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), BALLOT BOX (6, 3)
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)
| 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 |