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INTERN (6) an hour from now bags
RECORD (6) 8 hours from now biocuriousgeorgie
CAUSTIC (7) 1 day, 1 hour from now thechairguy

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


Recent Clues

Contest Clue Explanation (hover) Submitted
CAUSTIC (7) Destructive, sudden feeling of disgust at how much you're paying to a listener? (7) Destructive = def
Homophone of "cost ick"
3 hours ago
INTERN (6) Confine within a winter night (6) wINTER Night -> INTERN
Definition = "Confine"
7 hours ago
RECORD (6) Wrote down achievement (6) Double definition 16 hours ago

Past Contests

Contest Winning Clue Explanation (hover) Submitted By
OVINE (5) (ended 1 day, 2 hours ago) Pre-TikTok, social media followed one leader, like sheep (5) VINE after O_ biocuriousgeorgie
SPECULOOS (9) (ended 2 days, 13 hours ago) Seoul cops weirdly being sweet in Belgium (9) SEOUL COPS anagram, definition = “sweet in belgium” barley
SPECTACLE (9) (ended 2 days, 13 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 2 days, 13 hours ago) Phantom pain initially subdued by secret concoction (7) pain initially (P) inside anagram of SECRET
definition = phantom
barley
NOVEMBER (8) (ended 4 days, 12 hours ago) "No" vote initially ousting constituent's leader in election time (8) def = election time
NO+{m->V}EMBER
koha____
CONTENT (7) (ended 4 days, 15 hours ago) Reasonably happy with competition changing direction near the end (7) CONTE(S->N)T
this is where I thought you were going with replacing S to N and was very confused, haha
biocuriousgeorgie
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