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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)

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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

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