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TIEBREAK (8) 12 hours from now koha____

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


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Contest Clue Explanation (hover) Submitted
TIEBREAK (8) Bind and break to settle the score, in a way (8) Charades
Bind = TIE
+ BREAK
def = settle the score, in a way
34 minutes ago
TIEBREAK (8) Make like a pretzel baker working overtime (8) TIE (make like a pretzel) + BREAK (anag. baker [working]) 40 minutes ago
TIEBREAK (8) Determine who will win free brie among “Secret Cheese Santa” backers on Kickstarter? (8) def "Determine who will win"
[secre]T + (IEBR*) + [chees]E + [sant]A + K[ick]
3 hours ago

Past Contests

Contest Winning Clue Explanation (hover) Submitted By
BLEXAS (ended 1 hour, 13 minutes ago) Foremost of miracles out of midterms, possibly ushered in by bigots losing in the primaries! (6) B+L+EXA[-m]S

M (foremost of Miracles) leaving EXAmS (midterms, possibly) after (ushered in by) B+L (primary letters of Bigots Losing); &lit
koha____
OXONIAN (7) (ended 3 days, 11 hours ago) Maybe Thatcher initially opposed Nixon after corruption surrounding launch of Apollo (7) O_ + NIXON* containing A_
def = Maybe Thatcher
koha____
HAND (4) (ended 4 days, 12 hours ago) Worker has a nice day initially (4) Worker e.g. farmhand
Acrostic
boop
IZANAGI (7) (ended 6 days, 20 hours ago) Seized heart again, unfortunately, for old Japanese maker (7) seIZed + AGAIN anagram
definition: “old japanese maker” (he made japan, so I’m told)
barley
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