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

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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

Clever Clue Nominees

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Snooty creatures?.................................ANTEATERS

Still getting a bum wrap?.........................INDIAPERS

Bit of deductive reasoning?.......................TAXTIP

Units of mass?....................................PRAYERS

Short stop at Wrigley Field, e.g. ................RAINDELAY

Hunks of plastic?.................................KENS

Clever Clue of the Month

February 2024
Clue: Answers after two rings?....................IDOS
Constructor/Editor: Mike Shenk
WSJ, Saturday, February 3, 2024

Clever Clue Nominees

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

Answers after two rings?..........................IDO

Get high while on vacation, maybe.................PARASAIL

Country found inside Romania?.....................OMAN

Light run?........................................SOLARPOWERED

One streaking at night?...........................COMET

Bass output.......................................ROE

Clever Clue of the Month

 

January 2024
Clue: Choose a running mate?...................ELOPE
Constructor: Kyle Dolan; Editor: Patti Varol
LAT, Saturday, January 13, 2024

Clever Clue Nominees

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

Unlikely heroines in operas, typically.......ALTOS

Choose a running mate?.......................ELOPE

People with cans in their vans...............RVERS

Root words?..................................CHANT

Spare moment?................................TIRECHANGE

Persian diversion?...........................CATTOY

Clever Clue of the Month

December 2023
Clue: Dating guide for woodsy types?..............TREERINGS
Constructor: Paul Coulter; Editor: David Steinberg
Universal (Sunday), Sunday, December 10, 2023