Contests started: PARAGON (7), YOUR USERNAME (?), CONTEXT (7), STRUCTURE (9), (AEMT)* (4), CATARACT (8), CHAOTIC_IAK (7_3), CRYPTIC (7), SHAYMIN (7), MOLASSES (8), SHUTDOWN (8 or 4, 4), MARASCHINO (10), PROSTHESIS (10), VIA APPIA (3,5), NOTHING ELSE (7,4), KAKISTOCRACY (12), GOOGLE (6), LARCENY (7), PERCUSSION (10), HOLOGRAM (8), CONTAINER (9), RED HERRING (3,7), SYMPOSIUM (9), ISOTROPIC (9), CONTINUUM (9), QAT (3), SENSELESSNESSES (15), SOMMELIER (9), FALSE FRIEND (5, 6), PLENARY (7), ADRENALINE (10), RANDOM THINGS (6, 6), EPINEPHRINE (11), PALLET (6), INDIGO (6), CITY (4), SCOLD (5), LAVENDER (8), ANNEXATION (10), ISLAND (6), TOWER (5), SHOWCASE (8), PROLIX (6), GEMINI (6), SYLLOGISM (9), DELETE (6), EPISODIC (8), ZEAL (4), ETCH (4), THEME (5), IODINE (6), KAPUT (5), LAMPSHADE (9), MUSEUM (6), NURSE (5), XIMENES (7), OMINOUS (7), PIQUANT (7), RHODE ISLAND (5, 6), SIGNATURE (9), TAUTOLOGY (9), UPSIDE DOWN (6, 4), PHILOSOPHY (10), CHIMNEY (7), PSYCHO (6), OMELETTE (8), ALPHABET (8), THE END (3, 3), A CLUE THAT USES THE SAME NON-STOP WORD >=3X (?), SGDQ (4), PUN (3), KICKSTARTER (11), OF (2), SALT (4), BANDAGE (7), OUAGADOUGOU (11), PROXY (5), LEAD (4), APPARATUS (9), PARALLEL (8), LABOR DAY (5, 3), HANABI (6), HELLO WORLD (5, 5), YUCCA (5), VARIANCE (8), ANY CLUE THAT RESOLVES TO THE EMPTY STRING (0), CLUE CONTAINING (4, 10), LOREM IPSUM (5, 5), MORSE CODE (5, 4), THANKSGIVING (12), ENGLISH (7), THE (3), HEADCANON (9), VEGETABLE (9), ESCHATOLOGY (11), SPANISH INQUISITION (7, 11), CORONA (6), INTERNET STALKING (8, 8), SYNECDOCHE (10), NONARY GAME (6, 4), CHTHONIC (8), DONUT (5), DIAERESIS (9), GALLIPOLI (9), VULTURE (7), GOBBLE (6), LIST (4), ANNOTATOR (9), SYZYGY (6), AIRING OF GRIEVANCES (6, 2, 10), IS (2), SANITY (6), AD NAUSEAM (2, 7), ABRACADABRA (11), CONNECTOR (9), FLIBBERTIGIBBET (15), ACCIACCATURA (12), FIDDLEDEEDEE (12), FIFTY-FIFTY (5-5), AGGREGATING (11), THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY (3, 11, 5, 2, 3, 6), INDIVISIBILITY (14), EYJAFJALLAJÖKULL (16), KNICK-KNACK (5-5), LUCILLE BALL (7, 4), TIME IMMEMORIAL (4, 10), INCONVENIENCING (15), PROTOZOOLOGY (12), WHIPPERSNAPPER (14), TU QUOQUE (2, 6), REFRIGERATOR (12), BRUSSELS SPROUTS (8, 7), STATE OF THE ART (5, 2, 3, 3), TUMULTUOUS (10), IVAN PAVLOV (4, 6), WEEPING WILLOW (7, 6), FLUXX (5), POLYDACTYLY (11), ZENZIZENZIC (11), ANY CLUE WHOSE ANSWER IS A PREVIOUS CONTEST WITH 0 ENTRIES (?), DOWNRIGHT (9), CYNOSURE (8), PAUCITY (7), DERMATOGLYPHICS (15), UFFIZI (6), ON THE EDGE (2, 3, 4), WATER (5), CARDIOLOGY (10), SUPERB (6), NOTA BENE (4, 4), ANY CLUE RESOLVING TO A PAST FREEFORM PROMPT (?), PROSPECT (8), PROPRIOCEPTION (14), PLAUDIT (7), INIMITABLE (10), AMORE (5), DIDACTIC (8), PERFIDY (7), EXPONENT (8), JACKAL (6), ASPHODEL (8), GRANULAR (8), EQUIVALENCE (11), ROUND ROBIN (5, 5), ANY CLUE THAT IS ALSO A PARADOX (?), SECRETARIAT (11), SUSURRUS (8), CORNER (6), RHYTHMS (7), EARTH (5), GENESIS (7), ANGLERS (7), SCHOOL TRIP (6, 4), SLANT (5), MYOPIA (6), SWALLOW (7), SEAHORSE (8), LILLIPUTIAN (11), MAO (3), DOWNRANK (8), RESTRAINT (9), BLACK FRIDAY (5, 6), ARMY (4), JUST DESERTS (4, 7), ITINERARY (9), RAISON D'ÊTRE (6, 1'4), FINNISH (7), ARRAIGNMENT (11), PROSODY (7), BATHTUB (7), JUICE (5), PUZZLE (6), BARRIER (7), VOYAGE (6), ESTOC (5), CLOSED (6), CARPAL TUNNEL (6, 6), MARTINI (7), FACETIOUSLY (11), TRUISM (6), TCHOTCHKE (9), SQUINT (6), DOJO (4), HUNDRED (7), SUBSTANCE (9), REVIVAL (7), ESPRIT DE CORPS (6, 2, 5), ACROSTIC (8), COPY (4), TRAIN (5), EDELWEISS (9), TOREADOR (8), EXCLAMATION MARK (11, 4), AT SIGN (2, 4), OCTOTHORPE (10), DOLLAR (6), PERCENT (7), CARET (5), AMPERSAND (9), STAR (4), LEFT (4), PARENTHESIS (11), SUBSCRIPT (9), ADDITION (8), BRACES (6), VERTICAL (8), COLON (5), QUOTATION (9), COMPARISON (10), QUESTION (8), MIFEPRISTONE (12), R2D2 (2), HEARTBURN (9), HARBOR (6), PARASOL (7), ANODYNE (7), PARAMETER (9), JUST DO IT (4, 2, 2), LARIAT (6), CYNICAL (7), CALLOUS (7), MOUNTAIN (8), TACTILE (7), TROPHY (6), IMPRESARIO (10), VS CODE (2, 4)
Contests won: SLIP (4), PRAYER (6), TONIGHT (7), PARAGON (7), ATOM (4), ??DDLE (6), FIRM (4), TODAY, EUDAEMONICS (11), DOUGH (5), LUNAR NEW YEAR (5, 3, 4), MXYZPTLK (8), PUCCINI (7), PALINDROME (10), ANY COLOR WORD WITH DEF NOT "COLOR" (?), WEB (3), ORIFICE (7), CLUE W/ "TURING MACHINE" NOT MEANING A REAL TM (?), STAPES (6), ANIMAL (6), MINERAL (7), THE QUICK BROWN [...] LAZY DOG (3 5 5 3 5 4 3 4 3), SPRUIK (6), REITERATE (9), AURORA (6), XERXES (6), POINTLESS (9), TED CRUZ (3, 4), ANY CLUE WITH AN ENUMERATION META (?), HUMUHUMUNUKUNUKUĀPUA'A (20'1), PRETTY GIRL IN CRIMSON ROSE (8) (6, 4, 2, 7, 4 (1)), ANY INFINITE STRING (♾️), SCRAM (5), MONDEGREEN (10), DELTA (5), CONTRACT (8), CHEST BUMP (5, 4), ANY GEOGRAPHICAL PLACE (?), SURNAME OF ANY U.S. PRESIDENT - NO REPEATED ANSWERS (?), BELIES (6), PLATELETPHERESIS (16), C MAJOR (1, 5), NE (2), THE TIME BEING (3, 4, 5), ANY CLUE THAT USES SAT-STYLE ANALOGIES AS WORDPLAY (?), LUMPIA (6), PERCENT (7), SUBSCRIPT (9), GOBBLEDYGOOK (12), TACTILE (7)
| Clue ID | Contest | Clue | Explanation (hover) | Submitted By | Likes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3347 | PALINDROME (10) | Perhaps Level 51's in random name drop (10) | "Perhaps Level" = PA(LI)NDROME* | phenomist | 7 |
| 83 | TONIGHT (7) | Nearly tucking in a young child at dark (7) | "at dark" = TO(NIGH)T = (NIGH = "nearly") tucking in (TOT = "a young child") | phenomist | 6 |
| 384 | EUDAEMONICS (11) | Program by European science revolutionized the pursuit of happiness (11) | "the pursuit of happiness" = EU+DAEMON+ICS< | phenomist | 6 |
| 4120 | ALADDIN (7) | In the style of 500+501 nights, originally! (7) | ALA+D+DI+N_ &lit | phenomist | 6 |
| 9832 | BELIES (6) | Middles concealed, middle conceals (6) | BELLIES without middle L = BELIES ("conceals") | phenomist | 6 |
| 11246 | ANY CLUE THAT USES SAT-STYLE ANALOGIES AS WORDPLAY (?) | proton : neutron :: its purpose : push (6) | P IS TO N = "its purpose is to push" | phenomist | 6 |
| 343 | ASKING (6) | Requesting for jacket with silver coating (6) | "Requesting" = A(SKIN)G | phenomist | 5 |
| 2446 | OZONE (5) | o3o place (5) | "o3" = O+ZONE | phenomist | 5 |
| 5057 | XERXES (6) | Former king backed second king (6) | "king" = (EX-REX)< + S | phenomist | 5 |
| 6319 | ANY CLUE WITH AN ENUMERATION META (?) | Potato-eating space acquires ringed flagship exterior and frost second, for example (5, 2, 5, 7) | TUBER eating PLENUM acquires O+F_P+RIME, +S = TU(PLE(O+F_P+RIME)NUM)BER+S = "for example (5, 2, 5, 7)" | phenomist | 5 |
| 7507 | SCRAM (5) | Marc's left out (5) | SCRAM< = "out(!)" | phenomist | 5 |
| 11405 | LUMPIA (6) | Puzzler eats soft spring roll (6) | LUM(P)IA | phenomist | 5 |
| 102 | PARAGON (7) | Epitome of mean and endless misery (7) | "Epitome" = PARAGON = PAR ("mean"="average") + AGON(-y) (endless "misery") | phenomist | 4 |
| 412 | DOUGH (5) | GEB author's wealth (5) | ddef: the author of Godel Escher Bach is Douglas Hofstadter, shortened to DOUG H. (the shortening is clued by the shortening of GEB) | phenomist | 4 |
| 582 | BOW OUT (3, 3) | Withdraw, expressed pain in fight (3, 3) | "withdraw" = B(OW)OUT | phenomist | 4 |
| 664 | LUNAR NEW YEAR (5, 3, 4) | Today king embraces one item with three points (5,3,4) | "Today" = L(UNAR(NEW)Y)EAR | phenomist | 4 |
| 1122 | MXYZPTLK (8) | Reverend's taking the last three point villain (8) | M(XYZ+PT)LK | phenomist | 4 |
| 5902 | TED CRUZ (3, 4) | Senator's talk: zodiac killer ends gun shortage (3, 4) | "Senator" = TED+_C _R+UZ(-i) | phenomist | 4 |
| 36 | BUGGY (5) | Malfunctioning rover (5) | ddef | phenomist | 3 |
| 63 | SLIP (4) | Drink? Eat? Large mistake (4) | "mistake" = S(L)IP | phenomist | 3 |
| 73 | PRAYER (6) | Spin bad year with worship (6) | "worship" = PR+YEAR* | phenomist | 3 |
| 145 | AGHAST (6) | Terrified by a Minecraft monster (6) | "Terrified" = A+GHAST | phenomist | 3 |
| 147 | EAT (3) | Head out to sit and dine (3) | "dine" = (-s)EAT | phenomist | 3 |
| 157 | ROCKWELL | MIT sports facility locker, win or lose, is bustling (8) | "MIT sports facility" = ROCKWELL (scage) = (LOCKER+W+L)* | phenomist | 3 |
| 202 | ATOM (4) | Front half of alphabet building block? (4) | ddef (A TO M front half of alphabet, ATOM building block of matter) | phenomist | 3 |
| 203 | CHIPOTLE (8) | I plot upheaval in revolutionary restaurant (8) | "restaurant" = CH(IPOTL*)E | phenomist | 3 |
| 559 | SWEET (5) | Nice Mini in the street (5) | "Nice" = S(WEE)T | phenomist | 3 |
| 577 | CHESSBOARD (10) | Ace, say, gets S in Network; it has eight ranks (10) | "it has eight ranks" = C(H(ESS)BO)ARD | phenomist | 3 |
| 795 | BURGER (6) | Food Spooner's baby formula (6) | GERBER spoonerized | phenomist | 3 |
| 1126 | MXYZPTLK (8) | Supervillain backs up airline, stealing alternative topaz and half onyx (8) | "supervillain" = (KL(ToPaZ+onYX)M)< | phenomist | 3 |
| 1142 | MOBILE PHONE (6,5) | Cell's method: alkaline fluid with high acidity? (6, 5) | MO+BILE+PH ONE | phenomist | 3 |
| 1841 | AMBIGRAM (8) | For example, NOON is, say, after morning hours (8) | "NOON" is an example of an ambigram, "is" is an example of a bigram, and AM is morning hours. | phenomist | 3 |
| 3635 | STAPES (6) | Attaches/removes large bone (6) | STAP(-l)ES = "bone" | phenomist | 3 |
| 5515 | POINTLESS (9) | Game to have two seconds to become international (9) | "have" = POSSESS; two seconds = SS, international = INTL, "Game" = PO(ss→INTL)ESS | phenomist | 3 |
| 6391 | ANY CLUE THAT USES A CHESS ABBREVIATION (?) | English explosive (2) | ddef: C4 (English Opening) | phenomist | 3 |
| 7675 | DELTA (5) | Atlanta airline finally departs over Atlanta airline (5) | "Atlanta airline" = (ATL+_E+D) rev | phenomist | 3 |
| 8602 | ONE (3), THEN TWO (3), THEN THREE (5), THEN FOUR (4), ETC. | Square number in transcendental number (4) | Square = NINE Number = N in = IN transcendental number = E |
phenomist | 3 |
| 8654 | MINISTER (8) | Pastor guy eats in (8) | Pastor = MINISTER guy = MISTER eats - container in = IN M(IN)ISTER |
phenomist | 3 |
| 11490 | PERCENT (7) | tenth squared the reverend's snake (7) | spoonerism of SERPENT = "tenth squared" | phenomist | 3 |
| 15 | DISCORD (7) | 500 = 100/500? Disagree. | "Disagree" = DISCORD = D IS C OR D | phenomist | 2 |
| 41 | BUGGY (5) | Defective, by containing tryptophan | "defective" = B(UGG = "tryptophan")Y | phenomist | 2 |
| 48 | AFICIONADO (10) | Lover of a novel that's heartless with turmoil (10) | "lover" = A+FIC(-t)ION+ADO | phenomist | 2 |
| 56 | QUIXOTIC (8) | Futile, Tic-Tac-Toe factions are consumed by surrender, I see (8) | "futile" = QUI(XO)T+I+C | phenomist | 2 |
| 90 | EDEN (4) | First Eve is half of garden! | E+DEN gotta start somewhere with writing &lit's huh? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ | phenomist | 2 |
| 99 | PARAGON (7) | Six left by airplane for good model of excellence (7) | "model of excellence" = PAR A(vi->G)ON | phenomist | 2 |
| 138 | YOUR USERNAME (?) | Username in this extreme puzzle Discord! (9) | &lit: Username = NOM in (THIS P(uzzl)E)* = PHE(NOM)IST | phenomist | 2 |
| 159 | SQUARE (6) | Detailed SQL UI are like 0 or 1 (6) | "like 0 or 1" = SQ(-l)+U(-i)+ARE | phenomist | 2 |
| 170 | BLANK (5) | Carbon gains a proton in the dark void | "void" = BLA(c->N)K | phenomist | 2 |
| 185 | CHOCOLATE (9) | Brown's contract: cut and organize heartlessly | "Brown" = CHO(-p)+COL(-l)ATE | phenomist | 2 |
| 226 | P?DDLE (6) | Row limits are limiting 2-D (6) | "Row" = PA(DD)LE | phenomist | 2 |
| 227 | ??DDLE (6) | Addles wildly, makes kind of a point (6) | "Kind of a point" = SADDLE = ADDLES* (as in a saddle point) | phenomist | 2 |
| 244 | FIRM (4) | Mike is after tree business (4) | "business" = FIR+M | phenomist | 2 |
| 249 | TODAY | Advertisement: Back in game now (5) | "now" = TO(>DA)Y | phenomist | 2 |
| 647 | PATRIOT (7) | Losing support, religious leader turned to terrorism act (7) | "terrorism act" = PATRI(-arch)+OT< | phenomist | 2 |
| 679 | KAKISTOCRACY (12) | Bad government are found in kings: more or less suggestive (12) | "Bad government" = K(A)K+IS TO+C+RACY A: are (unit) KK: kings IS TO: ":" in an analogy C: more or less -> circa RACY: suggestive |
phenomist | 2 |
| 695 | GOOGLE (6) | "Sticky substance", strange gel search (6) | GOO+GLE* | phenomist | 2 |
| 1512 | PICASSO (7) | Picture by Italian ace painter (7) | "painter" = PIC+ASSO | phenomist | 2 |
| 2742 | SPINEL (6) | Focus back, taking about 3.147? (6) | S(PI)NEL< = 7? "spin el" | phenomist | 2 |
| 2789 | YUCCA (5) | Spinning skill without auto fiber plant (5) | "fiber plant" = Y[-car]UCCA | phenomist | 2 |
| 2806 | PUCCINI (7) | Composer in Starcraft league retreats (7) | (IN ICCUP)< | phenomist | 2 |
| 2836 | ORDINAL (7) | Possibly second, thirteenth, fourth, third, fifth, twentieth, sixth, ninth, first, a googolplexth, eighth... (7) | &lit 2nd letter of possibly O 4th letter of thirteenth R 5th letter of third D 6th letter of twentieth I 1st letter of ninth N a A 8th letter of googolplexth L |
phenomist | 2 |
| 2997 | BACTERIA (8) | Camel region has original elephant bug (8) | BACT(E_)RIA | phenomist | 2 |
| 3043 | CLUE CONTAINING UR LAST WINNING CLUE’S ANSWER (?) | Puccini, say "/@:" from back to front (9) | "Puccini, say" = OPERATIST = PER AT IS TO, move O to front of word | phenomist | 2 |
| 3232 | QUINE (5) | I didn't know that out of 20% it makes itself (5) | QUIN(-til)E | phenomist | 2 |
| 3292 | PAPRIKA (7) | Lucas approving a kind of baking spice (7) | Lucas numbers 2,1,3,4,7,11,18 give the indices in which to take letters of "approving a kind of baking" | phenomist | 2 |
| 3384 | ANY COLOR WORD WITH DEF NOT "COLOR" (?) | Communist site removed. (3) | RED(-dit) | phenomist | 2 |
| 3399 | WEB (3) | Net is wearable! (3) | Not an &lit, just a factorial selector WE...B |
phenomist | 2 |
| 3432 | CRADLE (6) | Don't Dropbox, time to download (6) | "don't drop" = CRA(t->DL)E | phenomist | 2 |
| 3550 | CLUE W/ "TURING MACHINE" NOT MEANING A REAL TM (?) | Cleverly featuring machine (5) | Hidden word: LEVER | phenomist | 2 |
| 3728 | ENTIRE (6) | Every Scottish craftsman spoke (6) | Scottish cryptics are the best!!! "Intyre" hom. = ENTIRE |
phenomist | 2 |
| 3844 | ROBUST (6) | Potent flower eaten by degenerate? (6) | R(OB)UST | phenomist | 2 |
| 3866 | ANIMAL (6) | For example, chicken turnover plate | "For example, chicken" = LAMINA rev. | phenomist | 2 |
| 3887 | MINERAL (7) | Rock goddess turning five into fifty at the end (7) | MINERVA, take V and change it to L and put it at the end = MINERAL (rock) | phenomist | 2 |
| 3894 | SEASICKNESS (11) | Directions getting as gross as nausea (11) | SE(AS+ICK)NESS | phenomist | 2 |
| 3925 | MELODY (6) | British rock band set in time signature of American song (6) | American time "signature" = MDY British rock band = ELO (electric light orchestra) M(ELO)DY |
phenomist | 2 |
| 3957 | ANY NON-ALPHANUMERIC GLYPH THAT ISN'T ♀ (1) | Registered RINO (1) | ® | phenomist | 2 |
| 3967 | REITERATE (9) | Repeat class after setback: poor grade? (9) | Repeat def class = RATE after = after setback = reversal poor grade = E TIER "repeat" = (REIT E)<+RATE |
phenomist | 2 |
| 3992 | SECRET (6) | Hidden recess of third hours (6) | TERCES rev = "hidden" | phenomist | 2 |
| 4091 | PIERCE (6) | Right, in a bit, Mr. President (6) | PIE(R)CE | phenomist | 2 |
| 6209 | ZYZZYVA (7) | Word search program failing to start: magic word, five times, in reverse alphabetical order (7) | "Word search program" = Z((-x)YZZY+V)A (specifically, it's a Scrabble helper tool) |
phenomist | 2 |
| 6509 | FOURIER (7) | 412 series (7) | FOUR+I+ER | phenomist | 2 |
| 7588 | MONDEGREEN (10) | Mishearing a certain order after the first day (10) | MON (the first day of the week) + DEGREE N (a certain order, like a polynomial of degree n) = "mishearing" | phenomist | 2 |
| 7814 | CONTRACT (8) | Anti-land convention (8) | CON+TRACT | phenomist | 2 |
| 8797 | ANY GEOGRAPHICAL PLACE (?) | City was stylish before (7) | CHIC+AGO | phenomist | 2 |
| 8838 | SURNAME OF ANY U.S. PRESIDENT - NO REPEATED ANSWERS (?) | Poke a president (6) | PIERCE ddef | phenomist | 2 |
| 10255 | CANAL (5) | In 2000, what Bush did to waterway? (5) | CAN ("make unemployed, i.e. by defeating him in the 2000 presidential election") AL (Gore) | phenomist | 2 |
| 10569 | THE TIME BEING (3, 4, 5) | Doctor the present? (3, 4, 5) | ddef (Doctor as in Doctor Who, who is a Time Lord being; the present as in "for the time being" / "for the present") | phenomist | 2 |
| 11516 | STAR (4) | Detailed look at heavenly object (4) | "heavenly object" = STAR(-e) (de-tailed) | phenomist | 2 |
| 4 | ADDRESS (7) | Register, shaken, dreads store opening (7) | "Register" = ADDRESS = <ADDRES>+S(tore) | phenomist | 1 |
| 16 | INTEGRAL (8) | I chip in nothing. Heartless but necessary (8) | "necessary" = INTEGRAL = I+ TEGRA ("chip") in N(i)L | phenomist | 1 |
| 26 | PET PEEVE (3, 5) | Annoyance Pete gets vice presidency back (3 5) | "Annoyance" = PET PEEVE = PET(PEEV<)E | phenomist | 1 |
| 34 | NONPLUS (7) | No puzzling club with American confusion (7) | "confusion" = NO + NPL ("puzzling club") +US ("American") | phenomist | 1 |
| 74 | COMPUTABLE (10) | Determinable total in no small force (10) | "Determinable" = COMPU(TAB = "total")L(-s)E = ("force" minus "small") | phenomist | 1 |
| 92 | EDEN (4) | Alternatively, meddle in garden (4) | "garden" = mEdDlE iN | phenomist | 1 |
| 165 | BLANK (5) | Born thin and confused (5) | "confused" = B+LANK | phenomist | 1 |
| 198 | GONZAGA (7) | Go return Limitless magazine (leaving one) to Washington university (7) | "Washington university" = GO+>(-e)N(-i)ZAGA(-m) | phenomist | 1 |
| 219 | DAYS (4) | Idiomatically, many myriad astronomical seconds! (4) | &lit: second letters give DAYS | phenomist | 1 |
| 362 | REFRAIN (7) | Avoid condition of truth negation (7) | "avoid" = RE[t->F]RAIN | phenomist | 1 |
| 392 | GOLD LEAF (4, 4) | Terrible leading confectionery product (4 4) | "confectionery product" = GOL(DLEA*)F | phenomist | 1 |
| 441 | KAIST (5) | chaotic_iak's central institution! (5) | &lit: KAIS*+_T_ | phenomist | 1 |
| 715 | SEPARATION (10) | Split group with a puzzler? It's charged (10) | "split" = SE(PARA)T+ION | phenomist | 1 |
| 1037 | ANY CLUE INCORPORATING A PUZZLE GENRE (?) | Great heyawacky? (4) | "Great" = YEAH* | phenomist | 1 |
| 1303 | ORTHODOXY (9) | Bracing visit, heard answer ||to six||? (9) | A particular puzzle in a recent puzzlehunt had this answer. "ORTHO DOC SEE" | phenomist | 1 |
| 1321 | OTHELLO (7) | Reverse to first interaction, expecting, at last, echo game (7) | "game" = OT< ("reverse to") + HELLO ("first interaction, expecting, at last, echo" - first interactions typically begin with HELLO, where you expect a HELLO in return) | phenomist | 1 |
| 1326 | OTHELLO (7) | Game article fill following, in say, O2- (7) | "Game" = O(THE+(...LL))O | phenomist | 1 |
| 1327 | ANNEXATION (10) | Game article fill following, in say, O2- (10) | AN(NEX(A)T)ION | phenomist | 1 |
| 1342 | ANNEXATION (10) | Railroading boundaries of girl, singular, in reduction of work? On the contrary (10) | "Railroading boundaries" (i.e. coercing to gain territory) = ANNE+(XAT(I)ON)< | phenomist | 1 |
| 1551 | DISTRICT ATTORNEY (8, 8) | Filmmaker takes sampling implement to extract genetic material from prosecutor (8, 8) | "prosecutor" = DIS(TRI(CTATT)OR)NEY "Filmmaker" = DISNEY "sampling implement" = TRIOR "genetic material" = CTATT (5 genetic bases) |
phenomist | 1 |
| 1751 | ANAGRIND (8) | Anything a chess champion takes the squares on the chessboard, almost (8) | "anything" = ANA(GRI[-d])ND | phenomist | 1 |
| 2017 | EGG (3) | Inspire end of Mario intro (3) | ddef inspire, Mario intro goes EEECEGG | phenomist | 1 |
| 2326 | RESONATE (8) | Echo sound of tree sap (8) | Echo = "resin eight", enumeration withheld | phenomist | 1 |
| 2419 | REMIX (5) | "Possibly Maybe" 2018 cover? (5) | Re 1009 could be 2018 | phenomist | 1 |
| 2708 | ZAMBIA (6) | Country taking the first to the last country (6) | (-the) (g->Z)AMBIA | phenomist | 1 |
| 2814 | ELISION (7) | Ridicule, nod, change sides like this (7) | [-d]E(r->L)ISION = "like this" (elision in no D) | phenomist | 1 |
| 2930 | FOGGY (5) | Puzzle writer composing formulaically? (5) | formula composition is sometimes written as f o g, so to do so in that manner is foggy |
phenomist | 1 |
| 3147 | CLUE SIGNIFICANTLY SHORTER THAN THE ANSWER (?) | SPA (5) | " " = SP+ACE Btw, there is a space after the end of the clue. But the cryptic website won't show it for some reason |
phenomist | 1 |
| 3243 | BOND (4) | 5-/500- (4) | B(-or)ON+D = "-" (a typical representation of a chemical bond) | phenomist | 1 |
| 3255 | ARCEUS (6) | Legendary first impressions of rhythm game: rhythm game's back, without circles (6) | ARC[-a]E[-a]+(US[-o])< (delete 2nd and 3rd A's with the "first impressions" instruction) | phenomist | 1 |
| 3293 | CLUE CONTAINING "CLUE CONTAINING" (?) | Clue containing ancient, primal, dated plot (7) | C(OL)LU(D_)E = "plot" | phenomist | 1 |
| 3305 | ISTHMUS (7) | Adherent :thinking: we strip? (7) | IST+HM+US an IST is someone who believes in an ISM |
phenomist | 1 |
| 3329 | HONK (4) | 흑울리다 (4) | def 울리다 흑 depicts a hangul H on a hangul K |
phenomist | 1 |
| 3340 | PALINDROME (10) | Perhaps Level 51's in galaxy losing ten times following starter Pokemon (10) | "Perhaps Level" = P_+A(LI)NDROME[-da] | phenomist | 1 |
| 3373 | BAD DOG (3, 3) | Pet admonishment by posing amazingly revolutionary (3, 3) | rev GOD DAB | phenomist | 1 |
| 3506 | ORIFICE (7) | Outlet to first pay respects to Rhode Island agency (7) | "Outlet" = O[f->RI]FICE (first pay respects = first F) | phenomist | 1 |
| 3507 | ORIFICE (7) | Hole as a substitute deception is artless (7) | "Hole" = OR+[-art]IFICE as a substitute: OR deception: ARTIFICE is artless: [-art] |
phenomist | 1 |
| 3628 | REIMBURSEMENT (13) | Complex parts singular to your excavation compensation (13) | RE+IM (parts to complex numbers) B(a->UR)SEMENT singular to your (a -> UR), excavation = compensation |
phenomist | 1 |
| 3671 | MEDIEVAL METAL (8, 5) | What you shouldn't do to suspicious code: time taken by mean genre? (8, 5) | MEDI(EVAL ME+T)AL | phenomist | 1 |
| 3686 | PLEDGE (6) | Pal has this promise? (6) | ddef A pal has a P-L EDGE promise straight def |
phenomist | 1 |
| 3709 | ANY CLUE THAT USES ELISION (?) | Fruit lint (7) | t = TANGO nato l = EL fruit = TANG(EL)O (l in t) |
phenomist | 1 |
| 3718 | THE (3) | Article number with no bounds? (3) | [-e]THE[-r] = article | phenomist | 1 |
| 3880 | KOW (3) | Knock out and win partition coefficient (3) | KO+W | phenomist | 1 |
| 3950 | ANY NON-ALPHANUMERIC GLYPH THAT ISN'T ♀ (1) | Pound, tilted and raised a bit (1) | # tilted = ♯ (raised a bit in music) | phenomist | 1 |
| 3961 | THE QUICK BROWN [...] LAZY DOG (3 5 5 3 5 4 3 4 3) | Pangram pitched with scorer's copy to 100 kilobytes, before fog envelops teams' lawyer receiving grader (so green!), unclear with appendix (3 5 5 3 5 4 3 4 3) | pitched = THROWN scorer = EQUIFAX copy to 100 kilobytes fax->C+KB TH(EQUI(fax->C+KB))ROWN FOG envelops: teams = OX (tictactoe) lawyer = JD (juris doctor) receiving: grader = UMP so green = SO VERT (heraldry) unclear = HAZY appendix = EL (as in an annex) F(OX+J(UMP+SO+VERT+H(EL)AZY)D)OG |
phenomist | 1 |
| 3966 | SPRUIK (6) | Are you engaged in interrupted riddle discourse? (6) | Are you = RU engaged in = contained in interrupted = remove last letter riddle = SPIKE (as in "to poke holes in") "discourse" = SP(RU)IK_ |
phenomist | 1 |
| 3983 | AURORA (6) | Glow of gold or ascended sun god (6) | AU+RO<+RA, down clue only | phenomist | 1 |
| 4035 | AQUA (4) | Lollipop maker before non-pasta? (4) | before non = QUA (as in sine qua non) past A Aqua is a group that made the song Lollipop |
phenomist | 1 |
| 4866 | TREAT (5) | Half of a "trip"'s reaction upon receiving it!? (5) | TR+EAT, which is what your reaction might be upon getting a TREAT | phenomist | 1 |
| 5038 | ZYDECO (6) | Order Pokémon borders by cobalt blues (6) | "blues" = ZY(gar)DE+CO | phenomist | 1 |
| 5085 | ANY CLUE THAT'S &LIT AND A QUESTIONABLE DEF?! (?) | Dubious emphasis?! (?) | emphasis = "!", dubious = bend it to become "?" | phenomist | 1 |
| 5088 | HEAD (4) | Contrary to ISIS puzzles, ultimately removed source (4) | "source" = H(-s)EAD< | phenomist | 1 |
| 5490 | ANY CLUE WHICH CONTAINS EXACTLY ONE LETTER (?) | P∧∨1␣(7) | P+AND+OR+A = box opener symbol | phenomist | 1 |
| 6237 | DEMISEMIHEMIDEMISEMIQUAVER (26) | Note note note note note note note note note note note note note note note (26) | D+E+MI+SE+MI+H+E+MI+D+E+MI+SE+MI+QUAVER = "note" D, E, and H are lettered positional notes. H is specifically a note in the German system. MI and SE are solfege (SE is SO, flatted). |
phenomist | 1 |
| 6375 | LIMIT BREAK (5, 5) | Free gun outside school is a finisher (5, 5) | LIBRE AK outside MIT = "finisher" | phenomist | 1 |
| 6389 | HUMUHUMUNUKUNUKUĀPUA'A (20'1) | You regularly intersperse, between two hesitations and twice North Korea and Papua, replacing head with uniform and a fish (20'1) | fish = def two hesitations and twice North Korea = HM+HM+NK+NK You regularly intersperse between: put U in between each letter = HUMUHUMUNUKUNUK Papua replacing head with uniform = UAPUA a = A |
phenomist | 1 |
| 6468 | ANY INFINITE STRING (♾️) | Rest, endlessly, of a liberal and a margin is space, repeatedly a-trembles (♾️) | "Rest" = DEMIHEMISEMIDEMIHEMISEMI...QUAVER (as the limit of halving a note = no sound at all) a liberal = I DEM a margin = I HEM is space = IS EM repeatedly: IDEMIHEMISEM+IDEMIHEMISEM+IDEMIHEMISEM+... a trembles = I+QUAVERS endlessly - delete first letter (I) and last letter (S) |
phenomist | 1 |
| 6661 | ANY CLUE WHOSE ANSWER IS A PREVIOUS CONTEST WITH 0 ENTRIES (?) | You ban out dramatic ghost endlessly wearing a hat? You too? (2, 6) | T(U+(-ban)QU[-o])OQUE = "You too" | phenomist | 1 |
| 6787 | I M PEI (1, 1, 3) | Architect to force the end to appear uncapitalized (1, 1, 3) | IMPEL->I M PEI, L turns into an I (it looks uncapitalized) | phenomist | 1 |
| 6798 | PER SE (3, 2) | Without us, legendary hero is by oneself (3, 2) | PERSE(-us) | phenomist | 1 |
| 7736 | ANY MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (?) | Loud string instrument (5) | F+LUTE | phenomist | 1 |
| 7815 | CHEST BUMP (5, 4) | A way of greeting Spooner's greatest fool (5,4) | BEST CHUMP spoonerized | phenomist | 1 |
| 8018 | MST (3) | Prim structure on M Street (3) | Prim structure (structure generated by Prim's algorithm) = M+ST | phenomist | 1 |
| 8839 | SURNAME OF ANY U.S. PRESIDENT - NO REPEATED ANSWERS (?) | Say, poke a president (4) | "polk" homophone | phenomist | 1 |
| 8866 | REIGN (5) | Demineralized light once again to rule? (5) | Demineralized (remove -ITE) light once again (REIGNITE) rule (REIGN) |
phenomist | 1 |
| 10288 | C MAJOR (1, 5) | Relative of a minor Spanish red revolutionary is following camp, oddly (1, 5) | "Relative of a minor" (Relative key in music) = ROJA< rev. after CaMp (odd letters) | phenomist | 1 |
| 10516 | NE (2) | Upright piano removed from upended cage (2) | upended cage = PEN< = NEP, remove P (piano) = NE = "upright" (NE = northeast) | phenomist | 1 |
| 10603 | ANY CLUE THAT CONTAINS THE PHRASE "LOST IN TRANSLATION" (?) | Reason before I finalized "Lost in Translation" (6) | translation = MOVE before I, finalized Lost = _T+I MO(_T+I)VE = "reason" |
phenomist | 1 |
| 11480 | K (1) | Grand king (1) | ddef, 1000 = grand; king in playing cards | phenomist | 1 |
| 11545 | SUBSCRIPT (9) | Short letter of unionized membership (9) | SUBSCRIPT(-ion) (unionized meaning remove ion) = "short letter" | phenomist | 1 |
| 11624 | ATARAXIA (8) | "Fire in Game Company" article leads to a state of no reaction (8) | ATAR(AX="fire", as in laying off in a company)I+A = "a state of no reaction" | phenomist | 1 |
| 12545 | TACTILE (7) | Detailed strategem by the French can be perceived (7) | TACTI(-c)+LE (the French) | phenomist | 1 |
| 12552 | TESTING (7) | Seeing if it's possible to eat with halves switched after time (7) | "Seeing if it's possible" = ING after EST (eat with halves switched) after T (time) | phenomist | 1 |
| 10 | INTEGRAL (8) | Without seconds to last, number every calculation (8) | "calculation" = INTEGRAL = INTEG(e)R+A(l)L | phenomist | 0 |
| 49 | WHITEOUT (8 OR 5, 3) | Saturate our part in a bit of corrective fluid (5 3) | "corrective fluid" = WHITE OUT = TEOU (saturaTE OUr) in WHIT ("a bit") | phenomist | 0 |
| 72 | COMPUTABLE (10) | Measureable meditation: put in wire (10) | "Measureable" = C(OM+PUT)ABLE | phenomist | 0 |
| 111 | ENIGMA (6) | Puzzle losing heads with a 7.6 * 10^-24 probability (6) | ENIGMA = "puzzle" = (-t)EN (-s)IGMA | phenomist | 0 |
| 139 | TIMESCALE (9) | Note drug out in duration (9) | "Duration" = TIMESCALE = TI+MESCAL(-in)E | phenomist | 0 |
| 153 | SQUARE (6) | Dullard endlessly wasted without near-death experience (6) | "dullard" = SQUARE = SQUA(-nde)RE(-d) | phenomist | 0 |
| 181 | CHOCOLATE (9) | Candy by injecting carbon monoxide in bile salt (9) | "candy" = CHO(CO)LATE | phenomist | 0 |
| 188 | OBLONG | Abruptly force one to off alternative oval (6) | "oval" = OBL(i->ON "one"->"off alternative")G(-e) | phenomist | 0 |
| 189 | ROLEPLAYED | Delay prole uprising, enacted (10) | "enacted" = (DELAY+PROLE)* | phenomist | 0 |
| 193 | CONTEXT (7) | Disdain a representative substitute for ten conditions (7) | "conditions" = CONTE(mp->X)T | phenomist | 0 |
| 238 | RAISIN (6) | It's in the Sun: Sap energy for smart computing? (6) | "It's in the Sun?" (A Raisin in the Sun) = R(e->AI)SIN (RESIN = "sap", E = "energy", AI = "smart computing") | phenomist | 0 |
| 240 | TELEVISION (10) | Station six is in reflection of explosion cause (10) | "Station" = >TEL+E(VI)SION | phenomist | 0 |
| 245 | CATARACT (8) | Without hesitation, like a hard-to-email "bit torrent"? (8) | "torrent" = C(h->AT "hard" to "email bit")ARACT(-er "without hesitation") "like a" | phenomist | 0 |
| 253 | INFINITY (8) | Evil radio to start for eternity (8) | "eternity" = INF(am->INIT)Y | phenomist | 0 |
| 576 | MASQUERADE (10) | Assume question in tailless car -- not (10) | "Assume" = MAS(QU)ERA(-ti)+DE | phenomist | 0 |
| 652 | PATRIOT (7) | National vessel containing endless chambers (7) | P(ATRI[-a])OT | phenomist | 0 |
| 667 | WHISTLEBLOWER (13) | Police restricted after result found in overwatch of `while(accepting){...essentialy, excludes break...}`? (13) | "Police" = WHI(_S(TLE)B_)L(OW)E+R TLE: "time limit exceeded", or what would happen if you tried to put a while(true){} loop without a break statement inside and submit it to a programming contest |
phenomist | 0 |
| 681 | SEVEN (5) | Sea Count found fencing (5) | "Sea Count" = SE(V)EN Sorry, this clue does not actually have an enumeration. I tricked your validator. |
phenomist | 0 |
| 702 | CENTRIPETAL (11) | A plastic taken by important force (11) | "force" = CENTR(I+PET)AL | phenomist | 0 |
| 752 | FLIGHT (6) | Crushed? Alright fight alternative! (6) | &lit: (_L_I_H_F_G_T)* | phenomist | 0 |
| 1147 | A CRYPTIC THAT'S A RHYMING COUPLET (?) | This endless land, back parking in town, that song so far // Taking leader in leader leader, in car, in car. (1 7 4'1 1 7 7) | "this" = ACR(-e)+(Y(P)TIC)<+(THA(-t)(TSAR)HYM(-n))+G(COUP(L_)E)T | phenomist | 0 |
| 1322 | REVERSI (7) | Reverse to first interaction, expecting, at last, echo game (7) | "game" = REVERS(E->I_) (replace the last instance of echo (E) to the first interaction (I) | phenomist | 0 |
| 1340 | REVERSI (7) | Railroading boundaries of girl, singular, in reduction of work? On the contrary (7) | R(EVE)R+SI_ = "Work? On the contrary" (i.e. the opposite of work, which is leisure) | phenomist | 0 |
| 1889 | MERCENARY (9) | Soldier, reportedly bare, in base six (9) | "MERE SENARY" (homophone) | phenomist | 0 |
| 2375 | RANGER (6) | Keeper to substitute one for one (6) | "Keeper" = R(I->A)NGER | phenomist | 0 |
| 2425 | POTLUCK (7) | Disappointment shown in Sprite at food gathering (7) | "food gathering" = P(OTL)UCK "Disappointment, shown" = OTL "Sprite" = PUCK |
phenomist | 0 |
| 2527 | OH NO (2, 2) | Ok, go second. Album tribute is detailed and is turning heads (2, 2) | "Ok go second album" = OH<NO[-r] | phenomist | 0 |
| 2825 | BULWER-LYTTON (6-6) | Contest of link-eating requiring adherence to rules without a fourth (6-6) | BU(L[-a]W[-y]ER LY)TTON without a or fourth (letter) |
phenomist | 0 |
| 3051 | CLUE WHERE WORDS ALTERNATE CONSONANTS & VOWELS (?) | Banana var. (1) | N: ban A from NA to get something that could be a variable | phenomist | 0 |
| 3196 | PARASITE (8) | Freeloader split middle into aces (8) | PAR(t->AS)ITE | phenomist | 0 |
| 3311 | SEESAW (6) | Back and forth, upside down, 33 in weight (6) | MAS(33)S upside down = SEESAW | phenomist | 0 |
| 3434 | ANY CLUE WITH PRINTER'S DEVILRY AS WORDPLAY (?) | Any clue with printer's devilry: a play weapon (5) | sword, yeah | phenomist | 0 |
| 3483 | PROMISE (7) | Asynchronous object for 50%-50% cut (7) | PRO+_MI+SE_ | phenomist | 0 |
| 3558 | OVERFLOW (8) | fore (4), spillage (8) | ddef the word overflow precedes (4) in clue proposer's nickname |
phenomist | 0 |
| 3577 | TOLKIEN (7) | 50,000? That is dividing many an author (7) | 50000 = 50K = LK That is = IE many = TON an author = TO(LK+IE)N |
phenomist | 0 |
| 3640 | ABCDE (5) | First row of a cipher square hex: 703710 (5) | ddef polybius, hexadecimal | phenomist | 0 |
| 3646 | OOF (3) | First pain disappear to disappear noise to pain noise (3) | (-P_)OOF | phenomist | 0 |
| 3648 | OOF (3) | Backfill, er, cash? (3) | rev FOO (filler, as in the variable) | phenomist | 0 |
| 3733 | SECURITY (8) | Encryption: <1/2 first 3/8 x1/60, next 1/8 x1/2 (8) | <1/2 = minority first 3/8 = min, divide by 60 to get sec next 1/8 = o, cut letter lengthwise to get u sec+u+rity = encryption |
phenomist | 0 |
| 3737 | TENDON (6) | Bundled stuffing in joint! (6) | joint = TENON Bundled stuffing = middle letter of bundled = D TEN(D)ON = &lit |
phenomist | 0 |
| 3799 | NEKO (4) | Cat symbol not rotated (4) | NEKO[-t]< = "Cat" (not elision = no t) | phenomist | 0 |
| 3940 | ANY NON-ALPHANUMERIC GLYPH THAT ISN'T ♀ (1) | Change triangle (1) | Δ ddef | phenomist | 0 |
| 3942 | ANY NON-ALPHANUMERIC GLYPH THAT ISN'T ♀ (1) | Pipe sounds like tool (1) | "TOOL" = Two L = ╚ | phenomist | 0 |
| 3956 | ANY NON-ALPHANUMERIC GLYPH THAT ISN'T ♀ (1) | Radical initially depressed, but makes a recovery (1) | √ = Radical Also looks like a stock ticker graph that initially falls but then rebounds. |
phenomist | 0 |
| 3958 | ANY NON-ALPHANUMERIC GLYPH THAT ISN'T ♀ (1) | Sons' section (1) | § | phenomist | 0 |
| 3959 | ANY NON-ALPHANUMERIC GLYPH THAT ISN'T ♀ (1) | Blind polar bear makes neutral vowel (1) | ᴥ looks like a polar bear face without the eyes. | phenomist | 0 |
| 4140 | NO (2) | Endogenous extract! (2) | def: Nitric oxide wordplay: hidden word &lit |
phenomist | 0 |
| 4172 | SPAR (4) | Fight impolite Greek enemy? (4) | SPAR(-ta) [ta = thanks, impolite is an indicator to remove thanks] | phenomist | 0 |
| 4202 | ENNUI (5) | Turn -czzm to boredom (5) | rotate -czzm 90 degrees | phenomist | 0 |
| 4487 | METALLIC PUNISHER (8, 8) | Ilith's boss song's tempo takes every circuit joke, kind of (8, 8) | MET(ALL+IC(integrated circuit)+PUN+ISH)ER | phenomist | 0 |
| 4621 | AUGUST (6) | Basic start, just without the start, is glorious (6) | Basic start = AUG (start codon) + _UST = "glorious" | phenomist | 0 |
| 4647 | ANY PUNCTUATION MARK (?) | Two; unfinished outpost (5) | COLON(-y) (two semicolons) | phenomist | 0 |
| 4865 | TRICK (5) | Half of a "trip"'s reaction upon receiving it!? (5) | TR+ICK, which is what your reaction might be upon getting a TRICK | phenomist | 0 |
| 4948 | ANECHOIC (8) | Soundproof and endless action cycle (8) | "soundproof" = AN(-d)+ECHOIC (cycle of action->choice) | phenomist | 0 |
| 5215 | UNSWEETENED (11) | Bitter duet to take all directions; direction misplaced head at the end (11) | U(NSWE)ET+ENE+D (from duet) | phenomist | 0 |
| 5429 | DETAIL(S) (6 OR 7) | Factory to factor, say, estimate into counter top? (6) | Definition part: "Factory to factor, say" (to de-tail something is to remove the tail, i.e. the last letter. For instance, the last letter of the word "factory" is "Y"; removing this creates the new word "factor". The word "say" is used synonymously to "for example", to suggest that this is one example of a general operation.) ? is added because it is a slightly questionable/nonconventional definition. Estimate = ETA (as in "estimated time of arrival") https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estimated_time_of_arrival top = LID https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lid counter [top (LID)] = DIL (counter is reversal indicator; reversal of LID) [estimate (ETA)] into [counter top (DIL)] = D(ETA)IL (X into Y is a container indicator; put ETA into DIL, without rearranging the letters) |
phenomist | 0 |
| 5978 | DIME | Step away from ancient lizard kind of specie (4) | "kind of specie" = DIME, DIME(-trod on) |
phenomist | 0 |
| 6473 | PRETTY GIRL IN CRIMSON ROSE (8) (6, 4, 2, 7, 4 (1)) | Before 8, benefactor cycles in real life, company verges on top record in prose autobiography (6, 4, 2, 7, 4 (1)) | benefactor cycles = GETTY -> ETTYG in real life = IRL company = INC verges = RIMS on = ON top record = R in prose: PR(ETTYG+IRL+INC+RIMS+ON+R)OSE, before 8 def: "autobiography" |
phenomist | 0 |
| 6758 | DIPLOPIA (8) | Loss of focus of 1000 to about three finishing course material (8) | "loss of focus" = DIPLO(M->PI)A | phenomist | 0 |
| 7817 | TERMINAL (8) | Tailless weasel found in unfinished story's end (8) | T(ERMIN(-e))AL(-e) How an unfinished story has an end is a question best left unanswered |
phenomist | 0 |
| 8001 | ANY BIRD WITH ENUM (3) | Bird down, from front to back (3) | LOW, take L from front to back |
phenomist | 0 |
| 8799 | ANY GEOGRAPHICAL PLACE (?) | Capital turning to brown with center turning to jasper initially (7) | BEIGING, with G turned to J_ = BEIJING | phenomist | 0 |
| 8987 | ANY CLUE THAT USES A MATHEMATICAL SEQUENCE OTHER THAN EVENS/ODDS TO INDEX (?) | Spooky bell eradicating poverty (5) | Bell numbers 1, 1, 2, 5, 15 on "eradicating poverty" = EERIE | phenomist | 0 |
| 9000 | ANY CLUE THAT USES A MATHEMATICAL SEQUENCE OTHER THAN EVENS/ODDS TO INDEX (?) | Earthenware is non-composite, potatoes-carrying (7) | Index 1,2,3,5,7,11,13 into potatoes-carrying = POTaToEscaRrYing = POTTERY (Earthenware) | phenomist | 0 |
| 9002 | ANY CLUE THAT USES A MATHEMATICAL SEQUENCE OTHER THAN EVENS/ODDS TO INDEX (?) | Happy potato's main component: a mind reader (5) | Happy numbers 1,7,10,13,19 "PotatoSmaIncOmponeNt" = PSION | phenomist | 0 |
| 9939 | SUPPORT (7) | Dinosaur Pokémon goes back to change one to quiet champion (7) | TROPIUS rev, change I to P (piano, music) = "champion" | phenomist | 0 |
| 10005 | TEN THOUSAND (3, 8) | You, saint, intend to become Japanese man? (3,8) | TEN(THOU ('you') + SAN ('saint', as in "San Francisco"))D ('intend' minor elision) = "Japanese man" - 10000 in Japanese is "man" | phenomist | 0 |
| 10172 | PLATELETPHERESIS (16) | Teleport her in childless extended movement after Chinese army's production of yellow substance (16) | TP HER in TELE(-kin)ESIS after PLA = "production of yellow substance" | phenomist | 0 |
| 10200 | EXCISE (6) | Forgive you to one duty (6) | EXCUSE, U->I = "duty" | phenomist | 0 |
| 10248 | BENIGN (6) | Safe general in African country (6) | "Safe" = BENI(G = general, as in film rating)N | phenomist | 0 |
| 10471 | CALVARY (7) | Suffering bird number → 55 (7) | CA(n "number"-> LV "55")ARY = "suffering" | phenomist | 0 |
| 10724 | DOCENT (6) | AD IN FORBIDDEN GUIDE (6) | DO(CE (common era, i.e. AD anno domini))NT Clue is all caps to mask AD being caps |
phenomist | 0 |
| 10797 | ANY CLUE THAT ONLY USES THE PENTOMINO LETTERS (FILNPTUVWXYZ) | Put up-flip in tux flip, u in ffx (5) | up-flip = down = D D in SUIT< = TI(D)US, a character in Final Fantasy X |
phenomist | 0 |
| 11125 | ENDLESS NIGHT (7, 5) | THE LION KING SONG IS NIGH (7, 5) | reverse cryptic | phenomist | 0 |
| 11646 | GOBBLEDYGOOK (12) | Eat fact, eat slime baloney (12) | GOBBLE (eat) + DYK (fact, did you know) takes GOO (slime) = "baloney" | phenomist | 0 |
| 12546 | NEW AGE (3 3) | First refuse polar shift movement in the 1970's (3, 3) | SEWAGE ("refuse"), change S to N (polar shift of the first letter) | phenomist | 0 |