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Contests started: CREEPER (7), MEME (4), ARCEUS (6), JACKBOX (7), DICTIONARY (10), ENTIRE (6), DUBIOUS (7), NEW YEAR (3,4), ANOTHER (7), INSTITUTE (9), ALL HAIL (3, 4), DEUSOVI/FUNGO (7 OR 5), WASTE (5)

Contests won: TENACIOUS (9), SUCCUBUS (8), HOMO SAPIENS (4, 7), SWEET HOME ALABAMA (5, 4, 7), HONK (4), ANY CLUE RELATED TO HALLOWEEN (?), NEON (4), VULPINE (7), ISOLATE (7), ENNUI (5), OREGON TRAIL (6, 5), TOMATO (6), POTATO (6), SPHINGES (8), QUIZZACIOUSLY (13), CALIFORNIA (10), PENZO (5), TUGENDHAT (9), PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICOVOLCANOCONIOSIS (45), J (1), MYSTIC (6)

All Submissions

Clue ID Contest Clue Explanation (hover) Submitted By Likes
3323 HONK (4) Almost perfect king makes horny noise? (4) HON(-E)+K = the noise of a horn summitwei 6
4194 ISOLATE (7) Quarantine is ultimately too late (7) IS+_O+LATE = quarantine summitwei 5
11802 MYSTIC (6) Person with magical powers: "My wand's back... it's gone!" (6) MY+STIC(-k) summitwei 5
3159 HOMO SAPIENS (4, 7) Elements of water and moss surround a strange pine, forming a person (4, 7) HO+MOS(A+PIEN*)S = a person summitwei 4
3660 ANY CLUE RELATED TO HALLOWEEN (?) Their extreme bareheaded physical attack is, on Halloween, a requested action (5) schrodinger clue for
T__R+(-K)ICK
T__R+(-B)EAT
= "on halloween, a requested action"
summitwei 4
5226 POTATO (6) Salad ingredient made out of peeled specks at one, initially (6) (-s)POT(-s)+AT+O_=salad ingredient summitwei 4
2704 TENACIOUS (9) X-ray center is half suspicious of iron (9) TEN+_A_+__CIOUS=iron summitwei 3
2790 SUCCUBUS (8) Demon lost medium yield to us (8) SUCCU(-M)B+US=demon summitwei 3
3192 SWEET HOME ALABAMA (5, 4, 7) "Blame the emos, waaa" - weird song (5, 4, 7) SWEET HOME ALABAMA* summitwei 3
5225 TOMATO (6) Salad ingredient made out of peeled specks at one, initially (6) (-a)TOM(-s)+AT+O_=salad ingredient summitwei 3
9901 TUGENDHAT (9) Politician to pull off fedora, say (9) TUG+END+HAT summitwei 3
10854 PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICOVOLCANOCONIOSIS (45) Breaking: Cops pummel iconic oil scion. Coronavirus is not a cool disease (45) <COPSPUMMELICONICOILSCIONCORONAVIRUSISNOTACOOL> = disease summitwei 3
2591 MEW (3) 1000 plus 2.718 plus infinity (ordinally) = 151? (3) M+E+W(omega) = 151 (Pokedex number) summitwei 2
2780 BARTITSU (8) Martial art is art in pieces with you (8) B(ART)ITS+U=martial art summitwei 2
2792 BASEL (5) Shanghai twin hides database leaks (5) __BASE L__
(basel is twin city of shanghai)
summitwei 2
3249 BOND (4) Start betting on Democrat's debt (4) B_+ON+D=debt summitwei 2
3264 OEDIPUS (7) Anglo-Saxon, backwards, idiotic, timeless tragic hero (7) OE+DIPU(-T)S< = tragic hero summitwei 2
3275 SPHINX (6) Riddler's Pokemon-themed hunt I reject heartlessly (6) SPH+I+N(-I)X=riddler summitwei 2
3715 LIBERTARIAN (11) Me and Ernie's friend regularly afraid entering LAN party (11) L(I+BERT+A_R_I_)AN=party summitwei 2
4943 OREGON TRAIL (6, 5) Regal trio on strange route (6, 5) OREGONTRAIL* summitwei 2
5874 ERA (3) Partly erased time period (3) ERA__ summitwei 2
6680 QUIZZACIOUSLY (13) Quail and couscous half-cooked and stuffed with pizza stuffing? "Yummy starter," in a mocking manner (13) (-cous)QU(_IZZ_)ACIOUSL*+Y_ summitwei 2
7177 CALIFORNIA (10) State formed after caliph abandons a third of Iran in panic (10) CALI(-ph)+FORNIA*=state summitwei 2
11470 J (1) Energy unit formed with 2/3 Uranium? (1) J looks like 2/3 of a U summitwei 2
12160 PAIN (4) Two states bordering Ohio despair (4) PA+IN = despair summitwei 2
2568 OH NO (2, 2) Restroom can't start final photo shoot (2, 2) (-J)OHN+_O = "shoot" summitwei 1
2575 HOMESTUCK (9) Webcomic books swap starts with Tom's friend (9) (T->H)OMES+(H->T)UCK=webcomic summitwei 1
2598 FABLE (5) Before, so clever but without a story (5) FA+(-A)BLE=story (fa is before so in sofège) summitwei 1
2729 ANY LIMERICK CLUE WITH AABBA RHYME SCHEME (?) Me, and Alfonse, even, tour / beginning with Tesla, he glore / "the start, first cut: lame! / Just think, and then claim!" / The lengths were one four three and four (1, 4, 3, 4) I+_L_O_S_+T_+T+HE+G_+_AME="just think and then claim"

sorry not sorry
summitwei 1
3039 CLUE WHERE WORDS ALTERNATE CONSONANTS & VOWELS (?) Every lexeme here: before delete, ten are mixed (9) ALT+ERNATE* = every lexeme here summitwei 1
3104 CLUE SIGNIFICANTLY SHORTER THAN THE ANSWER (?) Tighten, say, a large protein (189819) i'm not typing this out go away summitwei 1
3279 SEESAW (6) Alternating lever between sons with expression of delight! (6) S(_E_E_)S+AW summitwei 1
3401 WEB (3) Knot blew up--lift off (3) WE(-L)B< = knot (down clue) summitwei 1
3515 CRYPTIC CLUE (7, 4) With critical rain, strange eucalyptus leaves in Australia can make this, for example (7, 4) CRYPTICCLUE*(-INAUSTRALIA) = this, for example
good meme
summitwei 1
3600 INCUS (5) Male demon removed backup anvil (5) INCU(-BU)S = anvil summitwei 1
3730 THE (3) Issue: I lost __ game (3) THE(-ME) game summitwei 1
3973 NEON (4) The first (nearly) element of nobility! (4) N_ E_ O_ N_ is the second noble gas summitwei 1
3977 SERENE (6) Tranquil sierra, oddly, east near halfway point (6) S_E_R_+E+NE__=tranquil summitwei 1
4042 PI ( 2) Constant unending hole (2) PI(-t)=constant summitwei 1
4064 VIRUS (5) Disease sure to leave everyone in decline after six (5) VI+(-e)RUS< summitwei 1
4199 ENNUI (5) Awful quarantine, suppressing Qatar, leads to boredom (5) ENNUI(-qatar)* = boredom summitwei 1
6094 LIT (3) Started part of Slitherlink (3) _LIT_=started (a fire) summitwei 1
6494 SPHINGES (8) Riddlers sing about puzzle hunts at first, then fringe encodings (8) S(P_ H_)ING+E_S=riddlers summitwei 1
6662 ANY CLUE WHOSE ANSWER IS A PREVIOUS CONTEST WITH 0 ENTRIES (?) Puzzler is stylish carrying about oddly one gun (7_3) CH(A_O_T)IC+I+AK summitwei 1
6668 FACTORIAL (9) After *Alphanumeric 3!*, Actor Ian left without firstly narrating the worst joke (9) (6->F)+ACTOR+IA(-n_)+L summitwei 1
6692 HOT DOG (3, 3) Goth confused over reception for show-off (3, 3) HOT(DO)G*=show-off summitwei 1
6703 ANY CLUE WHOSE ANSWER IS A BOARD/CARD GAME (?) Bride embraces groom at first on transit (6) BRID(G_)E summitwei 1
7008 ANY CHARACTER FROM NORSE MYTHOLOGY (?) Interminable Norse character?! (4) THOR(-n) [thorn is a character in the old nordic alphabet] summitwei 1
7144 DIM SUM (3 3) Idiotic summit cuts school for a Cantonese meal (3, 3) DIM+SUM(-mit)
haha self deprecation clue funny
summitwei 1
7729 ANY MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (?) Perhaps Jamie Hargrove sounds like an instrument (4) LYRE "liar" summitwei 1
7997 ANY BIRD WITH ENUM (3) Bird lost without direction (enum 3) (-n)EMU* summitwei 1
10113 TAPE (4) Something that's sticky and brown on the outside (4) TA(-u)PE="something that's sticky" summitwei 1
12073 MEOW (4) Noise of GF's mythical Pokemon, consuming second sofa (4) ME(_O__)W
my gf is a cat(girl*)
summitwei 1
12201 ANY CLUE THAT HAS TO END IN A SPECIFIC NUMBER OF QUESTION MARKS (?) Cold spike formed with components of 日??? (6) anagraph 日=E+l, ?=i+c, ?=i+c -> ICICLE
then add another question mark because this is the worst cryptic clue ever written
summitwei 1
12269 PUNCH IN (5 2) Start working joke feature (now without 50 energy) (5 2) PUNCH(-l)IN(-e)
this is how i misparsed #12267
summitwei 1
2637 CITADEL (7) Quote from the Spanish hedge fund? (7) CITA+DEL=hedge fund summitwei 0
2774 LIGHT (5) Lost vision; don't start! (5) L+(-S)IGHT
&lit - light theme makes you lose your vision, so don't start using it
summitwei 0
2892 WOLFRAM (7) Spanish sea flows endlessly west Into tungsten (7) (_WOLF+RAM)<=tungsten summitwei 0
3046 DO NEW CLUE TOO FOR FOUR OR MORE RHYMING WORDS (?) One lied, died: northside replied about all that, and some of this? (5) R(HYM(-N))E = "some of this"

feast your eyes on the worst clue to ever be written
but i wrote a question mark so it's okay
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3048 CLUE CONTAINING UR LAST WINNING CLUE’S ANSWER (?) Half-concealed succubus comes before, Nazis in extraction of oil and sulfur are those that come after (10) SUCC__+E(SS)OR+S="those that come after" summitwei 0
3129 POUND CAKE (5, 4) #DryDessert (5, 4) POUND+CAKE summitwei 0
3146 CLUE SIGNIFICANTLY SHORTER THAN THE ANSWER (?) Wonderful musical song (34) SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS ddef summitwei 0
3165 STAN (4) Stance kicks, ends Bruce Lee (4) STAN(-CE) lee summitwei 0
3189 STACKS (6) Heaps of paper, slightly less than half stapled, next to odd cakes (6) STA__+C_K_S=heaps of paper summitwei 0
3190 UKRAINE (7) Country verbally accused of reach (7) "you crane" = country summitwei 0
3217 CLUE CONTAINING A PIECE OR TERM FROM CHESS (?) Troll beginning bold assault after swamp invaded by knight corps (9, 6) BO(N)G+C+LOUD+ATTACK = troll beginning summitwei 0
3250 WARHOL (6) Return untreated third of cows to artist (6) WAR<+HOL(-STEINS)=artist summitwei 0
3282 PAPRIKA (7) Manga killer left in pressure surrounding past anime alter-ego (7) P(A(P)RIK<)A = anime alter-ego
(paprika is the name of the character's alter-ego in the movie, kira is a killer in death note)
summitwei 0
3308 ISTHMUS (7) Panama, say, is summit's absurd mash? (7) IST(M->H)MUS*=panama, say
apologies in advance
summitwei 0
3391 ANY COLOR WORD WITH DEF NOT "COLOR" (?) 51 suddenly famous capturing new, odd gecko, specifically alive marine invertebrate (6 5) LI+VI(N+G_C_O)RAL = specifically alive marine invertebrate summitwei 0
3443 CRADLE (6) Radix sort replaced losing episode (6) CRADLE*(-EP) = radix summitwei 0
3512 ERRATUM (7) Human action by first god: something's wrong (7) ERR ("to err is human")+ATUM = the meaning of an erratum summitwei 0
3821 BUTTER (6) Rebut terribly, hiding flattery (6) __BUT TER__ = flattery summitwei 0
3978 VULPINE (7) Foxlike reverend, tug on grape plant (7) "pull vine" spoonerism = foxlike summitwei 0
4642 ANY PUNCTUATION MARK (?) Monetary unit: an organ (5) COLON 3def summitwei 0
4693 BUNKUM (6) Nonsensical talk in bed stutters endlessly (6) BUNK+UM(-s) summitwei 0
7639 RUSTY (5) Decapitate reliable puzzler (5) (-t)RUSTY
press F to pay respects
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8072 PENZO (5) Puzzler's fraudulent scheme turns ones into zeroes and zeroes into 250s (5) P(O->E)NZ(I->O)
i don't actually know why 250 means E but it shows up on some list of cryptic abbreviations
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11678 GUINEA PIG (6, 3) Guanine (ping randomly to abandon unnamed animal) (6,3) (-nn)GUINEAPIG* summitwei 0

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