Contests started: RESONATE (8), ANY PANGRAMMATIC CLUE (?) , BALBIS (6), CITADEL (7), ASBESTOS (8), SEPTEMBER (9), ARTISANAL CHEESE (9, 6), CHOBANI (7)
Contests won: BONDAGE (7), POUDRETTEITE, FEVER (5), ANY PANGRAMMATIC CLUE (?) , BIRTHDAY (8), FABLE (5), CITADEL (7), JOKER (5), SENEGAL (7), IT (2), SHITPOSTING (11), ARTISANAL CHEESE (9, 6), TEN THOUSAND (3, 8), FIRE (4)
| Clue ID | Contest | Clue | Explanation (hover) | Submitted By | Likes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2453 | OZONE (5) | Nothing confused Zeno more than dioxygen? (5) | O+ZONE* = trioxygen (more than dioxygen) | dylanamite | 7 |
| 3085 | SEDNA (5) | Goddess posed naked, partially (5) | _SED NA_ | dylanamite | 7 |
| 2242 | BONDAGE (7) | Sexual practice gone bad, grotesquely (7) | BONDAGE* (anagram of GONE BAD) | dylanamite | 6 |
| 2455 | GOLD RUSH (4, 4) | August event? (4, 4) | AU and GUST = GOLD RUSH | dylanamite | 6 |
| 2484 | ANY PANGRAMMATIC CLUE (?) | Abridged syntax with conclusive project in a frenzy, quite like my clue (12) | Abridged syntax = GRAMMA(-r) With conclusive project = +_T In a frenzy = inside PANIC Quite like my clue = PAN(GRAMMA+T)IC |
dylanamite | 6 |
| 2623 | CITADEL (7) | Keep a peculiar dialect (7) | CITADEL* = Keep | dylanamite | 6 |
| 2596 | FABLE (5) | Part of a bleak moral story (5) | _F A BLE_ | dylanamite | 5 |
| 2479 | FEVER (5) | Feeling exhausted at first, then shivering, essentially! (5) | &lit clue F_ E_ + ___VER___ |
dylanamite | 4 |
| 2482 | LEAD (4) | Lend NASA some metal (4) | Lend NASA = LEND but with N AS A Some metal = def |
dylanamite | 4 |
| 3015 | RENDEZVOUS (10) | Meet up with a crooked Suez vendor (10) | RENDEZVOUS* | dylanamite | 4 |
| 2174 | BREXIT (6) | Upset tribe accepting unknown UK controversy (6) | BRE(X)IT* (Unknown = X) def=UK controversy | dylanamite | 3 |
| 2192 | APEX (4) | Top ten album! Debut artist up-and-coming (4) | X (ten) + EP (album) + A (debut artist) reversed (up-and-coming) | dylanamite | 3 |
| 2243 | FETISH (6) | Tentacles, for one, massage his feet but without energy (6) | FE(-e)TISH* = Tentacles, for one | dylanamite | 3 |
| 2449 | OZONE (5) | OOOOO, with head tilted (5) | OOO = o-zone (def) O + ZONE (NONE with head tilted) |
dylanamite | 3 |
| 2454 | GOLD RUSH (4, 4) | Doctor swallowed by horrific ghouls in Klondike event (4, 4) | GOL(DR)USH* | dylanamite | 3 |
| 2468 | NITROGEN (8) | Bug Seth for atmospheric gas (8) | NIT+ROGEN | dylanamite | 3 |
| 2470 | NITROGEN (8) | On a table, seven or nine mixed with gin and tonic (8) | On a table, seven = def (periodic table) Or nine mixed = anag. with gin and tonic = with G&T NI(T)RO(G)EN* |
dylanamite | 3 |
| 2532 | SULLIVAN (8) | US architect builds villa in sun (8) | SU(LLIVA*)N = US architect | dylanamite | 3 |
| 2597 | FABLE (5) | Supernatural bovine? Sounds like a myth (5) | "fey bull" = FABLE (a myth) | dylanamite | 3 |
| 2653 | SENEGAL (7) | Los Angeles' Simmons and Wilder travel back to an African county (7) | SENEG+AL< | dylanamite | 3 |
| 2823 | BARTITSU (8) | Awkwardly rubs a tit in self defense (8) | BARTITSU* | dylanamite | 3 |
| 2923 | SHITPOSTING (11) | Painful, odd sensation starts during toilet activity, causing large amounts of crap (11) | SHIT(P_O_S_)TING = large amounts of crap | dylanamite | 3 |
| 2924 | SHITPOSTING (11) | Spotting his bad online behaviour (11) | SHITPOSTING* = online behaviour | dylanamite | 3 |
| 2332 | RESONATE (8) | Get a nose ring that holds back thunder (8) | _R ESON A TE_< = Thunder | dylanamite | 2 |
| 2451 | OZONE (5) | Ronan Keating's band removes discharged bodily gas (5) | Ronan Keating's band = BOYZONE removes discharged bodily = -B_Y gas = OZONE |
dylanamite | 2 |
| 2494 | BONZA (5) | Parisian wrote good final letter! Top-grade! Excellent! (5) | BON (Parisian wrote good) + Z (final letter) + A (top grade) = excellent | dylanamite | 2 |
| 2495 | LEAD (4) | Take first place between a sheet of paper and a honey drink on a ladder (4) | LEAF - LEAD - MEAD Word ladder |
dylanamite | 2 |
| 2540 | BIRTHDAY (8) | Confused by a third annual celebration (8) | BIRTHDAY* | dylanamite | 2 |
| 2564 | APPARATUS (9) | Ghost fighting equipment, perhaps, shows half an apparition - a beheaded cat! - appearing before us (9) | APPAR_ + _AT + US Ghost fighting equipment, perhaps |
dylanamite | 2 |
| 2582 | PARALLEL (8) | Everything in, like, equidistant lines principally! (8) | &lit clue PAR(ALL)+E_ L_ |
dylanamite | 2 |
| 2607 | BUTTE (5) | Monument Valley features are spread, mostly (5) | BUTTE-r | dylanamite | 2 |
| 2640 | ETERNAL (7) | Eastern seabird originates and lives forever (7) | E+TERN+(_A _L) = forever | dylanamite | 2 |
| 2642 | ETERNAL (7) | Constant, without end, essentially perpetual, never-ending, primarily non-stop and lasting! (7) | &lit E+_T+_E_+_R+N_A_L_ |
dylanamite | 2 |
| 2648 | JOKER (5) | Prankster's child about to trick everyone, at last (5) | J(_O _K _E)R = Prankster | dylanamite | 2 |
| 3060 | ANY CLUE WHERE EVERY WORD IS THE SAME LENGTH (?) | Crazy hotel price gives rotor craft (10) | HELICOPTER* | dylanamite | 2 |
| 3114 | NEPTUNE (7) | Write about music god (7) | NEP<+TUNE | dylanamite | 2 |
| 3188 | UKRAINE (7) | European country's weather-piercing instrument (7) | UK(RAIN)E | dylanamite | 2 |
| 2320 | LAST (4) | Endure a bit of areola stimulation (4) | _LA ST_ = Endure | dylanamite | 1 |
| 2321 | POUDRETTEITE | Gemstone loosely tied up to tree (12) | POUDRETTEITE* = Gemstone | dylanamite | 1 |
| 2450 | OZONE (5) | Integer, integer, integer.... A load of hot air! (5) | O is an integer Z is the set of integers ONE is an integer O+Z+ONE = a load of hot air |
dylanamite | 1 |
| 2528 | OH NO (2, 2) | To think of even realising an error? (2, 2) | _O _H_N_ O_ = realising an error | dylanamite | 1 |
| 2529 | OH NO (2, 2) | Lennon's wife heard a cry of dismay (2, 2) | OH NO "ono" | dylanamite | 1 |
| 2574 | HOMESTUCK (9) | Mock the US about a webcomic (9) | HOMESTUCK* | dylanamite | 1 |
| 2855 | SPOONER (7) | Used ropes on one who cuddles (7) | SPOONER* | dylanamite | 1 |
| 2921 | IT (2) | King's classic item split in half (2) | IT__ = King's classic | dylanamite | 1 |
| 2931 | FOGGY (5) | Unclear, like a well-travelled man (5) | ddef FOGGY (unclear) FOGG-Y (Phileas Fogg from Around the World in 80 Days) |
dylanamite | 1 |
| 2995 | RELAYER (7) | One who exchanges earl grey, strangely lacking a note (7) | RELAYER(-g)* = One who exchanges | dylanamite | 1 |
| 2998 | ARTISANAL CHEESE (9, 6) | Traditional dairy product assortment has an article, see (9, 6) | ARTISANALCHEESE* (assortment) = Traditional dairy product | dylanamite | 1 |
| 3009 | ANY CLUE NUMBER ACROSS/DOWN (? 6/4) | 7D: Assemble woven ends for this entry (5, 4) | SEVEN DOWN* | dylanamite | 1 |
| 3021 | CLUE CONTAINING UR LAST WINNING CLUE’S ANSWER (?) | Shitposting, with lack of shit, is a way to assert dominance (1-6) | (shi)TPOS(-t)ING T-POSING is a way to assert dominance |
dylanamite | 1 |
| 3086 | CARTOGRAPHY (11) | Vicar to graph your intrinsic map-making skill (11) | _CAR TO GRAPH Y_ = map-making skill | dylanamite | 1 |
| 3118 | REVOLVER (8) | Reverend's other half retiring a gun (8) | REVOL+VER< No spoonerism here! |
dylanamite | 1 |
| 6694 | RATINE (6) | Bulky fabric made from ends of carbonara, spaghetti and pannetone (6) | It's the meme | dylanamite | 1 |
| 6698 | ANY CLUE WHOSE ANSWER IS A BOARD/CARD GAME (?) | This game?! (4) | ddef this (this being a cryptic clue) game (because clue is a game) probably v questionable |
dylanamite | 1 |
| 9937 | SUPPORT (7) | Increase in competitive game endorsement (7) | S(UP)PORT | dylanamite | 1 |
| 10001 | TEN THOUSAND (3, 8) | Yurt, unfinished house, and a home needed this many balloons to fly (3, 8) | Yurt = TENT unfinished house = HOUS_ and = AND "A home needed this many balloons to fly" is a reference to the film Up and the number of balloons needed to lift the house according to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10,000 |
dylanamite | 1 |
| 10008 | FIRE (4) | Get rid of part of Ireland (4) | part (hidden word) oF IREland get rid of = FIRE |
dylanamite | 1 |
| 2473 | FEVER (5) | France's First Lady has a high temperature (5) | F(EVE)R / has a high temperature | dylanamite | 0 |
| 2530 | OH NO (2, 2) | State "I turned north, for Heaven's sake!" (2, 2) | OHIO (State), with I turned N OH NO = For Heaven's sake |
dylanamite | 0 |
| 2861 | I DON’T KNOW (1, 4, 4) | Unsure response known to diversion (1, 4, 4) | KNOWN TO DI version I DONT KNOW* = unsure response |
dylanamite | 0 |
| 2993 | RELAYER (7) | Grey alert holds back one in a race (7) | _RELA YER_< | dylanamite | 0 |
| 3026 | CLUE CONTAINING UR LAST WINNING CLUE’S ANSWER (?) | Extreme shitposting hidden on net (4) | _ME SH_ | dylanamite | 0 |
| 3041 | CLUE CONTAINING UR LAST WINNING CLUE’S ANSWER (?) | Odd shitposting has me confused, like a headless chicken (7, 3, 3) | Odd (anagram) SHITPOSTING has (with) ME confused (anagram): MISSING THE TOP* = like a headless chicken |
dylanamite | 0 |
| 3107 | CLUE SIGNIFICANTLY SHORTER THAN THE ANSWER (?) | Odd set of piercing twine (5, 2, 6) | PIECE OF STRING* How long's a piece of string? |
dylanamite | 0 |
| 3187 | UKRAINE (7) | Even Dunkirk, a pioneer, reveals country (7) | _U_K_R_ A _I_N_E_ = Country | dylanamite | 0 |
| 9942 | CORNER (6) | One hundred hornier naked girls focus without me to edge together (6) | One hundred = C hornier naked = ORNIE girls focus = R without me = remove I to = connector edge together = definition (Okay look I know that's a ridiculous definition but I had to out-do the other clue) |
dylanamite | 0 |