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ZYGOTE (6) 1 day, 14 hours from now Zimodo

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Contest Clue Explanation (hover) Submitted
ZYGOTE (6) Spooner says dude's grain is what leads to a fertilized egg (6) GUY'S OAT spoonerized, def. fertilized egg 8 hours ago
TIEBREAK (8) See who gets the gold touch at first. Secondly, Midas meets abysmal, tragic result! A bit of karma! (8) Touch + mIdas mEets aBysmal tRagic rEsult + A + Karma (letter selections) 2 days, 10 hours ago
TIEBREAK (8) Weirdly bite rake to decide who wins (8) TIEBREAK (weirdly -> biterake)(anag)
TIEBREAKs decide who wins in case of a tie
2 days, 13 hours ago

Past Contests

Contest Winning Clue Explanation (hover) Submitted By
TIEBREAK (8) (ended 8 hours, 49 minutes ago) Crashing bike after failing to yield incurs penalties, possibly (8) (BIKE AFTER)* minus F (failing) = penalties, possibly (as in a penalty shootout) koha____
BLEXAS (ended 2 days, 22 hours ago) Foremost of miracles out of midterms, possibly ushered in by bigots losing in the primaries! (6) B+L+EXA[-m]S

M (foremost of Miracles) leaving EXAmS (midterms, possibly) after (ushered in by) B+L (primary letters of Bigots Losing); &lit
koha____
OXONIAN (7) (ended 6 days, 8 hours ago) Maybe Thatcher initially opposed Nixon after corruption surrounding launch of Apollo (7) O_ + NIXON* containing A_
def = Maybe Thatcher
koha____
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