHONE (6,5) | Moving pawn onto rook's starting square or cell (6, 5) | MOBILE+P+H-ONE [="cell"] | level | 4 |
| 2602 | FABLE (5) | EPIC FORTNITE #1 EXPERT (5) | F_+ABLE [= "Epic"] (GONE WRONG) (NOT CLICKBAIT!!) |
level | 4 |
| 2603 | PARALLEL (8) | "Pennsylvania rally ended early, before first election"—local correspondent (8) | PA+RALL(-y)+E_ L_ [= "correspondent"] | level | 4 |
| 4255 | PEVERELL (8) | Once in a while, heading off for Plymouth neighbourhood (8) | Once = EVER a while, heading off = (-s)PELL [as in "come in and sit for a spell"] (-s)P(EVER)ELL = Plymouth neighbourhood |
level | 4 |
| 9851 | A CLUE THAT COULD GET YOU CHARGED WITH A CRIME IF SPOKEN/PUBLISHED IN A PARTICULAR CONTEXT (?) | Whitest get beheaded first (8) | (-p)EARLIEST | level | 4 |
| 373 | REFRAIN (7) | Solar power consumed by process to cut short or avoid (7) | REF(RA)IN[-e] [= "avoid"] (REFINE = 'process' (v.); RA = 'solar power' (Egyptian god).) |
level | 3 |
| 415 | ARETAICS (8) | In storylines, one's following character learning about virtues (8) | AR(ETA+I)CS = ["learning about virtues", (n.)] (Eta as in the Greek letter) | level | 3 |
| 417 | GOLD LEAF (4, 4) | Bookmaker's highlight: lazy one dropping off involved in disastrous goal, leading to fortune (4, 4) | GOL([-i]DLE)A*+F_ [= "Bookmaker's highlight"] (iDLE, losing the i, in anagrammed GOAL, plus the lead to [F]ortune) |
level | 3 |
| 514 | LAW OF EXCLUDED MIDDLE (3, 2, 8, 6) | Foolishly led & funded Mexico wall, having ultimate build for second term of incumbency (this ensures a third isn't a possibility!) (3, 2, 8, 6) | FU(_n_->_D)DEDLEDMEXICOWALL* = LAW OF EXCLUDED MIDDLE [= "this ensures a third isn't a possibility!"]. Kudos to chaotic_iak for spotting the MEXICO WALL! | level | 3 |
| 721 | GOOGLE (6) | Alphabet component (start to end) with race component (end to start) (6) | start: GO to end: _O race component (end to start): LEG with G moved to start = GLE Alphabet component = GO+_O+GLE |
level | 3 |
| 860 | QAT (3) | Bush's time to follow the leading of Quincy Adams (3) | Q_ A_+T [= "Bush", as in the qat shrub] | level | 3 |
| 1048 | ADRENALINE (10) | It might start a rush, a dash; start rush; start a dash; a dash (10) | It might start a rush: def a dash; start: A+D_ rush; start: R_ a dash: EN a dash: A+LINE |
level | 3 |
| 1296 | PANGRAM (7) | For one, the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog, back to spoil dog's last snooze | (PAN+_G+RAM)< [= "For one, the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"] | level | 3 |
| 1415 | SHOWCASE (8) | Suggest, initially, "how about some side exhibit?" (8) | S_+HOW+CA+S_E [= "exhibit"] | level | 3 |
| 1471 | TREATY (6) | Source of trouble: burst tyre around back of Honda Accord (6) | T_+RE(_A)TY* [= "Accord"] | level | 3 |
| 1705 | OMINOUS (7) | Sans describes LOVE after one starts threatening (7) | O_+MIN(O)US [="threatening"] | level | 3 |
| 2165 | DISEASE (7) | Upset by "rude talk", per se (7) | DIS+EA+SE [= "Upset", as in "Dis-ease"] | level | 3 |
| 2850 | SPOONER (7) | Character to encourage swapping initial phonemes?! (7) | SPOONER ("nu spur" spoonerism) &lit. | level | 3 |
| 3489 | LOREM IPSUM (5, 5) | Start off sad about broken promise or meaningless words (5, 5) | (-g)L(OREMIPS*)UM [= "meaningless words"] | level | 3 |
| 4288 | WALK OF FAME (4, 2, 4) | Public monument to achievement of a home run by PC's 鏡 雨, in short (4, 2, 4) | WALK-OFF+AME [="Public monument to achievement"] | level | 3 |
| 4638 | CANDLE (6) | Wicked object's formed from one hundred and fifty virgin executions (6) | One hundred = C; fifty = L; virgin executions = E_; C+AND+L+E_="Wicked object" | level | 3 |
| 274 | MAIZE (5) | Quick, easy—setter is going against the grain (5) | (MA I + ZE)< [= "grain"] | level | 2 |
| 426 | SHAYMIN (7) | Guilt of Sonic the Hedgehog (7) | SHAYMIN (= "shame in" homophone) [= "hedgehog"]; "Sonic" as homophone indicator | level | 2 |
| 680 | SEVEN (5) | Number six's number one like number eight (Number five) | S_+EVEN [= "Number"] | level | 2 |
| 785 | CONTAINER (9) | One who makes up new words and phrases picks up "blend tan"—and that's just one example! (9) | CO(NTA*)INER [= "and that's just one example!", referring to the container mechanism of the wordplay]; exclamation mark is just for surface and doesn't imply an &lit | level | 2 |
| 2273 | SIGNATURE MOVE (9, 4) | Conversion, for one, of character into silly G movies (9, 4) | SIG(NATURE)MOVE* [= "Conversion, for one". Porygon2 is a cutie] | level | 2 |
| 2664 | AMOK (4) | "Wild—one thousand thumbs up!" (4) | A+M+OK [= "Wild"]; exclamation mark just for surface | level | 2 |
| 2793 | ELISION (7) | Priest's one that's charged for a sin of omission? (7) | ELI'S+ION is a sin [of omission of spaces]. Like this clue if you agree. | level | 2 |
| 3161 | HOMO SAPIENS (4, 7) | Human's essentially demonic plan seen after last of butterscotch pie's eaten by Undertale skeleton (4, 7) | essentially demonic = _O_ plan = MO (modus operandi) last of butterscotch = _H pie eaten by Undertale skeleton = SA(PIE)NS Human = _H + _O_ + MO + SA(PIE)NS |
level | 2 |
| 4289 | STOP SIGN (4, 4) | "Example of a mechanism used to artificially introduce pauses in activity..."—IGN (4, 4) | ... = STOPS STOPS+IGN = "Example of a mechanism used to artificially introduce pauses in activity" |
level | 2 |
| 5172 | AHEAD OF THE CURVE (5, 2, 3, 5) | Trendy, vogue opening adopted by one musician Robert Smith, perhaps?? (5, 2, 3, 5) | A+HEAD OF THE CUR(V_)E [= "Trendy"] i do like my double question marked clues |
level | 2 |
| 9936 | LIONESSES (9) | Females in a pride parade formation embrace love by regularly abolishing systems (9) | parade formation = LINE love = O regularly abolishing systems = S_S_E_S LI(O)NE+SSES = "Females in a pride" |
level | 2 |
| 317 | FAN (3) | One Direction to go after top fidget spinner? (3) | A+N after F_ [="spinner?"] | level | 1 |
| 722 | CENTRIFUGAL (11) | Force broken clarinet to accomodate retreating sound (allow no loss) (11) | CENTRI(F[-l]UG<)AL* [="Force"] broken clarinet = CENTRIAL*, retreating sound = GULF reversed, (allow no loss) = remove L |
level | 1 |
| 910 | SENSELESSNESSES (15) | Follies of German police, once holding up German city after small companies lacked storage unit (15) | German police, once = SS; German city = ESSEN; small = S; companies = ENSEMBLES; storage unit = MB (megabyte) S(NESSE<)S after S+ENSE(-mb)LES = SENSELESSNESSES [= "Follies"] |
level | 1 |
| 1211 | CURRENT (7) | Eddy's summary about limit of outer space (7) | summary = CURT (adj.) limit of outer = _R space = EN (typographical) CUR(_R+EN)T = Eddy |
level | 1 |
| 1472 | GEMINI (6) | Sign for one to turn around coupé (6) | GE<+MINI [= "Sign"] | level | 1 |
| 1732 | GLEAN (5) | Draw area in valley (5) | GLE(A)N [= "Draw"] | level | 1 |
| 4311 | STOP (4) | Terminal to enter ship on vacation (4) | "ship on vacation" = S_P (cryptic reading: "SHIP", [up]on vacation) S(TO)P = "Terminal" |
level | 1 |
| 9892 | TENNIS (6) | Hamilton's bill is presented without hesitation in court battle? (6) | TENN(-er)+IS [="court battle?"] | level | 1 |
| 303 | MILLE FEUILLE (5 7) | Napoleon fell back by the west of Europe before turning 51, in a way (5 7) | LLEF<+EU+IL< in MILE (cf. "a [long] way to go") [= "Napoleon", a similar kind of cake]. (Note that 'by the west of' is a juxtaposition indicator.) (Fun fact: Napoleon died aged 51.) |
level | 0 |
| 723 | CENTRIPETAL (11) | Force broken clarinet to accomodate retreating sound (allow no loss) (11) | CENTRI(P+[-l]ET)AL* [="Force"] broken clarinet = CENTRIAL*, retreating sound = P (piano), (allow no loss) = LET without L |
level | 0 |
| 7311 | ALL HAIL (3, 4) | Greeting the Tokyo weather forecast the day after tomorrow?? (3, 4) | hey it was a pretty sick movie ok? (ddef) | level | 0 |