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OVINE (5) 1 day, 6 hours from now

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Recent Clues

Contest Clue Explanation (hover) Submitted
OVINE (5) Creeper trails Steve, risking his life and acting like a sheep (5) VINE (creeper) trails O (Steve-O = Steve risking his life) 1 day, 7 hours ago
OVINE (5) One of many in the flock; I've no eccentricity (5) Anagram of I'VE NO
Definition = one of many in the flock
1 day, 15 hours ago
OVINE (5) Lover's beginning to fall madly in love, like a lamb (5) IN LOVE* minus L_
def = like a lamb
1 day, 18 hours ago

Past Contests

Contest Winning Clue Explanation (hover) Submitted By
SPECULOOS (9) (ended 3 hours, 51 minutes ago) Seoul cops weirdly being sweet in Belgium (9) SEOUL COPS anagram, definition = “sweet in belgium” barley
SPECTACLE (9) (ended 3 hours, 52 minutes 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 hours, 54 minutes ago) Phantom pain initially subdued by secret concoction (7) pain initially (P) inside anagram of SECRET
definition = phantom
barley
NOVEMBER (8) (ended 2 days, 3 hours ago) "No" vote initially ousting constituent's leader in election time (8) def = election time
NO+{m->V}EMBER
koha____
CONTENT (7) (ended 2 days, 6 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
EXCITEMENT (10) (ended 5 days, 1 hour ago) Crap... Republican goes for it, generating buzz (10) EXC{r->IT}EMENT; def=buzz koha____
BOREDOM (7) (ended 6 days, 2 hours ago) Lack of interest, then sudden hype surrounding variety of wine (7) lack of interest = BOREDOM, sudden hype = BOOM, variety of wine = RED, BO-RED-OM barley
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