# 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:** 75

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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:** [October 22, 2021, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1483 "2021-10-22T18:27:37Z")

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1. Mine for gold?
2. Selection
3. Interception on the gridiron
4. Banjo tool

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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:** [October 23, 2021, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1484 "2021-10-23T00:50:01Z")

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1. Sports selection
2. Plectrum
3. Pedant’s nit?

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**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:** [October 23, 2021, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1485 "2021-10-23T12:05:44Z")

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1. Gathering produce off the vine or tree.
2. With “up,” smarmy line fabricated to impress women.
3. Do this with your nose, and your friends, but not your friend’s nose.

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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:** [October 23, 2021, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1486 "2021-10-23T14:36:14Z")

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1. Best of the litter
2. Guitar accessory
3. Pocket top?

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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:** [October 25, 2021, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1487 "2021-10-25T15:02:07Z")

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Since I like unusual words, especially ones that sound funny, I’m giving it to:

> [@Spoons](#):
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> Plectrum

Serve it up, @Spoons!

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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:** [October 25, 2021, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1488 "2021-10-25T21:17:49Z")

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Thanks, **Wheelz**! Okay, this time around, let’s go with …

**STYLE**.

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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:** [October 26, 2021, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1489 "2021-10-26T12:25:55Z")

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1. Vogue
2. Arrange, as in hair

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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:** [October 27, 2021, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1490 "2021-10-27T21:18:09Z")

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Well, I guess that you’re going to take this one, @Rebo . If I had to select one of yours, I’d go with “Vogue,” but at any rate, it looks like it’s your turn.

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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:** [October 28, 2021, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1491 "2021-10-28T11:56:11Z")

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Wow. Ok, then…

**STORM**

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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:** [October 28, 2021, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1492 "2021-10-28T12:17:23Z")

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1. Sue’s surname before Richards
2. Doors’ riders location
3. Port’s less desirable alternative

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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:** [October 28, 2021, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1493 "2021-10-28T13:06:05Z")

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1. A violent way to enter the castle
2. Bird’s team
3. It comes after thunder

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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:** [October 28, 2021, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1494 "2021-10-28T16:00:31Z")

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1. Stomp and rant
2. Can be solar or electrical
3. Marvel mutant

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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:** [October 29, 2021, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1495 "2021-10-29T05:23:44Z")

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1. Kind of a drain
2. Peasants might do this to a castle
3. Sam, Teresa, Odette, Rose, or Mindy?

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**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:** [October 29, 2021, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1496 "2021-10-29T07:34:33Z")

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1. Nor’easter, for example
2. Once, always a girl, but since 1979, may be a boy as well.
3. A later Shakespeare play, not in a teacup.
4. Drain, door, or ditch.

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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:** [October 29, 2021, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1497 "2021-10-29T11:52:46Z")

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> [@FastDan1](#):
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> - Bird’s team

I had to google this, so you’re up @FastDan1 !

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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:** [October 29, 2021, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1498 "2021-10-29T16:54:38Z")

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Okay! Next up - **PUMPKIN**

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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:** [October 29, 2021, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1499 "2021-10-29T17:46:09Z")

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1. Family of the well-heeled?
2. It spices up autumn
3. Goes with pie or patch

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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:** [October 29, 2021, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1500 "2021-10-29T20:00:22Z")

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1. Linus’s great one
2. Cinderella’s coach
3. Sandman’s janitor Mervyn

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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:** [November 1, 2021, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1501 "2021-11-01T01:43:36Z")

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Nice one @SunUp. You’re up next.

> [@SunUp](#):
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> Family of the well-heeled?

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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:** [November 1, 2021, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1502 "2021-11-01T16:24:44Z")

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All right, in keeping with the season, let’s give

**SOUL**

a try.

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