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HAND (4) 19 hours from now koha____
OXONIAN (7) 1 day, 20 hours from now Zimodo

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Recent Clues

Contest Clue Explanation (hover) Submitted
OXONIAN (7) Steer an ion the wrong way for Inkling, say (7) steer = OX, “AN ION” anagram
the inklings were a group of writers from oxford
27 minutes ago
HAND (4) Give up wearing headphones and dress initially. (4) Definition: Give
Up -> N(orth)
Headphones and dress initially -> Had
N wearing had -> Hand
5 hours ago
HAND (4) DNA recalled after human head forms a prehensile appendage (4) “DNA recalled” -> AND
“human head” -> H
“AND after H” -> HAND
“forms” connects the wordplay to the definition
“a prehensile appendage” is the definition for HAND
9 hours ago

Past Contests

Contest Winning Clue Explanation (hover) Submitted By
ANY CLUE THAT HAS ANOTHER CRYPTIC CLUE IN IT (?) (ended 2 days, 4 hours ago) "Panoramic snapshot of superb road, maybe (5)" is the first one (5) Inner clue: BROAD (definition = "panoramic")
snapshot of superB ROAD

Outer clue: VISTA (definition = everything in quote marks)
V+IS+T+A
(Five = V, IS, first letter of "The", one = A)

This was hard! 🥲
barley
HARMLESS (8) (ended 2 days, 9 hours ago) Leader in hospital with no arms; comes to, safe (8) Leader in hospital = H
with no arms = ARMLESS
comes to = gives the answer,
safe = harmless
blizihguh
COMPUTER (8) (ended 4 days, 2 hours ago) It handles programs for company without any true organization (8) COMPany + TRUE* (letter deletion and anag.) tuffyisfluffy
STEAMED HAMS (7 4) (ended 4 days, 9 hours ago) 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
daniellinssen
NIGHTMARE (9) (ended 4 days, 20 hours ago) Call a horse "sir"? That sounds awful! (9) KNIGHT MARE homophone dpad
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