Will Shortz on How a Crossword Is Made

Clever Clue of the Month

May 2013
Clue: Render powerless? .................UNPLUG
Constructor: Marti DuGuay-Carpenter; Editor: Rich Norris
LA Times, 5/8/13

Clever Clue Nominees

Please vote for the best clue from May (either by email or comments below). The Clever Clue of the Month will be announced sometime on Tuesday, June 4th.

Group whose name means "stupid" in Spanish ........MENSA

Old laptop instruments ............................LYRES
Render powerless?  ................................UNPLUG
Tender one? .......................................UNUM
Labor leader's cry? ...............................PUSH

Doctor who started a labor movement? ..............LAMAZE

Crosswords: a silent film

Clever Clue of the Month

April 2013
Clue: Try to see the present? ......................UNWRAP
Constructor: Loren Smith; Editor: Patrick Berry
The Chronicle of Higher Education, 4/19/13

Clever Clue Nominees

Please vote for the best clue from April(either by email or comments below). The Clever Clue of the Month will be announced sometime on Saturday, May 4th.

They get stuck in corners .........................STAMPS

One who fixes toys, e.g. ..........................VET
Beef, or a fish  ..................................CARP
Police action? ....................................TOUR
Evidencing change? ................................JANGLY

Try to see the present? ...........................UNWRAP

Clever Clue of the Month

March 2013

Clue: Pain in the rear? ..............BACKSEATDRIVER
Constructor/Editor: Peter Gordon
Fireball, 3/14/13