Clever Clue Nominees

Please vote for the best clue from August (either by email or comments below). The Clever Clue of the Month will be announced on Thursday.

 

Cash flow statement?....................CHA-CHING

Split personality?......................CHEERLEADER

Brother in the hood?....................MONK

Matt Damon's private part?..............RYAN

Watch word?.............................TOCK
Mug shot?...............................ESPRESSO

 

Sleep Whisper

Relax as our friend selects a pencil and works on a crossword puzzle.

Clever Clue of the Month

July 2014
Clue: Minor documents?...................................FAKEIDS

Constructor: David Steinberg; Editor: Will Shortz
NY Times, 7/5/14

Clever Clue Nominees

Please vote for the best clue from July (either by email or comments below). The Clever Clue of the Month will be announced on Monday.

Minor documents?........................FAKEIDS

Producer of cheap shots?................DIVEBAR
Frank request...........................MUSTARD
Fee schedules for pay toilets?..........GOINGRATES

Won the battle of the bulge.............LOST

Primary weapons.........................ATTACKADS

Crosswords and Alzheimer's

Most of the studies we've seen over the last five years have shown crossword puzzles not contributing to the prevention of Alzheimer's...

Mentally stimulating games or doing puzzles and crosswords may help stave off Alzheimer's disease new research suggests. More...

Clever Clue of the Month

June 2014
Clue: Coverage providers after a recession? ..HAIRPIECES
Constructor: Doug Peterson; Editor: Peter Gordon
The Post Puzzler No. 218, 6/8/14

Clever Clue Nominees

Please vote for the best clue from June (either by email or comments below). The Clever Clue of the Month will be announced on Independence Day.

Pee pod?................................BLADDER
Can opener?.............................BAIL

Moral duty?.............................SINTAX

Coverage providers after a recession?...HAIRPIECES

Gave Lizzie Borden the pink slip?.......AXED

Keep a fruitcake moving?................REGIFT