# 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:** 54
**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 20, 2021, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1062 "2021-06-20T16:19:51Z")
1. What extremism in defense of liberty is not 2. Illegal ring 3. Police division that puts on the squeeze ---
**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:** [June 20, 2021, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1063 "2021-06-20T16:45:32Z")
1. Beginning President 2. Police squad 3. Sloth or avarice 4. Opening versa ---
**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 20, 2021, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1064 "2021-06-20T17:19:01Z")
1. Cigarettes or booze 2. News organization 3. Almost president or principal ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2021, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1065 "2021-06-20T17:51:13Z")
1. Squad concerned with hookers’ busts 2. Follows ad- or de- 3. Something not to be signalled ---
**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:** [June 21, 2021, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1066 "2021-06-21T14:32:38Z")
1. Woodworker’s clamp 2. Mutually, per Cicero 3. Second in command, at first 4. Eventually can become a habit 5. These grips turn stuck nuts ---
**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 21, 2021, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1067 "2021-06-21T16:42:53Z")
1. Precedes versa 2. Gambling, perhaps? FYI, for us American pedants: ## Definitions The [noun](https://www.thoughtco.com/noun-in-grammar-1691442) _vice_ means an immoral or undesirable practice. In titles (such as _vice president_ ), _vice_ means one who acts in the place of another. The expression _vice versa_ means conversely or the other way around. In American English, the noun _vise_ refers to a gripping or clamping tool. As a [verb](https://www.thoughtco.com/verb-definition-1692592), _vise_ means to force, hold, or squeeze as if with a vise. **In both cases the British spelling is _vice_**. ---
**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:** [June 21, 2021, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1068 "2021-06-21T21:25:12Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > In American English, the noun _vise_ refers to a gripping or clamping tool. As a [verb](https://www.thoughtco.com/verb-definition-1692592), _vise_ means to force, hold, or squeeze as if with a vise. **In both cases the British spelling is _vice_**. Damn you, Noah Webster 😒 ---
**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 22, 2021, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1069 "2021-06-22T02:43:16Z")
I was totally unaware of the British spelling, and was about to disqualify any reference to “vise”. Be that as it may, I’m giving it to: > [@FastDan1](#): > > 1. Opening versa Take it away, **@FastDan1**! ---
**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:** [June 22, 2021, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1070 "2021-06-22T12:49:53Z")
Nice! Let’s try **AGENT** ---
**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 22, 2021, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1071 "2021-06-22T14:17:22Z")
1. An undercover one can be a double one 2. Orange in Vietnam 3. What’s free in sports ---
**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:** [June 22, 2021, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1072 "2021-06-22T14:32:45Z")
1. Flood was MLB’s 1st free one 2. J. Rivers’ “Secret \_\_\_ Man” 3. S.H.I.E.L.D. operative, on TV 4. Talent representative 5. Provacateur, at first ---
**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 22, 2021, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1073 "2021-06-22T14:40:07Z")
1. Choking, blister, blood, or nerve 2. Free athlete 3. Celebrity representative ---
**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 22, 2021, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1074 "2021-06-22T14:46:15Z")
1. Broker 2. Secret Powers? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2021, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1075 "2021-06-22T16:15:10Z")
1. Follows re- or free 2. Talent or foreign 3. Have yours call mine ---
**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 23, 2021, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1076 "2021-06-23T21:05:26Z")
1. Author’s representation 2. Man, briefly? 3. 86 or 99 ---
**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:** [June 24, 2021, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1077 "2021-06-24T03:59:16Z")
The nominees are: 86 or 99 Secret Powers? And the winner is: > [@Rebo](#): > > Secret Powers? @Rebo wins it! ---
**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 24, 2021, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1078 "2021-06-24T11:45:00Z")
Thanks! Let’s go with… **INSIDE** ---
**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:** [June 24, 2021, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1079 "2021-06-24T12:43:08Z")
1. Where to keep your voice down 2. Pitch location, maybe 3. A criminal’s job, perhaps ---
**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:** [June 24, 2021, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1080 "2021-06-24T16:29:03Z")
1. ID is found here, literally 2. Where kids go after dark 3. Chancy type of poker straight 4. Eucker line "Just a bit \_\_\_\_ " ---
**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 24, 2021, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1081 "2021-06-24T17:21:09Z")
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