Contests started: NASH EQUILIBRIUM (4, 11), ANAGRIND (8), ANY CLUE STARTING WITH CALL IN (?), ZOOM (4), TURNIP (6), ANY CLUE THAT'S A VALID ACNH PASSPORT TITLE (?), AGNOMY (6), SCREED (6), ZYDECO (6), EDNASWAP (8), REPRESENTATIVE (14), KNAPP DANEBEN (5, 7), ABOUT (5), PEORIA (6), ANY CLUE ONLY USING WORDS FROM PERSON DO THING (?), NAVEM MERCIBUS IMPLERE (5, 8, 7), SLOWPOKE (8), ANY HUMAN PYRAMID-STYLE CLUE (?), FOX (3), SONDHEIM (8), ANY CLUE USING "REMEMBER THE NAME" LYRICS AS A LETTER SELECTION INDICATOR (?), URBANA (6), ANY CLUE IN THE FORM OF A "L + RATIO +..." MEME (?), BOLD (4), SATURN (6), DINT (4), SINGLETON (9), NE (2), PARTICIPANTS (12), THE LAST OF US (3, 4, 2, 2), HOT WHEELS (3 6), IM WOLFY (2 5), CMU (3)
Contests won: SAMUS (5), ANY CLUE INCORPORATING A PUZZLE GENRE (?), PERIDOT(7), VIRIDIAN (8), DOMINION (8), ARGUMENT (8), HEDGEHOG (8), ANAGRIND (8), ANY CLUE USING A WORDPLAY DEVICE FROM PEACHES (?), AMBIGRAM (8), MINI GOLF (8), MEME (4), GIGAHERTZ (9), RESOLUTION (10), APT (3), AGNOMY (6), PECCADILLO (10), ANY CLUE IN THE FORM OF A "L + RATIO +..." MEME (?), ANY CLUE CONSISTING OF LETTERS FROM A SINGLE ROW OF YOUR KEYBOARD (?), WAKANDA (7)
| Clue ID | Contest | Clue | Explanation (hover) | Submitted By | Likes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2815 | MEME (4) | Me: Also me: ! (4) | &lit: "Me: Also me:" is a ME+ME format. | SoftFro | 10 |
| 2447 | OZONE (5) | Olive starter with zero-cal pizza alternative gives gas (5) | O_+(-cal)ZONE = "gas" | SoftFro | 8 |
| 4524 | ANY CLUE THAT'S A VALID ACNH PASSPORT TITLE (?) | Detailed Party Animal (4) | CROW(-d) = [animal] | SoftFro | 8 |
| 9884 | ANY CLUE CONSISTING OF LETTERS FROM A SINGLE ROW OF YOUR KEYBOARD (?) | [esc] [F12 🔊︎] [F2 🔆︎] (6) | [esc]: def [F12 🔊︎]: F (increases volume) [F2 🔆︎]: LIGHT (increases brightness) This is on a Mac |
SoftFro | 7 |
| 1099 | PERIDOT(7) | Billionaire acquires Gem State gem (7) | PER(ID)OT | SoftFro | 6 |
| 4115 | ALADDIN (7) | Disney lead attracted to princess, penned by composer Menken! (7) | Disney lead: D_ attracted to: concatenation princess: DI penned by composer Menken: contained in ALAN &lit |
SoftFro | 6 |
| 8928 | ANY CLUE IN THE FORM OF A "L + RATIO +..." MEME (?) | L + ratio + touch grass + some random guy + unfollowed + you fell off course (7) | [L]: L [ratio]: PI [touch grass]: juxtapose with NUG (as in weed) [some random guy unfollowed]: HE went first (un-followed) [you fell off]: -U [course]: def for HE+L+PI+N(-u)G |
SoftFro | 6 |
| 332 | SAMUS (5) | Smash character and famous Prime series lead! | S_+(prime letters from fAMoUs)+S_, &lit | SoftFro | 5 |
| 1392 | DOMINION (8) | Social event with Hireling or Disciple! (8) | DO+MINION is a board game where some cards are named Hireling and Disciple | SoftFro | 5 |
| 11244 | ANY CLUE THAT USES SAT-STYLE ANALOGIES AS WORDPLAY (?) | second : mile :: ( : (5) | second = S mile = MILE ( : = SMILE (def) |
SoftFro | 5 |
| 1041 | ANY CLUE INCORPORATING A PUZZLE GENRE (?) | Country road follows logical operation (6) | "Country"=NOR+WAY | SoftFro | 4 |
| 1418 | ARGUMENT (8) | Complex angle, uh, in silver (8) | Complex angle = ARG(UM)ENT | SoftFro | 4 |
| 1844 | AMBIGRAM (8) | “The Good Place” writer Megan going around vast suns, perhaps (8) | suns, perhaps = AM(BIG)RAM | SoftFro | 4 |
| 4529 | ANY CLUE THAT'S A VALID ACNH PASSPORT TITLE (?) | Very First Mega Star (4) | (m -> V)EGA = star | SoftFro | 4 |
| 1100 | PEACHES (7) | What's behind '[Bleep] the Pain Away' without help! (7) | What's behind [Bleep] the = _P _E Pain = ACHE Away = ASIDE without help = -AIDE &lit (PEACHES is a solo artist, thus "without help") |
SoftFro | 3 |
| 1792 | ANY CLUE USING A WORDPLAY DEVICE FROM PEACHES (?) | Blooper jumps into water to get Mario Kart racers (7) | DIVES -> DRIVERS | SoftFro | 3 |
| 2060 | MINI GOLF (8) | Male Spanish swordsman in fiction heads to lone field where you might find a windmill (8) | M+INIGO+L_+F_ = where you might find a windmill. This isn't about Don Quixote. |
SoftFro | 3 |
| 2235 | KINK (4) | Indiana divides leaderless hate group from South Bend (4) | "Bend" = (-k)K(IN)K | SoftFro | 3 |
| 3763 | GIGAHERTZ (9) | Shitty robot maker Simone has a frustrated outburst a billion times per second (9) | GI(GAH)ERTZ = a billion times per second | SoftFro | 3 |
| 5329 | ANY CLUE/ANSWER REFERENCING A CHRISTMAS SONG (?) | "Baby It's Cold Outside" contains bits of horrifyingly icky lyrics (5) | Cold outside = C_D bits of horrifyingly icky lyrics = H_ I_ L_ Baby = C(H_+I_+L_)D |
SoftFro | 3 |
| 6768 | ANY CLUE THAT IS A JOKE WITH A PUNCHLINE (?) | "Knock knock." "Who's there?" "No outer husk." "No outer husk who?" "Finally, something with ears." (5 4) | Anagram "KNOCK WHO'S THERE", deleting H_K, H_K, and _O to get "something with ears" = SWEET CORN. I guess the asker had been knocking on other doors and nobody had replied? Look I'm sorry that the joke makes no sense. | SoftFro | 3 |
| 10811 | WAKANDA (7) | Energy-rich state protected by Marvel superhero! (7) | Energy-rich state: AK protected by: containment indicator Marvel superhero: WANDA &lit: W(AK)ANDA |
SoftFro | 3 |
| 768 | INFERNAL (8) | Some affairs of Mr. Hargrove are truly devilish (8) | "Some affairs" = INTERNAL "of Mr. Hargrove" = T -> F |
SoftFro | 2 |
| 1346 | VIRIDIAN (8) | Upside-down one, capt. in mostly green! (8) | one: I capt.: DIR mostly green: NAIV_ &lit: _VI(RID+I)AN< is the green-ish gravity-flipping captain in VVVVVV. |
SoftFro | 2 |
| 1752 | ANAGRIND (8) | Elsa’s sister smiled. “Say something crazy?” (8) | "Anna grinned". [Something crazy] is def, surface is a Frozen quote. | SoftFro | 2 |
| 1869 | THE SUN (3, 3) | Our star actor takes a turn filling in for actress Zadora (3,3) | Our star: def actor: THESPIAN takes a turn filling in for actress Zadora: replace PIA with U |
SoftFro | 2 |
| 2023 | EMPANADA (8) | After a long dash, "giant" Bear has a turnover (8) | turnover = EM+PAN(A)DA Surface is supposed to make it sound like I know how sports work. |
SoftFro | 2 |
| 3855 | CUP (3) | Psyche leaves Eros a symbol of union (3) | CUP(-id) = [a symbol of union] | SoftFro | 2 |
| 4532 | APT (3) | Topless Gap suit's close fitting (3) | Topless Gap = AP suit's close = _T fitting = APT |
SoftFro | 2 |
| 5292 | ANY CLUE WHOSE SURFACE READS AS AN EQUATION (??) | Ten minus root ten plus one hundred plus two times sin(ten) equals tent (10) | Ten minus root ten = (-t)EN one hundred = C two times = AM+PM sin(ten) = ENT* Def: tent = ENCAMPMENT |
SoftFro | 2 |
| 5387 | ANY CLUE WHICH INCORPORATES A CAESAR CIPHER (?) | A frantic exclamation may call this shift-1 char (4) | shift-1 CHAR -> DIBS | SoftFro | 2 |
| 10955 | AN "ANTI-&LIT" IN WHICH THE WHOLE CLUE FUNCTIONS AS WORDPLAY AND IS ALSO A DEFINITION FOR AN ANTONYM OF THE ANSWER (?) | Hockey team¡ (4) | "Hockey team" = TAME* (one common type of anagrind is a word that suggests some sort of fight) Also a definition for WILD. |
SoftFro | 2 |
| 11128 | LET'S DO "YOUR USERNAME (?)" AGAIN THAT WAS FUN | Ostroff of Discord! (7) | SOFTFRO* (&lit) | SoftFro | 2 |
| 1260 | SHALLOTS (8) | Drunkards in possession of rogue computer, primarily light bulbs (8) | bulbs = S(HAL+L_)OTS | SoftFro | 1 |
| 1572 | HEDGEHOG (8) | Prevent an opponent from returning to the stage after Final Smash from Sonic, e.g. (8) | _H+EDGEHOG = [Sonic, e.g.] | SoftFro | 1 |
| 1586 | ANY CLUE ENDING IN A BEAN (7, 7) | City known for a NASCAR track and an all-bacon mixture inside a bean (7,7) | The Talladega Superspeedway is in LI(NCOLN ALABA)*MA. | SoftFro | 1 |
| 1599 | NASH EQUILIBRIUM (4, 11) | Northern woman who takes a tranquilizer when prisoners betray each other (4, 11) | [Northern] = N [woman] = SHE [who] = QUI [takes a] = insert A [tranquilizer] = LIBRIUM [when prisoners betray each other] = N+(A)+SHE+QUI+LIBRIUM |
SoftFro | 1 |
| 4010 | RESOLUTION (10) | Concerning the answer to 2560 x 1600, for instance (10) | RE+SOLUTION = [2560 x 1600, for instance] | SoftFro | 1 |
| 6034 | BAD (3) | Singer Benatar voiced a Michael Jackson song (3) | Singer Benatar = PAT, but voice all the consonants | SoftFro | 1 |
| 6504 | HOOSEGOW (8) | Ring taken by rogue who goes to jail (8) | HO(O)SEGOW* (rogue is the anagrind) | SoftFro | 1 |
| 6811 | PECCADILLO (10) | It's a minor sin to knock over a cushion, according to the reverend (10) | Spoonerism of "deck a pillow". | SoftFro | 1 |
| 8990 | ANY CLUE THAT USES A MATHEMATICAL SEQUENCE OTHER THAN EVENS/ODDS TO INDEX (?) | Constant audible screaming (∞) | "Constant" refers to the famous sequence https://oeis.org/A000012. Index into AUDIBLE to get "AAAAAAA...". Also a Schrödinger for "EEEEEEE..." (homoph.) |
SoftFro | 1 |
| 11069 | TURNTABLE (9) | Sound equipment liable to be wasted? (9) | [Sound equipment] = TURNT-ABLE | SoftFro | 1 |
| 11434 | E (1) | Fifth letter! (1) | [Fifth letter] = lettEr &lit because it's the fifth letter if you sort the alphabet lexicographically. |
SoftFro | 1 |
| 2132 | ANY CLUE STARTING WITH CALL IN (?) | Call in BINGO BONGO (4, 2, 3, 4) | ddef: BANG ON THE DRUM is a bingo call, and according to somewhat questionable sources BONGO is also a verb meaning the same. | SoftFro | 0 |
| 2959 | ANY CLUE THAT RESOLVES TO THE EMPTY STRING (0) | Everyone who votes for this clue is crazy (0) | [Everyone who votes for this clue] = * | SoftFro | 0 |
| 3439 | ANY CLUE WITH PRINTER'S DEVILRY AS WORDPLAY (?) | After we heard about recent ops throughout the continent, we were to let relations crumble. He hates this (7) | ...tolD EU-SOVIet... def: "He hates this" |
SoftFro | 0 |
| 3988 | CHEW (4) | Jersey Girl features that guy with no Oscar nom (4) | Jersey Girl = COW features that guy = insert HE with no Oscar = -O nom = def |
SoftFro | 0 |
| 4198 | ENNUI (5) | Reportedly, setting for Switch (Nintendo system) yields dissatisfaction (5) | "on Wii" = dissatisfaction | SoftFro | 0 |
| 4537 | AGNOMY (6) | Many go crazy for heyawake author (6) | AGNOMY* = [heyawake author] | SoftFro | 0 |
| 4629 | STRIPED (7) | Streaked, slept, missed a fifth of recitation, and got an F (7) | slept = RESTED a fifth of recitation = RE F = RIP (-re)ST(RIP)ED |
SoftFro | 0 |
| 5369 | IS (2) | Endures half-finished uninspired puzzle (2) | This one goes out to my solver. Endures is the def., and a half-finished uninspired puzzle is IS(-is). |
SoftFro | 0 |
| 5670 | NOPE (4) | You wish every other couple followed Fourth Mibnt (4) | "You wish" = _N_+_O_P_E. Surface refers to the popular relationship blog Fourth Mibnt. | SoftFro | 0 |
| 7131 | ANY CLUE ONLY USING WORDS FROM PERSON DO THING (?) | Have on, with no real place (4) | SPO(-r)T = place | SoftFro | 0 |
| 7968 | ANY CLUE WHOSE ANSWER IS THE NUMBER OF LETTERS IT CONTAINS (?) | Puzzle number ten: play *Ys* in bar (6-3) | "Puzzle number" = TW(ENT*+YS)IX | SoftFro | 0 |
| 8964 | ANY BATMAN SUPERVILLAIN (?) | Scientist's group of horses, clued cryptically (9, 4, 7) | Reverse cryptic: [Professor Hugo Strange] = GROUP OF HORSES* |
SoftFro | 0 |
| 10155 | QUINTET (7) | Confusing Puzzlers Club feature going on and on endlessly! (7) | "Confusing Puzzlers Club feature" = QUINT, whose references are often [0]ed. "going on and on endlessly" = ET(-c). &lit: Quintet is a recursively infinite logic puzzle shared in Puzzlers Club by Jamie Hargrove |
SoftFro | 0 |
| 12681 | MOXIE (5) | Magic gem that is fire (5) | "Magic gem": MOX (as in the Mox gems from Magic: The Gathering) "that is": I.E. "fire": def |
SoftFro | 0 |
| 12887 | ANY OCEAN (?) | Open-faced hot dog (5) | FRANK ddef | SoftFro | 0 |