Crossword Clues
Capitonyms
These clues are written such that the first word is a capitonym: a word that has both a capitalized and an uncapitalized meaning. By convention, the first word of a crossword clue is always capitalized.
Bad thing to go to Ball company Bath weights Battle hymn Bee relative Bench need Best of the theater Bills progress measurer Budget alternative Card initials Chase scenes were once common here (abbr.) Civic booster Common music Crow's home Dancer's partner Flyers' org. Hamburger beef Heat setting Holder of much power in DC Holiday celebrated in New Orleans Holiday music House support Job follower Learned hooks Lee side (abbr.) Majors in acting Mark's successor Met expectations Nice woman No rival No talking No wear Page of music Parks in front of the bus Pole-vault thing Rather adept at reporting Rice pad Rose no longer seen in fields Sales pitch See figure #1 Silver mining data Singer's line Slaughter in the field Smart phone Spelling with lines Taken showers? Teach wrongdoing Waiters in NBA arenas Waits in the recording studio White co-worker Wood feature
False capitonyms
The first word of the clue seems to be a proper name but isn't.
Barker of screen fame Bob of hope Cliff notes R.E.M. show
Heteronyms
A heteronym is word with more than one definition, with each having a different pronunciation.
Amount past due Baby shower Do House shower It has a little bow at one end It's for your sake Multiply Number in a pack Number of patients One who takes a bow Red flower Rows Sewer storage site Supply Thou tenth What does follow
Deceptive homonyms
Back in the game Bay feeder Beach ball covers Belgium's capital Belgium's capital? Biased [or right-leaning] type Blank expression Bolts together Brightly colored blazer Burning rash Bust measurement Capital punishment Checkout lines Chow line Compact disk Conduct a port transfer Crude letters Dealbreakers (abbr.) Down more than Dressed to make a toast Driller's org. Empty math class Encrypted Extra desire Fare reduction Film often shot in stages Fish plates Four characters in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Give a list to Give one's address Good volume for a speaker Green copper Gull's cry Heavy winds High while driving Holder of many records Israeli's diet It covers up gaping plot holes It gets a bit boring at the end It may give you sole custody It might give you shingles It's sold in bars Lab container Lab inspector Like characters without lines Likely to shrink Lock setting Locks in a zoo Locks you pick yourself Long nap Looming choice Major downer Make rent One stationed at a base One used to lodging complaints Ones seen side by side Org. that discourages travelling Org. whose members take their service very seriously Perch for perch Pitcher's delivery Poke holes in a plot Poor judge of characters Radiation that reaches a star Recharging a battery, say Refrain from farming Retired boomer Shipping company Show that can only be seen from the front Slanted column Staff of the Atlantic Sticks around for the Triwizard Tournament Stories on stands Summer activity Surgeon's sort Swell place to sleep Take, as a pointer Takes in the paper Thanks for waiting Tip used for icing Unlocked What some performers saw in Las Vegas Where people tend to make money White or Burgundy Zoo opening in London?
Unusual homonyms
Each of these clues contains a word which is a homonym of a much more commonly-used word.
A little lower Army adjective? Baseless charge Bit of mayo Decreased Do maintenance Do with a pick Drawn line Evening drive Hit the buzzer Incredulous thought It's assumed to be fake It's designed for evening wear Layer of dark-green eggs Letter Mugger Org. for drivers Prayer in the garden Rubber extract Scatter extraordinaire Summers in China Syrian capitalist Water cooler Windy mythic location Words from a glass elevator Work done on the convertible
Related words
The clue is a collection of related words.
A, E, or IOU Battery for brightness Break for bread, e.g. Decks and floors Dee and Oh Diamond club Dogs and bugs Hot spot for a drink or a date In the Red, or the Black It may be cut or paste Olivier-Newton-John title Pad and pen Sight of swings and slides Yellow or grey
Familiar phrases
Affirmative action Against term limits Aged beef An arm and a leg, and then some Angel hair topping Answers after two rings Art class Bad mark Banking aid Banking aid Break cover Camp accessory Car bomb Car you can put in reverse Cell body Clerical error Coast guard Conversation piece Country music Crime story Cut and dried Darn it! Domestic growth Draft picks Early bird Event that brings out the kid in you Face cards Farm team Feature presentation Fetal position Fiance(e)'s last words First, second, or third person Fits on a hard drive Flat rate Forum threads Get a load of Give a damn Going places Going rate Hard pressed to admit Has to sell He made a body part Held together Hillary aide Hip joint Hitching post Horses around Hot oils Is for more than one? Island chain It has a bar association It has a gas line It may be worth one in the hand It's a scream It's handy if you want to break your word Life sentences Lift one's spirits Like what you see Low-quality image Maker of belt loops No sir Not too sharp Number line Old timer One sign of winter One skilled at pulling strings One with a leading role One with a leading role Opening lines Out of sorts? Pen name Phone tapping target Plane routes Point in the right direction Points of view Pool noodles Port authority Present time Pride of lions Pursued one's dreams Round sums Round trip Running mates Score pad Seaside retreats Seasoned salt Sentence structure Short pants Sitting pretty Situation with no up side Social worker Something you can stand to lose Sound as a bell Sound asleep Spare change Speaking volumes Spends time at home Sports ticker Stand for things Sticks up for Strike one! Stuck up Stud poker Support staff Tag line Tag line Take stock Take the heat Take up a collection They take things the wrong way They will be missed They're up in arms Top secret Trip up Turns blue Unwritten constitution Used books Vote for? Western alliance What pool hustlers do You may leave them in stitches (abbr) You might find it after moving the couch
Familiar phrases, altered
Air plugs Bale bond Bee teem Bum wrap Carte that comes before the course Cone crib Dele breaker Duck and color Fee for all Flue symptom G.I. joe Game of throwns Garten of eatin' I piece It carries a toon Joan of art Late-braking development Lets hit it Mined-over matter One liner Pier group River gamboler Spanish sails force Staph dining area Starr-struck one They're in charge of guns 'n rosés (abbr.) Western union Where peas are queued
Split compound words
Each of these clues contains a two-word phrase whose words are commonly combined into a compound word. Here, the two separated words convey an entirely different meaning than the compound word.
A bout finished Bar code Blow outs Down loads Eaves dropper End notes Fire proof Fish hook Head lock It has a heart beat King pin Set back Stock holder Sun block Supervisor of deck hands Take-out order Web site
Ultra-specific clues
Comically long-winded clues.
Break down after receiving a tough sentence Cold and waiting to get drunk God whose name you might type if you were talking about time while pressed for time Morning cup that is also a morning cup in pig latin Person you can legally set on fire in a room with no doors Word often used for dramatic effect between a less intense word and a more intense version of that word
Self-referential
These clues incorporate the answer as part of the clue; the answer is needed to complete the clue, after which the answer, which you already have, can be obtained...
If you have it you already know it's the answer It makes a long word short: [number of clue] Poet hidden in this clue Reaction to [clue number] They will be [number of current clue] What this glue has Will whose [clue] is acting [clue] [clue], finally done? [where [clue] is the number of a different clue whose answer in WITH]
Self-answering
These clues violate one of the central laws of crossword puzzle construction, which is that no word in the answer may appear in the clue.
Apt anagram for 'April Fools'
Commas
The comma in each clue subtly changes the meaning of the clue.
Abbreviated, for short Beef, or a fish Insult, or enjoy
Terse
A G Company More Solo
Funny
2001 nutjob Bring in an iguana wearing a tiny hat for show and tell after your nemesis just brought in an iguana Good name for a male chef who only makes goulash and is obsessed with putting things in alphabetical order He stocks red socks with black rocks Horsemeat meatball big box It's #1 Scary letters to see on a "candle" Setter fetter Word heard a lot when Australians play chess
General
Ahab has one American watcher, for short Animal found in every zoo Ballparks at the gate Cheese that's made in reverse? Course for Crusoe? / Moe's, to some? HIJKLMNO Inside of a cell Isn't expanded? Isn't wrong? It's for Brit Lit class? It's said to make you smile Lose on purpose Lost toy Low digit Makes like Mating game Member of a ruling class Minor key Modern art? Moving vehicle Not the working classes Not what Indiana joneses for Note above F Oil holder Old rubber One doing the Lord's work One may be turned in a lot One often between the sheets One released from an institution One who isn't user friendly One who makes a slip of the pen Park and drive Passed out in Atlantic City Person giving dollars for quarters Person with no cause for alarm Photo finish Pick up a few pointers Place for drivers to crash Place to catch a bullet Play with robots Plays that end shortly after opening Plays with blocks Pool parties Preventative measure Puzzle that people take turns solving Quintet seen in late night hours? Right on the map Rule contradicted by science? Send towards Venus Shy person's letters Source of net receipts Spread with hands Starbuck's orderer Take second or third, but not first Ten below The hot wings didn't agree with him The stressed type The way, way East They may get signed after a break Thing with tracks for runners Ticker tape Title page Took a few seconds Traffic cop Uncle Sam is often seen saying "you" in it (abbr.) Unknown higher power Vehicle of mine Walk on water Wall studs Waste fuel Wedge used for a powerful shot What isn't legal for copying (abbr) Where to find an expiration date Where to go in London Where you need an ID to get mail? Work with feet You may have a shot at it You may say it when you get it