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RESERVATION (11) 17 hours from now jkittykitkat63
FUTILE (6) 1 day, 7 hours from now Zimodo

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FUTILE (6) Looking back, the prestigious short alien relocator lost closure in vain (6) (-O)FU(-E)TILE< an hour ago
RESERVATION (11) Booking budget 'bout bad bars (11) R(ESERV*)ATION = booking

verse = bars (e.g., in rap)
idk if 'bad' is an anagram indicator but alliteration moment
2 hours ago
RESERVATION (11) Plan in advance to randomly arrive on set (11) /ARRIVEONSET = a plan made in advance e.g. at a restaurant 6 hours ago

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MIMICRY (7) (ended 2 days, 20 hours ago) Copying e e cummings's first poetry without a poet (7) MI MI ("e e") + C_ + [-poet]RY Polaris
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