# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/21 "2020-10-28T12:00:30Z")
@Spoons, @needscoffee - there are only two hours left here. 🙂 ---
**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:** [October 28, 2020, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/22 "2020-10-28T12:43:23Z")
1.Spook 2.Spirit 3.Specter 4.Shadow 5.Mrs. Muir’s main man ---
**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:** [October 28, 2020, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/23 "2020-10-28T16:05:52Z")
Even with limited participation, many good clues. I particularly liked: > [@PlaceboTarget](#): > > The last thing you give up. and > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Hamlet’s father after the play started But gotta go with this as the winner: > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Pepper with a Scoville score of 1,041,427 SHU @Knowed_Out You are up. ---
**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:** [October 28, 2020, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/24 "2020-10-28T18:19:15Z")
OK, let’s go with a name. **Bruce** ---
**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:** [October 28, 2020, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/25 "2020-10-28T22:18:47Z")
1. Will is starring in a Christmas movie 2. He’s The Boss 3. He entered the dragon 4. He plays the keyboards because that’s the way it is 5. Dick’s darker partner ---
**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:** [October 28, 2020, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/26 "2020-10-28T22:33:40Z")
1. Laura’s dad 2. Comedian portrayed in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel 3. Jim Carrey’s Almighty role 4. The former Caitlyn Jenner 5. King of Scotland Robert the \_\_\_\_\_\_ ---
**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:** [October 28, 2020, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/27 "2020-10-28T22:34:04Z")
1. Ontario peninsula 2. Brandon’s father 3. Nowadays, Caitlyn 4. \_\_\_\_\_llosis 5. Jump’s television mother ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/28 "2020-10-29T05:11:11Z")
1. A suburb of the Belconnen district of Canberra. 2. This is what people call Hulk at home. 3. Leader of the Fish-Friendly Sharks Support Group. 4. Common name that rhymes with Zeus. 5. The most famous oak tree in Scotland. ---
**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:** [October 29, 2020, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/29 "2020-10-29T11:46:00Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > \_\_\_\_\_llosis This one gets points for creativity and teaching me a new word, but I’m going to have to turn it down because as far as I can remember, fill-in-the-blank wasn’t used for partial words. > [@PlaceboTarget](#): > > Leader of the Fish-Friendly Sharks Support Group. Bruces Jenner, Wayne and Banner would be the most obvious ones, and would thus be easiest for crossword solvers to get. This one required some thought and was more challenging, so I pick this as the winner. Spoon’s “Jump’s television mother” gets an honorable mention because it required some lateral thinking, but PT’s was funnier. Congrats PT! ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/30 "2020-10-29T12:25:19Z")
Yay. Thank you. 🙂 The new word is an easy one: **America** ---
**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:** [October 29, 2020, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/31 "2020-10-29T17:08:23Z")
1. She played Betty, but wasn’t that ugly 2. Sacha Baron Cohen asked who this was in 2018 3. Latin this includes North and South 4. This Captain led a Civil War in 2016 5. Country in “I am Erica Jong” ---
**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:** [October 29, 2020, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/32 "2020-10-29T23:10:34Z")
1. Canada’s pants? 2. Champion yacht of 1851 3. Neil Diamond 1980 hit 4. What Arlo greeted 5. With “Little,” Antarctic base ---
**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:** [October 29, 2020, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/33 "2020-10-29T23:32:44Z")
I got it, I got it! I’m so pleased with myself (meaning I_think_ I know _Spoons_ clues). My favorite is ‘Canada’s pants’. ---
**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:** [October 30, 2020, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/34 "2020-10-30T00:37:11Z")
1. Where Paul and Art marry their fortunes together 2. Where God shed his grace 3. They loved muskrats before Captain & Tenille did 4. Where to find Don McClean’s pie 5. Where Anita and the Sharks like to be ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/35 "2020-10-30T08:34:11Z")
I’m going to give the award for this round right now, to set things in motion. Of course it was a hard decision to make, but I had to do it. At first sight, the clues provided by **needscoffee** appeared a bit too heavy for my liking. I wanted to perform a good job though and so I went through every participant’s clues, reviewing them all from A to Z and making sure I understood what each meant. I appreciated the fun of all the contributions, and I mean it - it’s not just words. And although I can easily regard **Knowed\_Out** and **Spoons** as masters of wit, eventually the narrative or evocative quality of **needscoffe** ’s clues made me declare him the winner. @needscoffee, it is your turn now. 🙂 ---
**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:** [October 30, 2020, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/36 "2020-10-30T08:45:47Z")
Hey, at least I got a laugh out of **Boo** for “Canada’s pants.” Well done, **needscoffee**! Give us our next answer. ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/37 "2020-10-30T09:04:38Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Hey, at least I got a laugh out of **Boo** for “Canada’s pants.” I wonder if we could include a feature of the game where people visiting the thread could place their vote on a poll or something. Maybe this could spice things up. ---
**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:** [October 30, 2020, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/38 "2020-10-30T15:22:07Z")
> [@PlaceboTarget](#): > > eventually the narrative or evocative quality of **needscoffe** ’s clues made me declare **him** Her, FYI. 🙂 And thanks! ---
**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:** [October 30, 2020, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/39 "2020-10-30T15:22:40Z")
New word: **COFFEE** ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/40 "2020-10-30T15:28:26Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Her, FYI I am sorry. I had a brief hesitation, but then… 🤦‍♂️ (That’s because I would rather be like Alexander the Great than Hamlet…) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818.md?page=3)