| Make a hash of things (4,2) |
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| Mess up |
Newsday |
26 May 2024 |
| Expression of annoyance when told to extinguish candle (4,2) |
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| Spoil everything |
New York Times |
29 Mar 2024 |
| Waste an opportunity |
Thomas Joseph |
20 Jan 2024 |
| Botch the job |
USA Today |
13 Oct 2021 |
| Botch an opportunity |
Newsday |
29 Oct 2019 |
| Fail epically |
LA Times Daily |
01 Oct 2019 |
| Fail epically |
The Washington Post |
01 Oct 2019 |
| Fail epically |
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| Fail big-time |
Eugene Sheffer |
26 Nov 2016 |
| Screw up |
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| Lose when you should have won, and a hint to the start of the answers to starred clues |
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| Totally fail |
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| Blunder |
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| Mess up |
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| Mess up |
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| Mess up a good opportunity |
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| Fail big-time |
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| Botch the opportunity |
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| Botch the opportunity |
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| Screw up |
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| Mess up |
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| Really mess things up, and what you might do to the last word of 24- or 51-Across, or 10-, 14-, or 34-Down |
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| Miscalculate |
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| Mess up a good opportunity |
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| Louse up |
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| Totally screw up |
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| Goof |
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| Screw up |
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| Mess up |
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| Botch the job |
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