| Romantic intrigue (6) |
The Guardian Quick |
23 Oct 2025 |
| Love ___, romance |
Puzzler Backwords |
16 Sep 2025 |
| Romance |
LA Times Daily |
31 Aug 2025 |
| Romantic liaison (6) |
Puzzler |
17 Aug 2025 |
| see 11 Across (6) |
Mirror Quiz |
28 Jul 2025 |
| The business of romantic liaison (6) |
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| Discussion of a reasonable matter (6) |
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| Sounds like a passable romance (6) |
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| 26 The _, US drama with Dominic West and Ruth Wilson (6) |
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| A fair imitation of a romance? (6) |
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| Holds romantic liaison in staff airliner |
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| Raffia-weaving matter (6) |
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| Female stuck inside a mediocre relationship |
The Telegraph Toughie |
29 May 2025 |
| Shindig |
New York Times |
13 May 2025 |
| Dalliance with a b-blonde? |
The Sun Two Speed |
06 May 2025 |
| Fling |
The Sun Two Speed |
06 May 2025 |
| Liaison with a loud blonde (6) |
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| Love ___, romance |
Puzzler Backwords |
19 Apr 2025 |
| Something happening with a beautiful female that's out of order? |
|
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| The Thomas Crown, Steve McQueen film (6) |
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| Matter, concern (6) |
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| Catered shindig |
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| Aptly named current affairs show (A Current ______--) |
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| Business, concern or matter? |
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| A very loud tune, usually romantic (6) |
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| Matter of public interest (6) |
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| Romance with a tine blonde (6) |
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| Something to be done about a love entanglement? (6) |
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| Liaison |
The Telegraph Quick |
30 Jan 2025 |
| Note very loud one to destroy (6) |
|
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| Brief intimate relationship (6) |
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| Thing for which there's a market, you say (6) |
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| The love business? (6) |
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| Two females in AA with Irish pigeon |
|
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| A romance with a blonde (6) |
|
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| The End Of The _, 1951 novel by Graham Greene (6) |
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| Our star's movie: The - Of The Necklace |
|
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| 'Amour' is a very loud song (6) |
|
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| The Mysterious ____ at Styles, a 53 Across novel |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
14 Nov 2024 |
| There's romance in a very loud tune (6) |
|
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| Business; amour |
|
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| Concern - extramarital relationship (6) |
|
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| Look after a fine female pigeon |
The Times Cryptic |
31 Oct 2024 |
| A very loud tune causes concern (6) |
|
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| A female with adequate business |
|
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| The raffia-weaving business |
|
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| There's a market, we're told, for the thing (6) |
|
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| The End of the ___, Graham Greene novel |
Puzzler Backwords |
13 Oct 2024 |
| RAFFIA |
|
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| The business of a very loud tune (6) |
|
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| Matter, business (6) |
|
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| Secret Romance is a very loud song (6) |
|
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| The Thomas Crown ____ |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
30 Sep 2024 |
| Romance with a couple of notes to tune (6) |
|
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| What the traveller pays, one hears, for romantic intrigue (6) |
|
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| Matter giving rise to scandalous gossip? (6) |
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| 'There's a market,' the stutterer said. 'for the thing' (6) |
|
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| Fling? Sounds more like a festival (6) |
|
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| At a fête, announced illicit romance (6) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
13 Jul 2024 |
| There's said to be a market for the thing (6) |
|
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| Adulterous relationship |
|
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| A very noisy bearing causes concern |
|
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| A very loud melody for romance (6) |
|
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| The _, drama which starred Dominic West and Ruth Wilson (6) |
|
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| The Thomas Crown ___, film remade in 1999 with Pierce Brosnan (6) |
Puzzler |
12 Jun 2024 |
| It's a very loud tune, love (6) |
|
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| Do raffia weaving? (6) |
|
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| Football people stuck in a tree for unofficial match? |
The Times Cryptic |
25 May 2024 |
| Romance with a fine blonde (6) |
|
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| Occasion (6) |
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| A very loud, cool thing |
|
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| A loud manner, in business? (6) |
|
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| The _, US drama which starred Ruth Wilson and Dominic West (6) |
|
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| Romance; occasion (6) |
|
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| The Football Association backs just business (6) |
|
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| The business that is extramarital (6) |
|
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| Female gripped by a beautiful thing |
|
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| A very loud tune associated with love (6) |
|
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| TV series with Ruth Wilson and Dominic West, The ______ (6) |
|
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| A very loud voice causes concern (6) |
|
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| A very loud voice causes concern |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
01 Mar 2024 |
| "Family ___"; Brian Keith series |
|
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| To a fellow, just a romantic entanglement (6) |
|
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| An - to Remember |
|
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| Raffia (anag.) |
|
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| Overheard, a beautiful thing |
The Guardian Cryptic |
13 Feb 2024 |
| Romance of a female couple broadcast (6) |
|
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| Business that's pretty good after a false start |
|
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| A loud 'Show business' (6) |
|
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| Romantic fling |
|
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| A loud reasonable matter |
|
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| Risky romance |
Commuter |
18 Dec 2023 |
| Common plot point on a soap opera |
New York Times |
05 Dec 2023 |
| A couple of fellows look after the business (6) |
|
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| Social event or illicit relationship |
|
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| A f-fine thing! (6) |
|
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| The Thomas Crown ___, film remade in 1999 with Pierce Brosnan (6) |
Puzzler |
22 Nov 2023 |
| It might be catered |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Nov 2023 |
| Workers having 40% laid off — look, it's business |
The Guardian Cryptic |
16 Aug 2023 |
| Family ___ |
New York Times |
16 Jul 2023 |
| Fine and reasonable to support adult's relationship |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
16 May 2023 |
| Illicit romance |
The Guardian Quick |
10 May 2023 |
| Relationship |
The Telegraph Quick |
17 Oct 2022 |
| The Mysterious ___ at Styles was Agatha Christie’s first book |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
07 Aug 2022 |
| Matter |
The Telegraph Quick |
22 Jul 2022 |
| Concern |
The Times Concise |
10 Jul 2022 |
| Project a very loud voice |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
08 Jul 2022 |
| Announcement of a beautiful romance |
The Times Cryptic |
15 Jun 2022 |
| Business relationship |
The Guardian Cryptic |
19 Apr 2022 |
| Business with a blonde, we hear |
The Times Cryptic |
01 Apr 2022 |
| Social event or sexual relationship |
Irish Times Simplex |
15 Mar 2022 |
| A fine and honest business |
|
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| ''The Mysterious ... at Styles'' (Agatha Christie) |
Irish Times Simplex |
31 Jan 2022 |
| Romantic entanglement from Anglo French exhibition |
|
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| Secret relationship |
New York Times |
16 Nov 2021 |
| A dangerous liaison with a fellow at The Gala! |
Irish Times Crosaire |
27 Sep 2021 |
| A party atmosphere leads to romance |
Irish Times Crosaire |
22 Sep 2021 |
| Might be extramarital |
Irish Times Simplex |
07 Aug 2021 |
| Social event or sexual relationship |
Irish Times Simplex |
03 Jul 2021 |
| Social event or sexual relationship |
Irish Times Simplex |
02 Jun 2021 |
| A fellow joining sizeable event |
|
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| Event |
USA Today |
13 Apr 2021 |
| Alpha females communicate romance |
The Sun Two Speed |
12 Apr 2021 |
| Dalliance |
The Sun Two Speed |
12 Apr 2021 |
| Fling |
The Sun Two Speed |
30 Mar 2021 |
| Dalliance with a b-blonde? |
The Sun Two Speed |
30 Mar 2021 |
| A pair of females ventilate business |
|
|
| Fling |
LA Times Daily |
07 Feb 2021 |
| Fling |
The Washington Post |
07 Feb 2021 |
| Incident in a party atmosphere |
Irish Times Crosaire |
12 Jan 2021 |
| Social function |
LA Times Daily |
10 Jan 2021 |
| Social function |
The Washington Post |
10 Jan 2021 |
| A very loud broadcast is happening! |
The Telegraph Toughie |
05 Jan 2021 |
| Female just after a fling |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
25 Nov 2020 |
| . Fling nothing skywards – OK? |
|
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| Female invested in a pretty good business |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
16 Oct 2020 |
| Illicit romance |
LA Times Daily |
05 Oct 2020 |
| Illicit romance |
The Washington Post |
05 Oct 2020 |
| Involvement in a party atmosphere |
Irish Times Crosaire |
25 Sep 2020 |
| Romantic intrigue |
The Times Concise |
15 Sep 2020 |
| Incident in a fine bazaar |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
07 Sep 2020 |
| A fine considerably limits current liaison |
|
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| Fling with fellow in a travelling show |
|
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| Alpha female even-handed in romance |
The Sun Two Speed |
30 Jun 2020 |
| Female consumed by a fine romance |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
11 Jun 2020 |
| Regular half of carnival operation |
|
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| Nothing's flipping free from dishonesty in business |
|
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| Stopped broadcasting after a devouring love liaison |
|
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| Illicit relationship |
The Telegraph Quick |
10 Aug 2019 |
| . Concern about Fellow cutting a tree |
|
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| Business in a trade show announced |
|
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| A fellow insincerely encouraging extramarital relationship |
|
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| Armed force disposing of monarch leads to reasonable scandal |
The Telegraph Toughie |
09 May 2019 |
| Happening just after footballers turned up |
|
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| Liaison |
Premier Sunday |
31 Mar 2019 |
| Business; any matter |
The Times Concise |
28 Mar 2019 |
| A party broadcast leads to potential scandal |
Irish Times Crosaire |
22 Mar 2019 |
| Liaison |
The Times Concise |
03 Mar 2019 |
| A broadcast about two females in naughty relationship? |
|
|
| Public scandal |
Premier Sunday |
23 Dec 2018 |
| Business |
The Telegraph Quick |
11 Oct 2018 |
| Starts to act flirtatiously, just for romance |
|
|
| Dalliance with a b-blonde |
The Sun Two Speed |
02 Oct 2018 |
| Dalliance |
New York Times |
30 Aug 2018 |
| Fling |
The Times Concise |
12 Aug 2018 |
| A beautiful female is in a relationship |
|
|
| Secret liaison |
The Telegraph Quick |
20 Jun 2018 |
| Many a soap opera plotline |
Thomas Joseph |
23 Apr 2018 |
| Answer following reasonable concern |
|
|
| Concern |
The Telegraph Quick |
23 Jan 2018 |
| A source of friction -- just business |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
10 Jan 2018 |
| Dalliance |
|
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| Answer following reasonable concern |
|
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| What's inside safe? Just a thing |
The Telegraph Toughie |
01 Dec 2017 |
| Concern, matter |
Irish Times Simplex |
14 Nov 2017 |
| Foreign footballers upset by fine for playing away from home |
Irish Times Crosaire |
13 Oct 2017 |
| Catered event |
Universal |
11 Oct 2017 |
| Event is a fine opportunity to have fun |
|
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| Just after A Fine Romance |
|
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| Extra-marital ___ (cause of many a split) |
|
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| A fine and equitable business |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
11 Jun 2017 |
| A passenger picked up for business |
|
|
| Tabloid fodder |
LA Times Daily |
27 Apr 2017 |
| Tabloid fodder |
The Washington Post |
27 Apr 2017 |
| A very loud manner, yet one may find romance |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
17 Apr 2017 |
| Fling leaves during a song, just after A Fine Romance |
|
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| Fling |
|
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| Tabloid fodder |
|
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| Catered event |
|
|
| Business matter |
Newsday |
19 Nov 2016 |
| Concern caused by a very loud tune |
|
|
| Soap opera plot device |
USA Today |
21 Sep 2016 |
| A political party broadcast is bound to cause a split among the partners |
Irish Times Crosaire |
16 Sep 2016 |
| Liaison of blonde chasing footballers from the East |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
24 Aug 2016 |
| Concern caused by a very loud tune |
|
|
| Cause of many a split |
Universal |
16 Jul 2016 |
| Issue a fine in accordance with the rules |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
06 Jul 2016 |
| Matter |
The Telegraph Quick |
24 Jun 2016 |
| A strong, beautiful relationship |
|
|
| Relationship that's a concern? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
05 Apr 2016 |
| Extramarital activity |
The Guardian Quick |
02 Apr 2016 |
| Cause of many a split |
|
|
| Soap opera plot device |
|
|
| Liaison |
New York Times |
26 Dec 2015 |
| Many a soap opera plotline |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Dec 2015 |
| Business not bad after a false start |
|
|
| Incident in Concern |
Irish Times Crosaire |
12 Nov 2015 |
| Catered party |
Newsday |
05 Oct 2015 |
| Gala |
Newsday |
07 Aug 2015 |
| A decent-sounding business |
|
|
| Mention of a food business |
|
|
| Business |
LA Times Daily |
06 Jun 2015 |
| Fling a fellow's had with blonde |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
24 May 2015 |
| A very strong atmosphere of romance |
|
|
| Business |
|
|
| Many a soap opera plotline |
|
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| Catered party |
|
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| Gala |
|
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| Liaison |
|
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| Cause of a divorce, at times |
|
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| Intense romance |
|
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| Wingding |
|
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| Catered bash |
|
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| Tabloid fodder |
|
|
| It could be extramarital |
|
|
| Do |
|
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| Rocker fling |
|
|
| Social gathering |
|
|
| Black-tie gathering, maybe |
|
|
| Covert action? |
|
|
| Festive gathering |
|
|
| Festive gathering |
|
|
| Festive party |
|
|
| Trysting relationship |
|
|
| Cause of many a split |
|
|
| Risky romance |
|
|
| Trysting relationship |
|
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| Social event |
|
|
| Fling |
|
|
| Public scandal |
|
|
| Catered event |
|
|
| Catered event |
|
|
| Forbidden romance |
|
|
| Liaison |
|
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| Gala |
|
|
| Gala |
|
|
| Amour |
|
|
| Liaison |
|
|
| Extramarital fling |
|
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| Social function |
|
|
| Extramarital fling |
|
|
| Brief romance |
|
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| Fete |
|
|
| Risky romance |
|
|
| XYZ, for one |
|
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| Watergate, for one |
|
|
| Social function |
|
|
| Social function |
|
|
| Forbidden romance |
|
|
| Short-term romance |
|
|
| Fling |
|
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| Fling |
|
|
| Concern |
|
|
| Potential relationship ruiner |
|
|
| Black-tie gathering |
|
|
| Big bash |
|
|
| Watergate, for one |
|
|
| Caterer's gig |
|
|
| Catered event |
|
|
| Business with a blonde, we hear |
|
|
| Doing |
|
|
| Festive party |
|
|
| Billy Wilder's was "Foreign" |
|
|
| Social party |
|
|
| Social gathering |
|
|
| Catered event |
|
|
| Catered event |
|
|
| Amorous hanky-panky |
|
|
| XYZ ___ of 1797 |
|
|
| XYZ of 1797–98, e.g. |
|
|
| Romance |
|
|
| Two-timer's liaison |
|
|
| Concern |
|
|
| Lothario's specialty |
|
|
| Special function. |
|
|
| Occurrence. |
|
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| Concern. |
|
|
| Matter. |
|
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| Romantic interlude. |
|
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| Happening. |
|
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| Business. |
|
|