InvalidD

Contests started: WAIF (4), BY-PRODUCT (2-7), NEVER-ENDING (5-6), QUOTE UNQUOTE (5, 7), THANK YOU OR THANK-YOU (5, 3 OR 5-3), FIDGET (6), RESCINDED (9), QUIZZACIOUSLY (13), FISHING (7), FEINT (5), WONT (4), STEALTH (7), UNENDING (8), ANY CLUE THAT CONTAINS THE PHRASE "LOST IN TRANSLATION" (?), PASTA (5), MILLE-FEUILLE (5-7), MELANCHOLY (10), WELTANSCHAUUNG (14)

Contests won: BONK (4), NEXT-LEVEL (4-5), BAD (3), INCONVENIENCING (15), LIMIT BREAK (5, 5), VALAR MORGHULIS (5, 9), JAIL (4), RACHMANINOFF (12), POLYDACTYLY (11), OMEGA MART (5, 4), TOKAI TEIO (5, 4), ANY CLUE ONLY USING WORDS FROM PERSON DO THING (?), RUSTY (5), PAPYRUS (7), TOPIARY (7), TESTIFY (7), SIXTEEN (7), COPY (4)

All Submissions

Clue ID Contest Clue Explanation (hover) Submitted By Likes
4929 BIDEN (5) Former vice president's invited to kick Donald's butt (5) BIDDEN minus end of DONALD InvalidD 6
5096 HEAD (4) Boss is fired after firing half of team (4) HEATED - TE(am) InvalidD 6
9391 TESTIFY (7) Trial provided unknown witness (7) TEST+IF+Y InvalidD 5
4664 HATSUNE MIKU (7, 4) Japanese singer's poem describing star appearing in regular streams (7,4) Def = Japanese singer
Wordplay = HAIKU around (SUN in regular letters of STREAMS)
Note: I know the clue is clunky I just want to write one OK :/
InvalidD 4
5533 BONK (4) Bishop on king action (4) Def: action (sexual activity)
Wordplay: B+ON+K
InvalidD 4
9335 EGREGIOUS (9) Awful, endless sorrow followed by good promises (9) (-r)EGRE(-t)+G+IOUS InvalidD 4
9362 TOPIARY (7) Best fancy, airy shrub art (7) TOP+(AIRY)* InvalidD 4
6502 VALAR MORGHULIS (5, 9) Lavagirl's humor is adapted for the season finale of an HBO series (5, 9) anagram of LAVAGIRL'S HUMOR InvalidD 3
6605 POLYDACTYLY (11) Without updating at first, typo lady Lucy made might be the cause of extra digits (11) Def: the cause of extra digits
Wordplay: Anagram of TYPOLADYLUCY minus the first letter of Updating
InvalidD 3
8855 CARING (6) Frightening, headless kind (6) (-s)CARING InvalidD 3
9336 PAPYRUS (7) Ancient document of short rest around fire with all energy depleted (7) PAUSE around PYRE with every E removed InvalidD 3
4575 FORGERY (7) Fake "ferry"-go-round (7) Def: Fake
Wordplay: Anagram of FERRY GO
InvalidD 2
4597 TABOO (5) It's a big no-no to hide a box. No-no! (5) Def: It's a big no-no.
Wp: TO around A BOX without X
InvalidD 2
4881 FEASTED (7) A saint in TV broadcast that's delighted (7) FE(A+ST)ED. Definition is "delighted". Delight as in "Feast your eyes". (Source: Merriam-Webster) InvalidD 2
5167 BIG BROTHER (3, 7) Huge hassle involving right to be the overseer (3, 7) BIG B(R)OTHER InvalidD 2
5527 KICKOFF (7) Report of crucial cold symptom is the event that started it all (7) Homophone of "key cough" InvalidD 2
6053 NEXT-LEVEL (4-5) Impressive books covering old story (4-5) Def: Impressive
NT (books, New Testament) surrounding EX (old)+ LEVEL (story, of a building)
InvalidD 2
6054 TITTLE (6) "Titillated about not getting laid?" "Just a bit." (6) Anagram of TITILLATED minus LAID InvalidD 2
6055 BAD (3) Wicked black spot (3) B+AD
On a related note: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jC4NNUYIIdM
InvalidD 2
6322 INCONVENIENCING (15) Causing trouble by screwing with engine? Convincing, but not quite (15) Anagram of ENGINE CONVINCING without the last letter InvalidD 2
6368 LIMIT BREAK (5, 5) Powerful move in Final Fantasy series is derived from note in illuminated space (5,5) LI(MI)T+BREAK InvalidD 2
6501 JAIL (4) Jug that regularly appears in major arrivals (4) Every third letter of maJor ArrIvaLs InvalidD 2
6594 RACHMANINOFF (12) Russian conductor is orchestrating harmonic fanfares, leaving Greek god behind (12) Anagram of HARMONIC FANFARES minus ARES InvalidD 2
7125 ANY CLUE ONLY USING WORDS FROM PERSON DO THING (?) Make real hot? Person no like! (7) Answer: LOATHER
Wordplay: Anagram of REAL HOT
InvalidD 2
9339 ARCHIVE (7) Greek character in dazzling rave with record collection (7) CHI in (RAVE)* InvalidD 2
9418 GLOOM (5) Great leader and weaver's misery (5) G_+LOOM InvalidD 2
10167 SIXTEEN (7) Number seen around one exit regularly (7) Def: Number
Wordplay: SEEN surrounding I+_X_T
InvalidD 2
4554 TYPO (4) It's wrong to make hypotheses, Sans! — Sheesh! (4) Definition: It's wrong
Wordplay: Anagram (to make) of "HYPOTHESES" minus (sans) "SHEESH"
InvalidD 1
4604 ANY ANSWER RELATED TO SPEEDRUNNING (?) Grand literature with game surrounding the core of trilogy, just like the maker intended (10) GLITCHLESS(just like the maker intended) = G(grand) + LIT(literature) + ( CHESS(game) surrounding L(the core of trilogy) )
InvalidD 1
4778 INCINERATE (10) One judge received 9/100 burn (10) Definition: Burn
Wordplay: I(N(C)INE)+RATE
InvalidD 1
4803 MELIORISM (9) 51 memoirs about the belief that tomorrow will be better (9) ((LI)MEMOIRS)* InvalidD 1
4939 SYNECDOCHE (10) Regular spying on eastern leader of communist party with revolutionary method of using a part of the information to get the big picture (10) S_Y_N_+E+C_+DO+CHE
Definition is "method of using a part of the information to get the big picture"
InvalidD 1
6241 PAREIDOLIA (10) I make 51 in parking area see funny faces on cars, perhaps (10) Def: See funny faces on cars, perhaps
Wordplay: I+DO+LI in P+AREA
InvalidD 1
6243 UPGRADE (7) Better education from the west incorporates retro ARPG (7) Def: Better
Wordplay: EDU reversed (assuming this is an across clue) around ARPG reversed
InvalidD 1
6369 SERENADE (8) Space in broken, erased song (8) EN in anagram of ERASED InvalidD 1
6560 FLUXX (5) Looney labs' creation fits light unit in special effects (5) LUX in FX InvalidD 1
6606 TITS UP (4, 2) Useless hint about Texas State University (4,2) TIP around TSU InvalidD 1
6609 INSOUCIANT (10) Casual destruction of casino unit (10) Anagram of CASINO UNIT InvalidD 1
6639 TOKAI TEIO (5, 4) To fly around a moon with famed Japanese horse (5, 4) TO+KITE around A+IO (moon of Jupiter) InvalidD 1
7411 ORANGE (6) Google regularly covers drove of common colour (6) _O(RAN)_G_E InvalidD 1
7645 RUSTY (5) Trivia wiz that solves puzzles in guru-style (5) guRU-STYle InvalidD 1
9361 TURIN (5) Spinning drill in Italian city (5) Spinning = Reverse indicator
drill = RUT as a routine
in = IN
Italian city = def
InvalidD 1
9390 ECCEDENTESIAST (14) Stepford wife crashed set (see accident) (14) (SET SEE ACCIDENT)* InvalidD 1
10137 MUTINY (6) Revolution of fresh, minty uniform (6) Def: Revolution
Wordplay: Anagram of MINTY U
InvalidD 1
10602 COUNTRY (7) Empty city hides books set in our land (7) C(OU(NT)R)_Y InvalidD 1
11345 GALUMPH (7) Clumsily move and hump gal in a messy way (7) Def: Clumsily move
Wordplay: Anagram (in a messy way) of HUMPGAL
(Note: I'm very sorry)
InvalidD 1
11346 COPY (4) Roger docks actor pays regularly (4) Def: Roger (as in Copy that -> Roger that)
Wordplay: Cut out regular letters of ACTOR PAYS for _C_O_ P_Y_
InvalidD 1
12260 QUAY (4) Dock runs out of target (4) QUA(-rr)Y InvalidD 1
4549 ABNORMALITY (11) Power to make Italy an opera? It's unusual (11) ABILITY with NORMA replacing the I InvalidD 0
4644 ANY PUNCTUATION MARK (?) Sign of Earth's 3/10 apocalypse (with catastrophe from 5th onward) (10) Ans = APOSTROPHE
Def = Sign of Earth's (Literally in Earth(')S)
Wordplay = APO_ + _STROPHE
InvalidD 0
6242 BANK (4) Bishop and king ousted duke to the shore (4) Def: the shore (of a river)
Wordplay: B+AND+K-D
InvalidD 0
6323 ELLIPSIS (8) Drug is mixed up with pills... (8) E + anagram of IS PILLS InvalidD 0
6366 TCHAIKOVSKY (11) Composer's wicked sick hat showing '05 skin of Kirby (11) (Anagram of SICKHAT around O+V)+outside letters of KirbY InvalidD 0
6500 HOOSEGOW (8) Way to keep oversized bighead in jail (8) HOW around OS + EGO InvalidD 0
6592 WUHU ISLAND (4, 6) With hesitation, break sundial to reach a fantastical location (4, 6) W+UH+anagram of SUNDIAL InvalidD 0
6593 DECENT (6) Proper crew regularly appears in pit (6) DENT around regular letters of CREW InvalidD 0
6608 OMEGA MART (5, 4) Vegas site's big mo. covered by books (5,4) MEGA + MAR (March, a month (mo.)) in OT InvalidD 0
6638 WEED (4) Cut grass with key and a pair of edgers (4) W+E(Musical Key)+ED_ InvalidD 0
7124 ANY CLUE ONLY USING WORDS FROM PERSON DO THING (?) Can good go before fast? (8) Answer: FLEETING (fast)
Wordplay: TIN+G with FLEE before
Yeah it's iffy but there are only so many words to use.
InvalidD 0
7410 IVES (4) American composer drives without drive (4) (-dr)IVES InvalidD 0
7412 DRIFT (5) Drive the thing over the middle of perfect snow pile (5) DR+I(_F_)T InvalidD 0
7646 SINK (4) Timeless, retro patches for fall (4) KNITS backwards minus T InvalidD 0
9101 FORWARD (7) Pro wins medal without top rugby player (7) FOR+(-a)WARD InvalidD 0

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