# 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:** 50
**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:** [June 3, 2021, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/981 "2021-06-03T01:09:02Z")
1. Hog-preferred thoroughfare 2. Reason for last drink 3. Yellow brick artery ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2021, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/982 "2021-06-03T08:11:36Z")
Oof. Lots of good choices. And while I do like a good Hope/Crosby movie, I’m going with > [@Spoons](#): > > Abbey in London? Over to you, **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:** [June 3, 2021, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/983 "2021-06-03T08:27:32Z")
Thanks, **Gyrate**. I’m glad you got it, but I should explain about “Avenue in Toronto.” All Torontonians know about “Avenue Road,” which is a major north-south artery in the city. I lived in Toronto for over forty years, and never knew why it was called such, but Avenue Road was Avenue Road. Might as well have called it “Street Drive.” Anyway … Let’s try **GRANT**. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2021, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/984 "2021-06-03T08:40:41Z")
1. Mary’s Lou 2. I, or the government, will give you that. 3. U.S.'s U.S? ---
**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:** [June 3, 2021, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/985 "2021-06-03T10:59:45Z")
1. 2020 Salinger History series 2. Hugh or Cary 3. Barry portrayer ---
**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:** [June 3, 2021, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/986 "2021-06-03T13:08:25Z")
1. Hollywood’s Leach 2. He lies in Riverside Park 3. Legal conveyance ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2021, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/987 "2021-06-03T13:12:16Z")
1. Who’s buried in his tomb? 2. Kemp’s Mitchell brother ---
**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:** [June 3, 2021, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/988 "2021-06-03T13:14:01Z")
1. Award funds 2. McCutcheon’s love actually? 3. Permit ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2021, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/989 "2021-06-03T20:34:26Z")
1. First U.S. four-star 2. Bestow 3. “Baby Baby” singer Amy ---
**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:** [June 4, 2021, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/990 "2021-06-04T03:05:04Z")
Many good ones this round, and it was difficult to judge. Honorable mentions have to go to **Gyrate** for “Mary’s Lou,” and “U.S.'s U.S.”; and to **SunUp** for the beautiful simplicity of “Bestow.” But the winner is **Panache** , for this effort: > [@panache45](#): > > He lies in Riverside Park If I was solving a puzzle with this clue, I might think that the typesetter made a typo, and it should be, “He lives in Riverside Park.” Then I’d think about neighbourhoods named Riverside Park, and anybody famous who might live there. I was thrown completely off by it. Well done, **Panache** , and give us our next word! ---
**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:** [June 4, 2021, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/991 "2021-06-04T04:16:59Z")
Thanks, **Spoons**. I actually revised that clue over a dozen times before I got it right. Here’s a fun word we haven’t tried: **WOOD** ---
**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:** [June 4, 2021, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/992 "2021-06-04T05:17:58Z")
1. Dante’s dark one 2. Grant to the Chicago Institute of Art? 3. Framing material ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2021, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/993 "2021-06-04T09:55:18Z")
Dang, **Spoons** , those are genius, especially #2. 1. Pore Jud’s layin’ in it 2. 3 or 5 in a golf cart? 3. A.A.'s acres ---
**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:** [June 4, 2021, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/994 "2021-06-04T10:07:19Z")
1. _Settlers of Cataan_ commodity 2. Plan 9’s Ed 3. Evil-warding surface ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2021, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/995 "2021-06-04T23:55:30Z")
Beat me to it with your #2, Knowed\_Out. And that #1 is devious… OK, time to get creative: 1. Where two roads diverged, per Frost 2. Termite chow? 3. With holly, Tinseltown ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2021, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/996 "2021-06-05T13:17:08Z")
Just to note I’m going to be a bit busy IRL for a while so am bowing out for now, in case **panache45** was tempted by my offerings. Didn’t want to leave you hanging. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2021, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/997 "2021-06-05T15:11:20Z")
Thanks, **Gyrate**. And the winner is: > [@SunUp](#): > > 1. With holly, Tinseltown Your turn, **SunUp**! ---
**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:** [June 5, 2021, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/998 "2021-06-05T15:21:01Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Grant to the Chicago Institute of Art? Just FYI: It’s “Art Institute of Chicago.” ---
**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:** [June 5, 2021, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/999 "2021-06-05T21:53:06Z")
Thanks, **pulykamell**. Oddly, in spite of having visited that museum, I guess I had a brain fart. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2021, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1000 "2021-06-06T05:48:35Z")
Thanks, **panache45**. That clue actually started out as “Actors Elijah and Natalie” before about three revisions. OK, for this round let’s try CRAWL. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818.md?page=49) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818.md?page=51)