| Clue | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Battered book finished off | The Telegraph Toughie | 03 Oct 2023 |
| Black-and-blue | Wall Street Journal | 26 Sep 2020 |
| Suffering from a bruising defeat? | The Telegraph Cryptic | 13 Aug 2020 |
| Having dined in inn, revolutionary gets assaulted | The Telegraph Cryptic | 29 Nov 2019 |
| Like scrambled eggs |