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JUST DO IT (4, 2, 2) 15 hours from now phenomist
ANY MAGIC WORD(S) (?) 18 hours from now Zimodo
DECIMATE (8) 21 hours from now dohz
TRIALS (6) 1 day, 8 hours from now Space_Kalak

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ASTERN (6) 7 hours from now
ADROIT (6) 18 hours from now
DETROIT (7) 18 hours from now
TROUT (5) 18 hours from now

The current champion is dohz, with 320 wins! All hail dohz! Full stats


Recent Clues

Contest Clue Explanation (hover) Submitted
TRIALS (6) Sample fats orally for tests (6) TRIALS "try oils" 12 hours ago
ANY MAGIC WORD(S) (?) Tada! A bit of ravioli in pasta sauce! (6) P(R)ESTO 15 hours ago
DECIMATE (8) Demolish drunk hunt group with endless cider (8) TEAM+CIDE* 1 day, 1 hour ago

Past Contests

Contest Winning Clue Explanation (hover) Submitted By
JEJUNE (6) (ended 1 day, 8 hours ago)
LLAMA (5) (ended 1 day, 15 hours ago) Woolly animal (not quite sheep) in Los Angeles (5) Woolly animal = def
Not quite sheep = LAMb, in LA = L(LAM)A
biocuriousgeorgie
TENOR (5) (ended 3 days, 8 hours ago) One back in lead theatre role! (5) T(ENO<)R jovi_al
PRIDE FLAG (5, 4) (ended 3 days, 14 hours ago)
FIRST (5) (ended 4 days, 23 hours ago) Leading right into bumper? (5) Leading = def
R into FIST
biocuriousgeorgie
PARAMETER (9) (ended 5 days, 3 hours ago) Sheepish dad consumer abandoned a property? (9) Sheepish dad? = PA RAM
Consumer, abandoned a = EaTER
Property = def
biocuriousgeorgie
PARADE ( 6) (ended 5 days, 11 hours ago) Standard juice in March (6) PAR + ADE biocuriousgeorgie
PARAMOUR (8) (ended 5 days, 13 hours ago) Secret lover Mara held up in drink (8) P(ARAM<)OUR, def "secret lover" jovi_al
CLANK (5) (ended 5 days, 16 hours ago) Rattle-snake shed its skin, moving after cold left (5) rattle = C+L+(-s)ANK*(-e) AuLeaf
JOB (3) (ended 6 days, 23 hours ago) Book appointment (3) double def. "Book" (a book of the Old Testament, pronounced "johb" and etymologically unrelated) and "appointment" bags
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