Contests started: LEON CZOLGOSZ (4, 8), LEFT OUT (4, 3), MAZUMA (6), ANTARCTICA (10), UCAOIMHU (8), PERHAPS (7), TWITCH (6), OBSERVATORY (11), PEACHES (7), A CRYPTIC IN PUFLANTU (?), DEAD HORSE (4, 5), SHOT (4), DEEP LEARNING (4, 8), DONBURI (7), MOSCOW (6), POTLUCK (7), GOLD RUSH (4, 4), VANITY (6), GILBERT (7), CARBONARA (9), JOKER (5), MAILER (6), PUCCINI (7), WOLFRAM (7), BACTERIA (8), SEDNA (5), INVOLVE (7), HOMO SAPIENS (4, 7), UKRAINE (7), WARHOL (6), PAPRIKA (7), OVERFLOW (8), VIRUS (5), ATP (3), INCINERATE (10), DERRIDA (7), ODDLY (5), WATERLOO (8), PENNSYLVANIA (12), BIDEN (5), XERXES (6), AMADEUS (7), BIG BROTHER (3, 7), YEW (3), PFIZER (6), ROTATOR (7), MARKOV (6), BEIGNET (7), KRAMPUS (7), OSSOFF (6), SIKH (4), KICKOFF (7), PERPENDICULAR (13), CRAB RAVE (4, 4), SPIRAL GALAXY (6, 6), HEMLOCK (7), CELLIST (7), THE XX (3, 2), CANCUN (6), MESOTHELIOMA (12), PARSIMONY (9), MOON MOON (4, 4), JAIL (4), OOMFIE (6), ASTRINGENT (10), :NOTLIKEDUCK: (11), OWL (3), IFFY (4), CORONER (7), PEAT (4), QUINTET (7), CHARLES III (7, 3), POKER FACE (5, 4), BALAKIREV (9), PUZZLEHUNT (10), I AM GROOT (1 2 5)
Contests won: WORD PUZZLES (4, 7), HEBREW (6), INDONESIA (9), HYENAS (6), RANDOM THINGS (6, 6), CODA (4), ED SHEERAN (2, 7), DISENFRANCHISEMENT (18), REMIX (5), HELLO WORLD (5, 5), SEPTEMBER (9), FIERY (5), PHUB (4), STACKS (6), PUTSCH (6), CLUE CONTAINING (4, 10), PARK (4), STOP (4), GEORGE ORWELL (6,6), HATSUNE MIKU (7, 4), PACHYDERM (9), DOOMSCROLL (10), ELECTION (8), MASTIFF (7), UNDERGROUND (11), OVERSATURATION (14), BIG BROTHER (3, 7), KRAMPUS (7), DENTAL FLOSS (6, 5), SHARPIE (7), KICKOFF (7), FERROUS (7), ELBOW (5), PANCAKE (7), THE XX (3, 2), 867-5309 (3-4), JETTISON (8), ED BALLS (2, 5), TRYST (5), TAKE FIVE (4, 4), VITO (4), PERI-PERI (4-4), BONGCLOUD (9)
| Clue ID | Contest | Clue | Explanation (hover) | Submitted By | Likes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2849 | SEPTEMBER (9) | Start to fall and scatter pets’ burnt remains (9) | Start to fall: def scatter pets: SEPT* burnt remains: EMBER |
wolf | 6 |
| 4661 | HATSUNE MIKU (7, 4) | Japanese singer tops a French man a thousand times between me and you (7, 4) | HATS+UNE+M+I(K)U | wolf | 6 |
| 3180 | STACKS (6) | Files short nails (6) | S+TACKS | wolf | 5 |
| 4402 | GEORGE ORWELL (6,6) | He wrote about nationalism, "Good! Excellent! Golden! Good! Excellent! Golden! Good!" (6, 6) | Good = G Excellent = E Golden = OR (heraldry) Good = WELL Orwell most definitely did write about nationalism (albeit not in a positive way as the surface implies) |
wolf | 5 |
| 5155 | WAIF (4) | Stray, heartless wolf has one eye (4) | stray = W(-ol)[A+I]F surface clues Wolf O'Donnell |
wolf | 5 |
| 5502 | SHARPIE (7) | Dog breed with twisted tail: it is usually black (7) | SHAR PEI -> SHARPIE | wolf | 5 |
| 11196 | BONGCLOUD (9) | Bizarre opening, placing king's ass at the start clearly out there! (9) | &lit Bizarre opening: B_ placing: ON king's ass: _G at the start clearly: C_ out there: LOUD (flashy, garish) |
wolf | 5 |
| 397 | HUNT (4) | An annual event in MIT will have head-to-heads for representatives from many countries on the Boston subway | An annual event in MIT: def head-to-heads: H (head to HEADS) for representatives from many countries: UN on the Boston subway: T, also thematic for MITMH |
wolf | 4 |
| 454 | HEBREW (6) | An unusually written language here with eszett in the middle and omega at the end | An unusually written language: def here with eszett in the middle and omega at the end: HE+ß+RE+ω |
wolf | 4 |
| 813 | WILSON (6) | Flip-Whip Tip: grip no-slip flips, skip pip tips (6) | Flip: def (Flip Wilson, famous comedian) Whip tip: W grip: joiner no slip flips: [PILS ON]< skip pip tip: remove the Ps (tip of PIP) W+[(-p)ILSON]< (flip-whip is a BMX term) |
wolf | 4 |
| 2391 | DISENFRANCHISEMENT (18) | Depriving one's choice in fiend's mixture of creamy sauce (it has cream in it) (18) | fiends mixture: [FIENDS*] creamy sauce: RANCH it has cream in it: IT has SEMEN inside (I'm very sorry) Depriving one's choice: def for [DISENF*]+RANCH+I(SEMEN)T |
wolf | 4 |
| 2559 | TEMPEST (7) | Storm heads to Eastern Miami - quite a bother! (7) | heads to Eastern Miami: TEM (initials) quite a bother: PEST |
wolf | 4 |
| 4748 | NEPOTISM (8) | Headless one: "Stop! I'm murdered! This is unfair!" (8) | (-o)NE+POTISM* | wolf | 4 |
| 4798 | PACHYDERM (9) | Political group that gutted Hillary is red - interrupting a Democrat! (9) | &lit (republicans are symbolized as elephants) Political group: PAC (like a Super PAC) gutted Hillary: H_Y red: R interrupting: insertion a democrat: DEM PAC+H_Y+DE(R)M |
wolf | 4 |
| 5116 | YURT (4) | Why, your tea is a Mongolian specialty! (4) | Y+UR+T | wolf | 4 |
| 6024 | 867-5309 (3-4) | Popular song was a Britney hit with its year of release after messing up counting "5, 6, 7, 8" (3-4) | Britney hit: 3 its year of release: '09 Messing up counts of 5678: 8675* Popular song: def for 8675*+3+09 |
wolf | 4 |
| 7989 | TRYST (5) | Attempt missionary, maybe! (5) | TRY+ST &lit | wolf | 4 |
| 8615 | ONE (3), THEN TWO (3), THEN THREE (5), THEN FOUR (4), ETC. | Spanish for "The Even Number" (6) | EL+EVEN | wolf | 4 |
| 486 | ENUMERATION (11) | 5.43656 (around half a number) is 1:2 to n, approximately (n) | sort of an &lit 5.43656 = 2*E around half a number = NUMber 1:2 to n = RATIO+N approximately (n): the definition,as solving n gives you 10.87, approximately the enumeration (11) |
wolf | 3 |
| 641 | INDONESIA (9) | A country like India has small bills (9) | A country: def small bills: ONES India has small bills: IND(ONES)IA |
wolf | 3 |
| 796 | BURGER (6) | Bar food cravings in an empty bar! (6) | Bar food: def cravings: URGE empty bar: B_R |
wolf | 3 |
| 1065 | ANY CLUE INCORPORATING A PUZZLE GENRE (?) | Come to linearise dropquote? (5) | quote = LINE come to = (-line)ARISE |
wolf | 3 |
| 1127 | A CRYPTIC IN PUFLANTU (?) | Anuva gica avroxe zat uta calu na? Xa! (3) | [tall shoe twist is the truth? No! (3)] anuva (tall): def for AGI (giant) gica (shoe) avroxe (twist): anagram of GICA uta calu (one truth): C(alu) Xa (no): removal resolves to *[GI(-c)A] = AGI |
wolf | 3 |
| 1176 | INDIGO (6) | Selfless funding site made blue (6) | INDI(-ego)GO | wolf | 3 |
| 1237 | BANDUNG (7) | Group of leftists under new guidance at non-aligned conference (7) | Group: BAND leftists under new guidance: U_ N_ G_ (leftmost letter) non-aligned conference: def |
wolf | 3 |
| 2091 | BELL (4) | Without a beautiful Italian church part | beautiful Italian: BELLA church part: def for BELL(-a) |
wolf | 3 |
| 2094 | SUBSCRIBE (9) | Adhere to leftist coach and writer (9) | leftist coach: SUB< writer: SCRIBE |
wolf | 3 |
| 2510 | TEMPEST (7) | Shortest storm? (7) | ddef? sure why not | wolf | 3 |
| 2722 | HELLO WORLD (5, 5) | Infernal face that notices red livid demons began a basic example (5, 5) | Infernal: HELL face that notices: OWO red livid demons began: R_ L_ D_ a basic example: def |
wolf | 3 |
| 2979 | PHUB (4) | Ignoring people that are next to you high in a pub (4) | Ignoring people that are next to you: def P(H)UB |
wolf | 3 |
| 4824 | DOOMSCROLL (10) | Modern bad habit that destroyed Sodom in Genesis caused a tumble (10) | Modern bad habit: def destroyed Sodom: DOOMS* in Genesis, caused: C_ tumble: ROLL |
wolf | 3 |
| 4851 | MASTIFF (7) | Dog mom's image file (7) | MA'S TIFF | wolf | 3 |
| 5106 | WOLFGANG (8) | Mozart included a note in retrograde flat and sharp piece (8) | Mozart: def a note: G retrograde flat: WOL< sharp piece: FANG |
wolf | 3 |
| 5113 | OVERSATURATION (14) | Mars rover endlessly digs into planet to find location of celestial body with no end in sight (14) | Mars rover endlessly: anagram of ROVE(-r) digs into planet to find: container in SATURN location of: AT celestial body: IO with no end in sight: def |
wolf | 3 |
| 5157 | GO-SLOW (2-4) | Speed reduction for tailless wolf is so great, it's reversing (2-4) | Speed reduction = reversing WOL(-f)+SO+G | wolf | 3 |
| 5510 | KICKOFF (7) | Eliminate exciting event (7) | ddef (KICK OFF/KICKOFF) | wolf | 3 |
| 5518 | FERROUS (7) | Metallic wheel of some sort, it sounds like (7) | “ferris” | wolf | 3 |
| 5827 | THE XX (3, 2) | Indie band with charm in Texas (3, 2) | T(HEX)X | wolf | 3 |
| 5857 | PANCAKE (7) | Hate to put on makeup for a flat ass (7) | Hate: PAN to put on makeup: CAKE flat ass: def |
wolf | 3 |
| 5879 | ERA (3) | The Spanish was in Veracruz (3) | The Spanish "was": def in Veracruz: _ERA_ |
wolf | 3 |
| 6714 | ED BALLS (2, 5) | Anarchist labels own a Democratic politician (2, 5) | E(D)BALLS* | wolf | 3 |
| 9909 | VITO (4) | The Godfather incoporated it in Canadian whisky (4) | V(IT)O | wolf | 3 |
| 12054 | SOFA (4) | To start, she orders for another couch (4) | inits. | wolf | 3 |
| 388 | EUDAEMONICS (11) | The happiness doctrine mends a hundred vowels strangely | The happiness doctrine: definition strangely: anagram indicator for [*MENDS+C+AEIOU] |
wolf | 2 |
| 402 | GOLD LEAF (4, 4) | Klimt used this messed up fog ladle | [*FOGLADLE] | wolf | 2 |
| 408 | HUNT (4) | Look out for my love to tango | “look out for” = HUN+T | wolf | 2 |
| 410 | DOUGH (5) | The inside of a bun is hair? Disgusting! | The inside of a bun: def hair = DO Disgusting! = UGH also weak hairbun pun |
wolf | 2 |
| 418 | DOUGH (5) | Baking needs money! | ddef (baking needs/money) | wolf | 2 |
| 450 | HOLIDAY (7) | Colorful celebration time | &lit for HOLI+DAY | wolf | 2 |
| 459 | MOLASSES (8) | Something flooding the city is more short women | Something flooding the city: def more short: MO women: LASSES |
wolf | 2 |
| 491 | SHUTDOWN (8 or 4, 4) | Sichuan town has dialects, first off (8) | Sichuan: offically abbreviated SHU town has dialects first: T(D)OWN off: definition |
wolf | 2 |
| 605 | VIA APPIA (3,5) | An app for a short victorious Lovecraftian cry, giving way to the Old Ones (3, 5) | An app for: APP contained short victorious: V Lovecraftian cry: IA IA (as in the famed quote "Iä! Iä! Cthulhu fhtagn!") way to the old ones: V+IA(APP)IA |
wolf | 2 |
| 678 | KAKISTOCRACY (12) | Chaotic institute has one thousand (or one hundred?) sexy incompetent people in power (12) | Chaotic institute: KAIST (chaotic_iak's school) has a thousand: contains K or one: Or hundred: C sexy: RACY incompetent people in power: KA(K)IST+O(r)+C+RACY |
wolf | 2 |
| 957 | HYENAS (6) | Leaderless, shy, regressive, rational trio in The Lion King (6) | Leaderless, shy: HY regressive, rational: ENAS< trio in The Lion King: def |
wolf | 2 |
| 1022 | ANY CLUE INCORPORATING A SONG TITLE (?) | Ironically, “Heads Will Roll” is listened year-round (5) | Ironically = initials (“heads”) spell WRILY | wolf | 2 |
| 1111 | A CRYPTIC IN PUFLANTU (?) | Ex'opsi soka amelte itede (10) | [Gun ends yellow metal (6)] ex'opsi (gun) = ALVI (weapon) soka amelte (ends yellow) = TE itede (metal) = def for ALVITE (silver) |
wolf | 2 |
| 1478 | TREATY (6) | You can break it and try to eat inside (6) | You can break it: def TR(EAT)Y |
wolf | 2 |
| 2095 | PATREON (7) | Unruly part-time commissioner (7) | unruly part: PATR* time: EON commissioner: def |
wolf | 2 |
| 2194 | RICE (4) | University decimated Eric (4) | University: Rice University def decimated Eric: [*RICE] |
wolf | 2 |
| 2217 | WORD (4) | Going forward or right, say (4) | Going forward or right: W OR D (as in WASD movements) say: def (as in “worded his concerns”) |
wolf | 2 |
| 2221 | CODA (4) | Fish for applause at start and end of performance (4) | Fish: COD applause at start: A_ end of performance: def |
wolf | 2 |
| 2407 | REMIX (5) | Once again, stirring movement during sleep at nine (5) | Once again stirring: def (RE-MIX) movement during sleep: REM nine: IX |
wolf | 2 |
| 2475 | FEVER (5) | Heating up, iron edition (5) | FE+VER. | wolf | 2 |
| 2536 | GILBERT (7) | 19th century architect partner of Sullivan (7) | ddef (Cass Gilbert/W.S. Gilbert) | wolf | 2 |
| 2537 | SULLIVAN (8) | 19th century architect partner of Gilbert (8) | ddef (Louis Sullivan/Arthur Sullivan) | wolf | 2 |
| 2605 | CREEPER (7) | Vine-green creature (7) | ddef (vine/green creature) | wolf | 2 |
| 2668 | THE GAMBIA (3, 6) | Nation removes outer state with bias, after what was just lost (3, 6) | removes outer state: S, E bias, after what was just lost: THE GAME (which you just lost)+BIAS Nation: def for THE GAM(-e)+BIA(-s) |
wolf | 2 |
| 2702 | AMOK (4) | Crazy Russian shooter has a working habit (4) | A(MO)K | wolf | 2 |
| 2746 | PETERSEN (8) | German director diminishes English leads (8) | German director: def (Wolfgang Petersen) diminishes: PETERS English leads: E, N |
wolf | 2 |
| 2750 | MICROSOFT (9) | ᵖ?? (9) | p = piano = SOFT this is a smalltype p so it’s a MICROSOFT rebus |
wolf | 2 |
| 2908 | WOLFRAM (7) | Alpha engine uses alpha data storage (7) | Alpha engine (Wolfram Alpha) = WOLF (alpha)+ RAM (data storage) | wolf | 2 |
| 2946 | FIERY (5) | Spicy Italian guy replaces Italian first entry with Italy's last (5) | Italian Guy: FIERI Italian first entry: I Italy's last: Y Spicy: def for FIER(i->Y) |
wolf | 2 |
| 3143 | POUND CAKE (5, 4) | Classic British treat: ravage that phat ass (5,4) | ddef | wolf | 2 |
| 3203 | PUTSCH (6) | Put someone - leaders - in charge! (6) | &lit PUT+S(some, one)+CH(leaders in CHarge) |
wolf | 2 |
| 3239 | QUINE (5) | All the rage in that Spanish philosopher (5) | All the rage: IN that Spanish: QUE philosopher: def for QU(IN)E |
wolf | 2 |
| 4025 | PENNY (5) | Write “1/1 = 0.01” (5) | Write: PEN 1/1: NY (new year’s) 0.01 = def |
wolf | 2 |
| 4318 | STOP (4) | Foil seal (4) | ddef (foil as in foiling a plan, seal as in sealing a bottle) | wolf | 2 |
| 4446 | FULL HOUSE (4, 5) | Finger tip, skull, rear, head, toe, middle finger, hand (4, 5) | Finger tip: F_ skull rear: (-sk)ULL head: H toe middle: _O_ finger: USE (like an instrument) hand: def |
wolf | 2 |
| 4787 | COFFEE (6) | Top off drink from 7-Eleven with strange energizer (6) | (-i)C[OFF]EE | wolf | 2 |
| 4792 | FULL MOON (4, 4) | Satisfied beastly noise to conclude the season of a werewolf’s favorite time (4, 4) | FULL+MOO+_N | wolf | 2 |
| 4965 | UNDERGROUND (11) | Where Dostoevsky's notes can be found split apart without initial subtext or pretext (11) | Where Dostoevsky's notes can be found: def (Notes from Underground) split apart without initial subtext: (-s)UNDER pretext: GROUND (in legal terms) |
wolf | 2 |
| 5158 | BIG BROTHER (3, 7) | Older sibling's dazzling, bright robe (3, 7) | BRIGHTROBE* | wolf | 2 |
| 5199 | LIST (4) | Record composer's recital (4) | "Liszt" | wolf | 2 |
| 5396 | KRAMPUS (7) | Creature of demonic mark ups (7) | KRAMPUS* | wolf | 2 |
| 5468 | WARNOCK (7) | Senator from Georgia fight regressively negative Kelly, at first (7) | WAR+(NOC<)+K_ | wolf | 2 |
| 5807 | ELBOW (5) | Macaroni in Béchamel bowl (5) | _EL BOW_ the sauce in mac & cheese is basically Béchamel |
wolf | 2 |
| 8612 | FALLOUT (7) | Creative disagreement assessing fault surrounding lost Oscar (7) | FAL(L+O)UT* def: creative disagreement |
wolf | 2 |
| 10678 | PERI-PERI (4-4) | Nando's specialty: ripe, ripe, ripe offering (4-4) | container | wolf | 2 |
| 10861 | COPENHAGEN (10) | A popular interpretation to deal with a new age in evacuated hometown (10) | COPE+N+H(AGE)N = a popular interpretation | wolf | 2 |
| 348 | ASKING (6) | A one-eyed, hill-descending shopkeeper putting up price tags. | “shopkeeper putting up price tags” = A+SKI(-i)NG | wolf | 1 |
| 358 | REFRAIN (7) | Avoid reflower in grain without dropping! | Avoid = REF(-lower in g)RAIN | wolf | 1 |
| 424 | ARETAICS (8) | Antonio Gramsci ate radical fascists out for hiding and holding back their virtues and ethics | “hiding and holding back”: hidden and reversed indicator hidden in “Gram[SCI ATE RA<]dical” “virtues and ethics”: definition |
wolf | 1 |
| 425 | SHAYMIN (7) | A grassy Pokémon from Japan, much like a lute, won the millenials but lost half of the base. | grassy Pokémon: def from Japan, much like a lute: SHAMISEN Millenial: (generation) Y half of the base: -baSE SHA(+Y)MI(-se)N |
wolf | 1 |
| 430 | SHAYMIN (7) | A living Chia Pet is hard inside, to say the least | hard inside to say = H into SAY the least = MIN a living Chia Pet = S(H)AY+MIN |
wolf | 1 |
| 448 | COIN (4) | Left with no out, it left with Left Out | Left with: “with” cluing prefix CO-, placed to left of word no out: IN it left with Left Out: def |
wolf | 1 |
| 449 | WORD PUZZLES (4, 7) | A decapitating sword spins up and dazzles the headless ones like this | A decapitating sword: -(s)WORD spins up: PU< dazzles the headless: -(da)ZZLES ones like this: def |
wolf | 1 |
| 479 | APRIL FOOL (5, 4) | A strange li’l proof of a fake mayor (5, 4) | fake mayor=A+[*LILPROOF] | wolf | 1 |
| 545 | MASQUERADE (10) | Mom's line, "You are rad!" is why I am hiding my face (10) | Mom's: MA'S line: QUEUE "You are rad": QUE(u -> RAD)E why I am hiding my face: def |
wolf | 1 |
| 575 | MASQUERADE (10) | More of what in Spain are endless, mixed up, obfuscated people mingling (10) | More of what in Spain: MAS, DE, QUE are endless: AR mixed up: [*MAS+DE+QUE+AR] obfuscated people mingling: def |
wolf | 1 |
| 585 | BOW OUT (3, 3) | Stop it, the knot isn’t in! (3, 3) | Stop it: def knot: BOW not in: OUT owo |
wolf | 1 |
| 630 | DELAWARE (8) | State and proclaim "Has the law lost its collective legislative heads?" (8) | State: def proclaim: DECLARE has the law: DE(LAW)CLARE lost its collective legislative heads: DE(LAW)(-cl)ARE |
wolf | 1 |
| 640 | TART (4) | Biting without a head start (4) | Biting: def without a head start: (-s)TART |
wolf | 1 |
| 683 | SEVEN (5) | 6 * 1/3 + 0/2 + 5 * 3/4 + 3/4 + 1/2 (5) | &lit 6*1/3: 1 (out of 3) of SIX = S 0/2: 2 of ZERO = E 5*3/4: 3 (out of 4) of FIVE = V 3/4: 4 of THREE = E 1/2: 2 of ONE = N 6*1/3+0/2+5*3/4+3/4+1/2 = 7 |
wolf | 1 |
| 689 | ANARCHY (7) | One leaderless march begins yet another era of lawlessness (7) | ONE: AN leaderless march: (-m)ARCH begins yet: Y another era of lawlessness: def |
wolf | 1 |
| 798 | RED HERRING (3,7) | Saying I studied Keith is misleading (3, 7) | "read Haring" = RED HERRING | wolf | 1 |
| 1004 | ANY CLUE INCORPORATING A SONG TITLE (?) | A shiny piece might be in America's "Horse with no Name", without half the country (6) | A shiny piece: def for SEQUIN Horse: EQUINE in America's "Horse: INAMERICAS+EQUINE with no name: remove NAME without half the country: remove RICA (as in Costa Rica) the middle: remove outer two letters A shiny piece might be the middle in America's "Horse with no Name", without half the country: i[(-name)(-rica)S+EQUIN]e |
wolf | 1 |
| 1029 | PERHAPS (7) | Say “maybe” (7) | ddef “I said maybe/you're gonna be the one that saves me” |
wolf | 1 |
| 1059 | ANY (3) | "Out of many, one" for instance? (3) | _ANY_ one, for instance = any |
wolf | 1 |
| 1077 | VERMILION (9) | Without the left, yes, extremely large numbers may be red! (9) | VER(-y)MIL(-l)ION | wolf | 1 |
| 1078 | VERMILION (9) | Red noodles topped without half a celery (9) | noodles: VERMICELLI topped: ON red: VERMI(-cel)LI+ON |
wolf | 1 |
| 1295 | BABA (4) | Mythical Arabian cake (4) | ddef (Ali Baba and rum baba) | wolf | 1 |
| 1477 | BEAN (4) | Is ahead? (4) | ddef IS = BE A = AN (bad, I know) head = BEAN |
wolf | 1 |
| 2093 | KICKSTARTER (11) | Remove the first site (11) | KICK (remove)+STARTER (the first) | wolf | 1 |
| 2098 | LIKE (4) | Begin to lessen irritation, keenly enjoy (4) | &lit | wolf | 1 |
| 2130 | ANY CLUE STARTING WITH CALL IN (?) | Call in CODE IS DECODED (8) | Call: def for DECISION (as in an umpire) [INCODEIS*] = DECISION |
wolf | 1 |
| 2131 | ARIA (4) | Armenia sends its people away to a Vegas hotel (4) | AR(-men)IA | wolf | 1 |
| 2218 | SALT (4) | Destroy a peace conference (4) | ddef: salt the battlefield, SALT talks | wolf | 1 |
| 2278 | ED SHEERAN (2, 7) | Irish singer needs Hera for remixing (2, 7) | [NEEDSHERA*] | wolf | 1 |
| 2283 | MOSCOW (6) | In city that names a mule, short moo from a southern heifer (6) | In city that names a mule: def short moo: MO Southern: S heifer: COW |
wolf | 1 |
| 2471 | NITROGEN (8) | On Discord is premium headless rage and no air, mostly (8) | On Discord is premium: NITRO headless rage: (-ra)GE no: N air, mostly: def |
wolf | 1 |
| 2576 | HOMESTUCK (9) | Webcomic chock full of me and you, ended in the past but lost its initial charm (9) | (-c)HO[(ME)[(-pa)ST](U)]CK | wolf | 1 |
| 2690 | JOKER (5) | Joe has the king resting with his jester (5) | JO(K)E+R | wolf | 1 |
| 2710 | DELAY (5) | Convicted congressman is partly delinquent at the end of the day (5) | convicted congressman: Tom DeLay partly delinquent: DEL end of the day: (d)AY |
wolf | 1 |
| 2723 | MAILER (6) | A daemon who wrote about an execution (6) | ddef (mailer-daemon/Norman Mailer) | wolf | 1 |
| 2802 | ZUCCHINI (8) | Returning Czech has unusual head, chin, and eye like a courgette (8) | Returning Czech: ZC< (ISO code) unusual head: U eye: I courgette: def for Z(U)C<+CHIN+I |
wolf | 1 |
| 2804 | MEME (4) | The same French Internet sensation (4) | ddef ("same" in french/internet sensation) | wolf | 1 |
| 2948 | SHITPOSTING (11) | Spit ghost in demented, extremely important art form (11) | spit ghost in demented: SHITPOSTING* extremely important art form: def |
wolf | 1 |
| 2956 | ANY CLUE THAT RESOLVES TO THE EMPTY STRING (0) | ! (0) | &lit | wolf | 1 |
| 2980 | PHUB (4) | Risque website turns chub head into purple head (4) | sorry not sorry (c -> P)HUB |
wolf | 1 |
| 3218 | CLUE CONTAINING (4, 10) | Having strange concealing unit (4, 10) | Having: def strange concealing unit: CLUECONTAINING* |
wolf | 1 |
| 3819 | BUTTER (6) | Creamy product begins from rear end, swirls behind rear end (6) | Creamy product: def begins from rear end: RE swirls: ER< behind rear end: BUTT+ER< |
wolf | 1 |
| 4028 | PARK (4) | Stop an impeached Korean president (4) | ddef | wolf | 1 |
| 4043 | PI ( 2) | Detective’s number (2) | ddef | wolf | 1 |
| 4310 | CULINARY (8) | Field of work that might require you to make buns in a curly mess (8) | CULINARY* | wolf | 1 |
| 4728 | PRONUNCIATION (13) | A positive thing has Incubus's head before an expert religious figure's declaration (13) | PRO+NUN+C(I_)ATION | wolf | 1 |
| 4781 | ABSTAIN (7) | Pack it in a sexy part of the body! Thanks, that's hot! (7) | Pack it in = def a sexy part of the body = ABS thanks = TA that's hot = IN |
wolf | 1 |
| 4850 | ELECTION (8) | During negative occurrence, Republican switched to Independent! (8) | &lit ELECT[r->I]ON |
wolf | 1 |
| 4854 | ADDUCE (6) | Use as evidence that the uneducated rascals can't carry a tune (6) | ADDUCE(-tune)* |
wolf | 1 |
| 4981 | THOUSAND (8) | Lots of redistributed handouts (8) | THOUSAND* | wolf | 1 |
| 5219 | PFIZER (6) | Reservation, for one, use contrasting dynamics to oppose conglomerate (6) | Reservation: REZ for one: I contrasting dynamics: F, P oppose: reversal conglomerate: (P+F+I+ZER)< |
wolf | 1 |
| 5221 | COLORADO (8) | State of being weird: Cool! Cool! Cool! (third time's the charm) (8) | COLO*+RAD+_O_ | wolf | 1 |
| 5303 | MARKOV (6) | Endless move to accommodate vessel model type (6) | M(ARK)OV(-e) | wolf | 1 |
| 5305 | TWELVE (6) | Young and pretty with French designer (6) | Young: def for TWE(LV)E | wolf | 1 |
| 5436 | DENTAL FLOSS (6, 5) | Medical field’s failure of a meme is some flimsy shit (6, 5) | Medical field: DENTAL failure: F a meme: LOSS some flimsy shit: def |
wolf | 1 |
| 5597 | FAKE (4) | The fair folk took in the king with an imitation (4) | FA(K)E | wolf | 1 |
| 5598 | ENVOY (5) | The ambassador introduces England's new Vicar of Yorkshire (5) | inits | wolf | 1 |
| 6081 | INTESTINES (10) | Important organ in in in important organ (10) | IN+TEST(IN)ES | wolf | 1 |
| 6201 | JETTISON (8) | Throw something fast - is not out! (8) | JET+TISON* | wolf | 1 |
| 7071 | YOUR FAVORITE FOOD (?) | Nothing messes with dry Chileans, not as a fairy-tale delicacy (7, 8) | nothing = NAUGHT messes with: anagram DRY CHILEANS not as: remove AS a fairy-tale delicacy: def for NAUGHT+YCHILDREN(-as)* |
wolf | 1 |
| 8603 | ONE (3), THEN TWO (3), THEN THREE (5), THEN FOUR (4), ETC. | “Hamilton” number regarding “Commandments” (3) | ddef Hamilton (10 dollar bill)/10 commandments |
wolf | 1 |
| 9911 | IFFY (4) | when the furry's fur is sus! (4) | when: IF the furry's fur: F_Y sus: def |
wolf | 1 |
| 9972 | SNAKE (5) | For the purpose of taking the North Wind (5) | S(N)AKE wind: def (winding/snaking, like a road) |
wolf | 1 |
| 9973 | SUPPORT (7) | Give money for dinner and wine (7) | SUP+PORT | wolf | 1 |
| 10150 | ANY RENAISSANCE ARTIST (?) | Trendsetting artist's goal: Deus becoming puzzled (8) | GESUALDO* Gesualdo is known for inventing the madrigal and also some other little thing |
wolf | 1 |
| 370 | BINARY STAR (6, 4) | A stellar system can be made with two weird arrays with tons of odds. | A stellar system: definition two: BI tons of odds: T(o)N(s) two weird arrays with tons of odds: BI+[*ARRAYSTN] |
wolf | 0 |
| 372 | CRYPTIC (7) | What an enigma: this weird Mediterranean man turns zero into a hundred! | Enigma = [*CYPRI(-o+C)T] |
wolf | 0 |
| 435 | EGO SEARCH (3, 6) | How I find myself: have endless eggs, bagels, peeled pears, and a wedge of cheese (3, 6) | How I find myself: EGgs+O'S+pEARs+CHeese | wolf | 0 |
| 439 | KAIST (5) | A university in Daejeon, South Korea is head-over-heels embracing AI technology. | South Korea is head-over-heels = KS< A university in Daejeon (definition) = K(AI)S<+T |
wolf | 0 |
| 540 | LAW OF EXCLUDED MIDDLE (3, 2, 8, 6) | Transforming a wolf before a clouded (no full moon) center is logically sound (3, 2, 8, 6) | Transforming a wolf: LAWOF* before: EX clouded (no full moon): CL(-o)UDED center: MIDDLE is logically sound: def |
wolf | 0 |
| 544 | PROSTHESIS (10) | Host on Survivor has a man and a woman toss the first big limbs (10) | PRO(-b)ST+HE+SIS limbs: def |
wolf | 0 |
| 546 | PROSTHESIS (10) | Supports for the amputated sister (10) | &lit Supports for: PROS the: THE amputated sister: SIS(-ter) |
wolf | 0 |
| 578 | CHESSBOARD (10) | Charlie - he's at first, somewhat bored sounding, is rigid and monochrome (10) | C+HE'S+S_+BOARD ("bored sounding")= is rigid and monochrome | wolf | 0 |
| 711 | CENTRIPETAL (11) | The pieces contains later art, numbering endlessly, turning with the rest of the rotation (11) | later art: -(a)RT numbering: N PIECES contains RT. N endlessly: PI[(-a)RTN]EC(-es) turning: (-se)CE[NTR(-a)]IP< the rest: ET AL of the rotation: definition for (-se)CE[NTR(-a)]IP<+ET AL |
wolf | 0 |
| 857 | LIMA (4) | I'm in the Spanish-speaking South American city (4) | sort of &lit but not really IM inside of LA (the, Spanish-speaking) South American city: def for L(IM)A |
wolf | 0 |
| 1066 | RANDOM THINGS (6, 6) | Romeo and Oscar met junctions that lack energy and items (6, 6) | R+AND+O+M(-e)T+HING(-e)S | wolf | 0 |
| 1075 | ARTIFACT (8) | Compression can cause this for a video game, if it's part of play (8) | Compression can cause this: def (as in compression artifact) video game: ART (don't @me, Ebert) if: IF part of play: ACT |
wolf | 0 |
| 2092 | CARCASSONNE (11) | Remains in one new endless game (11) | CARCASS+ON(-e)+NE(-w) | wolf | 0 |
| 2138 | ANY CLUE STARTING WITH CALL IN (?) | Call in COMPARISON COLORATURA (6) | CALL+AS | wolf | 0 |
| 2219 | SALT (4) | Pissing your neighbors off at the height of anger (4) | pissing your neighbors off: (-pis)S(-ing) at the height of: ALT anger: def |
wolf | 0 |
| 2220 | OPUS (4) | Universal type of bodily fluid is part of a corpus (4) | Universal type: O bodily fluid: PUS part of a corpus: def |
wolf | 0 |
| 2225 | BANDAGE (7) | How old the group is kept together? (7) | How old the group: BAND AGE is kept together: BANDAGE as a verb |
wolf | 0 |
| 2227 | BONDAGE (7) | Serfdom to the good French aged like crazy (7) | BON+[*DAGE] | wolf | 0 |
| 2272 | DISCOVERY (9) | Physical copy from above of the dynamic second Daft Punk album (9) | Physical copy: DISC from above of: OVER dynamic second: Y Daft Punk album: def |
wolf | 0 |
| 2474 | URANIUM (7) | US surrounds Iran, disrupting initial military enrichment material (7) | US: U’s (multiple) Iran disrupting: RANI* initial military: M_ enrichment material: def for U[RANI*]U+M_ |
wolf | 0 |
| 2490 | NITROGEN (8) | Natural element of final shot of negroni cocktail (8) | [_T+NEGRONI*]=Natural element | wolf | 0 |
| 2560 | OH NO (2, 2) | “That’s bad!”, says Yoko (2, 2) | homophone | wolf | 0 |
| 2577 | BIRTHDAY (8) | Back rib with thickish skin: prime celebration time! (8) | back rib: BIR< thickish skin: T_H prime: DAY (“in my day...”) celebration time: def |
wolf | 0 |
| 2578 | BALBIS (6) | A shape with right angles has a degree of endless euphoric bliss (6) | A degree: B.A. endless euphoric bliss: [BLIS(-s)*] |
wolf | 0 |
| 2787 | YUCCA (5) | Longer cassava shrub? | YUCA but longer | wolf | 0 |
| 2950 | CASCADE (7) | Tacoma range avalanche (7) | ddef | wolf | 0 |
| 3091 | CLUE WHERE 1ST WORD STARTS WITH A, 2ND B, ETC (?) | A bit‽ (3) | ddef for ONE ("a" is one, bit = 1) | wolf | 0 |
| 3148 | REVOLVER (8) | Fan-remixed, shortened version of Beatles album (8) | REVOL*+VER. | wolf | 0 |
| 3280 | PAPRIKA (7) | Classic anime film "Akira" is very quietly messed up (7) | AKIRA+PP* | wolf | 0 |
| 3843 | SPEED (5) | Sperm covered penis head in a rush (5) | S(P)EED in a rush = SPEED (verb) |
wolf | 0 |
| 3845 | ROBUST (6) | Strong substitution cipher has substituted the substitution (6) | substitution cipher: ROT (as in ROT13) substituted the substitution: BUS< Strong: def for RO[BUS<]T ironic because ROT13 is weak af |
wolf | 0 |
| 4124 | ANY CLUE THAT CONTAINS ITS ANSWER (?) | Doesn't contain its answer (4) | Doesn't: def hidden for _SANS_ |
wolf | 0 |
| 4197 | ENNUI (5) | "Sadness" on small speakers (5) | "on wee" | wolf | 0 |
| 4312 | GO (2) | Something to pass a follower? (2) | ddef: GO ("something to pass" in monopoly, "a follower?" cluing AlphaGo) | wolf | 0 |
| 4454 | BOOMER (6) | Bad smell disorients Rome's OK follower (6) | BO+OMER* | wolf | 0 |
| 4583 | PRISTINE (8) | "Immaculate One, Saint of the Folk" singer John (8) | PR(I+ST)INE folk singer John = john PRINE |
wolf | 0 |
| 4590 | TABOO (5) | Forbidden product from Coke Zero? Love! (5) | Forbidden: def for TAB+O+O product from Coke = TAB |
wolf | 0 |
| 4591 | TABOO (5) | Too bad dad left, it was bad! Really bad! (5) | TABOO(-d)* | wolf | 0 |
| 4966 | NONARY GAME (6, 4) | What you get after you send us a twist: any German with love sickness (6, 4) | What you get after you send us a twist: def from http://web.mit.edu/puzzle/www/2015/puzzle/loony_playhouse_actors/solution/ (ANYGERMAN+O)* |
wolf | 0 |
| 5108 | WOLFGANG (8) | Saint Paul (8) | ddef very bad |
wolf | 0 |
| 5524 | MIT (3) | Where Tim dances! (3) | Tim the beaver is the mascot of MIT &lit |
wolf | 0 |
| 5525 | INTERESTING (11) | It might grow in all ages! (11) | INTEREST (it might grow) + IN + G (all ages) &lit |
wolf | 0 |
| 5544 | BONK (4) | What smells new: potassium atomic punch (4) | What smells: BO new: N potassium: K atomic punch: def |
wolf | 0 |
| 5551 | COIN (4) | What TSBI found within Rococo interiors (4) | _CO IN_ | wolf | 0 |
| 5703 | III (3) | That's weird -> (3) | rearrange the 3 lines in "->" to get III def is (3) enumeration withheld |
wolf | 0 |
| 5768 | SQUEEGEE (8) | Use this to clean up pig murdering game by turning squid parts into giraffe head (8) | SQUEE SQUEE -> SQUEEGEE | wolf | 0 |
| 8155 | WEREWOLF (8) | Unusual to have to cut back for ideal boyfriend (8) | Unusual: FEW to cut: LOWER back: flip ideal boyfriend: def for WE(WEROL)F< |
wolf | 0 |
| 8160 | TAKE FIVE (4, 4) | Start of the fake, chaotic, leaderless jive; time out! (4, 4) | T_+AKEF*+(-j)IVE | wolf | 0 |
| 8255 | PRIMER (6) | Something repetitive created over central component of PCR? (6) | &lit something repetitive: RIME P(c -> RIME)R def: primers are central components of PCR that creates a DNA sequence, which is often very repetitive |
wolf | 0 |
| 8260 | WALTZ (5) | "Winning Integers" starring old German actor Christoph (5) | W(ALT)Z | wolf | 0 |
| 9910 | ONSEN (5) | Station's engine housing boiling hot spot (5) | _ONS EN_ | wolf | 0 |
| 10882 | ALEJANDRO (9) | Spaniard on bumpy road has the French and the German saying yes and no (9) | A(LE+JA+N)DRO* | wolf | 0 |