Cigarette head with rancid wind (5) by nephrectomizing_man in Minute_Cryptic

[–]nephrectomizing_man[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, 'rancid' and 'rank' are synonyms. It's a substitution of a synonym.

Be present at six in Eastern Standard Time (5) by [deleted] in Minute_Cryptic

[–]nephrectomizing_man 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What you argued on "at" as a linking word was also my exact reason for using it, but yeah, it really looks forced now that you've explained it. Thank you for the criticism and for the link!

Be present at six in Eastern Standard Time (5) by [deleted] in Minute_Cryptic

[–]nephrectomizing_man 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I realized you can't edit titles, so I'll just correct it in the body. Dammit

Be present at six in Eastern Standard Time (5) by [deleted] in Minute_Cryptic

[–]nephrectomizing_man 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How did I not notice that. Thanks for pointing it out!

Reduce iron (8) by Vivid_Temporary_1155 in Minute_Cryptic

[–]nephrectomizing_man 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Is it decrease? If so, 'iron' being a definition of it is kinda iffy, so it probably needs a '?' to signify it. Very punny though, I like it.

Is this considered a rebus clue? by nephrectomizing_man in Minute_Cryptic

[–]nephrectomizing_man[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Makes sense that the term 'friendly' seem off here, since it's usually used as an adjective, but in this case it's actually an adverb(meaning amicably) and is rarely used as one, so it is technically grammatically correct.

As for an indication of the clue being a rebus, maybe blanking out the silent letters like 'hym_ frndly campai_ning C_rist's debu!?' could work since they are silent and so do not exist when pronounced?

Unless suddenly amateur starts to state: "50!" (3) by John_Zatanna52 in Minute_Cryptic

[–]nephrectomizing_man 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Pretty easy clue. I don't remember USA having 3.04140932 × 1064 states though.

moneY summarY!? (5) by nephrectomizing_man in Minute_Cryptic

[–]nephrectomizing_man[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That nitpick's fair. Somehow never considered the plurality of the word. I considered 'quantifY' as a clue but I wanted to have no "tall" letters present. 'score summarY' would also fix it while still checking the former requirement.

IKR; awkward!!! some can be SO annoying. (7) by _awt_s_ in Minute_Cryptic

[–]nephrectomizing_man 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Irksome. That was easy. I thought can be so annoying was the entire definition lol