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BALLOT BOX (6, 3) 5 hours from now AuthorialIntent
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Recent Clues

Contest Clue Explanation (hover) Submitted
NEEDLE (6) Elder men — lacking rum, disheartened — turn to vessel for doing shots (6) rev. ELDE(-r_m)EN 22 hours ago
NEEDLE (6) Pointer bug? (6) ddef, needle of a compass and to needle someone
surface intended to be programming-y
22 hours ago
OLIVE GARDEN (5 6) Restaurant is not, at heart, a live fish den (5 6) _O_ + LIVE + GAR (fish) + DEN 22 hours ago

Past Contests

Contest Winning Clue Explanation (hover) Submitted By
VAMPIRE (7) (ended 1 day, 3 hours ago) 5e includes a strangely prim undead monster (7) V(A+PRIM*)E biocuriousgeorgie
BUGABOO (7) (ended 1 day, 18 hours ago) Spook or bother a lover (7) BUG + A + BOO = "Spook" (as a noun) Polaris
GHOUL (5) (ended 2 days, 7 hours ago) Flesh-eating demon sloughs off skin messily (5) def = (-S)LOUGH*(-S) schizophoenix
COBWEB (6) (ended 2 days, 11 hours ago) Something made by Charlotte in a book by E.B. White coming first, after introductions to Charlotte and Orville's brother? (6) inits of Charlotte + Orville's Brother + W + EB Tortoise
RATIONAL (8) (ended 4 days, 15 hours ago) Like some fraction of robbers, initially I entered without a key (8) R+AT(I)ONAL Tortoise
COPIUM (6) (ended 5 days, 21 hours ago) Nuclear decay of element 112 yields mood-elevating drug, purportedly (6) COP[ernic]IUM Tortoise
LUMBER (6) (ended 6 days, 6 hours ago) Light brown wood (6) L+UMBER schizophoenix
BASS TROMBONE (4 8) (ended 6 days, 20 hours ago) Second-rate rump steak conceals rejected bit of mandible or horn (4 8) B+ASS+T(RO+M)BONE Tortoise
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