# 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:** 19
**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 15, 2020, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/361 "2020-12-15T19:37:59Z")
1. K to Duke 2. A stage that travels 3. Whistle wearer 4. American luxury design house 5. Mentor ---
**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, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/362 "2020-12-15T23:50:08Z")
1. “Put me in \_\_\_\_\_” 2. Carter, Reeves, or Fox 3. Prevost product 4. Christie’s Calais 5. Cheap class ---
**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 16, 2020, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/363 "2020-12-16T01:12:10Z")
1. Bus across the ocean 2. Luxury handbag brand 3. Before class or after life 4. Pitching or hitting on a baseball team 5. _Cheers_ employee ---
**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 16, 2020, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/364 "2020-12-16T04:12:41Z")
1. Hackneyed carriage 2. Cinderella’s ride, before midnight 3. Food truck not really for a cockroach 4. A staged carriage 5. Running Straight Dope quipper ---
**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 16, 2020, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/365 "2020-12-16T15:18:13Z")
You guys are good. I’ll admit I had to Google a couple though… > [@Spoons](#): > > - Prevost product > - Christie’s Calais As for a winner, I’ll go with… > [@Wheelz](#): > > - Before class or after life Let 'er roll @Wheelz ---
**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 16, 2020, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/366 "2020-12-16T15:55:22Z")
Thanks, FastDan1! It might be bad form, but I’m going to blow my own horn for a moment and point out that my last clue: > [@Wheelz](#): > > _Cheers_ employee while seeming at first to be rather mundane and uninspired, would be a potential killer if it appeared in an actual crossword. There are no fewer than three possible five-letter answers, two of which begin with C, and two of which have O as the second letter. I’ve fallen into traps like that more than once, and it was fun to come up with one! Okay, sorry. Next word is (why not?): **WHEEL** ---
**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 16, 2020, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/367 "2020-12-16T16:16:39Z")
1. Many spoke of Zog’s invention? 2. Sajak’s Fortune 3. A round flat cheese 4. Deal partner 5. A high (and low) poker hand ---
**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 16, 2020, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/368 "2020-12-16T17:28:35Z")
1. Seen in the middle of the air by Ezekiel 2. Fifth one is superfluous 3. Driver of the getaway vehicle 4. Type of mobile estate 5. Australian object of silliness ---
**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 16, 2020, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/369 "2020-12-16T19:35:03Z")
1. Foolish place to fall asleep 2. Big tricycle with spin brake, for tots 3. Vehicle may have 1,2,3,4 - maybe 18 4. Gerbil gym? 5. Turning for _Proud Mary_ ---
**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 16, 2020, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/370 "2020-12-16T21:48:17Z")
1. Don’t reinvent this 2. Ferris’s London Eye 3. The squeaky one gets lubricated 4. A bad place to be asleep at 5. It’s good to be hell on one of these ---
**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 16, 2020, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/371 "2020-12-16T23:34:20Z")
1. Company president is a big one 2. Roulette requirement 3. McCartney’s single friend Helen? 4. Blood, Sweat & Tears’ spinner 5. With “thru,” square dance call ---
**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 17, 2020, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/372 "2020-12-17T10:46:30Z")
1. Clay vessel’s genesis. 2. “\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ barrow” (garden transport) 3. Luck, in the major arcana. 4. Goes inside the tire. 5. “Water \_\_\_\_\_\_” (grinds grain) ---
**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 17, 2020, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/373 "2020-12-17T22:03:30Z")
We’re all getting too good at this! Everybody had at least one that I liked a lot, so as not to leave anybody out: > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Fifth one is superfluous > [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > Foolish place to fall asleep > [@needscoffee](#): > > Don’t reinvent this > [@Spoons](#): > > McCartney’s single friend Helen? > [@FastDan1](#): > > Deal partner And I’m giving the win to: > [@RivkahChaya](#): > > Luck, in the major arcana. Just obscure enough to be a tough clue, yet not too terribly… arcane, as it were. Have at it, @RivkahChaya! ---
**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 18, 2020, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/374 "2020-12-18T01:29:49Z")
Wow. I can’t believe what I beat on this one! **Next** : (it’s getting hard to find good words) DRAFT ---
**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 18, 2020, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/375 "2020-12-18T02:27:19Z")
I was actually thinking DRAFT myself if I won this round. ~Same~Wavelength~ 1. Scary time for noncombatants during wars 2. Felt when the windows are open 3. Early stage of a drawing 4. Horse for farm labor 5. Drawing of liquid ---
**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 18, 2020, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/376 "2020-12-18T03:07:14Z")
1. First or final 2. Miller’s genuine one? 3. Conscription 4. Selection time for southpaw 5. Behind bank, before beer ---
**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 18, 2020, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/377 "2020-12-18T14:25:32Z")
1. Whence the pros pick a player 2. British aught naught spell this beer that way 3. Cool! It’s a breeze! 4. I conscientiously object to it 5. Kevin Costner’s Day in 2014 ---
**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 18, 2020, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/378 "2020-12-18T15:30:35Z")
[quote=“Knowed\_Out, post:375, topic:923818”] I was actually thinking DRAFT myself if I won this round. **~Same~Wavelength~** [emp. added] [/quote]Ooooo spooky! ---
**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 18, 2020, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/379 "2020-12-18T16:53:16Z")
1. Hippies dodged it 2. Pour a cold one 3. Old house hazard 4. NASCAR maneuver 5. The first one shouldn’t get published ---
**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 19, 2020, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/380 "2020-12-19T01:45:23Z")
I really liked FastDan1’s “2. British aught naught spell this beer that way” as well as “4. I conscientiously object to it,” and I spent some time thinking about this. Finally, I decided that since I’m terrible at the wordplay clues, another one I liked had a slight edge, _for me_, and I had to make a choice somehow; I’m giving the win to Wheelz for this: “5. The first one shouldn’t get published.” Good advice, which comes from real authors. A clue that’s both puzzling and practical. Mazel Tov, **Wheelz**! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818.md?page=18) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818.md?page=20)