Contests started: ANOMALY (7), MEDIOCRE (8), PRISTINE (8)
Contests won: SHATTER (7), LANDSKNECHT (11), ABNORMALITY (11), TYPO (4), SAMPLE (6), CROSSWORD CLUE (9, 4), SCREED (6), BUNKUM (6), BASEBALL (8), BROWN (5), OUTCOME (7), PRECIPICE (9), CRAFT (5), YEW (3), NIGHTLY (7), MODERATOR (9), MINCE PIE (5, 3), IS (2), LUCIFER (7), CONNECTOR (9), ANY CLUE WHERE ALL THE WORDS ARE THE SAME LENGTH AS THE ANSWER (?), COURTESY (8), CASHEW (6), AFORESAID (9)
| Clue ID | Contest | Clue | Explanation (hover) | Submitted By | Likes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4133 | ALADDIN (7) | [Sloppy and-lit, lacking finish and containing ad for animated film] (7) | def: "animated film"; AL(AD)DIN_* | mbingo | 8 |
| 5091 | CRAFT (5) | Trade relationship's origin is, in fact, corrupt (5) | def: "trade"; C(R_)AFT* | mbingo | 6 |
| 4121 | ALADDIN (7) | An ideal remake, with Genie, in the end, becoming freed at last! (7) | &lit; ALAD(_e→_D)IN* | mbingo | 5 |
| 4557 | TYPO (4) | Something you might find in faulty poetry! (4) | def: &lit; _TY PO_ | mbingo | 5 |
| 4888 | OUTCOME (7) | Fallout shelter time (standard in the outskirts of Orono, Maine) (7) | def: "fallout"; O(UTC)O+ME | mbingo | 5 |
| 4916 | BIDEN (5) | Ballot leader in/around Delaware! (5) | &lit; B_+I(DE)N [credit to ev for the idea!] | mbingo | 5 |
| 9574 | CASHEW (6) | The pinnacle of comedy, as that guy Wolf initiated! (6) | &lit; C_ + AS + HE + W_ down clue only (for "pinnacle") def refers to https://discord.com/channels/379129452203999242/396583527656980480/982548035802382386 |
mbingo | 5 |
| 4678 | AUTUMN (6) | Odd parts of A Lustful Mind result in fall (6) | def: "fall"; A_U_T_U_M_N_ | mbingo | 4 |
| 4691 | SCREED (6) | In trouble? Take the fifth—away with lengthy speech (6) | def: "lengthy speech"; SCRE(-w)ED | mbingo | 4 |
| 4699 | BUNKUM (6) | Small roll with a bit of ketchup and, um… baloney (6) | def: "baloney"; BUN+K_+UM | mbingo | 4 |
| 4884 | PRECIPICE (9) | Cost includes elevated fee—run away, it's steep (9) | def: "it's steep"; PR(ECI(-r)P<)ICE [down clue only] | mbingo | 4 |
| 5026 | BABEL (5) | A couple bits of blood around President Lincoln results in bedlam (5) | def: "bedlam"; B(ABE)L_ | mbingo | 4 |
| 5074 | ANY CLUE THAT'S &LIT AND A QUESTIONABLE DEF?! (?) | One in a small room?! (4) | def: &lit (questionably; a dean's office could be a small room); DE(A)N also, you might interrogate "one in a small room", which makes the definition… "questionable" |
mbingo | 4 |
| 5338 | DEFLATE (7) | Discharge, removing the stuff inside—now it's flat and empty! (7) | def: &lit; D_E+FLAT+E | mbingo | 4 |
| 5701 | LUCIFER (7) | Kevin Wald, sitting between limbo's entrance and chaotic fire, is the devil (7) | def: "the devil"; L_+UC+IFER* Kevin Wald is Ucaoimhu, or Uc for short |
mbingo | 4 |
| 4552 | ABNORMALITY (11) | A corrupt Tony Blair has major flaw (11) | def: "flaw"; A+(BNOR(M)ALITY*) | mbingo | 3 |
| 4553 | TYPO (4) | City police concealing mistake (4) | def: "mistake"; _TY PO_ | mbingo | 3 |
| 4561 | SAMPLE (6) | Try and slap me silly (6) | def: "try"; SAMPLE* | mbingo | 3 |
| 4566 | CROSSWORD CLUE (9, 4) | What you're reading from foremost of credible sources: "World in disarray" (9, 4) | def: "what you're reading"; C_+(ROSSWORD CLUE)* | mbingo | 3 |
| 4670 | CHARTREUSE (10) | Canadian leader rather frazzled, with American approaching left side of eighteenth green (10) | def: "green"; C_+HARTRE*+US+E_ | mbingo | 3 |
| 4700 | BASEBALL (8) | BABA IS ME! Finally grabbed by it—at its core, skillful game (8) | def: "game"; BA(_S+_E)BA+_LL_ | mbingo | 3 |
| 4721 | DELVE (5) | Examine "555 / e + e" (5) | def: "examine"; D(E)LV+E | mbingo | 3 |
| 5177 | YEW (3) | Reportedly, the person reading this is a plant (3) | def: "a plant"; "you" | mbingo | 3 |
| 5298 | NIGHTLY (7) | Actress from Love Actually heard every… single… evening (7) | def: "every single evening"; "Knightley" | mbingo | 3 |
| 5339 | ANY CLUE WHOSE SURFACE COMPLIMENTS A PUZZLER (??) | Dan Katz has a magnificent singing voice (4) | def: "a magnificent singing voice"; _AN KA_ | mbingo | 3 |
| 5366 | IS (2) | Essentially "exists" in English! (2) | def: &lit; _IS_; _IS_ that is, this has two pieces of wordplay: exISts (indicated by "essentially") and englISh (clued by "in") |
mbingo | 3 |
| 8030 | ANY CLUE WHERE ALL THE WORDS ARE THE SAME LENGTH AS THE ANSWER (?) | Soup from wild west (4) | def: "soup"; STEW* | mbingo | 3 |
| 4092 | HAT (3) | As little as possible, rotate edges of gas cap (3) | ROT1 "edges" of GAS → HAT | mbingo | 2 |
| 4103 | MARRY (5) | Tie the knot—with might—securing right end of rope (5) | def: "tie the knot"; MA(R+R_)Y | mbingo | 2 |
| 4104 | MARRY (5) | To start, maneuver a ring on the left finger; finally, "yes"! (5) | &lit; M_+A+R_+_R+Y | mbingo | 2 |
| 4170 | SHATTER (7) | Smash hit in South America (Trinidad and Tobago, primarily): "Electioneering" by Radiohead? (7) | def: "smash"; S(H)A+TT+E_+R_ | mbingo | 2 |
| 4176 | INCANDESCENT (12) | Brilliant civilization's fall (12) | def: "brilliant"; INCAN+DESCENT | mbingo | 2 |
| 4542 | PARTICIPATION (13) | Engagement ring placed in box after Dad takes it back (in case of romantic infidelity, primarily) (13) | def: "engagement"; PA(R(TI<)C+I_)PA+TI(O)N | mbingo | 2 |
| 4587 | PRISTINE (8) | Spirit mixed with last bits of lemon juice and mint (8) | def: "mint"; PRISTI*+_N+_E | mbingo | 2 |
| 4588 | TABOO (5) | Forbidden temple's entrance… a frightening noise (5) | def: "forbidden"; T_+A+BOO | mbingo | 2 |
| 4684 | ANY CLUE WHOSE WORDPLAY IS A REBUS (?) | Greek goddess found in AA? (6) | def: "Greek goddess"; A THEN A | mbingo | 2 |
| 4707 | OMEGA (5) | The end of the Greek alphabet (initially omicron with missing piece on the left)! (5) | &lit; O+M_+_E+G_+A_ | mbingo | 2 |
| 4730 | PORRIDGE (8) | Finally witnessed budding commerce after alien traded for gold in petri dish (8) | def: "dish"; P(-et)(OR)RI+_D+_G+_E | mbingo | 2 |
| 4846 | BROWN (5) | Baker with empty stomach? Have toast (5) | def: toast; B_R+OWN | mbingo | 2 |
| 5373 | MINCE PIE (5, 3) | Christmas treat with orally fresh, herbal flavor—behold (5, 3) | def: "Christmas treat"; "mint spy" | mbingo | 2 |
| 5608 | WHINGE (6) | Dropping bits of mercury into alcoholic beverage results in bellyache (6) | def: "bellyache"; W(H)IN(G)E | mbingo | 2 |
| 9375 | COURTESY (8) | Mumbled Tortoise-esque pleasantry (8) | def: "pleasantry"; "Curtis-y" homophone | mbingo | 2 |
| 10204 | EXCISE (6) | Cut out physical activity without hesitation (6) | def: "cut out"; EX(-er)CISE physical activity (=EXERCISE) without hesitation (=ER) |
mbingo | 2 |
| 4084 | DASHING (7) | Smart alarm's noise interrupted by a command to quiet down (7) | def: "smart"; D(A + SH)ING | mbingo | 1 |
| 4093 | PIERCE (6) | Make a hole in one, finally—the right club's placed in protective casing (6) | def: "make a hole in"; P(I+_E+R+C)E | mbingo | 1 |
| 4156 | ANY CLUE THAT CONTAINS ITS ANSWER (?) | Chat with Neil Peart (dancing aside) (13) | def: "aside"; PARENTHETICAL* | mbingo | 1 |
| 4543 | LANDSKNECHT (11) | Slovakia goes after Luxembourg's capital and then backtracks, capturing Czech leader and German mercenary (11) | def: "German mercenary"; L_+AND+SK+(NE(C_)HT<) | mbingo | 1 |
| 4565 | MEDIOCRE (8) | So-so do-re-mi, etc... odd arrangement (8) | def: "so-so"; MEDIOCRE* | mbingo | 1 |
| 4574 | FERRET (6) | Harry's charge: switching sides, by the sound of it (6) | def: "harry"; "tariff" with sides switched | mbingo | 1 |
| 4577 | FORGERY (7) | Broadcast of Grey hosting third part of Hard Copy (7) | def: "copy"; FORGE(_R_)Y* | mbingo | 1 |
| 4613 | ANY ANSWER RELATED TO SPEEDRUNNING (?) | On fire after good advanced skip on the outside—the best yet (4, 5) | def: "the best yet"; G+OLD+S_P+LIT | mbingo | 1 |
| 4633 | STRIPED (7) | Drew streaks, leaves, makes a one-for-one exchange, and returns (7) | def: "drew streaks"; STR(a→I)PED< | mbingo | 1 |
| 4651 | ANY PUNCTUATION MARK (?) | As described in legend, a Shangri-La–Hades collision (securing end of creation) (2 4) | def: –; _END A SH_; E(_N)DASH* | mbingo | 1 |
| 4719 | SLACKS (6) | Residents of Žilina drop eggs around Czechia's borders to the west—releases tension (6) | def: "releases tension"; SL(-ova)(A_C<)KS | mbingo | 1 |
| 4739 | JUNCTURE (8) | You are reportedly near Connecticut in June for a moment (8) | def: "a moment"; JUN(CT+"U"+"R")E | mbingo | 1 |
| 4740 | PRONUNCIATION (13) | Voicing an opinion—curt, upset (13) | def: "voicing"; PRONUNCIATION* | mbingo | 1 |
| 5345 | MODERATOR (9) | Dream with our leader (chaotic) leads to Tiralmo's first (and last) run for open PC position (9) | def: "open PC position"; M(O_)DERA*+T_O+R | mbingo | 1 |
| 5374 | CARP | Automobile at the beginning of Portnoy's Complaint (4) | def: "complaint"; CAR+P_ | mbingo | 1 |
| 5435 | STARBOARD (9) | The right side of this boat at sea (assuming "right" is "at/toward the right side")! (9) | def: &lit; _S+TA(R)BO*+_ARD | mbingo | 1 |
| 5609 | FAKE (4) | Note echo after duck's last quack (4) | def: "quack"; FA+_K+E | mbingo | 1 |
| 5729 | VOTE (4) | Express opinion of ghost, overlooking odd sounds (4) | def: "express opinion"; remove odd phonemes of "of ghost" (əvgōst → vōt) | mbingo | 1 |
| 5751 | CONNECTOR (9) | MMA fighter McGregor grabs neck abruptly, along with opponent's right knee, for one? (9) | def: "knee, for one"; CON(NEC_+_T)OR Conor McGregor is a big name in MMA; a knee is an example of a joint/connector |
mbingo | 1 |
| 7467 | TINDER (6) | Website about turning drags to the left and to the right into pounding heart! (6) | &lit; TI(d_+_d→_ND_)ER< that is, REDDIT (=website) reversed (=about), turning D_+_D (="drags" to the left, "and" to the right) into _ND_ (="pounding" heart) |
mbingo | 1 |
| 11142 | LET'S DO "YOUR USERNAME (?)" AGAIN THAT WAS FUN | Some dude organized endless, mibnt game involving stones (6) | def: "some dude"; (MBIN_)* + GO "organized endless mibnt" = (MIBN_)* "game involving stones" = GO note: "mibnt" is a PC meme (https://discord.com/channels/379129452203999242/422886139498856448/806300987991916554); it also had a contest here (https://cryptics.jackbrounstein.com/contest/1190-mibnt-5) |
mbingo | 1 |
| 11693 | AFORESAID (9) | A+ for staggering ideas expressed earlier (9) | def: "expressed earlier"; A+FOR+ESAID* | mbingo | 1 |
| 4098 | LOSE (4) | Chuck's song of lamentation (ignoring the sound at the beginning) (4) | def: "chuck"; phonetic beheadment of BLUES | mbingo | 0 |
| 4112 | CONTEST (7) | Club opening lead by north; then, on the left, east and south follow suit... ultimately, that's match (7) | def: "match"; C+O_+N+T_+E+S+_T | mbingo | 0 |
| 4171 | SHATTER (7) | Total quiet at the outer parts of the Earth's core (7) | def: "total"; SH+AT+T_E+_R_ | mbingo | 0 |
| 4177 | SPAR (4) | Shake after pulling out and (obviously) opening Pandora's box (4) | def: "box"; P(and+o)RAS* | mbingo | 0 |
| 4188 | TRIP (4) | Missing program, Picard returns, after ignoring all odds in Star Trek (4) | def: "trek"; _T_R + PI(-card)< | mbingo | 0 |
| 4191 | THONGS (6) | Truth on ______: G-strings, essentially! (6) | &lit; _THONGS_ | mbingo | 0 |
| 4441 | QUARTIC (7) | x⁴, for example, is brilliant, endlessly gripping art (4) | def: "x⁴, for example"; QU(ART)IC_ | mbingo | 0 |
| 4547 | ANOMALY (7) | Part of melanoma/lymphoma?! (7) | def: an anomaly (e.g. an unexpected mole) is a sign of these diseases; _ANOMA/LY_ (apologies for the sensitive subject matter) |
mbingo | 0 |
| 4548 | ANOMALY (7) | Subtract median of array from a variable holding standard deviation (7) | def: "deviation"; A(NO(-r)MAL)Y | mbingo | 0 |
| 7314 | DETHRONE (8) | 7-6 after defense botched the quarterback sack (8) | def: "sack"; D+ETH*+_R+ONE defense = D THE, botched = ETH quarterback = R 7-6 = ONE |
mbingo | 0 |
| 7323 | PWN (3) | Run audibly in the other direction? Nope! (3) | &lit; "nope"< that is, "nope" is read backwards phonetically (run it, audibly, in the other direction) loose-ish definition, but to pwn is decidedly *not* to retreat, but to dominate instead |
mbingo | 0 |
| 8509 | BUFFALO (7) | After tossing end of bun, ffao eats last bit of meatball with a kind of sauce (7) | def: "a kind of sauce"; BU(-n)+FFA(_L)O | mbingo | 0 |