# 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:** 45
**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 13, 2021, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/881 "2021-05-13T01:10:18Z")
1. Swans a-swimming 2. Natural on the come-out 3. Canadian cigarette number Regarding my last one–there is a Canadian cigarette brand called “Number Seven.” ---
**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 13, 2021, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/882 "2021-05-13T02:08:33Z")
1. Voyager’s Borg 2. Players in a septet 3. Disney miners 4. Ewell’s year itch 5. Brides for brothers ---
**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 13, 2021, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/883 "2021-05-13T10:34:48Z")
1. Two-syllable single digit 2. Movie title which has a number replacing V 3. Half a convenience store chain ---
**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:** [May 13, 2021, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/884 "2021-05-13T13:09:53Z")
1. What’s in the box? 2. Six is afraid of it 3. Number of sides of a heptagon 4. Tiebreaker game number in basketball? ---
**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:** [May 14, 2021, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/885 "2021-05-14T01:07:50Z")
No Seinfeld references? 🙂 > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > 1. Half a convenience store chain I like it; clean and not immediately obvious. I was somewhat wondering if it would be allowed in NYT, as it’s 7-Eleven, but, hey, I get to judge on whatever criteria. (I suspect it would; the only reason I wonder is because VO5, like that, showed up the other day in the grid.) Take it away, @Knowed_Out ---
**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 14, 2021, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/886 "2021-05-14T02:56:03Z")
Once again, I will give you an altered name, and you’re only required to provide one clue. HUGE JACKSON ---
**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 14, 2021, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/887 "2021-05-14T03:40:41Z")
1. $20 on a billboard ---
**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 14, 2021, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/888 "2021-05-14T04:23:13Z")
1. Michael’s brother the gym rat? ---
**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:** [May 14, 2021, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/889 "2021-05-14T11:39:15Z")
1. Gigantic statue in front of the White House ---
**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 15, 2021, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/890 "2021-05-15T03:12:31Z")
1. Large Pollock painting? ---
**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 15, 2021, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/891 "2021-05-15T03:27:45Z")
The winnah, by split decision, SPOONS! ---
**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 15, 2021, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/892 "2021-05-15T05:13:19Z")
Thanks! I do have to compliment **Panache** for “$20 on a billboard,” which I thought was rather clever. This time around, let’s go with … **DIRECT**. ---
**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 15, 2021, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/893 "2021-05-15T13:17:02Z")
1. To the point 2. Utter “action” 3. Take charge of traffic 4. Marketing type ---
**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 15, 2021, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/894 "2021-05-15T13:51:56Z")
1. Private message type 2. Advice a Dutch uncle gives 3. Hitchcock role ---
**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:** [May 15, 2021, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/895 "2021-05-15T15:18:07Z")
1. Part of AC/DC 2. Like Athenian democracy 3. Legal examination ---
**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 16, 2021, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/896 "2021-05-16T04:03:13Z")
1. What most actors want to do 2. Unambiguous 3. Not alternating 4. Not retrograde ---
**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 16, 2021, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/897 "2021-05-16T05:07:59Z")
I’ve got to go with **pulykamell** ’s “Legal examination.” Most people might think of the test at the end of a law school course, or the bar exam; but _direct examination_ is the technical term for one of the phases of questioning a witness in the courtroom undergoes. Tricky one, **pulykamell** ; and you’re up next. ---
**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:** [May 16, 2021, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/898 "2021-05-16T15:12:33Z")
Thanks! The completionist in me wants to fill out the rest of the letters we’re missing, so let’s go with: **QUAD** ---
**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 16, 2021, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/899 "2021-05-16T23:32:37Z")
1. Iowa-Illinois cities 2. College campus place? 3. Go-anywhere vehicle ---
**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 17, 2021, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/900 "2021-05-17T10:55:29Z")
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