AuthorialIntent

Contests started: AULEAF (6), ANY CLUE (?), BLIMOUSEALERRE (14), TIMBIEBS (8), PROGRAM (7), TE AMO (2, 3), DISSONANTANT (12), GALOSH (6), ANY CLUE WHICH IS ALSO A TRUE SENTENCE (?), DEMONSTRATE (11), CHLAMYDIA (9), EMBRYO (6), WALLWORT (8)

Contests won: DELVE (5), SPOON-FEED (5-4), MIBNT (5), DEFINITION (10), ANY CLUE THAT IS ALSO A COMPILABLE PROGRAM (?), CHRYSALISM (10), PROGRAM (7), MECHANICAL BULL (10, 4), DISSONANTANT (12), CRAZY (5), LIMITED (7), QWERTY (6), SWINDLE (7), DOLLAR (6)

All Submissions

Clue ID Contest Clue Explanation (hover) Submitted By Likes
4715 DELVE (5) Explore land's end with Santa's helpers, for the most part (5) 'explore' = def, 'land's end' = D, 'Santa's helpers, for the most part' = ELVES - last letter = ELVE, D + ELVE = DELVE AuthorialIntent 5
8081 PROGRAM (7) Platform supporting a certain weight? (7) PRO GRAM AuthorialIntent 5
5698 MIBNT (5) Awesome university hosts a puzzle hunt (5) MI(BN)T
mibnt means awesome, right?
AuthorialIntent 4
8646 MECHANICAL BULL (10, 4) Mull over broken cable chain for bucking machine (10, 4) M(ECHANICALB)*ULL AuthorialIntent 4
6483 ANY CLUE THAT IS ALSO A COMPILABLE PROGRAM (?) console.log(5) TABLE (ddef) AuthorialIntent 3
11481 DOLLAR (6) Buck, bunny, and anteater at the banks (6) DOLL (attractive woman) + A_R AuthorialIntent 3
5734 DEFINITION (10) Quality explanation (10) ddef AuthorialIntent 2
6234 EYJAFJALLAJÖKULL (16) Around Japan, a fella Jay mangled German exclamation before losing top of skull, an explosive fissure (16) (EYJAF(J)ALLA)*+JÖ+_KULL AuthorialIntent 2
6699 OBJECT (6) Challenge Bobby Joe Scott, even (6) _O_B_J_E_C_T_ AuthorialIntent 2
7952 WARIO (5) Reverse-engineered raw device interface to display character on Nintendo consoles WAR<+IO
IO: "Device interface"
def: "character on Nintendo consoles"
AuthorialIntent 2
8950 REPORT (6) Left again to turn up (6) RE-PORT ('left again'), def as in 'report in' AuthorialIntent 2
8951 DISSONANTANT (12) Dashing, it stands on an awesome puzzler (12) (IT STANDS ON AN)* AuthorialIntent 2
9465 CRAZY (5) Young with many accomplishments represses psychic character, becoming insane (5) "Young with many accomplishments": CY Young
"psychic character" Psychonauts protagonist RAZ
CY "represses" RAZ -> C(RAZ)Y
AuthorialIntent 2
9482 A CLUE IN WHICH EVERY WORD IS (OR IS PART OF) A COMMONLY ACCEPTED ANAGRIND (?) Angered angered angered (7) ENRAGED*
Counting is hard
AuthorialIntent 2
4741 UNCHES (6) Unchecked suspicions need no introduction 'Unchecked' = def, 'suspicions' = hunches - first letter ('need no introduction') AuthorialIntent 1
4751 NEPOTISM (8) Open up its archaic mark of corruption Down clue only: NEPO (OPEN backwards) TIS (its archaic) M (mark) AuthorialIntent 1
4761 WHY (3) Aw, they abolished odd explanations (3) AWTHEY -> _W_H_Y ('abolished odd'), 'explanations' = def AuthorialIntent 1
5602 ENVOY (5) Minister: "Oy vey, yes to no corruption" (5) (OY VE(y->N))* AuthorialIntent 1
5607 SPOON-FEED (5-4) Constantly give crap in tin, iron and lead every second (5-4) S(POO)N FE+_E_D AuthorialIntent 1
5735 SALAMI (6) I'm, alas, back in Turkey (6) IM ALAS< AuthorialIntent 1
6130 LIT (3) Initially like, i.e., this! (3) L_ I_ T_ AuthorialIntent 1
8055 DEUSOVI/FUNGO (7 OR 5) Lively, devious OG Puzzlers Club icon (5 or 7) FUN ('Lively') + anagram ('devious') OG -> FUNGO ('Puzzlers Club icon')

Anagram ('lively') DEVIOUS -> DEUSOVI ('O.G. Puzzlers Club icon')

Deusovi is the *OG* Puzzlers Club icon because he joined the server before SoftFro's cats made an appearance
AuthorialIntent 1
8335 ESPERANTO (9) After losing its tail, Espeon holds in tirade of language (9) ESPE(RANT)O_ AuthorialIntent 1
8971 MAYBE (5) Might happen, perhaps (5) MAY BE AuthorialIntent 1
10499 LIMITED (7) Told a falsehood to get around MIT's enrollment, for example (7) LI(MIT)ED AuthorialIntent 1
11311 SUBSTANCE (9) Move back: 'Mind over matter' (9) SUB<+STANCE AuthorialIntent 1
11312 QWERTY (6) Said key word: T, without E, for keyboard layout (6) "k(-ey)word T" -> "k()ˌwərd ˈtē"
AuthorialIntent 1
4716 SLACKS (6) Steam-propelled submarines damage loose ropes (6) 'steam-propelled submarines' = K CLASS, 'damage' = anagram indicator (KCLASS -> SLACKS), 'loose ropes' = def AuthorialIntent 0
4723 JUNCTURE (8) Connection to trash certain, sounds like (8) 'Connection' = def
'sounds like' = sound aloud
'trash certain' = 'junk sure'
AuthorialIntent 0
4738 PRONUNCIATION (13) As they say, "Expert abbess, view [ahead], evade" (13) 'As they say' = def and clue said aloud
'Expert' = pro
'abbess' = nun
'view = see
'[ahead]' = beginning of ahead -> a (in brackets to indicate there's a step before pronunciation)
'evade' = shun
'pro nun see a shun' said aloud -> pronunciation
AuthorialIntent 0
4745 SHOWMAN (7) M.C. Showerhead's half-German (7) M.C. = def (I was also considering doing 'The Greatest', but that might be too oblique), 'Showerhead' -> show, 'half-German' -> man AuthorialIntent 0
4762 ROLLER COASTER (6, 7) After a wild ride, the last color is injured, ends up at two hospitals (6, 7) 'wild ride' = def, LAST COLOR -> ROLL COAST ('injured') -> ROLL+ER COAST+ER ('ends up at two hospitals') AuthorialIntent 0
4764 ZHUZH (5) (OR ZHOOSH (6)) To make it more exciting, you are stuck between the outskirts of Zurich (5) 'To make more exciting' = Z____H + U + Z_____H AuthorialIntent 0
4780 TWITTER (7) Wit threads, tea, and endless trending edits! (7) &lit; T ('tea') WIT (clued in between by 'threads') TER (TRE ('endless trending'), anagram ('edits')) AuthorialIntent 0
5603 WHINGE (6) First win hinges on eliminating final beef (6) W_ + HINGE_ AuthorialIntent 0
5604 FAKE (4) Impostor smuggled half a keg (4) _F A KE_ AuthorialIntent 0
5697 NOPE (4) Doctor's pen: "O negative" (4) PEN O* AuthorialIntent 0
6357 TCHAIKOVSKY (11) Romantic composer takes first tea amidst pekoe violet sky (11) T_+CHAI+_KO_+V+SKY AuthorialIntent 0
6628 INSOUCIANT (10) Myself, not even I show up, admitting I can't care-less (10) I+N+_S_O_U_+C(I)ANT
No anagrams.
AuthorialIntent 0
6629 BELITTLE (8) Half-believed not even I state lies & slander (8) BELI____+I_T_T_L_E_ AuthorialIntent 0
6664 CHRYSALISM (10) Calm encompassing the core of the heartless rainy Sunday and is...! C(_H_+R_Y+S)AL(IS)M
Not a great clue, but I give up
AuthorialIntent 0
6725 TARTARE (7) Sour pared headless and tailless raw fish TART+_ARE_ AuthorialIntent 0
7397 PORTAL (6) Providing some support, a la Google or Yahoo (6) _PORT A L_ AuthorialIntent 0
7398 HEATWAVE (8) Magically, the welcoming head of the Academy, with flourish, conjures a hot spell (8) HE(A)T*+WAVE AuthorialIntent 0
9093 FORWARD (7) Before guardianship, Soft Fro is shameless (7) guardianship: WARD
Soft Fro: FOR*
shameless: def
AuthorialIntent 0
10590 LEFTOVER OR LEFTOVERS (8) OR (9) Liberal supports vore excitedly, is not consumed (8) LEFT+OVER* AuthorialIntent 0
10614 PARAMEDIC (9) I'm in bliss, bottom left becomes cold...DOCTOR! (9) I -> ME, bliss -> PARADISE, bottom left -> SE, cold -> C
PARA(ME)DI(se->C)
A chilling clue about hypothermia.
AuthorialIntent 0
10615 REFLECT (7) Demonstrate expert dialect (7) REF+LECT AuthorialIntent 0
11318 SWINDLE (7) Cheat to get edge over, succeed without me (7) S(WIN)(-i)DLE AuthorialIntent 0
11482 K (1) GM (1) ddef AuthorialIntent 0

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