Contests started: COMPUTABLE (10), MAKE (4), SQUARE (6), ULTIMATE (8), PHENOMIST (9), HUNT (4), KAIST (5), WORD PUZZLES (4, 7), LAW OF EXCLUDED MIDDLE (3, 2, 8, 6), TETRIS (6), PUYO (4) / PUYO PUYO (4, 4), INDONESIA (9), SEVEN (5), FLIGHT (6), MAKE (4), WILSON (6), LIMA (4), REARRANGEMENT (13), ANY ONE STARTER POKEMON (5/6/7/8/9/10), LIMIT (5), SMALL (5), SURVIVOR (8), REBUS (5), ARTIFACT (8), CUSPIDATION (11), GROOKEY (7), PLATEAU (7), BANDUNG (7), SWARM (5), BABA (4), OTHELLO (7), QUALIFY (7), DOMINION (8), ARGUMENT (8), TREATY (6), DEFENSE OF THE ANCIENTS (7, 2, 3, 8), ARTIFICER (9), SWITCH (6), CARCASSONNE (11), ESSEN (5), ANY CRYPTIC CLUE (?), KINK (4), SIGNATURE MOVE (9, 4), LASAGNA (7), NOTEWORTHY (10), SOKOBAN (7), RANGER (6), ERDOS (5), TEMPEST (7), MEW (3), APPLAUD (7), AMOK (4), DELAY (5), NEWS (4), IT (2), HONK (4), ANY COLOR WORD WITH DEF NOT "COLOR" (?), SPEEDRUN (8), THING (5), ERRATUM (7), SLAUGHTER (9), AWOO (4), PLEDGE (6), ELEMENT (7), REITERATE (9), ANY CLUE CONTAINING "NO" OR "NOT" (?), NO (2), EMBER (5), BUNKUM (6), DELVE (5), JUNCTURE (8), ABSTAIN (7), MELIORISM (9), KILN (4), BROWN (5), NOR (3), REPROVE (7), ETERNITY (8), FOUND (5), GREEN PAINT (5, 5), PERSONALIZED OPTIONS REWARDS TIER (12, 7, 7, 4), HOOSEGOW (8), DIVERS (6), CHOUSE (6), URBANE (6)
Contests won: ENIGMA (6), SMALL (5), DISEASE (7), OF (2), ELEMENT (7)
| Clue ID | Contest | Clue | Explanation (hover) | Submitted By | Likes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2159 | DISEASE (7) | Horrible seaside sickness (7) | DISEASE* | chaotic_iak | 8 |
| 2162 | OF (2) | Derived from detailed murder (2) | "derived from" = OF(-f) | chaotic_iak | 5 |
| 463 | ENUMERATION (11) | What's missing here is a torn menu, i.e. needs fixing up | def: "What's missing here", because it lacks enumeration wordplay: A TORN MENU IE needs fixing up = anagram |
chaotic_iak | 3 |
| 690 | SEVEN (5) | Nine's eater is observed eating five? (5) | Definition references the old joke "Why is six afraid of seven? Because seven ate nine." Wordplay is the obvious SE(V)EN. | chaotic_iak | 3 |
| 3735 | ELEMENT (7) | "Like K, L, M, N..." said head teacher (7) | Like K = def ("like potassium") "L, M, N said" = EL+EM+EN (letters pronounced) "head teacher" = T |
chaotic_iak | 3 |
| 75 | TONIGHT (7) | An incomplete firm around this evening (7) | T[ONe]IGHT | chaotic_iak | 2 |
| 107 | ENIGMA (6) | Novel in-game puzzle | IN-GAME anag = ENIGMA = puzzle | chaotic_iak | 2 |
| 437 | DOUGH (5) | Cash shortage. No retweets! (5) | Shortage: DROUGHT No retweet: remove RT |
chaotic_iak | 2 |
| 936 | SMALL (5) | Second store is tiny (5) | second = S, as in the unit of time store = MALL tiny = def |
chaotic_iak | 2 |
| 937 | SMALL (5) | Everything after Gen VII starters is not important (5) | everything = ALL Gen VII starters = SM, as in Sun & Moon being the starting games of Gen VII Pokemon ALL after SM = SMALL Not important = def, as in "small detail" = "trivial detail" |
chaotic_iak | 2 |
| 1270 | SHOT (4) | Japanese boy loses a turn (4) | turn = def ("chance") Japanese boy = SHOTA (Japanese term for young male) SHOTA loses A = SHOT (deletion) |
chaotic_iak | 2 |
| 2187 | APEX (4) | Peak parody of the cross (4) | APE (imitate) + X (cross) | chaotic_iak | 2 |
| 70 | SLIP (4) | Strip the second edge (4) | S+LIP strip: def (as in piece of paper) second: S (unit of time, abbr) edge: LIP (as in rim of a jug) |
chaotic_iak | 1 |
| 101 | PARAGON (7) | No operation back then includes a scrap of Brazilian diamond | no operation = NOP; back = reversed a scrap = A RAG; then includes = contained inside P(ARAG)ON< = Brazilian diamond (The Paragon) |
chaotic_iak | 1 |
| 280 | ICE (3) | Even the pitcher is chill (3) | pItChEr (even-position letters); "chill" is definition, as in making cold with ice | chaotic_iak | 1 |
| 600 | BOW OUT (3, 3) | Giving way after "*notices stronger competition*" but around before "What's this?" (3, 3) | Giving way after "*notices stronger competition*" = def, as in e.g. withdrawing to allow someone stronger playing for you Before "What's this?" = OWO, the furry meme BUT around ... = B+OWO+UT |
chaotic_iak | 1 |
| 816 | LIMA (4) | Setengah sepuluh Gubernur Ridwan kehilangan topi, berputar balik (4) | Half to ten Governor Ridwan lost hat, turned around (4) | Cryptic is in Indonesian language Setengah sepuluh (half of ten = five) = def Gubernur Ridwan = KAMIL (Governor of West Java, Ridwan Kamil) KAMIL kehilangan topi (lost hat) = AMIL (remove first letter) AMIL berputar balik (turned around) = LIMA (reversal) |
chaotic_iak | 1 |
| 858 | QAT (3) | Quiz aces try starting a crossword helper service (3) | Quiz Aces Try (starts of words) = a crossword helper service (because Qat finds words matching a pattern) | chaotic_iak | 1 |
| 931 | PEWTER (6) | Brock lives in this wet mess, according to neighborhood (6) | Brock lives in this = def (Pewter City in Pokemon series) WET mess (anagram) = EWT according to = PER EWT with PER as neighborhood (surrounding) = PEWTER |
chaotic_iak | 1 |
| 980 | CERULEAN (8) | Where you can find bicycle and rest after preparing cure (8) | Where you can find bicycle = def (Cerulean City in Pokemon has the Bike Shop) rest = LEAN (in the sense "lean against a wall") preparing CURE = CERU (anagram) LEAN after CERU = CERULEAN |
chaotic_iak | 1 |
| 1124 | GROOKEY (7) | Starter of shield grab, starter of castle call (7) | starter of shield = def, as in starter Pokemon in Pokemon Shield (and Sword) grab, starter = G (first letter) castle = ROOK (as in chess piece) call = EY (as in an interjection to call someone's attention) |
chaotic_iak | 1 |
| 2308 | LAST (4) | Salt is prepared at the end (4) | SALT* (Sorry Polaris) |
chaotic_iak | 1 |
| 2837 | CARDINAL (8) | For example, French beheaded last like one (8) | CARD+(-f)INAL | chaotic_iak | 1 |
| 2838 | NEWS (4) | New story head! (4) | &lit: NEW+Story | chaotic_iak | 1 |
| 9177 | APRON (5) | A fucked-up porn outfit for a maid (5) | A+(PRON)* Submitting on behalf of Level 51 |
chaotic_iak | 1 |
| 9814 | CLUE THAT'S ENTIRELY IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE (ANSWER, DEFINITION, AND CRYPTIC READING) | Saya mulai setengah delapan ada waktu (6) | Saya+EMPAT = ada waktu Translated gloss: "I, starting from 7:30, will have time" |
chaotic_iak | 1 |
| 29 | BUGGY (5) | Good game in purchase of vehicle (5) | Good Game (abbr) inside BUY = BUGGY | chaotic_iak | 0 |
| 100 | EDEN (4) | Entry denied! Exclusive, Nature's first garden | Entry Denied Exclusive Nature (first letters) = EDEN | chaotic_iak | 0 |
| 287 | ROBOT (5) | Retweet about incomplete oboe machine (5) | RT around OBO (incomplete "oboe") = ROBOT means machine | chaotic_iak | 0 |
| 436 | SHAYMIN (7) | Chaotic has left humanity halfway with this, first becoming almost mainly imaginative! (7) | &lit Definition: chaotic_iak leaves "humanity" by making a non-human character, a Shaymin, which itself is different from other Shaymins (hence "imaginative") Wordplay: chaotic HAS -> SHA (anagram) HUMANITY halfway -> NITY (half of word) left ... -> YTIN (reverse) THIS first -> T (first letter) almost mainly IMAGINATIVE -> M ("almost first" letter, so second letter) ... with ... becoming ... -> YMIN (letter replacement) concatenate -> SHAYMIN Clue co-authored with Deusovi |
chaotic_iak | 0 |
| 859 | QAT (3) | Broken antique not in EU shrub (3) | ANTIQUE* - INEU = QAT | chaotic_iak | 0 |
| 873 | REARRANGEMENT (13) | Inequality kind of starting to target after people behind the back line (13) | inequality kind = def ("rearrangement inequality") starting to TARGET = T people = MEN back = REAR line = RANGE T after (MEN behind (REAR RANGE)) = REARRANGEMENT |
chaotic_iak | 0 |
| 1250 | SWARM (5) | Prepare following a short direction to rush (5) | rush = def (verb) prepare = ARM ("to arm") a short direction = SW (compass direction) ARM following SW = SWARM |
chaotic_iak | 0 |
| 2188 | APEX (4) | Top, difficult course followed by partner, but no more (4) | AP (Advanced Placement = "difficult course") + EX (former spouse = "partner, but no more") | chaotic_iak | 0 |
| 5484 | ANY CLUE WHICH CONTAINS EXACTLY ONE LETTER (?) | Scholar following Mr. Ed's odd letter (7) | MrEdS+SAGE = letter. Has exactly one "letter". | chaotic_iak | 0 |