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INTERN (6) 23 hours from now
RECORD (6) 1 day, 6 hours from now
CAUSTIC (7) 1 day, 23 hours from now

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


Recent Clues

Contest Clue Explanation (hover) Submitted
CAUSTIC (7) I see, after breaking a leg you became toxic? (7) IC after
breaking a leg you = U wound up in a CAST
(Will gladly add more ?s as needed to make this work.)
14 hours ago
CAUSTIC (7) Destructive, sudden feeling of disgust at how much you're paying to a listener? (7) Destructive = def
Homophone of "cost ick"
1 day, 5 hours ago
INTERN (6) Confine within a winter night (6) wINTER Night -> INTERN
Definition = "Confine"
1 day, 8 hours ago

Past Contests

Contest Winning Clue Explanation (hover) Submitted By
OVINE (5) (ended 2 days, 4 hours ago) Pre-TikTok, social media followed one leader, like sheep (5) VINE after O_ biocuriousgeorgie
SPECULOOS (9) (ended 3 days, 15 hours ago) Seoul cops weirdly being sweet in Belgium (9) SEOUL COPS anagram, definition = “sweet in belgium” barley
SPECTACLE (9) (ended 3 days, 15 hours ago) Inspect a cleric’s cargo, there’s something you’ll want to see… (9) inSPECT A CLEric
definition = “something you’ll want to see”
barley
SPECTRE (7) (ended 3 days, 15 hours ago) Phantom pain initially subdued by secret concoction (7) pain initially (P) inside anagram of SECRET
definition = phantom
barley
NOVEMBER (8) (ended 5 days, 14 hours ago) "No" vote initially ousting constituent's leader in election time (8) def = election time
NO+{m->V}EMBER
koha____
CONTENT (7) (ended 5 days, 17 hours ago) Reasonably happy with competition changing direction near the end (7) CONTE(S->N)T
this is where I thought you were going with replacing S to N and was very confused, haha
biocuriousgeorgie
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