Contests started: None!
Contests won: THING (5), TROBAIRITZ (10), AXIS (4), NORSEMEN (8), OUT OF TUNE (3, 2, 4), BATTLESHIPS (11), SCHOOL TRIP (6, 4), HAIR TIE (4, 3), HÁČEK (5)
| Clue ID | Contest | Clue | Explanation (hover) | Submitted By | Likes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4250 | TROBAIRITZ (10) | I stop turning over crackers to musicians (10) | (TROBAI<)+RITZ | tckmn | 6 |
| 10767 | HÁČEK (5) | Symbol on the edge of glyph, primarily altering sound of Eastern European language! (5) | symbol on the edge of glyph = _H primarily altering = A_ sound of Eastern European language = "ČEK" definition: &lit (háčeks are diacritics in czech that change the sound of the letter they're attached to) |
tckmn | 4 |
| 3467 | THING (5) | Some faith in God is good (5) | _TH IN G_ | tckmn | 3 |
| 4370 | AXIS (4) | Weapon is for Germany and friends (4) | AX+IS | tckmn | 3 |
| 5241 | TOMATO (6) | Boy with unopened letter turned red (6) | TOM+ATO(-i) | tckmn | 3 |
| 5711 | NORSEMEN (8) | Mountaineers, possibly, overlooking tops of Urdanostindene, Tjørnholstind, and Istind! (8) | NORSEMEN(-u_t_a_i_)* &lit | tckmn | 3 |
| 9887 | CODSWALLOP (10) | Other than "yurt", at heart, does PC allow stupid nonsense? (10) | yurt = GER at heart = (-g)E(-r) other than = remove E from DOESPCALLOW stupid = anagram (definition "nonsense") |
tckmn | 3 |
| 3356 | SYNONYM (7) | Parallel half of glyph is entertaining: yes/no? (7) | parallel = S(Y+NON)YM(-bol) | tckmn | 2 |
| 3372 | HONK (4) | Sound of nucleus paraphrases nothing? :thonking: (4) | sound = _H_+(-th)ONK(-ing) | tckmn | 2 |
| 3392 | ANY COLOR WORD WITH DEF NOT "COLOR" (?) | Symbolizes love, head over heels! (4) | EROS with head moved over heels gives ROSE &lit | tckmn | 2 |
| 4424 | ANTIDOTE (8) | Cure is arranged; donate it (8) | ANTIDOTE* | tckmn | 2 |
| 5193 | BUCKET (6) | Rounding, halving, cubing, and adding mathematical value yields large quantity (6) | _BUC< + KET | tckmn | 2 |
| 5210 | LIST (4) | Catalog is in Lithuania (4) | L(IS)T | tckmn | 2 |
| 5211 | DECEMBER (8) | After half decade, look back sleeplessly to year's end (8) | DEC_ + (-rem)EMBER | tckmn | 2 |
| 5310 | TWELVE (6) | Wet, angry, and endless elves lead to a number of angry men (6) | TWE*+_LVE_ | tckmn | 2 |
| 5321 | ANY CLUE WHOSE SURFACE COMPLIMENTS A PUZZLER (??) | Extraordinary Tiralmo with estimable heart is never forgotten (8) | IM(_M_)ORTAL* | tckmn | 2 |
| 10065 | OUT OF TUNE (3, 2, 4) | Broken foot restrains you... then nasty net ensnares you... unpleasant sounding! (3,2,4) | O(U)TOF* + T(U)NE* = unpleasant sounding | tckmn | 2 |
| 10066 | BATTLESHIPS (11) | Military vessels coming from weird establishment with penguin leader instead of men (11) | military vessels = anagram ESTABLISH(-men)T + P(-enguin) wouldn't you want your battleship factories to be led by penguins? that would be so cool |
tckmn | 2 |
| 10083 | HAIR TIE (4, 3) | Two Thais, one running out of time and the other outspoken, surround our last piece of elastic (4,3) | (-t)HAI + _R + "TIE" = piece of elastic | tckmn | 2 |
| 3353 | FURNITURE (9) | Transit regularly passes through planned decorative structures (9) | FU(_R_N_I_)TURE | tckmn | 1 |
| 3397 | CARAMEL (7) | Vehicle with fresh meal and dessert (7) | dessert = CAR+AMEL* | tckmn | 1 |
| 4252 | EMBER (5) | Recall no comment leading to remnant of fire (5) | (-rem)EMBER; "REM" is the comment syntax in Windows batch | tckmn | 1 |
| 4385 | NICOLAS CAGE (7, 4) | Tesla's turning potassium into cars! Leader could primarily mature into performer (7,4) | performer = NI(k->C_)OLAS+C_+AGE | tckmn | 1 |
| 5229 | ANNOTATOR (9) | Woman cut a bit off of vegetable for last writer (9) | ANN + _OTATO + _R | tckmn | 1 |
| 5654 | REALIZE (7) | Eliza burns Alexander's last two letters, turning around for effect (7) | (RE_+ALIZE*)< = effect (the verb) | tckmn | 1 |
| 9865 | DETOUR (6) | Call specific number and say time (6) | call = defn (detour is a call in challenge square dancing) specific number = DET (determinant) say time = OUR ("hour") |
tckmn | 1 |
| 9886 | ANY CLUE CONSISTING OF LETTERS FROM A SINGLE ROW OF YOUR KEYBOARD (?) | Manufacture first degree headlight about Nevada (6) | this is a steno keyboard: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/Stenotype_en_layout.svg you can write this clue in steno (using the default plover dictionary) with the following strokes: PH-F/TP*D/H-LT/P/TPH*F this looks like gibberish to the uninitiated, but in pseudosteno, reducing key combinations into what they represent e.g. PH- to M-, it's just: M-F [manufacture] F*D [first degree] H-LT [headlight] P [about, misstroke entry for PW- (B-)] N*V [Nevada] I(NV)_ENT manufacture = defn first = I degree = EXTENT headlight = remove the first half (i know i know, but i'm doing my best here) about = container nevada = NV |
tckmn | 1 |
| 10080 | SCHOOL TRIP (6, 4) | Funny Polish actor ignoring a group of children (6,4) | funny = anagram POLISHACTOR ignoring a = remove A group of children = definition (the group going on the trip can be referred to as a trip) |
tckmn | 1 |
| 4251 | SIDEREAL (8) | Dysfunctional "Laser" IDE is unsuitable for working with Eclipse's? (8) | SIDEREAL* = "unsuitable for working with eclipses" (synodic time works better than sidereal time in solar/lunar eclipse calculations) | tckmn | 0 |
| 4387 | CELERY (6) | The Spanish Rey went mad after consuming first vegetable (6) | C_+EL+ERY* | tckmn | 0 |
| 10073 | CURRY (5) | Head of creature with furry tail, like a dog? (5) | head of creature = C furry tail = URRY (see here: http://s3.amazonaws.com/lyah/listmonster.png) like a dog = def ("cur"-y) |
tckmn | 0 |
| 11569 | PIKMIN (6) | Cute creature's tiny head becomes quiet in listening to me (6) | cute creature = "(t_ -> P)IKMIN" references: https://discord.com/channels/379129452203999242/800806748814180352/1068663017551708331 https://discord.com/channels/379129452203999242/379130274954608660/1119734994357735505 |
tckmn | 0 |