| Three strokes under par for a hole (9) |
Mirror Classic |
16 Oct 2025 |
| Victim of mariner as Borstal delinquent (9) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
09 Sep 2025 |
| Bird well below par (9) |
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| "Through the fog it came" in Part I of Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" |
New York Times |
25 Jun 2025 |
| High-flier's burden |
The Times Cryptic |
24 Jun 2025 |
| A very large seabird (9) |
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| Three shots under par for a hole |
Mirror Classic |
22 May 2025 |
| Bird shot by Coleridge's Ancient Mariner (9) |
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| In golf, what is a hole finished three under par called? (9) |
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| Large seabird of the southern hemisphere (9) |
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| A huge flying seabird (9) |
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| A huge seabird |
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| *This bird's English name originates from the Arabic word for "diver" |
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| A pound roast stuffed with small or large bird (9) |
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| Huge winger's heavy weight? (9) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
26 Feb 2025 |
| Millstone roughing up brass a lot (9) |
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| Large oceanic bird with long narrow wings |
Mirror Quiz |
05 Feb 2025 |
| Very large seabird |
Mirror Classic |
22 Jan 2025 |
| Good sporting outcome: cricketer getting runs amidst a defeat |
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| Very unusual hole in one creature shot in Coleridge |
The Times Cryptic |
12 Dec 2024 |
| Large sea bird |
Premier Sunday |
08 Dec 2024 |
| Served roast slab of flyer (9) |
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| In golf, a score of three strokes under par for a hole (9) |
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| Throw after party in Scotland, admitting university's essentially making a great effort at St Andrews |
The Telegraph Toughie |
09 Oct 2024 |
| Large oceanic bird (9) |
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| A learner, bachelor, on at man with bird (9) |
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| Wide-winged seabird (Picture D) |
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| Ocean-wandering bird |
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| Or as blast out to three under par (9) |
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| Bird that's a metaphor for a burden |
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| A big sea bird |
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| Ship's follower hung about an old sailor (9) |
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| A bra's lost at sea - am I flapping over it? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
10 Jul 2024 |
| Or a blast's enough to drive out such a bird (9) |
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| A detailed chart promoted one famous friend's golf score (9) |
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| Ancient Mariner's burden |
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| *Wandering seabird |
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| Large seabird found in the Southern Ocean and the North Pacific (9) |
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| It's considered unlucky getting some hole in one |
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| Golf term |
Mirror Classic |
03 Apr 2024 |
| Double eagle giving handicap (9) |
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| Double eagle giving handicap |
The Telegraph Toughie |
07 Mar 2024 |
| Impressive golfing feat, something Jack will never shoot? (9) |
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| Impressive golfing feat, something Jack will never shoot? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
23 Feb 2024 |
| Sea bird |
Mirror Classic |
24 Jan 2024 |
| A large, long-winged seabird (9) |
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| Huge seabird or great golf score (9) |
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| High flier's very low score on course (9) |
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| Giant seabird (9) |
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| Largest-wingspan bird |
Newsday |
13 Oct 2023 |
| Fewer shots than expected from cricketer getting runs during a licking |
The Times Cryptic |
12 Oct 2023 |
| Large seabird |
The Telegraph Quick |
15 Apr 2023 |
| Wandering bird? |
The Telegraph Quick |
25 Dec 2022 |
| Large southern hemisphere bird (which you don't want round your neck) |
The Guardian Quick |
25 Oct 2022 |
| Cross Scotland, S Type fired up? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
16 Sep 2022 |
| Big sea bird — there’s three fewer than expected on the green |
The Times Cryptic |
19 Aug 2022 |
| Three under obligation |
The Telegraph Toughie |
10 Aug 2022 |
| Awful brats also curse |
The Times Cryptic |
06 Jul 2022 |
| Hindered by this floundering bird, oddly at a loss |
Irish Times Crosaire |
20 Jun 2022 |
| Rare thing at golf club, right, during a defeat? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
02 May 2022 |
| Large marine bird |
The Times Concise |
12 Mar 2022 |
| Gangster club goes to waste - lacking a leader, it's a source of frustration that one has to carry |
Irish Times Crosaire |
22 Feb 2022 |
| Scotland sorts out constant burden |
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| One type of ____ has the biggest wingspan of any living bird |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
12 Dec 2021 |
| Hit runs during a defeat in sub-par performance |
The Times Cryptic |
16 Nov 2021 |
| Powerful seabird |
The Sun Two Speed |
07 May 2021 |
| Impressive bird one better than eagle |
The Sun Two Speed |
07 May 2021 |
| Sailor crossing lake saw tortoises avoiding the odd bird |
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| Beaten Arabs lost impressive winger |
The Sun Two Speed |
21 Jan 2021 |
| Large seabird found among lost Arabs |
Irish Times Simplex |
13 Jan 2021 |
| Beaten Arabs lost an impressive winger |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
19 Dec 2020 |
| Big bird lost as bra malfunctions |
The Sun Two Speed |
07 Jun 2020 |
| A constant and inescapable handicap; a rarity in golf |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
08 Sep 2019 |
| Impressive winger Arabs lost through injury |
The Sun Two Speed |
23 Aug 2019 |
| Undesirable neckwear having a bad result around club, right? |
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| A failure to hold club right, something few golfers achieve |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
18 May 2019 |
| Score from ace cricketer getting runs in defeat |
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| A large agitated rat caught by person in charge of bird |
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| Defined by ‘flipping raucous sort', a black bird |
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| High-flyer from Scotland primarily traverses region there |
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| Bird in brass – a lot manufactured |
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| One rarely seen on course, wandering bird? |
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| Great winger's successful long shot? |
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| Arabs lost ground in handicap |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
16 Oct 2018 |
| A failure to retain speed -- right? -- implied encumbrance |
The Telegraph Toughie |
29 Aug 2018 |
| Exploit golfing handicap |
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| A disadvantage without say, opener's right to get top score |
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| Large seabird |
The Telegraph Quick |
30 Dec 2017 |
| Good score in golf -- bad omen? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
30 Nov 2017 |
| Handicap: a golfing term |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
07 Nov 2017 |
| Brass, a lot, playing Fleetwood Mac tune |
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| A hole in one, perhaps, for mariner's dependant |
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| Bird's uncomfortable neckwear? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
12 Jul 2017 |
| Big bird‘s a hit, of course! |
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| Burden to bear |
LA Times Daily |
04 Mar 2017 |
| Burden to bear |
The Washington Post |
04 Mar 2017 |
| Seemingly eternal burden |
LA Times Daily |
02 Feb 2017 |
| Baggage southern family brought back to Scotland |
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| Burden to bear |
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| Seemingly eternal burden |
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| Flying creature Mariner's ending in a death? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
16 Dec 2016 |
| A large bird that primarily soars at sea |
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| Flier attributed to rime, primarily – a misfortune to carry it? |
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| Bird by altar sobs uncontrollably |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
09 Jun 2016 |
| Three-under-par score on a hole |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Apr 2016 |
| A dropping outside temperature shown in pub flier |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
30 Mar 2016 |
| Wretched rat caught by a large superior bird |
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| High-flyer's under-par performance? |
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| Wretched rat caught by a large superior bird |
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| Source of guilt as borstal is destroyed |
The Times Cryptic |
26 Jun 2015 |
| Burden that golfer with a hole in one might register? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
06 May 2015 |
| Bird in brass - a lot manufactured |
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| Three under a large bird |
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| One was unlucky after shooting such a score, of course |
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| Relative of 2, 6 across, 8, 16 & 24, not 4 exactly, but 19 down 10's victim! |
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| A hole in one, perhaps, for mariner's dependant |
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| Actress Jessica sorts out Big Bird |
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| Ancient Mariner's bird |
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| Largest-wingspan bird |
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| Burden, figuratively |
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| It's a bad thing |
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| Unrelenting burden |
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| Encumbrance, so to speak |
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| Burdensome bird |
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| Chronic guilt |
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| Impeding burden |
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| Sign of bad luck |
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| "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" bird |
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| Burden, so to speak |
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| Obstacle to success |
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| Gooney bird |
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| Gooney bird |
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| Big bird |
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| Pacino's burden? |
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| Ancient Mariner's companion |
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| Neckpiece for a certain mariner |
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| Victim of the Ancient Mariner's crossbow. |
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| Sea bird, order of tube-nosed swimmers. |
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| Web-footed sea bird. |
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| Bird of good omen. |
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