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OPEN CONVENTION (4, 10) 7 hours ago

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Contest Clue Explanation (hover) Submitted
OPEN CONVENTION (4, 10) Choice split; even split again; to put new leader up against villain? We'll need another round... (4, 10) OP / TION containing E / VEN containing N(ew) + CON 2 days, 15 hours ago
ROUGE (5) Observing the good within makes libertine turn red (5) G in ROUE = "turn red" (verb defn) 6 days, 20 hours ago
NOTEPAD (7) App to open .dat (formatted) (7) App = def
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Past Contests

Contest Winning Clue Explanation (hover) Submitted By
ROUGE (5) (ended 3 days, 23 hours ago) Observing the good within makes libertine turn red (5) G in ROUE = "turn red" (verb defn) schizophoenix
LIFT (4) (ended 5 days, 16 hours ago)
ENIAC (5) (ended 5 days, 21 hours ago) Retro actor who played "Alfie" on an early computer (5) ENIAC< AuLeaf
VS CODE (2, 4) (ended 5 days, 21 hours ago)
NOTEPAD (7) (ended 6 days, 6 hours ago) App to open .dat (formatted) (7) App = def
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biocuriousgeorgie
EMACS (5) (ended 6 days, 6 hours ago) Famous editor for fast rapper at current speed (5) def = EM(inem)+A+C+S schizophoenix
VIM (3) (ended 6 days, 6 hours ago) Famous editor goes with vigor (3) vim and vigor schizophoenix
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