# 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:** 86

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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:** [March 9, 2022, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1703 "2022-03-09T19:29:54Z")

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1. _Psycho_ locale
2. What to take after exercise
3. Precedes head or stall

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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:** [March 15, 2022, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1704 "2022-03-15T21:58:35Z")

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Sorry for the delay, folks. I totally forgot my word was in play.

@Spoons takes this one for

> [@Spoons](#):
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> Wedding party?

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:** [March 15, 2022, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1705 "2022-03-15T23:54:26Z")

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Thanks @Wheelz ! I almost forgot about it myself.

We’ve had very few J’s so far, so let’s try …

**JAM**.

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**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1706 "2022-03-16T13:28:54Z")

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1. In a fix
2. marmalade
3. pack tightly

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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:** [March 16, 2022, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1707 "2022-03-16T13:36:41Z")

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1. Printer predicament
2. Type of session
3. Turn it up, that’s my \_\_\_!

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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:** [March 19, 2022, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1708 "2022-03-19T18:44:15Z")

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This one gets this round:

> [@Rebo](#):
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> Printer predicament

My first thought was somebody who prints things, like at a newspaper. It took me a minute to get it. So, @Rebo , it’s your turn to give us the next word.

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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:** [March 22, 2022, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1709 "2022-03-22T13:12:54Z")

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Sorry, I’ve been away for a few days.

Let’s go with **SHOOT**.

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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:** [March 22, 2022, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1710 "2022-03-22T21:58:56Z")

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1. Bamboo unit
2. Activity on a film set
3. Mild expletive

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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:** [March 23, 2022, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1711 "2022-03-23T05:05:09Z")

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1. Botanical stem
2. A euphemized scatologism
3. Marianas Turkey \_\_\_\_\_

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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:** [March 23, 2022, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1712 "2022-03-23T05:31:33Z")

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1. Movie or turkey
2. Sign of spring
3. Long shot?

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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:** [March 28, 2022, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1713 "2022-03-28T12:01:40Z")

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> [@SunUp](#):
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> A euphemized scatologism

I like that you used “scatologism.” 🙂

You’re up, @SunUp.

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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:** [March 30, 2022, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1714 "2022-03-30T07:13:01Z")

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Thanks! I learned the different categories of dirty words early; made it easy to deny that I had used “profanity” when it was _obviously_ a vulgarity I had employed.

Ok, let’s try a palindrome:

**POP**

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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:** [March 30, 2022, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1715 "2022-03-30T07:19:25Z")

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1. Soda, some places
2. Dr. Seuss told us to hop on him
3. Balloon death

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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:** [March 30, 2022, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1716 "2022-03-30T11:48:15Z")

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1. Prison occupants, generally?
2. High fly baseball
3. Certain sailor’s eye

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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:** [March 30, 2022, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1717 "2022-03-30T14:35:13Z")

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1. Michael Jackson genre
2. Zit remedy
3. Weaselly action

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**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2022, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1718 "2022-04-01T14:39:09Z")

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1. Father
2. to bust

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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:** [April 1, 2022, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1719 "2022-04-01T16:06:42Z")

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Lots of good ones here, but I’m giving it to **Wheelz** for:

> [@Wheelz](#):
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> Weaselly action

You’re up, **Wheelz**!

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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:** [April 1, 2022, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1720 "2022-04-01T16:23:46Z")

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Thanks, **SunUp**!

Surprised we haven’t had this one before:

**JACK**

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**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2022, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1721 "2022-04-01T17:20:08Z")

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1. Higher than a 10
2. Of beanstalk fame
3. Told to hit the road by Ray Charles

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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:** [April 2, 2022, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossword-clue-game/923818/1722 "2022-04-02T05:28:25Z")

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1. Slips out the back
2. One pointy toy
3. Usually boxed guy

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