| Bung second-class cheese sandwiches? (5) |
The Sun Two Speed |
10 Oct 2025 |
| Back-hander |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
02 Oct 2025 |
| Illegal payment |
Eugene Sheffer |
22 Sep 2025 |
| Financial inducement (5) |
Mirror Classic |
22 Sep 2025 |
| Grease someone's palm |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
14 Aug 2025 |
| Back-hander, kickback |
The Telegraph Mini |
09 Aug 2025 |
| Grease the palm of (5) |
Mirror Classic |
07 Aug 2025 |
| Under-the-table payment |
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| What is a payment made to a person to corrupt his or her judgment? (5) |
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| Illegal payoff |
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| Dirty paper? |
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| Payoff |
LA Times Daily |
01 Jun 2025 |
| French cheese around beginning of breakfast as inducement (5) |
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| A backhander (5) |
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| Hardly a good gift (5) |
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| After getting rid of first date, newly married woman, hugs bridegroom initially giving a sweetener (5) |
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| Grease the palm of |
USA Today |
23 Mar 2025 |
| Inducement(5) |
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| Get at framing timber used in shortened bed (5) |
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| Pay off illegally |
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| A corrupt inducement (5) |
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| French cheese put round back of club as inducement (5) |
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| Corrupt dealing: he took a - |
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| Corrupting gift |
Mirror Tea Time |
29 Nov 2024 |
| Bung key into cheese (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
14 Nov 2024 |
| Illegal incentive payment |
Newsday |
12 Nov 2024 |
| Dishonest payment in order to gain advantage (5) |
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| Sneaky kickback |
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| Influential offering |
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| Offer money for a favour (5) |
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| Give cash to look the other way, say |
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| Illegal payment |
USA Today |
28 Aug 2024 |
| Corrupt kickback |
LA Times Daily |
30 Jul 2024 |
| Corrupt offer |
LA Times Daily |
21 Jul 2024 |
| Shady payment to an Olympic judge, say |
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| Under-the-table payment |
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| Sneak some bread, say? |
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| Be about to make fun of a corrupt offer (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
21 Jun 2024 |
| Any persuasion or lure (5) |
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| Illegal payoff |
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| Sweetener the bishop put in French cheese (5) |
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| Be holding a bone, as an inducement |
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| Illegal payoff |
Newsday |
23 Apr 2024 |
| Engineer consumes bone and sweetener (5) |
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| Corrupt with cash or gifts |
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| Buy off (5) |
Puzzler |
02 Apr 2024 |
| Inducement to act in one's favour (5) |
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| Buy off(5) |
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| A gift for dishonesty? |
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| Grease the palm of |
Mirror Classic |
17 Feb 2024 |
| Kickback |
The Sun Two Speed |
15 Feb 2024 |
| Bung joint in bloke's case |
The Sun Two Speed |
15 Feb 2024 |
| Illegal offering |
New York Times |
04 Feb 2024 |
| Financial inducement |
The Times Concise |
01 Feb 2024 |
| French cheese injected with British sweetener |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
10 Jan 2024 |
| Cash inducement |
Universal |
03 Jan 2024 |
| Under-the-table payment |
Universal |
13 Dec 2023 |
| Trade money for political favors |
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| Backhander |
Mirror Classic |
11 Dec 2023 |
| Cash given to persuade, like Neighbours' Paul Robinson has been known to offer (5) |
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| Money given under the table, say |
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| Subject of many a political scandal |
New York Times |
30 Apr 2023 |
| Payment for political favors |
USA Today |
20 Apr 2023 |
| Illegal money offer |
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| Buy off |
USA Today |
04 Mar 2023 |
| Bung kid stuck in empty bottle |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
21 Oct 2022 |
| Bung a bit of bacon in soft cheese |
The Telegraph Toughie |
18 Oct 2022 |
| Money given under the table, say |
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| Illegal payoff |
LA Times Daily |
08 Aug 2022 |
| Under-the-table money |
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| Offer hush money to |
Premier Sunday |
12 Jun 2022 |
| Sweetener, so to speak |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Jun 2022 |
| The corrupt accept this: to live, cut by ridicule |
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| The corrupt accept this: to live, cut by ridicule |
The Guardian Cryptic |
29 Dec 2021 |
| Corrupt payoff |
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| Ill-gotten gains |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Dec 2021 |
| Pay off illicitly |
LA Times Daily |
23 Nov 2021 |
| Illegal payment |
New York Times |
13 Jul 2021 |
| 26 billion invested in 1A's cheese? |
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| Illegal payment |
Universal |
06 Jun 2021 |
| Bung joint in bloke's case |
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| Grease someone's palm |
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| Persuasive gift |
USA Today |
14 Aug 2020 |
| Grease |
New York Times |
26 Jul 2020 |
| Under-the-table money |
LA Times Daily |
23 Jun 2020 |
| Under-the-table money |
The Washington Post |
23 Jun 2020 |
| Pay to look the other way |
LA Times Daily |
04 May 2020 |
| Pay to look the other way |
The Washington Post |
04 May 2020 |
| Pay off Josh in Belgium |
Irish Times Crosaire |
03 Mar 2020 |
| Payoff made under the table, maybe |
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| Inducement gets tribe to change leader |
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| What a corrupt official solicits |
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| Illegal payment |
Eugene Sheffer |
31 May 2019 |
| Corrupt officer's payoff |
USA Today |
27 May 2019 |
| Illegal inducement |
The Times Concise |
01 May 2019 |
| Hush money |
Premier Sunday |
10 Feb 2019 |
| Corrupt officer's payoff |
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| Under the table deal |
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| Bung something to barbecue into the edges of it |
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| Bit of corruption |
New York Times |
02 Sep 2018 |
| Plain envelope payment |
Universal |
23 Aug 2018 |
| It's passed under the table |
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| Illegal incentive payment |
Newsday |
11 Jul 2018 |
| Grease the palm of |
USA Today |
02 Jul 2018 |
| Corrupt payment |
The Telegraph Quick |
12 May 2018 |
| Payoff |
LA Times Daily |
04 Mar 2018 |
| Payoff |
The Washington Post |
04 Mar 2018 |
| Payment to influence |
Universal |
28 Jan 2018 |
| Illegal incentive |
Universal |
02 Jan 2018 |
| Payment to influence |
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| Illegal incentive |
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| Bit of corruption |
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| Grease |
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| Grease the palm of |
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| Plain envelope payment |
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| Corrupt payoff |
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| Illegal payment |
New York Times |
26 Sep 2017 |
| Illegal money offer |
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| Sweetener |
The Times Concise |
08 May 2017 |
| Buy off |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Feb 2017 |
| Illegal payment |
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| Pay for political favors |
The Washington Post |
02 Dec 2016 |
| Bit of graft |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Oct 2016 |
| Illegal inducement |
Universal |
20 Jun 2016 |
| Unethical payment |
The Washington Post |
17 Jun 2016 |
| Suborn |
New York Times |
12 Jun 2016 |
| Crooked bread? |
LA Times Daily |
14 May 2016 |
| Suborn |
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| Illegal inducement |
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| Crooked bread? |
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| Backhander |
The Sun Two Speed |
06 Dec 2015 |
| Bung key into cheese |
The Sun Two Speed |
06 Dec 2015 |
| Pay off a judge |
Eugene Sheffer |
31 Oct 2015 |
| Bit of butter in cheese making grease |
The Telegraph Toughie |
01 Oct 2015 |
| Grease a palm |
USA Today |
14 Jul 2015 |
| Pervert with money beholding Eve's base |
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| Corrupt European leaves tropical disease reduced by last quarter |
The Telegraph Toughie |
30 Jan 2015 |
| Illegal inducement |
Newsday |
18 Jan 2015 |
| Unlawful contribution |
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| Illegal inducement |
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| Dark green? |
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| Grease a palm |
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| Money under the table, maybe |
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| Hush money |
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| Illegal incentive |
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| Hush money |
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| Under-the-table money |
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| Pay for special treatment |
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| Under-the-table money |
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| Payola |
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| Grease, as it were |
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| Grease someone's palm |
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| Grease, as it were |
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| Illegal payment |
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| Payola, e.g. |
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| Corrupt, in a way |
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| Payoff |
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| Payoff for a dirty cop |
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| Corrupt, in a way |
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| Payoff |
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| Payola, e.g. |
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| Pay to persuade |
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| Money given under the table |
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| Illegal contribution |
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| Payola, e.g. |
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| Grease someone's palm |
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| Palm grease |
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| Payola, e.g. |
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| Grease, so to speak |
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| Grease, so to speak |
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| Buy off |
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| Under-the-table payment |
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| Bit of corruption |
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| Bit of corruption |
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| Kickback, e.g. |
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| Kickback |
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| Hush money |
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| Hush money |
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| Tickle the palm of |
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| What a slush fund may fund |
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| Illegal payoff |
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| What a slush fund may fund |
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| Buy off |
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| Pay to persuade |
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| Payoff |
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| Grease |
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| Pay to persuade |
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| Payola, e.g. |
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| Knocks over |
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| Rake-off |
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| Illegal payment |
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| "Oil" |
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| Lubricate |
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| Hush money |
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| Buy off |
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| Unlawful payment |
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| Abscam offering |
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| Grease a palm |
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| Cash inducement |
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| Payola |
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| Buyoff |
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| Illegal inducement |
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| Sop |
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| Palm grease |
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| Corruption instrument |
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| Sop |
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| Palm oil? |
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| Payoff, perhaps |
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| Sop |
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| Illegal consideration |
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| Hush money |
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| Payola |
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| Venal person's gain |
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| Sop |
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| Buy off |
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| Venalize |
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| Gift to influence |
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| Apply palm grease |
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| Grease the palm |
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| Grease one's palm |
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| Political temptation |
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| Under-the-table deal |
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| Corrupt with cash |
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| Grease the palm of. |
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| Allurement. |
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| Suborn. |
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| Pay off. |
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| Boodle |
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