Contest winners cryptic clue

Question

Winners of non-US weekly magazine challenge: end for one side, beginning for second (6)

Tom · Accepted Answer · 2020-02-03 06:25:24Z

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This may clue the

Chiefs or Niners - winners of Superbowl 2020

Wordplay

Chi - non-US (Italian) weekly magazine
e - challenge: end
f - for one side (choosing the first side)
s - beginning for second

or

NIN - non-US (Serbian) weekly magazine
e - challenge: end
r - for one side (choosing the last side)
s - beginning for second

answered Feb 2, 2020 at 20:43

Tom

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$\begingroup$ @Rubio - trying more matching wordplay for the second-half. $\endgroup$
– Tom
Feb 3, 2020 at 6:28
$\begingroup$ Of course now we know what the correct answer is. That other possibility is, er, just a weird coincidence. ;) $\endgroup$
– Rubio ♦
Feb 3, 2020 at 6:30
$\begingroup$ @Rubio - The latter didn't win. $\endgroup$
– Scratch---Cat
Apr 22, 2020 at 7:52

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