Contests started: ALLEY-OOP (5-3), ROLLER COASTER (6, 7), OVERSATURATION (14), VOTING (6), TITTLE (6), MINOR (5), LJUBLJANA (9), MAGNETAR (8), NESSIE (6), PRICKLY PEAR (7, 4), ALBUQUERQUE (11), METROID (7), FKA TWIGS (3, 5), POPCORN (7), MYSTIC (6), YABBA DABBA DOO (5, 5, 3)
Contests won: ANECHOIC (8), SKYSCRAPER (10), HYACINTH (8), DITTO (5), FORGET-ME-NOT (6-2-3), OBEISANCE (9), LJUBLJANA (9), MAGNETON (8), OPACITY (7), FALSETTO (8), ANY CLUE THAT USES TEXT EMOTICONS SOMEHOW (?), CHOUSE (6), ALBUQUERQUE (11), DOGGONE (7), 52 (2 OR 5-3), YAJILIN (7), FKA TWIGS (3, 5), (0), FARGO (5), I (1)
| Clue ID | Contest | Clue | Explanation (hover) | Submitted By | Likes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5060 | SKYSCRAPER (10) | Building in Cypress Park is out of order, without a permit, at first (10) | "Building" = SKYSCRAPER(-p)* [anagram "Cypress Park" and remove a "p"] | lydian | 6 |
| 4660 | HATSUNE MIKU (7, 4) | The kunimasu—fishily—is the author of Harry Potter, according to the internet (7, 4) | anagram of "the kunimasu" | lydian | 5 |
| 4685 | ANY CLUE WHOSE WORDPLAY IS A REBUS (?) | Agatha Christie book is nigh (7, 5) | Agatha Christie book (definition) nigh -> ENDLESS NIGHT (wordplay) |
lydian | 4 |
| 5291 | ANY CLUE WHOSE SURFACE READS AS AN EQUATION (??) | x² + y² = r² = 101r + 150e (6) | "x² + y² = r²" = CIR + CLE | lydian | 4 |
| 6872 | FALSETTO (8) | Singing method displayed in Parsifal (set tonight) (8) | singing method = _FAL SET TO_ | lydian | 4 |
| 11419 | FARGO (5) | US City's distant reach (5) | FAR + GO | lydian | 4 |
| 5049 | ECHO (4) | Recall in Czechoslovakia (4) | "Recall" = (cz)ECHO(slovakia) | lydian | 3 |
| 5323 | ANY CLUE WHOSE SURFACE COMPLIMENTS A PUZZLER (??) | Letters from talkingtree? He rules! (4) | "He rules!" = _KING_ | lydian | 3 |
| 6030 | DIME | I'm in Germany for some money (4) | "some money" = D(IM)E | lydian | 3 |
| 6994 | PRIDE (5) | Pansexuals jaunt this month (5) | P + RIDE = this month :) | lydian | 3 |
| 8728 | (0) | (0) | Definition: Wordplay: |
lydian | 3 |
| 11418 | DEF (3) | Consecutive notes for sure (3) | DEF are consecutive notes. "For sure" is the definition. | lydian | 3 |
| 11799 | MYSTIC (6) | Jazz standard swaps II and V chords, at first. It's magical! (6) | It's magical = MYSTI + C(hords) | lydian | 3 |
| 4746 | NEPOTISM (8) | Corruption's clear return: oddly toilsome (8) | Corruption = NEPO< + T_I_S_M_ | lydian | 2 |
| 4766 | ROLLER COASTER (6, 7) | Theme park ride "Tumbler": to scare comically! (6, 7) | theme park = ROLLER (synonym of tumbler) + COASTER* | lydian | 2 |
| 4769 | TWITTER (7) | A social media—say, Reddit—is retrograde: housing dimwits at its core! Lost all regard, at last, for their leader (7) | definition: A social media—say wordplay: REDDIT -> TIDDER< (is retrograde) -> T(W)IDDER (housing dimwits at its core) -> TWI(+T)(-d)(+T)(-d)ER (Lost all regard, at last, for their leader) |
lydian | 2 |
| 4794 | COFFEE (6) | Rapper Lo Green swallows spoiled beverage (6) | Beverage = C(OFF)EE | lydian | 2 |
| 4898 | DIPPY (5) | Silly puzzle hunt protagonist (5) | "Silly" = DIPPY = "puzzle hunt protagonist" | lydian | 2 |
| 4918 | BIDEN (5) | Intrinsically abide new president (5) | "president" = _BIDE N_ | lydian | 2 |
| 4947 | ANECHOIC (8) | Strangely, each coin is non-reflective (8) | ANECHOIC* = "non-reflective" | lydian | 2 |
| 5128 | YURT (4) | Fifty missing from genuinely revolutionary Mongolian dwelling (4) | Y(-L)URT< = "Mongolian dwelling" | lydian | 2 |
| 6176 | HYACINTH (8) | At last, reach after Cynthia's exotic plant (8) | HYACINT* + H = "plant" | lydian | 2 |
| 6277 | DITTO (5) | Edition regularly captures it the same as before (5) | "the same as before" = _D_(IT)T_O_ | lydian | 2 |
| 6547 | BETTER (6) | Finer ale admits teetotal, for short (6) | "Finer" = BE(TT)ER | lydian | 2 |
| 6727 | OBEISANCE (9) | Globe is ancestral, hiding veneration (9) | _OBE IS ANCE_ = "Veneration" | lydian | 2 |
| 6745 | LJUBLJANA (9) | Bits of Banjul make up a capital city (9) | LJUBLJANA (letter bank of BANJUL) = "Capital City" P.S. Really interesting that one world capital acts as a letter bank to another, I had no idea of this fact prior to trying to come up with a good clue for this contest! | lydian | 2 |
| 6908 | ANY CLUE THAT USES TEXT EMOTICONS SOMEHOW (?) | "Shut up, Mat" ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (5) | SH + RUG = ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ | lydian | 2 |
| 6956 | ANY GREEK LETTER (?) | Letter's phonology and morphology, for example, are all missing (5) | Letter = GAMMA phonology and morphology, for example = GRAMMAR are all missing = (-r)* G(-r)AMMA(-r) |
lydian | 2 |
| 7039 | AXOLOTL (7) | Amphibian's hugs and kisses in atoll at sea | Amphibian = A(XO)LOTL* | lydian | 2 |
| 7043 | DOGGONE (7) | Carry out good game before one's darned (7) | DO + GG + ONE = darned | lydian | 2 |
| 7116 | YAJILIN (7) | Logic puzzle in jail is resolved after years (7) | Logic Puzzle = Y + *AJILIN | lydian | 2 |
| 7121 | SOUPÇON OR SOUPCON (7) | Tiny bit of a dish waiter halved (7) | Tiny bit = SOUP + (-gar)ÇON // (-gar)CON | lydian | 2 |
| 4697 | BUNKUM (6) | Nonsense talk of explosion sound (burning oxygen for uranium) engulfing leaders of North Korea (6) | B(o->U)(NK)(o->U)M | lydian | 1 |
| 4704 | OMEGA (5) | Without limits, famous greek poet initially gabs about last greek letter (5) | hOMEr+G.A. = last greek letter (def) | lydian | 1 |
| 4759 | ZHUZH (5) (OR ZHOOSH (6)) | Silence struck all loudmouths, at last, for start of Zoom-class—to make more interesting (5) | to make more interesting ={-s}{+Z}HU{-s}{+Z}H | lydian | 1 |
| 4845 | BROWN (5) | Tan characters in highbrow novel (5) | "Tan" = *BROW N* | lydian | 1 |
| 5234 | PAN (3) | God of Spanish bread (3) | ddef :D | lydian | 1 |
| 5252 | BAOBAB (6) | "Si, La-flat, La-flat", covering second song for a tree (6) | B+A(O)B+AB = "a tree" | lydian | 1 |
| 5256 | ANY CLUE WHOSE SURFACE CONTAINS A CROSSWORD CLUE | 51-Down: Out of order empty realm for wingless dragon (8) | "wingless dragon" = LI ("51") + NDWO* ("Down: Out of order") + RM ("empty realm") — idk if this counts but i hope it does? | lydian | 1 |
| 5385 | ANY CLUE WHICH INCORPORATES A CAESAR CIPHER (?) | Caesar's month, Caesar's pare (4) | "Caesar's month" = JULY ("pare" with key 20) | lydian | 1 |
| 6303 | FORGET-ME-NOT (6-2-3) | A flower is gotten from peculiarly accepting Earth's source (6-2-3) | "A flower" = FORG(E)TMENOT* | lydian | 1 |
| 6708 | OBJECT (6) | Oppose purpose (6) | OBJECT (ddef) | lydian | 1 |
| 6711 | ANY CLUE WHOSE ANSWER IS A BOARD/CARD GAME (?) | Card game prankster trades jack for pawn (5) | "Card game" = (+P)(-j)OKER | lydian | 1 |
| 6817 | PLETHORA (8) | Surplus of people Thor assists, in part (8) | Surplus = _PLE THOR A_ | lydian | 1 |
| 6829 | OPACITY (7) | Lack of transparency of 101 aboard to pay, perhaps (7) | Lack of transparency = OPA(CI)TY* | lydian | 1 |
| 6920 | CHOUSE (6) | Missing love for you, decide to cheat (6) | CHO(-o)(+U)SE = "cheat" | lydian | 1 |
| 6930 | BLACKJACK OR JACK BLACK (9 OR 4,5) | Need knave in tag end of card game (9) | B(LACK + J)ACK = card game | lydian | 1 |
| 7059 | 52 (2 OR 5-3) | Namesake for an area, clumsy Tiffany is missing an outwork at its core (5-3) | Namesake for an area = FIFT(-an)Y* + _TWO_ | lydian | 1 |
| 7076 | ANY SUPERVOCALIC WORD OR PHRASE (?) | In french, what's inside body of water leading to a tree? (7) | SE(QUOI)A = tree | lydian | 1 |
| 7173 | FKA TWIGS (3, 5) | Singer is essentially off-key at work, Instagram displays, at last (3, 5) | Singer = (-of)FK(-ey) + AT + W + IG + _S | lydian | 1 |
| 7200 | SHANGRI-LA (7-2) | Girl has an absurd fictional place (7-2) | SHANGRI-LA* = fictional place | lydian | 1 |
| 11461 | I (1) | 1 = √-1 (1) | ddef, 1 = I, √-1 = i | lydian | 1 |
| 11800 | INSTINCT (8) | In turn, boxes conceal, initially, a gift (8) | IN + STIN(C_)T = "a gift" | lydian | 1 |
| 4702 | ALLEY-OOP (5-3) | "Endless pool"! Scream about first revolutionary skateboarding trick (5-3) | (A_+LLEY+_OOP)< | lydian | 0 |
| 4720 | DELVE (5) | Regress without third and fourth research (5) | "research" = def; "regress without third and fourth" = DE(-vo)LVE | lydian | 0 |
| 4737 | PRONUNCIATION (13) | One got caught by messy action after he or she, for instance, lost love for speech (13) | speech = PRON(-o)UN + C(I)ATION* | lydian | 0 |
| 4946 | OREGON TRAIL (6, 5) | American route's tortuous large portion (without path, at first) (6, 5) | "American Route" = OREGONTRAIL*(-p) | lydian | 0 |
| 5110 | TURKEY (6) | A bird for a country (6) | "a bird" = TURKEY = "a country" notes: I know the bird is named after the Turks, but I think it still works as a silly ddef. |
lydian | 0 |
| 5202 | DECEMBER (8) | A month to oddly drench cinder (8) | D_E_C_ + EMBER = "A month"; kinda silly but i couldn't come up with anything better :P | lydian | 0 |
| 5270 | JE T'AIME (2, 1'4) | In Paris, I love you and, in Lyon, parting Jaime (2 1'4) | "In Paris, I love you" = J(ET "and, in Lyon")AIME | lydian | 0 |
| 6041 | TITTLE (6) | A bit of fabricated trimmed stiletto (6) | "A bit" = (-s)TITTLE*(-o) | lydian | 0 |
| 6333 | XEROX (5) | Needing no introduction, hero is surrounded by (two times) a duplicate (5) | X(_ERO)X = "A duplicate" | lydian | 0 |
| 6409 | REFRIGERATOR (12) | Cutting corners, at first, a telescope conceals endless grief: "broken down appliance" (12) | "Appliance" = REFR(IGER*(-f))A(-c)TOR | lydian | 0 |
| 6724 | TARTARE (7) | Two mice return east for sauce (7) | TARTAR< + E = "Sauce" | lydian | 0 |
| 6753 | STAR WARS (4 4) | Film series's proverb: "mice returning, carrying cheddar, at last" (4, 4) | "Film" = STARWA(R)S< ["proverb" = SAW] ["mice" = RATS] | lydian | 0 |
| 6759 | DIPLOPIA (8) | American DJ cracked API, leading to loss in focus (8) | DIPLO + PIA* = "Loss in focus" P.S. Sorry to the person above me I stole your definition, I couldn't think of anything better D: | lydian | 0 |
| 6766 | ANNIVERSARY (11) | Birthday for Anne, including four roommates, initially. Clumsy Mary's missing the start (11) | "Birthday" = ANN(IV)E + R_ + _SARY* "Anne, including four" = ANN(IV)E "Roommates, initially" = R_ "Clumsy Mary's missing the start" = _SARY* |
lydian | 0 |
| 6770 | MAGNETON (8) | Silly Megan not coming back to Pokémon (8) | MAGNE* + TON< = "Pokémon" | lydian | 0 |
| 6773 | VERTIGO (7) | Dizziness caused by Paris green before I travel (7) | "Dizziness" ="caused by"= VERT + I + GO | lydian | 0 |
| 6776 | RAMUNE (6) | Force a french soft drink (6) | RAM ("Force") + UNE ("a french") = "soft drink" | lydian | 0 |
| 6780 | PER SE (3, 2) | Intrinsically make a noise and speak out loud (3, 2) | Intrinsically = PER SE ("PURR (make a noise) + SAY (speak)") | lydian | 0 |
| 6797 | KAIZO (5) | Isozaki is missing out, perhaps, to remodel (in Tokyo)? (5) | (-is)KAIZO* = "remodel (in Tokyo)?" | lydian | 0 |
| 6814 | PECCADILLO (10) | Unfamiliar cold place sheltering one's misdemeanor (10) | PECCAD(I)LLO* = misdemeanor | lydian | 0 |
| 6816 | WUSS (4) | State of disorder gets turned on its head for a coward (4) | MUSS -> WUSS (turned on its head) = Coward | lydian | 0 |
| 6830 | PAUCITY (7) | Lack of compassion around three tiny bases? (7) | Lack of compassion = P(AUC)ITY Three tiny bases = three of [ACGTUZ] (RNA / DNA bases)? this is pretty sketchy, i know, but i couldn't pass up the opportunity hahaha |
lydian | 0 |
| 6836 | ELECTRODE (9) | Conductor's waste (containing select Selenium) is missing (9) | Conductor = E((-se)LECT)RODE | lydian | 0 |
| 6861 | ROTTERDAM (9) | Meander around (without a cook) tetrad of some dutch neighborhoods, together? (9) | RO(TTERD(-a)*)AM = some dutch neighborhoods, together? | lydian | 0 |
| 6902 | PRICKLY PEAR (7, 4) | Reapply liquid around Rick's plant (7, 4) | *P(RICK)LY PEAR = plant | lydian | 0 |
| 6911 | NO WAY (2, 3) | Nuh uh, a European country is not right (2, 3) | "Nuh uh" = NO(-r) WAY | lydian | 0 |
| 6941 | ALBUQUERQUE (11) | Endless scrapbook that Spanish query reorganised (missing a why) leading to somewhere in America (11) | ALBU(-m) + QUE + RQUE(-y)* =leading to= somewhere in America Endless scrapbook = ALBU(-m) that Spanish = QUE query reorganised (missing a why) = RQUE(-y)* It's kinda bad I know, but this is the best I could do this this :P |
lydian | 0 |
| 7095 | ANY SUPERVOCALIC CLUE (?) | Dusty kind of essay (5) | STUDY* = Essay | lydian | 0 |
| 7096 | MISSOURI (8) | Overlook foreign yes about republican state (8) | MISS + OU(R)I = state | lydian | 0 |
| 7123 | METROID (7) | Video game's underground team, at its core (7) | Video game = METRO + (-s)ID(-e) | lydian | 0 |
| 7130 | ANY CLUE ONLY USING WORDS FROM PERSON DO THING (?) | Make more place (4) | *ROME = place | lydian | 0 |
| 7210 | NO CONTEST (2, 7) | Regularly enforce on trial for a plea (2, 7) | _N_O_C_ + ON + TEST = a plea | lydian | 0 |
| 7228 | NOTHING (7) | "Nil, zilch" said pivot endlessly (7) | Nil = "NOT" (nought) + HING(-e) | lydian | 0 |
| 7300 | OWYHEE (6) | A bird didn't finish my cheese evenly at Nevada river (6) | OW(-l) + _Y_H_E_E = Nevada river | lydian | 0 |
| 9286 | LYDIAN (6) | An endless idyll goes astray to an Anatolian (6) | (AN+IDYL(-l))*→LYDIAN = an Anatolian | lydian | 0 |
| 10376 | SEAHORSE (8) | Equine animal — origins encircled by coast about south! (8) | S(E_ A_)HOR(S)E — &lit | lydian | 0 |
| 11351 | PASTA (5) | previously a food (5) | PAST + A | lydian | 0 |