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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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