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BLURB (5) 2 hours from now WoomyRogue
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SBURB (5) Comic sandbox game takes you out of city outskirt (5) def = S(-U)BURB 1 day, 12 hours ago
BLURB (5) Short promo for vague book (5) def = BLUR+B 1 day, 12 hours ago
CATS AND DOGS (4, 3, 4) 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" 5 days, 18 hours ago

Past Contests

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CATS AND DOGS (4, 3, 4) (ended 2 days, 7 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 2 days, 7 hours ago) Average scorer in depression (6) C RATER = def schizophoenix
ROULETTE (8) (ended 4 days, 8 hours ago) Kind of wheel allowed in roadway (8) LET in ROUTE Polaris
CHARGE (6) (ended 4 days, 8 hours ago) "Change! Change! Neutral to reverse to forward!" (6) CHA(N->R)GE=def schizophoenix
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