Clever Clue of the Month

September 2025
Clue: Tired robots?..................................................DRIVERLESSCARS
Constructor/Editor: Brendan Emmett Quigley
Brendan Emmett Quigley Crossword, Monday, September 8, 2025

Clever Clue Nominees

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

Tired robots?................................DRIVERLESSCARS

Distant relative?............................FAR

Filing services?.............................MANICURES

German bar tender?...........................EUROS

Takes in the trash?..........................DELETEDSCENES

Tool used to go suck a lemon?................CARVAC

Clever Clue of the Month

August 2025
Clue: Swing states?.................................................MOODS
Constructor: Seth Ziebarth; Editor: Mike Shenk
WSJ, Saturday, August 30, 2025

Clever Clue Nominees

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

Press participant............................PEC
Swing states?................................MOODS
Kick-starter program?........................KARATELESSONS
Fancy footwork?..............................PEDI
Went from 0 to 60, say.......................AGED
Part of a personal air filtration system.....NOSEHAIR

Clever Clue of the Month

July 2025
Clue: Payment for a shake?.....................................DOGTREAT
Constructor: Aimee Lucido; Editor: Liz Maynes-Aminzade
New Yorker, Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Clever Clue Nominees

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

Spoke in a husky voice?......................BARKED
Oil smugglers?...............................ARTTHIEVES
Payment for a shake?.........................DOGTREAT
Where a couple heading south might end up?...SPLITSVILLE
DC power player in the late 1800s?...........THOMASEDISON
Structure that's typically one story but
might have multiple levels...................TOOLSHED

Clever Clue of the Month

June 2025
Clue: Bear witness, perhaps?.........................CAMPER
Constructor: Will Nediger; Editor: Liz Maynes-Aminzade
New Yorker, Tuesday, June 17, 2025