Clever Clue of the Month

 

June 2024
Clue: Starry overlook?......................OSCARSNUB
Constructor: Rich Proulx; Editor: Mike Shenk
WSJ, Saturday, June 8, 2024

Clever Clue Nominees

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

Feeling after doing squat?................ACHE   

Starry overlooks?.........................OCSARSNUBS    

An icy winter?............................SEASONWITHSALT    

Public works program?.....................ARTEXHIBIT    

Relatively helpful path to success?.......NEPOTISM   

Criminal record?..........................BOOTLEGCD    

Clever Clue of the Month

May 2024
Clue: One who can't handle their moonshine
well?...............................................WEREWOLF
Constructor: Jesse Cohn; Editor: Joel Fagliano
NYT, Friday, May 10, 2024

Clever Clue Nominees

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

Sponsor of the Rolling Stones' 2024 "Hackney 

Diamonds" tour....................................AARP

Down clue answer, often...........................EIDER

One who can't handle their moonshine well?........WEREWOLF

Nun's habit?......................................CELIBACY

Aged beef?........................................EGADS

Someone you might be reluctant to give a hand 

to?...............................................CANNIBAL

Clever Clue of the Month

April 2024
Clue: Prepare to go out again?.............................HITSNOOZE
Constructor: Enrique Henestroza Anguiano; Editor: Patti Varol
LAT, Saturday, April 13, 2024

Clever Clue Nominees

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

What Scott Joplin might yell after a spill?.......RAGTIME

Considering retirement?...........................SLEEPY

Prepare to go out again?..........................HITSNOOZE

Class rife with division?.........................MATH

Wicked stuff?.....................................WAX

Sound generated by a noisy fan?...................RAH

Clever Clue of the Month

March 2024
Clue: Still getting a bum wrap?............................INDIAPERS
Constructor: Liz Gorski; Editor: Liz Maynes-Aminzade
The New Yorker, Monday, March 4, 2024