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BLOOD (5) 7 hours from now madjaqk
CANDOR (6) 11 hours from now koha____
TOMODACHI (9) 16 hours from now Haxegons
I ❤ NY (1 1 2) 17 hours from now Zimodo
BLANKET (7) 1 day, 8 hours from now biocuriousgeorgie

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AI SLOP (2,4 OR 1,1,4) 9 hours from now

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Recent Clues

Contest Clue Explanation (hover) Submitted
BLANKET (7) Incidentally, abruptly twisted ankle mid-stitch (7) def: stitch; incidentally = BTW, B_T[w] + (ANKLE)* = BLANKET
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanket_stitch
3 hours ago
BLANKET (7) ___ & cover? (7) BLANK + ET (& is a ligature for et, Latin for "and") -> BLANKET (cover) 10 hours ago
I ❤ NY (1 1 2) Iconic organ featured in timeless little slogan (1, 1, 2) ❤ (an organ in the form of an icon) in [-t]INY 13 hours ago

Past Contests

Contest Winning Clue Explanation (hover) Submitted By
BRAVADO (7) (ended 1 hour, 24 minutes ago) Unfinished Pixar movie trailer has zero attitude (7) Def= attitude. Unfinished Pixar Movie = BRAV(e) + trailer = AD + zero = O cryptic_iris
RANDO (5) (ended 1 day, 22 hours ago) Someone and/or somehow (5) ANDOR* biocuriousgeorgie
BUGBEAR (7) (ended 1 day, 22 hours ago) Annoy hairy gay man (e.g. Marcid the Typhoon) (7) BUG + BEAR; Marcid the Typhoon is a Bugbear in Dimension 20 manofsteele
SPINACH (7) (ended 3 days, 16 hours ago) What gets Popeye going in his can, cartoonishly! (7) P_ in (HIS CAN)* &lit koha____
UNITE (5) (ended 6 days, 15 hours ago) It's in the middle of a French bridge (5) UN(IT)E wolf
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