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BLEXAS an hour from now coby

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


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Contest Clue Explanation (hover) Submitted
BLEXAS 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
7 hours ago
BLEXAS Pleasant surprise in 2026: Ending terrible christmas by excluding mother (6) DEF: Pleasant surprise in 2026
"BLE": Ending terrible
"XAS": Christmas(XMAS) by excluding (-) mother(M)
1 day, 3 hours ago
BLEXAS Endless blast around former friendly state shedding red (6) BLAS (endless blast) around EX (former) to make BL(EX)AS
definition = friendly state shedding red
1 day, 8 hours ago

Past Contests

Contest Winning Clue Explanation (hover) Submitted By
OXONIAN (7) (ended 1 day, 8 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 2 days, 8 hours ago) Worker has a nice day initially (4) Worker e.g. farmhand
Acrostic
boop
IZANAGI (7) (ended 4 days, 17 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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