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ZYGOTE (6) 14 hours from now Zimodo

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


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Contest Clue Explanation (hover) Submitted
ZYGOTE (6) First cell is cozy, go tell the prisoner (6) Def: “first cell”
coZY GO TEll
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ZYGOTE (6) Spooner says dude's grain is what leads to a fertilized egg (6) GUY'S OAT spoonerized, def. fertilized egg 1 day, 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) 3 days, 10 hours ago

Past Contests

Contest Winning Clue Explanation (hover) Submitted By
TIEBREAK (8) (ended 1 day, 8 hours 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 3 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____
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