Contests started: WHAT'S UP (5, 2), SET (3), FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT (8, 9), OVERPOPULATED (13), CLUE CONTAINING UR LAST WINNING CLUE’S ANSWER (?), GIMMICK (7), CLUE CONTAINING A PIECE OR TERM FROM CHESS (?), OOF (3), VETERAN/VETERANS (7/8), HOT DOG (3, 3), CUP (3), DISTRACT (8) OR DISTRACTION (11), RESOLUTION (10), INEVITABLE (10), LOVE (4), DEUSOVI (7), MUSEUM (6), NOPE (4), TED CRUZ (3, 4), SPLOOSHING (10)
Contests won: PROXY (5), RESONATE (8), ANY CLUE IN HAIKU WITH 5-7-5 SYLLABLES (???), CLUE CONTAINING UR LAST WINNING CLUE’S ANSWER (?), PARASITE (8), CRYPTIC CLUE (7, 4), ABCDE (5), VERBIGERATE (11), SEASICKNESS (11), ANY CLUE CONTAINING "NO" OR "NOT" (?), LOVE (4), NO (2), ANY CLUE WHOSE SURFACE IS A PALINDROME (?), MF DOOM (2, 4)
| Clue ID | Contest | Clue | Explanation (hover) | Submitted By | Likes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5239 | ANY CLUE WHOSE SURFACE CONTAINS A CROSSWORD CLUE | "With two feet, initially baffled interjection (3)", "Pleased about "Left quite unfinished (4)" —Edd (8)" in between? (9) | maybe not what the author intended but i am a tryhard and felt like making this: left clue: W_ T_ F_ (baffled interjection) inner clue: QUIT(-e) middle clue: RE (about) + L + -ISH + ED(-d) full clue: B_ I_ P_ and (-re)ALLY with ED(-d) in between |
EpicToast | 7 |
| 2329 | RESONATE (8) | Notes are all over the place, making sound (8) | NOTES ARE* / sound | EpicToast | 4 |
| 3198 | PARASITE (8) | Bloodsucker alien is a hit, in retrospect (8) | ET+IS A+RAP< | EpicToast | 4 |
| 6084 | ANY CLUE WHOSE SURFACE IS A PALINDROME (?) | Flow god: OG wolf (5) | DOGGO* | EpicToast | 4 |
| 2304 | PROXY (5) | Investigate about "animal substitute" (5) | PR(OX)Y / substitute | EpicToast | 3 |
| 2684 | ANY CLUE IN HAIKU WITH 5-7-5 SYLLABLES (???) | Complimentary // brochure to "leave dangerous // poetry"-- that sucks (4, 5) | FREE (complimentary) + (-ad)VERSE = FREE VERSE (poetry that sucks :p) | EpicToast | 3 |
| 3029 | CLUE CONTAINING UR LAST WINNING CLUE’S ANSWER (?) | Back out of limitless free verse (7) | (-f)RE(-e) VERSE | EpicToast | 3 |
| 3207 | CLUE CONTAINING A CHARACTER OR ITEM FROM CLUE (?) | Murder with lead pipe, followed by decapitating, gutting— it’s disconcerting (10) | OFF + P(-ipe) + (-g)UTTING | EpicToast | 3 |
| 3496 | CRYPTIC CLUE (7, 4) | For example, this plea for epic cult to be disbanded (7, 4) | for example, this // CRY (plea) + EPICCULT* | EpicToast | 3 |
| 3891 | SEASICKNESS (11) | Son, I see snacks all over the place, which causes dizziness (11) | S + I SEE SNACKS* | EpicToast | 3 |
| 2480 | NITROGEN (8) | Gas heard from old soldier’s condom (8) | homophone of KNIGHT TROJAN | EpicToast | 2 |
| 2489 | ANY PANGRAMMATIC CLUE (?) | The lazy dog jumps over the quick brown fox crazily to make famous pangram (3 5 5 3 5 4 3 4 3) | THELAZYDOGJUMPSOVERTHEQUICKBROWNFOX* Famous pangram = THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER THE LAZY DOG |
EpicToast | 2 |
| 2713 | TENACIOUS (9) | Strong cards for blackjack almost leads to debts (9) | TEN+AC(-e) (cards that make blackjack, almost) IOUs (debts) |
EpicToast | 2 |
| 2733 | ANY LIMERICK CLUE WITH AABBA RHYME SCHEME (?) | The opposite of not the most / A joy without end and, um, close / Finale, not Grande / Cut short, starting Monday / Hugging is the longest word, almost (28) | rhyming most with almost? oh well ANTI (the opposite of) + DIS (not) + EST (the most) + A (a) + BLIS(-s) (joy without end) + HM (um) + (-clos)E (close finale) + NT (not) + ARIAN(-a) (Grande cut short) + M (starting monday), all around IS (hugging is) // ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM = the longest word, almost |
EpicToast | 2 |
| 2768 | LIGHT (5) | Brilliant answer (5) | ddef. light = bright = brilliant / light, in a crossword | EpicToast | 2 |
| 2967 | INFRACTION/INFRACTIONS (10/11) | Error in fiction loses me and brings in initial readers, apparently (10) | INF(-i)CTION holding R(-eaders) A(-pparently) | EpicToast | 2 |
| 3182 | SWEET HOME ALABAMA (5, 4, 7) | Song from gingerbread house, like uninitiated president (5, 4, 7) | SWEET HOME (gingerbread house) + A LA (like) + (-o)BAMA (uninitiated president) | EpicToast | 2 |
| 3602 | JACKBOX (7) | “Support athletes” says Spooner, a creator of party packs (7) | spoonerism of BACK JOCKS | EpicToast | 2 |
| 3802 | DUBIOUS (7) | Suspicious sounds of shit... bullshit... (7) | homophone of DOO BS | EpicToast | 2 |
| 3810 | HOT DOG (3, 3) | “Mark, keep it to yourself” Spooner says to wanna-be sandwich (3, 3) | spoonerism of DOT HOG | EpicToast | 2 |
| 3911 | SPANISH INQUISITION (7, 11) | I squish and sit in piano awkwardly— n-nobody expects it (7, 11) | I SQUISH and SIT IN PIANO* + N // nobody expects it | EpicToast | 2 |
| 3941 | ANY NON-ALPHANUMERIC GLYPH THAT ISN'T ♀ (1) | A doctor, at least (1) | A* = ≥ (at least) | EpicToast | 2 |
| 4155 | NO (2) | Negative objection, primarily! | N_ O_ &lit | EpicToast | 2 |
| 4681 | ANY CLUE WHOSE WORDPLAY IS A REBUS (?) | Robbers' bits? (7) | Robbers = BANDITS, BITS = B and ITS | EpicToast | 2 |
| 8680 | ANY CLUE WITH A WORD USED MULTIPLE TIMES (?) | About about about about about the edge (5) | OUTER = about the edge OUT = about AB out ER< = about, about |
EpicToast | 2 |
| 9249 | MF DOOM (2, 4) | "Mm.. Food" mixer! (2, 4) | MMFOOD* help me find a better anagrind |
EpicToast | 2 |
| 2342 | SENBAZURU (9) | A shit-ton of cranes are almost delivered with boy's edgy characters and unlimited gold (9) | A shit-ton of cranes / SENt + B (boy) + AZ (edgy characters) + aURUm (gold) This is hard. |
EpicToast | 1 |
| 2551 | TEMPEST (7) | Muppet set evens out after ten heads make a storm (7) | TEn + MuPpEt SeT | EpicToast | 1 |
| 2616 | LABOR DAY (5, 3) | Work on LA by-road on birthday (5, 3) | LABYROAD* / birth day (hehe) | EpicToast | 1 |
| 2694 | HARBORTH (8) | “Brr... ah, hot!” slurred discoverer of sticky graph (8) | BRRAHHOT* | EpicToast | 1 |
| 2966 | ANY CLUE THAT RESOLVES TO THE EMPTY STRING (0) | Empty my positive contributions to society (0) | ddef. :pensive: | EpicToast | 1 |
| 3426 | BOURGEOIS (9) | Middle-class boogers dance around you and I (9) | BOOGERS* around I and U = BO(U)RGEO(I)S | EpicToast | 1 |
| 3497 | CRYPTIC CLUE (7, 4) | Gang member Mark: “The bathroom, I hear, is something found on this site?” (7, 4) | “CRIP (gang member) TICK (mark) LOO (bathroom)” // something found on this site | EpicToast | 1 |
| 3553 | CHICKEN (7) | Cool dude’s a coward (7) | CHIC + KEN (unsure if dude for ken works) | EpicToast | 1 |
| 3592 | AWOO (4) | Confused “Woah, oh no”, hours of howling noise (4) | WOA(-h)O(-h)* confused WOAHOH / no hours (no h’s) = howling noise |
EpicToast | 1 |
| 3642 | ABCDE (5) | Lincoln eats disc and a bunch of letters consecutively (5) | AB(CD)E | EpicToast | 1 |
| 3673 | VERBIGERATE (11) | Repeatedly say, say, say, part of speech, part of, say, speech (11) | repeatedly say / homophone of (say) VERB (say, part of speech) + EDGE (part? sure i guess) + ORATE (say speech) | EpicToast | 1 |
| 3720 | THE (3) | Heads off to wash something specific (3) | (-b)(-a)THE = something specific | EpicToast | 1 |
| 3723 | THE (3) | Specifically, a secret of heathens (3) | heaTHEns = specifically, a | EpicToast | 1 |
| 3864 | HARDBASS (8) | Alcoholic’s fish makes music (8) | HARD + BASS | EpicToast | 1 |
| 4018 | FUELS (5) | Primarily, fucked-up engine lacks some gas (5) | initials of Fucked Up Engine Lacks Fuel | EpicToast | 1 |
| 4062 | ANY CLUE CONTAINING "NO" OR "NOT" (?) | Not no no no no no not no no trumpet sound (4) | trumpet sound // (-NO)T (not, no no) + (-N)O (no, no no) + (-N)OT (not, no no) | EpicToast | 1 |
| 4065 | LOVE (4) | Hey, Valentine’s emotion, primarily! (4) | LO + V(-alentine’s) E(-motion) | EpicToast | 1 |
| 4131 | ANY CLUE THAT CONTAINS ITS ANSWER (?) | Negative? No, no, no, no (2) | N + (-n)O // wait no i already did this | EpicToast | 1 |
| 4650 | TWENTY-TWO (6-3) | With time, puzzler starts to turn this, with others around club! (6-3) | T + WEN + T(Y)TWO (i just kind of assumed you were turning 22, i hope that's right) |
EpicToast | 1 |
| 5659 | LWOJLA (6) | I hear melon is nonsense word (6) | LWOJLA, homophone of "cantaloupe" | EpicToast | 1 |
| 5666 | LWOJLA (6) | Lydian's word's origin: joking letters and primarily the answer to this clue (6) | LWOJLA inits | EpicToast | 1 |
| 2302 | LASAGNA (7) | Garfield's favorite girl grabs sink (7) | Garfield's favorite / LA(SAG)NA | EpicToast | 0 |
| 2317 | LAST (4) | Continue to stop (4) | double definition | EpicToast | 0 |
| 2318 | LAST (4) | How golf is for the receiving end (4) | G is the LAST of receivinG / end | EpicToast | 0 |
| 2328 | POUDRETTEITE | Gem's proud about small, short, decent announcement (12) | Gem / PROUD* (about) + ETTE + ITE(~AIGHT, short for alright) | EpicToast | 0 |
| 2409 | POTLUCK (7) | Put lock to ruin sharing (7) | PUTLOCK* | EpicToast | 0 |
| 2423 | FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT (8, 9) | Benjamin and Theodore together become president (8, 9) | (benjamin) FRANKLIN + (theodore) ROOSEVELT | EpicToast | 0 |
| 2457 | OZONE (5) | Second becoming final from noose, struggling for more oxygen (5) | NOOSE* (s -> z) | EpicToast | 0 |
| 2567 | BALBIS (6) | Nonsense about heartless cover-up for capital hotel (6) | BS about AL(-i)BI / capital Hotel = H (NATO alphabet) | EpicToast | 0 |
| 2797 | ELISION (7) | Elf fission around India’s fission (7) | EL(I)F, but F IS SION = EL(I)SION | EpicToast | 0 |
| 2915 | IT (2) | Broccoli thief’s hidden horror movie (2) | _I T_ | EpicToast | 0 |
| 2919 | IT (2) | Return calculator to tech department (2) | TI< | EpicToast | 0 |
| 3001 | ARTISANAL CHEESE (9, 6) | Fancy dairy product makes party into panalcheesey (9, 6) | PARTY becomes PANALCHEESEY when ART IS ANAL CHEESE | EpicToast | 0 |
| 3014 | ANY CLUE NUMBER ACROSS/DOWN (? 6/4) | Drop safely, head to Tilted Towers, and travel to entry area (2 6) | PI(-s)A(-s) (tilted towers, hehe) + CROSS = PI ACROSS | EpicToast | 0 |
| 3054 | BACTERIA (8) | Russia, partially without leaders, captures portion of cells (8) | (-si)B[ACT]ERIA (siberia is russia, partially) | EpicToast | 0 |
| 3059 | ANY CLUE WHERE EVERY WORD IS THE SAME LENGTH (?) | M I C A K (4) | ME (I) around (C) I (A) K (K) = MIKE (M) | EpicToast | 0 |
| 3383 | ANY COLOR WORD WITH DEF NOT "COLOR" (?) | How depression makes me feel: screwed up, say (4) | BLUE // “blew” as in i blew it | EpicToast | 0 |
| 3436 | ANY CLUE WITH PRINTER'S DEVILRY AS WORDPLAY (?) | Yeah this is a printer’s devilry clue I got a Ben burrito from Taco Bell letter (1) | i got a beAn burrito from taco bell / letter | EpicToast | 0 |
| 3519 | LEONINE (7) | French article one holds in like a lion (7) | LE + ON(IN)E / like a lion | EpicToast | 0 |
| 3608 | BRUNCH (6) | British crossword’s one answer: “square meal” (6) | BR + UNCH (crossword’s one answer square, a square that’s only part of one answer) | EpicToast | 0 |
| 3800 | NEKO (4) | Secretly stroke nuts to rear of catgirl (4) | found in strOKE Nuts backwards | EpicToast | 0 |
| 3820 | BUTTER (6) | Right after hill makes creamy substance (6) | BUTTE + R | EpicToast | 0 |
| 3849 | ROBUST (6) | Having strength to divert sub, oriented backwards to hide inside (6) | found backwards in diverT SUB ORiented | EpicToast | 0 |
| 4075 | HAND (4) | Help! No return from dead-end (4) | definition is help // NAH< + (-dea)D | EpicToast | 0 |
| 4081 | HAND (4) | Essentially, pitch-and-toss (4) | pitcH AND // toss | EpicToast | 0 |
| 4089 | HAT (3) | Dancing atheist makes ties with this clothing item (3) | ATHIEST* = TIES* + HAT bad composite anagram |
EpicToast | 0 |
| 4105 | CONTEST (7) | Game with trick question (7) | CON + TEST | EpicToast | 0 |
| 4111 | OVERHEAR (8) | Eavesdrop endlessly to lovers’ make out (8) | (-l)OVER(-s) + HEAR (make out) if this was overhearing it’d be a lot better ok |
EpicToast | 0 |
| 4162 | SHATTER (7) | Shart all over the place, covering outside of the crack (7) | SHART* around T(-h)E // crack | EpicToast | 0 |
| 5280 | TORTE (5) | Cake is otter in disguise (5) | OTTER* | EpicToast | 0 |
| 5492 | ANY CLUE WHICH CONTAINS EXACTLY ONE LETTER (?) | Not "exactly one letter", not one... exactly... letter one... letter... not one... (6) | C (not exactly) + I (one) + PH(-i) (letter, not one) + E_ (exactly letter one) + R (letter) = CIPHER (not one, as in zero) please help me come up with a better way to clue the R |
EpicToast | 0 |
| 6397 | ANY "AMONG US" THEMED CLUE (?) | Con artist "imposter" is sus: caught retreating, killing for example (13) | con artist = IMPRESSIONIST (as in someone who does impressions) IMPRESSIOT* ("imposter is sus") catches NIS< (retreating, killing for example) |
EpicToast | 0 |