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This is a list of the Clever Clue nominees since April of 2006
Be a bad helper? .......................ABET 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 Some spots before your eyes? ...........ADS Word before noon? ......................AFTER Haitian capital? .......................AITCH Old rubber? ............................ALADDIN Dodging the draft? .....................ALEE Defense establishment? .................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 Art, today? ............................ARE Products inside boxes? .................AREAS Ain't right? ...........................ARENT 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 Polo field? ............................ASIA Like most people? ......................ASIAN Digital interface?: Abbr ...............ASL Came to a fast stop? ...................ATE Earth bound? ...........................ATLAS World record? ..........................ATLAS It can help you find your balance? .....ATM Where the last flight ends? ............ATTIC “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 Rabbit relative ........................BEETLE Injection into the vain? ...............BOTOX Shot for the stars? ....................BOTOX What regular people eat ................BRAN You may get it to go ...................BRAN One in front of a train? ...............BRIDE Duel personality? ......................BURR Royal headwear? ........................CAP Look to a friend for answers, perhaps ..CHEATS Handled ham? ...........................CBER Fortune readers ........................CEOS Last word before someone is shot? ......CHEESE What an out patient may be in? .........COMA Some pen pals? .........................CONS Like Kansas in August? .................CORNY Iron production? .......................CREASE Take to a higher power? ................CUBE Takes to a higher power? ...............CUBES Rather formally? .......................DANIEL Sock menders oath? .....................DARN Hall of fame ...........................DARYL Degree that's for filling? .............DDS Sugar substitute? ......................DEAR Does as well as others? ................DEER Losing proposition? ....................DIET Loses on purpose? ......................DIETS “CSI” walk-ons, sort of ................DOAS One of three in Fiji? ..................DOT Average guy? ...........................DOW Canal zones? ...........................EARS Stand for something? ...................EASEL Don't go fast? .........................EAT Cheese that's made backward? ...........EDAM Flush formation? .......................EDDY Adam's apple location? .................EDEN Scream in a balloon? ...................EEK I can come after these .................EFGH Vanity case? ...........................EGO TRIP 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 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 Like the little kid inside some of us? ..FETAL One's first position? ..................FETAL Pink slippers? .........................FIRERS Beetle juice ...........................GAS Short pants? ...........................GASPS Fuel additive? .........................GASTAX What a mug might hold? .................GAT Man behind a counter? ..................GEIGER Shape shifters? ........................GIRDLES 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 Response to getting a ring? ............HELLO Sewer lines? ...........................HEMS Bad spelling? ..........................HEXES Cry from a mugger? .....................HIMOM They're paid to waste? .................HITMEN Pet name for Attila? ...................HON King's realm ...........................HORROR Caesarean section? .....................ICAME 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 Part of a shrink rap? ..................ISEE Stressful type? ........................ITALICS Competition among mail carriers? .......JOUST Piano piece? ...........................KEY Pecking order? .........................KISSME Date of birth, to the mother? ..........LABOR DAY Brest milk .............................LAIT Western basket makers? .................LAKERS Luxury locale? .........................LAP What you stand to lose? ................LAP Mass communication? ....................LATIN Going places? ..........................LAVS Hearing aide? ..........................LAWYER Small construction company .............LEGO Makeup artist? .........................LIAR Like a defeated sucker? ................LICKED Run on sentence? .......................LIFE Bank holdup? ...........................LINE Have trouble with “sisters,” maybe? ....LISP Problem for someone who can't say grace? ..LISP Word losers look for? ..................LITE Garfield's head? .......................LITTERBOX Planet name? ...........................LOIS John, to Ringo .........................LOO Place that British women can't stand going? ...LOO Where many are relieved in London? .....LOOS Apt name for a restroom attendant? .....LOU Star witnesses? ........................MAGI Red head with a mole ...................MAO Holy fish? .............................MACKEREL She never got cold feet? ...............MARCOS People who know better? ................MENSA Copy cats? .............................MEW Brief fashion statements ...............MINISKIRTS 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 Remote possibility? ....................MUTE Digital tool ...........................NAILFILE Fir coats? .............................NEEDLES Pop hit of 1924? .......................NEHI Possibly pleasing figure? ..............NET Incapable of littering .................NEUTERED Having the highest queue rating? .......NEXT Falls for a recently married woman? ....NIAGARA Lousy egg? .............................NIT Something to pick? .....................NIT Master of the double take? .............NOAH What may be in sight? ..................NOEND Colt's fan club? .......................NRA Dead lines? ............................OBIT Expiration notice? .....................OBIT Write of passage? ......................OBIT They're blown in the winds? ............OBOES Job description? .......................ODD Crude transportation? ..................OILER Pen pal's response? ....................OINK Promise to the chef? ...................OLEO Well running group?: Abbr. .............OPEC Agent of the Vietnam War? ..............ORANGE World revolution? ......................ORBIT Little dipper in a milky way? ..........OREO Middle of Czechoslovakia? ..............OSLO Board of inquiry? ......................OUIJA Breakfast of centurions? ...............OVA Good way to finish a sentence? .........PAROLE Choose paper over plastic? .............PAYCASH Windows boxes? .........................PCS Christmas trees? .......................PEARS Punk rock? .............................PEBBLE Center of Japan? .......................PEE Kindergarten whiz? .....................PEEPEE Step backwards? ........................PETS Green org.? ............................PGA Conversation piece? ....................PHONE Building without cell phones? ..........PRISON It is what it is .......................PRONOUN VW forerunner? .........................QRSTU Meet expectations? .....................RACES Dangers for the over-70 crowd ..........RADARTRAPS Check for letters? .....................RENT It's no longer working .................RETIREMENT Trample for example? ...................RHYME Spanish flowers? .......................RIOS Preschoolers? ..........................ROE Lover of Shakespeare? ..................ROMEO Thatcher follower ….....................SAWYER Counter-productive people? .............SALESCLERKS They're bound to work ..................SERFS Cat doctor? ............................SEUSS Snow boarders? .........................SEVENDWARFS Recovered from a bad stroke, say .......SHOTPAR Bug's midsection .......................SHORTU 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 One trying to stay up when going down ..SKIER It moves tirelessly? ...................SLED Blessed event? .........................SNEEZE One may be responsible for many banks ..SNOWPLOW Jerk's offering ........................SODA Covers the earth? ......................SODS Remote places? .........................SOFAS 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 One helping a dictator .................STENO Bolt stripped? .........................STREAK Bolt with no threads? ..................STREAK VW predecessors? .......................STU Where to find pre-cooked bacon? ........STY 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 Fire insurance? ........................TENURE Class struggle? ........................TEST What you may now hear? .................THIS Water temperature gauge, sometimes? ....TOE Senate cover-up, once ..................TOGA Can opener? ............................TOILETSEAT Holy city? .............................TOLEDO Pillar of American Indian society? .....TOTEM Expensive car trips? ...................TOWS Head lock? .............................TRESS 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 Accord of 1985? ........................USEDCAR 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 Spot checker? ..........................VET It has a stripe on its back? ...........VISA Target for middle management? ..........WAIST Works in bed? ..........................WEEDS Port authority? ........................WINO Place to get a life? ...................WOMB One of us? .............................YOU London Zoo feature? ....................ZED Round number? ..........................ZERO Pole vault unit? .......................ZLOTY Make undead ............................ZOMBIFY
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