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Contests started: JEEPERS (7)

Contests won: ALL HALLOWS' EVE (3 7' 3), YONKS (5), SWAG (4), LOOPS (5), SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME... (5, 5, 5, ETC.)

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Clue ID Contest Clue Explanation (hover) Submitted By Likes
11890 SLIME (5) Blending limes makes green goop (5) Blending - anagram; LIMES -> SLIME
Green goop - def
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11795 ALL HALLOWS' EVE (3 7' 3) Hotel decorated with two of everything takes great pains the night before Halloween (3 7’ 3) “Hotel decorated with two of everything” - H surrounded by ALL and ALL
“Great pains” - OWS
“Night before” - EVE
“Halloween” - def
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11814 YONKS (5) City in New York doesn't need medical attention for a long time (5) City in New York - YONKERS
Doesn't need medical attention - delete ER
A long time - def

yeah i know yonkers is a little obscure but i live there so i gotta rep it
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11828 SWAG (4) Stolen goods concealed by this wagon (4) Stolen goods - def; concealed - hidden word; thiS WAGon manofsteele 2
11883 LOOPS (5) Unraveled spool goes on and on forever (5) Unraveled - anagram; SPOOL -> LOOPS
goes on and on forever - def
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11891 SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME... (5, 5, 5, ETC.) Limitless supply of dash/D.O.T. lovers makes me dizzy for countless miles (5 5 5 5…) Limitless supply of dash/D.O.T lovers - def
Dizzy - anagram; MILES -> SLIME
“Countless” suggests to repeat MILES ad infinitum
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11768 SORE (4) Ores get blown up - very painful (4) “Blown up” indicates an anagram
ORES -> SORE
“Very painful” is the definition
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11774 SEAT (4) Head of state will feast on roast rump (4) Charade; Head of state = S, feast = eat
Rump = def (as in backside)
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11792 VALET (5) Servant at Hokie school consumes beer (5) Servant - def
Hokie school - VT (Virginia tech)
Consumes beer - V(ALE)T
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11840 ANY CHEESE (?) Short - no, even shorter - type of cheese (4) Short = BRIEF
Even shorter - deleted F -> BRIE
Type of cheese - def
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11780 WARM (4) Big win - insane ram is on fire (4) Big win - W
“Insane ram” - RAM* -> ARM
“On fire” - def for WARM
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11782 FELT (4) Mixed-up elf uses a newt tail to make fabric (4) “Mixed up elf” -> ELF* -> FEL
“Newt tail” -> T
“Fabric” - def for FELT
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11787 CADRE (5) Group includes medical professional swallowed by crazy ace (5) "Group" - def
"Medical professional" - DR
"Crazy ace" - ACE* -> CAE
"Swallowed by" - Containment indicator -> CA(DR)E
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11811 ERRING (6) Lawbreaking stud doesn’t make the grade (6) Lawbreaking - def
Stud - earring
Doesn’t make the grade - delete A
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11821 FACE CARD (4 4) Joker’s crazy-faced arc (4 4) Joker - def; crazy - anagram; FACED ARC -> FACE CARD manofsteele 0
11847 CIDER (5) Apple juice reports: “See that woman!” (5) Apple juice - def
Reports clues a homonym
“See that woman” -> SIGHT HER, a la CIDER
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11913 SONIC YOUTH (5, 5) In the south, spend a rusty coin and a yen to see a rock band (5 5) In the south - container indicator
Rusty coin -> anagram coin
And a yen -> add a Y
(SO)<nic[y]o>(UTH)
a rock band - def
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12239 KEYSMASH (8) YMSAEKHS... that's crazy! (8) YMSAEKHS -> KEYSMASH and also is a keysmash; crazy indicates an anagram manofsteele 0

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