| Current hit |
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| Punch |
USA Today Quick |
13 Jul 2025 |
| ___ up, inflate (balloons) |
Puzzler Backwords |
13 Jul 2025 |
| Waste |
New York Times |
12 Jul 2025 |
| Expelled air forcefully (4) |
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| Boxer's head down, punch |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
03 Jul 2025 |
| Sudden disappointment has bishop miserable (4) |
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| Squander (money) (4) |
The Guardian Quick |
19 Jun 2025 |
| Produce current of air (4) |
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| Use, as a whistle |
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| Inflate, as a balloon |
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| It's a sudden misfortune: try to cool it (4) |
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| Explode |
Commuter |
23 May 2025 |
| It's a setback in windy weather (4) |
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| Play a trumpet |
Commuter |
20 May 2025 |
| Could such a lamp put a candle out? (4) |
|
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| 2001 biopic starring Johnny Depp as George Jung |
Mirror Quiz |
31 Mar 2025 |
| Huff and puff |
Commuter |
22 Mar 2025 |
| Exhale sharply |
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| Extinguish: - out the candles |
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| Wind with a punch (4) |
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| Try to extinguish a birthday candle |
|
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| What wind does? |
The Telegraph Mini |
18 Feb 2025 |
| ___ up, inflate (balloons) |
Puzzler Backwords |
13 Feb 2025 |
| Knock bishop down |
The Telegraph Toughie |
12 Feb 2025 |
| "I'll huff, and I'll puff, and I'll ___ your house in" |
USA Today |
10 Feb 2025 |
| Expel air through pursed lips (4) |
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| It might precede dry, fly or pipe |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
02 Feb 2025 |
| Gust |
Eugene Sheffer |
01 Feb 2025 |
| Drat! That's a big disappointment! (4) |
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| Puff |
Puzzler Backwords |
11 Jan 2025 |
| Bellow for the Spanish to leave, causing sudden setback (4) |
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| Cool, using breath (4) |
|
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| Sound the whistle as boxer delivers it? (4) |
|
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| * Put out, as candles or word before 14a |
|
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| Huff and puff |
|
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| Major setback |
New York Times |
06 Nov 2024 |
| Powerful stroke (4) |
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| Powerful stroke with fist (4) |
|
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| Bombshell is a breath of fresh air (4) |
|
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| Bowl over in the wind (4) |
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| A slug, drat it! (4) |
|
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| Use breath to cool (4) |
|
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| It's a sudden catastrophe: cool it! (4) |
|
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| Play the trumpet |
Commuter |
06 Sep 2024 |
| What one might do after making a birthday wish |
New York Times |
02 Sep 2024 |
| Spend recklessly |
Commuter |
23 Aug 2024 |
| Put out, as candles |
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| Setback; forceful punch |
The Times Concise |
31 Jul 2024 |
| Play a horn |
Thomas Joseph |
31 Jul 2024 |
| Hard hit |
Premier Sunday |
21 Jul 2024 |
| Hard hit |
Commuter |
16 Jul 2024 |
| Puff out air |
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| It strikes one as a mild expletive |
|
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| 2001 biopic starring Johnny Depp as George Jung |
Mirror Quiz |
11 Jul 2024 |
| Type of lugworm - a bit flyblown! (4) |
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| Breathe hard or pant |
Mirror Classic |
07 Jul 2024 |
| It's a setback when a trainee has to bow out (4) |
|
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| How to play brass instrument? Cool it! (4) |
|
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| John, baroque composer of opera Venus And Adonis, written for Charles II (4) |
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| Drat! There's a wind (4) |
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| Starting to become blue - breathe hard (4) |
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| Exhaling action, to put out candles |
|
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| ___ up, inflate (balloons) |
Puzzler Backwords |
05 Jun 2024 |
| Wind strike (4) |
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| Wallop may produce wind (4) |
|
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| Huff or puff |
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| 2001 biopic starring Johnny Depp as George Jung |
Mirror Quiz |
10 May 2024 |
| Squander |
LA Times Daily |
24 Apr 2024 |
| Sudden shock |
Commuter |
24 Apr 2024 |
| Johnny Depp's 2001 biopic |
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| 2001 Ted Demme film starring Johnny Depp (4) |
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| Play a trumpet |
Family Time |
31 Mar 2024 |
| Down when lacking energy - that's a setback |
|
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| Extinguish birthday candles, e.g. |
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| Wind proving a setback (4) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
19 Mar 2024 |
| Play a trumpet |
Family Time |
17 Mar 2024 |
| Mild oath, breathe hard & disappointment (4) |
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| A knock one may suffer cool it! (4) |
|
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| "Let's ___ this popsicle stand" |
|
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| Curse the wind (4) |
|
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| A knock, drat it! (4) |
|
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| Spend foolishly, which is a disappointment (4) |
|
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| Exhaled hard |
|
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| A mild expletive? Cool it! (4) |
|
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| ___ Pop (lollipop brand) |
USA Today |
25 Jan 2024 |
| Cuff, sock or belt |
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| Setback |
Puzzler Backwords |
23 Dec 2023 |
| Explode |
New York Times |
20 Dec 2023 |
| Hard hit |
Commuter |
13 Dec 2023 |
| * Put out, as candles or word before 14a |
|
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| 2001 biopic starring Johnny Depp as George Jung |
Mirror Quiz |
30 Nov 2023 |
| Low ___ (cheap shot) |
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| __ up (explode) |
Newsday |
30 Oct 2023 |
| Crushing setback |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Sep 2023 |
| & 14 Down Deficient medic takes so long without right device |
The Telegraph Toughie |
22 Sep 2023 |
| What you do to birthday candles after making a wish |
|
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| Go like the wind? |
The Guardian Cryptic |
28 Aug 2023 |
| __ up (explode) |
Newsday |
08 Aug 2023 |
| Bungle, as a big lead |
Universal |
03 Jul 2023 |
| Give in, hiding large disappointment |
The Guardian Quiptic |
03 Jul 2023 |
| Inflate, as a balloon |
|
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| __ up (explode) |
Newsday |
26 Jun 2023 |
| Exhaling action, to put out candles |
|
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| Gust |
Eugene Sheffer |
13 Jun 2023 |
| Huff and puff |
Eugene Sheffer |
16 May 2023 |
| Squander; strong wind |
The Telegraph Quick |
07 May 2023 |
| Huff and puff |
Newsday |
02 May 2023 |
| Erupt |
New York Times |
10 Apr 2023 |
| Squander, as cash |
LA Times Daily |
13 Feb 2023 |
| Huff and puff |
|
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| Try to put out trick candles |
USA Today |
16 Dec 2022 |
| Recklessly squander |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Dec 2022 |
| Composer and organist John ____ taught Henry Purcell |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
20 Nov 2022 |
| Spend recklessly |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Oct 2022 |
| Disappointment for fan? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
22 Aug 2022 |
| Punch; fritter away |
The Telegraph Quick |
12 Aug 2022 |
| Huff and puff |
Eugene Sheffer |
26 Jul 2022 |
| Squander |
The Telegraph Quick |
20 Jul 2022 |
| Squander money in buffet |
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| Squander money in buffet |
The Guardian Quiptic |
18 Jul 2022 |
| ___ out the candles |
USA Today |
01 Jul 2022 |
| Spread a dandelion --> Curtsy counterpart |
Universal |
24 Jun 2022 |
| "I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll ___..." (words from the Big Bad Wolf) |
|
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| Huff and puff |
Eugene Sheffer |
10 May 2022 |
| Spend on frivolous goods |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Apr 2022 |
| Gust |
Thomas Joseph |
04 Apr 2022 |
| Imitate the Big Bad Wolf |
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| Setback – blast! |
|
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| Sudden disappointment |
The Times Concise |
04 Jan 2022 |
| Squander on buffet |
|
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| What the wind does brings lake into front of boat |
The Times Cryptic |
11 Oct 2021 |
| Hit boy below the belt |
|
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| Hit boy below the belt |
The Guardian Cryptic |
04 Oct 2021 |
| Punch black and blue |
|
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| What you do to candles after making a wish |
|
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| Word after Joe or low |
The Washington Post |
09 Aug 2021 |
| Word after Joe or low |
LA Times Daily |
09 Aug 2021 |
| After opening of bottle, down coke in New York |
|
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| Huff and puff |
Newsday |
01 Aug 2021 |
| Orca's orifice (Interval between A and B, in music) |
The Washington Post Sunday |
18 Jul 2021 |
| Squander |
USA Today |
08 Jul 2021 |
| Skedaddle, so to speak |
Newsday |
20 Jun 2021 |
| Charms ___ pops,hardy candy lollipops with bubblegum centers |
|
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| Put out, as candles |
|
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| Sudden disappointment |
The Times Concise |
13 Apr 2021 |
| Lose after being way ahead, as a lead |
New York Times |
02 Mar 2021 |
| Stupidly lose |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Dec 2020 |
| Explode, as a volcano |
Eugene Sheffer |
10 Dec 2020 |
| 2010 song by Kesha from her EP "Cannibal," which peaked at number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 |
|
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| Severe disappointment |
New York Times |
24 Nov 2020 |
| Punch |
The Sun Two Speed |
10 Nov 2020 |
| Spend pound in East London district |
The Sun Two Speed |
10 Nov 2020 |
| Spread dandelion seeds, say |
The Washington Post Sunday |
18 Oct 2020 |
| Fan in sudden disappointment |
The Sun Two Speed |
13 Sep 2020 |
| *Whale's opening |
Universal |
26 May 2020 |
| Huge birthday dinner? Do this to candles! |
|
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| Spend carelessly |
USA Today |
24 Mar 2020 |
| Crushing setback |
|
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| What you do to a candle on a cake |
|
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| Hard punch |
The Washington Post |
22 Oct 2019 |
| Hard punch |
LA Times Daily |
22 Oct 2019 |
| "... and I'll puff, and I'll ___ ..." |
Family Time |
06 Oct 2019 |
| Disappointment felt after this, for character on the radio? |
|
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| __ up (explode) |
Newsday |
19 Aug 2019 |
| What you do to candles after making a wish |
|
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| What to do after making a birthday wish |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Jul 2019 |
| Use a whistle |
USA Today |
25 Apr 2019 |
| Bungle |
Newsday |
26 Jan 2019 |
| It comes as a disappointment to Hook |
Irish Times Crosaire |
09 Jan 2019 |
| Use a whistle |
|
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| What to do after making a birthday wish |
|
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| Hard punch |
|
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| Waste, as a fortune |
USA Today |
13 Dec 2018 |
| Squander |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Nov 2018 |
| Leave, slangily |
LA Times Daily |
28 Oct 2018 |
| Leave, slangily |
The Washington Post |
28 Oct 2018 |
| Use a whistle |
Universal |
17 Oct 2018 |
| Very detailed autobiography of English baroque composer? |
|
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| "Make sure you ___ out the candles before you cut the cake." |
|
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| Lam it |
Newsday |
18 Aug 2018 |
| Breathe hard |
The Telegraph Quick |
28 Jul 2018 |
| Hard hit |
|
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| Lose, as a big lead |
USA Today |
27 May 2018 |
| Word after Joe or low |
USA Today |
18 May 2018 |
| Propel with a peashooter |
USA Today |
30 Apr 2018 |
| Gust |
Thomas Joseph |
24 Apr 2018 |
| Disappointment |
The Times Concise |
25 Mar 2018 |
| Huff and puff |
New York Times |
19 Mar 2018 |
| Play a tuba or trumpet |
Newsday |
14 Mar 2018 |
| Drug left in London area |
|
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| Setback |
New York Times |
03 Feb 2018 |
| Lose, as a big lead |
|
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| Propel with a peashooter |
|
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| Squander, as a lead |
|
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| Waste, as a fortune |
|
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| Word after Joe or low |
|
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| Completely bungle |
|
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| Squander |
|
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| Setback |
|
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| Leave, slangily |
|
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| Huff and puff |
|
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| Use a whistle |
|
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| Squander |
New York Times |
28 Dec 2017 |
| Huff and puff |
Eugene Sheffer |
16 Nov 2017 |
| Make bubbles with a wand |
Family Time |
01 Oct 2017 |
| Hard punch |
|
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| Extinguish, with "out" |
|
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| What you'd do to your lit birthday candles |
|
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| What you do to a balloon to fill it with air |
|
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| Lose a big lead in |
LA Times Daily |
20 Apr 2017 |
| Lose a big lead in |
The Washington Post |
20 Apr 2017 |
| Punch that makes one black and blue |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
12 Apr 2017 |
| Squander |
|
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| Lose a big lead in |
|
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| Major setback |
The Washington Post |
21 Dec 2016 |
| Huff and puff |
The Washington Post |
13 Dec 2016 |
| Spend wastefully |
USA Today |
19 Oct 2016 |
| Make like a trumpeter |
The Washington Post |
09 Sep 2016 |
| Take a sobriety test |
Canadiana |
22 Aug 2016 |
| Word with smoke or kisses |
LA Times Daily |
14 Jul 2016 |
| Serious punch |
New York Times |
29 Jun 2016 |
| Erupt |
New York Times |
30 May 2016 |
| Huff and puff |
Newsday |
13 Apr 2016 |
| Squander |
LA Times Daily |
28 Feb 2016 |
| Squander, as cash |
Newsday |
28 Feb 2016 |
| Explode, with 'up' |
The Washington Post |
05 Feb 2016 |
| Fan of Wales at first supports Bale with love |
|
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| Botch |
LA Times Daily |
03 Jan 2016 |
| Spend wastefully |
|
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| Erupt |
|
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| Word with smoke or kisses |
|
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| Botch |
|
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| Serious punch |
|
|
| "I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll ___ ..." |
Family Time |
07 Dec 2015 |
| Squander |
Newsday |
29 Nov 2015 |
| Low __: cheap shot |
LA Times Daily |
07 Sep 2015 |
| *Orca feature |
LA Times Daily |
17 Jul 2015 |
| Huff and puff |
LA Times Daily |
29 Jun 2015 |
| Severe setback |
Wall Street Journal |
22 May 2015 |
| What winds do |
LA Times Daily |
07 Apr 2015 |
| Play a trumpet |
Newsday |
30 Mar 2015 |
| Explode, as a volcano |
USA Today |
20 Mar 2015 |
| Setback: British crestfallen |
|
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| Explode, as a volcano |
|
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| Squander |
|
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| *Orca feature |
|
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| Huff and puff |
|
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| Low __: cheap shot |
|
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| What winds do |
|
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| Squander |
|
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| What winds do |
|
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| Severe setback |
|
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| Play a trumpet |
|
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| Sudden misfortune |
|
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| Explode |
|
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| Hard hit |
|
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| Command to Gabriel |
|
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| What winds do |
|
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| Squander, as a wad of cash |
|
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| Really ruin |
|
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| Barry White lyric "Because you ___ my mind" |
|
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| Diddle away |
|
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| Sudden bit of bad news |
|
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| Squander, so to speak |
|
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| Opposite of suck |
|
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| Throw away, as a lead |
|
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| Major setback |
|
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| Subside, with "over" |
|
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| '80s band The ___ Monkeys |
|
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| Miss, as a chance |
|
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| Hard hit |
|
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| You might do it after making a wish |
|
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| Leave, in slang |
|
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| How to play a jug |
|
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| Mighty punch |
|
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| 2001 Johnny Depp film |
|
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| You might do it after making a wish |
|
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| Leave, in slang |
|
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| Karate chop, e.g. |
|
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| Major setback |
|
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| Go with the wind |
|
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| Extinguish, with "out" |
|
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| Explode |
|
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| Drug that is, ironically, inhaled |
|
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| Erupt |
|
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| Coke |
|
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| Botch, so to speak |
|
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| "I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll ___ ..." |
|
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| Send, as an air kiss |
|
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| Extinguish, with "out" |
|
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| Karate chop, e.g. |
|
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| Extinguish candles, in a way |
|
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| Stupidly lose, as a game |
|
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| Throw away, as a lead |
|
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| Big wind |
|
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| Lose, as a big lead |
|
|
| Karate chop, e.g. |
|
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| Huff and puff |
|
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| Lose, as a big lead |
|
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| Explode, as a volcano |
|
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| Make a bubble |
|
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| Severe setback |
|
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| Suck bad |
|
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| Sudden shock |
|
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| Exhale like a whale |
|
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| Squander |
|
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| Bungle |
|
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| What winds do |
|
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| Completely bungle |
|
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| Coke |
|
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| Squander |
|
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| Leave, in slang |
|
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| Make bubbles |
|
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| Sudden bit of bad news |
|
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| Severe setback |
|
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| Whammy |
|
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| Botch |
|
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| Make a mess of |
|
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| Hard hit |
|
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| 2001 Johnny Depp film |
|
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| Joe or low follower |
|
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| Split |
|
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| Throw away, as a lead |
|
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| Squander, in slang |
|
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| Squander, in slang |
|
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| Emulate Gabriel |
|
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| Severe setback |
|
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| Throw away, as a lead |
|
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| Spend recklessly |
|
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| Totally mess up |
|
|
| 2001 Johnny Depp movie |
|
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| Make a mess of |
|
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| What to do after making a birthday wish |
|
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| Make a mess of |
|
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| More than exhale |
|
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| Cocaine, in slang |
|
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| Huff and puff |
|
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| Completely botch |
|
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| Explode, with "up" |
|
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| Crushing news |
|
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| Totally botch |
|
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| Emulate Gabriel |
|
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| Totally botch |
|
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| Dry opening? |
|
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| Huff and puff |
|
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| Explode, as a volcano |
|
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| Exhale hard |
|
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| Put (out), as candles |
|
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| Sudden shock |
|
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| Put (out), as candles |
|
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| Setback |
|
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| Botch |
|
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| Ruin big-time |
|
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| Severe setback |
|
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| Botch |
|
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| Vamoose |
|
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| Spout |
|
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| Exhale like a whale |
|
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| 2001 Johnny Depp flick |
|
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| Lose, as a lead |
|
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| Totally botch |
|
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| Verb associated with Monica |
|
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| Huff and puff |
|
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| Play the trumpet |
|
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| Vamoose |
|
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| Big storm |
|
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| Mess up |
|
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| What the wind doth |
|
|
| Precedes in and out |
|
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| "I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll ___..." |
|
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| Play a trumpet |
|
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| "Scram!" |
|
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| "Get lost!" |
|
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| With 43-Across, use bubble gum? |
|
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| Hemingway story: Three Day ____ |
|
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| Clout |
|
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| Throw away |
|
|
| Toot |
|
|
| Stupidly lose, as a game |
|
|
| Move like the wind |
|
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| Make like the Big Bad Wolf |
|
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| Gust |
|
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| Hard punch |
|
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| Honk |
|
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| Lick |
|
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| Gale |
|
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| Joe ___ |
|
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| Severe disappointment |
|
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| Sudden shock |
|
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| Crushing news |
|
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| Use a bubble pipe |
|
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| Buffet |
|
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| Cuff |
|
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| Heavy hit |
|
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| Command to Gabriel |
|
|
| Right cross or jab |
|
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| "___ the man down" |
|
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| Request to Gabriel |
|
|
| What old tires do |
|
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| ___ hot and cold (vacillate) |
|
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| Huff and puff |
|
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| ___ one by (throw a fast strike) |
|
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| Scram |
|
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| Use a whistle |
|
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| Scram! |
|
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| Thwack |
|
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| Kind of hard |
|
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| Kind of torch or hard |
|
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| Kind of hard or torch |
|
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| Kind of hard or out |
|
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| Play a tuba |
|
|
| Stroke |
|
|
| "___ the Man Down" |
|
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| Put forth (blossoms). |
|
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| Sound the horn. |
|
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| Stand treat: Slang. |
|
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| Windstorm. |
|
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| Become unusable (with "out"). |
|
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| The spouting of a whale. |
|
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| Advice to the wind. |
|
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| Squander: Slang. |
|
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| Blossom. |
|
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| High wind. |
|
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| Whiffle. |
|
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| Sudden calamity. |
|
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| Blast or gale. |
|
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| Gale. |
|
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| Gale of wind. |
|
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| Calamity. |
|
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| Bluster. |
|
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