# 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:** 57

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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:** [July 1, 2021, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1122 "2021-07-01T19:38:15Z")

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1. Number to get a clue by?
2. Bad word letter count

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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:** [July 1, 2021, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1123 "2021-07-01T19:41:00Z")

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1. Homophone of a golf warning
2. Vivaldi’s Seasons
3. 1.2732406π
4. UT, CO, AZ, NM corners

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**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:** [July 1, 2021, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1124 "2021-07-01T22:11:55Z")

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1. Opening of Rudy’s landscaping business
2. Hugh Grant’s weddings
3. Fab number?

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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:** [July 2, 2021, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1125 "2021-07-02T20:30:58Z")

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A bunch of very worthy clues, but my favorite is:

> [@SunUp](#):
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> Square’s dimensions, squared

@SunUp is Up

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**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2021, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1126 "2021-07-03T04:46:47Z")

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Huh. I preferred the battleship-themed clue, though it’s a lot more niche. In any case, thanks **FastDan1**.

For our (US-centric) holiday weekend, let’s try INDEPENDENCE.

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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:** [July 3, 2021, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1127 "2021-07-03T05:07:21Z")

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1. Quality of a mugwump
2. Starting point of the Oregon Trail
3. Location of Truman Library

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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:** [July 3, 2021, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1128 "2021-07-03T05:50:42Z")

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1. Washington avenue
2. With “day,” McBride hit
3. Eighteenth birthday meaning, to some

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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:** [July 3, 2021, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1129 "2021-07-03T11:03:09Z")

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1. 1994 Palau gain
2. Truman hometown
3. Hog on ice quality

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**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2021, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1130 "2021-07-04T19:31:03Z")

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**Spoons** gets it with

> [@Spoons](#):
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> With “day,” McBride hit

because I love any record Ashley Cleveland has ever sung on.

You have the board!

And happy Fourth of July to all!

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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:** [July 4, 2021, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1131 "2021-07-04T21:03:47Z")

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Thanks! And a happy Fourth of July to all!

This time, let’s try …

**HIGH**.

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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:** [July 5, 2021, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1132 "2021-07-05T02:38:04Z")

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1. Cooper & Kelly’s Noon
2. Five slap
3. Mighty’s partner

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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:** [July 5, 2021, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1133 "2021-07-05T04:47:45Z")

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1. Cheech & Chong status
2. As a kite
3. Dick’s _The Man in the \_\_\_\_ Castle_
4. Society of the well-heeled
5. Mel Brooks’ _Anxiety_?

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**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:** [July 5, 2021, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1134 "2021-07-05T08:44:11Z")

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1. The road you take to Scotland?

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**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2021, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1135 "2021-07-05T16:23:19Z")

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1. U.S.:U.K.::Main:\_\_\_
2. Secondary
3. Stoned but unbruised

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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:** [July 5, 2021, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1136 "2021-07-05T19:13:47Z")

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1. AC/DC’s degree of Voltage
2. Good living position on the hog
3. Seas dimension

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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:** [July 6, 2021, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1137 "2021-07-06T00:38:03Z")

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This is a tough choice, and it’s come down to a coin flip between these two:

> [@bordelond](#):
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> Mel Brooks’ _Anxiety_ ?

> [@Gyrate](#):
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> The road you take to Scotland?

And the coin flip goes to … @Gyrate!

Nicely done, both of you, and **Gyrate** , let’s have our next word.

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**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:** [July 6, 2021, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1138 "2021-07-06T08:05:24Z")

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Alrighty then…

**COW**

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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:** [July 6, 2021, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1139 "2021-07-06T09:45:08Z")

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1. Frighten another
2. Moover and shaker?
3. One to milk for all she’s got?

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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:** [July 6, 2021, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1140 "2021-07-06T11:38:09Z")

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1. Insult inferring stupidity (Br.)
2. Pick on
3. Holstein or Hereford
4. Bart’s bovine

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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:** [July 6, 2021, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1141 "2021-07-06T12:27:10Z")

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1. Football boys
2. A bell you may need more of
3. Before abunga
4. Beef source

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