# 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:** 62

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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 24, 2021, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1223 "2021-07-24T15:46:46Z")

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> [@FastDan1](#):
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> They may be broken

True of both slide and abstract rules, so **FastDan1** gets the gold!

Have a good week folks!

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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 24, 2021, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1224 "2021-07-24T16:59:25Z")

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Thanks. Let’s go for the **GOLD.**

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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 24, 2021, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1225 "2021-07-24T23:21:32Z")

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1. A half-million sold
2. Leprechaun’s quest
3. What’s in them there hills
4. All that glitters is not this

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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 24, 2021, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1226 "2021-07-24T23:30:37Z")

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1. Spandau Ballet’s metal?
2. A standard Nixon rejected
3. If it’s so valuable, why does it get panned?

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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 25, 2021, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1227 "2021-07-25T01:15:24Z")

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1. What a moneygrubber digs
2. Leprechaun’s haul
3. Them thar hills content

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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 25, 2021, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1228 "2021-07-25T11:11:30Z")

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1. Michael Phelps won lots of it.
2. Big rush in California
3. What greedy people dig
4. Bryan’s cross

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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 25, 2021, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1229 "2021-07-25T17:17:46Z")

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1. Some records
2. Rush fans?
3. James Bond finger?

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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 26, 2021, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1230 "2021-07-26T02:00:16Z")

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OK. Nice ones. I’ll go with

> [@panache45](#):
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> Big rush in California

@panache45 is up.

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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 26, 2021, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1231 "2021-07-26T06:27:16Z")

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Thanks, **FastDan1**. Let’s try:

**NAIL**

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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 26, 2021, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1232 "2021-07-26T10:38:34Z")

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1. A want of one lost a kingdom.
2. _Auf Wiedersehen_’s Jimmy
3. Polish ten of these off at a bar?

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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 26, 2021, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1233 "2021-07-26T13:32:14Z")

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1. Pinky covering
2. Some shears do this
3. Salmon
4. To gently poke with an epee

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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 26, 2021, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1234 "2021-07-26T14:13:42Z")

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1. Weapon that pairs with tooth
2. Final coffin component
3. Item in a onychophagy menu

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**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2021, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1235 "2021-07-26T14:57:54Z")

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1. Get it exactly right
2. Drambuie and Scotch make a rusty one
3. It’s measured in pennies
4. Picture hanger, often

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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 26, 2021, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1236 "2021-07-26T14:59:16Z")

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1. Every problem, to a hammer-holder

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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 26, 2021, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1237 "2021-07-26T17:14:53Z")

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1. Unthreaded fastener
2. Finishing or roofing
3. Keratin product

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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 26, 2021, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1238 "2021-07-26T17:48:55Z")

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1. Brad that gets hammered
2. Tip toe?

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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 26, 2021, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1239 "2021-07-26T19:10:09Z")

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> [@Rebo](#):
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> - Pinky covering
> - Some shears do this
> - Salmon
> - To gently poke with an epee

Somehow after the first response, I switched the word to **pink**! My brain is damaged, I swear…

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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 27, 2021, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1240 "2021-07-27T08:50:15Z")

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I really like:

> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> Item in a onychophagy menu

But I’m gonna go with:

> [@FastDan1](#):
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> Tip toe?

**@FastDan1** , you’re up!

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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 27, 2021, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1241 "2021-07-27T14:04:47Z")

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Most excellent.

Next up… **SILVER**

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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 27, 2021, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1242 "2021-07-27T14:17:10Z")

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1. argentum
2. Hi-Yo!
3. Inner cumulonimbus?
4. Judas’ thirty pieces

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