Contests started: FERTILE, PLUM (4), URANIUM (7), NEPETA (6), ANY CLUE IN HAIKU WITH 5-7-5 SYLLABLES (???), HARRIES (7), I DON’T KNOW (1, 4, 4), PALINDROME (10), CLUE W/ "TURING MACHINE" NOT MEANING A REAL TM (?), HALLOWEEN (9), ENUMERATION (11), DEJA VU (4, 2), NIXIOUS (7), COSMIC RAYS (6, 4), BENDY (5), CHARTREUSE (10), FILLER (6), WHATEVER (8), WETLANDS (8), BOO-BOO (3-3), BLIZZARD (8), ESSE (4), CAMEMBERT (9), MIT (3), ANSWER (6), EVENING (7), AAA (3), III (3), OOO (3), PRIX FIXE (4, 4), NEXT-LEVEL (4-5), QUESTION MARK OR ? (8 4 or 1), 漫畫 (2), BONE (4), URL (3), XEROX (5), CAW (3), ANY CLUE THAT USES A CHESS ABBREVIATION (?), HITCHHIKE (9), ANY INFINITE STRING (♾️), CROSSWORD (9), WEED (4), RING (4), TANG (4), MAGNETON (8), KAIZO (5), RETSINA (7), BRUH (4), MAXIXE (6), TIC-TAC-TOE (3-3-3), EEVEE (5), X-WING (1-4), E. COLI OR ESCHERICHIA COLI (1. 4 OR 11, 4), MWAHAHAHA (9), AC (2), TWO-BIT (3-3), MYRIAD (6), TMESIS (6), SHOEBOX (7), HANDSHAKE (9), ECTOPLASM (9), ENUM (4), SQUID (5), LSD (3), ECSTASY (7), SLASH (5), TELETUBBIES (11), SCP (3), MIHOYO (6)
Contests won: BALBIS (6), HOMESTUCK (9), BOURGEOIS (9), PROMISE (7), ASH (3), NONARY GAME (6, 4), RETRONYM (8)
| Clue ID | Contest | Clue | Explanation (hover) | Submitted By | Likes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2569 | BALBIS (6) | Within pubs, I blabber about the shape of rugby posts (6) | (pubS I BLABber)< / “the shape of rugby posts” | Idontknow | 4 |
| 3495 | PROMISE (7) | Papa is in Rome, I swear! (7) | P+ROM(IS)E = "I swear!" (like the exclamation "Promise!") | Idontknow | 4 |
| 4961 | NONARY GAME (6, 4) | Zero Escape escape challenge? Nope, not ready (6, 4) | "Zero Escape escape challenge" = NO+NARY+GAME | Idontknow | 4 |
| 5154 | WAIF (4) | A naive person turned their head 90 degrees to the left, becoming a lost person (4) | (N->W)AIF = a lost person | Idontknow | 4 |
| 5171 | GOBBLE (6) | Discord to be blog feed (6) | BEBLOG* = feed | Idontknow | 4 |
| 2547 | TEMPEST (7) | Storm an Arizona college town street (7) | TEMPE (Arizona college town) + ST | Idontknow | 3 |
| 3427 | BOURGEOIS (9) | Members of the middle class urge in an exclamatory statement to be present | BO(URGE)O+IS = “members of middle class” | Idontknow | 3 |
| 2553 | GILBERT (7) | Grape does ecstasy in bathroom covered with gold foil (7) | GIL(B(E)R)T / Gilbert Grape | Idontknow | 2 |
| 2678 | HANABI (6) | Looking back, I ban a hard collaborative card game (6) | (I BAN A H)< = “collaborative card game” | Idontknow | 2 |
| 2682 | SENEGAL (7) | Senator put before leaderless legal entity surrounding almost all of The Gambia (7) | SEN+(-l)EGAL = “entity surrounding almost all of The Gambia” | Idontknow | 2 |
| 3573 | ASH (3) | “Rapidash not fast” - Pokémon trainer who didn’t win a league in 22 years (3) | (-rapid)ASH = “Pokémon trainer who didn’t win a league in 22 years” | Idontknow | 2 |
| 5181 | AHEAD OF THE CURVE (5, 2, 3, 5) | A leader often bows, getting decollated (having his head broken off cutting-edge) (5, 2, 3, 5) | A+HEAD+OFT(H(is))(-r)ECURVE(-s) = "cutting-edge" | Idontknow | 2 |
| 5336 | DEFLATE (7) | note, note, note, contract (7) | D+EFLAT+E | Idontknow | 2 |
| 2573 | HOMESTUCK (9) | Flat Earthbound webcomic (9) | HOME+STUCK = “webcomic” | Idontknow | 1 |
| 2866 | LIGHT (5) | Lit current (5) | "Light" is "lit" in the present tense, but a light can also be an electric current that is lit (meaning either giving off light or switched on). | Idontknow | 1 |
| 3541 | SLAUGHTER (9) | Mass killing causes end to laughter (9) | (cause)S+LAUGHTER = “mass killing” | Idontknow | 1 |
| 3547 | SLAUGHTER (9) | Mass killing causes last laughter (9) | (cause)S+LAUGHTER = “mass killing” | Idontknow | 1 |
| 4017 | FUELS (5) | Supplies odd flute glass (5) | F(-l)U(-t)E(-g)L(-a)S(-s) = "supplies" | Idontknow | 1 |
| 4125 | ANY CLUE THAT CONTAINS ITS ANSWER (?) | Most palatable test contains its answer in reverse (8) | "most palatable" = T((ITS+A)<)EST | Idontknow | 1 |
| 4286 | WALK OF FAME (4, 2, 4) | Break law, make off, star in Hollywood collection (4, 2, 4) | (LAWMAKEOFF)* = "star in Hollywood collection" as in the collection of Hollywood stars, the Hollywood Walk of Fame | Idontknow | 1 |
| 5160 | RETRONYM (8) | Wired might be trying to indicate, this Thursday, half of NY's metro is to be brought down with its terminal decommissioned (8) | nysmetro -> etronysm R+ETRONY(-(it)s)M = Wired might be trying to indicate this Questionable definition courtesy of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_retronyms#Retronymic_adjectives |
Idontknow | 1 |
| 5170 | BIG BROTHER (3, 7) | Authoritarian leader is bigot, leading her around bedroom (3, 7) | BIG(BR)OT+HER | Idontknow | 1 |
| 5176 | YEW (3) | Wye-shaped tree (3) | WYE* | Idontknow | 1 |
| 5267 | JE T'AIME (2, 1'4) | I love you, French math contest, after justifiably earning three first places. (2, 1'4) | math contest = AIME J_+E_+T_+AIME = "I love you, French" |
Idontknow | 1 |
| 5279 | TORTE (5) | Otter going crazy for cake (5) | OTTER* = cake | Idontknow | 1 |
| 5687 | AAA (3) | Video game produced by major publishers' scream after becoming fearful of certain credit ratings, amazing New Deal-era subsidizer. (3) | quadruple def :thinking: video game produced by major publishers = scream after becoming fearful = of certain credit ratings, amazing = New Deal-era subsidizer = AAA |
Idontknow | 1 |
| 7681 | TAPA (4) | Snack torn apart without resistance (4) | <APA(-r)T> | Idontknow | 1 |
| 12125 | LIED (4) | Made up a German song (4) | ddef | Idontknow | 1 |
| 12135 | TELEGRAM (8) | Cable system covers middle of battleground (8) | CABLE = TEAM ("system") around the exact middle third of battLEGRound | Idontknow | 1 |
| 12144 | CRAPS (5) | Here 7/11 is a natural leader for convenience stores opening after a strike (5) | Here 7/11 is a natural = C_ + RAP + S_ (S_ after RAP) | Idontknow | 1 |
| 2539 | NEPETA (6) | AC = 27; "ATROLLHAVINGPOUNCEDELEONASONEPETANDLUSUS"[AC:33] (6) | Interpreting as string slicing spits out 'NEPETA'. AC:33 is basically Nepeta the troll's handle. I guess it's &lit??????? |
Idontknow | 0 |
| 2557 | HILBERT (7) | Generalized space hotel owner in a thought experiment (7) | Generalized space -> Hilbert space (ish) hotel owner in a thought experiment -> Hilbert's Hotel |
Idontknow | 0 |
| 2570 | NEPETA (6) | Homestuck troll on Neopets loses OS, leading to beginning of apocalypse (6) | NE(-o)PET(-s)+Apocalypse / Homestuck troll | Idontknow | 0 |
| 2579 | HOMESTUCK (9) | Mock the endlessly alternative Hussie about Hussie’s most famous webcomic (9) | (MOCK+THe+hUsSiE)* = “Hussie’s most famous webcomic” | Idontknow | 0 |
| 4270 | BESIDE (6) | Silicon droid finally in bee is upset with oneself (6) | BE(SI+_D)E = "upset (with oneself)", as in "beside oneself" | Idontknow | 0 |
| 4290 | BENDY (5) | Is central ink demon leader and theMeatly character! (5) | BE+_N_+D_+Y: &lit | Idontknow | 0 |
| 5164 | ADVENT (6) | Entrance had ventilation inside (6) | _AD VENT_ | Idontknow | 0 |
| 5353 | BY-PRODUCT (2-7) | Side effect from being next to cross or wedge, say (2-7) | BY+PRODUCT = ~incredibly obvious "wordplay"~ "Side effect" | Idontknow | 0 |
| 6079 | INTESTINES (10) | I sent letters repeating colons (10) | I SENT letter bank colons = intestines according to Google synonyms |
Idontknow | 0 |