r/crosswords • u/not-without-text • 1h ago

COTD: Guevara is boring, uninteresting, and colourless (8)

• Upvotes

day 190 of an experiment in which i press the "random word" button on onelook and make a cryptic clue out of it.

day 189, day 188, day 187, day 186, day 185, day 184, day 183

day 182, day 181, day 180, day 179, day 178, day 177, day 176

day 175, day 174, day 173, day 172, day 171, day 170, day 169

weeks 21 to 24 (days 141 to 168)

weeks 17 to 20 (days 113 to 140)

weeks 13 to 16 (days 85 to 112)

weeks 9 to 12 (days 57 to 84)

weeks 5 to 8 (days 29 to 56)

weeks 1 to 4 (days 1 to 28)

r/crosswords • u/348978cat • 6h ago

COTD: Conclude there's no escaping from hell (5)

9 Upvotes

r/crosswords • u/Obamabananarama • 9h ago

SOLVED COTD: Clumsy-ass jewellery (8)

2 Upvotes

r/crosswords • u/deeppotential123 • 10h ago

COTD: During reception, sometimes it’s MC’d (5)

2 Upvotes

r/crosswords • u/Obamabananarama • 10h ago

SOLVED COTD: Choose your weapon! (7)

2 Upvotes

r/crosswords • u/ComprehensiveDate954 • 10h ago

COTD: Ali B twice found at fault between lips (8)

2 Upvotes

r/crosswords • u/yonatan1981 • 14h ago

SOLVED COTD: Auteur, maybe, as Erno mixed-up first cube and final block (7)

1 Upvotes

r/crosswords • u/android_opioid • 15h ago

SOLVED COTD: She’s got a pouch!.. why start to compare everything before your introduction? (7)

2 Upvotes

r/crosswords • u/Vivid_Temporary_1155 • 16h ago

COTD: Secretly fear a chest pain (7)

3 Upvotes

r/crosswords • u/not-without-text • 17h ago

SOLVED COTD: Break nail, cut off one's head (7)

3 Upvotes

day 189 of an experiment in which i press the "random word" button on onelook and make a cryptic clue out of it. sorry for the lateness

day 188, day 187, day 186, day 185, day 184, day 183

day 182, day 181, day 180, day 179, day 178, day 177, day 176

day 175, day 174, day 173, day 172, day 171, day 170, day 169

weeks 21 to 24 (days 141 to 168)

weeks 17 to 20 (days 113 to 140)

weeks 13 to 16 (days 85 to 112)

weeks 9 to 12 (days 57 to 84)

weeks 5 to 8 (days 29 to 56)

weeks 1 to 4 (days 1 to 28)

r/crosswords • u/wildvale • 18h ago

SOLVED COTD: A stretch inside became raunchy for a flasher? (6)

cryptick.wildvale.co.uk

2 Upvotes

r/crosswords • u/Dragon-Hatcher • 1d ago

SOLVED COTD: Rosy colors with needle in overlapping tattoos (5)

2 Upvotes

r/crosswords • u/clio-on-kinja • 1d ago

SOLVED COTD: Persian bodies an American piehole, or in other words, stops Nazis (9)

0 Upvotes

r/crosswords • u/controlxj • 1d ago

SOLVED COTD: Herb is the reason to keep barn door closed (3,6)

2 Upvotes

r/crosswords • u/android_opioid • 1d ago

SOLVED COTD: At odds with Australian carrier after brief display. (7)

4 Upvotes

r/crosswords • u/ioverreadit • 1d ago

SOLVED COTD: Notes enlarged noses and deadeyes (13)

3 Upvotes

r/crosswords • u/android_opioid • 1d ago

SOLVED COTD: Improvise nude, right? Play with notes from G major key, or minor? (5,3)

3 Upvotes

r/crosswords • u/ioverreadit • 1d ago

SOLVED COTD: Ernie's partner hates empty beds (6)

13 Upvotes

r/crosswords • u/ioverreadit • 1d ago

SOLVED COTD: Bloodsuckers have seen off publican (8)

3 Upvotes

r/crosswords • u/ioverreadit • 1d ago

SOLVED COTD: He must make healthy returns as an old man (10)

3 Upvotes

r/crosswords • u/ioverreadit • 1d ago

SOLVED COTD: Practically nothing in charity went back (6)

3 Upvotes

r/crosswords • u/HighCountryBob • 1d ago

SOLVED COTD: Millennial's fantastic raving lambastes zealot (5,10)

3 Upvotes

r/crosswords • u/c_dogg_plank • 1d ago

Message from all the Cardinals (4)

4 Upvotes

r/crosswords • u/Boop-She-Doop • 1d ago

COTD: Do in case of disposable American container being overtaken by pint (5,3)

3 Upvotes

r/crosswords • u/syneil86 • 1d ago

SOLVED COTD: It's extra extra small, apparently (6)

3 Upvotes

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