Crossword Clue Game

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361
  1. K to Duke
  2. A stage that travels
  3. Whistle wearer
  4. American luxury design house
  5. Mentor
362
  1. “Put me in _____”
  2. Carter, Reeves, or Fox
  3. Prevost product
  4. Christie’s Calais
  5. Cheap class
363
  1. Bus across the ocean
  2. Luxury handbag brand
  3. Before class or after life
  4. Pitching or hitting on a baseball team
  5. Cheers employee
364
  1. Hackneyed carriage
  2. Cinderella’s ride, before midnight
  3. Food truck not really for a cockroach
  4. A staged carriage
  5. Running Straight Dope quipper
365

You guys are good. I’ll admit I had to Google a couple though…

As for a winner, I’ll go with…

Let 'er roll @Wheelz

366

Thanks, FastDan1!

It might be bad form, but I’m going to blow my own horn for a moment and point out that my last clue:

while seeming at first to be rather mundane and uninspired, would be a potential killer if it appeared in an actual crossword. There are no fewer than three possible five-letter answers, two of which begin with C, and two of which have O as the second letter. I’ve fallen into traps like that more than once, and it was fun to come up with one!

Okay, sorry. Next word is (why not?):

WHEEL

367
  1. Many spoke of Zog’s invention?
  2. Sajak’s Fortune
  3. A round flat cheese
  4. Deal partner
  5. A high (and low) poker hand
368
  1. Seen in the middle of the air by Ezekiel
  2. Fifth one is superfluous
  3. Driver of the getaway vehicle
  4. Type of mobile estate
  5. Australian object of silliness
369
  1. Foolish place to fall asleep
  2. Big tricycle with spin brake, for tots
  3. Vehicle may have 1,2,3,4 - maybe 18
  4. Gerbil gym?
  5. Turning for Proud Mary
370
  1. Don’t reinvent this
  2. Ferris’s London Eye
  3. The squeaky one gets lubricated
  4. A bad place to be asleep at
  5. It’s good to be hell on one of these
371
  1. Company president is a big one
  2. Roulette requirement
  3. McCartney’s single friend Helen?
  4. Blood, Sweat & Tears’ spinner
  5. With “thru,” square dance call
372
  1. Clay vessel’s genesis.
  2. “________ barrow” (garden transport)
  3. Luck, in the major arcana.
  4. Goes inside the tire.
  5. “Water ______” (grinds grain)
373

We’re all getting too good at this! Everybody had at least one that I liked a lot, so as not to leave anybody out:

And I’m giving the win to:

Just obscure enough to be a tough clue, yet not too terribly… arcane, as it were. Have at it, @RivkahChaya!

374

Wow. I can’t believe what I beat on this one!

Next: (it’s getting hard to find good words) DRAFT

375

I was actually thinking DRAFT myself if I won this round. ~Same~Wavelength~

  1. Scary time for noncombatants during wars
  2. Felt when the windows are open
  3. Early stage of a drawing
  4. Horse for farm labor
  5. Drawing of liquid
376
  1. First or final
  2. Miller’s genuine one?
  3. Conscription
  4. Selection time for southpaw
  5. Behind bank, before beer
377
  1. Whence the pros pick a player
  2. British aught naught spell this beer that way
  3. Cool! It’s a breeze!
  4. I conscientiously object to it
  5. Kevin Costner’s Day in 2014
378

[quote=“Knowed_Out, post:375, topic:923818”]
I was actually thinking DRAFT myself if I won this round. ~Same~Wavelength~ [emp. added]
[/quote]Ooooo spooky!

379
  1. Hippies dodged it
  2. Pour a cold one
  3. Old house hazard
  4. NASCAR maneuver
  5. The first one shouldn’t get published
380

I really liked FastDan1’s

“2. British aught naught spell this beer that way” as well as “4. I conscientiously object to it,” and I spent some time thinking about this. Finally, I decided that since I’m terrible at the wordplay clues, another one I liked had a slight edge, for me, and I had to make a choice somehow; I’m giving the win to Wheelz for this:

“5. The first one shouldn’t get published.”
Good advice, which comes from real authors. A clue that’s both puzzling and practical.

Mazel Tov, Wheelz!