Contests started: QUINCUNX (8), PUTSCH (6), SYNONYM (7)
Contests won: HORNY (5), MUNCHAUSEN (10), LASAGNA (7), WHAT'S UP (5, 2), NOTEWORTHY (10), SENBAZURU (9), MR BRIGHTSIDE (2, 10), PLUM (4), INTERNET TROLL (8, 5), FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT (8, 9), OPOSSUM (7), GOLD RUSH (4, 4), URANIUM (7), HILBERT (7), POURBOIRE (9), ASBESTOS (8), LIGHT (5), YUCCA (5), RAMESSES (8), INFRACTION/INFRACTIONS (10/11), RENDEZVOUS (10), CARTOGRAPHY (11), POUND CAKE (5, 4), GIMMICK (7), KOMPROMAT (9), UKRAINE (7), ISTHMUS (7), ANOMALY (7)
Clue ID | Contest | Clue | Explanation (hover) | Submitted By | Likes |
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2496 | URANIUM (7) | Museum without a U? (7) | URANI(a) (muse) + UM, def. = U | zonotope | 8 |
2443 | GOLD RUSH (4, 4) | "How to Get Rich Quick! Directions Inside!"? Golly! (4, 4) | GO(L+D+R+U="directions")SH / how to get rich quick | zonotope | 7 |
2828 | LIGHT (5) | Land without a sun (5) | (a)LIGHT / sun | zonotope | 7 |
2969 | INFRACTION/INFRACTIONS (10/11) | Doing nothing about France is a treaty violation (10) | IN(FR)ACTION / a treaty violation | zonotope | 7 |
2763 | ASBESTOS (8) | A warning about leading carcinogen (8) | A+S(BEST)OS / carcinogen | zonotope | 6 |
3056 | RENDEZVOUS (10) | Ronald and David... ooh, sounds like a date (10) | "Ron Dave ooh" / a date | zonotope | 6 |
2336 | NOTEWORTHY (10) | Significant other won't get frisky with you at first (10) | (OTHERWONT)*+Y / significant | zonotope | 5 |
3171 | GIMMICK (7) | I'm taken in by grandmaster--I hate this gambit (7) | G(I'M)M + ICK / gambit | zonotope | 5 |
3201 | UKRAINE (7) | Nation US leader requested to open probes into former VP candidate (7) | U_ + K(R_)AINE / nation | zonotope | 5 |
2303 | LASAGNA (7) | Italian meal in reverse: farts entering at the asshole (7) | AN(GAS)AL rev. | zonotope | 4 |
2396 | PLUM (4) | Short stout fruit (4) | PLUM(p) | zonotope | 4 |
2424 | INTERNET TROLL (8, 5) | Online agitator, in principle, has right to prowl (8, 5) | IN+TE(R)NET+TROLL | zonotope | 4 |
2435 | OPOSSUM (7) | Amount of most common blood type for a marsupial (7) | O POS. SUM / a marsupial O+ is the most common blood type |
zonotope | 4 |
2546 | TEMPEST (7) | Coffee maker estimated teapot's contents disproportionately? (7) | TEMP (coffee maker) + EST. / teapot's contents disproportionately ("a tempest in a teapot") | zonotope | 4 |
2618 | MEW (3) | No trouble to field litter complaint (3) | ME(ado)W / litter complaint | zonotope | 4 |
2620 | FABLE (5) | Canon, after replacing truth with falsehood! (5) | (t -> F)ABLE &lit | zonotope | 4 |
2621 | CREEPER (7) | Ivy peer institution in record backslide (7) | RE(PEER)C rev. / ivy | zonotope | 4 |
2756 | MAILER (6) | Runner carrying a flyer (6) | M(A)ILER / flyer | zonotope | 4 |
2766 | SPINEL (6) | Timeless harpsichord with large gemstone (6) | SPINE(t)+L / gemstone | zonotope | 4 |
2767 | MICROSOFT (9) | My birds frequently sound like software developers (9) | "my crows oft" / software developers | zonotope | 4 |
2848 | YUCCA (5) | Soapweed in your cocoa unevenly (5) | odd letters of "your cocoa" / soapweed | zonotope | 4 |
3309 | ISTHMUS (7) | Narrow passage is seizing up after endless respiratory trouble (7) | I((-a)STHM(-a)+U)S / narrow passage | zonotope | 4 |
2404 | PLUM (4) | Peacock's companion on board with timeless feathery display (4) | PLUMAGE - AGE / Peacock's companion on board (as in Clue) | zonotope | 3 |
2412 | DISENFRANCHISEMENT (18) | Snide French inmates derided loss of voting rights (18) | (SNIDEFRENCHINMATES)* | zonotope | 3 |
2469 | OZONE (5) | Oozy bones without skin for protective layer (5) | (o)OZ(y) + (b)ONE(s) / protective layer | zonotope | 3 |
2505 | VANITY (6) | Location for makeup is sort of fair (6) | ddef. location for makeup / sort of fair | zonotope | 3 |
2506 | BONZA (5) | Great boa constrictor of New Zealand (5) | BO(NZ)A / great | zonotope | 3 |
2516 | AMAZING (7) | A detailed labyrinth with a unique sharp flooring (7) | A + MAZ(e) + IN G ("with a unique sharp") / flooring | zonotope | 3 |
2552 | HILBERT (7) | Provide half of number to handle problematic mathematician (7) | HIL((num)BER)T / problematic mathematician (see Hilbert's 23 problems) | zonotope | 3 |
2652 | POURBOIRE (9) | Tip: start to invest in rain wear (9) | POUR + BO(I)RE / tip | zonotope | 3 |
2656 | ETERNAL (7) | Bounds on exponent? Damn, minus infinity to infinity (7) | E(xponen)T + (inf)ERNAL / to infinity | zonotope | 3 |
2697 | SHURIKEN (8) | Picard's commander, for the most part, is content to avoid deadly star (8) | SHU(RIKEr)N / deadly star | zonotope | 3 |
2703 | HANABI (6) | Capture is incorrect in Japanese collaborative game (6) | NAB in HAI (correct in Japanese) / collaborative game | zonotope | 3 |
2738 | SMELL (5) | Sense surge after second turnover (5) | S(w->M)ELL / sense | zonotope | 3 |
2740 | DELAY (5) | Wait, corruption essentially cut in half? (5) | DE(c->L)AY / wait | zonotope | 3 |
3094 | CARTOGRAPHY (11) | Musician's body of work, no offense, reveals art in making charts (11) | (-dis)C(ART)OGRAPHY / making charts | zonotope | 3 |
3172 | HOMO SAPIENS (4, 7) | Indistinct moon shape is man (4,7) | MOONSHAPEIS* / man | zonotope | 3 |
3174 | KOMPROMAT (9) | Wild homecoming dance included time for explicit photos, perhaps (9) | AMOK rev. ("wild homecoming") containing PROM ("dance included") + T / explicit photos, perhaps | zonotope | 3 |
3202 | PARASITE (8) | Parties around with a host's unwanted guest? (8) | (PARTIES+A)* / host's unwanted guest | zonotope | 3 |
2299 | HORNY (5) | Hoping to get some of brass instruments (5) | ddef.: hoping to get some/of brass instruments | zonotope | 2 |
2301 | WHAT'S UP (5, 2) | The ceiling, how's it hanging? (5, 2) | ddef. | zonotope | 2 |
2341 | SENBAZURU (9) | Strung-out Japanese brood in Subaru oozing with zen (9) | (SUBARUZEN)* / strung-out Japanese brood | zonotope | 2 |
2351 | MR BRIGHTSIDE (2, 10) | Splice the one with backing track to get hit single (2 10) | Interweave ("splice," as rope) MR RIGHT ("the one") with B SIDE ("backing track") MR + B + RIGHT + SIDE / hit single |
zonotope | 2 |
2428 | ERDOS (5) | Partial overdose for coffee-proof device? (5) | hidden / coffee-proof device "A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems," often attributed to Erdos (though actually due to Renyi) |
zonotope | 2 |
2433 | SUNSHINE (8) | Cheer Spooner's Dodge Neon (8) | spoonerism of "SHUN SIGN" / cheer | zonotope | 2 |
2549 | GILBERT (7) | Spread bilge: retweet comedian Gottfried (7) | (BILGE)* + RT / comedian Gottfried | zonotope | 2 |
2727 | PETERSEN (8) | Cage containing short cycle! (8) | P(ETERS = cycle of TERSE)EN &lit See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cage_(graph_theory) |
zonotope | 2 |
2741 | ZAMBIA (6) | Tech company in Arizona takes a retreat to African country (6) | A(IBM)(A)Z rev. / African country | zonotope | 2 |
2743 | TENACIOUS (9) | Like, a D in Music is not a cue for composers (9) | (isnotacue)* / like a D in music (Tenacious D) | zonotope | 2 |
2882 | ORDINAL (7) | Serial number of racket stuck in head (7) | OR(DIN)AL / serial number | zonotope | 2 |
2887 | CARDINAL (8) | Check IDs in Alabama primary (8) | CARD IN AL / primary | zonotope | 2 |
2901 | RAMESSES (8) | Horse on the inside curves around American Pharoah [sic] (8) | _R_(AM.)ESSES / "pharoah" [sic] | zonotope | 2 |
2906 | OVERPOPULATED (13) | Bursting at the seams, dictionary has "Upper Volta" obliterated (13) | O(UPPERVOLTA*)ED / bursting at the seams | zonotope | 2 |
2972 | FIERY (5) | Impassioned cultivator of marine life doesn't keep quiet (5) | FI(-sh)ERY / impassioned | zonotope | 2 |
3095 | POUND CAKE (5, 4) | Four ingredients make this batter a snap (5, 4) | POUND (batter) + CAKE (a snap) / four ingredients make this | zonotope | 2 |
3158 | FRACTURE (8) | Backtrack during run after loud crack (8) | F + RAC(RUT rev. = "backtrack")E / crack | zonotope | 2 |
3310 | SEESAW (6) | Jackass's complaint leads to second back-and-forth (6) | (h->S)EE (h->S)AW / back-and-forth | zonotope | 2 |
2306 | MUNCHAUSEN (10) | Storied baron of Australia visiting German capital of Bavaria (10) | MUNCH(AUS)EN | zonotope | 1 |
2319 | LAST (4) | List-making is as conclusive (4) | LIST-IS+AS = conclusive | zonotope | 1 |
2330 | POUDRETTEITE | Refine untreated peridot to get this darn mineral that no one's heard of (12) | (UNTREATEDPERIDOT-DARN)* = "mineral that no one's heard of" yeah, I said it |
zonotope | 1 |
2358 | SET (3) | Write clues for some contest round (3) | conTESt hidden rev. / write clues for | zonotope | 1 |
2367 | SOKOBAN (7) | Books cooked by an organizer without pull (7) | (BOOKS)* + AN / organizer without pull | zonotope | 1 |
2384 | RANGER (6) | Walker, for example, is more like Trump in tone, lacking leadership (6) | (o)RANGER / Walker, for example (as played by Chuck Norris) | zonotope | 1 |
2395 | INTERSECT (9) | After unit conversion, add, divide (9) | INTER(J->S)ECT | zonotope | 1 |
2421 | WASHMINSTER (11) | Man in street introduced to cleaner system of government (11) | WASH(M+IN+ST)ER / system of government | zonotope | 1 |
2429 | FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT (8, 9) | Parks/grasslands heard on the radio after loud, irritating, endless fireside chatter (8, 9) | F + RANKLIN(g) + "ROSA/VELDT" (Parks/grasslands) / fireside chatter | zonotope | 1 |
2544 | SULLIVAN (8) | Explorer with bad back leading an instructor with bad sight (8) | SU(LLI<)V (Ford Explorer SUV) + AN / instructor with bad sight (Anne Sullivan) | zonotope | 1 |
2691 | JOKER (5) | Prankster's just kidding around: no decapitation at emergency room (5) | J(nO)K + ER / prankster | zonotope | 1 |
2705 | HARBORTH (8) | Position shelter for creator of matchstick construction? (8) | HARBOR-TH (position n = nth) / creator of matchstick construction | zonotope | 1 |
2831 | SUCCUBUS (8) | Dream girl banking on Cubs? (8) | letter bank of CUBS / dream girl | zonotope | 1 |
2846 | ZUCCHINI (8) | Pueblo displays hobo-chic gourds (8) | ZU(CHIC*)NI / gourds | zonotope | 1 |
2847 | PUCCINI (7) | Composer of dog-shaped pasta in the audience? (7) | "pooch-ini" | zonotope | 1 |
3140 | INVOLVE (7) | Comprehend alien evolving without gravity (7) | (EVOLVING-G)* / comprehend | zonotope | 1 |
3277 | SPHINX (6) | Sound of rat caught by hissing mythical creature? (6) | "s-fink-s" | zonotope | 1 |
3351 | FURNITURE (9) | Houseplant aggravated one's discussion of decor (9) | "fern + itcher" / decor | zonotope | 1 |
3419 | CARAMEL (7) | Mom's back in charge--let's start making candy (7) | CAR(MA rev.)E + L_ / candy | zonotope | 1 |
3425 | WEB (3) | Watch out for halfback's trap (3) | BEWare rev. / trap | zonotope | 1 |
2297 | ED SHEERAN (2, 7) | Pop artist is unqualified to patch up car that doesn't start (2, 7) | [s]ED(SHEER)AN | zonotope | 0 |
2298 | HORNY (5) | Like þorn, missing just the tip? (5) | [t]HORNY (þorn = thorn) def: "like porn" (= þorn without the tip) or "missing 'just the tip'" (euphemism) |
zonotope | 0 |
2300 | PROXY (5) | Alternate parking by West Hollywood theatre (5) | P+ROXY | zonotope | 0 |
2331 | RESONATE (8) | Ring of fire's on a tear (8) | hidden | zonotope | 0 |
2333 | RESONATE (8) | Match the frequency of Echo, on for the first time (8) | RESTATE (echo) - (the first) T + ON = "Match the frequency of" | zonotope | 0 |
2357 | SET (3) | Grouping up this makes trouble (3) | (up)SET / grouping | zonotope | 0 |
2368 | ACCRETION (9) | Accumulation of capital falls short before half of completion (9) | ACCR(a) + (compl)ETION / accumulation | zonotope | 0 |
2418 | REMIX (5) | Two-thirds scratch by fresh cut (5) | (do-)RE-MI + X / fresh cut do-re-mi = slang for money = scratch |
zonotope | 0 |
2427 | POTLUCK (7) | Distributed meal in grass lot (7) | POT (grass) + LUCK (lot) / distributed meal | zonotope | 0 |
2561 | OH NO (2, 2) | Alas! Looking back, Hawaiian singer misses Diamond Head (2, 2) | (d)ON HO rev. | zonotope | 0 |
2764 | WISTERIA (8) | Invasive vines restart panic, by the sound of it (8) | change starting sound of "hysteria" / invasive vines | zonotope | 0 |
2765 | WISTERIA (8) | Purple legume with delayed food poisoning (8) | W + (l)ISTERIA / purple legume | zonotope | 0 |
2852 | SPOONER (7) | Soup Nazi at work, cuddler in bed (7) | ddef. | zonotope | 0 |
2918 | IT (2) | The thing is, I went back (2) | I + _T / the thing | zonotope | 0 |
2945 | QUINCUNX (8) | Copper aboard Harley by special arrangement (8) | QUIN(CU)N + X / special arrangement | zonotope | 0 |
2968 | FOGGY (5) | Confused old man has an extra $1000 (5) | FOG(+G)Y / confused | zonotope | 0 |
2977 | CASCADE (7) | Outpouring intrinsic to Tosca's cadenza (7) | hidden / outpouring | zonotope | 0 |
3125 | REVOLVER (8) | Gun nut's backup! (8) | (REV + LOVER) rev. &lit | zonotope | 0 |
3312 | PAPRIKA (7) | Spice Girl does naked flip in "Wannabe" :Kappa: (7) | (g)IR(l) rev. in KAPPA* | zonotope | 0 |
4545 | ANOMALY (7) | It's unusual for a flight boarding over there to go west (7) | A + Y(LAM)ON rev. / it's unusual | zonotope | 0 |