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STEAMED HAMS (7 4) 15 hours from now Zimodo
COMPUTER (8) 22 hours from now koha____

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Contest Clue Explanation (hover) Submitted
COMPUTER (8) Give away truck registered to Katherine Johnson at one time (8) Give away = COMP, truck = UTE, registered = R
def = Katherine Johnson at one time
5 hours ago
COMPUTER (8) Dictator's ejaculate on a metal thinking machine (8) Homophone for "Cum (ejaculate) pewter (a metal)", definition is "thinking machine" 6 hours ago
STEAMED HAMS (7 4) 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
18 hours ago

Past Contests

Contest Winning Clue Explanation (hover) Submitted By
RECORD (6) (ended 16 hours, 24 minutes ago) Account overline? (6) RE- (over) + CORD (line) thechairguy
INTERN (6) (ended 23 hours, 6 minutes ago) Confine within a winter night (6) wINTER Night -> INTERN
Definition = "Confine"
daniellinssen
OVINE (5) (ended 4 days, 3 hours ago) Pre-TikTok, social media followed one leader, like sheep (5) VINE after O_ biocuriousgeorgie
SPECULOOS (9) (ended 5 days, 14 hours ago) Seoul cops weirdly being sweet in Belgium (9) SEOUL COPS anagram, definition = “sweet in belgium” barley
SPECTACLE (9) (ended 5 days, 14 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 5 days, 14 hours ago) Phantom pain initially subdued by secret concoction (7) pain initially (P) inside anagram of SECRET
definition = phantom
barley
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