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HARMLESS (8) 12 hours from now barley
ANY CLUE THAT HAS ANOTHER CRYPTIC CLUE IN IT (?) 17 hours from now Zimodo

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NIGHTMARE (9) 40 minutes from now
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Recent Clues

Contest Clue Explanation (hover) Submitted
ANY CLUE THAT HAS ANOTHER CRYPTIC CLUE IN IT (?) Daily challenge: “Obscure tomb sounds icy (7)” solved after 60 seconds! (6 7) Inner clue = CRYPTIC
definition = “obscure”
CRYPT(synonym)+IC(homophone)

Whole clue = MINUTE CRYPTIC
definition = “daily challenge”

The inner clue “solved”, after MINUTE (60 seconds)
4 hours ago
HARMLESS (8) Leader in hospital with no arms; comes to, safe (8) Leader in hospital = H
with no arms = ARMLESS
comes to = gives the answer,
safe = harmless
6 hours ago
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! 🥲
1 day, 5 hours ago

Past Contests

Contest Winning Clue Explanation (hover) Submitted By
CAUSTIC (7) (ended 2 days, 2 hours 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 2 days, 20 hours ago) Account overline? (6) RE- (over) + CORD (line) thechairguy
INTERN (6) (ended 3 days, 2 hours ago) Confine within a winter night (6) wINTER Night -> INTERN
Definition = "Confine"
daniellinssen
OVINE (5) (ended 6 days, 7 hours ago) Pre-TikTok, social media followed one leader, like sheep (5) VINE after O_ biocuriousgeorgie
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