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Contests won: SHALLOTS (8), BATTERY (7), PORRIDGE (8), MYST (4), BANK (4), PRIDE (5), TRIAL (5), RESOLVE (7), CLIFFS (6), APRON (5), CARBON (6), MARGIN (6)
| Clue ID | Contest | Clue | Explanation (hover) | Submitted By | Likes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4717 | PORRIDGE (8) | Prison food? (8) | Porridge is a 1950s British slang term for a prison, popularised by a 1970s sitcom. Porridge is also a food. | Space_Kalak | 6 |
| 7659 | RESOLVE (7) | Answer once or twice? (7) | Punny ddef Answer once: RESOLVE Answer twice: RE-SOLVE |
Space_Kalak | 5 |
| 6991 | PRIDE (5) | The lions' sin? (5) | ddef; pride of lions, deadly sin | Space_Kalak | 4 |
| 1267 | SHALLOTS (8) | Quietly distributes onions (8) | SH+ALLOTS | Space_Kalak | 3 |
| 5375 | CARP | Grouse or fish? (4) | ddef, to complain and the animal | Space_Kalak | 3 |
| 5465 | MUSEUM (6) | Ponder and pause at the gallery (6) | MUSE+UM | Space_Kalak | 3 |
| 6250 | BANK (4) | Place you might find a deposit? (4) | &lit ddef; money at a financial bank, silt at a riverbank | Space_Kalak | 3 |
| 7168 | TRIAL (5) | Difficulty hearing (5) | Ddef; an ordeal and a legal engagement | Space_Kalak | 3 |
| 2665 | AMOK (4) | Broadcast a test frantically (4) | Homophone: "a mock" | Space_Kalak | 2 |
| 5122 | TURKEY (6) | Triple-stuffed bird (6) | ddef; the bird and the bowling term | Space_Kalak | 2 |
| 5427 | TWENTY-ONE (6-3) | Score a game (6-3) | Score = 20 a = one game = blackjack |
Space_Kalak | 2 |
| 5457 | MYST (4) | Video game wasn't a hit for the audience? (4) | homophone "missed" | Space_Kalak | 2 |
| 5946 | AULEAF (6) | Puzzler says they'll go? (6) | "I'll leave" > AULEAF | Space_Kalak | 2 |
| 5965 | NONSENSE (8) | Tosh, unfeeling? (8) | tosh = nonsense unfeeling = non-sense but punny |
Space_Kalak | 2 |
| 6326 | LIVERPOOL (9) | Place in England you might look in for an organ donor? (9) | You might look in the "liver pool"! (Punny ddef) |
Space_Kalak | 2 |
| 6879 | RETSINA (7) | This might make your retinas spin! (7) | *RETSINA &lit Alcohol is known for making your vision blurry |
Space_Kalak | 2 |
| 9176 | APRON (5) | Skirt protector? (5) | Triple Def, double duty: Skirt, as in the edge of a boxing ring, golf green, or windowsill Protector, like on an artillery cannon Skirt protector, as in a baking apron |
Space_Kalak | 2 |
| 12638 | MARGIN (6) | Warning up without skirt (6) | Def: skirt WARNING "up" (anagrammed) but missing the W ("with" out) *MARGIN(-w) |
Space_Kalak | 2 |
| 1203 | MISTAKE (7) | Pick up wrong thing by accident (7) | double definition: "mis-take" | Space_Kalak | 1 |
| 1266 | SCOLD (5) | Burn with oxygen for a rebuke (5) | SC(A->O)LD | Space_Kalak | 1 |
| 4687 | BATTERY (7) | Cannon assault (7) | ddef; a group of cannon can be a battery, and battery is a form of assault | Space_Kalak | 1 |
| 4829 | WATERLOO (8) | Station in Belgium? (8) | Waterloo is a place in Belgium, where a battle took place, which a bridge in London was named after to commemorate, which gave its name to an area of London, and there's a train station there called Waterloo Station, which is the busiest station in the UK (nearly 100M entries and exits per year!) | Space_Kalak | 1 |
| 6682 | TANG (4) | Strong taste of fish (4) | ddef; a strong taste and a type of fish | Space_Kalak | 1 |
| 6993 | PLANTS (6) | Flowers' roots (6) | ddef; flowers are plants, and to root an idea | Space_Kalak | 1 |
| 7485 | ACE (3) | A1 (3) | A, 1, and A1 all mean ACE for various definitions; A for the card, 1 for golfing terms, A1 for someone who's good at something I wasn't going to post this one seriously first but YOLO |
Space_Kalak | 1 |
| 7892 | YOUR MOST RECENT LUNCH/DINNER (?) | Sated, like Rusty, with this breakfast? (4, 7) | Sated = FULL Like Rusty = ENGLISH And it was very needed after the party last night |
Space_Kalak | 1 |
| 8086 | CLIFFS (6) | Kind of rock features Mr Richards? (6) | def; geological and singer Cliff Richard(s) | Space_Kalak | 1 |
| 9270 | CARBON (6) | Cooked bacon result, primarily! (6) | &lit; anagram of BACON and R_ from result Cooking bacon badly can quite often lead to becoming carbon! |
Space_Kalak | 1 |
| 9771 | KEY CHANGE (3, 6) | Part of song performed by locksmith? (3, 6) | ddef; key change is a song part, and a locksmith might change your keys! | Space_Kalak | 1 |
| 9834 | COMPASS (7) | This helps you get around? (7) | Ddef; magnetic compass and mathematical compass (potentially reading the latter as "a round") | Space_Kalak | 1 |
| 11130 | LET'S DO "YOUR USERNAME (?)" AGAIN THAT WAS FUN | Neglected, disassembled yurts (5) | *RUSTY :pikashock: | Space_Kalak | 1 |
| 5287 | TORTE (5) | Radio 4 baking lesson's result???? (5) | This is a very dumb clue and you should not vote for it The idea is a torte/taught homophone that apparently doesn't exist outside of Britain, hence "Radio 4", combined with a dodgy attempt at a British cryptic pun-style clue :notlikeduck: |
Space_Kalak | 0 |
| 7197 | TRUCK (5) | Where the wheels are on board a train car? (5) | ddef; the wheel of a skateboard attach to trucks, and a train car (US) is called a truck (UK) | Space_Kalak | 0 |
| 7198 | TRUCK (5) | Train, car, or lorry (5) | ddef; train car/lorry is a truck in the UK | Space_Kalak | 0 |
| 12285 | NEW SOUTH WALES (3, 5, 5) | Who salutes? (3, 5, 5) | Reverse cryptic; a NEW "SOUTH WALES" would give WHO SALUTES | Space_Kalak | 0 |