Clever Clue of the Month

 

March 2022
Clue: What may help with bed-wetting........GARDENHOSE
Constructor: Robyn Weintraub; Editor: Liz Maynes-Aminzade
The New Yorker, Friday, March 25, 2022

Clever Clue Nominees

Please vote for the best clue from March. The Clever Clue of the Month will be announced in a few days.

Sticks around for a real blast?.........TNT

Marlins' catcher........................FISHHOOK

Secretly espouse?.......................ELOPE

Start of a scale model..................DOEADEER

What may help with bed-wetting?.........GARDENHOSE

Popular site for holiday gift orders....SANTASLAP

Clever Clue of the Month

 

February 2022
Clue: Game measured by its number of points............................................................ELK
Constructors: August Miller; Editor: Will Shortz
NYT, Thursday, February 10, 2022

Clever Clue Nominees

Please vote for the best clue from February. The Clever Clue of the Month will be announced in a few days.

Feature of an open-and-shut case?.......HINGE

It's wicked and smelly..................SCENTEDCANDLE

Game measured by its number of points...ELK

It fills up the joint?..................POT

Personal management problems............BADHAIRDAYS

Construction specs?.....................SAFETYGLASSES

Clever Clue of the Month

 

January 2022
Clue: Ones taking advantage of suckers to get by?..........OCTOPI
Constructors: Christina Iverson & Jeff Chen; Editor: Rich Norris
LAT, Friday, January 7, 2022

Clever Clue Nominees

Please vote for the best clue from January. The Clever Clue of the Month will be announced in a few days.

What you do after a workout?............SMELL

Ones taking advantage of suckers to get

by?.....................................OCTOPI

They're always bringing up old stuff?...PALEONTOLOGISTS

Digital identifier?.....................TOETAG

Full-groan man?.........................PUNSTER

How someone may "live" in your head.....RENTFREE

Clever Clue of the Month

 

December 2021
Clue: Launches toward Venus?.................SERVES
Constructor/Editor: Brendan Emmett Quigley
Brendan Emmett Quigley Puzzles, Monday, December 6, 2021