| Gusted |
The Telegraph Quick |
26 Aug 2025 |
| Played a bassoon |
USA Today |
22 Aug 2025 |
| Forced air (into) |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
16 Aug 2025 |
| ___ the whistle (raised red flags) |
|
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| Squandered |
Newsday |
29 Jun 2025 |
| "It ___ my mind!" ("I was amazed!") |
|
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| Played a wind instrument, say |
The Telegraph Mini |
04 Jun 2025 |
| Played a trumpet |
Newsday |
19 May 2025 |
| Played a kazoo |
|
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| Squandered one's money |
|
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| Exhaled sharply, we hear, when depressed (4) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
21 Apr 2025 |
| Detonated |
Premier Sunday |
13 Apr 2025 |
| Used a trumpet |
Family Time |
09 Feb 2025 |
| Botched |
Newsday |
24 Jan 2025 |
| What wind did, sounding sad |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
16 Jan 2025 |
| Gusted |
Mirror Quick |
25 Dec 2024 |
| Puffed when depressed, say |
Mirror Cryptic |
25 Dec 2024 |
| Howled, as a winter wind |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Dec 2024 |
| Exhaled sharply |
|
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| "That ___ my mind!" (left dumbstruck) |
|
|
| Gusted |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
19 Nov 2024 |
| Lost all his money to the wind? (4) |
|
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| Exhaled sharply when sad, we hear (4) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
20 Oct 2024 |
| Failed, as a fuse |
LA Times Daily |
03 Oct 2024 |
| Played the trumpet |
Family Time |
29 Sep 2024 |
| ____ up, exploded |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
27 Sep 2024 |
| Completely bungled a colour, by the sound of it (4) |
|
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| ____ the whistle (reported wrongdoing) |
|
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| ___ one's lid: lost one's temper |
|
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| Was told one sounded sad for the team (4) |
|
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| Moved air |
|
|
| Played a harmonica or clarinet |
USA Today |
08 Sep 2024 |
| Puffed in a suitable way (4) |
|
|
| Made, a bubble |
|
|
| Threw money around and created inflation (4) |
|
|
| Gusted |
USA Today Quick |
11 Jul 2024 |
| Puffed out in a terrible way (4) |
|
|
| Made a mess of it and scarpered! |
|
|
| Expelled air through pursed lips (4) |
|
|
| Blasted noblewomen ignoring negative sign, first and last (4) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
07 Jun 2024 |
| Was windy |
Thomas Joseph |
05 Jun 2024 |
| Extinguished a birthday candle |
USA Today |
25 May 2024 |
| Was gusty |
|
|
| Blasted a colour, say |
Mirror Cryptic |
15 May 2024 |
| Gusted |
Mirror Quick |
15 May 2024 |
| What the Big Bad Wolf did |
|
|
| Created a gust |
|
|
| Whistled if one sounded depressed (4) |
|
|
| Puffed and panted |
|
|
| Filled with air, ... up |
|
|
| "Squandered" has a sad sound to it (4) |
|
|
| Botched |
Newsday |
29 Mar 2024 |
| Exploded, ... up |
|
|
| What the wind did in a terrible way |
|
|
| Erupted |
Universal |
03 Mar 2024 |
| Sounded whistle (4) |
|
|
| Stormed |
Commuter |
21 Feb 2024 |
| Did it to cool your porridge |
|
|
| Made a wish, on a birthday cake |
|
|
| Played a trumpet |
Newsday |
31 Jan 2024 |
| Huffed and puffed |
Commuter |
29 Jan 2024 |
| Depressed, say, when puffed |
Mirror Cryptic |
13 Jan 2024 |
| Depressed, say, when fed (4) |
|
|
| Gusted |
Mirror Quick |
13 Jan 2024 |
| "It ___ my mind!" ("Wow!") |
|
|
| "That ___ my mind!" (left dumbstruck) |
|
|
| Was windy |
Thomas Joseph |
05 Dec 2023 |
| Squandered |
USA Today |
26 Nov 2023 |
| "That ___ my mind" ("amazed me") |
|
|
| Erupted |
Eugene Sheffer |
27 Sep 2023 |
| Frittered money with some terrible wine |
The Times Cryptic |
05 Sep 2023 |
| Erupted, as a volcano |
Eugene Sheffer |
11 Aug 2023 |
| Erupted |
Eugene Sheffer |
17 Jul 2023 |
| Played an ocarina |
USA Today |
07 Jun 2023 |
| Extinguished, as a birthday cake candle |
|
|
| Squandered |
USA Today |
10 Apr 2023 |
| Gusted |
The Telegraph Quick |
20 Mar 2023 |
| Made bubbles |
Family Time |
19 Mar 2023 |
| Created, like a bubble |
USA Today |
11 Mar 2023 |
| Botched |
Eugene Sheffer |
20 Feb 2023 |
| Gusted |
Thomas Joseph |
09 Nov 2022 |
| Was windy |
Thomas Joseph |
08 Nov 2022 |
| Huffed and puffed |
Universal |
27 Oct 2022 |
| Played a trumpet |
Newsday |
25 Jul 2022 |
| Huffed and puffed |
Universal |
13 Jul 2022 |
| "It ___ my mind!" ("I was amazed!") |
|
|
| Used a tissue or a trumpet |
USA Today |
19 Jun 2022 |
| Made a wish, on a birthday cake |
|
|
| Played a harmonica |
Universal |
19 Jan 2022 |
| Botched |
New York Times |
01 Jan 2022 |
| Squandered |
LA Times Daily |
25 Dec 2021 |
| "It ___ my mind!" (amazed me) |
|
|
| Squandered |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Oct 2021 |
| Botched |
Eugene Sheffer |
22 Oct 2021 |
| Moved like the wind |
The Washington Post |
03 Oct 2021 |
| Moved like the wind |
LA Times Daily |
03 Oct 2021 |
| Squandered |
Newsday |
26 Sep 2021 |
| Tooted |
The Telegraph Quick |
20 Sep 2021 |
| Squandered |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Sep 2021 |
| Lost after leading, perhaps |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Aug 2021 |
| Played the trumpet |
USA Today |
19 Aug 2021 |
| Tooted |
The Telegraph Quick |
04 Jun 2021 |
| Huffed and puffed in depressed state |
Irish Times Crosaire |
17 Apr 2021 |
| Played a trumpet |
Newsday |
22 Mar 2021 |
| Used a tissue |
USA Today |
14 Mar 2021 |
| Gusted |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Mar 2021 |
| Botched |
Eugene Sheffer |
27 Jan 2021 |
| Miserable sounding, what the wind did |
|
|
| Piped down audibly |
|
|
| "It ___ my mind away" |
|
|
| Gusted |
Thomas Joseph |
23 Sep 2020 |
| Squandered |
Newsday |
23 Aug 2020 |
| Piped down, so we hear |
|
|
| Breathed hard |
The Telegraph Quick |
15 Jun 2020 |
| Huffed and puffed |
The Washington Post |
13 Apr 2020 |
| Huffed and puffed |
LA Times Daily |
13 Apr 2020 |
| Botched up |
Newsday |
09 Apr 2020 |
| Was windy |
Thomas Joseph |
06 Mar 2020 |
| Made bubbles |
Family Time |
05 Jan 2020 |
| Gusted |
USA Today |
27 Dec 2019 |
| Erupted |
Premier Sunday |
17 Nov 2019 |
| Took a Breathalyzer test |
USA Today |
16 Nov 2019 |
| Played (a horn) |
The Times Concise |
25 Oct 2019 |
| Squandered, as a lead |
USA Today |
24 Oct 2019 |
| Extinguished, with 'out' |
USA Today |
08 Oct 2019 |
| Spent frivolously |
Jonesin |
13 Aug 2019 |
| Erupted |
Newsday |
10 Jul 2019 |
| "Her performance ___ my mind" |
|
|
| Went like the wind? |
The Washington Post |
25 May 2019 |
| Went like the wind? |
LA Times Daily |
25 May 2019 |
| Muffed |
Newsday |
11 May 2019 |
| Gave up, as a lead |
The Washington Post Sunday |
28 Apr 2019 |
| Sounded (a whistle) |
The Times Concise |
11 Mar 2019 |
| Huffed and puffed |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Mar 2019 |
| Gusted |
New York Times |
06 Mar 2019 |
| Huffed and puffed |
Universal |
28 Feb 2019 |
| Unlit a candle? |
Family Time |
17 Feb 2019 |
| Pushed out air through the mouth |
|
|
| Gusted |
|
|
| Went like the wind? |
|
|
| Extinguished, with "out" |
|
|
| Squandered, as a lead |
|
|
| Botched |
|
|
| Huffed and puffed |
|
|
| Huffed and puffed |
|
|
| Erupted |
Eugene Sheffer |
19 Dec 2018 |
| Trumpeted |
Universal |
22 Oct 2018 |
| Used a Breathalyzer |
Universal |
12 Sep 2018 |
| Played a harmonica |
Universal |
02 Sep 2018 |
| Unlit candles? |
Universal |
30 Aug 2018 |
| Huffed and puffed |
New York Times |
17 Jun 2018 |
| Botched |
LA Times Daily |
22 Apr 2018 |
| Botched |
The Washington Post |
22 Apr 2018 |
| Huffed and puffed |
Eugene Sheffer |
10 Apr 2018 |
| Made bubbles |
Universal |
14 Mar 2018 |
| Bungled (an opportunity) |
The Times Concise |
06 Mar 2018 |
| Extinguished a candle |
Family Time |
08 Jan 2018 |
| Huffed and puffed |
|
|
| Used a Breathalyzer |
|
|
| Took a Breathalyzer test |
|
|
| Unlit candles? |
|
|
| Botched |
|
|
| Played a harmonica |
|
|
| Trumpeted |
|
|
| Inflated, with ''up'' |
Newsday |
16 Oct 2017 |
| Gusted |
The Telegraph Quick |
14 Oct 2017 |
| "___ my mind" ("Left me dumbstruck") |
|
|
| Made bubbles, in a way |
Universal |
06 Sep 2017 |
| Played, as a trumpet |
New York Times |
18 Jul 2017 |
| Ruined, in a way |
New York Times |
15 Jul 2017 |
| Recklessly paid out |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Jul 2017 |
| Extinguished, as birthday candles, with 'out' |
New York Times |
19 Jun 2017 |
| Failed, as a fuse |
LA Times Daily |
28 Feb 2017 |
| Made a mess of |
LA Times Daily |
26 Feb 2017 |
| Used a trumpet |
Family Time |
30 Jan 2017 |
| Ruined, in a way |
|
|
| Failed, as a fuse |
|
|
| Played, as a trumpet |
|
|
| Made a mess of |
|
|
| Made bubbles, in a way |
|
|
| Extinguished, as birthday candles, with "out" |
|
|
| Mishandled |
Newsday |
31 Dec 2016 |
| Inflated a balloon |
Family Time |
12 Dec 2016 |
| Expanded a balloon |
Universal |
28 Nov 2016 |
| Filled a balloon |
Family Time |
28 Nov 2016 |
| Wasted, as cash |
Newsday |
09 Nov 2016 |
| Whistled, sad to hear |
|
|
| Gusted |
LA Times Daily |
04 Sep 2016 |
| Sounded sad to those listening |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
14 Aug 2016 |
| Spent frivolously |
Newsday |
22 May 2016 |
| Botched |
USA Today |
30 Apr 2016 |
| Utterly failed at |
LA Times Daily |
22 Apr 2016 |
| Erupted, as a volcano |
Eugene Sheffer |
04 Feb 2016 |
| Expanded a balloon |
|
|
| Gusted |
|
|
| Played a trumpet |
Family Time |
09 Nov 2015 |
| Huffed and puffed |
Newsday |
17 Sep 2015 |
| Sounded a trumpet |
Universal |
20 Jul 2015 |
| With 66-Across, left speechless |
New York Times |
27 Apr 2015 |
| Erupted |
LA Times Daily |
19 Apr 2015 |
| Erupted |
Universal |
18 Mar 2015 |
| Left, in slang |
LA Times Daily |
08 Mar 2015 |
| Used a Breathalyzer |
Jonesin |
12 Feb 2015 |
| Went off |
New York Times |
08 Feb 2015 |
| Howled, as the wind |
New York Times |
19 Jan 2015 |
| Huffed and puffed |
|
|
| Left, in slang |
|
|
| Erupted |
|
|
| Howled, as the wind |
|
|
| Went off |
|
|
| Erupted |
|
|
| Sounded a trumpet |
|
|
| What AC/DC did to "Your Video" |
|
|
| With 66-Across, left speechless |
|
|
| Exploded, as a tire |
|
|
| Detonated |
|
|
| Was Breathalyzed |
|
|
| Erupted |
|
|
| Sounded, as a horn |
|
|
| Goofed up |
|
|
| Muffed |
|
|
| Sounded, as a horn |
|
|
| ___ over (subsided) |
|
|
| Extinguished, with "out" |
|
|
| Exploded |
|
|
| Flubbed |
|
|
| Emulated the Big Bad Wolf |
|
|
| Emulated Gabriel |
|
|
| Huffed and puffed |
|
|
| Messed up |
|
|
| Malfunctioned, as a fuse |
|
|
| Wasted |
|
|
| Totally bungled |
|
|
| Played the trumpet |
|
|
| Emulated Gabriel |
|
|
| Botched |
|
|
| Cooled, in a way, with "on" |
|
|
| Made a mess of |
|
|
| Botched up |
|
|
| Bungled big-time |
|
|
| Gusted |
|
|
| Sounded, as a horn |
|
|
| Cooled, in a way, with "on" |
|
|
| Squandered |
|
|
| Lost, as a big lead |
|
|
| Muffed |
|
|
| Squandered, as a lead |
|
|
| Wasted, as an opportunity |
|
|
| Exploded |
|
|
| Lost, as a big lead |
|
|
| Exploded |
|
|
| Wasted, as an opportunity |
|
|
| Exploded, as a tire |
|
|
| Sounded, as a trumpet |
|
|
| Malfunctioned, as a fuse |
|
|
| Erupted |
|
|
| Squandered |
|
|
| Squandered, as a game |
|
|
| Huffed and puffed |
|
|
| Missed, as a chance |
|
|
| Sucked |
|
|
| Huffed and puffed |
|
|
| Totally bungled |
|
|
| Squandered |
|
|
| Overloaded, as a fuse |
|
|
| Totally bungled |
|
|
| Spent, as cash |
|
|
| Squandered |
|
|
| Put out the candle |
|
|
| Overloaded, as a fuse |
|
|
| Squandered |
|
|
| Botched |
|
|
| Emulated Gabriel |
|
|
| Left |
|
|
| Went, as a fuse |
|
|
| Went, as a fuse |
|
|
| Exploded |
|
|
| Botched up |
|
|
| Botched |
|
|
| Squandered |
|
|
| Emulated a fan? |
|
|
| Puffed |
|
|
| Exploded |
|
|
| Took off |
|
|
| Messed up |
|
|
| Overloaded, as a fuse |
|
|
| Took off |
|
|
| Threw away, as a lead |
|
|
| Squandered |
|
|
| Messed up |
|
|
| Squandered, as a lead |
|
|
| Totally bungled |
|
|
| What the wind did |
|
|
| Overloaded, as a fuse |
|
|
| Squandered, as the game |
|
|
| ___ over (subsided) |
|
|
| Squandered, as the game |
|
|
| Lost, as a big lead |
|
|
| Wasted |
|
|
| Inflated, with "up" |
|
|
| Gusted |
|
|
| Did horribly on, as a test |
|
|
| Exploded |
|
|
| Erupted |
|
|
| Totally bungled |
|
|
| Gusted |
|
|
| Exploded, with "up" |
|
|
| Mishandled: sl. |
|
|
| Played a trumpet |
|
|
| Made bubbles |
|
|
| Spent unwisely |
|
|
| Exploded |
|
|
| Malfunctioned, as a fuse |
|
|
| Malfunctioned, as a fuse |
|
|
| Gusted |
|
|
| Sounded, as a horn |
|
|
| Gusted |
|
|
| Squandered |
|
|
| Muffed |
|
|
| Mishandled |
|
|
| Had a big lead but lost |
|
|
| Erupted |
|
|
| Botched |
|
|
| Spent unwisely |
|
|
| Played, as a horn |
|
|
| Squandered |
|
|
| Went off |
|
|
| Melted a fuse |
|
|
| Blasted |
|
|
| Honked |
|
|
| Made a bubble, in a way |
|
|
| Threw away |
|
|
| Used a Breathalyzer |
|
|
| 38 Across did it |
|
|
| Bungled, as a task |
|
|
| Whistled |
|
|
| Whistled |
|
|
| Squandered, as an opportunity |
|
|
| Botched |
|
|
| Gusted |
|
|
| Exploded |
|
|
| Overloaded a circuit |
|
|
| Tooted |
|
|
| Whiffled |
|
|
| Sounded a horn |
|
|
| Inflated a balloon |
|
|
| Burst suddenly, as a tire |
|
|
| Used a bubble pipe |
|
|
| Exploded, as a tire |
|
|
| Trumpeted |
|
|
| ___ a fuse (became irate) |
|
|
| Exploded |
|
|
| Played a trumpet |
|
|
| Squalled |
|
|
| Puffed |
|
|
| Played, as a horn |
|
|
| ___ a gasket (saw red) |
|
|
| Lammed |
|
|
| Vamoosed |
|
|
| Made a fast exit |
|
|
| Took it on the lam |
|
|
| Stormed |
|
|
| Scrammed |
|
|
| Blasted (through) |
|
|
| Sounded. |
|
|
| Was utterly terrible and then some |
|
|
| Boasted: Slang. |
|
|
| Puffed. |
|
|
| Spent recklessly. |
|
|
| Went away: Slang. |
|
|
| Treated (to something): Colloq. |
|
|
| Stormed. |
|
|
| Was stormy. |
|
|
| Whistled. |
|
|
| Sounded a trumpet. |
|
|
| ___ in, appeared unexpectedly. |
|
|
| What 40 Across did. |
|
|
| Sounded the trumpet. |
|
|
| Melted, as a fuse. |
|
|
| What Hazel did. |
|
|
| Breathed hard. |
|
|
| Stunk and then some |
|
|
| Pulled an Epic Fail |
|
|
| Howled, as the wind |
|
|
| Moved, as air. |
|
|