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MONSTERA (8) 23 hours from now biocuriousgeorgie
AMBIDEXTROUS (12) 1 day, 6 hours from now koha____

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


Recent Clues

Contest Clue Explanation (hover) Submitted
MONSTERA (8) The majority ate and are back to build Swiss cheese plant (8) MO('N')ST + ARE<
To build = linker
Swiss cheese plant is apparently a nickname for this plant
15 hours ago
AMBIDEXTROUS (12) O/X: I beat drums explosively with both hands (12) OXIBEATDRUMS* 15 hours ago
AMBIDEXTROUS (12) In love, where love is fleeting, hold tender an offer, for instance, to start using either hand (12) AM(-o)ROUS where O is fleeting, holding BID (tender an offer) + EX (for instance) + To start
AM(-o)(BID+EX+T_)ROUS
15 hours ago

Past Contests

Contest Winning Clue Explanation (hover) Submitted By
PARMESAN (8) (ended 14 hours, 53 minutes ago) Cheese that's standard on Spanish table, no? (8) PAR + MESA + N Polaris
INADVERTENTLY (13) (ended 1 day, 5 hours ago) Some sent lying post in promotional material on accident (13) ENTLY (some sENT LYing) after IN ADVERT (promotional material) -> INADVERTENTLY (on accident) thechairguy
DA VINCI (2, 5) (ended 1 day, 19 hours ago) Unfinished sculpture keeps company as Michelangelo's contemporary (2, 5) DAVI(-d) ("unfinished sculpture") keeps INC ("company") Polaris
INTELLIGIBILITY (ended 4 days, 4 hours ago) Doctor belittlingly pinching patient's heart at three different points, making incision (15) BELITTLINGLY* containing I x3 = incision (as in "incisiveness, clarity") koha____
CHILD'S PLAY (6, 4) (ended 4 days, 10 hours ago) XL Nintendo console game is a piece of cake (5'1, 4) CHI ("X") + L + DS + PLAY
not the 3DS XL though!
Polaris
DO OR DIE (2 2 3) (ended 5 days, 1 hour ago) DoorDash lost product in a fire; that is, it's a critical situation (2,2,3) DOORDASH - ASH (product in a fire) + IE (that is) -> DO OR DIE (a critical situation) thechairguy
PLURILINGUALISM (ended 6 days, 4 hours ago) Ability to switch between languages in U.S.? Girl, I'm all up in a mess (15) (IN US GIRL IM ALL UP)* Polaris
ANY ALLITERATIVE CLUE (?) (ended 6 days, 11 hours ago) Taking ten tigers trained to tackle tamarin's tail (6) RESTI(_N)G* = taking ten koha____
ASPARTAME (9) (ended 6 days, 22 hours ago) A box with minced meat that's sweet (9) A+SPAR+TAME* = that's sweet koha____
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