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OXONIAN (7) 19 hours from now Zimodo

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Recent Clues

Contest Clue Explanation (hover) Submitted
HAND (4) Hospital and aid (4) H + AND = HAND
definition = aid
5 hours ago
OXONIAN (7) Maybe Thatcher initially opposed Nixon after corruption surrounding launch of Apollo (7) O_ + NIXON* containing A_
def = Maybe Thatcher
6 hours ago
HAND (4) Deal with odd head nod (4) H_A_N_D 6 hours ago

Past Contests

Contest Winning Clue Explanation (hover) Submitted By
IZANAGI (7) (ended 13 hours, 41 minutes 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
ANY CLUE THAT HAS ANOTHER CRYPTIC CLUE IN IT (?) (ended 3 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 3 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 5 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 5 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 5 days, 21 hours ago) Call a horse "sir"? That sounds awful! (9) KNIGHT MARE homophone dpad
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