Contests started: MEAN (4), BEAN (4), ANY CLUE ENDING IN LEVEL (5, 1), ANY CLUE ENDING IN A BEAN (7, 7), SUBLIME (7), SMASH (5), GROSSLY (7), PATREON (7), RICE (4), SAFE WORD (4 4 OR 8)
Contests won: YUCCA (5), PREY (4)
| Clue ID | Contest | Clue | Explanation (hover) | Submitted By | Likes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1862 | PREY (4) | Subject eaten by Python! (4) | P(RE)Y &lit |
abean077 | 4 |
| 1132 | PALLET (6) | Extraterrestrial follows gloomy cloud bed (6) | gloomy cloud = pall extraterrestrial = et bed = definition |
abean077 | 3 |
| 1422 | ARGUMENT (8) | Angle! (8) | &lit double def Angle = argument (reasoning) Angle = argument (complex numbers) |
abean077 | 3 |
| 1673 | MUSEUM (6) | This building has a military history exhibit, made of... emus? Um, weird (6) | this building has a military history exhibit - definition made of - connector emus um - MUSEUM* weird - anagrind |
abean077 | 2 |
| 1682 | YUCCA (5) | Yuck, a sound storage site for nuclear waste (5) | "yuck, a" | abean077 | 2 |
| 1917 | MIND (4) | Watch 1000 in opening day (4) | Watch - definition (eg, "mind the children while I'm out") 1000 - M (Roman numerals) In - IN opening day - D_ |
abean077 | 2 |
| 2075 | WHEAT (5) | Staple crop's origin: watery warmth (5) | _W+HEAT | abean077 | 2 |
| 1181 | NOSFERATU (9) | No California city times your Spanish vampire (9) | No = NO California city = SF times = ERA your Spanish = TU definition: vampire |
abean077 | 1 |
| 1243 | SYNOD (5) | Church in Plessy nodded (5) | in plesSY NODded | abean077 | 1 |
| 1430 | GRADE (5) | Level slope (5) | Double definition Level = grade (rank) Slope = grade (incline) |
abean077 | 1 |
| 1538 | ANY CLUE ENDING IN LEVEL (5, 1) | ADG are doctors at top level (5, 1) | "ADG are" anagrams to GRADE A, as indicated by "doctors" "Top level" is definition |
abean077 | 1 |
| 1601 | MAYPOLE (7) | Polish being allowed to return to festival in Summer's dance (7) | Polish being = POLE allowed to = MAY return = reversal Festival in Summer's dance: definition (refers to maypole dance) |
abean077 | 1 |
| 1658 | POINTLESS (9) | Stupid & dull? (9) | Double def stupid = pointless (ridiculous) dull = pointless (opposite of pointy) |
abean077 | 1 |
| 1662 | LAMPSHADE (9) | In work, acknowledgement makes lame P.S. (9) | In-work acknowledgement - definition lame P.S. = "LAMPS HAD E" |
abean077 | 1 |
| 1178 | PLATEAU (7) | Map of land's divisions hears it's obligated to flatten (7) | Map of land's divisions = PLAT hears it's obligated to = OWE = EAU flatten: definition (verb) |
abean077 | 0 |
| 1491 | HAZE (4) | initial, headfirst, antecedent, zygotic, & earliest initiate (4) | to initiate/to haze (e.g. fraternities) initials of HAZE |
abean077 | 0 |
| 1554 | ZEAL (4) | Colored skin changes saint into cousin-marrying state with passion (4) | "colored skin" = ZEST, which is the colorful part of a citrus peel "Saint" (ST) changes into "cousin-marrying state" (AL) Definition: passion |
abean077 | 0 |
| 1610 | IODINE (6) | Element not found by throat hump ...that is, around Wednesday (God...) (6) | I(ODIN)E Element not found by throat hump - definition, as a "throat hump" (goitre) is caused by a lack of iodine |
abean077 | 0 |
| 1616 | FERTILE | Plow under animal part reportedly containing lots of nutrients (7) | "fur till" | abean077 | 0 |
| 1618 | GREAT EXPECTATIONS (5, 12) | Pip's story goes round Eagleton; initially consumed experience points the end away. Go Electrons! (from neutral state containing Boston's transit system) (5, 12) | GRE_+ATE+XP+_E+C(T)ATIONS | abean077 | 0 |
| 1646 | SAAG PANEER (4, 6) | Cheesy spinach dishes from India diminish even open heart, doubly open sounds a-ful (4, 6) | Diminish even open heart = SAG PNER Doubly open sounds = SAAG PNEER A-ful = SAAG PANEER |
abean077 | 0 |
| 1716 | BOXERS (6) | Beers change first emu into ox: novel workers with the strength of three horses (6) | Beers, change _E into OX Definition refers to the horse Boxer in the novel Animal Farm, who is said to have the strength of three horses |
abean077 | 0 |
| 1720 | DERRING-DO (7-2) | Courageous spirit fish' exclamation upon finding land turns initial hardships into final yield (7-2) | Courageous spirit - def Fish - HERRING Exclamation upon finding land - land HO turns H_ into _D |
abean077 | 0 |
| 1769 | AMPUTATE (8) | Center clans cut off ends & impute hated procedure on surgical table (8) | A + MPUT + ATE procedure on surgical table - def |
abean077 | 0 |
| 2087 | COMMENT (7) | Endless compliment? Start to interject (7) | compliment (verb) = commend COMMEN_+T_ |
abean077 | 0 |