| Grooming implement |
The Times Concise |
03 Mar 2026 |
| I am a hairstylist's best friend. I help them comb out stubborn knots. Who am I? |
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| Tool for a painter |
New York Times Midi |
26 Feb 2026 |
| See 18 |
The Guardian Cryptic |
06 Feb 2026 |
| Fox's tail (5) |
Mirror Classic |
02 Feb 2026 |
| Hair tool with bristles |
Newsday |
19 Jan 2026 |
| With 2-Down, dismiss curtly |
The Washington Post Mini |
28 Nov 2025 |
| Fox Basil |
The Telegraph Quick |
13 Sep 2025 |
| Tool in a paintbox (5) |
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| Painting, grooming or sweeping implement (5) |
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| A thicket or area of shrubs and small trees (5) |
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| Sweep |
The Telegraph Mini |
09 May 2025 |
| Wild country with river running through shrubby area (5) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
02 May 2025 |
| Did Basil work at Loughborough-based engineering company? (S) |
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| Scrub or what to scrub with (5) |
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| Bloke's original haste to get cleaning accessory (5) |
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| I am a hairstylist's best friend. I help them comb out stubborn knots. Who am I? |
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| Contact with foxy Basil? |
The Sun Two Speed |
02 Mar 2025 |
| Sweep |
The Sun Two Speed |
02 Mar 2025 |
| Painting implement (5) |
Puzzler |
14 Feb 2025 |
| Word after "tooth" or "hair" |
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| Painter's tool |
Commuter |
01 Feb 2025 |
| Brief encounter with sweeper (5) |
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| Bristled implement (5) |
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| Rub out "mum" and "tiff" (5) |
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| The tail of a fox (5) |
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| Book career for cleaner |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
20 Dec 2024 |
| Hairdresser's implement |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
19 Dec 2024 |
| Short engagement - bride starts to hurry one up (5) |
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| Hair-grooming utensil (5) |
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| Bachelor before race using broom (5) |
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| Implement used for cleaning (5) |
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| Cleaner shrubs (5) |
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| Artist's primary tool for painting, and something you'd find in an artist's studio |
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| Will malefactor having one with the law make him come clean? (5) |
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| Short encounter results in the end of a fox |
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| Fox's tail |
Mirror Classic |
17 Aug 2024 |
| Touch fleetingly (5) |
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| Initially, broom has grass to sweep (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
11 Jun 2024 |
| Clean up and it makes a difference (5) |
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| Shoe polish equipment |
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| Tool for Bob Ross |
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| A skirmish in the undergrowth (5) |
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| Fox's tail |
Mirror Classic |
22 Apr 2024 |
| That's the end of the fox! (5) |
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| I am a hairstylist's best friend. I help them comb out stubborn knots. Who am I? |
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| Brief skirmish |
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| Sedge |
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| Touch in passing (5) |
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| Bushy tail of a fox |
Mirror Quiz |
22 Feb 2024 |
| Fox's tail |
Mirror Classic |
08 Feb 2024 |
| A bit of trouble with the foxy part |
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| Brief contact with fox's tail |
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| Paleontologist's tool |
New York Times |
29 Nov 2023 |
| A besom; a brief encounter; a fox's tail; a graze; or, a thicket (5) |
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| Comb alternative |
Universal |
02 Jun 2023 |
| Painter's painting implement |
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| Eye shadow applicator |
USA Today |
27 May 2023 |
| Dentist's directive |
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| Salon tool |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Aug 2022 |
| Painter's tool |
Universal |
21 Apr 2022 |
| Item for fixing locks? |
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| Black — then hurry to get clean? |
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| Black — then hurry to get clean? |
The Guardian Quiptic |
25 Oct 2021 |
| Painting need |
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| Common scrubber |
Family Time |
30 Aug 2021 |
| Dentist's directive |
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| Salon item |
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| Salon item |
LA Times Daily |
16 Dec 2020 |
| Sweeper‘s light touch |
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| Teeth cleaner |
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| Fox's tail |
The Telegraph Quick |
23 Feb 2020 |
| Item used by 23 Across |
The Times Concise |
23 Nov 2019 |
| Tail of a fox |
The Telegraph Quick |
01 Sep 2019 |
| Dense overgrowth |
LA Times Daily |
07 Jul 2019 |
| Dense overgrowth |
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| Hair salon staple |
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| Hair salon staple |
LA Times Daily |
29 Jan 2019 |
| Hair salon staple |
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| Dense overgrowth |
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| Brief encounter |
Newsday |
11 Nov 2018 |
| Cleaning implement |
The Times Concise |
22 Aug 2018 |
| Art store purchase |
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| Use toothpaste? |
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| Painting need |
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| Painting need |
LA Times Daily |
26 Sep 2017 |
| Sweeping implement |
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| Painting need |
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| Hairdresser's implement |
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| Corn broom's successor |
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| Lint remover |
USA Today |
04 Jun 2016 |
| Sweep |
The Telegraph Quick |
22 May 2016 |
| Lint remover |
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| Oil worker's tool |
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| Touch base at start (career meeting) |
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| It may be used to put on latex |
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| Grooming implement |
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| Hair neatener |
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| Dense overgrowth |
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| Dentist's directive |
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| Hairdresser's implement |
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| Advice from a dentist |
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| Scrubber |
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| Dentist's admonition |
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| Dentist's directive |
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| Dentist's directive |
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| Toiletry kit item |
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| Dentist's advice |
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| Hair-grooming tool |
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| Rebuff, with "off" |
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| Grooming implement |
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| Rebuff, with "off" |
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| Dentist's exhortation |
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| Momentary contact |
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| Close encounter |
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| Paint palette accompanier |
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| Brief contact |
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| Dentist's admonishment |
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| Dentist's admonishment |
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| Brief encounter |
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| Touch lightly |
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| Close encounter |
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| Undergrowth |
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| Lint remover |
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| Advice from a dentist |
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| Brief contact |
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| Skirmish |
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| Lint remover |
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| Thicket |
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| Underwood |
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| Grooming aid |
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| Relative of the crew cut. |
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| Graze past |
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| Reach product |
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| Graze. |
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| Pen's partner. |
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| Thicket. |
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| Fox's tail. |
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| Foxtail. |
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