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For no particular reason, but hopeful it will provide some fun, I’ve chosen FLUSH for this month’s clue contest. Good luck!

Guava

Submit your best cryptic clue for

FLUSH

Voting closed midnight Sat 8 Jun 2024(UTC +00:00)

Results

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Setter
Clue
Pts
1
B
Baldur

Every now and then fill up Sheikh's case with money (5)

Alternate letter of FiLlUp + case of S(heik)H = with money

5

1

1

10

18

2
P
Polymath

Level is loud, oddly loud, then quiet (5)

F + L(o)U(d) + SH

4

0

0

11

12

3
c
chopin

Starts to feel lousy, upset stomach, horrible sound heard coming from toilet (5)

Acrostic

2

1

2

9

10

4
t
twiSt

Four red cards, result of Fulham's crazy morning out (5)

Four red cards (def) result of (link) Fulham's* crazy(anagrind) morning>am out (deletion)

2

1

1

6

9

5
G
Gobbo

Fellow who's pissed likely to do this? (5)

F=Fellow + LUSH=who's pissed likely

1

3

0

7

9

6
Y
Yorick

Agent discarded poorly shuffled poker hand (5)

An anagram (poorly) of SHUFFLED - FED (Agent discarded), Def = Poker hand

1

1

4

8

9

7
C
Conto

At the end of a relaxed sitting, the motion is thus carried (5)

Cryptic definition

2

1

0

7

8

8
M
Merv

How to make the effluent affluent (5)

Double definition.

2

0

1

8

7

9
C
Coot

Infection covering mum’s hand (5)

FLU above SH (down clue); def = hand (cards)

0

3

1

8

7

10
A
Amoeba

What you should do after you dump hand (5)

dd

1

1

1

7

6

11
t
thepoisonedgift

True colour (5)

dd.

0

2

2

5

6

12
H
Henri

Royal perhaps quiet after short illness (5)

Definition = ‘Royal perhaps’, SH after FLU

1

0

1

9

4

13
M
Meles

Can cleaner dazzle when accepted to university? (5)

Def: Can cleaner. Dazzle (FLASH) with A (accepted) becoming U (university)

1

0

0

6

3

14
A
ALP

Sink yellow or brown colour in pocket? (5)

DDD. (What you get) rid of by flushing + (to) colour + in pocket

1

0

0

2

3

15
C
Cormac

Loud drinker could be Royal (5)

def = 'could be royal' (poker) F + LUSH

0

1

1

7

3

16
j
jvector

Empty silence after virus (5)

Empty (vt) = def : SH after FLU

0

1

1

7

3

17
P
PostMark

Hand in uniform for adjutant, primarily, to show privates (5)

def - Hand. U for A in FL(a)SH

0

1

1

6

3

18
R
Rawspand

Turn red cards in the same suit to force out rich? (5)

Quad def: Turn red / cards in the same suit / to force out / rich

0

1

0

5

2

19
H
Haven

Female, topless- show of embarrassment not wanting (5)

F(emale) + (b)LUSH (show of embarrassment); def = not wanting

0

1

0

4

2

20
n
nephew

Almost bother husband holding left hand (5)

Most of the word FUSS (almost bother) + H (husband) containing L (holding left) = FLUSH (hand in Poker).

0

1

0

4

2

21
D
Dingo

Red straight? (5)

dd / &lit (a flush could be a straight of red cards of the same suit)

0

1

0

3

2

22
G
Gennaro

Evacuate Florida, undergoing severe hurricane primarily (5)

FL (Florida) + USH (first letters of 'undergoing severe hurricane')

0

0

1

8

1

23
S
Skirwingle

Level of virus at small hospital (5)

level=def; virus=FLU; small=S; hospital=H

0

0

1

7

1

24

Wealthy loud drunk (5)

F(loud) LUSH(drunk)

0

0

0

7

0

25

Here, there can only be one King Crimson (5)

DD. There can only be one King in a poker flush. Crimson as a verb.

0

0

0

6

0

26

Moment where Clouseau finally transcends amateur level (5)

Def: level. Moment = FLASH with U (Clouseau finally) replacing A (amateur)

0

0

0

6

0

27

Well-off to back out of vaccination, say (5)

Well off = FLUSH | "TO" reversed (back) subtracted from (out of) FLU SHOT

0

0

0

5

0

28

Loaded rifle essentially green (5)

Def + rifle essentially F + LUSH

0

0

0

4

0

29

Flu shot? Scratching outermost edges causes redness (5)

FLU SH[ot] without (scratching) O[utermos]T (edges)

0

0

0

4

0

30

Flunking drunkard gets red-faced (5)

F (grade) + LUSH begets definition

0

0

0

3

0

31

[deleted] (5)

[sorry on reading previous entries this was a bit too close to one of them!]

0

0

0

1

0

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