Contests started: AFICIONADO (10), SEPTEMBER (9), TIMESCALE (9), AGHAST (6), P?DDLE (6), SOMETHING WITH DEFINITION 'WORD', SPOONER (7)
Contests won: ADDRESS (7), AFICIONADO (10), SEPTEMBER (9), YOUR USERNAME (?), TIMESCALE (9), TEXAS (5), ENUMERATION (11), COLOR OR COLOUR (5 OR 6), LAW OF EXCLUDED MIDDLE (3, 2, 8, 6), SWEET (5), MORATORIUM (10), CONTAINER (9), A CRYPTIC IN PUFLANTU (?), MOBILE PHONE (6,5), SUBSCRIBE (9), DISCOVERY (9), BUTTE (5), APPLAUD (7), AMOK (4), CLUE SIGNIFICANTLY SHORTER THAN THE ANSWER (?), HUMAN (5), DANCER (6), CARTOUCHE (9), DIPLOPIA (8), ANY CLUE WITH THE CLEAVE MECHANIC FROM MTG, HYDROPHOBIC (11), COCONUT (7), WINNIE OR POOH (6/4)
| Clue ID | Contest | Clue | Explanation (hover) | Submitted By | Likes |
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| 7947 | ANY CLUE WITH THE CLEAVE MECHANIC FROM MTG | 『「B[e inc]」o「[n]」』v『「[en]」』i『「[e]」n「[c]」e「[d]」 「[by] d[e]art[h]」, 「[which]」 』i『s』 『「mar[ked by a]」』s『hy 「pl[e]a[sa]nt [ending]」 (』 0 『+f』o『u』r 『( 10 ) / (「[2*]」』5『)』 ) | no removals: > Be inconvenienced by dearth, which is marked by ashy pleasant ending (0 + four(10) / (2*5)) "Be inconvenienced by dearth" = def; "which is marked by" = transition from def to wp; "ashy" = WAN; "pleasant ending" = _T --- remove []: > Bovine dart is marshy plant (0 + four(10) / (5)) Bovine = BULL; dart = RUSH; marshy plant = BULLRUSH --- remove 「」 (and []): > ovine is shy (0 + four(10) / (5)) ddef SHEEPISH --- remove 『』 (and 「」, and []): > vii s 0 or 10 (5) S + EVEN |
Deusovi | 9 |
| 2254 | DISCOVERY (9) | Invention of "Y̊"? (9) | punny ddef: DISC OVER Y | Deusovi | 7 |
| 2163 | DISEASE (7) | Stack Exchange is after new ideas for bug (7) | DISEA*+S.E. | Deusovi | 6 |
| 3065 | SEDNA (5) | Goddess of mountains from the east (5) | ANDES reversal | Deusovi | 6 |
| 43 | AFICIONADO (10) | A timeless story: trouble for expert (10) | A + FIC(-t)ION + ADO | Deusovi | 5 |
| 462 | ENUMERATION (11) | Mountaineer's bizarre item to the right of this (11) | anagram of MOUNTAINEER | Deusovi | 5 |
| 501 | COLOR OR COLOUR (5 OR 6) | Embellish scroll, oddly lacking golfer's cry overheard after commencement (?) | Embellish: def scroll, oddly lacking: _C_O_L golfer's cry: FORE ...overheard: FOUR / FOR ...after commencement: OUR / OR |
Deusovi | 5 |
| 1104 | VANILLA (7) | Normal one in country house (7) | country house = VILLA one = AN normal = VANILLA (as in "unmodified") |
Deusovi | 5 |
| 1138 | MOBILE PHONE (6,5) | Cell's cleaning tool has bodily fluid and file (6, 5) | MO(BILE)P + HONE, definition "cell" | Deusovi | 5 |
| 2631 | APPLAUD (7) | Put together a couple bits of appreciative, quiet praise! (7) | put together [X], [Y]: concatenation indicator a couple bits of appreciative: AP_ quiet praise: P+LAUD |
Deusovi | 5 |
| 89 | EDEN (4) | Old garden's empty nest (4) | E+DEN ("empty" as on a fuel tank, "nest" meaning "lair") | Deusovi | 4 |
| 119 | YOUR USERNAME (?) | Awfully devious puzzler (7) | just an anagram of DEVIOUS, definition "puzzler" | Deusovi | 4 |
| 511 | LAW OF EXCLUDED MIDDLE (3, 2, 8, 6) | Fill-in-the-blanks gameshow, for short, sent back not-so-bright 500 after show kept 150 admitted into "Spoon: The Intuitionist's Bane" (3, 2, 8, 6) | Fill-in-the-blanks gameshow, for short: W(heel) O(f) F(ortune) sent back not-so-bright 500: DIM+D, reversed show kept 150: EXUDE, containing CL spoon: LADLE the intuitionist's bane: definition (intuitionism is a form of logic without the law of excluded middle) making LA(WOF+EX(CL)UDE+(D+MID<))DLE |
Deusovi | 4 |
| 547 | SWEET (5) | Auditor's apartment is nice (5) | "Auditor's": homophone indicator Apartment: SUITE nice: SWEET (as in slang) |
Deusovi | 4 |
| 779 | MORATORIUM (10) | Ban speaker admitted into Michigan University Mass (10) | ORATOR in MI+U+M = "ban" | Deusovi | 4 |
| 784 | CONTAINER (9) | Crate, perhaps, when carrying on (in boarding)! (9) | &lit: CTAER ("crate" anagram) with ON inserted, and then IN inserted as well | Deusovi | 4 |
| 1113 | A CRYPTIC IN PUFLANTU (?) | Oxpelwe' avu lifanafwe iqa li henhiaden ulime eqa zat (11) | "Gas is what the most excited four students inhaled (7)" E'AVULI: hidden word in oxpelwE' AVU LIfanafwe ("most excited four students") |
Deusovi | 4 |
| 2164 | DISEASE (7) | Ideas lost by Stack Exchange bug (7) | DISEA*+S.E. | Deusovi | 4 |
| 2491 | ANY PANGRAMMATIC CLUE (?) | Injure wizard after promotional exhibition, quickly moving backwards (6) | promotional exhibition, quickly = AD ("quickly" = abbreviation) DA< + MAGE |
Deusovi | 4 |
| 2909 | ORDINAL (7) | Perhaps, arithmetic found in set that's going upwards starting from 0, containing the natural numbers! (7) | &lit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordinal_arithmetic perhaps, arithmetic = R (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_three_Rs) set = LAID 0 = O natural numbers = N (as in math) O+(R)+DI(N)AL< |
Deusovi | 4 |
| 3463 | DANCER (6) | "Sort of race" describes knight perhaps following east of hard pullers' second member (6) | Sort of race: ACER* describes: [around] knight, perhaps: N following: [after] east of hard: _D pullers' second member: DANCER (as in Santa's reindeer) |
Deusovi | 4 |
| 512 | QUISQUOUS (9) | A couple of questions about methods of interaction (even autocues!) are troubling (9) | Q+Q around UIS (user interfaces), with even letters of aUtOcUeS | Deusovi | 3 |
| 988 | ANY CLUE INCORPORATING A SONG TITLE (?) | Folk singer's "Bullet With Butterfly Wings" includes 60 digits (4, 5) | Bullet: LEAD (slang) Butterfly wings: B_Y includes: container 60 digits: ELL (in imperial units) => Folk singer: LEAD BELLY |
Deusovi | 3 |
| 2083 | SUBSCRIBE (9) | Follow writer's apprentice? (9) | "sub-scribe" punny double def | Deusovi | 3 |
| 2481 | LEAD (4) | Opening line: "Steer experience direct chief's metal spearhead tip" (4) | nonuple definition (all distinct according to M-W and Oxford - some may be a bit similar but eh whatever there are nine of them) opening (of a news article) line (tether) steer ("escort" or "guide") experience (as in "lead a life of...") direct ("command" or "govern") chief (primary part, in a play or film) metal (the element) spearhead (to be at the front of, e.g., a movement) tip ("clue" or "hint") |
Deusovi | 3 |
| 2608 | BUTTE (5) | Protruding part on Earth's surface! (5) | &lit BUTT+E_ | Deusovi | 3 |
| 2662 | AMOK (4) | Even farmwork is out of control (4) | even letters of FARMWORK | Deusovi | 3 |
| 2856 | SPOONER (7) | My bad back almost put off a partner in bed (7) | my bad = OOPS almost put off a = NEAR minus A SPOO<+NE(-a)R = "partner in bed" |
Deusovi | 3 |
| 3111 | CLUE SIGNIFICANTLY SHORTER THAN THE ANSWER (?) | u k? (4) | THOU, double def: informal form of "you", and 1000 | Deusovi | 3 |
| 3462 | HUMAN (5) | "Sort of race" describes knight perhaps following east of hard pullers' second member (5) | Sort of race: def HUMAN describes: [=] knight, perhaps: MAN (a 'man' is another name for a chess piece) following east of: [after] hard: H (as on pencils) pullers' second member: _U_ |
Deusovi | 3 |
| 3964 | ETHEREAL (8) | Shadowy characters from outside the realm (8) | hidden word: "characters from" is the indicator, outsidE THE REALm | Deusovi | 3 |
| 10039 | HYDROPHOBIC (11) | Likely term ascribed to piece of fabric, that when covered in H₂O... remains just as light! (11) | &lit: entire clue is the definition. ("remains just as light" meaning that it doesn't absorb any of the water - and is therefore just as light as it was before, both in terms of weight and color) wordplay: "Likely term" = terminus of LIKELY = Y "ascribed to" = concatenation indicator "piece of fabric" = DROP, as in a drop curtain (common in theater - see https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/drop#Noun, def 4.7) "that when covered in" = container indicator "H₂O" = HHO "remains just as" = concatenation indicator (read roughly as "sits alongside") "light" = slang for lighter = BIC giving H(Y+DROP)HO+BIC |
Deusovi | 3 |
| 3 | ADDRESS (7) | Send circular garment (7) | AD + DRESS: a "circular" is a semi-archaic term for an advertisement | Deusovi | 2 |
| 124 | TIMESCALE (9) | Meat slice chopped up for duration (9) | anagram of MEAT SLICE | Deusovi | 2 |
| 262 | TEXAS (5) | Backwards state with weaponry inside! (5) | AXE inside ST, all reversed | Deusovi | 2 |
| 629 | DELAWARE (8) | Deal made without one acquainted with state of diamond (8) | deal made without one: DE(-a)L ("made without" is the removal indicator) acquainted: AWARE state of diamond: DELAWARE (whose nickname is "the Diamond State" -- though that's not its official nickname, which is "The First State") |
Deusovi | 2 |
| 668 | WHISTLEBLOWER (13) | Fraud-exposing Agent Black let down after plant makes cross central character of network (13) | Black: B let down: LOWER plant: THISTLE makes cross [into] central character of network: change T into _W_ fraud-exposing agent: definition for (t→W)HISTLE+B+LOWER |
Deusovi | 2 |
| 1605 | IODINE (6) | I feast, following priestess of Hera (6) | DINE after IO, def. "I" | Deusovi | 2 |
| 1672 | MUSEUM (6) | Keeping silent, withholding purpose for "art gallery" (6) | USE inside MUM | Deusovi | 2 |
| 5274 | CARTOUCHE (9) | Oblong vehicle that hit me (9) | oblong = def (as a noun) CAR = vehicle TOUCHE = "that hit me" (as in fencing) |
Deusovi | 2 |
| 9795 | CLUE THAT'S ENTIRELY IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE (ANSWER, DEFINITION, AND CRYPTIC READING) | nasin moli kepeken ilo toki (5) | Translation: "a way of killing using a tool for speech" nasin moli [way of killing]: def UTALA [fighting, attack] ilo toki [tool for speech] = UTA [mouth, oral] kepeken [using] = LA [context particle, modifying an entire phrase - like "-ly" in "hopefully"] UTA LA = "with regards to the mouth..." |
Deusovi | 2 |
| 103 | SEPTEMBER (9) | When Billie Joe Armstrong sleeps, pets scattered by object on fire | SEPT*+EMBER; def is a reference to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_Me_Up_When_September_Ends | Deusovi | 1 |
| 123 | TIMESCALE (9) | Lace with two-thirds of mescaline inside a certain interval (9) | "TIE" with MESCAL(-ine) inside; def "a certain interval" | Deusovi | 1 |
| 703 | SEVEN (5) | Predator of nine reindeer from Disney film, gaining energy (5) | Predator of nine: SEVEN (referring to old joke, "why is six afraid of seven? because seven ate nine!") Reindeer from Disney film: SVEN (from Frozen) gaining energy: add E inside |
Deusovi | 1 |
| 975 | CERULEAN (8) | When facing is taken off, lead frame is Ocean Blue (8) | X frame is Y: put X inside Y "lead" = RULE (-o)CE(RULE)AN |
Deusovi | 1 |
| 1246 | SWARM (5) | Host's hot (5) | host: definition (as in "a large number") 's: S hot: WARM |
Deusovi | 1 |
| 2123 | ANY CLUE STARTING WITH CALL IN (?) | Call in the Spanish word for "glaze" (6) | E(NAME)L; def "word for 'glaze'" | Deusovi | 1 |
| 2259 | DISCOVERY (9) | Saucer ought to be near real location (9) | Saucer = DISC ought = O (as in "zero") to be near = concatenation indicator real = VERY ("that's real nice") |
Deusovi | 1 |
| 2663 | AMOK (4) | Postal work: not so odd after the morning (4) | AM + _O_K; def "postal" (as in "going postal") | Deusovi | 1 |
| 3006 | ANY CLUE NUMBER ACROSS/DOWN (? 6/4) | [10D] Handle of the self‽ | &lit TEND + OWN; "handle" as in "identity" in the surface | Deusovi | 1 |
| 3302 | CLUE CONTAINING "CLUE CONTAINING" (?) | Clue containing "Clue containing ball" written on gamers' party vehicle with propulsion in front (7, 7) | TRACE containing ((TIP containing ORB)+LAN) -> TRAC(T(OR B)IP+LAN)E |
Deusovi | 1 |
| 3666 | MALLEUS (7) | Bone near the ear canal's start, essentially to be taken in by (maybe) all humans (7 or 6 or 5) | three-way schrodinger attempt: MALLEUS/INCUS/STAPES. Bone near the ear canal: def 's: [=] start, essentially: E_ to be taken in by: [inserted into] (maybe) all humans: M+ALL+US ⇒ M+ALL+(E)+US Bone near the ear: [def] canal's start: C_ essentially to be taken in: [inserted into] by: IN (as in a deadline) (maybe) all humans: US ⇒ IN+(C)+US Bone near the ear canal: [def] 's: [=] start, essentially to be taken: "start", minus inner letters -> S_T in by: [+] (maybe) all humans: APES ⇒ S_T+APES |
Deusovi | 1 |
| 6760 | DIPLOPIA (8) | *Losing Focus*, lower down, cut vital oddities out (8) | Losing Focus = def lower down = DIP ; cut = LOP; vital, oddities out =(-v)I(-t)A(-l) (sorry for repeating the definition from other clues, but I thought this worked too well to pass up) |
Deusovi | 1 |
| 8002 | ANY BIRD WITH ENUM (3) | Creature that might fly in the night? Prune wings: taken as base (3) | **INTERPRETATION 1** "Creature that might fly" = def "in _: taken as base" = connector indicating relationship between def and wp -- interpret "base" as in the NPL, meaning "the wordplay that the clue is written around" (yes i know this is tenuous shhh) "the night" = THE NIGHT (fodder) "_: prune wings" = hidden word indicator = HEN **INTERPRETATION 2** "Creature that might fly in the night?" = def "Prune wings: _" = remove first and last letters "taken" = TAKEN "_ as base" = anagram indicator ("base" as in "immoral, improper") = KEA **INTERPRETATION 3** "Creature that might fly in the night?" = DEF "Prune wings" = P_E "taken as base" = _N = PEN (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pen#Etymology_4) **INTERPRETATION 4** "Creature that might fly in the night?" = def "Prune wings:" = "remove first and last letter" "taken as base" = LOWLY = OWL |
Deusovi | 1 |
| 10144 | COCONUT (7) | Categorically, a fruit with a hard shell! (7) | &lit: entire clue is the definition wordplay: "a fruit with a hard shell" = NUT; "categorically" is an indicator to interpret the word as in category theory, where co-co-X = X. (see https://youtu.be/H0Ek86IH-3Y?t=438) i'm not sorry |
Deusovi | 1 |
| 670 | AMSCRAY (7) | Pyramid scheme has trio of screwups as its core -- get out! | AMWAY: well-known pyramid scheme trio of screwups: SCR "has [SCR] as its core": replace middle letter with SCR |
Deusovi | 0 |
| 2012 | SGDQ (4) | When only thirds are played of (e.g.) Dragon Quest; when parts are taken out of order! (4) | &lit: take every third of egDraGonQueSt and anagram | Deusovi | 0 |
| 2064 | HASHISH (7) | Mary Jane's husband is hot (7) | Mary Jane: slang for marijuana 's: HAS husband: H is: IS hot: H |
Deusovi | 0 |
| 2125 | ANY CLUE STARTING WITH CALL IN (?) | Call in TAX FIRM (9) | ST(RING)ENT = "firm" RING = "Call" STENT = "tax" (fairly archaic; yes, I'm sorry; see https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/stent, def 2 - 1.1) |
Deusovi | 0 |
| 2128 | ANY CLUE STARTING WITH CALL IN (?) | Call in SWAMP HONEYSUCKLE (5) | hidden word: PHONE | Deusovi | 0 |
| 2706 | ANY CLUE IN HAIKU WITH 5-7-5 SYLLABLES (???) | Laying in a bed // Before bits of icy March // Very wonderful (9) | CO(PACE)T+IC_ (and note that "March" is a kigo!) | Deusovi | 0 |
| 7357 | LAND HO (4, 2) | The beach, where we're headed! A little hazy, in the periphery, see? (4, 2) | &lit: The beach = SAND ..., where we're headed = "when the first letter is cut off" A little hazy = H_ ..., in the periphery, see = "[that], surrounded by LO" (the interjection) = L((-s)AND + H_)O |
Deusovi | 0 |
| 10530 | WINNIE OR POOH (6/4) | What a backed-up horse might produce, or so I'm told, is a yellow bear (6 or 4) | "or so I'm told" = homophone indicator schrödinger: WINNIE ("whinny") or POOH ("poo") i'm only slightly sorry |
Deusovi | 0 |