| Forgetful |
The Telegraph Quick |
28 Feb 2026 |
| Forgetful |
The Telegraph Quick |
09 Jan 2026 |
| Forgetful (6-6) |
The Guardian Quick |
21 Oct 2025 |
| Forgetful, inattentive (6-6) |
Mirror Classic |
09 Sep 2025 |
| Forgetful sailor gets posted and looked after (6-6) |
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| Admits Ben & Ned are forgetful... (6-6) |
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| Forgetful |
The Times Sunday Concise |
23 Feb 2025 |
| Scatty and forgetful (6-6) |
Puzzler |
23 Dec 2024 |
| Distrait (6-6) |
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| Scatty (6-6) |
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| Describing the preoccupied professor inclined to play truant? (6-6) |
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| Forgetful best man dined out (6-6) |
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| Co_monly _natte_tive an_ pr_occupie_ |
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| Forgetful, pre-occupied (6-6) |
The Guardian Speedy |
02 Sep 2024 |
| Forgetful, pre-occupied (6-6) |
The Guardian Speedy |
01 Sep 2024 |
| Forgetful |
The Telegraph Quick |
24 Jul 2024 |
| Forgetful, inattentive |
Mirror Classic |
18 Jun 2024 |
| Seb and Nat foolishly tended to be forgetful (6-6) |
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| Forgetful like the professor? (6-6) |
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| Unable to concentrate inclined to play truant? (6-6) |
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| One forgets being this (6-6) |
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| Habitually forgetful |
Mirror Classic |
26 Dec 2023 |
| Forgetful sailor was annoyed after nets misplaced (6-6) |
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| Forgetful sailor was annoyed after nets misplaced |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
12 Dec 2023 |
| Inattentive man Des in debt after becoming confused (6,6) |
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| Forgetful, pre-occupied |
The Guardian Speedy |
30 Apr 2023 |
| Seaman, getting posted, didn't like being miles away |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
17 Jun 2022 |
| Not paying attention — makes amends in bed, squeezing sweetheart's bottom |
The Guardian Cryptic |
05 Apr 2022 |
| Dreaming of not being at work? Guard and writer! |
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| Dreaming of not being at work? Guard and writer! |
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| Forgetful, distracted |
The Guardian Speedy |
24 Oct 2021 |
| Daydreaming when not in school? Took umbrage with that! |
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| Sailor from Cologne, it's said, kept an eye on daydreaming |
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| Daydreaming when not in school? Took umbrage with that! |
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| Best in demand (anag.) |
The Telegraph Quick |
23 Jan 2021 |
| Forgetful |
The Telegraph Quick |
01 May 2020 |
| Preoccupied; forgetful |
The Times Concise |
26 Dec 2019 |
| Daydreaming in 25 across? Took umbrage with that! |
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| Not in school to look after and feed half of those described as daydreaming |
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| Wandering sailor, transported, had objection |
The Telegraph Toughie |
17 Jan 2019 |
| Not in school to look after and feed half the daydreamers |
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| Oblivious to one of those missing school at the end of 14 across with writer |
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| Scatterbrained |
The Telegraph Quick |
12 Sep 2016 |
| When not in school with the sitter, goes off wool gathering |
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| Person forgetting one is not at school and being looked after |
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| Forgetful at times |
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