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HAND (4) 1 day, 19 hours from now koha____

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Recent Clues

Contest Clue Explanation (hover) Submitted
HAND (4) Applause for article shown in high definition (4) Applause "give a big hand to..." etc
Article an
Within
High Definition HD
an hour ago
HAND (4) Worker has a nice day initially (4) Worker e.g. farmhand
Acrostic
an hour ago
HAND (4) Cards you’ve been dealt are less than desirable (4) def = “cards you’ve been dealt” (a hand of cards)
remove letters (less) from “tHAN Desirable”
3 hours ago

Past Contests

Contest Winning Clue Explanation (hover) Submitted By
ANY CLUE THAT HAS ANOTHER CRYPTIC CLUE IN IT (?) (ended 1 day, 4 hours ago) "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! 🥲
barley
HARMLESS (8) (ended 1 day, 9 hours ago) 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
blizihguh
COMPUTER (8) (ended 3 days, 2 hours ago) It handles programs for company without any true organization (8) COMPany + TRUE* (letter deletion and anag.) tuffyisfluffy
STEAMED HAMS (7 4) (ended 3 days, 9 hours 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 3 days, 20 hours ago) Call a horse "sir"? That sounds awful! (9) KNIGHT MARE homophone dpad
CAUSTIC (7) (ended 6 days 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 6 days, 17 hours ago) Account overline? (6) RE- (over) + CORD (line) thechairguy
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