| Confuse a deadbeat dad lacking empathy principally (5) |
The Guardian Quick Cryptic |
23 Aug 2025 |
| Confuse two daughters introduced to beer (5) |
The Sun Two Speed |
18 Aug 2025 |
| Befuddle |
Premier Sunday |
17 Aug 2025 |
| Confuse (5) |
Mirror Classic |
13 Aug 2025 |
| Mix up days, overwhelmed by beer (5) |
The Guardian Quiptic |
27 Jul 2025 |
| Become confused having diamonds taken in dodgy deal |
|
|
| (Of eggs) become rotten |
The Times Concise |
16 Jul 2025 |
| Confuse |
The Telegraph Plusword |
13 Jul 2025 |
| Become putrid |
Puzzler Backwords |
07 Jul 2025 |
| Confuse a theologian with first bits of Leviticus (5) |
|
|
| Muddle, or, when referring to eggs, become rotten (5) |
|
|
| Mix up |
Thomas Joseph |
21 Jun 2025 |
| Go off alcohol-charged days? The opposite |
|
|
| Corrupt deal about diamonds gets to become rotten (5) |
|
|
| Bewilder |
The Times Sunday Concise |
08 Jun 2025 |
| Go bad and say something more the French can follow (5) |
|
|
| Befuddle |
USA Today |
17 May 2025 |
| Go bad, led astray after advert |
The Sun Two Speed |
15 May 2025 |
| Become rotten |
The Sun Two Speed |
15 May 2025 |
| Confuse |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
15 May 2025 |
| Bewilder |
New York Times |
13 May 2025 |
| Dead wrong about the number, almost completely confused (5) |
|
|
| Confuse |
Thomas Joseph |
05 May 2025 |
| Turn bank payment into beer |
|
|
| Confuse Serpent mostly without fail ultimately |
|
|
| Sum up the French muddle (5) |
|
|
| Discombobulate |
LA Times Mini |
10 Apr 2025 |
| Muddle |
Mirror Tea Time |
05 Apr 2025 |
| Turn paddle, lose pinhead (5) |
|
|
| Clergyman getting in the beer is confused (5) |
|
|
| Confound |
Mirror Quick |
27 Feb 2025 |
| Confuse by removing top of oar |
Mirror Cryptic |
27 Feb 2025 |
| Putrefy |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
27 Feb 2025 |
| Totally confuse |
Family Time |
09 Feb 2025 |
| Become putrid |
Puzzler Backwords |
07 Feb 2025 |
| Muddle |
Mirror Tea Time |
05 Feb 2025 |
| In drink, couple of Democrats may create confusion (5) |
|
|
| Confuse, ___ her wits |
|
|
| Confound |
Mirror Quick |
16 Jan 2025 |
| Confuse by removing top of oar |
Mirror Cryptic |
16 Jan 2025 |
| Go off leaving the pupil in dead trouble (5) |
|
|
| Perplex |
LA Times Daily |
15 Jan 2025 |
| Drink for about two days and get thoroughly confused (5) |
|
|
| Confuse |
Newsday |
31 Dec 2024 |
| About d-d-drink, it does confuse one (5) |
|
|
| Spoil contents of saddlebag (5) |
|
|
| Throw bat in table-tennis when losing lead |
|
|
| Confuse the French after a tally (5) |
|
|
| Sum the French might confuse (5) |
|
|
| Daughters tucking into beer becoming confused |
|
|
| Son leaves joint of mutton to go bad (5) |
|
|
| Mix-up as top falls off boating equipment |
|
|
| Become rotten |
The Sun Two Speed |
04 Dec 2024 |
| Confuse theologian introduced to beer |
The Sun Two Speed |
04 Dec 2024 |
| Become rotten ... |
The Telegraph Quick |
23 Nov 2024 |
| Belittle |
Newsday |
17 Nov 2024 |
| Confuse, ... her wits |
|
|
| Muddle |
Mirror Tea Time |
08 Nov 2024 |
| Will get you into a muddle? Rot! (5) |
|
|
| The top's come off the seat? Rot! (5) |
|
|
| Confuse Wade first off (5) |
|
|
| Confuse |
Mirror Classic |
28 Oct 2024 |
| Throw off one's game |
Newsday |
26 Oct 2024 |
| Confuse Dad with the French (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
01 Oct 2024 |
| Become rotten |
The Sun Two Speed |
24 Sep 2024 |
| Confuse two daughters introduced to beer |
The Sun Two Speed |
24 Sep 2024 |
| Small boat's accessory initially ignored gets to become rotten (5) |
|
|
| Add less and less to make confused (5) |
|
|
| Confuse |
Universal |
13 Sep 2024 |
| Confuse |
New York Times |
09 Sep 2024 |
| Humorously flummox |
|
|
| Confuse with charge after commencement |
|
|
| Discombobulate |
USA Today |
30 Aug 2024 |
| Confuse with funny walk when wife's gone (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
30 Aug 2024 |
| Led astray by the notice, go off (5) |
|
|
| Confuse: - his wits |
|
|
| Go off drink over two days (5) |
|
|
| Confuse |
Eugene Sheffer |
28 Jun 2024 |
| Confuse |
Universal |
26 Jun 2024 |
| Confuse by taking top ofi oar (5) |
|
|
| Go bad (of eggs) |
Mirror Tea Time |
17 Jun 2024 |
| Muddle, confuse |
|
|
| Confuse |
Mirror Classic |
09 Jun 2024 |
| Go off or go on half a mile (5) |
|
|
| Confuse |
Mirror Tea Time |
08 Jun 2024 |
| Spoil and thoroughly confuse (5) |
|
|
| Discombobulate |
New York Times |
26 May 2024 |
| Confuse with unopened seat (5) |
|
|
| Befuddle by taking top off oar |
Mirror Cryptic |
16 May 2024 |
| Confuse |
Mirror Quick |
16 May 2024 |
| Join the French to confuse (5) |
|
|
| Befuddle |
Premier Sunday |
12 May 2024 |
| Ed takes care of the lad but he's very mixed-up |
|
|
| Go rotten (eggs) (5) |
|
|
| Confuse clergyman getting in the beer (5) |
|
|
| Confuse, bewilder |
The Times Concise |
27 Apr 2024 |
| Lead fitting hides early sign of dry rot |
|
|
| Add the French to cause confusion (5) |
|
|
| Are confusing? Rot! (5) |
|
|
| Annoy |
TV |
14 Apr 2024 |
| Unsaddled, contents become rotten (5) |
|
|
| Fluster |
LA Times Daily |
26 Mar 2024 |
| Clergyman in drink is confused |
|
|
| Confuse |
New York Times |
17 Mar 2024 |
| Turn seat, lifting lid (5) |
|
|
| Confuse |
USA Today |
10 Mar 2024 |
| Confuse |
New York Times Mini |
08 Mar 2024 |
| Confuse |
Thomas Joseph |
06 Mar 2024 |
| Become confused when inane chatter alienates tense wife |
The Telegraph Toughie |
20 Feb 2024 |
| Become confused when inane chatter alienates tense wife (5) |
|
|
| Confuse by removing top of oar |
Mirror Cryptic |
30 Jan 2024 |
| Confound |
Mirror Quick |
30 Jan 2024 |
| Confuse |
Mirror Classic |
29 Jan 2024 |
| Go bad (of eggs) |
Mirror Tea Time |
15 Jan 2024 |
| Confuse with funny walk when wife's gone (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
06 Jan 2024 |
| Become rotten |
The Sun Two Speed |
19 Dec 2023 |
| Confuse theologian introduced to beer |
The Sun Two Speed |
19 Dec 2023 |
| Confuse; lad Ed (anag.) (5) |
|
|
| Contents of saddlebags bewilder them |
|
|
| (Of eggs) go rotten |
The Times Concise |
24 Oct 2023 |
| Confuse and lead astray inspiring Democrat |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
18 Oct 2023 |
| Confuse |
USA Today |
01 Oct 2023 |
| Confuse |
Premier Sunday |
20 Aug 2023 |
| Befuddle |
The Telegraph Quick |
13 Aug 2023 |
| Confuse |
New York Times |
05 Aug 2023 |
| Confuse |
Universal |
20 Jun 2023 |
| Confuse |
Universal |
15 May 2023 |
| Confound |
Newsday |
04 May 2023 |
| Send around the bend |
Newsday |
22 Apr 2023 |
| Confuse |
New York Times |
09 Apr 2023 |
| Confuse |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Feb 2023 |
| Bewilder |
USA Today |
14 Oct 2022 |
| (Of an egg) go off |
The Times Concise |
10 Oct 2022 |
| Discombobulate |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Sep 2022 |
| Become confused backing up some field data |
The Telegraph Toughie |
06 Sep 2022 |
| Create confusion by removing cover from seats |
The Telegraph Toughie |
09 Aug 2022 |
| Confuse |
Eugene Sheffer |
11 Jul 2022 |
| Flummox |
LA Times Daily |
07 Apr 2022 |
| Flummox |
The Washington Post |
07 Apr 2022 |
| Go off drink daughters imported |
The Times Cryptic |
01 Mar 2022 |
| Turn blade on steam-boat having lost pressure |
|
|
| Throw into confusion |
LA Times Daily |
12 Dec 2021 |
| Disorient |
LA Times Daily |
11 Dec 2021 |
| Throw for a loop |
Universal |
26 Nov 2021 |
| Confuse |
The Washington Post Sunday |
21 Nov 2021 |
| ______ pated |
Canadiana |
15 Nov 2021 |
| Two daughters introduced to beer become confused |
|
|
| Confuse |
The Telegraph Quick |
11 Nov 2021 |
| Discombobulate |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Sep 2021 |
| Turn oar, skimming off surface |
|
|
| Confuse |
Thomas Joseph |
06 Sep 2021 |
| Confuse |
The Washington Post Sunday |
05 Sep 2021 |
| Beer — doubled intake will make one woozy |
|
|
| Confuse |
Newsday |
23 Aug 2021 |
| Confound |
New York Times |
15 Aug 2021 |
| Confuse |
Universal |
02 Aug 2021 |
| Confuse; go off |
The Times Concise |
31 Jul 2021 |
| Add fifty eggs at first and mix up |
|
|
| Confuse |
USA Today |
20 Jul 2021 |
| Throw for a loop |
Universal |
06 Jul 2021 |
| Utterly confuse |
The Washington Post Sunday |
04 Jul 2021 |
| First in row to leave, go off |
|
|
| Candid clues occasionally confuse |
The Telegraph Toughie |
17 Jun 2021 |
| Befuddle |
Wall Street Journal |
24 May 2021 |
| Confound |
Newsday |
23 May 2021 |
| Make confused commercial -- not working, missing an intro |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
26 Mar 2021 |
| Confuse |
Universal |
25 Feb 2021 |
| Confuse |
Eugene Sheffer |
16 Feb 2021 |
| Perplex |
Universal |
14 Feb 2021 |
| Confuse theologian consumed by the drink |
Irish Times Crosaire |
06 Feb 2021 |
| Go off with beer drinking theologian |
|
|
| Source of distraction briefly allowed to cause confusion |
|
|
| Make confused |
Universal |
03 Oct 2020 |
| Discombobulate |
USA Today |
27 Sep 2020 |
| Confuse movement of a duck with taking off |
|
|
| Confound |
Universal |
10 Aug 2020 |
| Discombobulate |
Universal |
17 Jul 2020 |
| Confuse |
USA Today |
06 Jul 2020 |
| Laded? (anag) |
The Guardian Speedy |
05 Jul 2020 |
| Flummox |
Universal |
28 May 2020 |
| Perplex |
Newsday |
17 May 2020 |
| Confuse |
The Telegraph Quick |
10 May 2020 |
| Go off seat that's lost its top |
|
|
| Mix up |
Thomas Joseph |
24 Apr 2020 |
| Go off with naked canoeist? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
22 Apr 2020 |
| Turn seat, dropping head |
|
|
| Especially of eggs, to become rotten |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
16 Feb 2020 |
| Throw into confusion |
|
|
| Confuse; go off |
The Times Concise |
23 Oct 2019 |
| Confuse |
New York Times |
02 Oct 2019 |
| Disorient |
LA Times Daily |
27 Sep 2019 |
| Disorient |
The Washington Post |
27 Sep 2019 |
| Go bad, as an egg |
USA Today |
19 Sep 2019 |
| Throw for a loop |
The New Yorker |
09 Sep 2019 |
| Confuse someone |
|
|
| Confuse with candid clues occasionally |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
01 Aug 2019 |
| Throw up during field day |
|
|
| Bewilder |
LA Times Daily |
08 Jul 2019 |
| Bewilder |
The Washington Post |
08 Jul 2019 |
| Confuse theologian introduced to beer |
|
|
| Disconcert |
The New Yorker |
03 Jun 2019 |
| Doubled infusion in beer, it will go bad |
|
|
| Confuse |
The Washington Post |
17 May 2019 |
| Confuse |
LA Times Daily |
17 May 2019 |
| Muddled socialist leader removed from seat |
|
|
| Become rotten |
The Telegraph Quick |
05 Feb 2019 |
| Perplex |
The Washington Post Sunday |
03 Feb 2019 |
| Confuse two daughters introduced to beer |
The Sun Two Speed |
29 Jan 2019 |
| Go bad |
The Sun Two Speed |
29 Jan 2019 |
| Bewilder |
|
|
| Confuse |
|
|
| Go bad, as an egg |
|
|
| Disorient |
|
|
| Confuse |
|
|
| Confuse |
Newsday |
03 Dec 2018 |
| Confound |
Family Time |
03 Dec 2018 |
| Row's origin lost in muddle |
|
|
| Totally befuddle |
USA Today |
21 Nov 2018 |
| Put at sea |
New York Times |
08 Nov 2018 |
| Flummox |
The Washington Post Sunday |
07 Oct 2018 |
| Two daughters introduced to beer become confused |
|
|
| Mix up |
Premier Sunday |
16 Sep 2018 |
| Confuse |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Sep 2018 |
| Totally confuse |
Universal |
10 Sep 2018 |
| Bad son kicked out of seat |
|
|
| Puzzle |
The Washington Post |
04 Aug 2018 |
| Puzzle |
LA Times Daily |
04 Aug 2018 |
| Make muddled |
Newsday |
15 Jul 2018 |
| Totally confuse |
USA Today |
03 Jul 2018 |
| Throw for a loop |
USA Today |
15 May 2018 |
| Leave totally confused |
USA Today |
14 Apr 2018 |
| Scramble |
New York Times |
29 Mar 2018 |
| Confuse with funny walk when wife's gone |
The Sun Two Speed |
15 Mar 2018 |
| Confuse or puzzle |
|
|
| Confuse designated driver tucking into alcoholic drink |
|
|
| Go bad, as eggs |
USA Today |
07 Jan 2018 |
| Totally confuse |
|
|
| Puzzle |
|
|
| Put at sea |
|
|
| Scramble |
|
|
| Totally confuse |
|
|
| Go bad, as eggs |
|
|
| Confuse |
|
|
| Leave clueless |
|
|
| Leave totally confused |
|
|
| Throw for a loop |
|
|
| Totally befuddle |
|
|
| Mix up |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Nov 2017 |
| Befuddle |
Universal |
09 Nov 2017 |
| Make confused |
Family Time |
01 Oct 2017 |
| MixГ%82В up or confuse |
Family Time |
17 Sep 2017 |
| Become rotten, as eggs |
Family Time |
28 Aug 2017 |
| Perplex |
New York Times |
09 Jul 2017 |
| Go off with clumsy gait, putting away whiskey |
|
|
| Go off with clumsy gait, putting away whiskey |
The Times Cryptic |
07 Jul 2017 |
| Go bad |
The Telegraph Quick |
03 Jun 2017 |
| MixГ%82В up or confuse |
Universal |
28 May 2017 |
| Rotten way to ride, clear of sides |
|
|
| Bewilder |
New York Times |
08 May 2017 |
| (Of eggs) turn bad |
The Times Concise |
18 Apr 2017 |
| Mix up or confuse |
Family Time |
03 Apr 2017 |
| Son leaving seat in daze |
The Telegraph Toughie |
09 Mar 2017 |
| Walk like a duck (headless!), so become confused |
|
|
| Confuse a clergyman with the French |
|
|
| Mix up or confuse |
|
|
| Confuse |
|
|
| Befuddle |
|
|
| Perplex |
|
|
| Bewilder |
|
|
| Dad dancing — extremely liable to confuse! |
|
|
| Discombobulate |
The Washington Post |
11 Dec 2016 |
| Become confused and go into the water topless |
|
|
| Buffalo |
The Washington Post |
08 Nov 2016 |
| Pointless to load, it will go bad |
|
|
| Go bad, getting led astray after advert |
|
|
| Make muddled |
Family Time |
15 Aug 2016 |
| Flummox |
New York Times |
28 Feb 2016 |
| Bewilder |
Newsday |
28 Feb 2016 |
| Nonplus |
New York Times |
05 Feb 2016 |
| Confuse Dad with the French |
The Sun Two Speed |
30 Jan 2016 |
| Confuse |
The Sun Two Speed |
30 Jan 2016 |
| Confuse or become rotten |
Irish Times Simplex |
19 Jan 2016 |
| Discombobulate |
|
|
| Nonplus |
|
|
| Mix up or confuse |
Universal |
28 Nov 2015 |
| Make confused |
USA Today |
19 Nov 2015 |
| Make rotten, bad, dud clues every now and then |
|
|
| Discombobulate |
Newsday |
10 Sep 2015 |
| Bewilder |
USA Today |
27 Aug 2015 |
| Knock for a loop |
Newsday |
19 Aug 2015 |
| (Of egg) become rotten |
The Times Concise |
18 Aug 2015 |
| Fluster |
LA Times Daily |
28 Jul 2015 |
| Confound |
Premier Sunday |
05 Jul 2015 |
| Get muddled as propeller loses power |
The Times Cryptic |
25 Jun 2015 |
| Confuse |
Thomas Joseph |
19 Jun 2015 |
| Mix up |
New York Times |
12 May 2015 |
| Knock for a loop |
New York Times |
14 Feb 2015 |
| Mix up or confuse |
USA Today |
04 Feb 2015 |
| Go off theologian into beer |
The Times Cryptic |
05 Jan 2015 |
| Fluster |
|
|
| Confuse |
|
|
| Make confused |
|
|
| Discombobulate |
|
|
| Bewilder |
|
|
| Mix up or confuse |
|
|
| Mix up or confuse |
|
|
| Confound |
|
|
| Knock for a loop |
|
|
| Knock for a loop |
|
|
| Mix up |
|
|
| Bewilder |
|
|
| Perturb |
|
|
| Discombobulate |
|
|
| Discombobulate |
|
|
| Theologian introduced to drink becomes muddled |
|
|
| Befuddle |
|
|
| Really mix up |
|
|
| Throw for a loop |
|
|
| Discombobulate |
|
|
| Mentally confused |
|
|
| Befuddle |
|
|
| Throw off one's game |
|
|
| Confuse |
|
|
| Befuddle |
|
|
| Buffalo |
|
|
| Confound |
|
|
| Get rotten with beer, swigging generous cups |
|
|
| Make confused |
|
|
| Nonplus |
|
|
| Mix up |
|
|
| Confuse |
|
|
| Mystify |
|
|
| Mystify |
|
|
| Mix up |
|
|
| Flummox |
|
|
| Fluster |
|
|
| Make muddled |
|
|
| Confuse |
|
|
| Throw into confusion |
|
|
| Nonplus |
|
|
| Discombobulate |
|
|
| Nonplus |
|
|
| Puzzle |
|
|
| Discombobulate |
|
|
| Perplex |
|
|
| Muddle |
|
|
| Discombobulate |
|
|
| Cause confusion |
|
|
| Confuse |
|
|
| Confound |
|
|
| Confuse |
|
|
| Throw into confusion |
|
|
| Baffle |
|
|
| Discombobulate |
|
|
| Confound |
|
|
| Confuse—or what to do to four common phrases to form this puzzle's theme answers |
|
|
| Confuseor what to do to four common phrases to form this puzzle's theme answers |
|
|
| Confuse |
|
|
| Nonplus |
|
|
| Mix up |
|
|
| Bewilder |
|
|
| Throw into confusion |
|
|
| Bewilder |
|
|
| Mix up |
|
|
| Throw for a loop |
|
|
| Confound |
|
|
| Mix up |
|
|
| Throw off |
|
|
| Mix up |
|
|
| Confuse |
|
|
| Throw off |
|
|
| Muddle |
|
|
| Make muddled |
|
|
| Buffalo |
|
|
| Confound |
|
|
| Throw |
|
|
| Confuse |
|
|
| Discombobulate |
|
|
| Mix up |
|
|
| Disorient |
|
|
| Bewilder |
|
|
| Make confused |
|
|
| Mix up |
|
|
| Confound |
|
|
| Make confused |
|
|
| Perturb |
|
|
| Confound |
|
|
| Confound |
|
|
| Befuddle |
|
|
| Confuse |
|
|
| Fluster |
|
|
| Flummox |
|
|
| Pull a switcheroo on |
|
|
| Discombobulate |
|
|
| Confuse |
|
|
| Make confused |
|
|
| Rattle |
|
|
| Perplex |
|
|
| Perturb |
|
|
| Make mad or go bad |
|
|
| Mix up |
|
|
| Get confused |
|
|
| Muddle |
|
|
| Make muddled |
|
|
| Dizzy |
|
|
| Fluster |
|
|
| Befuddle |
|
|
| Confuse |
|
|
| Become rotten, as eggs |
|
|
| Scramble, as brains |
|
|
| Bewilder |
|
|
| Muddle |
|
|
| Disorient |
|
|
| Cause confusion |
|
|
| Mixed up |
|
|
| Become rotten |
|
|
| Drive meshuga |
|
|
| Spoil |
|
|
| Muddle or confuse |
|
|
| Muddle |
|
|
| Spoil, as an egg |
|
|
| Make muddled |
|
|
| Confuse |
|
|
| Befuddle. |
|
|
| Mix up. |
|
|
| Confuse. |
|
|
| Confound. |
|
|
| Make rotten |
|
|
| Bewilder. |
|
|
| Bemuse. |
|
|
| Dizzy |
|
|
| Cause confusion. |
|
|
| Become muddled or confused. |
|
|
| Muddle. |
|
|