| Sponge or beg (5) |
Mirror Classic |
06 Mar 2026 |
| Bounder, say, turns up to scrounge (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
05 Mar 2026 |
| Be a moocher |
Newsday |
01 Mar 2026 |
| Bum died in pen |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
29 Jan 2026 |
| Be a sponge |
Thomas Joseph |
19 Jan 2026 |
| In prison, do unending scrounge |
The Telegraph Toughie |
24 Dec 2025 |
| Beg |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
18 Dec 2025 |
| Daughter in prison means to scrounge (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
19 Nov 2025 |
| Be a sponge |
Thomas Joseph |
22 Oct 2025 |
| Bum and dunderhead locked up? (5) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
09 Sep 2025 |
| Scrounge |
The Telegraph Quick |
21 Aug 2025 |
| Borrow, sponge (5) |
Puzzler |
17 Aug 2025 |
| Daughter put in prison where one has to scrounge (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
12 Aug 2025 |
| Be a sponger (5) |
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| Rotter, for example, coming back to beg |
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| Bum died in animal enclosure |
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| Try to get leading dog behind bars (5) |
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| Bum died in jail (5) |
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| Scrounge |
The Sun Two Speed |
15 May 2025 |
| Bum died in prison cell |
The Sun Two Speed |
15 May 2025 |
| Get by begging |
Commuter |
03 May 2025 |
| Scrounge (5) |
Puzzler |
28 Apr 2025 |
| Beg or borrow (5) |
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| Sponge |
The Sun Two Speed |
07 Feb 2025 |
| Scrounge from duke imprisoned? |
The Sun Two Speed |
07 Feb 2025 |
| Get by sponging (inf) (5) |
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| Beg in confined space around rear of ground (5) |
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| Get something for nothing (5) |
The Guardian Quick |
31 Jan 2025 |
| Beg |
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| Obtain by sponging |
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| Scrounge, for example, turning up after an outsider (5) |
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| Daughter in confined space has to beg (5) |
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| A rotter for example coming back to sponge (5) |
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| Beg |
The Telegraph Plusword |
29 Aug 2024 |
| Scrounge |
The Telegraph Plusword |
21 Aug 2024 |
| Beg a penny in prison (5) |
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| Scrounge, sponge |
The Times Concise |
19 Jul 2024 |
| Beg, coming to a bad end in prison! (5) |
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| Appeal for the benefit of a dunderhead in prison (5) |
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| Appeal touchingly (5) |
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| Scrounge |
Mirror Quick |
10 Jun 2024 |
| Sponge enclosure has delicately tipped contents |
Mirror Cryptic |
10 Jun 2024 |
| Sponge (money) (5) |
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| What cool-headed, possibly aged beggars do (5) |
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| Beg for keys |
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| Beg composer John to accept degree (5) |
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| Obtain by begging |
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| Scrounge from daughter when in prison (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
08 Apr 2024 |
| Go around begging off others (5) |
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| Sponge on a CD, for example, that's spinning (5) |
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| Scrounge |
The Telegraph Quick |
05 Feb 2024 |
| It's newly caged to obtain money by scrounging (5) |
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| Dishonourable type, say, after returning gets to scrounge (5) |
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| Try to get 500 behind bars (5) |
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| Scrounge from daughter in prison |
The Sun Two Speed |
07 Dec 2023 |
| Be a sponge |
The Sun Two Speed |
07 Dec 2023 |
| Batting __ |
LA Times Daily |
14 Jul 2023 |
| Scrounge |
The Guardian Quick |
30 Jun 2023 |
| Scrounge |
The Telegraph Quick |
05 Jun 2023 |
| Be a moocher |
Newsday |
14 May 2023 |
| Filch |
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| Bum |
The Guardian Quick |
19 Jan 2023 |
| Rake, for example, up bum |
The Guardian Cryptic |
30 Nov 2022 |
| Rake, for example, up bum |
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| Rotten fellow, say, flipping bum |
The Telegraph Toughie |
29 Nov 2022 |
| Scrounge penny once in prison |
The Times Cryptic |
18 Nov 2022 |
| Bum gets day in lock-up |
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| Bum gets day in lock-up |
The Guardian Cryptic |
11 Jul 2022 |
| Scoundrel, for one, returned to scrounge |
The Times Cryptic |
23 Mar 2022 |
| Scrounge |
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| Scrounge |
The Times Concise |
02 Dec 2021 |
| Naughty so-and-so, say, twirling bum |
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| Bum 18 in prison |
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| Daughter in prison, revealing bum |
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| Bum in rascal's company |
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| Be a moocher |
Newsday |
08 Nov 2020 |
| Bum died in prison |
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| Scrounge |
The Telegraph Quick |
26 Aug 2020 |
| Be a sponge |
Thomas Joseph |
07 Aug 2020 |
| Bum died in prison cell |
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| Beg, borrow |
The Guardian Speedy |
15 Sep 2019 |
| . Bum — bottom end locked up |
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| Scrounge from daughter in prison |
The Sun Two Speed |
17 Jan 2019 |
| Scrounge (informal) |
The Sun Two Speed |
17 Jan 2019 |
| Mooch |
Premier Sunday |
18 Nov 2018 |
| Scrounge from duke imprisoned? |
The Sun Two Speed |
23 Oct 2018 |
| Sponge |
The Sun Two Speed |
23 Oct 2018 |
| Be a moocher |
USA Today |
13 Oct 2018 |
| Act the freeloader |
USA Today |
04 Oct 2018 |
| Beg Stringer to leave greeting cards |
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| Scrounge (money, etc) |
The Times Concise |
21 Jun 2018 |
| Act the moocher |
USA Today |
10 Jun 2018 |
| Beg for first deer to be put into enclosure |
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| Beg prison to take Donald first |
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| Person who's no good for one, flipping bum |
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| Act the freeloader |
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| Be a moocher |
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| Act the moocher |
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| Bum |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Aug 2017 |
| Bum died in prison |
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| Mooch |
Eugene Sheffer |
22 Jun 2017 |
| Beg daughter to enter enclosure |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
02 May 2017 |
| Mooch |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Aug 2016 |
| Acquire by begging |
USA Today |
12 Jan 2016 |
| Acquire by begging |
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| Sponge |
Premier Sunday |
20 Dec 2015 |
| Bum finds penny in prison |
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| Scrounge |
Newsday |
21 Oct 2015 |
| Scrounge, sponge |
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| Be a parasite |
Universal |
26 Apr 2015 |
| Be a parasite |
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| Sponge |
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| Scrounge |
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| Be a moocher |
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| Bum died in lock-up |
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| Freeload |
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| Bum |
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| Look for handouts |
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| Mooch |
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| Make like a freeloader |
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| Mooch |
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| "Borrow" |
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| Borrow, as a cigarette |
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| Mooch |
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| Bum |
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| Bum, as a cigarette |
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| Mooch |
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| Impose upon a friend, perhaps |
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| Mooch |
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| Sponge |
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| Mooch |
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| Bum |
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| Mooch |
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| Mooch |
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| Mooch |
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| Mooch |
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| Beg |
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| Borrow without intending to repay |
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| Sponge |
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| Beg |
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| Sponge |
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| Be a beggar |
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| Bum off of |
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| Scrounge for |
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| Get by begging |
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| Freeload |
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| Sponge |
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| Be a mooch |
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| Scrounge |
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| Beg |
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| Bum off of |
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| Pick up like a sponge? |
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| Be a mooch |
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| Sponge from |
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| Beg |
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| Do some panhandling |
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| What spongers do |
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| Mooch. |
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| Beg: Colloq. |
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| Sponge on |
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| Sponge on others: Colloq. |
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| Get by begging: Colloq. |
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| Put the bite on |
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| Panhandle. |
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