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Recent Clues

Contest Clue Explanation (hover) Submitted
SCRIBE (6) Writer's house in some outskirts (6) def = CRIB in S(-OM)E 1 day, 1 hour ago
PARSEC (6) Determine fifth of Planck length (6) PARSE+_C_ 1 day, 5 hours ago
PARSEC (6) Spacey spacer space's space? (6) "space's space" = definition, i.e. distance used in space
"spacer spacey" = PARSEC*
1 day, 21 hours ago

Past Contests

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CATS AND DOGS (4, 3, 4) (ended 4 days, 10 hours ago) Go back south after even scrap Teslas needed no engineers in great quantities (like rain) (4 3 4) OG<+S after _C_A_T_S_A_ N(-ee)D(-e)D = "in great quantities (like rain)", referring to the idiom "raining cats and dogs" Polaris
CRATER (6) (ended 4 days, 10 hours ago) Average scorer in depression (6) C RATER = def schizophoenix
ROULETTE (8) (ended 6 days, 11 hours ago) Kind of wheel allowed in roadway (8) LET in ROUTE Polaris
CHARGE (6) (ended 6 days, 11 hours ago) "Change! Change! Neutral to reverse to forward!" (6) CHA(N->R)GE=def schizophoenix
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