Contests started: LUIGI (5), PARADOX (7), QUINE (5), WEB (3), ANY CLUE RELATED TO HALLOWEEN (?), RICOCHET (8), ENEMY (5), ROBUST (6), BELOW (5), WAX (3), SEMIAUTOMATIC (13), AQUA (4), ACCOMPANY (9), SLACKS (6), WHY (3), COFFEE (6), GYMNASTIC(S) (9 OR 10), MOTORCYCLE (10), UNIBROW (7), EXISTENTIAL (11), PLASTIC (7), EXTRA (5), NIGHTLY (7), COW (3), DAM (3), JETTISON (8), GOODBYE (7), THROUGH (7), EVERYTHING (10), CENTER (6), WHO (3)
Contests won: A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (1, 9, 5, 6), CERULEAN (8), ARTIFACT (8), GROOKEY (7), SPOUT (5), TOWER (5), SKEPTICISM (10), ANGLE (5), BEAN (4), HAZE (4), ACRIMONIOUS (11), THEME (5), ARTIFICER (9), XIMENES (7), MICROSOFT (9), BOND (4), ARCEUS (6), SEESAW (6), SYNONYM (7), CARAMEL (7), CEDAR (5), AMARETTO (8), DISCOMFORT (10), OOF (3), MASCARA (7), DICTIONARY (10), ENGLISH (7), DEJA VU (4, 2), GULES (5), VEGAN (5), BLACK (5), DUBIOUS (7), HOT DOG (3, 3), BUTTER (6), ROBUST (6), CRAMP/CRAMPS (5/6), HARDBASS (8), SERENE (6), SANTA (5), FESTS (5), ANY CLUE WHOSE ANSWER IS AN MLP:FIM CHARACTER (?), ROLLER COASTER (6, 7), ALARM (5), KILN (4), NOR (3), R'LYEH (5), HEAD (4), GALLIPOLI (9), SALIERI (7), AFRO (4), PAN (3), ANY CLUE WHOSE SURFACE CONTAINS A CROSSWORD CLUE, AIRING OF GRIEVANCES (6, 2, 10), ESSE (4), HEMLOCK (7), FLIBBERTIGIBBET (15), SILHOUETTE (10), AILUROPHILE (11), ANY CLUE WHOS SURFACE IS A PALNDROME, HAS SEVEN OR MORE EMOJIS, AND DOESNT USE THE LETTER E (?), QUOTE UNQUOTE (5, 7), SWAN LAKE YACHT KIOSK (4 4 5 5), SQUID (5), STAR ANISE (4, 5), SUS OR SUSPICIOUS (3 OR 10), PICK UP LINES (4, 2, 5), HI (2), ANY CLUE USING PALINDROME WORDPLAY (?), DOUBLE SIDED (6, 5), ANY CLUE BEGINNING WITH "HARRY POTTER AND" (?), A CLUE THAT WORKS WHEN READ BOTH LEFT-TO-RIGHT AND RIGHT-TO-LEFT (? OR ?), SATISFIED (9), ANY CLUE THAT STARTS WITH "ANY CLUE THAT" (?), A CLUE THAT USES A PHONETIC ANAGRAM INDICATOR (?), ALPINE (6), BLÅHAJ (6), WHAT COMES NEXT? (4, 5, 4), CORAL (5), TAJ MAHAL (3, 5), ANY SI UNIT (BASE OR DERIVED) WITH THE PREFIX RONNA-, QUETTA-, RONTO- OR QUECTO- (?), BLACK FRIDAY (5, 6), KOBAYASHI MARU (9, 4), PITCHER (7), BLOCK (5), SPEECHLESS (10), CARNIVOROUS (11), CASHIER (7), SWANS (5), ZZZ (3), YOUR (4), VIOLIN CONCERTO IN D MAJOR (6, 8, 2, 1, 5), AN "ANTI-&LIT" IN WHICH THE WHOLE CLUE FUNCTIONS AS WORDPLAY AND IS ALSO A DEFINITION FOR AN ANTONYM OF THE ANSWER (?)
| Clue ID | Contest | Clue | Explanation (hover) | Submitted By | Likes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5258 | ANY CLUE WHOSE SURFACE CONTAINS A CROSSWORD CLUE | A winning clue: "It's consumed after trot about Equestria, primarily? (5)", for example (4, 9) | Inner clue is TORT*+E, being a dessert, it's defined by "It's consumed after". Outer clue is It's is a connector "consumed" = ATE trot = CANTER Equestria, primarily = E_ (5), for example = NUM giving "A winning clue" = CANT(E_+NUM)ER+ATE (from https://cryptics.jackbrounstein.com/contest/1055-list-4) |
skaldskaparmal | 12 |
| 2745 | MICROSOFT (9) | Sitcom for weird bunch of nerds (9) | SITCOMFOR* | skaldskaparmal | 8 |
| 5087 | HEAD (4) | Brain, stomach, foot, teeth, heart, and skin (4) | stomach foot = H teeth heart = E and skin = AD Def is Brain, as in "use your brain/use your head" |
skaldskaparmal | 8 |
| 3411 | CEDAR (5) | Undergrad ecologist protects overturned tree (5) | undergRAD ECologist contains CEDAR backwards. | skaldskaparmal | 7 |
| 5114 | SALIERI (7) | Mozart? He's not Israeli. That's ridiculous. (7) | ISRAELI* = Mozart he's not | skaldskaparmal | 7 |
| 5182 | AFRO (4) | Playing fa or do (4) | FAOR* = (hair)do | skaldskaparmal | 7 |
| 1016 | ANY CLUE INCORPORATING A SONG TITLE (?) | Right after a Party In The CIA, we ate here (9) | C(A+FETE+R)IA | skaldskaparmal | 6 |
| 1156 | GROOKEY (7) | Green starter, along with hopper, and one often surrounded by water! (7) | Green starter = G hopper = ROO one often surrounded by water = KEY (e.g. florida keys) &lit. (Grookey is the green starter along with hopper Scorbunny and water type Sobble) |
skaldskaparmal | 6 |
| 2744 | ANY LIMERICK CLUE WITH AABBA RHYME SCHEME (?) | There once was a man from Peru / Who took in a novice anew / What followed was they / Had the oddest ballet / It could hardly be believed but it's true. (13) | NOVICE* inside INCA + BaLlEt = INCONCEIVABLE | skaldskaparmal | 6 |
| 3860 | HARDBASS (8) | Bard has arranged show's opening music (8) | (HARDBAS)*+S_ = music | skaldskaparmal | 6 |
| 4763 | ROLLER COASTER (6, 7) | Spooner's fuel for a fire or an oven is something quite unpredictable (6, 7) | Spoonerism of COAL OR ROASTER Def Something quite unpredictable |
skaldskaparmal | 6 |
| 5092 | GALLIPOLI (9) | Turkey part from Thanksgiving, finally wholly cut up and eaten by two (9) | _G+ALL+I(POL<)I = Turkey part (down clue only) | skaldskaparmal | 6 |
| 1107 | VANILLA (7) | Basically nothing between Virginia and Louisiana (7) | VA + NIL + LA | skaldskaparmal | 5 |
| 1373 | SPOUT (5) | Blather from angry POTUS (5) | (POTUS)* | skaldskaparmal | 5 |
| 1437 | SKEPTICISM (10) | Doctor picks times for reservations (10) | (PICKS TIMES)* | skaldskaparmal | 5 |
| 1465 | ANGLE (5) | Guts of mangled fish (5) | _ANGLE_ | skaldskaparmal | 5 |
| 3649 | OOF (3) | A terrible thing has happened. Not even Frodo returned (3) | Not even Frodo returned = Remove the even letters of FrOdO, and reverse, giving OOF. A terrible thing has happened = OOF in the sense of an interjection signaling empathy. |
skaldskaparmal | 5 |
| 3694 | MASCARA (7) | Makeup mom applies primarily to conceal scar (7) | Mom = MA Applies primarily = A Together, they conceal SCAR between them. |
skaldskaparmal | 5 |
| 4816 | ALARM (5) | Weird performer: "What's up my sleeve? It'll shock you!" (5) | Weird performer = AL What's up my sleeve = ARM It'll shock you = AL+ARM |
skaldskaparmal | 5 |
| 5231 | PAN (3) | Pot roast (3) | ddef | skaldskaparmal | 5 |
| 5871 | SILHOUETTE (10) | Entity made of pure darkness is let out. And he's mad. (10) | Entity made of pure darkness = anagram of IS LET OUT HE | skaldskaparmal | 5 |
| 10747 | CASHIER (7) | Cher is a fantastic person who you should be comfortable giving money to (7) | Cher is a = anagram fodder fantastic = anagram indicator person who you should be comfortable giving money to = CASHIER* |
skaldskaparmal | 5 |
| 982 | CERULEAN (8) | Hollow cave with neural abberation at the end! (8) | C__E + (NEURAL)* &lit (referring to Cerulean cave, where at the end you catch scientifically engineered psychic Pokemon Mewtwo) | skaldskaparmal | 4 |
| 1030 | ANY CLUE INCORPORATING A SONG TITLE (?) | Not again! Crazy killer record is Never Gonna Give You Up (10) | (KILLER RECORD)* - RE (prefix meaning "again") = RICKROLLED | skaldskaparmal | 4 |
| 1047 | ANY CLUE INCORPORATING A PUZZLE GENRE (?) | Encountered a puzzle genre (4) | MET + A | skaldskaparmal | 4 |
| 1591 | THEME (5) | The melody, essentially! (5) | hidden word &lit. | skaldskaparmal | 4 |
| 1632 | SEE (3) | Church notice (3) | ddef (Church, as in e.g. the Holy See) | skaldskaparmal | 4 |
| 2783 | LIGHT (5) | Small left, then right, left, right (5) | Small is the definition. Left = L Right (R) left (subtracted from) Right (literal) = RIGHT - R = IGHT |
skaldskaparmal | 4 |
| 3260 | ARCEUS (6) | Pokemon care about us (6) | Pokemon = (CARE)* + US | skaldskaparmal | 4 |
| 3327 | HONK (4) | Beep beep beep beep, beeeep beeeep beeeep, beeeep beep, beeeep beep beeeep, beeeeeeeep (4) | Morse code for HONK, plus one extra beeeeeeeep for the definition. | skaldskaparmal | 4 |
| 3328 | HONK (4) | Dear... Yes, your driving is bad and puts people in danger (4) | Dear = HON, Yes = K Your driving is bad and puts people in danger = The meaning imparted when you HONK your car horn |
skaldskaparmal | 4 |
| 3809 | HOT DOG (3, 3) | God, to Hebrews: "Eating this is not right!" (3, 3) | Hidden word clued by "eating this" found leftwards ("is not right") &lit | skaldskaparmal | 4 |
| 3998 | SANTA (5) | Worker in snowy Arctic, primarily! (5) | S_(ANT)A_ &lit | skaldskaparmal | 4 |
| 4821 | KILN (4) | What produced the pots Link smashed? (4) | anagram of LINK | skaldskaparmal | 4 |
| 5069 | ANY CLUE THAT'S &LIT AND A QUESTIONABLE DEF?! (?) | He spoke to us (after translation)?! (9) | HE+ROD+OTUS*, Metaphorically spoke to us through his writings (though for most of us, it needed to be translated from Greek) | skaldskaparmal | 4 |
| 5100 | R'LYEH (5) | Hey, loser! Remove your quite unnecessary innards and come back to the nightmare corpse city, built in measureless aeons behind history by the vast loathsome shapes that seeped down from the dark stars. (5) | HEY L_R backwards | skaldskaparmal | 4 |
| 10933 | VIOLIN CONCERTO IN D MAJOR (6, 8, 2, 1, 5) | Nasty Peruvian mononymous singer to drag independent enchanting person with bit of hesitation in audition for Tchaikovsky performance (6, 8, 2, 1, 5) | Homophone (in audition) of VILE INCAN CHER TOW INDIE MAGE ER | skaldskaparmal | 4 |
| 10954 | AN "ANTI-&LIT" IN WHICH THE WHOLE CLUE FUNCTIONS AS WORDPLAY AND IS ALSO A DEFINITION FOR AN ANTONYM OF THE ANSWER (?) | Primarily gnomish, insignificant, small creature¡ (5) | G_ I_ + ANT | skaldskaparmal | 4 |
| 1093 | PEACHES (7) | Gym hurts fruits (7) | PE + ACHES | skaldskaparmal | 3 |
| 1128 | PALLET (6) | Town where everyone is captivated by a companion. (6) | P(ALL)ET (semi &lit) | skaldskaparmal | 3 |
| 1292 | BABA (4) | You changed, ABBA. (4) | (BABA)* You is the definition, since, of course, Baba is you. |
skaldskaparmal | 3 |
| 1379 | TOWER (5) | Keep a tugboat (5) | ddef. A tugboat tows other boats and thus is a tower. | skaldskaparmal | 3 |
| 1487 | HAZE (4) | Harass 19th president, say (4) | Homophone of "Hayes". Harass, as in fraternity hazing. |
skaldskaparmal | 3 |
| 1493 | ACRIMONIOUS (11) | A father of Zeus ate 'im and Hera's priestess. Nasty. (11) | A + CR(IM)ON(IO)US Very nasty indeed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_Devouring_His_Son |
skaldskaparmal | 3 |
| 1684 | ARTIFICER (9) | A terrific, eccentric inventor (9) | (A TERRIFIC)* | skaldskaparmal | 3 |
| 1687 | XIMENES (7) | Crossword author is seen confused after mix-up (7) | SEEN* after MIX reversed | skaldskaparmal | 3 |
| 1748 | J.LO (1.2) | Juliet left Oscar for a movie star (1.2) | J+L+O | skaldskaparmal | 3 |
| 3225 | CLUE CONTAINING A PIECE OR TERM FROM CHESS (?) | Fears moving a bishop (7) | (A BISHOP)* = PHOBIAS | skaldskaparmal | 3 |
| 3262 | BOND (4) | Chemical interaction inherent to carbon dating (4) | carBON Dating | skaldskaparmal | 3 |
| 3276 | SEESAW (6) | Watch a scary movie and rock gently back and forth (6) | Watch a scary movie = SEE SAW | skaldskaparmal | 3 |
| 3317 | ISTHMUS (7) | There's none more famous than *Panama's Outrageous Sushi!™* | There's no (SUSHI TM)* more famous than Panama. | skaldskaparmal | 3 |
| 3334 | SYNONYM (7) | Nintendo? Your mother initially went after refurbished Sony equivalent (7) | N_ Y_ M_ after (SONY)* | skaldskaparmal | 3 |
| 3415 | SPEEDRUN (8) | Story woven by Spooner of a video game challenge (8) | Spoonerism of "Read spun" | skaldskaparmal | 3 |
| 3446 | DANCER (6) | $1000 becomes comfortable start for Jeopardy! performer (6) | DAN[g->C]ER | skaldskaparmal | 3 |
| 3472 | AMARETTO (8) | A mother otter returned quatrevingtneuf's really yummy ice cream (8) | A + MA + RETTO< | skaldskaparmal | 3 |
| 3698 | DICTIONARY (10) | Anagram indicator inventory concludes. It contains every word. (10) | Anagram indicator = DICTIONAR (with anagram as the anagram indicator) Inventory concludes = Y It contains every word is the definition. |
skaldskaparmal | 3 |
| 3736 | ELEMENT (7) | One of the pieces singer Fitzgerald intended for us to hear (7) | One of the pieces = homophone of ELLA MEANT, clued by "for us to hear" | skaldskaparmal | 3 |
| 3852 | ROBUST (6) | Robot wanting love hugs us tight (6) | ROB(-o)(US)T = tight | skaldskaparmal | 3 |
| 4053 | ANY CLUE WHOSE ANSWER IS AN MLP:FIM CHARACTER (?) | Trixie's henchman's songs occasionally describe timeless end (5 or 6) | songs occasionally = S_N_S describe = container timeless = (-t) end = TIP or TAIL, giving S_N_((-t)IP)S or S_N_((-t)AIL)S |
skaldskaparmal | 3 |
| 4686 | ANY CLUE WHOSE WORDPLAY IS A REBUS (?) | Good luck, Gale (5, 1, 3) | BREAK A LEG | skaldskaparmal | 3 |
| 5316 | ANY CLUE WHOSE SURFACE READS AS AN EQUATION (??) | Like "{} = Hom(M, T)" (5) | Homophone of MT = EMPTY | skaldskaparmal | 3 |
| 5347 | ESSE (4) | Soul sees *Inside Out* (4) | Put the EE inside of SEES on the outside | skaldskaparmal | 3 |
| 5391 | PANICKING (9) | Father stealing chickens might be doing this? (9) | PA+NICKING = chickens might be doing this | skaldskaparmal | 3 |
| 5503 | BRIC-A-BRAC (4-1-4) | Knickknacks and rib broken as taxi collides with another vehicle heading the opposite direction (4-1-4) | BRI*+CAB+RAC< | skaldskaparmal | 3 |
| 5865 | FLIBBERTIGIBBET (15) | Nitwit storyteller describes Lima: "Place to the west, large, within Tibet" (15) | Nitwit = F(L)IBBER+TI(GIB<)BET | skaldskaparmal | 3 |
| 6135 | ANY CLUE WHOS SURFACE IS A PALNDROME, HAS SEVEN OR MORE EMOJIS, AND DOESNT USE THE LETTER E (?) | M :flag_as: :flag_as: :flag_as: :flag_as: :flag_as: :flag_as: :flag_as: M (4) | M+AS'S (defined by M, as an abbreviation) | skaldskaparmal | 3 |
| 6167 | THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY (3, 11, 5, 2, 3, 6) | The problem with Ike and Romeo's escort to the party: they're carrying a kind of bomb and two axes. But this book says don't panic. (3, 11, 5, 2, 3, 6) | The problem = THE HITCH with Ike and Romeo's = append IKER'S escort to the party = GUIDE TO THE GALA they're carrying = container (they're is referring to all the previous words) a kind of bomb = H making THE HITCH(H)IKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALA and two axes = append XY but = connector Defined by "This book says don't panic" (on its cover) |
skaldskaparmal | 3 |
| 6203 | QUOTE UNQUOTE (5, 7) | So-called "United Nations" (5, 7) | So-called = QUOTE+UN+QUOTE | skaldskaparmal | 3 |
| 8191 | FEAR (4) | A number of Germans audibly panic (4) | Homophone of "vier" (four, in German) | skaldskaparmal | 3 |
| 9344 | ANY CLUE BEGINNING WITH "HARRY POTTER AND" (?) | Harry Potter And Weird Al's Epic Crag Adventure Finale (9) | Epic = RAD Crag = CLIFF Adventure finale = _E Harry Potter and (upcoming) Weird Al are played by (daniel) RADCLIFFE |
skaldskaparmal | 3 |
| 9397 | A CLUE THAT WORKS WHEN READ BOTH LEFT-TO-RIGHT AND RIGHT-TO-LEFT (? OR ?) | Gal clobbered Dima (>4, 3<) | Normally: clobbered = anagram indicator DIMA = anagram fodder, giving MAID* = Gal (both can just mean a girl) Backwards: Amid = hidden word indicator derebbolc = hidden word fodder, giving _EBB_ = Lag (both can mean gradually lessen) |
skaldskaparmal | 3 |
| 9707 | A CLUE THAT USES A PHONETIC ANAGRAM INDICATOR (?) | Dialed nana, talked about flower (9) | Dialed nana, talked = dī(-ə)ld ˈna-nə about = anagram indicator to dan-də-ˌlī-ən giving flower = DANDELION (IPA as given by MW) |
skaldskaparmal | 3 |
| 10538 | CORAL (5) | It's *Under the Sea* I heard sung by a choir (5) | sung by a choir = CHORAL I heard = homophone indicator Def is "It's under the sea" |
skaldskaparmal | 3 |
| 966 | PLENARY (7) | Complete mess of lean Romeo found in Python | PLENARY = P[(LEAN)* + R]Y | skaldskaparmal | 2 |
| 1356 | ISLAND (6) | According to Donne, no man can be made from over 500 nails exploding (6) | [(ISLAN)* + D]< Def is "According to Donne, no man", referencing John Donne's "No man is an island" |
skaldskaparmal | 2 |
| 1357 | QUALIFY (7) | Win from equal, if you can (7) | eQUAL IF You can | skaldskaparmal | 2 |
| 1375 | QUIET (5) | Quite interesting alien has you speechless (5) | QI + ET contains U | skaldskaparmal | 2 |
| 1424 | ARGUMENT (8) | Part of a course in Python! (8) | ddef &lit. In a Monty Python sketch, you can buy a course of ten arguments, and you would learn about arguments if learning to program using Python. |
skaldskaparmal | 2 |
| 1473 | BEAN (4) | Fruit punch (4) | ddef. A bean is botanically a fruit To bean someone is to punch them |
skaldskaparmal | 2 |
| 1513 | DELETE (6) | Elide, let end, extract! (6) | Hidden word (indicated by "extract") in eliDE LET End. &lit. Each of "elide", "let end", "extract", can mean "delete" |
skaldskaparmal | 2 |
| 1635 | DO (2) | Either half of the dead bird will be enough (2) | Either half of DODO | skaldskaparmal | 2 |
| 1664 | SMASH (5) | Crack remote computer connection with mom (5) | SSH (secure shell) around MA | skaldskaparmal | 2 |
| 1785 | ANY CLUE USING A WORDPLAY DEVICE FROM PEACHES (?) | Bowsette married early (3) | Bowsette: WEDDED -> WEE (as in the wee hours) | skaldskaparmal | 2 |
| 1803 | CAKE (4) | Charlie, nude, takes cover (4) | C + _AKE_, def is "cover" as in to cake something in mud. | skaldskaparmal | 2 |
| 3271 | OEDIPUS (7) | I, at heart: awkward pseudo-famous riddle solver (7) | anagram PSEUDO with I at the heart = (OED(I)PUS)*, who famously solved the riddle of the Sphinx. | skaldskaparmal | 2 |
| 3369 | LEVEL FIFTY ONE (5, 5, 3) | Where you might find heart and charm! (5, 5, 3) | &lit ddef. In the two iterations of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, you can find these treasures on level 51 of the savage labyrinth, and these are qualities of the puzzler. | skaldskaparmal | 2 |
| 3538 | MORSE CODE (5, 4) | Viking law: Leader to make first maritime communication (5, 4) | Viking law = NORSE CODE Leader to make first = replace first letter with first letter of make |
skaldskaparmal | 2 |
| 3565 | LUPINE (6) | Fierce rival ended up in the final (6) | rival ended = L UP IN is literal the final = E |
skaldskaparmal | 2 |
| 3630 | DISCOMFORT (10) | Upset dev lead hacked Microsoft (10) | Upset is the definition (which feels okay as a noun but I think it works better as a verb -- to discomfort someone). Dev lead = D Hacked microsoft = ISCOMFORT* |
skaldskaparmal | 2 |
| 3656 | MALLEUS (7) | Hammer stores alternate venues (7) | Stores = MALL Alternate venues = _E_U_S |
skaldskaparmal | 2 |
| 3729 | DEJA VU (4, 2) | It's happened again. Most coffee aboard's gone -- used up. (4, 2) [down clue only] | Most coffee = JAV(-a) s gone used up = DE(-s)U< aboard = DE(JA V)U = It's happened again. |
skaldskaparmal | 2 |
| 3764 | GIGAHERTZ (9) | Tigger bounces around a hundred sextillion billion times per second (9) | TIGGER bounces = GIGERT around a hundred = around AH sextillion = Z billion times per second = (GIG(A+H)ERT)*+Z where hundred = H and sextillion = Z as in the SI prefixes hecto and zetta |
skaldskaparmal | 2 |
| 3775 | SCRABBLE (8) | South Carolina mass-produces game (8) | South Carolina = SC mass = RABBLE (as in a rabble of something) produces is a connector |
skaldskaparmal | 2 |
| 3779 | VEGAN (5) | Victor started off second grade not eating meat (5) | V+(-b)EGAN where "off second grade" = remove B, as in A, B, C, D, F |
skaldskaparmal | 2 |
| 3792 | AWAY (4) | Lose a bit of self when rocking out (4) | A bit of self = S lost when rocking = A(-s)WAY, defined by out. |
skaldskaparmal | 2 |
| 3798 | DUBIOUS (7) | Shady friend returns with debts (7) | DUB<+IOUS | skaldskaparmal | 2 |
| 3850 | CRAMP/CRAMPS (5/6) | It's a pain to study piano (5) | to study = CRAM, piano = P | skaldskaparmal | 2 |
| 3892 | SEASICKNESS (11) | Sensei's cask turned out to be the cause of my vomiting (11) | SENSEISCASK* | skaldskaparmal | 2 |
| 3975 | SERENE (6) | Renee's absurdly calm (6) | SERENE* | skaldskaparmal | 2 |
| 4735 | UNCHES (6) | Political organization associated with Marxist's illegal constructions (6) | UN + CHE'S | skaldskaparmal | 2 |
| 4783 | GAUNTLET (8) | Challenge harsh sanction (8) | GAUNT+LET | skaldskaparmal | 2 |
| 4873 | NOR (3) | Neither partner involved in snorkeling (3) | Hidden word defined by Neither partner. | skaldskaparmal | 2 |
| 5319 | ANY CLUE WHOSE SURFACE COMPLIMENTS A PUZZLER (??) | My santa is fantastic and they're indispensable (9) | MAINSTAYS* | skaldskaparmal | 2 |
| 5748 | HEMLOCK (7) | Poison that man, Mike, then bolt (7) | HE+M+LOCK | skaldskaparmal | 2 |
| 5900 | TED CRUZ (3, 4) | Obviously, the zodiac killer's written essentially awfully crude final letter (3, 4) | _T_+ED CRU*+Z | skaldskaparmal | 2 |
| 6093 | LIT (3) | Some like it hot (3) | L_+IT (hot as in ignited, or as slang) I've seen "some" used as a first letter indicator before so it's definitely valid don't think about it too much. |
skaldskaparmal | 2 |
| 6318 | ANY CLUE WITH AN ENUMERATION META (?) | Four felt sick (where's the enumeration?) | LEFT* = where's the enumeration (because Four is on the left) | skaldskaparmal | 2 |
| 6386 | ANY CLUE THAT USES A CHESS ABBREVIATION (?) | Previously played the Sokolsky Opening (6) | BEFORE (homophone of b4, the Sokolsky Opening) | skaldskaparmal | 2 |
| 7888 | SQUID (5) | Finally spends some money to get calamari (5) | _S + QUID | skaldskaparmal | 2 |
| 8168 | SUS OR SUSPICIOUS (3 OR 10) | South American pigs (3) | S+US (Sus is the genus of pigs) | skaldskaparmal | 2 |
| 8205 | PICK UP LINES (4, 2, 5) | Images capturing pink and blue bananas (no, actually not blue), predate human communication? (4, 2, 5) | PICS around PINKBLUE* but without the B Definition is "predate human communication" as in the communication before going on a date |
skaldskaparmal | 2 |
| 8215 | HI (2) | "What's up," verbally! (2) | Homophone of "high" (which is what "up" is) &lit, since "What's up" and "hi" are both verbal greetings. | skaldskaparmal | 2 |
| 8269 | ANY CLUE WHOSE WORDPLAY IS REVERSE LETTER BANK (?) | Some guys are distinctly awful oppressors (5) | Some guys = ROPES (anagram of distinct letters of oppressors) | skaldskaparmal | 2 |
| 8272 | ANY CLUE USING PALINDROME WORDPLAY (?) | Exercise whichever way you like (4-2) | >PULL-UP< | skaldskaparmal | 2 |
| 8277 | ANY CLUE USING PALINDROME WORDPLAY (?) | Golden bird I see flying to the west and the east (2-2) | I see = OH flying west and east making HO-OH | skaldskaparmal | 2 |
| 8292 | COPPER (6) | Police officer Henry exits helicopter (6) | C(-h)OPPER | skaldskaparmal | 2 |
| 9295 | GENTOO (6) | I heard it introduced a green plant thing, a fire mouse, a blue crocodile and an adorable penguin (6) | "It introduced ... alligator" clues GEN TWO (of pokemon) by describing the starters. "I heard" clues a homophone. An adorable penguin is the def. |
skaldskaparmal | 2 |
| 9363 | TOPIARY (7) | Parity is used in a surprising way around the end of Tao-Green construction (7) | Parity = anagram foodder is used in a surprising way = anagram indicator around = container the end of Tao = O making T(O)PIARY* = Green construction (surface references the mathematicians, e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green%E2%80%93Tao_theorem) |
skaldskaparmal | 2 |
| 9592 | SATISFIED (9) | Happy, played *The Witness*? (9) | ddef Happy = SATISFIED Played The Witness = math joke. In math, a "witness" is a mathematical object that makes a statement true, or "satisifies" it. Played here is in the sense of "acted as". Certainly not different etymologies but maybe the defs are different enough. |
skaldskaparmal | 2 |
| 9646 | ANY CLUE THAT STARTS WITH "ANY CLUE THAT" (?) | ANY CLUE THAT'S COMPOSED WITHOUT THE LETTER 'E' AND RESOLVES TO IDIOCY (6) | ANY CLUE = anagram fodder THAT'S COMPOSED = anagram indicator WITHOUT THE LETTER 'E' = remove E AND RESOLVES TO = connector giving IDIOCY = LUNACY*(-e) |
skaldskaparmal | 2 |
| 9734 | A CLUE (1, 4) | It's indicated by blue print clause at the top in written-up contract (1, 4) | clause at the top = C (first letter of clause) in = insertion indicator written-up = reversal (down clue only) contract = EULA (end user license agreement) It's indicated by blue print = A(C_)LUE< which is indicated by a blue paw print in Blue's Clues |
skaldskaparmal | 2 |
| 10592 | BLACK FRIDAY (5, 6) | Time to buy a song by the artist (5, 6) | Time to buy = definition a song = FRIDAY by = juxtaposition indicator (in the reverse order in this case) the artist [of the song] = (Rebecca) BLACK |
skaldskaparmal | 2 |
| 10610 | KOBAYASHI MARU (9, 4) | Cry in defeat as that man (a Russian) creates no-win scenario (9, 4) | Cry = BAY (like a dog's bay) in = insertion indicator defeat = KO (knock out) as = AS that man = HIM a = A Russian = RU (abbreviation in language code) creates = linking word no-win scenario = KO(BAY)AS+HIM+A+RU |
skaldskaparmal | 2 |
| 10627 | PITCHER (7) | Spit cherry stone into jar (7) | Spit cherry = hidden fodder stone = hidden indicator (meaning the central portion of [something like a cherry] into = linking word jar = _PITCHER_ |
skaldskaparmal | 2 |
| 10698 | SPEECHLESS (10) | Silent bullet bore left and missed dictator's head (10) | bullet = SPEED CHESS bore left = contains L and missed dictator's head = remove D for SPEE(-d)CH(L)ESS |
skaldskaparmal | 2 |
| 10699 | BLOCK (5) | Person using drying pan changes hands to protect oneself in a way (5) | Person using drying pan = BROCK changes hands = R->L to protect oneself in a way = BLOCK (reference https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oawUi9s3ENE) |
skaldskaparmal | 2 |
| 10722 | CARNIVOROUS (11) | Like someone who only eats steak and various corn crackers (11) | various corn = anagram fodder crackers = anagram indicator (in the sense of crazy) and = connector Def = Like someone who only eats steak |
skaldskaparmal | 2 |
| 10739 | @ME (3) | Shift two pieces of media equipment to the left for people promoting tourism (3) | Shift two = @ on a keyboard pieces of media equipment to the left = first letters of media equipment = ME for = connector people promoting tourism = @me on twitter, a page associated with maine tourism. |
skaldskaparmal | 2 |
| 10821 | SWANS (5) | With boards, without birds (5) | With = W without = SANS boards = insertion birds = S(W)ANS |
skaldskaparmal | 2 |
| 11507 | AMPERSAND (9) | Symbol I cut out of a Spider-Man comic (9) | I cut out of = delete an I a Spider-Man comic = anagram of A SPIDER MAN giving Symbol = AMPERSAND*(-i) |
skaldskaparmal | 2 |
| 920 | LIMIT (5) | Novel concept about approaching, but not, at a point, stopping! (5) | LIT around (IMPENDING - P - ENDING = IM) = L(IM)IT &lit | skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 933 | A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (1, 9, 5, 6) | A track coach called Will Stanley and his sister-in-law, Stella, play (1, 9, 5, 6) | A track coach called Will = A STREET CAR NAMED DESIRE Stanley and his sister-in-law, Stella, play = def |
skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 940 | SMALL (5) | Around 50 blessed angels can fit on the head of a pin, perhaps? (5) | (L + LAMBS (innocent youths) - B) reversed = SMALL can fit on the head of a pin, perhaps? = def |
skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 1015 | LUIGI (5) | Large iconic screen veteran often a sidekick to his more famous brother (5) | Large = L iconic screen = UI veteran = GI often a sidekick to his more famous brother = def |
skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 1074 | ARTIFACT (8) | Two notes found in the damaged cart led to an ancient treasure (8) | Two notes = TI + FA damaged cart = CART* = ARCT found in = AR(TIFA)CT led to = def. indicator an ancient treasure = def. |
skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 1396 | LYRICALLY (9) | iCarly about missing a friend emotionally (9) | (ICARLY)* - A + ALLY | skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 1436 | GRADE (5) | Degree celsius halved (5) | centiGRADE | skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 1444 | SOLITAIRE (9) | Without sunbro, I try to start playing the game by myself (9) | SOL(I + T_)AIRE \[T]/ | skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 1488 | BLUR (4) | Obscure unending jabber (4) | BLUR(-t) | skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 1582 | HORSE (5) | After vacation, Sir Cumberbatch finally returns with limitless joy and energy to Imitation Game (5) | After vacation, Sir = S_R Cumberbatch finally = _H returns = HRS with limitless joy = H(_O_)RS and energy = HORS+E to = def. indicator Horse is a game where players challenge each other to imitate trick basketball shots. Surface ref. imitation game movie about Turing. |
skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 1675 | APRICOT (7) | A kind of tropic fruit (7) | A+(PRICOT)* | skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 1711 | BOXERS (6) | Fighters, settlers, and revolutionaries from South Africa who fought two wars (over taxes, essentially) (6) | def = Fighters settlers and revolutionaries from South Africa who fought two wars = BOERS over taxes essentially = BO(_X_)ERS |
skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 1899 | RUBBLE (6) | Primarily Barney, but also brick amidst rock! (6) | "Primarily Barney but also brick" = first letters of Barney and brick = BB "amidst rock" = RU(...)LE (as in, you rock!) &lit -- both Barney and "brick amidst rock" define RUBBLE, though Barney is of course the more important of the definitions. |
skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 2753 | ASBESTOS (8) | Fireproof substance found in Africa's best ostriches (8) | Hidden word | skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 3301 | CLUE CONTAINING "CLUE CONTAINING" (?) | Some clue containing Charlie, in India, to raise suspicion at first. (10) | INDI(C)A + TO + R_ + S_ (Some of which clue "containing") | skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 3382 | ANY COLOR WORD WITH DEF NOT "COLOR" (?) | "Green mile" was moving (4) | LIME* (clue ref. the movie) | skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 3385 | ANY COLOR WORD WITH DEF NOT "COLOR" (?) | Pronounced shade! (5) | homophone &lit WHITE ("wight") | skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 3393 | CARAMEL (7) | Sweet new camera left behind (7) | Sweet = (CAMERA)* + L | skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 3445 | HUMAN (5) | Endlessly compassionate person (5) | HUMAN-e | skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 3447 | CRADLE (6) | I heard Metroid boss is going to rock (6) | homophone, "Kraid'll" | skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 3450 | ANY CLUE WITH PRINTER'S DEVILRY AS WORDPLAY (?) | Friend and boss teaches me to paint (3) | bo_B RO_ss (who, incidentally is both a boss, and a friend, and a bro) | skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 3526 | LEONINE (7) | Christmas is back in force finally. Magnificent! (7) | Christmas = NOEL reversed + IN + last letter of forcE. |
skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 3535 | SILLY SONG (5, 4) | In "Snow White and the SEVEN Dwarves" you'll find this odd number (5, 4) | Def is, In "Snow White and the SEVEN Dwarves" you'll find this = http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Silly_Song, a song from the Disney movie Odd can mean SILLY (like an odd person) and number can mean SONG. |
skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 3537 | ERRATUM (7) | Beginnings of the ulterior motive found behind oddly rare misprint (7) | T_ U_ M_ after RARE* = misprint | skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 3542 | SLAUGHTER (9) | His laughter conceals a dark deed (9) | Hidden word | skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 3568 | ASH (3) | Burch tree (3) | ddef. Burch references Ashly Burch (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashly_Burch), known as Ash in the web series Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin'?. Also it's a tree. Also Birch is a tree which sounds like Burch which makes it funny. |
skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 3571 | TOLKIEN (7) | World creator to like weird creation, at last (7) | World creator = TO + LKIE* + _N | skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 3627 | BRIDGE (6) | Join a card game (6) | ddef | skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 3661 | ANY CLUE RELATED TO HALLOWEEN (?) | Every hotel let Steve take time off for October 31st (3 6'1 3) | ALL+H+ALLOW+S(-t)EVE | skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 3699 | LEXICON (7) | Complex iconography obscures encyclopedia (7) | hidden word | skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 3700 | ENGLISH (7) | Spin broken shingle (7) | SHINGLE* English = spin in the sense of billiards |
skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 3714 | ANY CLUE THAT USES ELISION (?) | Elision? Holding a contest (finally) with elision is perhaps a net positive change? (10) | a contest (finally) = AT ELISION holding AT = ELISATION with el is ion = EL -> ION, which is IONISATION, Perhaps a net positive change (in electric charge) |
skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 3725 | THE (3) | Best time to start hunting evil (3) | time = T to start hunting evil = HE Best, as in "This is not a taco, it's *the* taco" |
skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 3727 | ENTIRE (6) | Knight errant finally makes it through Ireland intact (6) | Knight = N errant finally = T makes it through = contained by Ireland = EIRE intact = E(N+_T)IRE |
skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 3767 | GULES (5) | Tincture starts to grant us lads enviable strength (5) | Initials | skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 3780 | BLACK (5) | Don't have to go after band's lead singer who knows what day it is? (5) | Don't have = LACK band's lead = B Singer, who knows what day it is = (rebecca) BLACK |
skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 3784 | HEADCANON (9) | Dance a waltz embraced by sweetheart... only in my imagination (9) | Anagram DANCEA (clued by "waltz") inside sweetheart = HON to get H(EADCAN*)ON, only in my imagination. |
skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 3801 | NEKO (4) | New alternate characters in geeky finale to Hello Kitty (4) | N + _E_K_ + _O = Kitty | skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 3818 | BUTTER (6) | Some insects wanting other insects for food (6) | Some insects = BUTTERFLIES wanting other insects = subtract FLIES to get BUTTER = food |
skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 3856 | CUP (3) | Preoccupied with competition (3) | Hidden word, competition as in the world cup. | skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 3874 | PRIDE FLAG (5, 4) | Support group for the LGBT community takes a trip to see their symbol (5, 4) | Support group = PFLAG contains a trip = RIDE | skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 3886 | MINERAL (7) | Weird singer who dug up a gemstone? (7) | punny ddef -- Weird singer who dug up = MINER AL | skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 3913 | BEAT (4) | Participate in strike (4) | Participate in = BE AT | skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 3938 | ANY NON-ALPHANUMERIC GLYPH THAT ISN'T ♀ (1) | At least one echo came back (1) | E came back = ∃, meaning "at least one" | skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 4007 | FAR (3) | Good way for egg to spawn, essentially (3) | Good way = FAR (as in "a good way away") For is literal egg to spawn, essentially = o->_A_ making F[o->_A_]R |
skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 4012 | FESTS (5) | Foreigner's extremely round estimate: "Dos" (5) | Foreigner's extremely = F_S round = containing estimate = EST Making F(EST)S = Dos (plural of Do = party) |
skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 4022 | MESSIER (7) | Mediocre oracle's reading is more convoluted (7) | Homophone (clued by "'s reading") of "Meh seer" | skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 4023 | PENNY (5) | Lane change? (5) | ddef, Penny Lane is a song by the Beatles, and a penny is a coin, which makes it change. | skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 4038 | BLUEBIRD (8) | Singer and I burbled disturbingly (8) | Anagram of I BURBLED, defined by singer | skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 4048 | ANY CLUE WHOSE ANSWER IS AN MLP:FIM CHARACTER (?) | To start, truly outstanding, magnificent MLP:FIM character (3) | TOM (the rock) (inits) | skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 4676 | DISINFECT (9) | Sanitize and cut open heart to become popular werewolf, at last (9) | Sanitize = DIS(s->IN+F_)ECT | skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 4742 | SHOWMAN (7) | He shouts energetically: "Steamed hams, *now*" | anagram of hams now indicated by "steamed" (either as in angry, or cooked). Defined by "He shouts energetically" |
skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 4806 | GRAVITY (7) | That thing living in the sticky brown goop! It's pulling us down (7) | GRAV(IT)Y | skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 4841 | GENERAL (7) | Gorilla and others at large in public (7) | Gorilla and others = GENERA at large = +L defined by public |
skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 4879 | CHOBANI (7) | Bacon I had first blended into yogurt | (BACON+I+H_)* | skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 5254 | SYZYGY (6) | When the planets align, Horrible Yog-Sothoth gormandizes yammering zealots' yummiest heads (6) | Initials of Yog Sothoth Gormandizes Yammering Zealots Yummiest anagrammed (Horrible) gives SYZYGY* (when the planets align) | skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 5341 | AIRING OF GRIEVANCES (6, 2, 10) | Holiday discussion about being accepted by Jesus of Nazareth (King of the Jews) that was embraced by reverend, was interrupted by good game between professionals (including famous actor McKellen) (6, 2, 10) | about = OF Jesus of Nazareth (King of the Jews) = INRI reverend = REV good game = GG professionals = ACES famous actor McKellen = IAN giving Holiday discussion = A(I(R(IN(G(OF)G)RI)EV)AN)CES |
skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 5383 | ANY CLUE WHICH INCORPORATES A CAESAR CIPHER (?) | Caesar turns ingot into a kind of armor (5) | INGOT + 20 = CHAIN | skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 5412 | ✈️ (BE CREATIVE ON THE WORDPLAY) (1) | Briefly, you and 'e recalled 1980 flight (1) | you = U, and = +, e = 2.7, 1980 = '80, giving U+2.7(08<), briefly (as one symbol) = ✈️ = flight | skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 5416 | PORT (4) | Wine let video games developed for Windows run on Linux, for example (4) | ddef Wine // Let video games developed for Windows run on Linux, for example (surface references wine software) | skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 5460 | MUSEUM (6) | Gallery of emus, both endless and fantastic (6) | Gallery = (-e)MU(-s) + EMUS* | skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 5588 | OUT (3) | You took sandwiches away (3) | Hidden word | skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 5690 | SIC (3) | Programming language standard removes one harmful command (3) | (-an)SI C = harmful command | skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 5706 | III (3) | 3:1 odds I win (3) | Def is 3. 1 = I odd letters of IwIn = II |
skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 6082 | ANY CLUE WHOSE SURFACE IS A PALINDROME (?) | Top spot (5) | POINT (ddef) | skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 6154 | AILUROPHILE (11) | Catholic university sports trouble distressed Phil Roe? (11) | University = U sports = container trouble = AIL distressed Phil Roe = ROPHILE* making AIL(U)ROPHILE = Catholic (https://i.imgur.com/AJm6ITv.png) |
skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 6274 | ANY CLUE WHERE EVERY WORD CONTAINS THE LETTER Q (?) | Quietly quell / conquer quintessentially! (3) | quietly = P quell ... quintessentially = delete middle letter conquer = WIN giving P+W(-i)N &lit |
skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 6302 | ANY CLUE THAT SOUNDS DIRTY BUT ISNT (?) | Expensive car covered in dirt and earth (5) | Expensive car = RR (for rolls royce) dirt = TEA (as in gossip) earth = TE(RR)A |
skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 7862 | FRACTAL (7) | I left pathetic boxing performance, unlike those that couldn't contain themselves (7) | I left pathetic = FRA(-i)L boxing performance = around ACT Something that is fractal can contain itself, so it's unlike that which can't. |
skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 7869 | SORBET (6) | In pain, wail loudly to get dessert (6) | Homophone of "sore bay" | skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 8195 | NEW YEAR'S EVE (3, 4'1, 3) | In a cryptic, see a very fun holiday (3, 4'1, 3) | Reverse clue. NEW YEAR'S EVE = anagram of YEAR'S EVE = SEE A VERY Definition is fun holiday. |
skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 9302 | DOUBLE SIDED (6, 5) | Five hundred not right Russian bills recognized, having writing on the front and the back (6. 5) | Five hundred = D (roman numerals) not right = remove R Russian bills = ROUBLES recognized = IDED making D+(-r)OUBLES+IDED = having writing on the front and the back |
skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 9441 | ANY CLUE WITH ITS WORDS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER (?) | Aardvark's ability agonizes *Animula* author away (6) | ability = ART (as in skill acquired by experience) agonizes = HURTS *Animula* author = TS (Eliot) away = deletion making Aardvark = ART+HUR(-ts) |
skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 9456 | ZUGZWANG (8) | Zhou's outside with group, coming to grips with weak bosons' compulsion to move (8) | Zhou's outside = Z_U Group = GANG coming to grips with = container indicator weak bosons = Z and W (in physics) compulsion to move is literally the translation of Z_U+G(ZW)ANG |
skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 9706 | ANY CLUE THAT IS ALSO A PARADOX (?) | This sentence is true and false and it's false (4) | and = connector False = F and = juxtaposition indicator (it's false) = ACT (in the sense of a pretense) giving This sentence is true = F+ACT |
skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 10507 | ALPINE (6) | Poland's capital is surrounded by a field of mountains (6) | Poland's capital = P is surrounded by = container a field = A LINE (as in a line of work) of mountains = A L(P)INE |
skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 10515 | BLÅHAJ (6) | Boring drama finally beginning to jump the shark (6) | Boring = BLAH drama finally = A beginning to jump = J making BLAH+A+J = the shark |
skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 10524 | NE (2) | Noble (at the edge)! (2) | Noble (at the edge) = edges of NOBLE = N_E NE is an abbreviation for Neon which is a Noble (gas) at the right edge of the periodic table. &lit. |
skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 10525 | A KNEE CLUE (PATELLA, SHIN, ETC) (?) | Provide a meal with dessert for Pokémon (8) | Provide a meal = CATER dessert = PIE Pokémon = CATERPIE Reference GDQ meme: https://twitter.com/nrgoodnight/status/1297427362775171073?lang=en |
skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 10532 | MAO (3) | Card game that I found funny after it began (3) | That I found funny = LMAO after it began = take first letter out making (-l)MAO = Card game |
skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 10542 | CORAL (5) | Blimey! Al's a pinkish orange color (5) | Blimey = COR (a british interjection) Al = AL 's = connector a pinkish orange color = COR+AL |
skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 10606 | MEANDER (7) | Walk with us? (7) | Walk = MEANDER us = ME AND 'ER with = connector |
skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 10917 | ZZZ (3) | Last character in topless musical group makes noise in bed (3) | Last character = Z in = insertion topless musical group = ZZ (-top) Z(Z)Z = noise in bed |
skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 10920 | YOUR (4) | "The solver is" can be contracted to "The solver's" (4) | YOU'RE can be contracted (curtailment) to YOUR(-e) | skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 10936 | ADULTING (8) | One avoids excessively praising mundane fulfillment of basic responsibilities (8) | One = A avoids = subtraction excessively praising = ADULATING mundane fulfillment of basic responsibilities = ADUL(-a)TING |
skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 11680 | AUTUMNAL (8) | One group cycling around in the fall (8) | One = AN group = MUTUAL (as in a group effort) cycling -> (+L)AN MUTUA(-l) around -> reversal making "in the fall" |
skaldskaparmal | 1 |
| 903 | ANY ONE STARTER POKEMON (5/6/7/8/9/10) | Momentum of endless religious preaching reversed when penguin started evolving (6) | Momentum - P endless religious preaching reversed - (-t)IPLUP penguin that starts evolving - PIPLUP |
skaldskaparmal | 0 |
| 967 | SURVIVOR (8) | So, to start, you are to live in Spain? Change a bit, show first in Borneo. (8) | So, to start, you are to live in Spain? = S+U+R+VIVIR Change a bit (flip 1 to 0) = SURVIV(I->O)R show first in Borneo = def (Survivor: Borneo was the first season) |
skaldskaparmal | 0 |
| 1057 | ANY (3) | Three hearts from the black dingy abyss join to form the key to continue. (3) | _A_ _N_ _Y_ (as in Press ANY key to continue) | skaldskaparmal | 0 |
| 1385 | RUSTY (5) | Nickname redhead states to you initially (5) | redhead = R states = US to you initially = TY def = Nickname (for a redhead) |
skaldskaparmal | 0 |
| 1406 | ORALLY (6) | Speaking a whole bunch of nothing? (6) | ddef punny. A whole bunch of nothing could be an "O rally" | skaldskaparmal | 0 |
| 1423 | PARADOX (7) | Even a prime dead ox can be Curry, for example (7) | PAR + A + D_ + OX (e.g. the Curry paradox) | skaldskaparmal | 0 |
| 1475 | GEMINI (6) | One November, I followed after rock stars (6) | I + N + I followed after GEM Def = stars |
skaldskaparmal | 0 |
| 1476 | TREATY (6) | Three from Omaha hiding at Versailles, perhaps (6) | Three from Omaha = TREY (a 3 card from a card game, such as Omaha) hiding at = TRE(AT)Y Versailles, perhaps = The treaty that ended WWI |
skaldskaparmal | 0 |
| 1542 | ANY CLUE ENDING IN LEVEL (5, 1) | Cartoon crime fighter's awesome first generation theme initially played at a low level (5, 1) | Awesome first = A_ Generation = GEN Theme initially = T_ Played at a low level = P Cartoon crime fighter = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSCKrDP7TLI |
skaldskaparmal | 0 |
| 1556 | ZEAL (4) | Passion is taking off day playing Zelda (4) | ZEAL = (ZELDA)* - d | skaldskaparmal | 0 |
| 1606 | IODINE (6) | One Roman and one Russian discover new element (6) | I+ODIN+_E_ |
skaldskaparmal | 0 |
| 1804 | RAINSTORM (9) | Sheep covered in molds returns to shower (9) | RA(IN+STOR<)M = shower | skaldskaparmal | 0 |
| 3469 | THING (5) | Not far, and taking no money, is a ginormous frontwheel bicycle contraption (5) | (-penny -far)THING = contraption. | skaldskaparmal | 0 |
| 3523 | ORIFICE (7) | Spooner's offer is a way out (7) | Spoonerism of "offer is" | skaldskaparmal | 0 |
| 3634 | STAPES (6) | Bone found in most apes. (6) | Hidden word. | skaldskaparmal | 0 |
| 3726 | THE (3) | Article is announcement of a Shakespearean-era object (3) | announcement of = homophone Shakespearean-era object = THEE (an object in grammar) |
skaldskaparmal | 0 |
| 3732 | SECURITY (8) | I curtsey fancifully for the guards (8) | ICURTSEY* = the guards | skaldskaparmal | 0 |
| 3742 | ZINFANDEL (9) | Left following after Zoe's first baby with no time for a drink (9) | Left following = LED reversed Zoe's first = Z baby with no time = INFAN(-t) making (Z_)+INFAN(-t)+DEL<, a drink |
skaldskaparmal | 0 |
| 3749 | TENDON (6) | Quit wearing so many a body part (6) | Quit = END inside so many = TON Would probably be better as Quit wearing so many body parts (7) though. |
skaldskaparmal | 0 |
| 3756 | TENDON (6) | Body part is leader of Troy's demise. No returning after that (6) | T_ + END + ON< | skaldskaparmal | 0 |
| 3766 | GULES (5) | Scarlet birds make large echo (5) | Scarlet = GUL(l->E)s | skaldskaparmal | 0 |
| 3835 | CREAM (5) | Wipe the floor with a thick liquid (5) | ddef, "Wipe the floor with" and "cream" both being slang for overwhelmingly defeat (e.g. in sports) | skaldskaparmal | 0 |
| 3875 | ANIMAL (6) | Secret ingredient of salami nauseated retreating creature (6) | Hidden word found backwards in saLAMI NAuseated | skaldskaparmal | 0 |
| 3974 | PLAN (4) | Scheme, Perl, Lua, and .NET sources (4) | Sources (first letters) of Perl, Lua, And, .Net make PLAN = Scheme | skaldskaparmal | 0 |
| 4001 | DATA (4) | Occasionally dial tutor to get information (4) | Occasionally dial = DA tutor = TA (Teaching assistant) to get = Connector Information = DATA |
skaldskaparmal | 0 |
| 4029 | PARK (4) | Stop running around the city like some kind of ninja; It's not for us (4) | running around the city like some kind of ninja = PARKOUR It's not = subtraction for us = OUR making Stop = PARK(-our) |
skaldskaparmal | 0 |
| 4830 | WATERLOO (8) | Coward at heart, thief switched sides in defeat (8) | Middle letters of coWArd + LOOTER switched to TERLOO, defined by "defeat" | skaldskaparmal | 0 |
| 4938 | REPROVE (7) | Expert interrupting constantly set back lecture (7) | PRO inside EVER backwards lecture = RE(PRO)VE< |
skaldskaparmal | 0 |
| 5328 | ANY CLUE/ANSWER REFERENCING A CHRISTMAS SONG (?) | All I want for Christmas is Baba (3) | YOU (sdef) | skaldskaparmal | 0 |
| 5489 | ANY CLUE WHICH CONTAINS EXACTLY ONE LETTER (?) | Not exactly one letter (1) | ddef for C, clue contains "exactly one letter" | skaldskaparmal | 0 |
| 6002 | FIFTY-FIFTY (5-5) | Even! (5-5) | ddef &lit Fifty-fifty is even (as a split) and 5,050 is an even number. |
skaldskaparmal | 0 |
| 6317 | ANY CLUE WITH AN ENUMERATION META (?) | 2! (3) | TWO = 2 = 2! = !(3) (the number of derangements of 3 elements) | skaldskaparmal | 0 |
| 6360 | SWAN LAKE YACHT KIOSK (4 4 5 5) | Majickace would definitely buy a ticket to this ballet by Tchaikovsky, but not five, strangely | ballet = SWAN LAKE Tchaikovsky but not five, strangely = YACHT KIOSK(-v)* defined by Majickace would definitely buy a ticket to this (per https://discord.com/channels/379129452203999242/571805653115600954/823248513311178785 ) |
skaldskaparmal | 0 |
| 7886 | YOUR MOST RECENT LUNCH/DINNER (?) | A long thin sausage I bought from a bar, that was wrapped in a weird squid thing (7) | a bar = A BAN a weird squid thing = KOS (from bloodborne) giving K(A BAN)OS = A long thin sausage I bought |
skaldskaparmal | 0 |
| 7931 | STAR ANISE (4, 5) | Artisan's cooked last of the herb (4, 5) | STARANIS* + _E | skaldskaparmal | 0 |
| 9626 | ANY CLUE THAT IS A MASSIVE SPOILER (OF A BOOK/MOVIE/SHOW ETC.) (?) | (The Mystery Hunt puzzle 50/50): ||50/50: At the end of the unlimited craziness essentially you get MOUNTAIN (4)|| | 50/50 = LL (roman numerals) At the end of = juxtaposition indicator for putting afterwards the unlimited = _H_ craziness essentially = _I_ you get = connector indicating the definition MOUNTAIN = _H_+_I_+L+L |
skaldskaparmal | 0 |
| 10540 | WHAT COMES NEXT? (4, 5, 4) | The Mac OS X went crazy. How should we deal with it? (4, 5, 4) | Crazy indicates an anagram of "The Mac OS X went". Def is "How should we deal with it?" | skaldskaparmal | 0 |
| 10552 | KRAKEN (6) | Ken's "hoe", in the end, was rejected, in favor of "rake". It's unreal! | "hoe" in the end = _E Replace E in KEN with RAKE to get K(e->RAKE)N Definition is "It's unreal" since the kraken is a mythical creature. |
skaldskaparmal | 0 |
| 10574 | ANY SI UNIT (BASE OR DERIVED) WITH THE PREFIX RONNA-, QUETTA-, RONTO- OR QUECTO- (?) | A lot of resistance, but no harm no foul (8) | A lot of resistance defines RONNAOHM which is an anagram (clued by foul) of "no harm no" |
skaldskaparmal | 0 |
| 10575 | TAJ MAHAL (3, 5) | "Tomb Juliet was in almost had floor covering," brought up Al (3, 5) | Juliet = J (NATO alphabet) was in = insertion almost had = HA_ floor covering = MAT brought up = reversal Al = AL giving Tomb = [TA(J)M+_AH]<+AL |
skaldskaparmal | 0 |
| 10582 | NORI (4) | Bring back healthy Japanese food (4) | healthy = IRON (as in an iron constitution) Bring back = reversal NORI< = Japanese food |
skaldskaparmal | 0 |
| 10623 | PARAMEDIC (9) | Doctor primarily researched a mathematical equation in an uncommon kind of number system (9) | primarily researched a mathematical equation = RAME an uncommon kind of number system = P-ADIC in = container DOCTOR = PA(RAME)DIC |
skaldskaparmal | 0 |
| 10686 | SACRILEGE (9) | Blasphemy from Charlie to annoy/get under the skin of Herb (9) | from = connector Charlie = C to annoy = RILE get under the skin of = insertion indicator Herb = SAGE Blasphemy = SA(C+RILE)GE |
skaldskaparmal | 0 |