Crossword Clue Game

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  1. One way to watch
  2. Hair might do this
  3. Watercourse
  4. Steady flow
  5. Put similar students together
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I like the Social Media culture this invokes.

Grats Rivkah!

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Congrats, @RivkahChaya!

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Do I make up a word now?

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Yes. The winner of the last round gives us the word for the next. Give us a word, Rivkah!

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And you get to judge the round 24 hours from when you pick a word.

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OK.

The next word is CASE.

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  1. A detective is on it
  2. This just in
  3. Check out the joint
  4. Phone protector
  5. A brand of knife
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  1. When this is closed, the mystery is solved.
  2. When I wrap up an argument, I rest this.
  3. Thoroughly examine a joint.
  4. Worst scenario category
  5. Situation
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  1. Heavy equipment manufacturer
  2. Matter before a court
  3. 24 bottles of beer
  4. Dick’s joint task?
  5. Musical instrument protector
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  1. Joni Mitchell could drink one of it of you
  2. What ABBA and ACDC have in common
  3. Perry Mason’s weekly title undertaking
  4. Dative or Accusative
  5. Bad ___ of Lovin’ You
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I’ll give this a shot.

  1. A pod, pack, patient, petition or portfolio
  2. What is small when lower and majuscule when upper?
  3. It can be cracked, cranked, courtly or a carapace
  4. 80% of Mudville star strikes out, unwise.
  5. Can end with law, study, worker or Of Identity (Sir Doyle)
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Welcome, and nice job, Dr_Paprika! The competition has really gotten a lot tougher around here!

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I have to go with this. But I really loved many of the others, especially the Joni Mitchell reference, and the case of beer. This was tougher than coming up with my own clues!

Mazel tov, needscoffee.

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Props for this cryptic clue, Doc.

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Thanks! I especially liked

for how the sentence reads if you fill in “case” after crack, crank and court.

Okay, new word:

SCRATCH

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  1. This devil is old
  2. Proceed in a furious pace, with claw.
  3. Basic ingredients for cooking
  4. Nugent says cats have this kind of fever
  5. Starting point
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  1. No points for sinking the white ball
  2. The scrub before the sniff
  3. Back brushing - “We’ll help each other”.
  4. Claw, cut or cabbage
  5. Scrape out a living, or a lottery ticket
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  1. Cats do it
  2. Remove a racehorse
  3. Car’s finish line?
  4. Itch’s need
  5. Handicapped golfer?
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Today I learned what a scratch golfer and Old Scratch are.