| Trouble at the top, braid had been ruined forever (3,4,3) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
18 Dec 2023 |
| Occasion to stress about tresses |
Universal |
24 Jun 2023 |
| Trouble with locks? |
LA Times Daily |
24 Feb 2023 |
| Something winds might cause |
New York Times |
31 Dec 2022 |
| 24 hours during which everything seems to go wrong? |
The Guardian Quick |
16 Jul 2022 |
| Good time to change locks? |
Universal |
26 Feb 2022 |
| Reason to wear a hat ... or what 17-, 27- or 43-Across may describe |
LA Times Daily |
04 Nov 2021 |
| Hard time a coot presumably doesn't have? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
19 Nov 2020 |
| When a shock is even harder to bear? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
11 Apr 2019 |
| Locks the pits for 24 hours? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
30 Oct 2018 |
| Difficult 24-hour period |
The Guardian Speedy |
22 Sep 2018 |
| Reason to wear a hat, maybe |
Jonesin |
28 Feb 2017 |
| Time when nothing goes right in musical put on outside during recess |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
17 Jan 2017 |
| A shocking time, in terms of shock? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
09 Jul 2015 |
| Inauspicious occasion when one has a terrible shock |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
14 Mar 2015 |
| It's commonplace in humid climates |
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| Reason to keep something under your hat? |
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| Good time for a babushka, perhaps |
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| Result of a permanent failure? |
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| No time for photographs? |
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| Time to feature any of the three theme answers? |
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| When one might wear a hat |
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| Model's dread |
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| Lock trouble? |
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| Lock trouble? |
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| Result of improper conditioning? |
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| Period of frustration |
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| Depressing period |
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| Reason to wear a hat |
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| Coiffure crisis |
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| Reason to wear a hat? |
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