# Crossword Clue Game

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818>\
**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:** 42

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**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/821 "2021-04-28T18:20:53Z")

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> [@FastDan1](#):
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> End of an address

Tough to choose, but I think I like that one best, because so many three-letter answers can fit (com, edu, gov) if you first think of email address, like I did.

So back to you …

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**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:** [April 28, 2021, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/822 "2021-04-28T18:40:46Z")

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Ty ty ty

Let’s try **RUN**

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**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/823 "2021-04-28T19:03:50Z")

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1. Hosiery defect
2. Junked cars don’t
3. Throw one’s hat in the ring
4. Locomotion in haste?
5. Software initiation

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**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:** [April 28, 2021, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/824 "2021-04-28T22:59:58Z")

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1. Operate, as machinery
2. Driven home by a walk?
3. Springsteen’s reason for being?

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/825 "2021-04-28T23:30:00Z")

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1. What can be done amok
2. Your nose and feet can do this
3. What you get when returning home

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**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/826 "2021-04-29T03:15:45Z")

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1. Jack, Queen, King, for example
2. Execution command, perhaps
3. Joseph Simmons, of a pioneering rap group
4. Command to Forrest

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**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/827 "2021-04-29T12:37:23Z")

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1. Some do this with a crowd, others do it alone
2. To go up or down a scale
3. Errand pace
4. Don’t do this at a red light!
5. Consecutive Broadway showings

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**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:** [April 29, 2021, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/828 "2021-04-29T13:01:27Z")

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1. Singular case of diarrhea
2. Dry practice session
3. Emulate the wind

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**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:** [April 30, 2021, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/829 "2021-04-30T03:51:25Z")

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I was tempted to pick Command to Forrest, but finally decided on:

> [@panache45](#):
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> What you get when returning home

Batter up @panache45

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/830 "2021-04-30T04:31:43Z")

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Thanks. Let’s try:

**SHAKE**

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**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:** [April 30, 2021, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/831 "2021-04-30T06:27:56Z")

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1. It’s McThick
2. Handy greeting
3. Roofer?
4. Leads “rattle” and “roll”

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**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:** [April 30, 2021, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/832 "2021-04-30T10:46:36Z")

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1. First word of a 1976 KC and the Sunshine Band hit
2. Crumbled Oreo medium
3. Singular instance of delirium tremens

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**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:** [April 30, 2021, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/833 "2021-04-30T13:36:56Z")

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1. Fast food Shack
2. Bake with?
3. Earthquake movement
4. Hand deal?
5. B-52’s love spot

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**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/834 "2021-04-30T13:51:39Z")

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1. To lose a pursuer
2. Done to a Polaroid, per André 3000
3. Canine post-bath ritual
4. To apply S & P

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**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/835 "2021-04-30T14:21:13Z")

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1. Shamrock or chocolate
2. “Gimme paw!”
3. It can seal a deal

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2021, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/836 "2021-05-01T19:05:26Z")

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Some good ones, but I’m gonna go with:

> [@FastDan1](#):
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> - Bake with?

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**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:** [May 2, 2021, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/837 "2021-05-02T01:24:08Z")

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Nice! Thanks. Let’s go with **STAR** next

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2021, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/838 "2021-05-02T07:13:42Z")

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1. Wars or Trek
2. Backwards, a Charlie Brown oath
3. Mimosa, e.g.
4. It may be shooting

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**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:** [May 2, 2021, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/839 "2021-05-02T08:38:24Z")

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1. Hollywood hotshot
2. Polaris
3. One of 50?
4. George Clooney

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**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:** [May 2, 2021, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/840 "2021-05-02T13:54:37Z")

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1. Mewni princess who fights the Forces of Evil
2. Reynolds of _The View_
3. Heptagram portal to Fae

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