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This is a list of the Clever Clue nominees since April of 2006
Be a bad helper? .......................ABET Eggs on yeggs ..........................ABETS Point of no return? ....................ACE One who gives great service? ...........ACER Head tail? .............................ACHE Cause of some bellyaching? .............ACID Problem that's hard to face? ...........ACNE Spots on campus? .......................ACNE Scene in Shakespeare? ..................ADO Some spots before your eyes? ...........ADS Word before noon? ......................AFTER Haitian capital? .......................AITCH Old rubber? ............................ALADDIN Dodging the draft? .....................ALEE Defense establishment? .................ALIBI Defensive line? ........................ALIBI Stand out? .............................ALIBI What little things mean? ...............ALOT Mass-produced answer? ..................AMEN The simple life? .......................AMOEBA Band aids ..............................AMPS Cheaters, to teachers ..................ANAGRAM Angered and enraged, e.g. ..............ANAGRAMS Charge for a hand delivery? ............ANTE Hard-working six-footers? ..............ANTS Burger King vis-a-vis McDonald's, fittingly ..ARCHRIVAL Art, today? ............................ARE Products inside boxes? .................AREAS Ain't right? ...........................ARENT [“Throw the tennis ball!”] .............ARF Lab report? ............................ARF Half a huge cost? ......................ARM Reason for a lighter conviction? .......ARSON Result of foul match play? .............ARSON Public hangings? .......................ART Fire proof? ............................ASHES Butt loci ..............................ASHTRAYS Polo field? ............................ASIA Like most people? ......................ASIAN Digital interface?: Abbr ...............ASL Black listing? .........................ASSET Came to a fast stop? ...................ATE Earth bound? ...........................ATLAS World record? ..........................ATLAS It can help you find your balance? .....ATM Disagreeing like bookies? ..............ATODDS Where the last flight ends? ............ATTIC Carmaker that sounds like a belly button ..AUDI “Yo, Hadrian!” .........................AVE Spiked punch ...........................AWL Mass producer? .........................BACH Unable to part? ........................BALD Cartoon character with his own club ....BAMMBAMM Stag movie? ............................BAMBI Lush surroundings? .....................BAR Tender spot? ...........................BAR Where you might go if you're very sick? ..BEDPAN Six-pack alternative ...................BEERGUT Rabbit relative ........................BEETLE Private place? .........................BOOTCAMP Celebrity head shot ....................BOTOX Injection into the vain? ...............BOTOX Shot for the stars? ....................BOTOX Letters read with feeling? .............BRAILLE What regular people eat ................BRAN You may get it to go ...................BRAN Reliever who closed out the Giants' World Series victory and who recently said this: “I'd like to be a crossword clue one day... I want my clue to be down, not across. The down ones are usually harder... How sweet would that be?” ..............................BRIANWILSON One in front of a train? ...............BRIDE One who might keep a torch in his boot ..BRIT Stock options ..........................BROTHS Source of relief? ......................BULLPEN Duel personality? ......................BURR Royal headwear? ........................CAP Handled ham? ...........................CBER Things used in semi circles ............CBS Fortune readers ........................CEOS Last word before someone is shot? ......CHEESE Hitchcock double feature? ..............CHIN Press release? .........................CIDER Big name in lock-changing ..............CLAIROL What drives a baby buggy? ..............COLIC What an out patient may be in? .........COMA Dos that are don'ts? ...................COMBOVERS Some pen pals? .........................CONS Like Kansas in August? .................CORNY Iron production? .......................CREASE “Thank God, it's Friday” declarer? .....CRUSOE Take to a higher power? ................CUBE Takes to a higher power? ...............CUBES Nude custodian, maybe? .................CURATOR Rather formally? .......................DANIEL Sock menders oath? .....................DARN Hall of fame ...........................DARYL Degree that's for filling? .............DDS Pass out facedown ......................DEAL Intro for John? ........................DEAR Sugar substitute? ......................DEAR Messing with a script? .................DEBRA Does as well as others? ................DEER Job with many openings? ................DENTIST Pickup line locale? …...................DEPOT Losing proposition? ....................DIET Loses on purpose? ......................DIETS Letters from your parents? .............DNA “CSI” walk-ons, sort of ................DOAS One of three in Fiji? ..................DOT Average guy? ...........................DOW Happy and more .........................DWARFS Canal zones? ...........................EARS Stand for something? ...................EASEL Do a course evaluation? ................EAT Don't go fast? .........................EAT You've heard it before? ................ECHO Cheese that's made backward? ...........EDAM Flush formation? .......................EDDY Adam's apple location? .................EDEN Clean up your language? ................EDIT “Quick, grab a newspaper!” .............EEK Scream in a balloon? ...................EEK I can come after these .................EFGH Number one fan? ........................EGOMANIAC Vanity case? ...........................EGOTRIP Ticker tape, briefly? ..................EKG He or I, but not you: Abbr. ............ELEM One with a pole position? ..............ELF Opt for the window instead of the aisle? ..ELOPE Split to be tied .......................ELOPE Emulated running mates? ................ELOPED It's hard to run on it? ................EMPTY Half of nine? ..........................ENS Idle and then some? ....................ERICS It was a gas! ..........................ESSO Indicator of condensation? .............ETC De-apartmentalize? .....................EVICT Sentence completer? ....................EXCON Split personalities? ...................EXES Number two helper? .....................EXLAX Cell user often ........................FELON Like the little kid inside some of us? ..FETAL One's first position? ..................FETAL Cover of the Bible? ....................FIGLEAF Pink slippers? .........................FIRERS Stick with it ..........................FORK Solutions for unfair situations? .......GALOSHES Beetle juice ...........................GAS Where F is highest on the scale ........GASGAUGE Short pants? ...........................GASPS Fuel additive? .........................GASTAX What a mug might hold? .................GAT Man behind a counter? ..................GEIGER Shape shifters? ........................GIRDLES One who can't stand to go? .............GIRL Secretive group? .......................GLANDS It's heard around the water cooler .....GLUG What kids grow up to be ................GOATS It's full of holes? ....................GOLFCOURSE Stuck in Pamplona? .....................GORED Something the U.S. Government keeps an eye on ..GREATSEAL Sound heard repeatedly in gargling? ....HARDG Stiff crates ...........................HEARSES Withdrawals that may incur substantial penalties? .............................HEISTS Response to getting a ring? ............HELLO Sewer lines? ...........................HEMS Bad spelling? ..........................HEXES Wasted word? ...........................HIC Cry from a mugger? .....................HIMOM They're paid to waste? .................HITMEN Inedible doughnut part? ................HOLE Pet name for Attila? ...................HON King's realm ...........................HORROR Start of a rule broken by foreigners? ..IBEFOREE Caesarean section? .....................ICAME One who may eat her words? .............ICER New Year's eave formation? .............ICICLE Phrase that could end a single life ....IDO Swear words? ...........................IDO Northern hemisphere? ...................IGLOO Prepared introduction? .................ILL Film format for tall tales? ............IMAX Navel formation? .......................INNIE Decreasing device ......................IRON Group well-known for their spring collection ..IRS Part of a shrink rap? ..................ISEE Stressful type? ........................ITALICS Sentence structure? ....................JAIL Ring masters ...........................JEWELERS Competition among mail carriers? .......JOUST One trying to make a living? ...........JUDGE Peer in a box ..........................JUROR Piano piece? ...........................KEY Pecking order? .........................KISSME Date of birth, to the mother? ..........LABORDAY Doctors with spirits ...................LACES Brest milk .............................LAIT Western basket makers? .................LAKERS Luxury locale? .........................LAP What you stand to lose? ................LAP L on a T? ..............................LARGE Mass communication? ....................LATIN Going places? ..........................LAVS Hearing aide? ..........................LAWYER Small construction company .............LEGO Strip in a bar? ........................LEMONRIND Cohort of Morley, oddly enough! ........LESLEY Makeup artist? .........................LIAR Like a defeated sucker? ................LICKED Run on sentence? .......................LIFE Bank holdup? ...........................LINE Watches one's language? ................LIPREADS Have trouble with “sisters,” maybe? ....LISP Problem for someone who can't say grace? ..LISP Word losers look for? ..................LITE Fanta size? ............................LITER Garfield's head? .......................LITTERBOX Planet name? ...........................LOIS Can of Prince Albert? ..................LOO Head of Buckingham Palace? .............LOO John, to Ringo .........................LOO Place that British women can't stand going? ...LOO Where many are relieved in London? .....LOOS Winner at dieting? .....................LOSER Apt name for a restroom attendant? .....LOU Weapon that comes in easy-to-carry and hard-to-carry varieties ................MACE Holy fish? .............................MACKEREL Star witnesses? ........................MAGI Red head with a mole ...................MAO She never got cold feet? ...............MARCOS Figure heads? ..........................MATHLETES Soap ingredient? .......................MELODRAMA People who know better? ................MENSA Sound elicited by an electric can opener? ..MEOW Copy cats? .............................MEW Brief fashion statements ...............MINISKIRTS Pocket protectors? .....................MISERS Write “recieve”? .......................MISSPELL Write seperate checks? .................MISSPELL Curly poker? ...........................MOE Drop down? .............................MOLT Stock quote? ...........................MOO Butt out? ..............................MOON Sounds from a milk container? ..........MOOS Abbr. with a ring to it? ...............MRS Dash of seasoning? .....................MRS Campaign weaponry? .....................MUD Remote possibility? ....................MUTE Digital tool ...........................NAILFILE Fir coats? .............................NEEDLES It might make you pretty late ..........NEGLIGEE Pop hit of 1924? .......................NEHI Possibly pleasing figure? ..............NET Incapable of littering .................NEUTERED Made unbearable? .......................NEUTERED Having the highest queue rating? .......NEXT Falls for a recently married woman? ....NIAGARA New Mexican, e.g. ......................NINO Lousy egg? .............................NIT Something to pick? .....................NIT Master of the double take? .............NOAH What may be in sight? ..................NOEND Stand-up guy? ..........................NOSHOW Colt's fan club? .......................NRA It runs when you pass ..................OBIT Dead lines? ............................OBIT Expiration notice? .....................OBIT Write of passage? ......................OBIT They're blown in the winds? ............OBOES Job description? .......................ODD It's often carried around a gym ........ODOR Crude transportation? ..................OILER Pen pal's response? ....................OINK Promise to the chef? ...................OLEO Number of consonants in this answer ....ONE Well running group?: Abbr. .............OPEC Agent of the Vietnam War? ..............ORANGE World revolution? ......................ORBIT One seeking to catch some rays? ........ORCA Brand name of products that suck .......ORECK Little dipper in a milky way? ..........OREO Belted one out there? ..................ORION Middle of Czechoslovakia? ..............OSLO Board of inquiry? ......................OUIJA Breakfast of centurions? ...............OVA Taking credit? .........................OWING Good way to finish a sentence? .........PAROLE Driveling researcher? ..................PAVLOV Choose paper over plastic? .............PAYCASH Windows boxes? .........................PCS One apt to have an appt app ............PDA Bit of fan fare ........................PEANUT Christmas trees? .......................PEARS Punk rock? .............................PEBBLE Center of Japan? .......................PEE Kindergarten whiz? .....................PEEPEE House rules enforcer? ..................PELOSI Step backwards? ........................PETS Where you might find a pair of boxers ..PETSTORE Green org.? ............................PGA Conversation piece? ....................PHONE Tube test? .............................PILOT Opera annoyance? .......................POPUPAD Building without cell phones? ..........PRISON Joint tenants ..........................PRISONERS It is what it is .......................PRONOUN VW forerunner? .........................QRSTU Meet expectations? .....................RACES Dangers for the over-70 crowd ..........RADARTRAPS Dancer's restraint? ....................REIN Check for letters? .....................RENT It's no longer working .................RETIREMENT Trample for example? ...................RHYME Spanish flowers? .......................RIOS Stranded carrier .......................RNA Joints near shoulders ..................ROADHOUSES Fits on a hard drive? ..................ROADRAGE Steel worker? ..........................ROBOT Preschoolers? ..........................ROE One who called a spade a shovel? .......ROGET Lover of Shakespeare? ..................ROMEO Keeps going longer than is technically really necessary and then begins to start to become awkward, as a sentence .......RUNSON Tales you can also read backwards? .....SAGAS Common word in sign language ...........SALE Counter-productive people? .............SALESCLERKS Link in the food chain .................SAUSAGE Thatcher follower ......................SAWYER Lie detector for a supposed loser? .....SCALE They're bound to work ..................SERFS Cat doctor? ............................SEUSS Snow boarders? .........................SEVENDWARFS Recovered from a bad stroke, say .......SHOTPAR Bug's midsection .......................SHORTU Hit bottom? …...........................SIDEB Communicate digitally? .................SIGN One in debt? ...........................SILENTB Letter in “walk” and “talk” ............SILENTL 38) With 38-Across, where you might end up if you don't 38-Across? .........SING Cigarette additive? …...................SINTAX Spot order? …...........................SIT One trying to stay up when going down ..SKIER Street clothes? ........................SKIWEAR It moves tirelessly? ...................SLED Blessed event? .........................SNEEZE Winter depression ......................SNOWANGEL One may be responsible for many banks ..SNOWPLOW Jerk's offering ........................SODA Covers the earth? ......................SODS Remote places? .........................SOFAS Sub standard device ....................SONAR One who can't pass the bar? ............SOT Where some losers hang out? ............SPA Facial spots? ..........................SPAS Hit bottom? ............................SPANK Places to look at sweaters? ............SPAS Fix for good? ..........................SPAY Spot-checking org.? ....................SPCA Loses one's balance? ...................SPENDS Put off retirement .....................STAYUPLATE One helping a dictator .................STENO Bad nickname for a rabbit? .............STEW Bolt stripped? .........................STREAK Bolt with no threads? ..................STREAK VW predecessors? .......................STU Double duty? ...........................STUNTS Where to find pre-cooked bacon? ........STY Those involved in cutting class at school? ..STYLISTS Apt first name for a lawyer? ...........SUE Brief, for short: Abbr. ................SYN Center of a marked success? ............TAC Flip comment? ..........................TAILS Hold hands? ............................TARS Break fluid? ...........................TEA Semi professionals? ....................TEAMSTERS Couples support ........................TEE Fire insurance? ........................TENURE Class struggle? ........................TEST What you may now hear? .................THIS Fan belts? .............................TIERS Point of eating? .......................TINE Something to wait for? .................TIP Place for extra notes on the piano? ....TIPJAR Where singles congregate in a bar? .....TIPJAR Glass elevator? ........................TOAST Water temperature gauge, sometimes? ....TOE Senate cover-up, once ..................TOGA Can opener? ............................TOILETSEAT Holy city? .............................TOLEDO Pillar of American Indian society? .....TOTEM Top secret? ............................TOUPEE Expensive car trips? ...................TOWS Head lock? .............................TRESS They're hung across roads ..............UIES Strings of islands? ....................UKES Works at home? .........................UMPS One across the border? .................UNO Short lines at the checkout? ...........UPC Lines at the grocery store? ............UPCS Higher calling? ........................UPHERE Mint green? ............................USDOLLARS Accord of 1985? ........................USEDCAR Thanks for Tom Hanks, maybe? ...........USERID Red letters? ...........................USSR Ones taking a lot of interest in their work? ..USURERS Development sites? .....................UTERI Johnson and Johnson, e.g. ..............VEEPS Nearly 29% of Tel Aviv? ................VEES One shooting the bull? .................VET Spot checker? ..........................VET It has a stripe on its back? ...........VISA Cape horn? .............................VUVUZELA Target for middle management? ..........WAIST One with his name in lights? ...........WATT Works in bed? ..........................WEEDS Stage productions? .....................WESTERNS Port authority? ........................WINO Place to get a life? ...................WOMB Union representative? ..................YANKEE One of us? .............................YOU London Zoo feature? ....................ZED Round number? ..........................ZERO Pole vault unit? .......................ZLOTY Make undead ............................ZOMBIFY
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