Contests started: CIVIL WAR (5, 3), SOURDOUGH (9), PULL REQUEST (4, 7), FEEDBACK (8), UNFORTUNATE (11), COMPATIBLE (10), ENTRENCH (8), SKYSCRAPER (10), CARP, INTERESTING (11), REALIZE (7), BLURSED (7), ELBOW (5), PERSEVERANCE (12), NASDAQ (6), ZOUNDS (6), UNINTUITIVE (11), POLYCULE (8), SUSCEPTIBLE (11), INSOUCIANT (10)
Contests won: TURNIP (6), FAROE ISLANDS (5, 7), EMBER (5), ANTIDOTE (8), BANGER (6), TORTE (5), BEGINNING (9), SIKH (4), CHIVALRY (8), GAME CHANGER (4, 7), LOGGING (7), ETUI (4), REGULAR (7), LOBSTER BUCKS (7, 5), JUMENTOUS (9), ANY CLUE (?), LEMUR (5)
| Clue ID | Contest | Clue | Explanation (hover) | Submitted By | Likes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4253 | EMBER (5) | Fire dwells in mayhem; be ready (5) | Hidden word: _EM BE R_ | Kit | 5 |
| 5645 | ETUI (4) | Elegant container with useful items, primarily! (4) | &lit ET + U_ + I_ | Kit | 5 |
| 6382 | LEMUR (5) | Mammal or bird interrupting left and right (5) | mammal = L(EMU)R | Kit | 4 |
| 4229 | TURNIP (6) | Redirect host address to acquire root (6) | Redirect->TURN, host address->IP, root being a play on root vegetable or superuser |
Kit | 3 |
| 4413 | ANTIDOTE (8) | Fool loses eye in bet for cure (8) | ANT(ID(-i)OT)E = cure fool loses eye = ID(-i)OT (eye meaning center) bet = ANTE |
Kit | 3 |
| 5054 | XERXES (6) | Eradicate band of copiers for the King of Kings (6) | copiers = xeroxes XER(-o)XES |
Kit | 3 |
| 5481 | SIKH (4) | Religious follower? Just kidding, no end to a bit of heresy (4) | religious follower = SIK(-e) + H | Kit | 3 |
| 5501 | CHIVALRY (8) | No one horse has this bare group of knights (8) | group of knights = C(-a)(_HI_)VALRY cavalry = horse (military definition) |
Kit | 3 |
| 5699 | GO BRRR (2, 4) | Shivering when the fed prints money? (2, 4) | ddef shivering / when the fed prints money | Kit | 3 |
| 5854 | REGULAR (7) | Soldier backfires pistol and assault rifle (7) | Soldier = REGUL< + AR luger is a pistol |
Kit | 3 |
| 6020 | DAFT PUNK (4, 4) | Hash containing way to send data and utility to musician duo (4, 4) | musician duo = DA(FTP + U)NK hash = dank (meaning weed) way to send data = FTP utility = U |
Kit | 3 |
| 4246 | FAROE ISLANDS (5, 7) | Adrift, sail for Dane's island territory (5, 7) | SAILFORDANES* | Kit | 2 |
| 4254 | SIDEREAL (8) | Deer sail at sea using stars (8) | DEERSAIL* | Kit | 2 |
| 4428 | BANGER (6) | Initially, bloody rage creates good music (6) | B_ + ANGER = good music | Kit | 2 |
| 4705 | OMEGA (5) | Some garbage components for a watch (5) | _OME GA_ = a watch | Kit | 2 |
| 5434 | BEGINNING (9) | Start turn after request (9) | start = BEG + INNING | Kit | 2 |
| 5482 | SEDITION (8) | Lebanese city has no defense, containing up stream rebellion (8) | rebellion = S(EDIT<)I(-d)ON | Kit | 2 |
| 5639 | LOGGING (7) | Reporting great gains increasing principals in $GME position, perhaps (7) | reporting = LO(G_G_I_)NG | Kit | 2 |
| 5661 | LWOJLA (6) | Allow mibnt about jack shit (6) | def shit = ALLOW* -> LWO(J)LA | Kit | 2 |
| 5995 | LOBSTER BUCKS (7, 5) | Toss coffee with energy, exchanging for a crustacean currency? (7, 5) | crustacean currency = LOB + ST(a->E)RBUCKS | Kit | 2 |
| 6117 | ANY CLUE (?) | Scraps of round steak stewed with potato! (3 5) (3) | &lit (R_S_+POTATO)* = POT ROAST ddef pan credit to skaldskaparmal https://cryptics.jackbrounstein.com/contest/1066-pan-3?highlight=5231#clue5231 |
Kit | 2 |
| 4231 | MINT (4) | Herb of India found in Mountain (4) | M(IN)T | Kit | 1 |
| 4244 | PERSIAN (7) | Middle-Eastern person removes son; Asian leader ousted (7) | PERSIAN = PER(-son)+(-a)SIAN | Kit | 1 |
| 4245 | EXONERATION (11) | Crude xeon fails to start aeration release (11) | XEON* + (-a)ERATION = EXONERATION (release) | Kit | 1 |
| 4269 | BESIDE (6) | Close to everything initially contained in secondary track (6) | Close to = B(E)SIDE secondary track = B-Side |
Kit | 1 |
| 4285 | STOP SIGN (4, 4) | Site of post is, oddly, end of driving on! (4, 4) | &lit S_T_O_P_S_I_ + _G + _N | Kit | 1 |
| 4632 | STRIPED (7) | Made online payment from secured banks hosting first of purchases in data structure? (7) | S_(TRI(P_)E)_D = Made online payment TRIE = a data structure punny definition based on Stripe, an online payment platform |
Kit | 1 |
| 5259 | EXTRACT (7) | Passage of former digestive system, maybe? (7) | passage = EX + TRACT | Kit | 1 |
| 5273 | TORTE (5) | Cake with some biscuit or tea (5) | biscuiT OR TEa | Kit | 1 |
| 5443 | DETAIL(S) (6 OR 7) | Obstruct time for resistance task force (6) | obstruct = DERAIL task force = DE(r->T)AIL |
Kit | 1 |
| 5517 | GAME CHANGER (4, 7) | Foreman obtains robot suit, it's revolutionary (4, 7) | it's revolutionary = GA(MECHA)NGER | Kit | 1 |
| 5520 | FERROUS (7) | Irony is confusing, for sure? (7) | Iron-y = anagram FORSURE | Kit | 1 |
| 5667 | NOPE (4) | Nah, gym class is cancelled? (4) | nah = NO PE (physical education) | Kit | 1 |
| 5679 | NORSEMEN (8) | Headless riders after north vikings (8) | vikings = N+(-h)ORSEMEN | Kit | 1 |
| 5700 | SIC (3) | Literally rad, almost (3) | literally = SIC(-k) (rad) | Kit | 1 |
| 5723 | VOTE (4) | Referendum in university almost reversed after victory (4) | def referendum = V+(-n)OTE university almost= ETO(-n) |
Kit | 1 |
| 5823 | OOO (3) | Hugs unavailable (3) | ddef o meaning hug and OoO = out of office | Kit | 1 |
| 5828 | TRAINGLE ( 8) | Zelda character's vehicle for god is Tubelrone? ( 8) | Tubelrone = T(RA)INGLE end me now |
Kit | 1 |
| 6033 | QUINQUAGENARIAN (15) | Naked horse-half pokemon represented in an era of older age (15) | of older age = (-e)QUIN(-e)+QUAG(-sire)+ENARIAN* represented anag. *(IN AN ERA) |
Kit | 1 |
| 6066 | JUMENTOUS (9) | Beast, smelling mints around you, follows initially just you (9) | beast smelling = J_+U+MENTO(U)S mint around you = MENTOS containing U follows initially just you = after J(-ust)U |
Kit | 1 |
| 6069 | AGED RUM (4, 3) | Ripen by barrel! (4, 3) | &lit AGE DRUM | Kit | 1 |
| 6607 | DOGECOIN (8) | Cryptocurrency doing destruction around environment (8) | cryptocurrency = DOING* around ECO = DOG(ECO)IN | Kit | 1 |
| 4418 | HAIR (4) | Hydrogen gas fell (4) | H+AIR = fell (meaning animal fur) | Kit | 0 |
| 4500 | WEALTH (6) | Endless forest, though empty, brings riches (6) | WEAL(-d) + T(-houg)H = riches | Kit | 0 |
| 5286 | TORTE (5) | Cake has wrong energy (5) | TORT + E (as in tort law) | Kit | 0 |
| 5647 | AAA (3) | High budget battery (3) | ddef | Kit | 0 |
| 6014 | BAD (3) | Do a meme dance in reverse, poorly (3) | poorly = bad (can be an adverb) do a meme dance = dab |
Kit | 0 |
| 6048 | DISINGENUOUS (12) | Deceptive, crazy design keeping me and you in mind (12) | deceptive = D(I)SINGE*+N(U)OUS crazy design -> DSINGE* keeping me -> containment, D(I)SINGE you in mind -> containment, U in NOUS |
Kit | 0 |
| 6070 | AGED RUM (4, 3) | Liquor made with headless fish sauce, welcoming test (4, 3) | liquor = (-g)A(GED)RUM fish sauce = GARUM, headless removes 1st welcoming test = containing GED try it I swear it's not as bad as it smells |
Kit | 0 |
| 6126 | DAM (3) | Levee breaks, killing lives (3) | Levee = DAM(-ages) breaks = damages lives = ages |
Kit | 0 |
| 11955 | CONSOLE (7) | Downsides to giving up a bit of creature comfort (7) | downsides -> CONS giving up a bit of creature -> (-m)OLE comfort -> def |
Kit | 0 |