# 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:** 6
**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:** [November 8, 2020, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/101 "2020-11-08T15:28:35Z")
> [@PlaceboTarget](#): > > Someone who dies many times before their death. I think that’s COWARD, not CHICKEN, but I did like the dark aspect of that clue. > [@FastDan1](#): > > Type of dinner for winner winner That got a chuckle from me. > [@Spoons](#): > > Tuna of the land? I choose this because of the wordplay. Take it away @Spoons ! ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/102 "2020-11-08T18:02:23Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > I think that’s COWARD, not CHICKEN And a “chicken” is not a coward? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > but I did like the dark aspect of that clue. That’s why I kept it too. I usually formulate 7 to 10 clues and pick the “best” 5. 🙂 ---
**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:** [November 8, 2020, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/103 "2020-11-08T20:05:58Z")
Thanks, **Knowed Out**. Okay, folks, let’s go with … **STAND** ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/104 "2020-11-08T20:54:47Z")
1. \_\_\_\_\_ back and by 2. Do this (or not) on ceremony 3. Do this to lose your lap 4. What you have to do before you take the first step. 5. Do this on your head to turn your face red ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/105 "2020-11-08T21:08:47Z")
1. A vendor’s stall. 2. A 2019 Canadian musical film. 3. Custer’s last one was a decisive defeat. 4. When witnesses take it, they’re going to testify. 5. A long-term relationship is the opposite of a one-night \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ . ---
**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:** [November 8, 2020, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/106 "2020-11-08T22:44:07Z")
1. Holds a score for musician 2. With “The,” a novel by Stephen King 3. Insist on observance by doing this to ceremony 4. The witness may be seated here, despite the contrary name 5. You have no case if you can’t do this with your leg ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/107 "2020-11-09T13:20:42Z")
1. “\_\_\_\_\_ in the place where you live.” (REM) 2. With “the”; a witness sits there, ironically. 3. Not lie, not sit, but \_\_\_\_\_\_ 4. “One-night \_\_\_\_\_\_” 5. Soldiers do it at attention. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2020, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/108 "2020-11-10T00:11:19Z")
It’s about time to call this one. Many good entries, and it was a tough choice, but I think this one is going to take it: > [@needscoffee](#): > > 1. What you have to do before you take the first step. Well done, **needscoffee**. Let’s have the next word. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2020, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/109 "2020-11-10T05:29:41Z")
Thanks! New word: STEP ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2020, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/110 "2020-11-10T07:07:06Z")
1. A tone. 2. You lose one as you get old. 3. A segment of a flight of stairs. 4. You’re out of it if you can’t get along with your people. 5. The cinematic story of a girl’s Baltimore high school dance team. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2020, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/111 "2020-11-10T07:11:51Z")
1. It’s done for Mairi’s Wedding 2. List item number 4? 3. Jig or reel 4. Item in a flight 5. Riser and tread ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2020, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/112 "2020-11-10T10:17:39Z")
1. When Mom remarries, you gain this kind of father. 2. “\_\_\_\_\_ out” (cheat) 3. Ballets are made of many of this. 4. Celebrate a baby’s first. 5. Increment ---
**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:** [November 10, 2020, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/113 "2020-11-10T18:29:24Z")
1. Counterpoint to a giant leap 2. Sudden bathroom urge, along with “green apple quick” 3. Don’t do this on a crack, or your mother’s spinal column collapses 4. Journey of a thousand miles begins with a single one of these 5. Stride ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2020, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/114 "2020-11-11T05:37:04Z")
All good clues! I want to mention all of them, but I’d better limit it. @Spoons is runner-up with > [@Spoons](#): > > It’s done for Mairi’s Wedding I really like that song. The clue is obscure but spot-on. @PlaceboTarget and @RivkahChaya had very good clues, too. **Today’s winner is** @Knowed_Out. All your clues were exceptional, but my favorite, No Doubt, is: > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > **Don’t do this on a crack, or your mother’s spinal column collapses** Take it away, @Knowed_Out! ---
**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:** [November 11, 2020, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/115 "2020-11-11T05:57:41Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > I really like that song. The clue is obscure but spot-on. It’s a great song, and I’m glad to know that I’m not the only one here who knows it. (It’s a great spoon tune too.) For those who would like to know what this song is, have a listen: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/uJZsqdXKkzU/hqdefault.jpg "The Rankin Family\_Mairi's wedding") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJZsqdXKkzU) ---
**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:** [November 11, 2020, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/116 "2020-11-11T12:21:17Z")
Woohoo! The new word is **FRANK** ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2020, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/117 "2020-11-11T12:52:36Z")
1. He did it his way (Sinatra). 2. Brutal, in the good sense of the word. 3. I need to be this with you if I want to tell you my honest opinion. 4. One of the people described both as allies and enemies by the Romans. 5. He wears the mask that his dad made for him in the movie named after him. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2020, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/118 "2020-11-11T14:50:03Z")
1. Shortened hotdog? 2. Mary Shelley’s protagonist, familiarly 3. A Zappa 4. Ernest’s comic partner 5. Ol’ Blue Eyes ---
**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:** [November 11, 2020, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/119 "2020-11-11T23:31:52Z")
1. Honest 2. Ballpark snack 3. Supported John in 1960 4. Brad and Janet’s host 5. Site of Alberta rockslide ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/120 "2020-11-12T10:29:13Z")
1. Francis, for short. 2. Blunt dialogue. 3. With “incense”; delivered by magi. 4. Toronto guitar. 5. Germanic tribesman. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818.md?page=7)