Contests started: BREXIT (6), SENBAZURU (9), AMAZING (7), THE GAMBIA (3, 6), CASCADE (7), DO NEW CLUE TOO FOR FOUR OR MORE RHYMING WORDS (?), CLUE SIGNIFICANTLY SHORTER THAN THE ANSWER (?), CLUE CONTAINING A CHARACTER OR ITEM FROM CLUE (?), CRYPTIC CLUE (7, 4), SILLY SONG (5, 4), PERFORM (7), COCHLEA (7), ANY CLUE THAT USES ELISION (?), BUTTER (6), PRIDE FLAG (5, 4), THE QUICK BROWN [...] LAZY DOG (3 5 5 3 5 4 3 4 3), ALADDIN (7), THONGS (6), ROBIN HOOD (5, 4), RAINBOW DASH (7, 4), MINT (4), PERSIAN (7), STOP SIGN (4, 4), IRON (4), GO (2), TIM ALLEN (3, 5), BABY SHARK (4, 5), PEPPERIDGE FARM (10, 4), NECKLACE (8), NICOLAS CAGE (7, 4), CATS (4), BANGER (6), FULL HOUSE (4, 5), BETA (4), SLITHERLINK (11), MONOCHROME (10), BASS (4), BARNUM (6), DIPPY (5), BORAT (5), BABEL (5), R'LYEH (5), AUSTRALIAN OPEN (10, 4)
Contests won: APEX (4), SAFE WORD (4 4 OR 8), SET (3), SOKOBAN (7), ERDOS (5), AMAZING (7), GILBERT (7), SMELL (5), HARRIES (7), ORDINAL (7), NEWS (4), CONSTANCE (9), RELAYER (7), ANY CLUE WHERE EVERY WORD IS THE SAME LENGTH (?), REVOLVER (8), FURNITURE (9), LEVEL FIFTY ONE (5, 5, 3), ERRATUM (7), SILLY SONG (5, 4), DEVIL (5), ANGEL (5), INCUS (5), NASHVILLE (9), JACK-O'-LANTERN (4-1'-7), THE (3), ZINFANDEL (9), NEKO (4), BEAT (4), GOD MORGEN (3, 6), HEARTS (6), HAT (3), LOSE (4), OVERHEAR (8), NORMALCY (8), PERU (4), TRIP (4), EXONERATION (11), SOURDOUGH (9), ARENDELLE (9), STARRY (6) OR STORY (5) OR STARRY STORY (6, 5), TIME STOP (4, 4), PULL REQUEST (4, 7), INTERNET STALKING (8, 8), ENDOTHERMIC (11), HEARSE (6), FUNCTION CALL (8, 4), DELIVERY (8), HAIR (4), HOOP SNAKE (4, 5), UNFORTUNATE (11), BOOMER (6), CHROMATIC (9), PENALTY (7), BOB MARLEY (3, 6), BELLA SWAN (5, 4), HEALTH (6), WEALTH (6), COMPATIBLE (10), SORE (4), THOUSAND (8), POLYSEMOUS (10), BUTTERSCOTCH (12), DIAERESIS (9), MOGUL (5), CAPYBARA (8), CAPUT (5), TAX (3), FLACON (6), SPRUCE (6)
Clue ID | Contest | Clue | Explanation (hover) | Submitted By | Likes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
5039 | DONUT (5) | Refrain from eating unsatisfactory pastry (5) | DON’T (refrain from) eating U | Timwi | 6 |
4240 | EXONERATION (11) | Pardon former single rogue particle (11) | EX+ONE+RAT+ION = pardon | Timwi | 5 |
5076 | DIAERESIS (9) | Strange desire is a sign (9) | DESIREISA* | Timwi | 5 |
8477 | TAX (3) | Texas has a debt to pay (3) | Texas=TX has(contains) A T(A)X = debt to pay |
Timwi | 5 |
2731 | SMELL (5) | Suspect minor involved in trade (5) | S(M)ELL = “suspect” | Timwi | 4 |
2805 | MEME (4) | Viral volunteer outburst (4) | ddef: “viral” = MEME (adj., e.g. “a meme posting”); “volunteer outburst” = ME! ME! | Timwi | 4 |
2840 | ORDINAL (7) | Counting in crazy Rio land (7) | RIOLAND* | Timwi | 4 |
3806 | NEKO (4) | Cat is regularly on desktop (4) | _N _E_K_O_ | Timwi | 4 |
4088 | HAT (3) | Piece of stylish attire! (3) | &lit; hidden word | Timwi | 4 |
4239 | EXONERATION (11) | Nucleotide sequence with energy portion discharge (11) | EXON + E + RATION = discharge | Timwi | 4 |
4367 | HEARSE (6) | That guy behind a vehicle carrying coffins (6) | HE (that guy) + ARSE (behind) | Timwi | 4 |
4390 | DELIVERY (8) | We ultimately stay during boring speech (8) | D(_E + LIVE)RY = speech | Timwi | 4 |
4427 | HAIR (4) | Whiff from Thai restaurant (4) | _HAI R_ (whiff = hair = small amount) |
Timwi | 4 |
4438 | UNFORTUNATE (11) | Awkward, silly tune about supporting fish (11) | FOR+TUNA about TUNE* UN(FOR+TUNA)TE* = awkward |
Timwi | 4 |
4502 | WEALTH (6) | Break the law for money (6) | THELAW* | Timwi | 4 |
4977 | OREO (4) | Cookie monster loses; game over (4) | O(-g)RE + O = cookie | Timwi | 4 |
4979 | THOUSAND (8) | k, you smooth (8) | THOU (you) + SAND (smooth, v.) = k | Timwi | 4 |
4998 | LAME DUCK (4, 4) | Loser starts to lament after massive election drop (4, 4) | L_ A_ M_ E_ + DUCK (v.) = “Loser” | Timwi | 4 |
5131 | MOGUL (5) | VIP hiding in Alamo Gulf (5) | _MO GUL_ = VIP | Timwi | 4 |
8382 | CAPUT (5) | Rapper turned prominent member (5) | CAPUT< | Timwi | 4 |
8483 | OUROBOROS (9) | Infinite loop from algorithm wasted time in our control software (9) | Algorithm = ROBOT Wasted time = remove T In OUR = OU(ROBO(-t))R Control software = OS (operating system) Def.: Infinite loop |
Timwi | 4 |
2190 | APEX (4) | Parrot with false crown (4) | APE (parrot/imitate) + X (false) | Timwi | 3 |
2269 | SAFE WORD (4 4 OR 8) | Stop sign that few roads mess up (4 4) | FEWROADS* | Timwi | 3 |
2442 | ERDOS (5) | Math oddball in higher doses (5) | high_ERDOS_es // Time Magazine called him “The Oddball's Oddball” | Timwi | 3 |
2498 | AMAZING (7) | Impressive Reddit event with pizazz (7) | AMA+ZING | Timwi | 3 |
2758 | HARRIES (7) | Troubles confuse Sir Hare (7) | SIRHARE* | Timwi | 3 |
2842 | NEWS (4) | Stories from all directions (4) | N+E+W+S = all directions | Timwi | 3 |
2884 | CONSTANCE (9) | City with no accents, strangely (9) | NOACCENTS* | Timwi | 3 |
2961 | ANY CLUE THAT RESOLVES TO THE EMPTY STRING (0) | Nothing's without entropy (0) | S-s | Timwi | 3 |
3069 | SEDNA (5) | Icy world of Swedish genes (5) | SE+DNA | Timwi | 3 |
3075 | ANY CLUE WHERE EVERY WORD IS THE SAME LENGTH (?) | Interrogate peculiarity punctuation (8, 4) | QUESTION + MARK |
Timwi | 3 |
3306 | ISTHMUS (7) | It seems to have made us strong at first, this connection (7) | I_ S_ T_ H_ M_ U_ S_ | Timwi | 3 |
3335 | SYNONYM (7) | TCP packet sent over my backwards link (7) | SYN+ON+(MY<) TCP packet = SYN sent over = ON (e.g. “a message on Skype” = “a message sent over Skype”) |
Timwi | 3 |
3360 | LEVEL FIFTY ONE (5, 5, 3) | Common palindrome. Stylish, loud becoming new. A Smogon hunter. (5, 5, 3) | LEVEL + (-n+F)IFTY + ONE (Haiku courtesy by Autumn Leaves & Timwi) |
Timwi | 3 |
3476 | CRADLE (6) | Strange card the French hold (6) | CRAD* + LE = hold | Timwi | 3 |
3524 | LEONINE (7) | Powerful like a lion, El Niño messes up east (7) | (EL NINO)* + E | Timwi | 3 |
3595 | INCUS (5) | Bone in pincushion (5) | Hidden word | Timwi | 3 |
3898 | WAX (3) | Polish path with a change of direction (3) | WA(-y+X) = polish | Timwi | 3 |
3918 | BEAT (4) | Fatigued person with unconventional style and no family backing (4) | BEATNIK (person with unconventional style) - kin< | Timwi | 3 |
3919 | BEAT (4) | Band that hasn't got the French rhythm (4) | BEAT(-les) | Timwi | 3 |
3931 | NIDORAN OR NIDORAN♂ OR NIDORAN♀ (7 OR 8) | Mix of iron and poison that can produce eggs when mixed with Ditto (7) | (IRON AND)*. def = “poison that can produce eggs when mixed with Ditto” | Timwi | 3 |
4148 | PERU (4) | Country beholden to deeper understanding (4) | _PER U_ | Timwi | 3 |
4150 | PERU (4) | Place of pure madness (4) | PURE* | Timwi | 3 |
4152 | NORMALCY (8) | The usual tumultuous clamor in New York (8) | N(CLAMOR*)Y = “the usual” | Timwi | 3 |
4376 | DELIVERY (8) | Food shop with unqualified labor (8) | DELI with VERY = labor (childbirth) | Timwi | 3 |
4389 | FUNCTION CALL (8, 4) | Execution order comes first after Jack leaves intersection in autumn (8, 4) | F((-j)UNCTION + C_)ALL = execution order | Timwi | 3 |
4461 | PENALTY (7) | Judge's verdict ordered aplenty (7) | APLENTY* | Timwi | 3 |
4462 | PENALTY (7) | Fine, write your first letter under pen name (7) | write = PEN your first letter = Y_ pen name = ALT PEN+ALT+Y_ = fine (down clue only) |
Timwi | 3 |
4896 | REPLY (5) | Order Polly regularly: “Say ‘Me too!’” | _R_E_ P_L_Y = say, “Me too!” | Timwi | 3 |
4897 | MALARKEY (8) | Nonsense garbage alarm sound (8) | MALAR* + KEY = nonsense | Timwi | 3 |
4899 | MALARKEY (8) | Jazz man takes boat admittance (8) | MAL(ARK)E + Y = jazz (as in “all that jazz”); Y is symbol for admittance which is reciprocal of impedance | Timwi | 3 |
5030 | ALEATORIC (9) | Regardless of your choice, pal, eat or I come inside (9) | _AL EAT OR I C_ = regardless of your choice | Timwi | 3 |
5032 | BUTTERSCOTCH (12) | Candy bar, right within supermarket, leads to itchy belly (12) | BUT (bar, as in “all bar one” = “all but one”) + TE(R)SCO + _TCH_ = candy | Timwi | 3 |
5040 | ECHO (4) | Tennessee repulsed by electronic music imitation (4) | (-t)ECH(-n)O = imitation | Timwi | 3 |
5126 | HEAD (4) | Periodically chief and captain (4) | _H_E_A_D = captain | Timwi | 3 |
5146 | WHATEVER (8) | Any leader who dislikes endless gun opposition (8) | W_ (leader, who) + HATE(-s) (dislikes, endless) + VER< (gun = rev, opposition) = any | Timwi | 3 |
8357 | CAPYBARA (8) | Limit admittance to keep out a rodent (8) | CAP (limit) + Y (admittance in electronics) + BAR (to keep out) + A | Timwi | 3 |
8383 | CAPUT (5) | Calcium deposit where the mouth is (5) | CA+PUT = caput (head; where the mouth is) | Timwi | 3 |
2239 | BANDAGE (7) | Luggage containing operator’s oriental dressing (7) | B[AND]AG+E(ast) | Timwi | 2 |
2240 | KINK (4) | Fetish for potassium fluid (4) | K+INK | Timwi | 2 |
2268 | FETISH (6) | Endless cheese, a rough fixation (6) | FET[-a]+ISH | Timwi | 2 |
2349 | SET (3) | Scenery in grandiose town (3) | grandio_SE T_own | Timwi | 2 |
2370 | SOKOBAN (7) | Game with boxes, or even — as you know — brains (7) | aSyOuKnOwBrAiNs | Timwi | 2 |
2465 | NITROGEN (8) | Gas is back, minus the scrap contained (8) | (NEG+ORT+IN)< | Timwi | 2 |
2515 | GILBERT (7) | Shaking, spinning, and forgetting Minnesota dramatist (7) | (TREMBLING-MN)< | Timwi | 2 |
2730 | HELLO WORLD (5, 5) | Novice exercise with whole droll pandemonium (5, 5) | WHOLEDROLL* | Timwi | 2 |
2808 | BASEL (5) | ABBA selection including “I Am the City” (5) | ab_BA SEL_ection | Timwi | 2 |
3222 | CLUE CONTAINING A PIECE OR TERM FROM CHESS (?) | Pawns’ unnormal en passant move (8) | (EN PASSANT-n)* = PEASANTS | Timwi | 2 |
3358 | LEVEL FIFTY ONE (5, 5, 3) | Puzzler has fleet, only five ships (5, 5, 3) | Puzzler = (FLEET ONLY FIVE)* ships (v.) = anagrind |
Timwi | 2 |
3366 | FURNITURE (9) | Home commodities ready around vessel guarded evenly (9) | F(URN)IT + _U_R_E_ | Timwi | 2 |
3406 | WEB (3) | Us bibliophiles’ first repository of knowledge (3) | WE + B_ | Timwi | 2 |
3452 | HUMAN (5) | Ethnic group contains, er... someone (5) | H(UM)AN | Timwi | 2 |
3473 | AMARETTO (8) | First and second person to be teetotaler; no liqueur (8) | AM + ARE + TT + O = liqueur | Timwi | 2 |
3529 | SILLY SONG (5, 4) | Fishy Sony gills for fishy tune (5, 4) | (SONY GILLS)* | Timwi | 2 |
3612 | BRUNCH (6) | Held club-run Christmas banquet (6) | Held = hidden word marker. _B-RUN CH_ | Timwi | 2 |
3650 | OOF (3) | Exclamation in Chicago office (3) | _O OF_ | Timwi | 2 |
3652 | NASHVILLE (9) | Robert Altman movie named French town after economist John (9) | VILLE after NASH = NASHVILLE, a movie directed by Robert Altman | Timwi | 2 |
3669 | MALLEUS (7) | From all EU stores offering a specific kind of hammer (7) | hidden word | Timwi | 2 |
3695 | MASCARA (7) | Makeup for mom with endlessly raging rascal (7) | MA + (RASCA(-l))* | Timwi | 2 |
3761 | RICOCHET (8) | Spring cheese, twice cut, with semi-skimmed ingredient (8) | Cheese = RICOTTA Ingredient = CHEESE RICO(CHE(-ese))T(-t-a) = spring |
Timwi | 2 |
3787 | VEGAN (5) | View grain routinely as a healthy diet (5) | V_E_ G_A_N = a healthy diet | Timwi | 2 |
3797 | AWAY (4) | Slaw, a yummy ingredient, is gone (4) | _AW, A Y_ | Timwi | 2 |
3857 | CRAMP/CRAMPS (5/6) | Pain expressed by manic rampage (5) | Hidden word | Timwi | 2 |
3873 | ANIMAL (6) | Savage note about dictator Idi’s return (6) | L(AMIN)A< | Timwi | 2 |
3930 | NIDORAN OR NIDORAN♂ OR NIDORAN♀ (7 OR 8) | Pokemon regularly on Windsor Road North (7) | Even letters of “ON WINDSOR ROAD” + N | Timwi | 2 |
3963 | HEARTBEAT (9) | Instant love master (9) | HEART (love) + BEAT (master, v.) = HEARTBEAT (instant) | Timwi | 2 |
4069 | HEARTS (6) | Earth's strange organs (6) | EARTHS* | Timwi | 2 |
4114 | OVERHEAR (8) | Catch attention after top of float fell behind (8) | Attention = EAR float (v.) = HOVER (-h)OVER(+H) + EAR = catch |
Timwi | 2 |
4238 | TURNIP (6) | Vegetable involved in non-sequitur: nipple (6) | _TUR NIP_ | Timwi | 2 |
4292 | SOURDOUGH (9) | Do us rough out there, prospector (9) | DOUSROUGH* = SOURDOUGH* = a prospector in Alaska or northwestern Canada | Timwi | 2 |
4321 | TIME STOP (4, 4) | D&D ability permits no right to move around (4, 4) | (PE(-r)MITS TO)* | Timwi | 2 |
4354 | DEUSOVI (7) | Amadeus, o virtuoso, bring out genius (7) | _DEUS O VI_ | Timwi | 2 |
4357 | INTERNET STALKING (8, 8) | Pursuing eccentric’s tinkering talent (8, 8) | (S TINKERING TALENT)* = pursuing | Timwi | 2 |
4377 | FUNCTION CALL (8, 4) | Invocation of cult clan in turmoil (8, 4) | (FUNCTION CALL)* = invocation | Timwi | 2 |
4409 | FEEDBACK (8) | Nurture dorsal response (8) | FEED+BACK | Timwi | 2 |
4433 | HOOP SNAKE (4, 5) | Noah spoke: “strange creature” (4, 5) | HOOPSNAKE* | Timwi | 2 |
4452 | BOOMER (6) | 50’s person plucking leaf off flower (6) | B(-l)OOMER | Timwi | 2 |
4459 | CHROMATIC (9) | Colorful talk about fixed storage discs, even (9) | CH(ROM)AT + _I_C_ = colorful | Timwi | 2 |
4477 | BELLA SWAN (5, 4) | Vampire lover disrupts NBA as well (5, 4) | BELLASWAN* = vampire lover | Timwi | 2 |
4818 | ALARM (5) | A plea from odd anxiety (5) | A_L_A_R_M = anxiety (n.) | Timwi | 2 |
4980 | POLYSEMOUS (10) | Permitting multiple interpretations is bad, so employ us (10) | SOEMPLOYUS* | Timwi | 2 |
5004 | EXISTENTIAL (11) | Endure the last insane Latin grammatical construct (11) | EXIST + _E + NTIAL* = a type of grammatical construct (n.) | Timwi | 2 |
5037 | ZYDECO (6) | Genre of French buried cozy remixes (6) | ZY(DE)CO* = Genre | Timwi | 2 |
5050 | YO MAMA (2, 4) | Joke involving day in Hebrew Reddit thread (2, 4) | YOM (day in Hebrew) + AMA (Reddit thread) | Timwi | 2 |
8430 | ANY ONE-WORD BAND NAME (?) | Band that is confident on stage (7) | ERA+SURE (using “on” to mean “affixed to”, as in “picture on the wall”: confident=SURE on stage=ERA) |
Timwi | 2 |
8443 | ID CARD (2, 4) | Crazy Dr. Acid’s document (2, 4) | DRACID* = IDCARD* | Timwi | 2 |
8480 | TIGER (5) | Feline friend of Pooh has lost $1000 (5) | TIG(-g)ER = feline | Timwi | 2 |
8490 | FLACON (6) | Where to put perfume seal back on (6) | Def.: Where to put perfume (FLAC)<+ON “calf” is the young of a seal (among other animals) |
Timwi | 2 |
8586 | SPRUCE (6) | Elegant safety first pioneered by Rugby Union legend needing no introduction (6) | Def: elegant Safety: S First pioneered: P_ (By: next to) Rugby Union: RU Legend: ACE, needing no introduction: _CE S+P_+RU+_CE |
Timwi | 2 |
2169 | OF (2) | Having footless enemy back (2) | OF = having; FO[-E] (enemy without last letter) backwards | Timwi | 1 |
2170 | DISEASE (7) | Ailment like AIDS, see? (7) | DISEASE (ailment); DISEASE* (AIDS see, anagrammed) | Timwi | 1 |
2238 | BONDAGE (7) | Decorative scallop in grievance chains (7) | BON[DAG]E | Timwi | 1 |
2270 | LAST RESORT (4, 6) | Desperate remedies persist, including French loot (4, 6) | LAS(TRÉSOR)T (last=persist, trésor=French for treasure) | Timwi | 1 |
2296 | WHAT'S UP (5, 2) | Greetings, exotic wasp hut! (5, 2) | WASPHUT* | Timwi | 1 |
2309 | LAST (4) | Ultimately even cleans it (4) | CLeAnSiT | Timwi | 1 |
2315 | LAST (4) | Let's all sit together from start to finish (4) | Initials of Let's All Sit Together | Timwi | 1 |
2316 | LAST (4) | Survive in plastic (4) | p_LAST_ic | Timwi | 1 |
2322 | POUDRETTEITE | Oddly pro-gun, darkest, steep if-then pink mineral (12) | PrOgUnDaRkEsTsTeEpIfThEn | Timwi | 1 |
2323 | POUDRETTEITE | Poet uttered, “I blend silicate” (12) | POETUTTEREDI* | Timwi | 1 |
2325 | RESONATE (8) | Concerning family member had ring (8) | RE + SON + ATE (def = ring) | Timwi | 1 |
2327 | MUNCHAUSEN (10) | Painter with strange endless nausea syndrome (10) | (edvard)MUNCH + NAUSE* | Timwi | 1 |
2337 | NOTEWORTHY (10) | Remarkable observation! Exemplary! (10) | NOTE + WORTHY; def: remarkable | Timwi | 1 |
2361 | SOKOBAN (7) | Warehouse keeper Vladimir came back with scalar instead of vector (7) | NABOKO(-v+S)< | Timwi | 1 |
2383 | RANGER (6) | Stateless foreigner guard (6) | (-st)RANGER | Timwi | 1 |
2466 | URANIUM (7) | Heavy metal remix of “I’m Nauru” (7) | IMNAURU* | Timwi | 1 |
2492 | VANITY (6) | Pride is a reason for using a vector instead of a scalar (6) | (-s+V)ANITY | Timwi | 1 |
2732 | SMELL (5) | Detect methionine in stock (5) | S(M)ELL = “detect” | Timwi | 1 |
2759 | MAILER (6) | Mortal realm I razed (6) | REALMI* | Timwi | 1 |
2813 | ELISION (7) | Constant threat is in exclusion (7) | E “constant” + L(IS)ION “threat, is in” = “exclusion” | Timwi | 1 |
2817 | ELISION (7) | Botched silicone took base deletion (7) | SILI(-c)ONE*. “base”=C because cytosine | Timwi | 1 |
2822 | BARTITSU (8) | What a surprised Homer might write in self-defense (8) | “BART! IT'S U!” (ddef.) | Timwi | 1 |
2841 | NEWS (4) | Sewn-together headlines (4) | SEWN* | Timwi | 1 |
2843 | NEWS (4) | Latest kickoff, not even weird stuff (4) | N(ot) E(ven) W(eird) S(tuff) | Timwi | 1 |
2902 | RAMESSES (8) | Rulers hit letters (8) | RAM + ESSES (“Rulers” plural because there was more than one Ramesses; 11 in fact) |
Timwi | 1 |
2910 | SEPTEMBER (9) | Tempers be orderly at time of Michaelmas (9) | TEMPERSBE* | Timwi | 1 |
2973 | FIERY (5) | Savagely burn plastic layer in flames (5) | FIER(-cel)Y | Timwi | 1 |
2984 | PHUB (4) | Pass focus (4) | &lit: def = pass focus to one's phone; wordplay = P+HUB | Timwi | 1 |
2987 | PHUB (4) | Vietnamese prefecture second in ignoring people in favor of tech (4) | PHU (Vietnamese prefecture) + B (second) | Timwi | 1 |
2991 | RELAYER (7) | Recover strange, rare lye (7) | RARELYE* | Timwi | 1 |
3031 | CLUE CONTAINING UR LAST WINNING CLUE’S ANSWER (?) | “Hi, Constance!” staggered the sports trainer (6 5) | TENNIS COACH* | Timwi | 1 |
3032 | CLUE CONTAINING UR LAST WINNING CLUE’S ANSWER (?) | The thrilling part, i.e., Constance bungling (6 5) | ACTION SCENE* | Timwi | 1 |
3097 | REVOLVER (8) | Arm advance in railroad (8) | R(EVOLVE)R = arm (weapon) | Timwi | 1 |
3155 | NEPTUNE (7) | Crazy place surrounded by twin neon ocean (7) | NE(PUT*)NE Neptune = ocean |
Timwi | 1 |
3333 | HONK (4) | Block out for unsatisfactory blare (4) | H(-u+O)NK = blare | Timwi | 1 |
3355 | FURNITURE (9) | Defenseless mashed fruit under the table, say (9) | (FRUITUN(-d)ER)* | Timwi | 1 |
3361 | LEVEL FIFTY ONE (5, 5, 3) | Let five fly, confuse a puzzler (5, 5, 3) | (LET FIVE FLY)* + ONE | Timwi | 1 |
3364 | ISTHMUS (7) | Bridge that is first to humour even Samuel (7) | _I_S_T_H_M_U_ + S | Timwi | 1 |
3402 | WEB (3) | Mitchell’s partner detailed net (3) | WEB(-b) (comedy partners David Mitchell and Robert Webb) | Timwi | 1 |
3455 | HUMAN (5) | Actress Thurman consumed by her noteworthy first race (5) | H_ (UMA) N_ | Timwi | 1 |
3456 | DANCER (6) | Artist's horoscope turns cents to dollars (6) | (-c+D)ANCER | Timwi | 1 |
3457 | DANCER (6) | Showgirl’s illness goes from 100 to 500 (6) | (-c+D)ANCER | Timwi | 1 |
3464 | THING (5) | Good in tight hinges (5) | _T HING_ | Timwi | 1 |
3475 | AMARETTO (8) | Nectaris, perhaps, in quintillionth drink (8) | A(MARE)TTO = drink Nectaris is one of the maria (sg. mare) on the moon Atto- is the SI prefix for a quintillionth |
Timwi | 1 |
3502 | LOREM IPSUM (5, 5) | Typesetter scores trim-cut copyright in stormy summer (5, 5) | LO(-p)+IP(copyright = intellectual property)-in-SUMMER* LO(-p)+REM(IP)SUM* = typesetter scores |
Timwi | 1 |
3510 | ERRATUM (7) | Terror can't cut my regular trip (7) | _E_R_R_A_T_U_M_ = trip (in the sense of mistake) | Timwi | 1 |
3522 | LEONINE (7) | One line off — like Simba, perhaps (7) | (ONE LINE)* | Timwi | 1 |
3527 | LEONINE (7) | Dignified solo with English and Indian content (7) | L(E)ON(IN)E | Timwi | 1 |
3528 | ERRATUM (7) | Bigger rat umbrella has defect (7) | _ER RAT UM_ | Timwi | 1 |
3534 | ORIFICE (7) | Opening in honor if I celebrate (7) | _OR IF I CE_ | Timwi | 1 |
3581 | ANGEL (5) | Jewel in strange light (5) | _ANGE L_ | Timwi | 1 |
3586 | ANGEL (5) | Theater supporter has a new set (5) | A+N+GEL = theater supporter (financial backer of a production) | Timwi | 1 |
3587 | DEVIL (5) | Monster from Vaudeville (5) | _DEVIL_ | Timwi | 1 |
3588 | ASH (3) | Starts to admire some huge tree (3) | A_ S_ H_ = tree | Timwi | 1 |
3606 | BRUNCH (6) | Sprint between Belgium and Switzerland to get something to eat (6) | RUN between B and CH | Timwi | 1 |
3609 | BRUNCH (6) | Buffet leaders could have followed up on sick burn (6) | BURN* + C_ H_ | Timwi | 1 |
3618 | PERFORM (7) | Enact quiet, orderly reform (7) | P + REFORM* | Timwi | 1 |
3626 | BRIDGE (6) | Base bank bond (6) | B + RIDGE | Timwi | 1 |
3643 | ABCDE (5) | Broadcaster of French mnemonic for critical medical care (5) | ABC (broadcaster) + DE (“of” in French) = mnemonic for critical medical care (airway, breathing, circulation, disability, and exposure). | Timwi | 1 |
3645 | REIMBURSEMENT (13) | Even free film about rested M. Bennett gets compensation (13) | _R_E_I_M_B_U_R_S_E_M_E_N_T_ | Timwi | 1 |
3670 | COCKTAIL (8) | Compound in peacock tails (8) | Hidden word | Timwi | 1 |
3689 | JACK-O'-LANTERN (4-1'-7) | Clark, not Jane, confused pumpkin with a carved face (4-1'-7) | CLARKNOTJANE* | Timwi | 1 |
3690 | JACK-O'-LANTERN (4-1'-7) | Gnarled oak, central to New Jersey, back in light at night (4-1'-7) | N(OAKCENTRAL*)J< = light at night. Did you know jack-o'-lantern is also another term for will-o'-the-wisp? | Timwi | 1 |
3697 | MASCARA (7) | Makeup loses initial effect as camera rolls (7) | (AS CAM(-e)RA)* | Timwi | 1 |
3711 | ENGLISH (7) | In plain terms, conversely, he's low in character (7) | H(SI(L)GN)E< = in plain terms | Timwi | 1 |
3717 | THE (3) | This endless detail of Greek letter (3) | THE(-t)(-a) = this | Timwi | 1 |
3721 | THE (3) | Half of blade from Teresina, Brazil (3) | (-scy)THE = Teresina’s airport code | Timwi | 1 |
3722 | THE (3) | A particular leftover prune (3) | (-o)THE(-r) = a particular | Timwi | 1 |
3739 | TENDON (6) | Nintendo never hides attachment (6) | _TENDO N_ | Timwi | 1 |
3744 | ZINFANDEL (9) | Im Magazin fand Elias Wein (9) | I don't expect anyone to vote for this but it works as a German-language clue. _ZIN FAND EL_ = Wein (wine). The surface reading means “In the magazine, Elias found wine”. | Timwi | 1 |
3745 | ZINFANDEL (9) | Unknown cooked final end product from California (9) | Z + (FINAL END)* = product from California | Timwi | 1 |
3746 | SECURITY (8) | Protection from mad curse and half-being (8) | CURSE* + (-ent)ITY = protection | Timwi | 1 |
3754 | ELEMENT (7) | Wild melee books suggestion (7) | MELEE* + NT (New Testament) “suggestion” = element, e.g. “I detected an element of sarcasm in her voice” |
Timwi | 1 |
3755 | ELEMENT (7) | Part of ukulele mentally internalized (7) | Hidden word. Hoping that either “part of ukulele” or “mentally internalized” looks like the definition, misleadingly | Timwi | 1 |
3758 | RICOCHET (8) | Endless grass didn't fix Augusto’s rebound (8) | RIC(-e) + (-pin)OCHET = rebound (and yes, rice is apparently a grass) |
Timwi | 1 |
3768 | SCRABBLE (8) | Cold resistance from queen's uncle in bickering game (8) | S(-qu+CR)ABBLE = game | Timwi | 1 |
3771 | GULES (5) | Red labor camp turns silver into einsteinium (5) | GUL(-ag+ES) | Timwi | 1 |
3772 | GIGAHERTZ (9) | Gaze right to reconstruct processor benchmark (9) | (GAZE RIGHT)* | Timwi | 1 |
3774 | GIGAHERTZ (9) | Unit mangled their gag with impedance (9) | (THEIR GAG)* + Z | Timwi | 1 |
3788 | VEGAN (5) | Gave strange new dietary idea (5) | GAVE* + N = dietary idea | Timwi | 1 |
3789 | VEGAN (5) | Lifestyle that doesn’t upset angry plant-eater (5) | VEG(-etari<)AN = plant-eater (upset angry = IRATE backwards) |
Timwi | 1 |
3790 | BLACK (5) | Very dark orderly bell cake with vitamin (5) | B_L_(+A)C_K_ = very dark | Timwi | 1 |
3791 | BLACK (5) | Loose sister is brother’s evil (5) | (-s+B)LACK = evil (e.g. “black deeds”) | Timwi | 1 |
3805 | NEKO (4) | Cat turns stove from 5 to 1000 (4) | NE(-v+K)O< | Timwi | 1 |
3807 | DUBIOUS (7) | Suspicious duos dance about welfare program (7) | D(UBI)OUS* = suspicious (Misleading clue as “welfare program” looks very much like the definition and “suspicious” like an anagrind) |
Timwi | 1 |
3839 | CREAM (5) | “YELLOWISH” without initial “YELL” (5) | (-s)CREAM | Timwi | 1 |
3842 | ROBUST (6) | Strong, refitted turbos (6) | ROBUST* | Timwi | 1 |
3858 | CUP (3) | Charlie’s papa holds uniform and trophy (3) | C(U)P | Timwi | 1 |
3862 | PRIDE FLAG (5, 4) | Camp emblem a group of lions pick out (5, 4) | PRIDE FLAG | Timwi | 1 |
3872 | ANIMAL (6) | Troubled Manila being (6) | ANIMAL* | Timwi | 1 |
3888 | MINERAL (7) | Gemstone that truly lost energy after belonging to me (7) | MINE + R(-e)AL (“real” used as an adverb here, e.g. “I'm real sorry about that”) |
Timwi | 1 |
3889 | ANIMAL (6) | Being’s soul link (6) | ANIMA + L | Timwi | 1 |
3897 | WAX (3) | Grow a greasy substance (3) | ddef. | Timwi | 1 |
3899 | WAX (3) | Show axe, hide coat (3) | _W AX_ = coat (v.) | Timwi | 1 |
3901 | ESCHATOLOGY (11) | Key office science concerning the destiny of humanity (11) | ESC + HAT + OLOGY | Timwi | 1 |
3926 | SHAVE (5) | Siemens’ own crop (5) | S (symbol for the unit siemens) + HAVE (own) = crop (shave v.) | Timwi | 1 |
3955 | ANY NON-ALPHANUMERIC GLYPH THAT ISN'T ♀ (1) | British addition to labor union (1) | ⋃ - union symbol, and “u” is what is added to “labor” to make “labour” | Timwi | 1 |
3960 | ANY NON-ALPHANUMERIC GLYPH THAT ISN'T ♀ (1) | Different lines, some parallel, some crossing (1) | ≠ | Timwi | 1 |
4077 | PRESIDENT (9) | Quiet local chairman (9) | P (quiet) + RESIDENT (local n.) = PRESIDENT (chairman) | Timwi | 1 |
4080 | HAND (4) | Hit and pass (4) | H+AND. Def = pass (as in “hand me the towel”) | Timwi | 1 |
4094 | LOSE (4) | Drop in closer (4) | Hidden word | Timwi | 1 |
4107 | CONTEST (7) | Competition mascot beheaded before examination (7) | (-i)CON + TEST | Timwi | 1 |
4117 | PACKET (6) | Added a check to treasure box (6) | treasure = pet P(A+CK)ET = box |
Timwi | 1 |
4144 | NO (2) | Don't, it's on rewind (2) | NO< | Timwi | 1 |
4147 | PERU (4) | Plutonium covers, let's say, about 1,285,216 km²? (4) | P(ER)U | Timwi | 1 |
4149 | PERU (4) | Country holds back nature preserve (4) | _P ERU_< | Timwi | 1 |
4151 | PERU (4) | Lost a dime, lost a whole country (4) | PER(-d)U | Timwi | 1 |
4185 | SAFE (4) | Sound from timeless eccentric feats (4) | FEATS*(-t) = safe (adj.) = sound (adj.) | Timwi | 1 |
4204 | ENNUI (5) | «Boredom at night...» says Pierre (5) | Homophone of «en nuit» (at night) | Timwi | 1 |
4241 | EXONERATION (11) | Add on a struggle for absolution (11) | struggle = EXERTION EX(ON)ER(A)TION = absolution |
Timwi | 1 |
4279 | ANOTHER (7) | A new order on Earth (7) | ANOTHER* = a new | Timwi | 1 |
4282 | BESIDE (6) | Belgium and Sweden embrace intelligent design also (6) | BE+S(ID)E = also. Apologies for any psychological trauma caused by the surface | Timwi | 1 |
4293 | ARENDELLE (9) | Frozen people are born, remove the French (9) | ARE + N (born) + DEL (delete=remove) + LE (the, French) = Frozen people (as in ethnicity, not plural of person) | Timwi | 1 |
4306 | STARRY (6) OR STORY (5) OR STARRY STORY (6, 5) | Small conservative narrative (5) | S + TORY | Timwi | 1 |
4307 | STARRY (6) OR STORY (5) OR STARRY STORY (6, 5) | Crazy Rosy, try rat’s glittering tale (6, 5) | STARRYSTORY* | Timwi | 1 |
4308 | CULINARY (8) | Close up in a straight manner, no energy left for dinner (8) | CU + LIN(-e)AR(-l)Y = for dinner | Timwi | 1 |
4322 | PULL REQUEST (4, 7) | Suggested change to attract demand (4, 7) | PULL (attract) + REQUEST (demand) = suggested change | Timwi | 1 |
4327 | IMPETUS (7) | Abolish old unit of unbridled energy (7) | IMPETU(-ou)S | Timwi | 1 |
4339 | CORPOREAL (9) | Material or place or construct (9) | “Construct” (v.) is anagram indicator. ORPLACEOR* = material (adj.) |
Timwi | 1 |
4342 | FUDDRUCKERS (11) | Hamburger joint found us even with German printer (11) | F_U_D (+DRUCKER) _S | Timwi | 1 |
4351 | DEUSOVI (7) | Puzzler took legal action against four—no backsies (7) | Took legal action = SUED four = IV no = O “against” means placed side by side (DEUS+O+VI)< = puzzler |
Timwi | 1 |
4352 | DEUSOVI (7) | Puzzler is god of heartless virtuosi (7) | DEUS + O’ + V_I | Timwi | 1 |
4373 | AXIS (4) | Fire is Descartes’s line (4) | Fire = AX (as in fire from a job) AX+IS = Descartes’s line |
Timwi | 1 |
4392 | CELERY (6) | Graveyard not cleared has large vegetable (6) | cleared = MET (e.g. a payment) CE(+L)(-met)ERY |
Timwi | 1 |
4407 | LOKI (4) | See, I lost no one from Asgard (4) | LO(-o)K+I = one from Asgard | Timwi | 1 |
4453 | BOOMER (6) | Old guy's room be disorganized (6) | (ROOM BE)* | Timwi | 1 |
4463 | CHROMATIC (9) | Colorful shoe absorbs heat, mass and electric current (9) | C(+H)RO(+MAT)(+I)C (mass = MAT as in a mat of hair) |
Timwi | 1 |
4469 | ATROPOS (7) | An endless cliché of some leading personification of fate (7) | A + TROP(-e) + O’ + S_ = personification of fate | Timwi | 1 |
4470 | ATROPOS (7) | Morta from Greece: “a weather layer lost momentum here” (7) | A + TROPOS(-p)(-here) | Timwi | 1 |
4474 | BOB MARLEY (3, 6) | Returning action hero wrapped in unkosher blanket for Jamaican singer-songwriter (3, 6) | B(OBMAR<)L(-u)EY | Timwi | 1 |
4475 | BOB MARLEY (3, 6) | Boy with marble set up music icon (3, 6) | BO(BMARLE*)Y | Timwi | 1 |
4478 | BELLA SWAN (5, 4) | Forbid to include enlisted woman with lines as Stephenie Meyer’s character (5, 4) | B(E(LL + AS)W)AN | Timwi | 1 |
4510 | COMPATIBLE (10) | No charm able to be packed in harmony (10) | COMPA(-c)TIBLE = in harmony | Timwi | 1 |
4902 | ELECTORAL COLLEGE (9,7) | Decrepit locale keeps lay reader, say, among the French voters (9,7) | E(LECTOR)ALCOL* + L(EG)E = voters | Timwi | 1 |
4978 | ANTEPENULTIMATE (15) | Letter about a university, French satellite, animal, and reversed sometimes-stressed syllable (15) | ET(A+MIT+LUNE+PET+N)A< | Timwi | 1 |
4999 | LAME DUCK (4, 4) | Still-incumbent savagely mauled in front of calm kindergarten (4-4) | LAMEDU* + C + K = “still-incumbent” (adj.) | Timwi | 1 |
5001 | ARAPAIMA (8) | Even satanism was infiltrated by crack fish (8) | A_(RAP)A_I_M_A_ = fish | Timwi | 1 |
5005 | CHTHONIC (8) | Response to the most extreme of the underworld (8) | CH(r->TH_)ONIC = of the underworld | Timwi | 1 |
5006 | CHTHONIC (8) | Motionless with high instead of a lost time in hell (8) | CATATONIC (motionless) with H (high) instead of A = CHTHTONIC; lost T (time) C(a->H)T(a->H)(-t)ONIC = in hell |
Timwi | 1 |
5029 | ALEATORIC (9) | Random serving at Yorick’s Centre (9) | ALE + AT + _ORIC_ | Timwi | 1 |
5033 | CINNAMON (8) | I’m cannon fodder for Raj’s dog (8) | CINNAMON* = Raj’s dog from The Big Bang Theory | Timwi | 1 |
5075 | DIAERESIS (9) | Mark’s totals before donations retracted (9) | totals = IS (e.g. “this is $5”) before = ERE donations = AID (DIA + ERE + SI + S)< = mark |
Timwi | 1 |
5130 | MOGUL (5) | Notable sound change in detailed system (5) | MO(-d+G)UL(-e) = notable (n.) | Timwi | 1 |
5166 | ADVENT (6) | Two-thirds of exciting experience is coming (6) | ADVENT[ure] = coming (n.) | Timwi | 1 |
5357 | GO (2) | Essay starts to get out (2) | G_ O_; “essay” in the sense of “attempt”, as in “have a go” | Timwi | 1 |
5404 | CLICK (5) | Beat cocaine taste (5) | C + LICK = beat (from a metronome) | Timwi | 1 |
5406 | CLICK (5) | Select where to type with strikeout (5) | Where to type = CLI (command-line interface) With = C (in prescriptions) Strikeout = K (in baseball) |
Timwi | 1 |
8354 | SCRAP (5) | Lose backup of golf scores that had charm (5) | Pars with C, S(C)RAP< = lose (as in get rid of) | Timwi | 1 |
8355 | DRAGON (6) | Academic back with new constellation (6) | DR+AGO+N = constellation | Timwi | 1 |
8444 | ID CARD (2, 4) | Offensively rancid day without new papers (2, 4) | RA(-n)CID* + D (day) = (IDCAR*+D)-n | Timwi | 1 |
8478 | TAX (3) | Load times are time lost (3) | Def: load (v.) Times = X (multiplication sign) Are = A (unit of area) Time = T Lost = going the wrong way (T+A+X)< |
Timwi | 1 |
8485 | TEN-FOUR (3-4) | The first being from UCR even? Yep. (3-4) | The first = T_ “being from UCR” even letters = _E_N_ F_O_ U_R def = yep |
Timwi | 1 |
2171 | BREXIT (6) | First a breathed relief, then a death catastrophe in the making (6) | B.R. [breathed relief, first letters] + EXIT (death) = BREXIT (def: catastrophe in the making) | Timwi | 0 |
2176 | BREXIT (6) | Leaving strange Potter without article (6) | BREXIT [leaving] = [BE[-A]TRIX]* | Timwi | 0 |
2189 | APEX (4) | Top news agency foreshadows Plastikman album (4) | AP (news agency) + EX (Plastikman album) | Timwi | 0 |
2241 | HENTAI (6) | Anime otorhinolaryngologist eaten by German shark (6) | H[ENT]AI | Timwi | 0 |
2276 | OUAGADOUGOU (11) | Even gungho turn follows evenly popular guarddog in city (11) | pOpUlArGuArDdOg+gUnGhO+U | Timwi | 0 |
2277 | OUAGADOUGOU (11) | Odd ocular guards opus goof-up in city (11) | OcUlArGuArDsOpUsGoOfUp | Timwi | 0 |
2288 | ED SHEERAN (2, 7) | Plus musician hears need for remix (2, 7) | HEARSNEED*, def: “plus” (+) is an album | Timwi | 0 |
2289 | HORNY (5) | Instrument, French and Spanish, turned on (5) | HORN (Instrument, French) + Y (and Spanish) | Timwi | 0 |
2290 | HORNY (5) | Passionate about horrific felony (5) | HOR(-rificfelo)NY | Timwi | 0 |
2291 | PROXY (5) | Alternate specialist axes (5) | PRO+XY | Timwi | 0 |
2293 | PROXY (5) | Backup script extension hides Supernova album (5) | P[ROX]Y (py = file extension for Python scripts), def: backup | Timwi | 0 |
2294 | MUNCHAUSEN (10) | Grind gold worth a fraction of a yen, Baron (10) | MUNCH + AU + SEN | Timwi | 0 |
2295 | LASAGNA (7) | Odd liars nagging at pasta (7) | LiArSnAgGiNgAt | Timwi | 0 |
2310 | LAST (4) | Stunted thrill ending (4) | (-b)LAST | Timwi | 0 |
2312 | LAST (4) | Finale in hula stunt (4) | hu_LAST_unt | Timwi | 0 |
2314 | LAST (4) | Close to wear (4) | ddef. | Timwi | 0 |
2324 | RESONATE (8) | Sound treason, weird echo (8) | TREASON*+E; def. sound | Timwi | 0 |
2338 | SENBAZURU (9) | A thousand paper cranes have Ezra unsub liberally (9) | EZRAUNSUB* | Timwi | 0 |
2340 | SENBAZURU (9) | Sweden note that blue energy is an unsatisfactory folding challenge (9) | SE+NB+AZUR(-e+U) | Timwi | 0 |
2343 | SENBAZURU (9) | Well-wishing thousand love the Zune bar us (9) | ZUNEBARUS* / def: well-wishing thousand | Timwi | 0 |
2347 | SET (3) | Rigid? Testy? Grim? No thank you (3) | TES(-ty)* | Timwi | 0 |
2348 | MR BRIGHTSIDE (2, 10) | Sir, quick! Face what the killers say (2 10) | MR+BRIGHT+SIDE | Timwi | 0 |
2353 | MR BRIGHTSIDE (2, 10) | Single odd Mars bar wing, white suit dies (2, 10) | MaRsBaRwInGwHiTeSuItDiEs | Timwi | 0 |
2356 | MR BRIGHTSIDE (2, 10) | British germ spreads amid demand for song of the decade (2, 10) | (BRITISHGERM+D)* | Timwi | 0 |
2359 | SET (3) | Collectible card game (3) | ddef.; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Set_(card_game) | Timwi | 0 |
2364 | SOKOBAN (7) | Warehouse keeper shook toy boat end, oddly (7) | ShOoKtOyBoAteNd | Timwi | 0 |
2365 | ACCRETION (9) | Supplement a nicer coat, weirdo. (9) | (NICERCOAT)* | Timwi | 0 |
2386 | INTERSECT (9) | Meet me in front of the centers out there, Thomas. (9) | I + CENTERS* + T (= Thomas in Western Union spelling alphabet) | Timwi | 0 |
2414 | INTERNET TROLL (8, 5) | Online commenter, not helpful shuffle, nor little rent (8, 5) | (NOR LITTLE RENT)* / def: “online commenter, not helpful” | Timwi | 0 |
2416 | REMIX (5) | Reuse material from translated song lyrics fragments surrounding a vinyl (5) | ddef: reuse material / translated song lyrics fragments surrounding a vinyl | Timwi | 0 |
2420 | FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT (8, 9) | Honest, that “nooser” evil frenzy was less than adequate for a person of high standing (8, 9) | FRANK + (NOOSER EVIL)* + LT / def: adequate for a person of high standing | Timwi | 0 |
2431 | SUNSHINE (8) | Robbie Williams’ baboon went north-east after having seafood with nitrogen in it (8) | def: baboon from “Me And My Monkey” by Robbie Williams = SU(N)SHI + NE | Timwi | 0 |
2459 | OZONE (5) | Strange zoo northeast of UV blocker (5) | ZOO* + NE | Timwi | 0 |
2644 | APPLAUD (7) | Package hail salute (7) | APP+LAUD | Timwi | 0 |
2645 | THE GAMBIA (3, 6) | Hypothesized ancient planet contains both whales and flat country (3, 6) | THE(GAM+B)IA = “country” | Timwi | 0 |
2809 | PUCCINI (7) | Plutonium-carbon-carbon-indium-iodine composer (7) | Chemical element symbols | Timwi | 0 |
2810 | YUCCA (5) | Yttrium-uranium-carbon-calcium plant (5) | Chemical element symbols | Timwi | 0 |
2818 | SUCCUBUS (8) | Medieval legend Making History band not in Shatner movie (8) | Making History (album) band = S.U.C. Shatner movie = INCUBUS SUC(-in)CUBUS = medieval legend |
Timwi | 0 |
2819 | ZUCCHINI (8) | Vegetable axis you copy your ass off the right ways (8) | Z+U+CC+H(-e)INI(-e) (the right ways = the easts) |
Timwi | 0 |
2820 | LIGHT (5) | A definite endless golden curtailed return to perch (5) | A definite endless = TH(-e) Golden curtailed = GIL(-t) To perch = THGIL< |
Timwi | 0 |
2834 | CARDINAL (8) | Coach with currency changing a turn to see bird (8) | CAR+DINA(-r+L) | Timwi | 0 |
2835 | BULWER-LYTTON (6-6) | Not the leader of twenty-one pilots in a tailspin west of endless oil-backing competition (6-6) | [NOT+TYLRE+W+LUB(-e)]< | Timwi | 0 |
2844 | NEWS (4) | Frequent anger was a rumor (4) | aNgErWaSa | Timwi | 0 |
2874 | I DON’T KNOW (1, 4, 4) | “Not Now, Kid” remix of Paul McCartney song (1, 4, 4) | NOTNOWKID* | Timwi | 0 |
2885 | CONSTANCE (9) | Key new plan maker in a single-use lake (9) | C (key) + [ STAN (new plan maker) in ONCE (a single use) ] | Timwi | 0 |
2886 | VARIANCE (8) | Shifting, blasting, changing a note and losing another inconsistency (8) | “Shifting” = VARIABLE “BLasTING” = VARIA(-bl+TING)E “changing a note and losing another” = VARIA(-ti)N(-g+C)E |
Timwi | 0 |
2911 | SPOONER (7) | Sailing ship from Switzerland to Portugal through Antarctic bay (7) | S(-ch+P)OONER | Timwi | 0 |
2912 | QUIDNUNC (8) | Busybody coins sister charge (8) | QUID (coins, e.g. “it cost me 10 quid”) + NUN (sister) + C (charge) | Timwi | 0 |
2960 | CASCADE (7) | Classic candles regularly flood (7) | ClAsSiCcAnDlEs | Timwi | 0 |
2962 | IT (2) | Neutered insect shell (2) | I_T | Timwi | 0 |
2974 | FIERY (5) | Plant not about missing amount of roasting (5) | (-re)FI(-n)ERY | Timwi | 0 |
2975 | FIERY (5) | Hot movie without live misery (5) | FI(-l)(-m+ERY) | Timwi | 0 |
2983 | BACTERIA (8) | Sloth returned taxi back to cells (8) | (AI + RET + CAB)< | Timwi | 0 |
2985 | PHUB (4) | Prioritize phone over Hungarian in lead (4) | P(HU)B | Timwi | 0 |
2992 | RELAYER (7) | Yes album with arrangement of Earl Rye (7) | EARLRYE* | Timwi | 0 |
3033 | CLUE CONTAINING UR LAST WINNING CLUE’S ANSWER (?) | Ol’ Constance, strangely, must remain open (6 5) | CANNOT CLOSE* | Timwi | 0 |
3034 | CLUE CONTAINING UR LAST WINNING CLUE’S ANSWER (?) | Uh, Constance definitely knows her numbers (3 3 5) | SHE CAN COUNT* | Timwi | 0 |
3221 | CLUE CONTAINING A PIECE OR TERM FROM CHESS (?) | Sticks to castling move (6, 2) | CLINGS AT* | Timwi | 0 |
3223 | CLUE CONTAINING A PIECE OR TERM FROM CHESS (?) | South Italian guard’s gambit (8, 7) | SICILIAN + DEFENSE | Timwi | 0 |
3354 | PALINDROME (10) | Perhaps racecar is hidden in opal in dromedary (10) | _PAL IN DROME_ | Timwi | 0 |
3359 | LEVEL FIFTY ONE (5, 5, 3) | Tax tailless pixie, in case Northern Irish county isn’t right, dude (5, 5, 3) | LEV(-y) + ELF + IF + TY(-r)ONE = dude | Timwi | 0 |
3362 | LEVEL FIFTY ONE (5, 5, 3) | Lines surround day before part success turns to failure and that drive vanishes in a towering story (5, 5, 3) | Lines surround day before = L(EVE)L part, success turns to failure = (-s+F)IFT that, drive vanishes = YONDER-dr a towering story = level 51 in a skyscraper, perhaps? |
Timwi | 0 |
3365 | ISTHMUS (7) | This sum sort of connects Suez, perhaps (7) | (THIS SUM)* = connects Suez, perhaps | Timwi | 0 |
3408 | WEB (3) | Starts watching esteemed British documentary film (3) | W_ E_ B_ = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_(2013_film) | Timwi | 0 |
3453 | HUMAN (5) | Hungarian male individual (5) | HU + MAN | Timwi | 0 |
3454 | HUMAN (5) | Detailed color worker body (5) | HU(-e) + MAN | Timwi | 0 |
3458 | DANCER (6) | Rhythmic mover turns vinyl or is not available (6) | REC(-or+NA)D< | Timwi | 0 |
3459 | BOURGEOIS (9) | To an extent, sleep is only on in search of returning capitalist (9) | (SI(-z+O)E + GRU(O)B)< | Timwi | 0 |
3461 | CRADLE (6) | First ward got round back support (6) | First = ELDER (e.g. first son) Ward = ER (emergency room) ELD(-er+ARC)< = support |
Timwi | 0 |
3465 | THING (5) | Curious night incident (5) | NIGHT* | Timwi | 0 |
3466 | THING (5) | Showering without bathroom fixture (5) | (-ba)THING | Timwi | 0 |
3474 | AMARETTO (8) | Reddit questioning soak in honor of Italian crisp cookie (8) | AMA (Reddit questioning) + RET (soak) + TO (in honor of) = Italian crisp cookie | Timwi | 0 |
3491 | PROMISE (7) | Experienced gentleman losing trust in word of honor (7) | PRO + MISTER-tr = word of honor | Timwi | 0 |
3492 | PROMISE (7) | Contract phone card back into twisted rope (7) | (please read “contract” as the verb in the surface :p) SIM< in ROPE* = PRO(MIS<)E* = contract (oh look, it was the noun after all) |
Timwi | 0 |
3493 | PROMISE (7) | Sacred syllable in attempt to unlock vow (7) | PR(OM)ISE = vow | Timwi | 0 |
3509 | ERRATUM (7) | Change back to first is real royal screw-up (7) | MUTA(-t_+R+R)E< | Timwi | 0 |
3511 | ERRATUM (7) | Even Bear Bryant understands my first mistake (7) | _E_R_R_A_T + U_ M_ = "mistake" | Timwi | 0 |
3513 | ERRATUM (7) | Two-thirds coy about Jack backing mistake (7) | jack = sailor = tar (-de)MU(TAR)RE< |
Timwi | 0 |
3514 | ORIFICE (7) | GAP bag is on offer (7) | (-sac+O)RIFICE = gap | Timwi | 0 |
3516 | CRYPTIC CLUE (7, 4) | Puzzle hints scream uncanny epic cult (7, 4) | CRY + (EPIC CULT)* = obscure puzzle element (a single cryptic clue contains multiple hints, so I claim the plural is fine :p) |
Timwi | 0 |
3525 | LEONINE (7) | Ferociously feline Tolstoy’s Circus Maximus album (7) | LEO + NINE = ferociously feline | Timwi | 0 |
3562 | JAMES CAAN (5, 4) | Gamble in “Con Man”, Hooks in “Game Over”, About A Key in “Mother” (5, 4) | JAN Hooks is an actress in “Game Over” J(A+M(ESC)A)AN = actor who plays Agent Gamble in “Con Man” |
Timwi | 0 |
3563 | JAMES CAAN (5, 4) | Yes, German case man beats the Big Man from Dogville (5, 4) | JA+(CASEMAN)* | Timwi | 0 |
3574 | ASH (3) | Residue of clean decapitation (3) | (-w)ASH = “residue” | Timwi | 0 |
3575 | ASH (3) | KTANE modder has plan (3) | HAS* | Timwi | 0 |
3576 | TOLKIEN (7) | Board game with English tireless author (7) | T(-z)OLKI(E)N (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/126163) |
Timwi | 0 |
3578 | TOLKIEN (7) | Flimsy ten-kilo asteroid (7) | TENKILO* (asteroid 2675) | Timwi | 0 |
3582 | DEVIL (5) | Divorced wicked beast (5) | D + EVIL | Timwi | 0 |
3585 | DEVIL (5) | Dalmatian thief stayed back (5) | LIVED< = (Cruella) de Vil | Timwi | 0 |
3596 | INCUS (5) | Atahualpa’s people’s answer is unsatisfactory sound transmitter (5) | INC(-a+U)S | Timwi | 0 |
3599 | INCUS (5) | Malleus’s partner in endless swearing (5) | IN + CUS(-s) | Timwi | 0 |
3604 | BRUNCH (6) | Type of moment eating North Carolina snack (6) | BRU(NC)H = snack | Timwi | 0 |
3605 | BRUNCH (6) | Time to run into Bachelor of Surgery (6) | B(RUN)CH | Timwi | 0 |
3613 | BRUNCH (6) | Organ lost before having kosher meal (6) | BRANCH, lost A [=before], having U [=kosher] BR(-a)(U)NCH = meal |
Timwi | 0 |
3615 | JACKBOX (7) | A few good men lead fight for party pack (7) | A Few Good Men lead = Jack (Nicholson) JACK + BOX |
Timwi | 0 |
3617 | PERFORM (7) | Do a cut (7) | do = perform (def.) a = PER (an apple a day = per day) cut = shape = form |
Timwi | 0 |
3651 | OOF (3) | This means pain even to Goofy (3) | (t)O(g)O(o)F(y) | Timwi | 0 |
3653 | OOF (3) | Dismayed response out of failure (3) | O+O+F = dismayed response | Timwi | 0 |
3654 | OOF (3) | Roblox meme buried in bamboo forest (3) | _OO F_ | Timwi | 0 |
3655 | OOF (3) | Melodramatic response to trimmed foot (3) | (-h)OOF | Timwi | 0 |
3676 | HALLOWEEN (9) | Secretly shallow eeny-teeny trick-or-treating (9) | _HALLOW EEN_ = teeny trick-or-treating (because let's face it, teens go trick-or-treating too) | Timwi | 0 |
3677 | HALLOWEEN (9) | Robert Hepler in Belgian municipality on October 31 (9) | HAL(+LOWE)EN | Timwi | 0 |
3678 | PLEDGE (6) | Word in crippled German (6) | Hidden word | Timwi | 0 |
3687 | JACK-O'-LANTERN (4-1'-7) | Normal membrane filters one tangled lock across initially jarring mirror sight on Halloween (4-1'-7) | (N+RET(-i)NA+LOKC*+A+J)< = sight on Halloween | Timwi | 0 |
3688 | JACK-O'-LANTERN (4-1'-7) | Festive decoration beginning just before meals of nut and exotic poultry (4-1'-7) | J_ + AC(=before meals) + KOLA + 'N' + TERN = festive decoration | Timwi | 0 |
3696 | MASCARA (7) | Cosmetic for mom’s coach area (7) | MA’S + CAR + A | Timwi | 0 |
3707 | ENGLISH (7) | I'm in, taking note of philosopher Friedrich’s hot subject (7) | Philosopher Friedrich’s = ENGELS’ ENG(-e)L(+I)S’ + H = subject (in school) |
Timwi | 0 |
3710 | ENGLISH (7) | Takes time and swallows $1000 to sign up Henry for literature class (7) | EN(+G)LIS(-t) + H = literature class | Timwi | 0 |
3743 | ZINFANDEL (9) | Wine ordered from fine land after nap (9) | Z + (FINELAND)* = wine | Timwi | 0 |
3747 | SECURITY (8) | Non-aggression pacts restored with one undetermined assurance (8) | TRUCES backwards with I, then Y SECUR(+I)T< + Y = assurance |
Timwi | 0 |
3769 | SCRABBLE (8) | Claw beetle capable of eating lava (8) | SCARAB + ABLE - AA (a type of lava) = claw (v.) | Timwi | 0 |
3770 | SCRABBLE (8) | Botched BBC laser competition (8) | (BBC LASER)* = competition | Timwi | 0 |
3796 | AWAY (4) | “Happy trees” Bob and Charlie return from New Guinea, ratite is gone (4) | ROSS + C, reverse, remove from CASSOWARY (a New Guinea ratite). (-c)A(-sso)WA(-r)Y = gone |
Timwi | 0 |
3804 | HOT DOG (3, 3) | Cooked canine food (3, 3) | HOT+DOG | Timwi | 0 |
3815 | BUTTER (6) | Spread bravo, say (6) | B + UTTER | Timwi | 0 |
3816 | BUTTER (6) | Cover servant list (6) | [sorry elision :/ LIST = L is T] BUT(-l+T)ER | Timwi | 0 |
3817 | BUTTER (6) | Barn for gallons of sewer fat (6) | (-g+B)UTTER | Timwi | 0 |
3841 | SPEED (5) | Change direction of use rate (5) | SPE(-n+E)D | Timwi | 0 |
3876 | VEGETABLE (9) | Five beagles’ regular food is green and healthy (9) | V + _E_G_E_ + TABLE (Table n. = “the food and drink served at meals”) |
Timwi | 0 |
3877 | VEGETABLE (9) | Greens beg to leave party without love (9) | (BEG T(-o) LEAVE)* | Timwi | 0 |
3900 | ESCHATOLOGY (11) | Unkosher tribute about gossip in such world-ending matters (11) | E(-u)(S(CHAT)O)LOGY = world-ending matters | Timwi | 0 |
3905 | BASS DROP (4, 4) OR BASSDROP (8) | Not how PBS roadshow arranged a change of pace (8) | (PBS ROADS -how)* | Timwi | 0 |
3906 | BASS DROP (4, 4) OR BASSDROP (8) | Dubstep stunt mysteriously adsorbs pressure (8) | (BASSDRO)* + P | Timwi | 0 |
3953 | ANY NON-ALPHANUMERIC GLYPH THAT ISN'T ♀ (1) | Mouth box (1) | 口 — looks like a box, means mouth in Chinese | Timwi | 0 |
3954 | ANY NON-ALPHANUMERIC GLYPH THAT ISN'T ♀ (1) | Paragraph about parking backwards (1) | ¶ | Timwi | 0 |
3971 | GOD MORGEN (3, 6) | Oslo greeting even age-old “I’m sorry” Gretna (3, 6) | aGeOlDiMsOrRyGrEtNa | Timwi | 0 |
4011 | RESOLUTION (10) | Ruling on wacky lotion ruse (10) | (LOTION RUSE)* | Timwi | 0 |
4019 | FUELS (5) | Supplies from Tofu, El Salvador (5) | Hidden word | Timwi | 0 |
4044 | PI ( 2) | Spike has character (2) | Hidden word | Timwi | 0 |
4070 | HEARTS (6) | Game works, he's around (6) | Hearts is a card game. HE(ART)S | Timwi | 0 |
4095 | LOSE (4) | Confuse the French with Unix, say (4) | L(OS)E; LE (the, French) with OS (operating system; Unix, say); def=confuse, as in “you lost me” | Timwi | 0 |
4096 | LOSE (4) | Untidy Leos are defeated (4) | LEOS*; def=“are defeated” | Timwi | 0 |
4097 | LOSE (4) | Greetings downright fail (4) | “Greetings!” = “lo!” Downright = SE (south-east) Fail = LO+SE |
Timwi | 0 |
4101 | MARRY (5) | Enter into Bond movie: antagonist R.R. (yep, initials) (5) | Enter into bond = MARRY M_ A_ R_ R_ Y_ |
Timwi | 0 |
4108 | CONTEST (7) | Deacon testified in trial (7) | Hidden word | Timwi | 0 |
4118 | PACKET (6) | Wild carbon in-take connected to power box (6) | P+A(C)KET* | Timwi | 0 |
4129 | ANY CLUE THAT CONTAINS ITS ANSWER (?) | This clue’s solution to be found during Summit Sans Werewolves (3,6) | _ITS ANSWER_ | Timwi | 0 |
4132 | PACKET (6) | Science fiction visor isn't right but turns a fortune (6) | Science fiction = TREK Visor = CAP (PAC+KE(-r)T)< = fortune (a lot of money) |
Timwi | 0 |
4143 | NO (2) | Knowledge breeds denial (2) | _NO_ | Timwi | 0 |
4145 | NO (2) | Can one contain rejection? (2) | _N O_; def is noun sense of no (e.g. is that a no?) | Timwi | 0 |
4146 | PERU (4) | Country outline without electricity (4) | Outline = APERCU Electricity = A.C. (-a)PER(-c)U = country |
Timwi | 0 |
4153 | NORMALCY (8) | Standard clay, unusual prevalence (8) | NORM+CLAY* | Timwi | 0 |
4165 | SHATTER (7) | Some “First!” troll has time to kill (7) | some first = S_ troll = HATER has time = +T S_ + HAT(+T)ER = kill |
Timwi | 0 |
4173 | SPAR (4) | Knocks back dispute (4) | RAPS< | Timwi | 0 |
4174 | INCANDESCENT (12) | Bright turndown of indecent scan (12) | INCANDESCENT* | Timwi | 0 |
4175 | INCANDESCENT (12) | Shiny reorder of canned insect (12) | INCANDESCENT* | Timwi | 0 |
4183 | TRIP (4) | Trimmed strips fall (4) | _TRIP_ | Timwi | 0 |
4184 | SAFE (4) | Odd star-free vault (4) | S_A_F_E_ | Timwi | 0 |
4203 | ZOOM (4) | Caesar's fourteen settle around a bucket (4) | settle = LAY settle around a = LAAY Caesar shift +14 = ZOOM = bucket (v.) |
Timwi | 0 |
4220 | FUNHOUSE (8) | Building with attractions, e.g. tailless dog entangled in blend (8) | F(UNHO-d)*USE = building with attractions, e.g. | Timwi | 0 |
4235 | CHRYSOBERYL (11) | Gem by Chel: “Sorry!” Awful. (11) | BYCHELSORRY* | Timwi | 0 |
4236 | TURNIP (6) | Root has no energy per unit ordered (6) | P(-e)RUNIT* | Timwi | 0 |
4280 | ANOTHER (7) | A throne, strangely, is an extra (7) | ANOTHER* = an extra | Timwi | 0 |
4281 | BESIDE (6) | Except Abe's idea material (6) | _BE’S IDE_ = except | Timwi | 0 |
4283 | BENDY (5) | Striped by surrounding border (5) | B(END)Y = striped (in heraldry) | Timwi | 0 |
4301 | ARENDELLE (9) | Double-kerned Thorowgood typeface and inhabitants of fairy-tale kingdom (9) | (-cl)AREND(-on) + (-dw)ELLE(-rs) | Timwi | 0 |
4319 | SOCIAL DISTANCING (6,10) | Crazy dancing socialist maintaining personal space (6, 10) | SOCIALDISTANCING* | Timwi | 0 |
4320 | SOCIAL DISTANCING (6,10) | Partner drug with dose coloration; name is about pandemic mitigation strategy (6, 10) | SO+(CIAL(D)IS)+TAN(-n+C)ING = pandemic mitigation strategy | Timwi | 0 |
4333 | UTADA HIKARU (5, 6) | Voilà! In, er... Kolss’s chess program, no small performer of Distance (5, 6) | Kolss’s chess program = IKARUS. U(TADA)H + IKARU(-s) = performer of Distance |
Timwi | 0 |
4340 | CORPOREAL (9) | Poor Clare, deranged mortal (9) | POORCLARE* | Timwi | 0 |
4341 | CORPOREAL (9) | Physical sign is not genuine (9) | “sign is not” = SCORPIO without IS (-s)CORP(-i)O + REAL = physical |
Timwi | 0 |
4348 | SCALAR (6) | Quantity of wings made to follow initial specification cycle (6) | of wings = ALAR S_ + C + ALAR = quantity |
Timwi | 0 |
4356 | INTERNET STALKING (8, 8) | Online tracking has rest frequently added in bird’s vocalization (8, 8) | IN TERN(_E_T)’S TALKING = online tracking | Timwi | 0 |
4358 | ENDOTHERMIC (11) | Kill fresh bug, absorbing heat (11) | END+OTHER+MIC = absorbing heat | Timwi | 0 |
4359 | ENDOTHERMIC (11) | Warm-blooded native has right to eat hot puree (11) | END(OTH*)E(R)MIC = warm-blooded | Timwi | 0 |
4374 | AXIS (4) | Rod that spins while containing letter (4) | A(XI)S = rod that spins | Timwi | 0 |
4388 | CELERY (6) | Yell about skirmish in which I died a vegetable (6) | C((-m)ELE(-e))RY = a vegetable | Timwi | 0 |
4391 | DELIVERY (8) | Include liver you partially transfer (8) | _DE LIVER Y_ | Timwi | 0 |
4423 | ATLANTIS (8) | Book brought to a strange, dogless island described by Plato (8) | a strange = A+OUTLANDISH dogless = remove HOUND book brought to = insert NT (New Testament) A+(-ou)TLA(-nd+NT)IS(-h) = island described by Plato |
Timwi | 0 |
4425 | HAIR (4) | Hundred-seat dash?? (4) | OK, hear me out. A seat is a chair, right? That’s c-hair, or centihair, so a hundred seat is obviously a hair. A hair of something is also a small amount, as is a dash of it. So... HAIR! Right?... Hm?... Yeah, me neither | Timwi | 0 |
4426 | ANTIDOTE (8) | Unkosher relative invites Yakko’s sister for corrective measure (8) | Anyone remember Animaniacs? A(-u)NTI(+DOT)E = corrective measure |
Timwi | 0 |
4431 | QUARTIC (7) | Fourth-degree city almost backed out after half-quarrels (7) | QUAR_ + (-y)TIC< | Timwi | 0 |
4432 | QUARTIC (7) | Each skinned figure put a polynomial (7) | figure = SQUARE put = STICK each skinned = _QUAR_+_TIC_ = a polynomial |
Timwi | 0 |
4447 | GLOBAL (6) | Involving the whole world turned even college science room around (6) | _G_L_O_< (turned even college) + BAL< (science room, around) = involving the whole world | Timwi | 0 |
4448 | WITH THE LIGHTS OUT (4, 3, 6, 3) | Showing the 2016 Sandberg horror film in darkness (4, 3, 6, 3) | showing = WITH (e.g. “he gave the presentation with/showing PowerPoint slides”) the = THE 2016 Sandberg horror film = LIGHTS OUT “in darkness” is the def |
Timwi | 0 |
4449 | WITH THE LIGHTS OUT (4, 3, 6, 3) | In total darkness while lacking that slight edge going forward (4, 3, 6, 3) | while = containment indicator lacking = WITHOUT that = THE slight, edge going forward = (-s)LIGHT(+S) WITH(THE+(-s)LIGHT(+S))OUT = in total darkness |
Timwi | 0 |
4451 | BOOMER (6) | Mangled ribosome is not of a recent generation (6) | R(-i)BO(-s)OME* | Timwi | 0 |
4460 | PENALTY (7) | Regrouped ten play soccer shot (7) | TENPLAY* | Timwi | 0 |
4468 | ATROPOS (7) | Such style — a returning goddess (7) | (A+TROP+OS)< = goddess. “style”=“port” as in demeanor | Timwi | 0 |
4473 | BOB MARLEY (3, 6) | Reggae pioneer initially believed no grain contains metal (3, 6) | B_ + O + B(+M)ARLEY = Reggae pioneer | Timwi | 0 |
4484 | METALLIC PUNISHER (8, 8) | Element 50 cooler contains correct song from “Arcaea” (8, 8) | METAL [element] + L [50, Roman numeral] + ICER [cooler] contains PUNISH [correct, v.] METAL+L+IC(PUNISH)ER = song from “Arcaea” |
Timwi | 0 |
4489 | HEALTH (6) | Cure thorium for well-being (6) | HEAL+TH | Timwi | 0 |
4490 | HEALTH (6) | Constitution is niche, although partly (6) | _HE ALTH_ | Timwi | 0 |
4501 | WEALTH (6) | Mark Thorium for prosperity (6) | WEAL, n.: a raised mark on the surface of the body produced by a blow WEAL + TH |
Timwi | 0 |
4511 | COMPATIBLE (10) | Cognate radium and titanium switch consonant (10) | COMPA(-ra+TI)BLE I’m hoping that “cognate” looks like the definition and “switch consonant” like wordplay, but actually “consonant” is the definition part |
Timwi | 0 |
4513 | SORE (4) | Pain from breaking Eros (4) | SORE* | Timwi | 0 |
4922 | INTEGRAL (8) | Basic skewed triangle (8) | INTEGRAL* | Timwi | 0 |
4997 | LAME DUCK (4, 4) | Consumed by fortune, deranged dame obtains disabled waterbird (4, 4) | L(AMED*)UCK | Timwi | 0 |
5015 | RARE CANDY (4, 5) | Generation-V reviver Newman who sings about Maple comeback (4, 5) | RANDY (Newman who sings) about ACER< RA(RECA<)NDY = Generation-V reviver |
Timwi | 0 |
5031 | BUTTERSCOTCH (12) | Involved in messed-up total scam not made for candy (12) | B(UTTER + SC(-am))OTCH(-ed) | Timwi | 0 |
5165 | RETRONYM (8) | Spanish king devours sci-fi movie before making first regular coffee, e.g. (8) | RE(TRON)Y + M_ = regular coffee, e.g. | Timwi | 0 |
5359 | GO (2) | Sound from annoying otter (2) | _G O_ = sound as in “hear the alarm sound” = “hear the alarm go” | Timwi | 0 |
5405 | CLICK (5) | Band delivers African sound (5) | “clique” homophone = CLICK (type of consonant in some African languages) | Timwi | 0 |
8356 | PANCAKE (7) | Land of the kneecap (7) | “of the” = letter bank indicator. Def = land (as in, pull off a pancake landing) | Timwi | 0 |
8416 | MASTERMIND (10) | Captain Fancy Plan (10) | MASTER (captain, n.) + MIND (fancy, n., as in “changed my mind”) = MASTERMIND (plan, v., as in “to mastermind a heist”) | Timwi | 0 |
8431 | REJOIN (6) | Lunatic on Jeri’s comeback (6) | Anagram of ONJERI | Timwi | 0 |
8445 | ANY ONE-WORD BAND NAME (?) | Irish people’s spirit after messing up stew (8) | WEST*+LIFE | Timwi | 0 |
8446 | AUSTRALIAN OPEN (10, 4) | A guest regularly recalls finger paint with outdoors tennis concept (10, 4) | A_U_S_ + (TRA LIAN)< + OPEN = tennis concept | Timwi | 0 |
8475 | TAX (3) | Endless ride money (3) | Is it money for an endless ride or endless money for rides? Nobody knows! TAX(-i) |
Timwi | 0 |
8481 | TIGER (5) | The first king, Henry, regularly said: “Under pressure, you can win with your mind.” (5) | Def.: Said: “Under pressure, you can win with your mind.” (a quote from Tiger Woods) The first = T King Henry regularly: _I_G _E_R_ |
Timwi | 0 |
8482 | OUROBOROS (9) | Our wind’s energy is rather odd — starts like a snake that bites itself in the tail (9) | Our = OUR Wind’s = OBOES Energy is... = replace E with... Rather odd starts = R_ O_ Def: like a snake that bites itself in the tail |
Timwi | 0 |
8484 | TEN-FOUR (3-4) | X4? Got it. (3-4) | X=ten, 4=four, def=got it | Timwi | 0 |
8488 | FLACON (6) | Bizarre falcon bottle (6) | :-p FLACON* |
Timwi | 0 |
8489 | FLACON (6) | Bottle of Clan Queer (6) | :-p FLACON* |
Timwi | 0 |