# Crossword Clue Game **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 25, 2020, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818 "2020-10-25T07:00:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/281 "2020-12-05T16:26:02Z")
A lot of good entries. But my favourite was by **Wheelz** with _“Command from a toddler with raised arms”_. Nicely done! You are UP next! ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/282 "2020-12-05T16:41:35Z")
Thanks, **Dr Paprika**! I enjoyed that one, if I do say so myself. A question of order, as this is my first win: Do I pick the next winner, or is that **Spoons** ’s prerogative? I’ve seen it both ways in this thread. The next word is… PEPPER ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/283 "2020-12-05T17:12:37Z")
You choose the winner Wheelz. 1. St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Martin 2. Tony’s squeeze 3. Shower with small projectiles 4. The Yang to salt 5. Mexico exports 23.6% of this to the world ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/284 "2020-12-05T17:44:07Z")
1. Dr of drink 2. Art of the saxophone 3. Sgt. of lonely hearts 4. With Jack, cheese 5. Police Woman played by Angie ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/285 "2020-12-05T17:53:01Z")
1. Once accounted for 70% of the international spice trade 2. Common condiment, only indigenous to Kerala 3. Sargeant “going in and out of style” 4. Chili heat source 5. Added to salt, for grazing or graybeards ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/286 "2020-12-05T17:57:20Z")
Pepper has been added to the Word List. > [@Word List for the Crossword Clue Game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-list-for-the-crossword-clue-game/927079): > > If the Crossword Clue game is to continue, we should have a list of the words we’ve used, so as not to use them again. Plus, not clogging up the game thread with past words. So here is where we can post the words used. I’ve tried to alphabetize them, but if I’ve made any errors, feel free to correct. America blind Bruce capital case cat chicken clear coffee count cross deposit dressing drive escape face finger frank green ghost heart middle nun paper scratch shadow … ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2020, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/287 "2020-12-06T02:38:59Z")
1. Baseball game? 2. Anaheim or Fresno 3. Doctor of 23 flavors 4. Sergeant of song 5. Black or white ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2020, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/288 "2020-12-06T16:37:36Z")
Okay, it’s been about a day, and I have to get to work, so here goes. Some faves: > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Martin > > Tony’s squeeze I was hoping somebody would think of Pepper Potts, one of my favorite MCU names. I did not think of Pepper Martin. I should have. Nice. > [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > Sargeant “going in and out of style” Of the Sergeant Pepper references, I like this one best (despite the misspelling 😁). And the winner, because a) I didn’t get it at first and b) it would have made for the most diabolical clue in an actual crossword puzzle: > [@Spoons](#): > > Anaheim or Fresno Next! ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2020, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/289 "2020-12-06T22:02:53Z")
Thanks, **Wheelz**! PEPPER was a good word, and there was a lot that could be done with it. Okay, the next word: **ROYAL** ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2020, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/290 "2020-12-07T00:15:43Z")
1. Missouri slugger 2. Straight flush, ten the lowest card 3. Lorde lament: “we’re otherwise” 4. Shortened name of “Short Shorts” fame 5. Crowned cola characteristic ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2020, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/291 "2020-12-07T00:45:49Z")
1. Adjective for Snoopy’s Guardsmen 2. Before Crown, a cola; after Crown, a whisky 3. Pain descriptor 4. Shade between sky and midnight 5. “Down in the Boondocks” crooner Billy Joe ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2020, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/292 "2020-12-07T02:07:32Z")
1. Member of a Kansas City team 2. Degree of neck pain 3. Type of battle that has no sides 4. Tense that makes singular plural 5. Jelly fit for a queen ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2020, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/293 "2020-12-07T22:20:44Z")
Time’s up! First, a couple of favourites: > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Jelly fit for a queen > [@Wheelz](#): > > Before Crown, a cola; after Crown, a whisky And the winner is **Dr. Paprika** , with this: > [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > Missouri slugger Congratulations, Doctor, and give us our next word. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2020, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/294 "2020-12-07T23:04:31Z")
I really liked the Wheelz one that Spoons highlighted. The next word should give you a lot of options. The word is **GOOD**. (What’s the good word?) ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2020, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/295 "2020-12-07T23:39:20Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > I really liked the Wheelz one that Spoons highlighted. Thank you! After I posted, I wanted to revise it, though: “Before Crown, a soft drink; after Crown, a hard one.” (I don’t think that’s allowed. 😁) ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2020, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/296 "2020-12-08T00:09:19Z")
Like I said, it was one of my favourites. And a revision would have been fine, as long as it was just a change in wording, and not a totally new or different clue. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2020, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/297 "2020-12-08T03:41:01Z")
1. Service partner 2. Word before God or dog 3. James Brown felt it 4. Between the uprights 5. As you like it? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2020, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/298 "2020-12-08T04:16:57Z")
1. One with “services”? 2. With “the,” TV doctor 3. Actor Matthw 4. Band of Canadian brothers 5. Precedes morning, afternoon, and evening ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2020, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/299 "2020-12-08T04:53:32Z")
1. Partner of Plenty 2. Local boy makes this 3. The bad and ugly companion 4. A hard-to-find man 5. Hitchcockian evening? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2020, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/300 "2020-12-08T13:28:29Z")
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