| English language punctuation that looks like ' and indicates possession or contraction |
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| A job to hold back horse, keeping its head turning away from the ordinary course |
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| It shows a lack of character, in a word (10) |
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| Punctuation mark perhaps too awkward (10) |
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| Mark similar to 18, but higher |
The Guardian Cryptic |
20 Feb 2024 |
| Odd shape or top mark |
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| Punctuation mark in passage addressed to a person? (10) |
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| It indicates I will be missing from 'Who's Who' |
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| It's often inserted in error, perhaps too inanely |
The Guardian Cryptic |
30 Jan 2024 |
| A forlorn hope to restrain fit of pique that's often misplaced |
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| Contraction maker |
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| Punctuation mark |
Mirror Classic |
07 Jan 2024 |
| Mark part of Lord's that's often overlooked (10) |
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| A mail line including hotel’s address |
The Times Cryptic |
03 Nov 2023 |
| Transported pear to shop -- might this confuse greengrocer? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
13 Sep 2023 |
| Rhetorical device in short stanza penned by American Gothic writer |
The Telegraph Toughie |
22 Aug 2023 |
| Spare photo (anag.) |
The Telegraph Quick |
05 Aug 2023 |
| Perhaps too haphazardly, it may be misplaced by shopkeeper? |
The Times Cryptic |
15 Apr 2023 |
| Punctuation mark |
The Times Concise |
29 Oct 2022 |
| Character from Côte-d'Or? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
13 Jun 2022 |
| Sort of speech perhaps too sloppy |
The Times Cryptic |
26 Apr 2022 |
| Character in A Winter's Tale perhaps too farcical |
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| Perhaps too bad a mark |
The Guardian Cryptic |
27 Dec 2021 |
| Perhaps too bad a mark |
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| Butchers notoriously miss this change of direction in address |
The Telegraph Toughie |
08 Dec 2021 |
| Punctuation mark missing from ones grammar |
The Guardian Quick |
08 Nov 2021 |
| Sign of a contraction |
Newsday |
25 Jul 2021 |
| Mark has a fresh hope — to restrict bad temper |
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| Mark small extract from Eugene O'Neill |
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| Possession indicator |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Feb 2021 |
| Bloomingdale's gets one out to a shopper |
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| It's often abused by grocers dealing with multiples |
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| Punctuation mark perhaps too irregular |
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| D'Arcy's character? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
24 Feb 2020 |
| If letters were missing, this could be the fourth character of eight in a string |
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| It's marked up in butcher's or baker's, for example |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
18 Aug 2019 |
| Character raised in 'Rosemary's Baby' |
New York Times |
02 Aug 2019 |
| Address in Bishop's Stortford |
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| Character in 'All's Well That Ends Well' and 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' |
New York Times |
11 Jan 2019 |
| Character in "All's Well That Ends Well" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream" |
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| Character raised in "Rosemary's Baby" |
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| Mark indicates some of the letters are missing |
Irish Times Crosaire |
24 Dec 2018 |
| Support right in a forlorn hope – sign of lack of character? |
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| Mark smashed soap award, reportedly |
The Telegraph Toughie |
05 Jun 2018 |
| Primate holding very large cup almost showing sign of possession? |
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| Punctuation mark |
The Telegraph Quick |
02 Apr 2018 |
| Punctuation mark, perhaps too complicated? |
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| Maker's mark? |
New York Times |
17 Jan 2018 |
| Maker's mark? |
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| Pope rash to change punctuation |
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| Punctuation mark, perhaps too misused |
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| At this great clue's heart such a mark |
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| You can see me in John o' Groats, and in Land's End, but not in between! |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
09 Jul 2016 |
| One with job on line receiving hard address |
The Telegraph Toughie |
30 Dec 2015 |
| Mark of possession that's perhaps too obscure |
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| Punctuation mark being amended too, perhaps |
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| Mark raised concerns finally in biblical text, a preacher almost bottling it? |
The Guardian Cryptic |
01 Oct 2015 |
| ''Schindler's List'' character |
Newsday |
14 Mar 2015 |
| "Schindler's List" character |
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| Mark in Schindler's List |
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| Sign of possession |
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| Sign of omission |
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| Will-o'-the-wisp feature |
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| Sign of omission |
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| Jack-o'-lantern feature |
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| Eugene O'Neill character? |
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| Eugene O'Neill character? |
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| Qur'an part |
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| Contraction mark |
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| Higher pair of black squares in this grid, typographically |
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| Contraction punctuation |
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| Sign of possession |
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| Certain punctuation mark |
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| Cat-o'-nine-tails feature |
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| Space-saving device |
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| Entr'acte part |
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| "OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN . . . " |
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| Mark of omission |
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| Part of man's or woman's |
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| Rhetorical device. |
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| Punctuation mark. |
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| "O death, where is thy sting?" |
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