# 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:** 18
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/341 "2020-12-13T10:13:35Z")
1. The challah for the new year. 2. How to sing “Row Your Boat.” 3. The shape with no angles. 4. “\_\_\_\_\_ of applause.” 5. With “up”; use next highest even number. ---
**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 13, 2020, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/342 "2020-12-13T14:51:45Z")
1. The shape of a TUIT 2. Table for knights 3. Fighting interval 4. Robin that accounts for all players 5. Disposal file shape ---
**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 13, 2020, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/343 "2020-12-13T18:21:02Z")
ROUND 1. Fight fraction 2. Completes a restaurant chain from The Ground 3. Pi shape 4. A theater might be in it 5. Algonquin table configuration ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/344 "2020-12-13T23:58:18Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > Algonquin table configuration Ooh. I vote for this one. ---
**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 14, 2020, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/345 "2020-12-14T03:07:42Z")
This is getting tougher, since almost all the clues are decent. However, after some thought, the one which most appealed to me was _”wrong hole for a square peg”_ by **needscoffee**. Congratulations all, for some excellent answers. ---
**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 14, 2020, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/346 "2020-12-14T03:24:07Z")
Thanks! There were a lot of good ones. (I laughed at The shape of a TUIT by @Knowed_Out.) New word: **TIGHT** ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/347 "2020-12-14T10:14:24Z")
1. How a miser holds his wallet. 2. If her lips are this, she’ll keep your secret. 3. Turn a bolt right for this outcome. 4. My BFF and I are like this. 5. An aerialist walk this kind of rope. ---
**Author:** ![FastDan1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fastdan1/32/427_2.png) [@FastDan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FastDan1)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/348 "2020-12-14T14:25:50Z")
1. A type of wad 2. How to hold on to your dreams per ELO 3. A schedule with very little leeway 4. Your white underwear may be this? 5. The end of football ---
**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 14, 2020, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/349 "2020-12-14T17:26:51Z")
1. Close-knit 2. One syllable pronounced means cool. Two syllables pronounced means really cool. 3. Sitting method 4. State of Dick’s hatband 5. Ideal condition of a drum ---
**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 14, 2020, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/350 "2020-12-14T17:49:00Z")
1. Half a pair of leggings? 2. Wallenda family rope descriptor 3. Way to sleep, in a bedtime rhyme 4. Adjective for skinny jeans 5. How Suzie wore her dresses, in a 1972 Elton John hit ---
**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 14, 2020, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/351 "2020-12-14T18:29:47Z")
1. To get drunk, not get loose 2. Part of drum simile 3. Thrifty, tense or taut 4. End in American football (and formerly in Canada) 5. Good to hold me, bad on a budget ---
**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 15, 2020, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/352 "2020-12-15T01:18:12Z")
1. With “air,” sealed 2. Slightly tipsy 3. A secure nut? 4. Kind of game 5. Scroogelike ---
**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 15, 2020, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/353 "2020-12-15T01:36:32Z")
What does this refer to? (I must be missing something easy) > [@Spoons](#): > > A secure nut? ---
**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 15, 2020, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/354 "2020-12-15T02:05:23Z")
Think of a nut and a bolt. You screw the nut onto the bolt, until it is secure–that is, tight. It’s a play on the multiple meanings of “nut.” Most people might automatically jump to the edible kind, such as peanuts, cashews, and similar. Few, I’d imagine, would automatically jump to the fastener. But a secure nut on its bolt, is indeed “tight.” ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2020, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/355 "2020-12-15T02:05:59Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > What does this refer to? (I must be missing something easy) Righty-tighty, lefty-loosey. Meaning, to tighten a screw, turn it _right_. To loosen it, turn it _left_. ---
**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 15, 2020, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/356 "2020-12-15T02:07:03Z")
Funny, I didn’t think of the edible kind for your clue. I thought there was a hidden meaning I wasn’t seeing. ---
**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 15, 2020, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/357 "2020-12-15T02:55:11Z")
Your nuts might be secure in your tighty-whities too. 😁 ---
**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 15, 2020, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/358 "2020-12-15T05:27:46Z")
Boy, everybody’s were very good. (And @Spoons was even seasonal!) But I’m going to pick @FastDan1 as the winner for > [@FastDan1](#): > > - A type of wad > - Your white underwear may be this? > - The end of football Your turn, @FastDan1! ---
**Author:** ![FastDan1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fastdan1/32/427_2.png) [@FastDan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FastDan1)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2020, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/359 "2020-12-15T13:23:32Z")
You didn’t like my other two? 🤪 Let’s try **COACH** ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2020, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/360 "2020-12-15T19:00:57Z")
1. The cheap seats on a plane. 2. With “stage”; Old West mass transport. 3. The team has one; so does 3rd base. 4. Leather brand; specialty is purses. 5. Nelson TV series, 1989-97 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818.md?page=19)