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HARMLESS (8) 1 day, 15 hours from now barley
ANY CLUE THAT HAS ANOTHER CRYPTIC CLUE IN IT (?) 1 day, 20 hours from now Zimodo

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NIGHTMARE (9) 1 day, 4 hours from now
STEAMED HAMS (7 4) 1 day, 16 hours from now
COMPUTER (8) 1 day, 22 hours from now

The current champion is dohz, with 334 wins! All hail dohz! Full stats


Recent Clues

Contest Clue Explanation (hover) Submitted
ANY CLUE THAT HAS ANOTHER CRYPTIC CLUE IN IT (?) "Panoramic snapshot of superb road, maybe (5)" is the first one (5) Inner clue: BROAD (definition = "panoramic")
snapshot of superB ROAD

Outer clue: VISTA (definition = everything in quote marks)
V+IS+T+A
(Five = V, IS, first letter of "The", one = A)

This was hard! 🥲
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HARMLESS (8) Safe holding ancient relic might lose everything, savvy leaders initially state (8) HARMLES (Holding Ancient Relic Might Lose Everything Savvy <- leaders) + S (initially -> State) = HARMLESS, and something that is harmless is safe 3 hours ago
COMPUTER (8) Quiet stone reported to be a bug's home (8) CALM+PEWTER homophone 4 hours ago

Past Contests

Contest Winning Clue Explanation (hover) Submitted By
CAUSTIC (7) (ended 22 hours, 58 minutes ago) Cat circling us, then it cruelly starts biting (7) CAT around US, then IC (starts of “it cruelly”)
definition “biting” as a remark
barley
RECORD (6) (ended 1 day, 16 hours ago) Account overline? (6) RE- (over) + CORD (line) thechairguy
INTERN (6) (ended 1 day, 23 hours ago) Confine within a winter night (6) wINTER Night -> INTERN
Definition = "Confine"
daniellinssen
OVINE (5) (ended 5 days, 3 hours ago) Pre-TikTok, social media followed one leader, like sheep (5) VINE after O_ biocuriousgeorgie
SPECULOOS (9) (ended 6 days, 14 hours ago) Seoul cops weirdly being sweet in Belgium (9) SEOUL COPS anagram, definition = “sweet in belgium” barley
SPECTACLE (9) (ended 6 days, 14 hours ago) Inspect a cleric’s cargo, there’s something you’ll want to see… (9) inSPECT A CLEric
definition = “something you’ll want to see”
barley
SPECTRE (7) (ended 6 days, 14 hours ago) Phantom pain initially subdued by secret concoction (7) pain initially (P) inside anagram of SECRET
definition = phantom
barley
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