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IZANAGI (7) 1 day, 21 hours from now blizihguh

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HARMLESS (8) 1 day, 1 hour from now
ANY CLUE THAT HAS ANOTHER CRYPTIC CLUE IN IT (?) 1 day, 6 hours from now

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


Recent Clues

Contest Clue Explanation (hover) Submitted
HARMLESS (8) Initial hypothesis: appendage smaller unlikely to worry people (8) H + ARM + LESS
Definition = "unlikely to worry people"
22 hours ago
HARMLESS (8) Earth's mostly this unappealing lack of leadership (8) cHARMLESS 1 day, 7 hours ago
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)
1 day, 14 hours ago

Past Contests

Contest Winning Clue Explanation (hover) Submitted By
COMPUTER (8) (ended 15 hours, 58 minutes ago) It handles programs for company without any true organization (8) COMPany + TRUE* (letter deletion and anag.) tuffyisfluffy
STEAMED HAMS (7 4) (ended 22 hours, 27 minutes ago) Mashed meats, cooked burgers in upstate New York, allegedly (7,4) Anagram (cooked) of MASHED MEATS is STEAMED HAMS
Def = burgers in upstate New York, allegedly
daniellinssen
NIGHTMARE (9) (ended 1 day, 10 hours ago) Call a horse "sir"? That sounds awful! (9) KNIGHT MARE homophone dpad
CAUSTIC (7) (ended 3 days, 13 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 4 days, 6 hours ago) Account overline? (6) RE- (over) + CORD (line) thechairguy
INTERN (6) (ended 4 days, 13 hours ago) Confine within a winter night (6) wINTER Night -> INTERN
Definition = "Confine"
daniellinssen
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