Contests started: INTEGRAL (8), COIN (4), OR (2), CHESSBOARD (10), BOW OUT (3, 3), NORMAL (6), AMSCRAY (7), SEPARATION (10), MEME (4), ANY CLUE INCORPORATING A PUZZLE GENRE (?), ANY CLUE WHOSE ANSWER IS A PUZZLE GENRE (?), PERIDOT(7), SWARF (5), MXYZPTLK (8), REVERSI (7), ON THE HOUSE (2,3,5), ANGLE (5), DO (2), ANY CLUE USING A WORDPLAY DEVICE FROM PEACHES (?), EXETER (6), EXTRADITION (11), HASHISH (7), ANY CLUE INVOLVING A BINGO CALL (?), FETISH (6), HORNY (5), PETERSEN (8), BULWER-LYTTON (6-6), SHITPOSTING (11), ANY CLUE WITH PRINTER'S DEVILRY AS WORDPLAY (?), ZINFANDEL (9), CREAM (5), SANTA (5), MESSIER (7), ANY CLUE WHOSE ANSWER IS AN MLP:FIM CHARACTER (?), ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKES JACK A DULL (BOY), TROBAIRITZ (10), POLICE (6), REPLY (5), CINNAMON (8), GO-SLOW (2-4), TORTE (5), SPLANCHNIC (10), HYDE (4), LWOJLA (6), BAD (3), GRIMALKIN (9), ZIMONZE'S PASSWORDS (9 9), RAMUNE (6), COL LEGNO (3, 5), BLINKER FLUID (7,5), HANDBILL (8), JOHNSON (7), VASISTAS (8), PERPETUITY (10), REPECHAGE (9), LAGNIAPPE (9), ANY CLUE THAT HAS THE STRING "++++" IN IT (?), ANY CLUE MENTIONING "A GIRL ON EACH SIDE" (?), BELLES-LETTRES (6-7), VOIDPUNK (8), ANY CLUE THAT HAS TO END IN A SPECIFIC NUMBER OF QUESTION MARKS (?), ONLIADBCEHMRUS (14)
Contests won: INTEGRAL (8), IMPROVE (7), (AEMT)* (4), CHRISTMAS (9), MASQUERADE (10), BOW OUT (3, 3), AMSCRAY (7), CENTRIFUGAL (11), OFFENBACH (9), SCHADENFREUDE, COMPOSITION METAL (11, 5), ABYSSAL (7), LIMA (4), SIESTA (6), MEME (4), FALSE FRIEND (5, 6), PERHAPS (7), ANY (3), CELADON (7), A CRYPTIC THAT'S A RHYMING COUPLET (?), PLATEAU (7), ON THE HOUSE (2,3,5), DO (2), EXETER (6), CLEMENCY (8), MAN-EATING PLANT (3-6, 5), HASHISH (7), ANY CLUE INVOLVING A BINGO CALL (?), ANY CRYPTIC CLUE (?), FETISH (6), PETERSEN (8), BULWER-LYTTON (6-6), CLUE CONTAINING A CHARACTER OR ITEM FROM CLUE (?), ANY NON-ALPHANUMERIC GLYPH THAT ISN'T ♀ (1), MERRY (5), MESSIER (7), ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKES JACK A DULL (BOY), PERSIAN (7), HEYAWAKE (8), INCINERATE (10), HOMOLOGATE (10), POLICE (6), REPLY (5), UBNIQU (6), EYJAFJALLAJÖKULL (16), COL LEGNO (3, 5), ANY CLUE WHOSE ANSWER IS THE NUMBER OF LETTERS IT CONTAINS (?), SPRIGATITO (10), VASISTAS (8), PERPETUITY (10), ANY CLUE THAT IS A WINNING CLUE YOU'VE STOLEN OFF A PAST CONTEST, BUT INTERPRETTED TO SOMEHOW SOLVE INTO A DIFFERENT ANSWER (?)
| Clue ID | Contest | Clue | Explanation (hover) | Submitted By | Likes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 714 | OFFENBACH (9) | Composer to insult penniless composer (9) | OFFEN(-d)+BACH | edderiofer | 7 |
| 9890 | ANY CLUE CONSISTING OF LETTERS FROM A SINGLE ROW OF YOUR KEYBOARD (?) | GAB, CAGE DEFACED CADAGA, BEDDED (DECA-) | S(LUMBER)ING GAB = SING CAGE = containment indicator DEFACED CADAGA = LUMBER BEDDED = def. (DECA-) = (10) This of course uses only the row of my keyboard that contains white keys with no sharps or flats. |
edderiofer | 7 |
| 5036 | DONUT (5) | According to sources, doughy nourishing unbroken torus with a hole! (5) | D_(O)N_U_T_ &lit. | edderiofer | 6 |
| 299 | CHRISTMAS (9) | The present holiday! (9) | ddef &lit: "the present holiday" as in "the holiday where presents are given" and as in "the holiday that's happening right now". | edderiofer | 5 |
| 495 | OR (2) | Golden Gate (2) | ddef Golden = OR (heraldry), gate = OR (logic) | edderiofer | 5 |
| 586 | BOW OUT (3, 3) | What rickety legs do: step down (3,3) | Double definition: "What rickety legs do": Legs of people affected with rickets BOW OUT. "step down": This is a synonym for "BOW OUT". |
edderiofer | 5 |
| 827 | SIESTA (6) | "Sleep? Yes!" --this Spaniard (6) | SIESTA = SI+ESTA | edderiofer | 5 |
| 2155 | ANY CRYPTIC CLUE (?) | Singer who's a sad young woman, slangily? (8) (4) | BLUE+BIRD = "singer" TEAL ddef. |
edderiofer | 5 |
| 2157 | ANY CRYPTIC CLUE (?) | Erratic, beneath logical, nonsensical (6,2,6) (6) | (LIABLE TO CHANGE)* = "erratic" (LABILE)* &lit. |
edderiofer | 5 |
| 2224 | BONDAGE (7) | James starts to abuse girl's exhibitionism fetish (7) | BOND + A_ G_ E_ = "fetish" | edderiofer | 5 |
| 359 | REFRAIN (7) | Umpire: "Shower, or stay back!" (7) | REF+RAIN | edderiofer | 4 |
| 446 | COIN (4) | Create the word "out", to a category theorist? (4) | ddef. "Create the word" = COIN ""out", to a category theorist" = CO-IN |
edderiofer | 4 |
| 583 | BOW OUT (3, 3) | Retreat, like a ship with only its stern? (3,3) | ddef, punny | edderiofer | 4 |
| 742 | SCHADENFREUDE | Scene contained psychoanalyst and contained sadism (13) | Defn: "sadism" = SCHADENFREUDE "Scene" = SCENE "X contained Y and Z" = container indicator "psychoanalyst" = FREUD "contained" = HAD SC(HAD)EN(FREUD)E |
edderiofer | 4 |
| 1095 | PERIDOT(7) | A gem for each one I spot (7) | PER+I+DOT | edderiofer | 4 |
| 1172 | PLATEAU (7) | Cover with gold so that it's flat? (7) | PLATE+AU = PLATEAU ("it's flat") | edderiofer | 4 |
| 2229 | FETISH (6) | Statue of cod, for one, protects alien (6) | F(ET)ISH = "statue" | edderiofer | 4 |
| 2245 | KINK (4) | For example, sons and grand-; // by Puritans it might be banned? (4) | KIN+K; also a rhyming clue | edderiofer | 4 |
| 3287 | PAPRIKA (7) | Food additive made from, oddly, pear, pork, and squid (7) | P_A_P_R_+IKA = food additive | edderiofer | 4 |
| 3990 | MERRY (5) | Happy and wed, we hear? (5) | MERRY = "MARRY" (if you have the merry-marry merger) | edderiofer | 4 |
| 6 | INTEGRAL (8) | Altering triangle, or how you might be relating its area (8) | TRIANGLE* = INTEGRAL, and you can find a triangle's area with one. | edderiofer | 3 |
| 125 | IMPROVE (7) | Demon scout cuts off own tail to get better (7) | IMP + ROVE(-r), with "get better" as a definition. | edderiofer | 3 |
| 379 | BINARY STAR (6, 4) | Drop phenyls, cut, pound, and blacken dog star? (6,4) | Def: "Dog Star" refers to Sirius, a binary star. Wordplay: BIN (drop) + ARYLS (phenyls) - L (cut pound (remove L)) + TAR (blacken) |
edderiofer | 3 |
| 493 | COLOR OR COLOUR (5 OR 6) | Shade row opposite of us (6) | Defn: Shade = COLOUR row opposite = COL of us = OUR |
edderiofer | 3 |
| 506 | MARASCHINO (10) | Harmonicas smashed in liqueur (10) | (MARASCHINO)* | edderiofer | 3 |
| 604 | BOW OUT (3, 3) | Tyre puncture kills learner, makes one retire (3,3) | B(-l)OW OUT | edderiofer | 3 |
| 635 | DELAWARE (8) | State of perverted lewd area (8) | DELAWARE = (LEWD AREA)* | edderiofer | 3 |
| 669 | AMSCRAY (7) | Fly in the morning's loopy, to some (7) | "Fly" (in the sense of "flee") = AMSCRAY "morning's" = AMS "loopy, to some" = CRAY |
edderiofer | 3 |
| 739 | SCHADENFREUDE | [No enumeration!] (0) | (This isn't a clue, it's just telling you that the person writing this contest forgot to include the enumeration.) | edderiofer | 3 |
| 804 | SYMPOSIUM (9) | Mimsy opus disrupted the conference (9) | (MIMSY OPUS)* = SYMPOSIUM | edderiofer | 3 |
| 805 | COMPOSITION METAL (11, 5) | According to some, red brass for work of modern music, perhaps? (11,5) | Defn. "According to some, red brass" = COMPOSITION METAL (according to Wikipedia) "work" = COMPOSITION "modern music, perhaps" = METAL |
edderiofer | 3 |
| 818 | LIMA (4) | Letter from sorted mail (4) | (MAIL)* = LIMA (letter in the NATO Phonetic alphabet) | edderiofer | 3 |
| 866 | QAT (3) | Arabic tea made from quartz, oddly (3) | Q_A_T_ | edderiofer | 3 |
| 1600 | MAYPOLE (7) | The Reverend's to give money to spy for a dance? (7) | spoonerism of "PAY MOLE" | edderiofer | 3 |
| 1890 | EXETER (6) | Sounds like someone who walks out of a city? (6) | "exit-er" = EXETER | edderiofer | 3 |
| 1904 | HOT AIR BALLOON (3, 3, 7) | Trump's speeches, for example, blow up vehicle (3,3,7) | HOT AIR + BALLOON = "vehicle" | edderiofer | 3 |
| 2156 | ANY CRYPTIC CLUE (?) | For instance, "A Chaste Restraining" in...? (6) (3) | PUR(IN)E = "For instance, A" PEE ddef. |
edderiofer | 3 |
| 2257 | BANDAGE (7) | Fetish converting egg to a menstrual pad, slangily (7) | B(o->A)NDAGE = "menstrual pad, slangily" | edderiofer | 3 |
| 3204 | CLUE CONTAINING A CHARACTER OR ITEM FROM CLUE (?) | Reverend's envious of new money and lawn party? (5) | GREEN, 6x def. | edderiofer | 3 |
| 3893 | SEASICKNESS (11) | Sick senses: a nauseator! (11) | SEASICKNESS*, &lit. | edderiofer | 3 |
| 3949 | ANY NON-ALPHANUMERIC GLYPH THAT ISN'T ♀ (1) | ✄☮️⑴ | ✌ ddef. | edderiofer | 3 |
| 4138 | ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKES JACK A DULL (BOY) | play makes Jack a "𝓓 𝓾𝓵 𝓵𝓑 𝓸𝔂"? (4) | (KEMS(-a))*; plural of "kem", humorously meaning "bad kern" (as in "keming"). | edderiofer | 3 |
| 4471 | HEYAWAKE (8) | Oi! Alert: a puzzle! (8) | HEY+AWAKE | edderiofer | 3 |
| 4826 | HOMOLOGATE (10) | Sanction scandal after Home Office unit has nothing (10) | HO+MOL+O+GATE | edderiofer | 3 |
| 4875 | POLICE (6) | Law enforcement are shit parasites using up oxygen (6) | PO(-o)+LICE | edderiofer | 3 |
| 4891 | REPLY (5) | In chess, Black's move, after White's! (5) | punny ddef. &lit; a "ply" in chess is a single move, so Black's move after White's would be a "re-ply" as well as just being a reply. | edderiofer | 3 |
| 5141 | GO-SLOW (2-4) | Traffic jam in Nigeria's capital city; stuck in gateway (2-4) | G(OSLO)W | edderiofer | 3 |
| 6016 | DAFT PUNK (4, 4) | Asswipes in "Da Funk"! (4,4) | DAF(TP)UNK, &lit. | edderiofer | 3 |
| 7976 | ANY CLUE WHOSE ANSWER IS THE NUMBER OF LETTERS IT CONTAINS (?) | Landowner's sixth envelope to couple (3) | T(_W_)O = "couple" The clue contains two letters: a landowner and the one in the envelope. |
edderiofer | 3 |
| 9036 | VASISTAS (8) | Panes, as in panoramas (8) | V(AS)ISTAS | edderiofer | 3 |
| 5 | ADDRESS (7) | Horrifyingly, dared Nazi Germany's military to attack (7) | DARED* + SS = ADDRESS. "attack" as in "attack/address a problem". | edderiofer | 2 |
| 129 | YOUR USERNAME (?) | Anagram fodder 'ere; I! (10) | (FODDEREREI)* | edderiofer | 2 |
| 176 | CONTEXT (7) | Company to reschedule next train, head to surroundings (7) | CO + (NTEX)* + (T_) | edderiofer | 2 |
| 178 | OBLONG | Rectangular tea, none for bachelor (6) | O(O->B)LONG. | edderiofer | 2 |
| 224 | (AEMT)* (4) | Tame meat, or what this clue is? (4) | (MEAT)* = META | edderiofer | 2 |
| 378 | CRYPTIC (7) | Puzzlehunt resembling a tomb? (7) | ddef. Cryptic Puzzle Hunt and "crypt-ic". | edderiofer | 2 |
| 468 | MOLASSES (8) | Sugary syrup, note, is found in plants (8) | Def: Sugary syrup = MOLASSES Note = LA Plants = MOSSES "is found in" = containment indicator; MO(LA)SSES |
edderiofer | 2 |
| 492 | COLOR OR COLOUR (5 OR 6) | Stain: cardinal for king? (5) | COLO(N->R) | edderiofer | 2 |
| 508 | OBSCURE (7) | Cover streaming software with medicine (7) | OBS+CURE | edderiofer | 2 |
| 549 | MASQUERADE (10) | Kit William's work said to conceal her assistance? (10) | "Kit William's work": Def "conceal her assistance": MASK HER AID "said to": "MASQUERADE" |
edderiofer | 2 |
| 557 | SWEET (5) | Radical wife (5) | ddef | edderiofer | 2 |
| 558 | TETRIS (6) | Quartet rising, somewhat? Not in this game (6) | _TET RIS_, semi-&lit | edderiofer | 2 |
| 666 | WHISTLEBLOWER (13) | Referee of game interrupts gloat with loss (13) | Def: "Referee" = WHISTLE-BLOWER "game" = WHIST "gloat" = LEER "loss" = BLOW "interrupts X with Y" = containment indicator WHIST+LE(BLOW)ER |
edderiofer | 2 |
| 704 | CENTRIFUGAL (11) | Force vedette's composition #12 to be sung? (11) | CENTRIFUGAL = "SENTRY FUGUE L" Defn: "Force" = CENTRIFUGAL "vedette" = SENTRY "composition #12" = FUGUE L "to be sung" = homophone indicator |
edderiofer | 2 |
| 751 | FLIGHT (6) | Loud and soft plane journey (6) | wordplay F+LIGHT (loud and soft) definition FLIGHT (plane journey) |
edderiofer | 2 |
| 764 | HOLOGRAM (8) | Form of Lagomorph when first point is removed! (8) | &lit. (HOLOGRAM(-p))*. "Lagomorph" refers to the character from Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward, who appears to the rest of the characters via a hologram. | edderiofer | 2 |
| 806 | ABYSSAL (7) | Bottom-less masochist becomes sadist in pants, colloquially (7) | Definition: "Bottom-less" = ABYSSAL "masochist becomes sadist" = substitution, M -> S "pants, colloquially" = ABYSMAL |
edderiofer | 2 |
| 819 | LIMA (4) | Bean found in caramel? I'm appalled! (4) | _L IM A_ | edderiofer | 2 |
| 837 | SOMETHING WITH DEFINITION 'WORD' | Word that's part of a clue? (6) | ddef: "word" = STRING, as in a sequence of letters "part of a clue" = STRING, as in part of a clue (a ball of yarn) |
edderiofer | 2 |
| 838 | SOMETHING WITH DEFINITION 'WORD' | [No enumeration!] (0) | (This isn't a clue, it's just telling you that the person writing this contest forgot to include the enumeration.) | edderiofer | 2 |
| 872 | MEME (4) | I, setter, make a joke (4) | ME+ME | edderiofer | 2 |
| 905 | MEME (4) | Memento's first half is shared around, perhaps? (4) | MEME_ | edderiofer | 2 |
| 955 | BLOOD MONEY (5, 5) | Hitman's follower is noble, moody, insane (5,5) | (BLOOD MONEY)* (as in the 2006 videogame "Hitman: Blood Money") | edderiofer | 2 |
| 978 | PERHAPS (7) | Hotel and hotel's spokesperson backtracking, say (7) | (SPA + H + REP)< = PERHAPS = "say" (as in "for example") | edderiofer | 2 |
| 1061 | ANY (3) | "I don't care," said Tanya, making neither head nor tail of it (3) | _ANY_ | edderiofer | 2 |
| 1118 | A CRYPTIC THAT'S A RHYMING COUPLET (?) | Assonance that's not quite there, // mired hymn that we fix (4,5) | MIND RHYME = (MIREDHYMN)*; the clue contains an example of a mind rhyme. | edderiofer | 2 |
| 1119 | A CRYPTIC THAT'S A RHYMING COUPLET (?) | Assonance that's like this verse, // is noisy setter, frost per se (3,5) | EYE RHYME = "I, RIME"; the clue contains an example of an eye rhyme. | edderiofer | 2 |
| 1120 | A CRYPTIC THAT'S A RHYMING COUPLET (?) | Assonance that's like this one, // thinly creamed, mixed up with one (9,5) | IDENTICAL RHYME = (THINLYCREAMED+I)*; the clue contains an example of an identical rhyme. | edderiofer | 2 |
| 1158 | GROOKEY (7) | Starter monster's wharf, allegedly? (7) | "GRUE QUAY" = GROOKEY | edderiofer | 2 |
| 1350 | ON THE HOUSE (2,3,5) | Free as a bird, perhaps? (2,3,5) | ddef, punny | edderiofer | 2 |
| 1457 | ANGLE (5) | Argument! (5) | &lit double def Angle = argument (reasoning) Angle = argument (complex numbers) |
edderiofer | 2 |
| 1628 | DO (2) | Fuck party (2) | ddef. | edderiofer | 2 |
| 1712 | BOXERS (6) | "The workers at Amazon are pants!" (6) | ddef. | edderiofer | 2 |
| 1784 | ANY CLUE USING A WORDPLAY DEVICE FROM PEACHES (?) | Boo, douse in water, and delay (4) | Boo: WET -> WAIT | edderiofer | 2 |
| 1905 | HOT AIR BALLOON (3, 3, 7) | Floater that needs to be looked at at the optometrist's? (3,3,7) | Cryptic definition, referring to the picture of a hot air balloon seen through an autorefractor at an optometrist's which a patient is asked to focus on. | edderiofer | 2 |
| 2039 | THEREMIN (8) | The unit of ionizing radiation in electronic instrument (8) | THE + REM + IN | edderiofer | 2 |
| 2062 | HASHISH (7) | #like_pot (7) | ddef. HASH-ISH | edderiofer | 2 |
| 2119 | ARIA (4) | Air: a composition! (4) | (ARIA)*, &lit | edderiofer | 2 |
| 2179 | SINEW (5) | Strengthen holomorphic function of complex number? (5) | SINE+W = "strengthen" (literary) | edderiofer | 2 |
| 2232 | KINK (4) | Bend rope, for one (4) | ddef. | edderiofer | 2 |
| 2251 | SAFE WORD (4 4 OR 8) | Red, maybe, or blue for disgusting Matryoshka? (8) | (SA(F(EW)OR)D) = "red, maybe" ("Matryoshka" is a successive containment indicator) |
edderiofer | 2 |
| 2258 | BONDAGE (7) | Fetish making egg from a menstrual pad, slangily (7) | B(a->O)NDAGE = "fetish" | edderiofer | 2 |
| 2719 | PETERSEN (8) | Mathematician with a false pretense? (8) | (PETERSEN)* | edderiofer | 2 |
| 4021 | MESSIER (7) | Like some astronomical objects with stars all over the place?! (7) | MESSIER ddef &lit (as in the Messier objects, and because these astronomical objects are messier than others where the stars aren't all over the place) | edderiofer | 2 |
| 4086 | DASHING (7) | Stylish way of travelling (7) | DASHING ddef. | edderiofer | 2 |
| 4683 | ANY CLUE WHOSE WORDPLAY IS A REBUS (?) | Flaunted, shrank? (10) | UN IN FLATED | edderiofer | 2 |
| 4776 | INCINERATE (10) | New age in start to fire (10) | INCI(N+ERA)TE | edderiofer | 2 |
| 5078 | ANY CLUE THAT'S &LIT AND A QUESTIONABLE DEF?! (?) | Shit parasites using up oxygen?! (6) | PO(-o)+LICE. Questionable def because it only describes the current state of most police forces and not that of one in a utopia. | edderiofer | 2 |
| 5209 | LIST (4) | [No enumeration!] (0) | (This isn't a clue, it's just telling you that a previously-submitted clue has no enumeration.) | edderiofer | 2 |
| 5537 | UBNIQU (6) | Reaction to puzzle element with number 121 displaying natural cleverness (6) | UB(N+IQ)U = "reaction to puzzle" | edderiofer | 2 |
| 6219 | EYJAFJALLAJÖKULL (16) | Trip Jack, keeping to the extreme and in the style of surprised face meeting skull (after decapitation!), following key uninitiated Icelandic smoker? (16) | (-k)EY+J(AF)J(ALLA)J+Ö+(-s)KULL = "Icelandic smoker" | edderiofer | 2 |
| 6224 | PAREIDOLIA (10) | Overly-generalised image-recognition by misconfigured AI? Dial repo! (10) | PAREIDOLIA* | edderiofer | 2 |
| 6398 | ANY "AMONG US" THEMED CLUE (?) | Jacqueline Osherow's writings: "When the impostor is sus!" (10:5) | (WHITETHORN: POEMS)*, title of a poetry collection by Jacqueline Osherow | edderiofer | 2 |
| 6720 | ANY CLUE WHOSE ANSWER IS A BOARD/CARD GAME (?) | Focus group (3) | SET ddef | edderiofer | 2 |
| 8970 | SPRIGATITO (10) | New Pokemon: a talking frog, a bird, a duck (10) | SPRIG + A TIT + O | edderiofer | 2 |
| 9469 | PERPETUITY (10) | Endless security much appreciated after criminal takes biscuit tin (10) | TY = much appreciated PERP = criminal ETUI = biscuit tin (it's where one stores sewing supplies) PERP+(ETUI)+TY = TY after PERP, takes ETUI PERPETUITY = endless security (a security with no end date) |
edderiofer | 2 |
| 9720 | ANY CLUE THAT IS A WINNING CLUE YOU'VE STOLEN OFF A PAST CONTEST, BUT INTERPRETTED TO SOMEHOW SOLVE INTO A DIFFERENT ANSWER (?) | Girl having zero aim (2) | G+O = aim (for) | edderiofer | 2 |
| 9796 | CLUE THAT'S ENTIRELY IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE (ANSWER, DEFINITION, AND CRYPTIC READING) | 六十秒，八下刀（1） | Translation: Sixty seconds, under eight is a knife (1) 分 = 刀 under 八 |
edderiofer | 2 |
| 10601 | ANY CLUE THAT CONTAINS THE PHRASE "LOST IN TRANSLATION" (?) | “Lost in Translation” panel (4) | _SLAT_ | edderiofer | 2 |
| 12057 | SOFA (4) | Regularly destroy GF's vast couch (4) | __S__O__F__A__ | edderiofer | 2 |
| 12065 | GF (2) | Sofa-lover? (2) | G+F (space elided between "so" and "fa") | edderiofer | 2 |
| 318 | FAN (3) | Cool supporter (3) | ddef. | edderiofer | 1 |
| 334 | MARIO (5) | Taking homiest guy, Shigeru Miyamoto creation! (5) | (SHIGERUMIYAMOTO - HOMIESTGUY)* = MARIO; &lit. | edderiofer | 1 |
| 443 | SHAYMIN (7) | Said colloquially, hanging a sign, on this creature, of gratitude (7) | Def. "creature of gratitude" = SHAYMIN (see: Pokemon category) said = homophone indicator colloquially hanging a sign on = SHAMIN' (see: pet shaming) |
edderiofer | 1 |
| 494 | PRIMARIES (9) | Finish off plumber in Jimmy's firsts (9) | PRI(MARI(-o))ES | edderiofer | 1 |
| 505 | MAZUMA (6) | Recycler from village in FEZ trapped in between two mothers (6) | Recycler is Mazuma Mobile, often referred to as just Mazuma. Village in FEZ is ZU, giving MA(ZU)MA. | edderiofer | 1 |
| 515 | LAW OF EXCLUDED MIDDLE (3, 2, 8, 6) | LA OF? (3,2,8,6) | Rebus clue: (LA(-w) OF) | edderiofer | 1 |
| 516 | OBSCURE (7) | Our bearing, including degree, is unclear (7) | OUR + E(bearing) including BSC (degree) = OBSCURE (unclear) | edderiofer | 1 |
| 532 | MARASCHINO (10) | Psychologist in Dublin suburb has liqueur (10) | "Psychologist" = ASCH "in" = container indicator "Dublin suburb" = MARINO MAR(ASCH)INO |
edderiofer | 1 |
| 533 | OBSCURE (7) | Censor lewd Russian Reversal for nurse (7) | "lewd" = OBSCENE "Russian Reversal" = UR "X for Y" = substitution indicator "nurse" = EN (enrolled nurse) OBSC(EN->UR<)E |
edderiofer | 1 |
| 534 | CHESSBOARD (10) | Variety of curds turns ESE to army's battlefield (10) | CHESSBOARD = CHEESEBOARD with ESE substituted for SS | edderiofer | 1 |
| 551 | PROSTHESIS (10) | German cheers, "Even sheepskins are a corrective!" (10) | German cheers = PROST Even sheepskins = _H_E_S_I_S corrective = PROSTHESIS |
edderiofer | 1 |
| 561 | SWEET (5) | Lovely, salty body fluid turning start of aphrodisia to endless sex (5) | "Lovely" = def "salty body fluid" = SWEAT "turning X to Y" = substitution indicator "start of aphrodisia" = A_ "endless sex" = _E_ answer = SWE(A->E)T |
edderiofer | 1 |
| 563 | MASQUERADE (10) | Pretend to endlessly squee during ruin of drink (10) | MA(SQUE(-E))R+ADE | edderiofer | 1 |
| 581 | BOW OUT (3, 3) | owo in ass~~~?! destroy rear and pack it in~~~~!!! (3,3) | Def: "pack it in", slang for "bow out" or "quit" Wordplay: "owo in ass" = B(OWO)UTT "destroy rear" = (-t) B(OWO)UT(-t) |
edderiofer | 1 |
| 593 | GREY/GRAY (4) | Unnamed culprit, like some prostitutes, accepts reals? (4) | @unnamedculprit = Matt GRAY "like some prostitutes" = GAY "X accepts Y" = container indicator "reals" = R |
edderiofer | 1 |
| 594 | ANTARCTICA (10) | Cain plus tract; a tilled land (10) | (CAINTRACTA)* | edderiofer | 1 |
| 633 | DELAWARE (8) | Operator knows the river (8) | DEL+AWARE | edderiofer | 1 |
| 867 | REARRANGEMENT (13) | Shuffling archers, perhaps, have tea? (13) | Shuffling = REAR RANGE MEN (archers, perhaps) + T (tea) | edderiofer | 1 |
| 893 | ANIME (5) | Cartoon set in a French city, mostly (5) | A + NIME(-s) | edderiofer | 1 |
| 896 | ANIME (5) | Bleach, for example, damages wingless remains (5) | _(emain)*_ = ANIME (Bleach, for example) | edderiofer | 1 |
| 901 | ANY ONE STARTER POKEMON (5/6/7/8/9/10) | Pokemons' EVs, I hear? (6) | "EVs" (homophone) = EEVEES | edderiofer | 1 |
| 904 | BULLWINKLE (10) | Colloquially, dangling thing under a cow or moose? (10) | BULL WINKLE (slang for penis), ddef. | edderiofer | 1 |
| 924 | LIMIT (5) | Liechtenstein with German border (5) | LI + MIT = "border" | edderiofer | 1 |
| 941 | FALSE FRIEND (5, 6) | Incorrect processing of redfin or tuna in Spain, perhaps (5,6) | FALSE + (FRIEND)* = "tuna in Spain, perhaps" | edderiofer | 1 |
| 960 | HYENAS (6) | Allegedly, Seth's son smokes weed, becomes a laughing one? (6) | "HIGH ENOS" | edderiofer | 1 |
| 979 | CERULEAN (8) | Kanto region city has badly-written cure list (8) | (CERU)* + LEAN; Kanto refers to the Pokemon region, not the actual region in Honshu. | edderiofer | 1 |
| 986 | CERULEAN (8) | ER? (8) | CERU LEAN, rebus | edderiofer | 1 |
| 991 | ANY CLUE INCORPORATING A SONG TITLE (?) | Rub one the wrong way with first half of Cash hit "Ring Of Fire"? (5) | CHA(-nge) + F_E = CHAFE (rub one the wrong way) | edderiofer | 1 |
| 1123 | MXYZPTLK (8) | Trickster to allegedly blend? You guys, give the hole a taste (8) | MXYZPTLK = "MIX? YEZ, PIT-LICK" | edderiofer | 1 |
| 1175 | INDIGO (6) | Colour of a cheap airline? (6) | INDIGO, ddef. ("airline" is a reference to IndiGo, an Indian airline.) | edderiofer | 1 |
| 1200 | DEAD HORSE (4, 5) | "[No enumeration!] (0)", say found at the front and back of a book, according to Spooner? (4,5) | Spoonerism of "HEAD, DORSE" = DEAD HORSE; "[No enumeration!] (0)" is an example of a dead horse | edderiofer | 1 |
| 1271 | BENEFACTOR (10) | Helper to enrobe badly and clothe truth (10) | (BENE(FACT)OR)* | edderiofer | 1 |
| 1274 | SWARM (5) | Chipping chips with chip-producer's logo group? (5) | SWAR(-f) (SWARF = chips, "chipping" is a deletion indicator) + M (McDonald's logo) = "group" | edderiofer | 1 |
| 1312 | REVERSI (7) | Game is eclipsed by misère version (7) | _RE VERSI_ | edderiofer | 1 |
| 1313 | REVERSI (7) | A game like EES, say? (7) | "REVERSE SEE" = REVERSI | edderiofer | 1 |
| 1907 | EXETER (6) | College's program with book and ruler (6) | EXE + T (testament) + ER (Elizabeth Regina) | edderiofer | 1 |
| 1958 | EXTRADITION (11) | Criminal sending another point with cyanide, say (11) | "Criminal sending" = EXTRA + DIT + ION | edderiofer | 1 |
| 1966 | ORBIT (5) | Circuit's gate with some data (5) | OR+BIT | edderiofer | 1 |
| 1982 | CLEMENCY (8) | Removing part of fork from orange, Cyril, in short, has mercy (8) | CLEMEN(-tine) + CY = "mercy" | edderiofer | 1 |
| 2005 | MAN-EATING PLANT (3-6, 5) | Soylent factory processing lantana pigment? (3-6,5) | "Soylent factory" = MAN-EATING PLANT = (LANTANA PIGMENT)* |
edderiofer | 1 |
| 2065 | HASHISH (7) | Drug, alternated, as is with hospitals? (7) | H(AS)H(IS)H | edderiofer | 1 |
| 2073 | HASHISH (7) | Diesel? Lol, kebab (7) | HA+SHISH | edderiofer | 1 |
| 2110 | ANY CLUE INVOLVING A BINGO CALL (?) | Keep, like life begins? (5) | ddef: "keep like" = FORT-Y "life begins" = FORTY (bingo call) |
edderiofer | 1 |
| 2116 | ANY CLUE INVOLVING A BINGO CALL (?) | Gets "In A State", "Up To Tricks", and "Top Of The Shop" (5) | (POUT)* + S_ = "gets in a state" | edderiofer | 1 |
| 2173 | BREXIT (6) | A former UK citizen, Reverend's speech might eventually cause a Scotsman to become one? (6) | "Ex-Brit" = BREXIT (Spooner) BREXIT might cause Scotland to have its own referendum and thus might eventually cause a Scotsman to become "a former UK citizen". |
edderiofer | 1 |
| 2226 | BANDAGE (7) | According to her, the "forbidden border" has a plaster? (7) | "banned edge" = BANDAGE = "plaster" | edderiofer | 1 |
| 2244 | KINK (4) | Endless calligraphy style has a flaw (4) | KINK(-i) | edderiofer | 1 |
| 2260 | LAST RESORT (4, 6) | T and SALT? (4,6) | double rebus | edderiofer | 1 |
| 2280 | HORNY (5) | Thirsty, like a troll, perhaps (5) | ddef. | edderiofer | 1 |
| 2344 | SET (3) | Egyptian god of a board game (3) | ddef. | edderiofer | 1 |
| 2548 | TEMPEST (7) | Storm, changing direction, came across annoyance (7) | TEM< + PEST | edderiofer | 1 |
| 2807 | BASEL (5) | Bernoulli's hometown is called Herb? (5) | "basil" = BASEL | edderiofer | 1 |
| 2922 | SHITPOSTING (11) | "[Wrong enumeration!] (0)", for example, is dog event's pain, according to Spooner (11) | "PIT SHOW STING" (Sp.) = SHITPOSTING | edderiofer | 1 |
| 3579 | TOLKIEN (7) | Author? :notlikeblob: (7) | (TOLKIEN)*, couldn't resist | edderiofer | 1 |
| 3668 | ANY CLUE RELATED TO HALLOWEEN (?) | The word? My costume! (5) | MUM+MY | edderiofer | 1 |
| 3814 | HOT DOG (3, 3) | For instance, Arcanine's sausage~~? (3, 3) | HOT DOG ddef. | edderiofer | 1 |
| 3827 | DUBIOUS (7) | This clue, perhaps, calls invoices (7) | DUB+IOUS | edderiofer | 1 |
| 3851 | CRAMP/CRAMPS (5/6) | Muscle spasms from ice shoes? That's not on (6) | CRAMP(-on)S | edderiofer | 1 |
| 3869 | BELOW (5) | Underneath is moo (5) | BE+LOW | edderiofer | 1 |
| 3951 | ANY NON-ALPHANUMERIC GLYPH THAT ISN'T ♀ (1) | Kebab feels like L (1) | ⠇ is the symbol for a "kebab menu", and is Braille for L | edderiofer | 1 |
| 3997 | SANTA (5) | Lojban umbrella gifter? (5) | SANTA ddef. | edderiofer | 1 |
| 4039 | BLUEBIRD (8) | Record label: "teal, teal, ..." (8) | BLUE+BIRD = BLUEBIRD (Records) | edderiofer | 1 |
| 4046 | ANY CLUE WHOSE ANSWER IS AN MLP:FIM CHARACTER (?) | Stab competitive MTG player (5) | SPIKE ddef. | edderiofer | 1 |
| 4123 | ANY CLUE THAT CONTAINS ITS ANSWER (?) | Cabbages are heads of healthy eating and dietary stability (5) | H_E_A_D_S_ | edderiofer | 1 |
| 4243 | PERSIAN (7) | For each type of unit, a classy creature (7) | PER+SI+AN (the only Classy category Pokemon is Persian) | edderiofer | 1 |
| 4667 | HATSUNE MIKU (7, 4) | Creator of Minecraft has hate encompassing sun, strikes Libs in haste? Cure with some understanding (7,4) | HAT(SUN)E+MI(-l_)K+U_ | edderiofer | 1 |
| 4815 | ALARM (5) | After reignition, Maydayer, primarily! (5) | A LA+R_M_, &lit. | edderiofer | 1 |
| 4831 | WATERLOO (8) | Battlefield's toilet has liquid coming out the front (8) | WATER+LOO | edderiofer | 1 |
| 4847 | GENERAL (7) | Nonspecific officer (7) | GENERAL ddef. | edderiofer | 1 |
| 4930 | INTEGRAL (8) | Altering triangle, or how you might be relating its area (8) | TRIANGLE* = INTEGRAL, and you can find a triangle's area with one. No, I'm not sorry about reusing this clue. | edderiofer | 1 |
| 5358 | GO (2) | Move! (2) | GO ddef. &lit. ("it's your go", "go to X") | edderiofer | 1 |
| 5575 | CELLAR DOOR (6, 4) | Food without gravy, according to Key and Peele, in broken cooler: contains fat? (6,4) | CEL(LARD)OOR* = "food without gravy, according to Key and Peele" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zDHSLDY0Q8) | edderiofer | 1 |
| 5663 | LWOJLA (6) | Message: "broken jaw, lol" (6) | LWOJLA* | edderiofer | 1 |
| 6005 | LOBSTER BUCKS (7, 5) | Announced by Rev. Roberts: "Mix Fortunes: our puzzling game show that's DEFINITELY NOT a ripoff of Family Fortunes!" (7,5) | our puzzling game show that's DEFINITELY NOT a ripoff of Family Fortunes = LOBSTER BUCKS Spoonerism (Announced by Rev.) of BOBS STIR LUCKS |
edderiofer | 1 |
| 6139 | ANY CLUE (?) | Aged? (8) (4) (8) (4) (8) (4) ... | SILVERED ddef. AGED ddef. SILVERED ddef. AGED ddef. SILVERED ddef. AGED ddef. ... |
edderiofer | 1 |
| 6140 | ANY CLUE (?) | Erratic, beneath logical, nonsensical (6,2,6) (6) | LIABLE TO CHANGE* = Erratic LABILE* &lit |
edderiofer | 1 |
| 6199 | ZYZZYVA (7) | Unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown, velocity, acceleration, weevil (7) | Z+Y+Z+Z+Y+V+A | edderiofer | 1 |
| 6581 | BOOKS THAT ARE BORING (5 4 3 6) | Drill volumes of processed granite tor as hobo B.K.? (5 4 3 6) | BOOKS THAT ARE BORING* = "drill volumes" | edderiofer | 1 |
| 6651 | RING (4) | Rng with identity! (4) | R(I)NG, &lit | edderiofer | 1 |
| 6652 | RING (4) | Ring without identity, with identity! (4) | R(I)(-i)NG, &lit | edderiofer | 1 |
| 6669 | FACTORIAL (9) | Word! (9) | (ddef) | edderiofer | 1 |
| 7085 | YOUR FAVORITE FOOD (?) | Drink, drink nothing? Drink (4) | S(O)UP | edderiofer | 1 |
| 8419 | ANY ONE-WORD BAND NAME (?) | After the sixth of these multiheaded beasts atop surgical instrument, shy PSA waits (10) | After the sixth of these multiheaded beasts atop surgical instruments, hyDRA G ON FORCEps awaits (printer's devilry clue) | edderiofer | 1 |
| 8604 | SCREE (5) | Monitor unnatural debris (5) | SCREE(-n) | edderiofer | 1 |
| 9921 | SUSURRUS (8) | Murmur "Imprisoning loan shark, preventing extortion at the source? Irregular!" (8) | S(USUR(-e)R)US "Murmur" = def. "Imprisoning X Y" = Y around X "loan shark" = USURER "preventing extortion at the source" = remove E (first letter of "extortion") "Irregular" = SUS |
edderiofer | 1 |
| 9924 | IFFY (4) | ||Lube partner, destroy opening?! Problematic|| (4) | def: problematic Lube partner = JIFFY destroy opening = remove first letter (-j)IFFY forgive me |
edderiofer | 1 |
| 10057 | ANY CLUE MENTIONING "A GIRL ON EACH SIDE" (?) | A spice, one with a girl on each side (8) | GAL+AN+GAL | edderiofer | 1 |
| 10331 | BOOLEAN (7) | True or false: dictator's currency likely stored in Republic Treasury (7) | homophone of "bullion" | edderiofer | 1 |
| 10439 | OUTLIER ()7() | why is the enumeration weird 😂😂😂 | why is the enumeration weird 😂😂😂 | edderiofer | 1 |
| 10942 | ADULTING (8) | It's nearly impossible for one with ADHD, troubles, and guilt (8) | ADULTING, anagram of "and guilt" | edderiofer | 1 |
| 22 | DISCORD (7) | Draconequus unmarked, say? (7) | "DE-SCORED" = DISCORD; Discord is a draconequus from the MLP series. | edderiofer | 0 |
| 27 | PET PEEVE (3, 5) | TV (in peepee!) injured bug-bear (3,5) | (PEEPEE+TV)* = PET PEEVE. "bugbear" is a synonym for PET PEEVE. | edderiofer | 0 |
| 180 | CHOCOLATE (9) | A sugary treat to bring joy after energy becomes zero! (9) | CHOC + (E->O)LATE, &lit | edderiofer | 0 |
| 222 | P?DDLE (6) | Row hawk in piss pool (6) | P?DDLE, quadruple definition for PADDLE, PEDDLE, PIDDLE, and PUDDLE | edderiofer | 0 |
| 438 | KAIST (5) | Chao's location and state of being in some of his RP sessions, reportedly? (5) | Chao's location = KAIST state of being in some of his RP sessions = CASED reportedly = homophone indicator |
edderiofer | 0 |
| 444 | EGO SEARCH (3, 6) | Look for oneself on Google; even bring up Bing or Ask (3,6) | Def. looking for oneself = EGO SEARCH Google even, brought up = _O_G_E, reversed = EGO Bing or Ask = SEARCH (verb) |
edderiofer | 0 |
| 466 | HEBREW (6) | Moses' man stew (6) | Def: Moses man = HE stew = BREW |
edderiofer | 0 |
| 467 | FINALLY (7) | Ultimately, record producer Stan on the radio (7) | Def: ultimately = FINALLY record = VINYL producer Stan = LEE on the radio = homophone indicator; "VINYL LEE" = "FINALLY" |
edderiofer | 0 |
| 469 | APRIL FOOL (5, 4) | Clown around during hunt and act like a pony from a Welsh resort town, reportedly? (5,4) | Def: Clown, around during hunt = April Fool act like a pony from a Welsh resort town = APE RHYL FOAL reportedly = homophone indicator; "APE RHYL FOAL" = "APRIL FOOL" |
edderiofer | 0 |
| 482 | LEFT OUT (4, 3) | EXCUDED? (4,3) | clue parses as EXCLUDED with the L removed EXCLUDED = LEFT OUT L removed = LEFT OUT |
edderiofer | 0 |
| 530 | CHESSBOARD (10) | Finally told, according to Chao, on the battleground? (10) | Defn: battleground = CHESSBOARD "told, according to Chao" = homophone indicator "Finally" = "CHESSBOARD": > [00:17] chaotic_iak: FINALLY = CHESSBOARD is also close enough for a sufficiently relaxed definition of closeness https://ptb.discordapp.com/channels/379129452203999242/422886139498856448/539237442654568461 |
edderiofer | 0 |
| 556 | MASQUERADE (10) | Impersonate maniac, Marquis de Sade, free from criticism (10) | anag. MARQUISDESADE - DIS | edderiofer | 0 |
| 560 | SWEET (5) | With no end to fun, tweens get hyper with this sort of food? (5) | Anagram (get hyper) of "TWEENS" without "N" (end to fun), semi-&lit | edderiofer | 0 |
| 597 | GREY/GRAY (4) | Earl's gravity beam? (4) | Ambiguous clue, for use in an ambiguous puzzle. Earl = GREY Gravity beam = G + RAY |
edderiofer | 0 |
| 610 | NORMAL (6) | Grey cat, say, moves from Middlesex to Middlesbrough, as it should be (6) | "Grey cat, say" = NERMAL (from Garfield) "moves from Middlesex to Middlesbrough" = (_E_ -> _O_) "as it should be" = NORMAL = N(_e_->_O_)RMAL |
edderiofer | 0 |
| 617 | NORMAL (6) | Distribution, for example, of distance from origin to Alabama (6) | NORM+AL (NORMAL distribution, distance from origin is NORM, Alabama abbreviates to AL) | edderiofer | 0 |
| 697 | ANARCHY (7) | Panty girl, rich, selfless, "You first!" (7) | "Panty" = ANARCHY, as in Panty Anarchy from Panty And Stocking With Garterbelt "girl" = ANA "rich, selfless" = R(-i)CH "you first" = Y ANA + R(-i)CH + Y |
edderiofer | 0 |
| 700 | CENTRIPETAL (11) | Force vedette to impress everyone during audition? (11) | CENTRIPETAL = "SENTRY PIT ALL" Defn: "Force" = CENTRIPETAL "vedette" = SENTRY "impress" = PIT "everyone" = ALL "during audition" = homophone indicator |
edderiofer | 0 |
| 708 | SEPARATION (10) | Axiom schema, in retrospect, acts like a restriction (10) | Def: "Axiom schema" = SEPARATION (also an accidental semi-&lit if you really want I guess) "in retrospect" = reversal indicator "acts like" = APES "a restriction" = RATION SEPARATION = (APES)< + RATION |
edderiofer | 0 |
| 817 | LIMA (4) | Country, like Mali, in shambles (4) | (MALI)* = LIMA | edderiofer | 0 |
| 882 | SENSELESSNESSES (15) | Follies formed by parts of lens (15) | LENS (letter bank) = SENSELESSNESSES | edderiofer | 0 |
| 884 | SENSELESSNESSES (15) | -S? (15) | SENSE LESS NESSES = -S, rebus | edderiofer | 0 |
| 894 | ANIME (5) | why no season 2 of PSG yet (0) | [This isn't a clue, it's just lamenting the fact that Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt doesn't have a season 2 yet.] | edderiofer | 0 |
| 900 | ANY ONE STARTER POKEMON (5/6/7/8/9/10) | [Is it just me, or are the three latest starters just named nonsense?] (0) | (Like, what the fuck is a "Sobble"? What next, "Wholk"? "Slooper"? "Toyotathon"? "Florges"?) | edderiofer | 0 |
| 943 | A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (1, 9, 5, 6) | "Play, best saint!" (note: alien cheer in the morning has puzzler's anger) (1,9,5,6) | A+ST+RE+ET+CARN+AM+EDDE'S+IRE | edderiofer | 0 |
| 997 | ANY CLUE INCORPORATING A SONG TITLE (?) | Fuck! "Operation Ground And Pound"ed by a primitive instrument! (9) | F+(OPERATION)* = FORTEPIANO | edderiofer | 0 |
| 1032 | ANY CLUE INCORPORATING A PUZZLE GENRE (?) | Mid-competition, hitori is in triplicate (4) | _T_ + (ORI)* = TRIO | edderiofer | 0 |
| 1033 | REBUS (5) | BU(BU)(BU)? (5) | RE-BUS, rebus. | edderiofer | 0 |
| 1072 | RANDOM THINGS (6, 6) | Assortment of nights? (6,6) | RANDOM THINGS, rebus | edderiofer | 0 |
| 1079 | ANY CLUE WHOSE ANSWER IS A PUZZLE GENRE (?) | Staged rebellion's noisy? It's too common of a problem (6) | "Pseudo-coup" = SUDOKU | edderiofer | 0 |
| 1085 | ANY CLUE WHOSE ANSWER IS A PUZZLE GENRE (?) | "Ribbon?" I neg, "A weird tool!" (9) | SASH+I+(GANE)* = "tool" (A sashigane is a Japanese version of a carpenter's square.) | edderiofer | 0 |
| 1088 | CELADON (7) | Shading a fellow green (7) | CEL+A+DON | edderiofer | 0 |
| 1091 | CELADON (7) | Deusovi reports hawk, one morning, in fictional city? (7) | "SELL A DAWN" (with cot-caught merger) = CELADON | edderiofer | 0 |
| 1101 | SWARF (5) | Treating flaws by going right to left and left to right produces waste (5) | (F(L->R)AWS)< = SWARF (waste) | edderiofer | 0 |
| 1146 | MAYDAY (6 OR 3, 3) | When edderiofer gets woken up at SIX IN THE FUCKING MORNING FUCKING PIECE OF SHIT WHY THE FUCK ARE PEOPLE SINGING ON THE FUCKING BRIDGE WHAT THE FUCK PEOPLE NEED TO FUCKING SLEEP EXAMS ARE FUCKING COMING UP SOON, he'll declare astronaut Jemison a Scottish milkmaid? (3,3) | MAY DAY = "MAE DEY" | edderiofer | 0 |
| 1163 | A CRYPTIC THAT'S A RHYMING COUPLET (?) | Preserve, in other words, walk // I'm the one who makes Anarchy talk (5,6) | JAM+I.E.+MARCH+I = JAMIE MARCHI (voice actress for Panty from Panty and Stocking) | edderiofer | 0 |
| 1272 | SHALLOTS (8) | Clams, after converting power to temperature and cold to hot, can be used for flavour? (8) | S(C->H)ALLO(P->T)S = "can be used for flavour" | edderiofer | 0 |
| 1386 | TOWER (5) | Rook to move backwards about two-- confused? (5) | (RE+(TWO)*)< = TOWER, a synonym for "Rook (chess)". | edderiofer | 0 |
| 1456 | ANGLE (5) | Germanic person's a strange angel (5) | (ANGEL)* = "Germanic person" | edderiofer | 0 |
| 1626 | DO (2) | Fuck with hairstyle (2) | ddef | edderiofer | 0 |
| 1690 | AARDVARK (8) | A Cockney's biscuit might be this, with silver leaf and Arthur, for example (8) | A + (-h)ARD + VARK = "Arthur, for example" | edderiofer | 0 |
| 1872 | PREDATOR (8) | Abnormally rapt or captivated, Ed is one who exploits women? (8) | RAPT OR* = PRATOR PR(ED)ATOR one who exploits women = predator |
edderiofer | 0 |
| 1995 | MAN-EATING PLANT (3-6, 5) | Audrey's a vegetarian, dining, perhaps? (3,6,5) | ddef. "Audrey" = MAN-EATING PLANT (from The Little Shop Of Horrors) "vegetarian, dining, perhaps" = MAN EATING PLANT |
edderiofer | 0 |
| 2061 | HASHISH (7) | Puzzlemaker, to his friends, going after his first candy bar? (7) | H_ + ASHISH (Kumar) = candy bar (slang for hashish, according to Wikipedia) | edderiofer | 0 |
| 2266 | LAST RESORT (4, 6) | Final hotel in cluster rots badly, with bend becoming awful first, and face falling off (4,6) | ((-c)L(u->A)STERROTS)* = LAST RESORT (final hotel) | edderiofer | 0 |
| 2346 | SET (3) | Solidify group (3) | ddef. | edderiofer | 0 |
| 2538 | NEPETA (6) | #5 cat, going after clown's tail and only keeping her head! (6) | _N+(E+PET)+A_, &lit. RIP BEST GIRL |
edderiofer | 0 |
| 2585 | OCTOPI (6) / OCTOPUSES (9) / OCTOPODES (9) | Follow (I do!) weed company all turning back to army beasts? (11) | (SUB + I DO + POT + CO)< = OCTOPODIBUS (plural dative case of OCTOPUS in Latin) | edderiofer | 0 |
| 2622 | LABOR DAY (5, 3) | Holiday of choice, between party and actress Doris? (5,3) | LAB OR DAY = "choice between party and actress Doris", punny ddef. | edderiofer | 0 |
| 2671 | BUSHIDO (7) | Asian chivalry discusses hedge-covered green (7) | BUSHIDO = "BUSHY DOUGH" | edderiofer | 0 |
| 2675 | AMOK (4) | Sounds like a practice exam is in a frenzied state (4) | AMOK = "A MOCK" | edderiofer | 0 |
| 2683 | ANY CLUE IN HAIKU WITH 5-7-5 SYLLABLES (???) | Form this poem takes, // car make in hesitation // utterance reversed (5) | H(AIK)U< | edderiofer | 0 |
| 2717 | PETERSEN (8) | Diminish length (in Thailand) of unit-distance graph (8) | PETER+SEN | edderiofer | 0 |
| 2718 | PETERSEN (8) | Create precise plug-in for Tait's foil (8) | PE(TERSE)N = "Tait's foil"; i.e. a counterexample to one of Tait's conjectures | edderiofer | 0 |
| 2811 | ASBESTOS (8) | Astatine-beryllium-sulphur-to-sulfur material (8) | Chemical element symbols (with a "to" in them) | edderiofer | 0 |
| 2812 | LIGHT (5) | Lithium-GHT photons (5) | Chemical element symbol | edderiofer | 0 |
| 2824 | BULWER-LYTTON (6-6) | Bad fiction-starter's contest confuses wet TRON bully (6-6) | (WET TRON BULLY)* = "Bad fiction-starter's contest" | edderiofer | 0 |
| 2827 | BULWER-LYTTON (6-6) | WER in BULL, with COTTON turning CO into Y for [writer of the sentence beginning with "it was a dark and stormy night"] {note to self: properly finish writing this clue} (6-6) | {note to self: properly finish writing the explanation for this clue} | edderiofer | 0 |
| 2845 | NEWS (4) | NEWS NEWS {note to self: finish writing this clue} (4) | {note to self: finish writing this explanation} | edderiofer | 0 |
| 2860 | I DON’T KNOW (1, 4, 4) | Third baseman: "Clothing: wear it! Kit, top, at once!" (1, 4, 4) | I(DON)T + K_ + NOW | edderiofer | 0 |
| 2897 | I DON’T KNOW (1, 4, 4) | {note to self: come up with something for this clue} (1,4,4) | {note to self: see above} | edderiofer | 0 |
| 3099 | CLUE SIGNIFICANTLY SHORTER THAN THE ANSWER (?) | Aged?! (8) | SILVERED, ddef &lit | edderiofer | 0 |
| 3100 | CLUE WHERE 1ST WORD STARTS WITH A, 2ND B, ETC (?) | Aged?! (8) | SILVERED, ddef &lit | edderiofer | 0 |
| 3113 | CLUE SIGNIFICANTLY SHORTER THAN THE ANSWER (?) | LSTAT? (4,6) | LAST RESORT, double rebus | edderiofer | 0 |
| 3127 | POUND CAKE (5, 4) | Make mochi for dessert? (5,4) | POUND CAKE, punny ddef. | edderiofer | 0 |
| 3285 | PAPRIKA (7) | Renamon's tamer in the West, but goes after Father Pepper's peppers? (7) | PA+P+RIKA = "peppers"; note that in the original Japanese version of Digimon Tamers, Renamon's tamer is called Ruki, not Rika. | edderiofer | 0 |
| 3441 | ANY CLUE WITH PRINTER'S DEVILRY AS WORDPLAY (?) | After destroying Printers Inc., ORT them to bed, dreams (9) | inFANT, AS I EScort = "dreams"; printer's devilry | edderiofer | 0 |
| 3740 | ZINFANDEL (9) | FZEL? (9) | rebus "Z IN F AND EL" | edderiofer | 0 |
| 3828 | DUBIOUS (7) | Suss out: I do u-sub (7) | (DUBIOUS)* | edderiofer | 0 |
| 3944 | ANY NON-ALPHANUMERIC GLYPH THAT ISN'T ♀ (1) | Crashed... box... boxcar (1) | ⚅ = (...□...)*; "boxcars" is slang for ⚅⚅ in craps, so "boxcar" can represent a single ⚅. | edderiofer | 0 |
| 3945 | ANY NON-ALPHANUMERIC GLYPH THAT ISN'T ♀ (1) | Dry clean a halo (1) | ◯ ddef. ("dry clean" referring to ◯ as a laundry symbol, "halo" meaning circle) | edderiofer | 0 |
| 3948 | ANY NON-ALPHANUMERIC GLYPH THAT ISN'T ♀ (1) | Sex act, while lying on side, results in crabs (1) | ♋ = 69⭮ | edderiofer | 0 |
| 3952 | ANY NON-ALPHANUMERIC GLYPH THAT ISN'T ♀ (1) | 🍺💳D❓⑴ | 🃇 ddef., "🍺💳" = "beer card", reverse cryptic "D❓" | edderiofer | 0 |
| 4135 | ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKES JACK A DULL (BOY) | ...and no play makes Jack-son from Holby City (5) | (DONNA)*. I tried. | edderiofer | 0 |
| 4154 | NO (2) | No, no, no, no! (2) | N+(-n)O, &lit. | edderiofer | 0 |
| 4209 | RAINBOW DASH (7, 4) | Character who rules in the sky, having nose-around in hunt! (7,4) | RA+IN+BOW+DASH | edderiofer | 0 |
| 4213 | DELPHI (6) | City with gradient of electric potential? (6) | DEL PHI ddef. | edderiofer | 0 |
| 4466 | ATROPOS (7) | A deep sleep, thank you very much, in hindsight, yields a game based on Sperner's lemma (7) | (AT+ROPOS)< | edderiofer | 0 |
| 4538 | AGNOMY (6) | In agony -- agony! -- without my first penalty-user (6) | AGNO(M)Y* | edderiofer | 0 |
| 4601 | TABOO (5) | Game lacking note from clickbait company (5) | TABOO(-la) | edderiofer | 0 |
| 4610 | ANY ANSWER RELATED TO SPEEDRUNNING (?) | Strategy for Celeste, or choice for puzz.link/db? (8) | DO OR SKIP punny ddef. | edderiofer | 0 |
| 4832 | BROWN (5) | PM "Be Nice!" about argument (5) | B(ROW)N = Prime Minister | edderiofer | 0 |
| 5477 | HYDE (4) | Allegedly cover 50%, secretly (4) | HYDE (50%, secretly) = "hide" | edderiofer | 0 |
| 5538 | GAME CHANGER (4, 7) | TV remote, when viewing sports, composed Gengar-mâché? (4,7) | GAMECHANGER* | edderiofer | 0 |
| 5540 | INTERESTING (11) | Absorbing number before pain (11) | INT+ERE+STING = Absorbing (e.g. an absorbing read) | edderiofer | 0 |
| 5541 | MIT (3) | Tim going back with German (3) | MIT< | edderiofer | 0 |
| 5542 | BONK (4) | Second half of #c9c7a5, according to paint-naming AI, is what's used to send Doge to horny jail (4) | (-snow)BONK | edderiofer | 0 |
| 5543 | BIVOUAC (7) | Camp by confused caribou, taking 3 to 5 (7) | BI[r->V]OUAC* | edderiofer | 0 |
| 5557 | COIN (4) | Create the word "out", to a category theorist? (4) | CO-IN, punny ddef. | edderiofer | 0 |
| 5931 | IXPOWHXQELZTBUMXDS (18) | Query for interstellar trade: "I, cross, in front of captive, have heartless curse. With regression of, for example, anger management skills, in the end, I'll blitz out ass-kissing beginners from Death Star!" (18) | I+X+POW+H(-e)X+(QE<)+_L_Z_T+BUM+X+D_S_ --- I = I cross = X (film rating) captive = POW (prisoner of war) heartless curse = H(-e)X (take out the middle letter of HEX, meaning "curse") regression of, for example, anger management skills, = QE< (EQ, meaning "emotional quotient", reversed) in the end, I'll blitz out = _L _Z _T (last letters of "I'll blitz out") ass = BUM kissing = X (e.g. when signing a letter) beginners from Death Star = D_ S_ (first letters of "Death Star") |
edderiofer | 0 |
| 6017 | BAD (3) | Partial award for quintuple chart-topping album (3) | BAD(-ge) | edderiofer | 0 |
| 6402 | ANY CLUE THAT USES A CHESS ABBREVIATION (?) | Repetition of special capture between two rooks is a point (7) | R(EP)R+IS+E (EP being the abbreviation for an en passant capture) |
edderiofer | 0 |
| 6471 | ANY INFINITE STRING (♾️) | Sniftering inanity rearranged contest prompt <:sternrobot:820748887936729189> | ANYINFINITESTRING* | edderiofer | 0 |
| 6475 | PRETTY GIRL IN CRIMSON ROSE (8) (6, 4, 2, 7, 4 (1)) | REBELLED? (6, 4, 2, 7, 4 (1)) | reverse cryptic | edderiofer | 0 |
| 6515 | YAJISAN-KAZUSAN (7-7) | Puzzle with background music played in reverse, held by two, sans grand subtraction? Nothing, in retrospect, is left out from Jamie's favourite genre (7-7) | YAJI(-lin<) + SAN + (KAZU(-m)<) + SAN Puzzle = YAJILIN background music played in reverse = KAZUM (MUZAK backwards) held by two sans = put SAN on either side of KAZUM grand subtraction = remove M nothing, in retrospect, is left out = remove LIN (NIL backwards) Jamie's favourite genre = YAJISAN-KAZUSAN |
edderiofer | 0 |
| 6572 | SHAKASHAKA (10) | Puzzle that, when misspelled and pluralised, goes both ways? (10) | sorry ive been doing too many et tu etuis anyway shakahshakahs is totally the correct spelling guys | edderiofer | 0 |
| 6576 | STRONGEST (9) | (9)! | (9) = CIRNO = STRONGEST Also this is a Cirno clue, and she forgot about the other definition of the ddef &lit. |
edderiofer | 0 |
| 6577 | STRONGEST (9) | How character #⑨ from "Lotus Land Story" franchise might describe themselves! (9) | "Lotus Land Story" franchise is either the Touhou Project series or Homestuck. Character #⑨ in Touhou Project is Cirno, who might describe themselves as the strongest. Character #⑨ in Homestuck is Equius Zahhak, who might describe themselves as the STRONGest. | edderiofer | 0 |
| 6642 | ANAGRAM INDICATOR (7, 9) | DICTIONARY, E.G.? (7,9) | DICTIONAR* (rebus ANAGRAM INDICATOR) = "Y, e.g." (every word is an anagram indicator) | edderiofer | 0 |
| 6643 | ANAGRAM INDICATOR (7, 9) | Carnation diagram rearranged rearranged (7,9) | ANAGRAM INDICATOR* | edderiofer | 0 |
| 6644 | BELITTLE (8) | Act like a child and play, down? (8) | BE LITTLE, ddef. | edderiofer | 0 |
| 6684 | TANG (4) | Backwards moving creature is a PC user (4) | TANG< | edderiofer | 0 |
| 6783 | PER SE (3, 2) | Understand initially approval to enter by itself (3,2) | P[a->E]RSE | edderiofer | 0 |
| 6847 | NESSIE (6) | One in the shape given in this image ( https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/571805653115600954/843142960287318066/Screen_Shot_2021-05-15_at_11.06.58_AM.png )! (6) | NESS(I)E &lit. | edderiofer | 0 |
| 7020 | COL LEGNO (3, 5) | Further education denial/withholding guidance, ultimately/striking instruction (3, 5) | COLLEGE + NO - E | edderiofer | 0 |
| 7647 | RUSTY (5) | Yurts rearranged puzzler (5) | RUSTY* | edderiofer | 0 |
| 8095 | CAVES (5) | Corrals bags? (5) | CAVES ddef. (the logic puzzle) | edderiofer | 0 |
| 8227 | DORD (4) | It's horny, or sandwiched between [the rest of this clue has been censored] (4) | D(OR)D = a type of Irish horn, hence "it's horny" | edderiofer | 0 |
| 8763 | OWL (3) | Half of :lwojla:, reversed, is bird (3) | (-alj)OWL< | edderiofer | 0 |
| 8873 | ANY ICONIC DUO “X AND Y” E.G. “FISH AND CHIPS”, “TOM AND JERRY” ETC. (X, 3, Y) | Chip And Pin's counterparts shake hands, in Bangkok's tree, with hydrogen ion (4,3,7) | FI(SHAND*)CUS+H+ION = "Chip and Pin's counterparts" | edderiofer | 0 |
| 9103 | GREEN TEA OR BLACK TEA (5, 3 OR 5, 3) | Consume brine: duo drunk (drank?) white tea (3 1'7) | EA(UDROBINE*)T Hint: White tea is colourless, and is better known by its alternate names "eau d'robinet" and "water". |
edderiofer | 0 |
| 9290 | DESSERT SPOONS (7,6) | Having eaten bit of steak, leave pub for ice cream? (7,6) | verb phrase def. "for ice cream" "having eaten bit of steak, leave" = DES(S_)ERT "pub" = SPOONS (British slang for Wetherspoons, a chain of pubs) |
edderiofer | 0 |
| 9343 | ANY CLUE BEGINNING WITH "HARRY POTTER AND" (?) | Harry Potter and Primer (9) | Harry = REPRIMAND* ("Potter" can mean to fiddle around with, hence the anagrind validity.) |
edderiofer | 0 |
| 9721 | ANY CLUE THAT IS A WINNING CLUE YOU'VE STOLEN OFF A PAST CONTEST, BUT INTERPRETTED TO SOMEHOW SOLVE INTO A DIFFERENT ANSWER (?) | [whatever clue is the winner of this contest] (?) | Note that if you vote for the winner of this contest, you must logically also vote for this clue because this clue is identical to it. | edderiofer | 0 |
| 9920 | LIONESSES (9) | Big cats allegedly use snakes as a bed (9) | homophone "lie on Ses" | edderiofer | 0 |
| 10690 | YAKITORI (8) | Wingless chicken (8) [[NOTE: this clue is from a variety cryptic and requires you to remove a letter before solving]] | Win[-g]less chicken (8) YAKITORI ddef. |
edderiofer | 0 |