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All Submissions

Clue ID Contest Clue Explanation (hover) Submitted By Likes
3347 PALINDROME (10) Perhaps Level 51's in random name drop (10) "Perhaps Level" = PA(LI)NDROME* phenomist 7
83 TONIGHT (7) Nearly tucking in a young child at dark (7) "at dark" = TO(NIGH)T = (NIGH = "nearly") tucking in (TOT = "a young child") phenomist 6
384 EUDAEMONICS (11) Program by European science revolutionized the pursuit of happiness (11) "the pursuit of happiness" = EU+DAEMON+ICS< phenomist 6
4120 ALADDIN (7) In the style of 500+501 nights, originally! (7) ALA+D+DI+N_ &lit phenomist 6
9832 BELIES (6) Middles concealed, middle conceals (6) BELLIES without middle L = BELIES ("conceals") phenomist 6
11246 ANY CLUE THAT USES SAT-STYLE ANALOGIES AS WORDPLAY (?) proton : neutron :: its purpose : push (6) P IS TO N = "its purpose is to push" phenomist 6
343 ASKING (6) Requesting for jacket with silver coating (6) "Requesting" = A(SKIN)G phenomist 5
2446 OZONE (5) o3o place (5) "o3" = O+ZONE phenomist 5
5057 XERXES (6) Former king backed second king (6) "king" = (EX-REX)< + S phenomist 5
6319 ANY CLUE WITH AN ENUMERATION META (?) Potato-eating space acquires ringed flagship exterior and frost second, for example (5, 2, 5, 7) TUBER eating PLENUM acquires O+F_P+RIME, +S = TU(PLE(O+F_P+RIME)NUM)BER+S = "for example (5, 2, 5, 7)" phenomist 5
7507 SCRAM (5) Marc's left out (5) SCRAM< = "out(!)" phenomist 5
11405 LUMPIA (6) Puzzler eats soft spring roll (6) LUM(P)IA phenomist 5
102 PARAGON (7) Epitome of mean and endless misery (7) "Epitome" = PARAGON = PAR ("mean"="average") + AGON(-y) (endless "misery") phenomist 4
412 DOUGH (5) GEB author's wealth (5) ddef: the author of Godel Escher Bach is Douglas Hofstadter, shortened to DOUG H. (the shortening is clued by the shortening of GEB) phenomist 4
582 BOW OUT (3, 3) Withdraw, expressed pain in fight (3, 3) "withdraw" = B(OW)OUT phenomist 4
664 LUNAR NEW YEAR (5, 3, 4) Today king embraces one item with three points (5,3,4) "Today" = L(UNAR(NEW)Y)EAR phenomist 4
1122 MXYZPTLK (8) Reverend's taking the last three point villain (8) M(XYZ+PT)LK phenomist 4
5902 TED CRUZ (3, 4) Senator's talk: zodiac killer ends gun shortage (3, 4) "Senator" = TED+_C _R+UZ(-i) phenomist 4
36 BUGGY (5) Malfunctioning rover (5) ddef phenomist 3
63 SLIP (4) Drink? Eat? Large mistake (4) "mistake" = S(L)IP phenomist 3
73 PRAYER (6) Spin bad year with worship (6) "worship" = PR+YEAR* phenomist 3
145 AGHAST (6) Terrified by a Minecraft monster (6) "Terrified" = A+GHAST phenomist 3
147 EAT (3) Head out to sit and dine (3) "dine" = (-s)EAT phenomist 3
157 ROCKWELL MIT sports facility locker, win or lose, is bustling (8) "MIT sports facility" = ROCKWELL (scage) = (LOCKER+W+L)* phenomist 3
202 ATOM (4) Front half of alphabet building block? (4) ddef (A TO M front half of alphabet, ATOM building block of matter) phenomist 3
203 CHIPOTLE (8) I plot upheaval in revolutionary restaurant (8) "restaurant" = CH(IPOTL*)E phenomist 3
559 SWEET (5) Nice Mini in the street (5) "Nice" = S(WEE)T phenomist 3
577 CHESSBOARD (10) Ace, say, gets S in Network; it has eight ranks (10) "it has eight ranks" = C(H(ESS)BO)ARD phenomist 3
795 BURGER (6) Food Spooner's baby formula (6) GERBER spoonerized phenomist 3
1126 MXYZPTLK (8) Supervillain backs up airline, stealing alternative topaz and half onyx (8) "supervillain" = (KL(ToPaZ+onYX)M)< phenomist 3
1142 MOBILE PHONE (6,5) Cell's method: alkaline fluid with high acidity? (6, 5) MO+BILE+PH ONE phenomist 3
1841 AMBIGRAM (8) For example, NOON is, say, after morning hours (8) "NOON" is an example of an ambigram, "is" is an example of a bigram, and AM is morning hours. phenomist 3
3635 STAPES (6) Attaches/removes large bone (6) STAP(-l)ES = "bone" phenomist 3
5515 POINTLESS (9) Game to have two seconds to become international (9) "have" = POSSESS; two seconds = SS, international = INTL, "Game" = PO(ss→INTL)ESS phenomist 3
6391 ANY CLUE THAT USES A CHESS ABBREVIATION (?) English explosive (2) ddef: C4 (English Opening) phenomist 3
7675 DELTA (5) Atlanta airline finally departs over Atlanta airline (5) "Atlanta airline" = (ATL+_E+D) rev phenomist 3
8602 ONE (3), THEN TWO (3), THEN THREE (5), THEN FOUR (4), ETC. Square number in transcendental number (4) Square = NINE
Number = N
in = IN
transcendental number = E
phenomist 3
8654 MINISTER (8) Pastor guy eats in (8) Pastor = MINISTER
guy = MISTER
eats - container
in = IN
M(IN)ISTER
phenomist 3
11490 PERCENT (7) tenth squared the reverend's snake (7) spoonerism of SERPENT = "tenth squared" phenomist 3
15 DISCORD (7) 500 = 100/500? Disagree. "Disagree" = DISCORD = D IS C OR D phenomist 2
41 BUGGY (5) Defective, by containing tryptophan "defective" = B(UGG = "tryptophan")Y phenomist 2
48 AFICIONADO (10) Lover of a novel that's heartless with turmoil (10) "lover" = A+FIC(-t)ION+ADO phenomist 2
56 QUIXOTIC (8) Futile, Tic-Tac-Toe factions are consumed by surrender, I see (8) "futile" = QUI(XO)T+I+C phenomist 2
90 EDEN (4) First Eve is half of garden! E+DEN gotta start somewhere with writing &lit's huh? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ phenomist 2
99 PARAGON (7) Six left by airplane for good model of excellence (7) "model of excellence" = PAR A(vi->G)ON phenomist 2
138 YOUR USERNAME (?) Username in this extreme puzzle Discord! (9) &lit: Username = NOM in (THIS P(uzzl)E)* = PHE(NOM)IST phenomist 2
159 SQUARE (6) Detailed SQL UI are like 0 or 1 (6) "like 0 or 1" = SQ(-l)+U(-i)+ARE phenomist 2
170 BLANK (5) Carbon gains a proton in the dark void "void" = BLA(c->N)K phenomist 2
185 CHOCOLATE (9) Brown's contract: cut and organize heartlessly "Brown" = CHO(-p)+COL(-l)ATE phenomist 2
226 P?DDLE (6) Row limits are limiting 2-D (6) "Row" = PA(DD)LE phenomist 2
227 ??DDLE (6) Addles wildly, makes kind of a point (6) "Kind of a point" = SADDLE = ADDLES* (as in a saddle point) phenomist 2
244 FIRM (4) Mike is after tree business (4) "business" = FIR+M phenomist 2
249 TODAY Advertisement: Back in game now (5) "now" = TO(>DA)Y phenomist 2
647 PATRIOT (7) Losing support, religious leader turned to terrorism act (7) "terrorism act" = PATRI(-arch)+OT< phenomist 2
679 KAKISTOCRACY (12) Bad government are found in kings: more or less suggestive (12) "Bad government" = K(A)K+IS TO+C+RACY
A: are (unit)
KK: kings
IS TO: ":" in an analogy
C: more or less -> circa
RACY: suggestive
phenomist 2
695 GOOGLE (6) "Sticky substance", strange gel search (6) GOO+GLE* phenomist 2
1512 PICASSO (7) Picture by Italian ace painter (7) "painter" = PIC+ASSO phenomist 2
2742 SPINEL (6) Focus back, taking about 3.147? (6) S(PI)NEL< = 7? "spin el" phenomist 2
2789 YUCCA (5) Spinning skill without auto fiber plant (5) "fiber plant" = Y[-car]UCCA phenomist 2
2806 PUCCINI (7) Composer in Starcraft league retreats (7) (IN ICCUP)< phenomist 2
2836 ORDINAL (7) Possibly second, thirteenth, fourth, third, fifth, twentieth, sixth, ninth, first, a googolplexth, eighth... (7) &lit

2nd letter of possibly O
4th letter of thirteenth R
5th letter of third D
6th letter of twentieth I
1st letter of ninth N
a A
8th letter of googolplexth L
phenomist 2
2997 BACTERIA (8) Camel region has original elephant bug (8) BACT(E_)RIA phenomist 2
3043 CLUE CONTAINING UR LAST WINNING CLUE’S ANSWER (?) Puccini, say "/@:" from back to front (9) "Puccini, say" = OPERATIST = PER AT IS TO, move O to front of word phenomist 2
3232 QUINE (5) I didn't know that out of 20% it makes itself (5) QUIN(-til)E phenomist 2
3292 PAPRIKA (7) Lucas approving a kind of baking spice (7) Lucas numbers 2,1,3,4,7,11,18 give the indices in which to take letters of "approving a kind of baking" phenomist 2
3384 ANY COLOR WORD WITH DEF NOT "COLOR" (?) Communist site removed. (3) RED(-dit) phenomist 2
3399 WEB (3) Net is wearable! (3) Not an &lit, just a factorial selector
WE...B
phenomist 2
3432 CRADLE (6) Don't Dropbox, time to download (6) "don't drop" = CRA(t->DL)E phenomist 2
3550 CLUE W/ "TURING MACHINE" NOT MEANING A REAL TM (?) Cleverly featuring machine (5) Hidden word: LEVER phenomist 2
3728 ENTIRE (6) Every Scottish craftsman spoke (6) Scottish cryptics are the best!!!

"Intyre" hom. = ENTIRE
phenomist 2
3844 ROBUST (6) Potent flower eaten by degenerate? (6) R(OB)UST phenomist 2
3866 ANIMAL (6) For example, chicken turnover plate "For example, chicken" = LAMINA rev. phenomist 2
3887 MINERAL (7) Rock goddess turning five into fifty at the end (7) MINERVA, take V and change it to L and put it at the end = MINERAL (rock) phenomist 2
3894 SEASICKNESS (11) Directions getting as gross as nausea (11) SE(AS+ICK)NESS phenomist 2
3925 MELODY (6) British rock band set in time signature of American song (6) American time "signature" = MDY
British rock band = ELO (electric light orchestra)
M(ELO)DY
phenomist 2
3957 ANY NON-ALPHANUMERIC GLYPH THAT ISN'T ♀ (1) Registered RINO (1) ® phenomist 2
3967 REITERATE (9) Repeat class after setback: poor grade? (9) Repeat def
class = RATE
after = after
setback = reversal
poor grade = E TIER
"repeat" = (REIT E)<+RATE
phenomist 2
3992 SECRET (6) Hidden recess of third hours (6) TERCES rev = "hidden" phenomist 2
4091 PIERCE (6) Right, in a bit, Mr. President (6) PIE(R)CE phenomist 2
6209 ZYZZYVA (7) Word search program failing to start: magic word, five times, in reverse alphabetical order (7) "Word search program" = Z((-x)YZZY+V)A (specifically, it's a Scrabble helper tool)

phenomist 2
6509 FOURIER (7) 412 series (7) FOUR+I+ER phenomist 2
7588 MONDEGREEN (10) Mishearing a certain order after the first day (10) MON (the first day of the week) + DEGREE N (a certain order, like a polynomial of degree n) = "mishearing" phenomist 2
7814 CONTRACT (8) Anti-land convention (8) CON+TRACT phenomist 2
8797 ANY GEOGRAPHICAL PLACE (?) City was stylish before (7) CHIC+AGO phenomist 2
8838 SURNAME OF ANY U.S. PRESIDENT - NO REPEATED ANSWERS (?) Poke a president (6) PIERCE ddef phenomist 2
10255 CANAL (5) In 2000, what Bush did to waterway? (5) CAN ("make unemployed, i.e. by defeating him in the 2000 presidential election") AL (Gore) phenomist 2
10569 THE TIME BEING (3, 4, 5) Doctor the present? (3, 4, 5) ddef (Doctor as in Doctor Who, who is a Time Lord being; the present as in "for the time being" / "for the present") phenomist 2
11516 STAR (4) Detailed look at heavenly object (4) "heavenly object" = STAR(-e) (de-tailed) phenomist 2
4 ADDRESS (7) Register, shaken, dreads store opening (7) "Register" = ADDRESS = <ADDRES>+S(tore) phenomist 1
16 INTEGRAL (8) I chip in nothing. Heartless but necessary (8) "necessary" = INTEGRAL = I+ TEGRA ("chip") in N(i)L phenomist 1
26 PET PEEVE (3, 5) Annoyance Pete gets vice presidency back (3 5) "Annoyance" = PET PEEVE = PET(PEEV<)E phenomist 1
34 NONPLUS (7) No puzzling club with American confusion (7) "confusion" = NO + NPL ("puzzling club") +US ("American") phenomist 1
74 COMPUTABLE (10) Determinable total in no small force (10) "Determinable" = COMPU(TAB = "total")L(-s)E = ("force" minus "small") phenomist 1
92 EDEN (4) Alternatively, meddle in garden (4) "garden" = mEdDlE iN phenomist 1
165 BLANK (5) Born thin and confused (5) "confused" = B+LANK phenomist 1
198 GONZAGA (7) Go return Limitless magazine (leaving one) to Washington university (7) "Washington university" = GO+>(-e)N(-i)ZAGA(-m) phenomist 1
219 DAYS (4) Idiomatically, many myriad astronomical seconds! (4) &lit: second letters give DAYS phenomist 1
362 REFRAIN (7) Avoid condition of truth negation (7) "avoid" = RE[t->F]RAIN phenomist 1
392 GOLD LEAF (4, 4) Terrible leading confectionery product (4 4) "confectionery product" = GOL(DLEA*)F phenomist 1
441 KAIST (5) chaotic_iak's central institution! (5) &lit: KAIS*+_T_ phenomist 1
715 SEPARATION (10) Split group with a puzzler? It's charged (10) "split" = SE(PARA)T+ION phenomist 1
1037 ANY CLUE INCORPORATING A PUZZLE GENRE (?) Great heyawacky? (4) "Great" = YEAH* phenomist 1
1303 ORTHODOXY (9) Bracing visit, heard answer ||to six||? (9) A particular puzzle in a recent puzzlehunt had this answer. "ORTHO DOC SEE" phenomist 1
1321 OTHELLO (7) Reverse to first interaction, expecting, at last, echo game (7) "game" = OT< ("reverse to") + HELLO ("first interaction, expecting, at last, echo" - first interactions typically begin with HELLO, where you expect a HELLO in return) phenomist 1
1326 OTHELLO (7) Game article fill following, in say, O2- (7) "Game" = O(THE+(...LL))O phenomist 1
1327 ANNEXATION (10) Game article fill following, in say, O2- (10) AN(NEX(A)T)ION phenomist 1
1342 ANNEXATION (10) Railroading boundaries of girl, singular, in reduction of work? On the contrary (10) "Railroading boundaries" (i.e. coercing to gain territory) = ANNE+(XAT(I)ON)< phenomist 1
1551 DISTRICT ATTORNEY (8, 8) Filmmaker takes sampling implement to extract genetic material from prosecutor (8, 8) "prosecutor" = DIS(TRI(CTATT)OR)NEY
"Filmmaker" = DISNEY
"sampling implement" = TRIOR
"genetic material" = CTATT (5 genetic bases)
phenomist 1
1751 ANAGRIND (8) Anything a chess champion takes the squares on the chessboard, almost (8) "anything" = ANA(GRI[-d])ND phenomist 1
2017 EGG (3) Inspire end of Mario intro (3) ddef inspire, Mario intro goes EEECEGG phenomist 1
2326 RESONATE (8) Echo sound of tree sap (8) Echo = "resin eight", enumeration withheld phenomist 1
2419 REMIX (5) "Possibly Maybe" 2018 cover? (5) Re 1009 could be 2018 phenomist 1
2708 ZAMBIA (6) Country taking the first to the last country (6) (-the) (g->Z)AMBIA phenomist 1
2814 ELISION (7) Ridicule, nod, change sides like this (7) [-d]E(r->L)ISION = "like this" (elision in no D) phenomist 1
2930 FOGGY (5) Puzzle writer composing formulaically? (5) formula composition is sometimes written as

f o g, so to do so in that manner is foggy
phenomist 1
3147 CLUE SIGNIFICANTLY SHORTER THAN THE ANSWER (?) SPA (5) " " = SP+ACE

Btw, there is a space after the end of the clue. But the cryptic website won't show it for some reason
phenomist 1
3243 BOND (4) 5-/500- (4) B(-or)ON+D = "-" (a typical representation of a chemical bond) phenomist 1
3255 ARCEUS (6) Legendary first impressions of rhythm game: rhythm game's back, without circles (6) ARC[-a]E[-a]+(US[-o])< (delete 2nd and 3rd A's with the "first impressions" instruction) phenomist 1
3293 CLUE CONTAINING "CLUE CONTAINING" (?) Clue containing ancient, primal, dated plot (7) C(OL)LU(D_)E = "plot" phenomist 1
3305 ISTHMUS (7) Adherent :thinking: we strip? (7) IST+HM+US

an IST is someone who believes in an ISM
phenomist 1
3329 HONK (4) 흑울리다 (4) def 울리다
흑 depicts a hangul H on a hangul K
phenomist 1
3340 PALINDROME (10) Perhaps Level 51's in galaxy losing ten times following starter Pokemon (10) "Perhaps Level" = P_+A(LI)NDROME[-da] phenomist 1
3373 BAD DOG (3, 3) Pet admonishment by posing amazingly revolutionary (3, 3) rev GOD DAB phenomist 1
3506 ORIFICE (7) Outlet to first pay respects to Rhode Island agency (7) "Outlet" = O[f->RI]FICE (first pay respects = first F) phenomist 1
3507 ORIFICE (7) Hole as a substitute deception is artless (7) "Hole" = OR+[-art]IFICE
as a substitute: OR
deception: ARTIFICE
is artless: [-art]
phenomist 1
3628 REIMBURSEMENT (13) Complex parts singular to your excavation compensation (13) RE+IM (parts to complex numbers)
B(a->UR)SEMENT singular to your (a -> UR), excavation
= compensation
phenomist 1
3671 MEDIEVAL METAL (8, 5) What you shouldn't do to suspicious code: time taken by mean genre? (8, 5) MEDI(EVAL ME+T)AL phenomist 1
3686 PLEDGE (6) Pal has this promise? (6) ddef
A pal has a P-L EDGE
promise straight def
phenomist 1
3709 ANY CLUE THAT USES ELISION (?) Fruit lint (7) t = TANGO nato
l = EL
fruit = TANG(EL)O (l in t)
phenomist 1
3718 THE (3) Article number with no bounds? (3) [-e]THE[-r] = article phenomist 1
3880 KOW (3) Knock out and win partition coefficient (3) KO+W phenomist 1
3950 ANY NON-ALPHANUMERIC GLYPH THAT ISN'T ♀ (1) Pound, tilted and raised a bit (1) # tilted = ♯ (raised a bit in music) phenomist 1
3961 THE QUICK BROWN [...] LAZY DOG (3 5 5 3 5 4 3 4 3) Pangram pitched with scorer's copy to 100 kilobytes, before fog envelops teams' lawyer receiving grader (so green!), unclear with appendix (3 5 5 3 5 4 3 4 3) pitched = THROWN
scorer = EQUIFAX
copy to 100 kilobytes fax->C+KB
TH(EQUI(fax->C+KB))ROWN
FOG envelops:
teams = OX (tictactoe)
lawyer = JD (juris doctor)
receiving:
grader = UMP
so green = SO VERT (heraldry)
unclear = HAZY
appendix = EL (as in an annex)
F(OX+J(UMP+SO+VERT+H(EL)AZY)D)OG
phenomist 1
3966 SPRUIK (6) Are you engaged in interrupted riddle discourse? (6) Are you = RU
engaged in = contained in
interrupted = remove last letter
riddle = SPIKE (as in "to poke holes in")

"discourse" = SP(RU)IK_
phenomist 1
3983 AURORA (6) Glow of gold or ascended sun god (6) AU+RO<+RA, down clue only phenomist 1
4035 AQUA (4) Lollipop maker before non-pasta? (4) before non = QUA (as in sine qua non)
past A
Aqua is a group that made the song Lollipop
phenomist 1
4866 TREAT (5) Half of a "trip"'s reaction upon receiving it!? (5) TR+EAT, which is what your reaction might be upon getting a TREAT phenomist 1
5038 ZYDECO (6) Order Pokémon borders by cobalt blues (6) "blues" = ZY(gar)DE+CO phenomist 1
5085 ANY CLUE THAT'S &LIT AND A QUESTIONABLE DEF?! (?) Dubious emphasis?! (?) emphasis = "!", dubious = bend it to become "?" phenomist 1
5088 HEAD (4) Contrary to ISIS puzzles, ultimately removed source (4) "source" = H(-s)EAD< phenomist 1
5490 ANY CLUE WHICH CONTAINS EXACTLY ONE LETTER (?) P∧∨1␣(7) P+AND+OR+A = box opener symbol phenomist 1
6237 DEMISEMIHEMIDEMISEMIQUAVER (26) Note note note note note note note note note note note note note note note (26) D+E+MI+SE+MI+H+E+MI+D+E+MI+SE+MI+QUAVER = "note"

D, E, and H are lettered positional notes. H is specifically a note in the German system.
MI and SE are solfege (SE is SO, flatted).
phenomist 1
6375 LIMIT BREAK (5, 5) Free gun outside school is a finisher (5, 5) LIBRE AK outside MIT = "finisher" phenomist 1
6389 HUMUHUMUNUKUNUKUĀPUA'A (20'1) You regularly intersperse, between two hesitations and twice North Korea and Papua, replacing head with uniform and a fish (20'1) fish = def
two hesitations and twice North Korea = HM+HM+NK+NK
You regularly intersperse between: put U in between each letter = HUMUHUMUNUKUNUK
Papua replacing head with uniform = UAPUA
a = A
phenomist 1
6468 ANY INFINITE STRING (♾️) Rest, endlessly, of a liberal and a margin is space, repeatedly a-trembles (♾️) "Rest" = DEMIHEMISEMIDEMIHEMISEMI...QUAVER (as the limit of halving a note = no sound at all)

a liberal = I DEM
a margin = I HEM
is space = IS EM
repeatedly: IDEMIHEMISEM+IDEMIHEMISEM+IDEMIHEMISEM+...
a trembles = I+QUAVERS

endlessly - delete first letter (I) and last letter (S)
phenomist 1
6661 ANY CLUE WHOSE ANSWER IS A PREVIOUS CONTEST WITH 0 ENTRIES (?) You ban out dramatic ghost endlessly wearing a hat? You too? (2, 6) T(U+(-ban)QU[-o])OQUE = "You too" phenomist 1
6787 I M PEI (1, 1, 3) Architect to force the end to appear uncapitalized (1, 1, 3) IMPEL->I M PEI, L turns into an I (it looks uncapitalized) phenomist 1
6798 PER SE (3, 2) Without us, legendary hero is by oneself (3, 2) PERSE(-us) phenomist 1
7736 ANY MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (?) Loud string instrument (5) F+LUTE phenomist 1
7815 CHEST BUMP (5, 4) A way of greeting Spooner's greatest fool (5,4) BEST CHUMP spoonerized phenomist 1
8018 MST (3) Prim structure on M Street (3) Prim structure (structure generated by Prim's algorithm) = M+ST phenomist 1
8839 SURNAME OF ANY U.S. PRESIDENT - NO REPEATED ANSWERS (?) Say, poke a president (4) "polk" homophone phenomist 1
8866 REIGN (5) Demineralized light once again to rule? (5) Demineralized (remove -ITE)
light once again (REIGNITE)
rule (REIGN)
phenomist 1
10288 C MAJOR (1, 5) Relative of a minor Spanish red revolutionary is following camp, oddly (1, 5) "Relative of a minor" (Relative key in music) = ROJA< rev. after CaMp (odd letters) phenomist 1
10516 NE (2) Upright piano removed from upended cage (2) upended cage = PEN< = NEP, remove P (piano) = NE = "upright" (NE = northeast) phenomist 1
10603 ANY CLUE THAT CONTAINS THE PHRASE "LOST IN TRANSLATION" (?) Reason before I finalized "Lost in Translation" (6) translation = MOVE
before I, finalized Lost = _T+I
MO(_T+I)VE = "reason"
phenomist 1
11480 K (1) Grand king (1) ddef, 1000 = grand; king in playing cards phenomist 1
11545 SUBSCRIPT (9) Short letter of unionized membership (9) SUBSCRIPT(-ion) (unionized meaning remove ion) = "short letter" phenomist 1
11624 ATARAXIA (8) "Fire in Game Company" article leads to a state of no reaction (8) ATAR(AX="fire", as in laying off in a company)I+A = "a state of no reaction" phenomist 1
12545 TACTILE (7) Detailed strategem by the French can be perceived (7) TACTI(-c)+LE (the French) phenomist 1
12552 TESTING (7) Seeing if it's possible to eat with halves switched after time (7) "Seeing if it's possible" = ING after EST (eat with halves switched) after T (time) phenomist 1
10 INTEGRAL (8) Without seconds to last, number every calculation (8) "calculation" = INTEGRAL = INTEG(e)R+A(l)L phenomist 0
49 WHITEOUT (8 OR 5, 3) Saturate our part in a bit of corrective fluid (5 3) "corrective fluid" = WHITE OUT = TEOU (saturaTE OUr) in WHIT ("a bit") phenomist 0
72 COMPUTABLE (10) Measureable meditation: put in wire (10) "Measureable" = C(OM+PUT)ABLE phenomist 0
111 ENIGMA (6) Puzzle losing heads with a 7.6 * 10^-24 probability (6) ENIGMA = "puzzle" = (-t)EN (-s)IGMA phenomist 0
139 TIMESCALE (9) Note drug out in duration (9) "Duration" = TIMESCALE = TI+MESCAL(-in)E phenomist 0
153 SQUARE (6) Dullard endlessly wasted without near-death experience (6) "dullard" = SQUARE = SQUA(-nde)RE(-d) phenomist 0
181 CHOCOLATE (9) Candy by injecting carbon monoxide in bile salt (9) "candy" = CHO(CO)LATE phenomist 0
188 OBLONG Abruptly force one to off alternative oval (6) "oval" = OBL(i->ON "one"->"off alternative")G(-e) phenomist 0
189 ROLEPLAYED Delay prole uprising, enacted (10) "enacted" = (DELAY+PROLE)* phenomist 0
193 CONTEXT (7) Disdain a representative substitute for ten conditions (7) "conditions" = CONTE(mp->X)T phenomist 0
238 RAISIN (6) It's in the Sun: Sap energy for smart computing? (6) "It's in the Sun?" (A Raisin in the Sun) = R(e->AI)SIN (RESIN = "sap", E = "energy", AI = "smart computing") phenomist 0
240 TELEVISION (10) Station six is in reflection of explosion cause (10) "Station" = >TEL+E(VI)SION phenomist 0
245 CATARACT (8) Without hesitation, like a hard-to-email "bit torrent"? (8) "torrent" = C(h->AT "hard" to "email bit")ARACT(-er "without hesitation") "like a" phenomist 0
253 INFINITY (8) Evil radio to start for eternity (8) "eternity" = INF(am->INIT)Y phenomist 0
576 MASQUERADE (10) Assume question in tailless car -- not (10) "Assume" = MAS(QU)ERA(-ti)+DE phenomist 0
652 PATRIOT (7) National vessel containing endless chambers (7) P(ATRI[-a])OT phenomist 0
667 WHISTLEBLOWER (13) Police restricted after result found in overwatch of `while(accepting){...essentialy, excludes break...}`? (13) "Police" = WHI(_S(TLE)B_)L(OW)E+R
TLE: "time limit exceeded", or what would happen if you tried to put a while(true){} loop without a break statement inside and submit it to a programming contest
phenomist 0
681 SEVEN (5) Sea Count found fencing (5) "Sea Count" = SE(V)EN

Sorry, this clue does not actually have an enumeration. I tricked your validator.
phenomist 0
702 CENTRIPETAL (11) A plastic taken by important force (11) "force" = CENTR(I+PET)AL phenomist 0
752 FLIGHT (6) Crushed? Alright fight alternative! (6) &lit: (_L_I_H_F_G_T)* phenomist 0
1147 A CRYPTIC THAT'S A RHYMING COUPLET (?) This endless land, back parking in town, that song so far // Taking leader in leader leader, in car, in car. (1 7 4'1 1 7 7) "this" = ACR(-e)+(Y(P)TIC)<+(THA(-t)(TSAR)HYM(-n))+G(COUP(L_)E)T phenomist 0
1322 REVERSI (7) Reverse to first interaction, expecting, at last, echo game (7) "game" = REVERS(E->I_) (replace the last instance of echo (E) to the first interaction (I) phenomist 0
1340 REVERSI (7) Railroading boundaries of girl, singular, in reduction of work? On the contrary (7) R(EVE)R+SI_ = "Work? On the contrary" (i.e. the opposite of work, which is leisure) phenomist 0
1889 MERCENARY (9) Soldier, reportedly bare, in base six (9) "MERE SENARY" (homophone) phenomist 0
2375 RANGER (6) Keeper to substitute one for one (6) "Keeper" = R(I->A)NGER phenomist 0
2425 POTLUCK (7) Disappointment shown in Sprite at food gathering (7) "food gathering" = P(OTL)UCK
"Disappointment, shown" = OTL
"Sprite" = PUCK
phenomist 0
2527 OH NO (2, 2) Ok, go second. Album tribute is detailed and is turning heads (2, 2) "Ok go second album" = OH<NO[-r] phenomist 0
2825 BULWER-LYTTON (6-6) Contest of link-eating requiring adherence to rules without a fourth (6-6) BU(L[-a]W[-y]ER LY)TTON
without a or fourth (letter)
phenomist 0
3051 CLUE WHERE WORDS ALTERNATE CONSONANTS & VOWELS (?) Banana var. (1) N: ban A from NA to get something that could be a variable phenomist 0
3196 PARASITE (8) Freeloader split middle into aces (8) PAR(t->AS)ITE phenomist 0
3311 SEESAW (6) Back and forth, upside down, 33 in weight (6) MAS(33)S upside down = SEESAW phenomist 0
3434 ANY CLUE WITH PRINTER'S DEVILRY AS WORDPLAY (?) Any clue with printer's devilry: a play weapon (5) sword, yeah phenomist 0
3483 PROMISE (7) Asynchronous object for 50%-50% cut (7) PRO+_MI+SE_ phenomist 0
3558 OVERFLOW (8) fore (4), spillage (8) ddef

the word overflow precedes (4) in clue proposer's nickname
phenomist 0
3577 TOLKIEN (7) 50,000? That is dividing many an author (7) 50000 = 50K = LK
That is = IE
many = TON
an author = TO(LK+IE)N
phenomist 0
3640 ABCDE (5) First row of a cipher square hex: 703710 (5) ddef polybius, hexadecimal phenomist 0
3646 OOF (3) First pain disappear to disappear noise to pain noise (3) (-P_)OOF phenomist 0
3648 OOF (3) Backfill, er, cash? (3) rev FOO (filler, as in the variable) phenomist 0
3733 SECURITY (8) Encryption: <1/2 first 3/8 x1/60, next 1/8 x1/2 (8) <1/2 = minority
first 3/8 = min, divide by 60 to get sec
next 1/8 = o, cut letter lengthwise to get u
sec+u+rity = encryption
phenomist 0
3737 TENDON (6) Bundled stuffing in joint! (6) joint = TENON
Bundled stuffing = middle letter of bundled = D

TEN(D)ON = &lit
phenomist 0
3799 NEKO (4) Cat symbol not rotated (4) NEKO[-t]< = "Cat" (not elision = no t) phenomist 0
3940 ANY NON-ALPHANUMERIC GLYPH THAT ISN'T ♀ (1) Change triangle (1) Δ ddef phenomist 0
3942 ANY NON-ALPHANUMERIC GLYPH THAT ISN'T ♀ (1) Pipe sounds like tool (1) "TOOL" = Two L = ╚ phenomist 0
3956 ANY NON-ALPHANUMERIC GLYPH THAT ISN'T ♀ (1) Radical initially depressed, but makes a recovery (1) √ = Radical
Also looks like a stock ticker graph that initially falls but then rebounds.
phenomist 0
3958 ANY NON-ALPHANUMERIC GLYPH THAT ISN'T ♀ (1) Sons' section (1) § phenomist 0
3959 ANY NON-ALPHANUMERIC GLYPH THAT ISN'T ♀ (1) Blind polar bear makes neutral vowel (1) ᴥ looks like a polar bear face without the eyes. phenomist 0
4140 NO (2) Endogenous extract! (2) def: Nitric oxide
wordplay: hidden word
&lit
phenomist 0
4172 SPAR (4) Fight impolite Greek enemy? (4) SPAR(-ta) [ta = thanks, impolite is an indicator to remove thanks] phenomist 0
4202 ENNUI (5) Turn -czzm to boredom (5) rotate -czzm 90 degrees phenomist 0
4487 METALLIC PUNISHER (8, 8) Ilith's boss song's tempo takes every circuit joke, kind of (8, 8) MET(ALL+IC(integrated circuit)+PUN+ISH)ER phenomist 0
4621 AUGUST (6) Basic start, just without the start, is glorious (6) Basic start = AUG (start codon) + _UST = "glorious" phenomist 0
4647 ANY PUNCTUATION MARK (?) Two; unfinished outpost (5) COLON(-y) (two semicolons) phenomist 0
4865 TRICK (5) Half of a "trip"'s reaction upon receiving it!? (5) TR+ICK, which is what your reaction might be upon getting a TRICK phenomist 0
4948 ANECHOIC (8) Soundproof and endless action cycle (8) "soundproof" = AN(-d)+ECHOIC (cycle of action->choice) phenomist 0
5215 UNSWEETENED (11) Bitter duet to take all directions; direction misplaced head at the end (11) U(NSWE)ET+ENE+D (from duet) phenomist 0
5429 DETAIL(S) (6 OR 7) Factory to factor, say, estimate into counter top? (6) Definition part: "Factory to factor, say" (to de-tail something is to remove the tail, i.e. the last letter. For instance, the last letter of the word "factory" is "Y"; removing this creates the new word "factor". The word "say" is used synonymously to "for example", to suggest that this is one example of a general operation.)

? is added because it is a slightly questionable/nonconventional definition.

Estimate = ETA (as in "estimated time of arrival") https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estimated_time_of_arrival

top = LID https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lid

counter [top (LID)] = DIL (counter is reversal indicator; reversal of LID)

[estimate (ETA)] into [counter top (DIL)] = D(ETA)IL (X into Y is a container indicator; put ETA into DIL, without rearranging the letters)
phenomist 0
5978 DIME Step away from ancient lizard kind of specie (4) "kind of specie" = DIME, DIME(-trod on)
phenomist 0
6473 PRETTY GIRL IN CRIMSON ROSE (8) (6, 4, 2, 7, 4 (1)) Before 8, benefactor cycles in real life, company verges on top record in prose autobiography (6, 4, 2, 7, 4 (1)) benefactor cycles = GETTY -> ETTYG
in real life = IRL

company = INC
verges = RIMS
on = ON
top record = R

in prose: PR(ETTYG+IRL+INC+RIMS+ON+R)OSE, before 8

def: "autobiography"
phenomist 0
6758 DIPLOPIA (8) Loss of focus of 1000 to about three finishing course material (8) "loss of focus" = DIPLO(M->PI)A phenomist 0
7817 TERMINAL (8) Tailless weasel found in unfinished story's end (8) T(ERMIN(-e))AL(-e)

How an unfinished story has an end is a question best left unanswered
phenomist 0
8001 ANY BIRD WITH ENUM (3) Bird down, from front to back (3) LOW, take L from front to back

phenomist 0
8799 ANY GEOGRAPHICAL PLACE (?) Capital turning to brown with center turning to jasper initially (7) BEIGING, with G turned to J_ = BEIJING phenomist 0
8987 ANY CLUE THAT USES A MATHEMATICAL SEQUENCE OTHER THAN EVENS/ODDS TO INDEX (?) Spooky bell eradicating poverty (5) Bell numbers 1, 1, 2, 5, 15 on "eradicating poverty" = EERIE phenomist 0
9000 ANY CLUE THAT USES A MATHEMATICAL SEQUENCE OTHER THAN EVENS/ODDS TO INDEX (?) Earthenware is non-composite, potatoes-carrying (7) Index 1,2,3,5,7,11,13 into potatoes-carrying = POTaToEscaRrYing = POTTERY (Earthenware) phenomist 0
9002 ANY CLUE THAT USES A MATHEMATICAL SEQUENCE OTHER THAN EVENS/ODDS TO INDEX (?) Happy potato's main component: a mind reader (5) Happy numbers 1,7,10,13,19 "PotatoSmaIncOmponeNt" = PSION phenomist 0
9939 SUPPORT (7) Dinosaur Pokémon goes back to change one to quiet champion (7) TROPIUS rev, change I to P (piano, music) = "champion" phenomist 0
10005 TEN THOUSAND (3, 8) You, saint, intend to become Japanese man? (3,8) TEN(THOU ('you') + SAN ('saint', as in "San Francisco"))D ('intend' minor elision) = "Japanese man" - 10000 in Japanese is "man" phenomist 0
10172 PLATELETPHERESIS (16) Teleport her in childless extended movement after Chinese army's production of yellow substance (16) TP HER in TELE(-kin)ESIS after PLA = "production of yellow substance" phenomist 0
10200 EXCISE (6) Forgive you to one duty (6) EXCUSE, U->I = "duty" phenomist 0
10248 BENIGN (6) Safe general in African country (6) "Safe" = BENI(G = general, as in film rating)N phenomist 0
10471 CALVARY (7) Suffering bird number → 55 (7) CA(n "number"-> LV "55")ARY = "suffering" phenomist 0
10724 DOCENT (6) AD IN FORBIDDEN GUIDE (6) DO(CE (common era, i.e. AD anno domini))NT

Clue is all caps to mask AD being caps
phenomist 0
10797 ANY CLUE THAT ONLY USES THE PENTOMINO LETTERS (FILNPTUVWXYZ) Put up-flip in tux flip, u in ffx (5) up-flip = down = D
D in SUIT< = TI(D)US, a character in Final Fantasy X
phenomist 0
11125 ENDLESS NIGHT (7, 5) THE LION KING SONG IS NIGH (7, 5) reverse cryptic phenomist 0
11646 GOBBLEDYGOOK (12) Eat fact, eat slime baloney (12) GOBBLE (eat) + DYK (fact, did you know) takes GOO (slime) = "baloney" phenomist 0
12546 NEW AGE (3 3) First refuse polar shift movement in the 1970's (3, 3) SEWAGE ("refuse"), change S to N (polar shift of the first letter) phenomist 0

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