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Contests started: ANTEPENULTIMATE (15), RARE CANDY (4, 5), ANY CLUE THAT'S &LIT AND A QUESTIONABLE DEF?! (?), TURKEY (6), DECEMBER (8), POTATO (6), ANY CLUE WHOSE SURFACE COMPLIMENTS A PUZZLER (??), MODERATOR (9), PANICKING (9), TWENTY-ONE (6-3), VOTE (4), DIME, ANY CLUE WHOSE SURFACE IS A PALINDROME (?), SENATOR (7), BUG (3)

Contests won: RARE CANDY (4, 5), BABEL (5), TURKEY (6), WHATEVER (8), DECEMBER (8), UNSWEETENED (11), BLIZZARD (8), SPIRAL GALAXY (6, 6), NONSENSE (8)

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Clue ID Contest Clue Explanation (hover) Submitted By Likes
5147 WHATEVER (8) Hate in West Virginia emergency room doesn't matter (8) W(HATE)V+ER = "doesn't matter" Tiralmo 6
4928 BIDEN (5) 46 Down in France's Nice (5) 46 (nickname for the presumptive 46th president) = D(own) contained within BIEN ("nice" translated to French) Tiralmo 4
5021 BABEL (5) Babylon's marvel had most of its constituents scattered to the winds! BAB(-ylon's marv)EL &lit Tiralmo 4
5022 RARE CANDY (4, 5) Red, cyan and yellow in goldenrod for blue (4 5) RARE(=red)+C+AND+Y = item purchased in Goldenrod Radio Tower for Blue Card points Tiralmo 4
5112 TURKEY (6) Jailer gives nary a quarter; three strikes (6) TUR(-n...)KEY: bowling term for three consecutive strikes Tiralmo 4
5208 DECEMBER (8) Half-decent: gets coal at Christmastime (8) DEC_+EMBER Tiralmo 4
5065 CRAFT (5) Sea vehicle! (5) C+RAFT &lit Tiralmo 3
5098 HEAD (4) Leader in niche advertising (4) _HEAD_ Tiralmo 3
5689 SPIRAL GALAXY (6, 6) I'll x-ray... *gasp* a twisted cluster, like a pinwheel or a whirlpool (6,6) SPIRAL GALAXY* = Pinwheel galaxy or Whirlpool galaxy (or star cluster) Tiralmo 3
5915 DOZE (4) Rest of magical land is in Delaware (4) Rest = D(OZ)E Tiralmo 3
4937 REPROVE (7) Don't flatter senator who rambles endlessly (7) Don't flatter = REP + ROVE(-r) Tiralmo 2
5101 MOZART (6) Composed musical pieces Violin Concerto No. 3 and 4 in Salzburg, and Requiem at the end! (6) anagrammed(composed) ART (musical pieces) (vi)O(lin concerto) (sal)Z(burg), and (requie)M - &lit Tiralmo 2
5102 AMADEUS (7) 1984 Oscar winning film Reddit Q&A thread by Puzzler's Club member (7) AMA+DEUS Tiralmo 2
5194 BUCKET (6) Item used in an icy challenge, or what some say they'll do about the trend (6) "buck it" Tiralmo 2
5332 BLIZZARD (8) Big reptile gets twice as much sleep during wintery conditions (8) B+LI(Z→ZZ)ARD Tiralmo 2
5692 SIC (3) Egg on face value indicator (3) SIC ddef: egg on / face value indicator = editor term for as it originally appeared, regardless of intended meaning Tiralmo 2
5705 III (3) Third third third third third third third (3) ..I ..I ..I = the third generation with the same name Tiralmo 2
5926 NONSENSE (8) Babble on about fly with nightingale's head for all time (8) babble = NO<+(t→N_)SE(t→N_)SE Tiralmo 2
5951 AULEAF (6) Aurath's made it clear that he is not a sheet of gold (6) Aurath's made it clear that he is not =def of Auleaf, referencing Aurath having had the discord nickname "not auleaf"

gold=AU + sheet=LEAF (with "of" indicating the gold should be treated as an adjective before the noun)
Tiralmo 2
4927 INTEGRAL (8) Vital D&D figure (for example, real weird guy) (8) Vital = INT (D&D stat) + e.g. + ℝ + Al (Yankovich) Tiralmo 1
5105 WOLFGANG (8) Confused golf member about Mozart (8) W(OLFG*)ANG Tiralmo 1
5206 LIST (4) Solutions with every third deviation from the vertical (4) ..L..I..S ..T. Tiralmo 1
5214 UNSWEETENED (11) You state and state - wear away - state finally in the end "an unpleasant taste" (11) "go write NSW clues" - ev, during conversation on "state" in cryptics.

U+NSW & "eat" + EN(_E)D = an unpleasant taste (nothing to do with *STATE here, nosiree...)
Tiralmo 1
5244 BAOBAB (6) Keke's friend hugging close to jumbo base of birch tree (6) BA(_O)BA+B_ Tiralmo 1
5245 PAN (3) Spanish bread - I am not into French bread (3) PA(-i)N Tiralmo 1
5627 PRAXIS (6) Evil group is after image management practice (6) PR+AXIS
(image management = public relations, commonly abbreviated PR)
Tiralmo 1
5896 CANCUN (6) Dance with the essence of truth for Patricia's last resort (6) CANC(_a→_U_)N = resort Tiralmo 1
6046 BAD (3) Criminal baaed, oddly (3) Criminal (adj) = B_A_D Tiralmo 1
5000 LAME DUCK (4, 4) A mode where you won't get anything for nothing and are worthless in luck! (4, 4) L((AM(o->_)DE)*)UCK &lit Tiralmo 0
5340 BY-PRODUCT (2-7) Crazy pyro tears way after burning starts, for an unintended result (2-7) B_+PYRO*+DUCT(tear's way) Tiralmo 0
5487 ANY CLUE WHICH CONTAINS EXACTLY ONE LETTER (?) Exactly one letter has properties of STRAIGHT, SYMMETRIC, TOP-HEAVY, and FLAT-TOPPED! (1) T &lit: the only letter that has all four of these characteristics, and the only letter that appears in (is a property of) all four terms Tiralmo 0
5491 ANY CLUE WHICH CONTAINS EXACTLY ONE LETTER (?) L llllllllllll l lllllllll l llllllllllllllllllll l lllll l llllllllllllllllll l? (5) Liter = L.engths of words containing 12,9,20,5,and 18 letters respectively. Questionable due to unclued a1z26 conversion. Tiralmo 0
6049 LOBSTER BUCKS (7, 5) Buck Blosters production! (7 5) LOBSTER BUCKS* &lit (Lobster Bucks originally premiered as part of Buck Blosters)

((How did no one beat me to this clue in 26 hours?))
Tiralmo 0
6092 LIT (3) Amazing wordplay example (3) ddef (slang / &lit) Tiralmo 0

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