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ASPARTAME (9) an hour from now thechairguy
ANY ALLITERATIVE CLUE (?) 12 hours from now koha____
PLURILINGUALISM 19 hours from now Haxegons
DO OR DIE (2 2 3) 1 day, 22 hours from now Zimodo

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BLOOD (5) 7 hours from now
CANDOR (6) 11 hours from now
TOMODACHI (9) 16 hours from now
I ❤ NY (1 1 2) 17 hours from now
BLANKET (7) 1 day, 8 hours from now

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


Recent Clues

Contest Clue Explanation (hover) Submitted
ASPARTAME (9) Add trimmed spears to ground lamb or turkey for some sweetness (9) def: (some) sweetness; spears = ASPARAGUS, lamb or turkey = MEAT, ASPAR[agus] + MEAT* = ASPARTAME 13 hours ago
PLURILINGUALISM Never-ending advertisement is maddening, initially including annoying bit of upselling and a long buzzword evoking diversity (15) PLU[-g]+IS+M_ containing RILING+U_+A+L 14 hours ago
ASPARTAME (9) A box with minced meat that's sweet (9) A+SPAR+TAME* = that's sweet 1 day, 11 hours ago

Past Contests

Contest Winning Clue Explanation (hover) Submitted By
AI SLOP (2,4 OR 1,1,4) (ended 1 day, 14 hours ago) For the most part, Congress is divided by this overpowered source of misinformation (2,4) AISL[-e] + OP koha____
BAZOOKA (7) (ended 1 day, 16 hours ago) Japanese idiot smuggles racket as a weapon (7) BAKA (idiot in jp) smuggles ZOO (in the sense of a fracas or commotion) = a weapon quatrevingtneuf
REALLY (6) (ended 1 day, 18 hours ago) Start rising early - refreshing, for sure (6) R_ + EARLY* biocuriousgeorgie
BRAVADO (7) (ended 2 days, 1 hour ago) Unfinished Pixar movie trailer has zero attitude (7) Def= attitude. Unfinished Pixar Movie = BRAV(e) + trailer = AD + zero = O cryptic_iris
RANDO (5) (ended 3 days, 22 hours ago) Someone and/or somehow (5) ANDOR* biocuriousgeorgie
BUGBEAR (7) (ended 3 days, 22 hours ago) Annoy hairy gay man (e.g. Marcid the Typhoon) (7) BUG + BEAR; Marcid the Typhoon is a Bugbear in Dimension 20 manofsteele
SPINACH (7) (ended 5 days, 16 hours ago) What gets Popeye going in his can, cartoonishly! (7) P_ in (HIS CAN)* &lit koha____
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