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NIGHTMARE (9) 1 day, 4 hours from now daniellinssen
STEAMED HAMS (7 4) 1 day, 15 hours from now Zimodo
COMPUTER (8) 1 day, 22 hours from now koha____

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RECORD (6) 7 hours from now
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The current champion is dohz, with 334 wins! All hail dohz! Full stats


Recent Clues

Contest Clue Explanation (hover) Submitted
COMPUTER (8) Number-cruncher seems more attractive with tussled mop (8) def = “number cruncher”
CUTER with anagram of MOP
14 minutes ago
COMPUTER (8) Malcom put error in the middle device (8) _COM PUT ER_ an hour ago
STEAMED HAMS (7 4) Endlessly memed scene where the madame's confused and starts screaming (7 4) No mother, its just the northern lights...
Anagram of THEMADAMES + start of Screaming
7 hours ago

Past Contests

Contest Winning Clue Explanation (hover) Submitted By
OVINE (5) (ended 3 days, 3 hours ago) Pre-TikTok, social media followed one leader, like sheep (5) VINE after O_ biocuriousgeorgie
SPECULOOS (9) (ended 4 days, 14 hours ago) Seoul cops weirdly being sweet in Belgium (9) SEOUL COPS anagram, definition = “sweet in belgium” barley
SPECTACLE (9) (ended 4 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 4 days, 14 hours ago) Phantom pain initially subdued by secret concoction (7) pain initially (P) inside anagram of SECRET
definition = phantom
barley
NOVEMBER (8) (ended 6 days, 13 hours ago) "No" vote initially ousting constituent's leader in election time (8) def = election time
NO+{m->V}EMBER
koha____
CONTENT (7) (ended 6 days, 16 hours ago) Reasonably happy with competition changing direction near the end (7) CONTE(S->N)T
this is where I thought you were going with replacing S to N and was very confused, haha
biocuriousgeorgie
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