Contests started: NOSFERATU (9), BENEFACTOR (10), SCINTILLATE (11), ORALLY (6), GRADE (5), ACRIMONIOUS (11), GO ABROAD (8), TONSILLOLITH (12), MAYPOLE (7), WAIT (4), YUCCA (5), STRANGE BREW (7, 4), CAVORT (6), GLEAN (5), AMPUTATE (8), MASKING TAPE (7, 4), RUBBLE (6), IN A SNIT (2, 1, 4), CHICKEN (7), MINI GOLF (8), SINEW (5), OPOSSUM (7), DRAGON (6)
Contests won: INDIGO (6), LAVENDER (8), BEEF WELLINGTON (4, 10), ISLAND (6), QUALIFY (7), RUSTY (5), BLUR (4), SYLLOGISM (9), MILLENNIAL (10), ZEAL (4), MOONLIGHT (9), MAYPOLE (7), GREAT EXPECTATIONS (5, 12), WAIT (4), KAPUT (5), GROSSLY (7), POLYCHROMATIC (13), CRUISE (6), PREDATOR (8), PLATITUDE (9), CHUTZPAH (8), LIKE (4), CARCASSONNE (11), MOPED (5), RIGHT (5), RICE (4), PAPRIKA (7), SPEED (5), KAMALA HARRIS (6, 6), ENHANCE (7)
| Clue ID | Contest | Clue | Explanation (hover) | Submitted By | Likes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1173 | INDIGO (6) | Color in fancy circle (6) | Color = definition IN + [fancy = DIG (verb)] + [O = circle] |
sarathegood | 5 |
| 1353 | QUALIFY (7) | Authorize life to be cut short in wharf (7) | QUA(LIF-e)Y | sarathegood | 5 |
| 1686 | GROSSLY (7) | Painter of happy little trees is embraced by heartless girl at club in a vulgar way (7) | G_(ROSS)_L + Y def = in a vulgar way |
sarathegood | 5 |
| 2056 | PLATITUDE (9) | Saw, at first, plentiful wiggle room (9) | Saw = def P(lentiful) + LATITUDE |
sarathegood | 5 |
| 2168 | OF (2) | Containing no fluorine (2) | containing = def (e.g. basket of/containing fruit) O + F |
sarathegood | 5 |
| 1291 | LAVENDER (8) | Sweet-smelling plant led raven astray (8) | Anagram | sarathegood | 4 |
| 1559 | MOONLIGHT (9) | According to Spooner, kook may work second job (9) | Spoonerism: LOON MIGHT -> MOON LIGHT Def: work second job |
sarathegood | 4 |
| 1595 | MAYPOLE (7) | Employ a new structure for spring or midsummer ritual (7) | EMPLOYA* def = structure for spring or midsummer ritual |
sarathegood | 4 |
| 1620 | GREAT EXPECTATIONS (5, 12) | Note: rations include loose tea, except where Miss Havisham lives (5, 12) | G + R(EATEXPECT*)ATIONS def = where Miss Havisham lives |
sarathegood | 4 |
| 1631 | WAIT (4) | Stop gravity for audience (4) | stop = def gravity = weight (importance); homophone |
sarathegood | 4 |
| 1926 | MIND (4) | Memory dug up for listener (4) | homophone (MINED) | sarathegood | 4 |
| 2143 | RIGHT (5) | Intoned ceremony correctly (5) | homophone (rite = ceremony) | sarathegood | 4 |
| 3283 | PAPRIKA (7) | Dad swallows retro red cocktail and red spice (7) | PAP(RIK<)A (kir = red-coloured cocktail) red spice = def |
sarathegood | 4 |
| 4827 | KAMALA HARRIS (6, 6) | Insight: penetrating alarm irks agitated senator (6, 6) | KAMAL(AHA)RRIS* | sarathegood | 4 |
| 1252 | SCOLD (5) | Harpy is schooled alternately (5) | iS sChOoLeD (alternate letters) | sarathegood | 3 |
| 1490 | BLUR (4) | Obscure English band (4) | ddef | sarathegood | 3 |
| 1501 | ACRIMONIOUS (11) | Cutting a hundred debt notes overwhelms shattered minor (11) | cutting = def A + C (RIMON*) IOUS |
sarathegood | 3 |
| 1558 | ZEAL (4) | Oddly, Zoe's all appetite (4) | ZoEsAlL | sarathegood | 3 |
| 1579 | HORSE (5) | Silver, for example, hydrogen, or selenium (5) | Silver, for example: def, Lone Ranger’s horse H + OR + SE |
sarathegood | 3 |
| 1702 | STRANGE BREW (7, 4) | Western garb altered for Canadian comedy film (7, 4) | STRANGEBREW* def references 1983 Bob & Doug McKenzie movie |
sarathegood | 3 |
| 1805 | POLYCHROMATIC (13) | Having multiple partners bewildering to a chic Mr Rainbow (13) | POLY + CHROMATIC* = rainbow (adj) | sarathegood | 3 |
| 1848 | CRUISE (6) | In the sound, teams of rowers move smoothly and effortlessly (6) | Homophone: CREWS/CRUISE ("In the sound" has surface reading sound = broad ocean inlet) |
sarathegood | 3 |
| 1870 | PREDATOR (8) | Horrible raptor swallows Ed in Schwarzenegger sci-fi horror film (8) | RAPTOR* = PRATOR PR(ED)ATOR Schwarzenegger sci-fi horror film = Predator |
sarathegood | 3 |
| 2096 | LIKE (4) | Valleyspeak discourse marker initially legitimized by Eisenhower (4) | L(egitimized) + IKE Valleyspeak discourse marker = def ("like, totally") |
sarathegood | 3 |
| 2107 | MOPED (5) | Scooter brooded (5) | ddef (Scooter the Muppet for surface) | sarathegood | 3 |
| 3836 | SPEED (5) | Hurry -- ocean's rising (5) | DEEP'S< (down clue only) |
sarathegood | 3 |
| 1154 | PALLET (6) | Flat wooden blade from Final Fantasy in the ear (6) | Owen Pallett = musician also known as Final Fantasy | sarathegood | 2 |
| 1190 | DEAD HORSE (4, 5) | She adored ruined thing that is beaten in vain (4, 5) | she adored = anagram of DEAD HORSE | sarathegood | 2 |
| 1236 | CITY (4) | Urban cop is ticketing youngster, initially (4) | urban = def. of city (adj) initial letters = Cop Is Ticketing Youngster |
sarathegood | 2 |
| 1264 | SHOT (4) | Report quiet occupational therapist (4) | Report: def (n) SH + OT |
sarathegood | 2 |
| 1284 | CINNABAR (8) | Prohibit replacing molybdenum and nitrogen in spice to make toxic ore of mercury (8) | toxic ore of mercury: def CINNAMON (spice) - (MO + N) + BAR (prohibit) |
sarathegood | 2 |
| 1354 | BEEF WELLINGTON (4, 10) | Carp emerging before 2000-lb pastry-wrapped meat dish (4, 10) | Carp = beef = complaint BEEF WELLING + TON |
sarathegood | 2 |
| 1355 | ISLAND (6) | Key is secure (6) | key: def'n secure: land (verb) |
sarathegood | 2 |
| 1393 | RUSTY (5) | Out of practice disassembling yurts (5) | YURTS* | sarathegood | 2 |
| 1442 | PROLIX (6) | Verbose expert gives tongue lashing, reportedly? (6) | verbose: def homophone: PRO LICKS (gives tongue lashing: punny def for licks) |
sarathegood | 2 |
| 1445 | SOLITAIRE (9) | Doctor sore tail to conceal one way you play with yourself (9) | def: way you play with yourself SORETAIL* to conceal I (one): SOLITA(I)RE |
sarathegood | 2 |
| 1461 | ANGLE (5) | Brokeback Mountain director drops sixth camera position (5) | ANG LE(-e) | sarathegood | 2 |
| 1462 | SKEPTICISM (10) | Doubt remained with one confined by rupture and no hospital (10) | remained = kept, with one = + I, rupture and no hospital = SC(-h)ISM S(KEPT + I)C(-h)ISM |
sarathegood | 2 |
| 1482 | TREATY (6) | Convention hosted by Sartre at yearend (6) | convention: def SarTRE AT Yearend |
sarathegood | 2 |
| 1489 | BEAN (4) | Kenobi has a pulse (4) | pulse = def BE(A)N |
sarathegood | 2 |
| 1503 | SYLLOGISM (9) | For example, all healthy bullfrogs can jump; this frog is a healthy bullfrog; therefore, this frog can jump rotten slimy logs (9) | def is example of syllogism (I think?) SLIMYLOGS* |
sarathegood | 2 |
| 1520 | MILLENNIAL (10) | Take as needed from menial member of the avocado toast generation (10) | take as needed from = letter bank operator: MENIAL def = member of the avocado toast generation |
sarathegood | 2 |
| 1589 | ANY CLUE ENDING IN A BEAN (7, 7) | A weird phony thinks on portrayer of fellow who likes a bit of liver with nice Chianti and fava bean (7, 7) | ANTHONY HOPKINS A + PHONYTHINKSON* def = portrayer of a fellow who likes a bit of liver with nice Chianti and fava bean (Thx AuLeaf!) |
sarathegood | 2 |
| 1614 | FERTILE | Ingenious flirt Cummings is aroused (7) | (FLIRT + EE)* "aroused" can be an anagram indicator, right?? def = ingenious (as in a fertile mind) |
sarathegood | 2 |
| 1619 | IODINE (6) | Actress Skye coats princess with antiseptic (6) | antiseptic = def IO(DI)NE ("with" as connector...??) |
sarathegood | 2 |
| 1637 | KAPUT (5) | No-good vodka Putin hides (5) | vodKA PUTin | sarathegood | 2 |
| 1698 | XIMENES (7) | Revered compiler's semen going all over the place after I kiss back (7) | (X + I)< + MENES* I'M VERY SORRY ABOUT THIS |
sarathegood | 2 |
| 1704 | GROSSLY (7) | Glossary contents reordered with “a” entry excised, unacceptably (7) | G (ROSSL*) Y -a |
sarathegood | 2 |
| 1740 | PIQUANT (7) | Provocative quip agitated worker (7) | PIQU* + ANT | sarathegood | 2 |
| 1745 | RHODE ISLAND (5, 6) | Snide lad in a state follows Greek character in a state (5, 6) | RHO + DEISLAND* first "in a state" = upset, anagrind second: "in" = connector, "a state" = def |
sarathegood | 2 |
| 1759 | SWITCH (6) | Struggle at first with desire for whip (6) | S + W + ITCH = whip | sarathegood | 2 |
| 1763 | ANAGRIND (8) | Instruction to mix pulp and grain (8) | ANAGRIND* = instruction to mix | sarathegood | 2 |
| 1771 | AMPUTATE (8) | Perform certain surgery on wild puma at London art institution (8) | AMPU* + TATE = perform certain surgery on | sarathegood | 2 |
| 1802 | PICKUP (6 OR 4,2) | Initially, poser insists Calvin Klein undies predictably attract new sexual partners (4, 2) | acrostic | sarathegood | 2 |
| 1842 | ARAMIS (6) | Ghostbuster portrayer goes after a musketeer role (6) | A + RAMIS | sarathegood | 2 |
| 1931 | ALPHABET (8) | Characters bathe pal roughly (8) | BATHEPAL* | sarathegood | 2 |
| 1976 | SHIITAKE (8) | Mushroom and rice wine: swallows it after greeting (8) | S(HI + IT)AKE | sarathegood | 2 |
| 2052 | DOUBT (5) | Pageboy, for one, confused, but makes reservation (5) | Pageboy, for one = hairstyle = DO Confused but = UBT Reservation = def |
sarathegood | 2 |
| 2108 | CARCASSONNE (11) | Game sounds like the beating of a dead horse (11) | homophone of "carcass 0wn" (Thanks, Dragon's Tomb) |
sarathegood | 2 |
| 2109 | CARCASSONNE (11) | Board game made from bits of corneas (11) | letter bank | sarathegood | 2 |
| 2193 | RICE (4) | Author of Interview with the Vampire initially rejects diamonds (4) | def = (Anne) RICE R + ICE |
sarathegood | 2 |
| 3833 | SPEED (5) | Eliminated after sprinter's first race (5) | S(printer) + PEED = race (verb sense) | sarathegood | 2 |
| 5322 | ANY CLUE WHOSE SURFACE COMPLIMENTS A PUZZLER (??) | Imaginative creator Projectyl, oddly with no end of material (4) | PrOjEcTyL - materiaL = POET = imaginative creator | sarathegood | 2 |
| 1180 | PLATEAU (7) | Flat water for Parisian table (7) | In French, PLAT = flat and EAU = water | sarathegood | 1 |
| 1186 | NOSFERATU (9) | Vampire film confused outre fans (9) | outre fans = anagram of NOSFERATU | sarathegood | 1 |
| 1193 | MEAN (4) | Nasty attitude, sounds like (4) | mien = attitude (homophone) nasty = definition |
sarathegood | 1 |
| 1229 | SAFFRON (7) | Douglas, affronted, hides orange (7) | Hidden word in DouglaS AFFRONted Orange = saffron (color) |
sarathegood | 1 |
| 1241 | BANDUNG (7) | Stopper to hold bland, two-fifths gone, Malaysian drink (7) | bung = stopper: B[(bl)AND]UNG | sarathegood | 1 |
| 1242 | SYNOD (5) | Church council scholars hold club back (5) | Church council = def Scholars = DONS; club = Y, reversed |
sarathegood | 1 |
| 1298 | GLIMMER (7) | Feeble light males replace shirts in flash (7) | Feeble light: def flash: glitter, males: MM, shirts: TT GLI(TT->MM)ER |
sarathegood | 1 |
| 1333 | MNEMONIC DEVICE (8,6) | For example, my very excited mother just served us nachos, using only resources of dim coven (8, 6) | For example, my very excited mother just served us nachos: def'n (example of mnemonic for planet order) DIM COVEN: letter bank |
sarathegood | 1 |
| 1344 | VIRIDIAN (8) | Blue-green vehicle carries iridium; I almost die (8) | blue-green: def'n V(IR + I + DI(e))AN |
sarathegood | 1 |
| 1348 | SCINTILLATE (11) | Get up to no good, but not after 20:00, we hear *wink* (11) | Homophone: sin till eight | sarathegood | 1 |
| 1391 | DOMINION (8) | Fiefdom in Ionia houses government (8) | FiefDOM IN IONia | sarathegood | 1 |
| 1408 | ORALLY (6) | Ballad that was inspiration for "Love Me Tender" heard in performance using spoken word (6) | using spoken word: def Ballad on which "Love Me Tender" was based: AURA LEE; "heard in performance" clues homophone |
sarathegood | 1 |
| 1502 | RECEIPT (7) | Getting new respect after removing sulfur and adding iodine (7) | getting = definition "new" signals anagram [RE(-s)PECT(+I)]* |
sarathegood | 1 |
| 1678 | NURSE (5) | Sip occasionally from cracked urns with last of wine (5) | def = sip occasionally ("nurse a drink") NURS* + (win)E |
sarathegood | 1 |
| 1685 | AARDVARK (8) | Cerebus, for one, is abroad initially with a broken-down dark RV (8) | A(broad) + A + RDVARK* Def = Cerebus, for one |
sarathegood | 1 |
| 1730 | GUIDE (5) | Train is secured with wires, reportedly (5) | Homophone: guyed | sarathegood | 1 |
| 1749 | TO AND FRO (2, 3, 3) | Till a quivering frond with an oscillating motion (2, 3, 3) | TO + A + NDFRO* = with an oscillating motion | sarathegood | 1 |
| 1817 | BROWNIE (7) | “Elf” actress Larson features now playing (7) | BR(*OWN)IE = elf | sarathegood | 1 |
| 1868 | THE SUN (3, 3) | Here comes this, per Beatles song covered by Barthes undertaker (3, 3) | "Here Comes the Sun" BarTHES UNdertaker |
sarathegood | 1 |
| 1871 | PREDATOR (8) | Hawk, e.g., or Raptor dribbled around Ed (8) | RAPTOR* = PRATOR PR(ED)ATOR Hawk, e.g. = predator |
sarathegood | 1 |
| 1875 | PSYCHO (6) | Hitchcock film with South Korean pop star and American comedian Margaret (6) | PSY + CHO | sarathegood | 1 |
| 1953 | THE END (3, 3) | Doors hit hen with energy: after initial twitching, died (3, 3) | T + HE(E)N + D = Doors hit (song title) | sarathegood | 1 |
| 1961 | STIMULATED (10) | Aroused and satisfied holding Tim and Lu from behind (10) | S(TIM + UL<)ATED | sarathegood | 1 |
| 2059 | CHUTZPAH (8) | After taking tea, crazy het up cat haz audacity (8) | HET UP CAT HAZ - tea = HUPCTHAZ* | sarathegood | 1 |
| 2079 | MINI GOLF (8) | Little links heads of major league football eat in one go (4,4) | M(IN + I + GO)LF little links = def (also tiny sausages for surface) |
sarathegood | 1 |
| 2183 | DEMESNE (7) | Pervert on the telephone line (7) | homophone (demean = pervert) line = def (M-W 2: area of knowledge) |
sarathegood | 1 |
| 2430 | SUNSHINE (8) | Ray's quiet in square after United States retreats (8) | 9 = square SU< + N(SH)INE ray = def |
sarathegood | 1 |
| 3847 | CREAM (5) | At first, concerts bore British rock group (5) | C + REAM = British rock group (Cream) | sarathegood | 1 |
| 3848 | BUTTER (6) | Goat milk product? (6) | punny ddef for goat ("one that butts = butter") | sarathegood | 1 |
| 3871 | ANIMAL (6) | I'm into obsessively precise drummer (6) | AN(IM)AL = Animal from the Muppets | sarathegood | 1 |
| 7811 | ENHANCE (7) | Improve crushed henna with cockle shell (7) | ENHAN* + CocklE | sarathegood | 1 |
| 7834 | WALUIGI (7) | Nasty Wii lug featuring acceleration! (7) | &lit W(A)LUIGI* Waluigi is a bad guy ("nasty") who is a heavy driver (a "lug") in Mario Kart, with a high acceleration stat. |
sarathegood | 1 |
| 1244 | BENEFACTOR (10) | Angel Affleck, loud actor, has energy (10) | Angel = definition BEN (E) F + ACTOR |
sarathegood | 0 |
| 1251 | SHALLOTS (8) | Onions belonging to Tennyson's Lady, reportedly (8) | onions: def belonging to Tennyson's Lady: Shalott's (homophone) |
sarathegood | 0 |
| 1265 | SWARM (5) | Gang war in manuscript read back to front (5) | Gang: def (n) S(WAR)M (rev. of MS) |
sarathegood | 0 |
| 1401 | LYRICALLY (9) | Regarding the libretto, Cyril is mixed up and a little lost at first, yes (9) | Regarding the libretto: def LYRIC(cyril*) + A + L(ittle) + L(ost) + Y |
sarathegood | 0 |
| 1481 | GEMINI (6) | Genie doesn't finish taking note for Castor and Pollux (6) | def: Castor and Pollux GE(MI)NI(-e) |
sarathegood | 0 |
| 1485 | BEAN (4) | Pulse with fourth beat becoming uneven in the end (4) | def: pulse BEA(T -> N) |
sarathegood | 0 |
| 1514 | PICASSO (7) | Famously horny painter rides epic ass obsessively (7) | ePIC ASS Obsessively | sarathegood | 0 |
| 1615 | FERTILE | Short feed holds back wasted and initially ravenous lush (7) | FE(R+TIL<)E (-d) short feed = FEE(-d), wasted and initially ravenous = LIT + R lush = def |
sarathegood | 0 |
| 1640 | SAAG PANEER (4, 6) | Indian food addiction support group with gangsta part-goat god is hosted by oracle (4, 6) | S(AA + G + PAN)EER |
sarathegood | 0 |
| 1677 | APRICOT (7) | Capri coterie smuggles fruit (7) | cAPRI COTerie | sarathegood | 0 |
| 1753 | SWITCH (6) | Control yearning after empty screw (6) | Control = S(cre)W + ITCH | sarathegood | 0 |
| 1770 | PILLOW CASE (6, 4) | Bag carpet fibres covering blue inverted blister (6, 4) | PIL(LOW + CAS<)E = bag | sarathegood | 0 |
| 1779 | SIGNATURE (9) | Brief sigh: eat, run after cooking type of dish for which a chef is famous (9) | SIG(-h) + NATURE* = type of dish for which a chef is famous | sarathegood | 0 |
| 1797 | RAINSTORM (9) | Sun god in short story initially manipulates cloudburst (9) | RA + IN + STOR(y) + M(anipulates) = cloudburst | sarathegood | 0 |
| 1800 | CAKE (4) | Something easily done about kinetic energy (4) | CA + KE = something easily done | sarathegood | 0 |
| 1801 | TAUTOLOGY (9) | For example, newly innovate model car trunk at club (9) | T + AUTO + LOG + Y For example, newly innovate = stylistic tautology |
sarathegood | 0 |
| 1823 | UPSIDE DOWN (6, 4) | Bad pun about face and hairstyle work in disarray (6, 4) | UP(SIDE + DO + W)N* = in disarray | sarathegood | 0 |
| 1829 | QUARTZ (6) | Crystal buzzing at core after two pints (6) | QUART + (buz)Z(ing) | sarathegood | 0 |
| 1923 | MATTER (6) | McQueen's best friend has time for affair (6) | Reference to Mater, Lightning McQueen's best friend in Cars MAT(T)ER |
sarathegood | 0 |
| 1929 | MATTER (6) | Mean milliner exchanges hat for 1000 (6) | (H -> M)ATTER def = verb, sense of signify This would only work for a vertical clue. |
sarathegood | 0 |
| 1984 | CLEMENCY (8) | Classic exterior includes the French fellows by eastern end of Jewellery Quarter (8) | C(LE + MEN)C + Y quarter = definition The Jewellery Quarter is a real place! (In Birmingham) For a horizontal entry |
sarathegood | 0 |
| 2011 | DUNGEON (7) | Gone wild in "One Shade of Grey" BDSM chamber (7) | DU(NGEO*)N dun is a shade of brownish grey |
sarathegood | 0 |
| 2021 | CHICKEN (7) | Psychic Kenyan hosts dangerous who-yields-first game (7) | PsyCHIC KENyan |
sarathegood | 0 |
| 2859 | SPOONER (7) | Tip of peeler in rather old-fashioned utensil holder (7) | S(P)OONER (sooner = rather) def = old-fashioned utensil holder |
sarathegood | 0 |
| 3837 | SPEED (5) | Spawn has power, swiftness (5) | S(P)EED = swiftness | sarathegood | 0 |
| 3916 | BEAT (4) | Whipped red vegetable for the audience (4) | homophone (beet) | sarathegood | 0 |
| 3982 | VULPINE (7) | Cunning vampire's first lupine transformation (7) | Vampire + *ULPINE Not MUCH of a transformation, oh well |
sarathegood | 0 |
| 4493 | HEALTH (6) | Ledger includes loan’s initial condition (6) | HEA(L)TH (Heath Ledger) | sarathegood | 0 |
| 4843 | BROWN (5) | Shade forehead by mid-morning (5) | BROW + morNing | sarathegood | 0 |