dylanamite

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)

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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

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