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DA VINCI (2, 5) 4 hours from now koha____
INADVERTENTLY (13) 18 hours from now Haxegons
PARMESAN (8) 1 day, 9 hours from now biocuriousgeorgie

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


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Contest Clue Explanation (hover) Submitted
PARMESAN (8) Normal Jar Jar, normal cheese (8) PAR+MESA+N=cheese

Jar Jar Binks from Star Wars uses "Mesa" to refer to self

https://www.calendar-australia.com/faq/does-jar-jar-say-mesa
7 hours ago
PARMESAN (8) Smear bananas among Spanish bread and Italian cheese (8) SMEAR* in PAN 12 hours ago
PARMESAN (8) Snape twisted arm, went inside for cheese (8) SNAPE* with ARM inside 14 hours ago

Past Contests

Contest Winning Clue Explanation (hover) Submitted By
INTELLIGIBILITY (ended 4 hours, 10 minutes ago) Doctor belittlingly pinching patient's heart at three different points, making incision (15) BELITTLINGLY* containing I x3 = incision (as in "incisiveness, clarity") koha____
CHILD'S PLAY (6, 4) (ended 10 hours, 28 minutes ago) XL Nintendo console game is a piece of cake (5'1, 4) CHI ("X") + L + DS + PLAY
not the 3DS XL though!
Polaris
DO OR DIE (2 2 3) (ended 1 day, 1 hour ago) DoorDash lost product in a fire; that is, it's a critical situation (2,2,3) DOORDASH - ASH (product in a fire) + IE (that is) -> DO OR DIE (a critical situation) thechairguy
PLURILINGUALISM (ended 2 days, 4 hours ago) Ability to switch between languages in U.S.? Girl, I'm all up in a mess (15) (IN US GIRL IM ALL UP)* Polaris
ANY ALLITERATIVE CLUE (?) (ended 2 days, 11 hours ago) Taking ten tigers trained to tackle tamarin's tail (6) RESTI(_N)G* = taking ten koha____
ASPARTAME (9) (ended 2 days, 22 hours ago) A box with minced meat that's sweet (9) A+SPAR+TAME* = that's sweet koha____
BLANKET (7) (ended 3 days, 14 hours ago) ___ & cover? (7) BLANK + ET (& is a ligature for et, Latin for "and") -> BLANKET (cover) thechairguy
I ❤ NY (1 1 2) (ended 4 days, 6 hours ago) Iconic organ featured in timeless little slogan (1, 1, 2) ❤ (an organ in the form of an icon) in [-t]INY koha____
TOMODACHI (9) (ended 4 days, 7 hours ago) Some Greek cut German's roof with one Japanese friend (9) some Greek cut = TOMOs (a cut as a noun, as in a section)
German's roof = DACH, one = I
biocuriousgeorgie
CANDOR (6) (ended 4 days, 12 hours ago) Mostly sweet or showing honesty (6) CANDy (sweet as noun) + OR; showing = linking word, honesty = def biocuriousgeorgie
BLOOD (5) (ended 4 days, 15 hours ago) Produced flowers, leaving author kind of red (5) BLOO[-me]D koha____
AI SLOP (2,4 OR 1,1,4) (ended 6 days, 14 hours ago) For the most part, Congress is divided by this overpowered source of misinformation (2,4) AISL[-e] + OP koha____
BAZOOKA (7) (ended 6 days, 15 hours ago) Japanese idiot smuggles racket as a weapon (7) BAKA (idiot in jp) smuggles ZOO (in the sense of a fracas or commotion) = a weapon quatrevingtneuf
REALLY (6) (ended 6 days, 18 hours ago) Start rising early - refreshing, for sure (6) R_ + EARLY* biocuriousgeorgie
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