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PET ROCK (3, 4) 8 hours from now biocuriousgeorgie
SIMULATION (10) 22 hours from now Zimodo

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Contest Clue Explanation (hover) Submitted
SIMULATION (10) For example, The Matrix features actor Liu with great happiness (starting off) (10) SIMU + [-e]LATION = "For example, The Matrix" 28 minutes ago
PET ROCK (3, 4) Quiet rocket is strange gag gift (3, 4) P + ETROCK* = "gag gift" 32 minutes ago
PET ROCK (3, 4) Stone (prefix with primarily cat or canine kept with love)! (3, 4) Stone prefix = PETR
Primarily (Cat or Canine - pick either) + Kept
With love = ambiguous direction of juxtaposition with O
PETR O + C_ K_
Not sure if the &lit is fully a def, but ROCK prefixed with PET. Feel free to do a better &lit if you have one!
16 hours ago

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INACTIVE (8) (ended 2 hours, 40 minutes ago) Unused to court, I've followed panic, rejecting outsiders in turn (8) Unused = def
Court = CT, IVE following pANIc without outside letters, in turn = reversed
pANIc< (CT + IVE)
biocuriousgeorgie
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