| Ensnare (5) |
Mirror Classic |
13 Sep 2025 |
| Come down with |
The Telegraph Plusword |
13 Sep 2025 |
| Trap or net (something) (5) |
Puzzler |
19 Aug 2025 |
| Unforeseen snag or drawback |
The Times Concise |
16 Aug 2025 |
| Fielder's achievement |
USA Today |
14 Aug 2025 |
| Hidden complication |
Universal |
05 Aug 2025 |
| What a baseball fielder might do to 34a |
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| Day's harvest, for a fisher |
New York Times |
23 Jul 2025 |
| In front of church, pet's collar (5) |
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| Entrap |
The Telegraph Plusword |
17 Jul 2025 |
| Seize a thing pursued(5) |
|
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| Receive a ball in one's hands (5) |
|
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| Joseph Heller's 1961 debut novel (5-2) |
|
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| Net pet by church (5) |
|
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| Get infected by (5) |
|
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| Fast-growing crop grown simultaneously with or between successive plantings of a main crop (5) |
|
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| Get one out in a round for three voices (5) |
|
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| Hidden obstacle(5) |
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| Become entangled with fastener (5) |
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| A hidden disadvantage |
|
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| Get and hold (5) |
|
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| Get cold - cold and 24, perhaps (5) |
|
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| Collar and tie, Mark going out after college (5) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
30 Apr 2025 |
| ___ a Falling Star, Perry Como song (5) |
|
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| "___-22" (Joseph Heller book) (5) |
|
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| Grasp a flying object (5) |
|
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| The snag is, it's what the fisherman brings home (5) |
|
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| Hidden drawback of fish? (5) |
|
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| From an animal, any child can get a bug (5) |
|
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| Receive ball |
|
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| Snare: - a fish, eg |
|
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| Snag there is in giving feline to a child (5) |
|
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| ___ Me If You Can, Leonardo DiCaprio film (5) |
Puzzler |
10 Mar 2025 |
| Hear college contest lost money (5) |
|
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| "Grab it before it hits the ground!" |
|
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| Reception in gridiron football (5) |
|
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| Net comes with a hitch (5) |
|
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| Whaler's haul |
New York Times |
15 Feb 2025 |
| Hidden drawback |
USA Today |
06 Feb 2025 |
| "The ___," legendary play made by Willie Mays during the 1954 World Series |
|
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| Hidden snag |
USA Today |
01 Feb 2025 |
| Cunning question may result in someone being dismissed (5) |
|
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| Are infected (5) |
|
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| Manage to hear 'Are infected with' (5) |
|
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| What a baseball fielder might do to 34a |
|
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| Play behind the plate |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Jan 2025 |
| - - 22, novel and TV miniseries (5) |
|
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| Be infected by, having a seizure (5) |
|
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| Capture animal on church (5) |
|
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| Fist part of a stroke in rowing (5) |
|
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| A trick dismissal (5) |
|
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| Football pass completion |
|
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| Freshest and best fish: - of the day |
|
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| Bag with a fastening device (5) |
|
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| Snag net |
|
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| Our star's movie: - Me If You Can |
|
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| A hidden complication |
|
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| Unexpected disadvantage |
|
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| "What's the -?" |
Eugene Sheffer |
14 Dec 2024 |
| See - the ball game (5) |
The Guardian Quick |
06 Dec 2024 |
| See a the ball game (5) |
|
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| Door or window fastener (5) |
|
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| Success for the angler to which there's a drawback? (5) |
|
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| Capture |
Commuter |
02 Dec 2024 |
| Hear of hidden disadvantage (5) |
|
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| To a Thief, Hitchcock film (5) |
|
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| Snag there is in giving a pet to a child (5) |
|
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| Collar for a pet the child has (5) |
|
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| Gotta ___ Em All: Pokemon slogan. (5) |
|
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| Discover the snag |
|
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| Hear song |
|
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| Type of song not to miss? (5) |
|
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| Bag clasp (5) |
|
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| Get hold of a round for voices (5) |
|
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| In the field, it is held to be a reason for dismissal (5) |
|
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| Grab, as a football pass |
Newsday |
22 Oct 2024 |
| Be in time for difficulty |
|
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| Grab the pet, child (5) |
|
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| This fastener has a disadvantage (5) |
|
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| Take off guard (5) |
|
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| Field a throw (5) |
|
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| Hidden disadvantage |
|
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| Don't miss a trick (5) |
|
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| Grasp there's a snag (5) |
|
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| .. the kind of word to hear and understand (5) |
|
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| Come down with and surprise one in the act |
|
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| A concealed complication (5) |
|
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| Ball-throwing game |
Commuter |
10 Oct 2024 |
| Get cold - cold and chat, perhaps (5) |
|
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| Unforeseen problem for church (5) |
|
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| Trap, ensnare (5) |
|
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| As held by a fielder in a game of cricket (5) |
|
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| Net takings? (5) |
|
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| Hear the words "A pet. Half chow" (5) |
|
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| Manage to hear (5) |
|
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| Ensnare |
Mirror Classic |
05 Sep 2024 |
| What went wrong to make you ask for a lift? (5) |
|
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| The ___, football moment of the game-winning touchdown by Dwight Clark during the 1981 NFC Championship Game |
|
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| Bit of deception produces a haul for the fisherman (5) |
|
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| Grab the pussy, child! (5) |
|
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| Unexpected difficulty encountered by The Cure in recording this song (5) |
|
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| There's a snag with this type of song |
|
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| Door lever |
Mirror Tea Time |
29 Aug 2024 |
| Something wrong with the fastener? (5) |
|
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| Pick up what hasn't been dropped? |
|
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| Guy and companion could be 22? |
The Times Sunday Cryptic |
04 Aug 2024 |
| It should be taken by one keeping well? (5) |
|
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| A hidden problem in an apparently ideal situation (5) |
|
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| The snag is, you may drop it! (5) |
|
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| Take hold of and rub (5) |
|
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| The first part of a stroke in rowing (5) |
|
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| Seize after pursuit |
|
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| Apprehend a concealed difficulty (5) |
|
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| Angler's success |
|
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| Unforeseen drawback (5) |
|
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| Come down with as a cold |
|
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| Trick fastener? (5) |
|
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| Outfielder's success |
|
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| Hidden drawback |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
18 May 2024 |
| Seize the fish (5) |
|
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| A snag to having a pet, child (5) |
|
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| Grab (5) |
|
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| Manage to hear something you let drop? (5) |
|
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| Don't drop the fish (5) |
|
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| Unexpectedly walk in on and seize (5) |
|
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| The snag in taking a captive? (5) |
|
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| Get hold of feline by church (5) |
|
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| Get hold of feline by church |
The Guardian Quick |
13 Apr 2024 |
| Seize in flight |
|
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| Biopic starring Leonardo Dicaprio and Tom Hanks, ___-- Me If You Can (5) |
|
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| How to get a cold - but there's a snag (5) |
|
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| Detect in wrongdoing |
|
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| Gate or window fastener (5) |
|
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| Such a word may be used as a slogan (5) |
|
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| One well held, sir? (5) |
|
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| Bag a round for three singers (5) |
|
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| A hidden difficulty |
|
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| Hear start of carol at church (5) |
|
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| To ___ a Thief, Hitchcock film (5) |
|
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| Way to get batter out of some fish? |
The Times Cryptic |
22 Mar 2024 |
| Cary Grant played a reformed cat burglar in the 1955 Hitchcock comedy To ... A Thief |
|
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| Get one out, and one may get a cold (5) |
|
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| Detect in the act and dismiss (5) |
|
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| Trap door fastening (5) |
|
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| Hear from someone considered an eligible matrimonial prospect (5) |
|
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| The snag in quoting bits from the catechism |
|
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| Overhear Charlie strike head of match (5) |
|
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| Snag; hear |
|
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| The pet the child has is the snag (5) |
|
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| See haul of fish? (5) |
|
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| Seize Tom on top of church (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
20 Feb 2024 |
| Method of dismissal in cricket (5) |
|
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| Capture or seize (5) |
|
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| "___ Me If You Can," 2002 Leonardo DiCaprio film |
|
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| A clasp or fastener; a grab of a ball; or, the number of fish bagged (5) |
|
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| First part of a stroke in rowing (5) |
|
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| To ___ A Thief , 1955 film starring Cary Grant and Grace Kelly |
|
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| What a baseball fielder might do to 34a |
|
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| Grasp, when you walk in on unexpectedly (5) |
|
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| Hear possibly bawdy round |
The Times Cryptic |
15 Jan 2024 |
| Simple ball game |
Universal |
05 Jan 2024 |
| Simple ballgame |
|
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| Hidden complication |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Dec 2023 |
| Eligible potential partner there's a snag to? (5) |
|
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| Take hold of |
|
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| Hitchcock mystery, To ___ a Thief |
|
|
| Seize the part-song (5) |
|
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| '-- 22' , novel by Joseph Heller (5) |
|
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| Backyard ballgame |
|
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| Hidden downside |
USA Today |
06 Nov 2023 |
| "___-22," Joseph Heller's satirical novel that's now also a popular phrase that means "an impossible situation" |
|
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| Baseball play that produces an out |
Family Time |
16 Oct 2023 |
| "Halt and ___ Fire," TV series set in the 1980s based on the revolution of personal computers |
|
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| Capture |
The Telegraph Quick |
26 Sep 2023 |
| Good potential partner |
Universal |
26 Sep 2023 |
| "___ Me If You Can," 2002 movie |
|
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| Reel in |
Newsday |
06 Aug 2023 |
| Hidden downside |
USA Today |
25 Jul 2023 |
| 'What's the ___?' |
New York Times |
18 Jun 2023 |
| "___ Me If You Can," 2002 Tom Hanks movie |
|
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| Ball game |
Newsday |
15 Apr 2023 |
| Trap |
The Telegraph Quick |
04 Apr 2023 |
| Hidden drawback |
Universal |
03 Feb 2023 |
| Capture |
The Telegraph Quick |
14 Dec 2022 |
| 100 at church finding hidden problem |
The Times Cryptic |
15 Nov 2022 |
| Hear of snag in contract |
The Times Cryptic |
11 Nov 2022 |
| Snag |
The Telegraph Quick |
20 Oct 2022 |
| Drawback that wasn't evident |
The Guardian Quick |
20 Oct 2022 |
| 100 at church finding hidden problem |
|
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| Receive as a ball |
|
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| "What did the baseball glove say to the ball? ___ ya later!" |
|
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| Board in time |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Jul 2022 |
| Hear |
The Telegraph Quick |
10 Jul 2022 |
| Game played with ball at clubs in Switzerland |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
08 Jul 2022 |
| Discern contract snag |
The Times Cryptic |
04 Jul 2022 |
| "Coming at you!" |
LA Times Daily |
26 Jun 2022 |
| Bust mid-crime |
New York Times |
19 Jun 2022 |
| Hear; fastener |
The Times Concise |
10 Jun 2022 |
| Capture |
The Telegraph Quick |
28 May 2022 |
| "___-22," war-based American dark comedy miniseries based on the eponymous novel by Joseph Heller |
|
|
| Difficulty for fishermen? |
The Guardian Cryptic |
18 Mar 2022 |
| Snare |
Thomas Joseph |
07 Feb 2022 |
| "___ Me If You Can," 2002 Leonardo DiCaprio film |
|
|
| Arrest |
The Times Concise |
16 Jan 2022 |
| "___ Me If You Can," Steven Spielberg-Tom Hanks' award-winning collaboration from 2002 |
|
|
| Fisherman's haul |
The Times Concise |
31 Dec 2021 |
| Discover animal sitting on church |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
07 Dec 2021 |
| Concealed difficulty |
The Guardian Quick |
19 Oct 2021 |
| Seize |
The Telegraph Quick |
05 Oct 2021 |
| "___ Me If You Can!," movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio |
|
|
| Capture |
The Telegraph Quick |
14 Sep 2021 |
| "___-22," Joseph Heller novel |
|
|
| You'll get this with a free meal and the starters? On all the sides today! |
Irish Times Crosaire |
21 Aug 2021 |
| Disadvantage to hear a song |
|
|
| Net |
The Telegraph Quick |
01 Jun 2021 |
| Trick |
LA Times Daily |
23 May 2021 |
| Trick |
The Washington Post |
23 May 2021 |
| Work behind home plate |
Newsday |
12 May 2021 |
| Capture |
The Telegraph Quick |
03 May 2021 |
| "___-22," novel by Joseph Heller |
|
|
| Capture; securing device |
The Times Concise |
08 Apr 2021 |
| Round bag |
|
|
| Capture |
The Washington Post |
22 Mar 2021 |
| Capture |
LA Times Daily |
22 Mar 2021 |
| "___ Me If You Can," 2002 movie |
|
|
| In Joseph Heller’s novel, ____-22 is a no-win situation |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
24 Jan 2021 |
| Simple ball game |
Universal |
18 Jan 2021 |
| Hidden downside |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Jan 2021 |
| Hidden drawback |
New York Times |
24 Dec 2020 |
| Hidden downside |
New York Times |
13 Dec 2020 |
| Grab, as a fly ball |
Newsday |
16 Nov 2020 |
| Use a softball glove |
Universal |
02 Nov 2020 |
| Hidden snag |
USA Today |
21 Oct 2020 |
| Basic ball game |
Universal |
09 Oct 2020 |
| Apprehend |
The Sun Two Speed |
01 Oct 2020 |
| Charlie at church finds hidden problem |
The Sun Two Speed |
01 Oct 2020 |
| Arrest |
The Sun Two Speed |
27 Aug 2020 |
| Feline caught with hotel fish |
The Sun Two Speed |
27 Aug 2020 |
| Happen to see game |
The Telegraph Toughie |
04 Aug 2020 |
| This here creates an absurd situation |
|
|
| Hidden stipulation |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Jul 2020 |
| Get a dose of the whip and chain |
|
|
| "What's the —?" |
Eugene Sheffer |
12 May 2020 |
| Hidden difficulty |
The Washington Post |
25 Apr 2020 |
| Hidden difficulty |
LA Times Daily |
25 Apr 2020 |
| "___-22," satirical novel by Joseph Heller |
|
|
| Round collar |
|
|
| Dismissal mode may cause friction after resistance drops, following the loss of the opener |
|
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| Contract snag? |
|
|
| Understand cat confused in Switzerland |
|
|
| Something trapped a sort of 22 |
|
|
| Snag |
The Sun Two Speed |
23 Jun 2019 |
| Fly in the ointment |
Wall Street Journal |
11 May 2019 |
| Fielder's feat |
Jonesin |
07 May 2019 |
| Haul round |
|
|
| Understand cleric at church? To an extent |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
12 Mar 2019 |
| Disadvantage that's hidden in contract |
|
|
| Work behind the batter |
Newsday |
06 Mar 2019 |
| You'll get this with a free meal and the starters? On all the sides today! |
Irish Times Crosaire |
23 Feb 2019 |
| Disadvantage that's hidden in contract |
|
|
| Somewhat ecstatic at changes in contract |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
13 Jan 2019 |
| Simple ball game |
|
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| Fly in the ointment |
|
|
| Out in left field? |
|
|
| Be in time for dismissal at Lord's |
|
|
| Drawback in contract |
|
|
| Backyard game for two |
LA Times Daily |
21 Jun 2018 |
| Backyard game for two |
The Washington Post |
21 Jun 2018 |
| Drawback that's not immediately evident |
Irish Times Simplex |
17 May 2018 |
| Whistle to secure hospital blanket |
|
|
| Trap moggy next to church |
|
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| Overhear |
Universal |
10 Apr 2018 |
| Opens a theologian's Catechism in church and it's a problem |
Irish Times Crosaire |
03 Apr 2018 |
| Hidden drawback |
USA Today |
01 Apr 2018 |
| Trap |
The Sun Two Speed |
06 Mar 2018 |
| Seize Tom on top of church |
The Sun Two Speed |
06 Mar 2018 |
| Overhear |
|
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| Hidden drawback |
|
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| Backyard game for two |
|
|
| Throwing game |
Family Time |
31 Dec 2017 |
| This 22's tricky to get |
The Telegraph Toughie |
06 Dec 2017 |
| Trap feline near church |
|
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| Fasten on to bag |
|
|
| It's taken by a fielder to dismiss a player in baseball and cricket |
The Guardian Speedy |
26 Aug 2017 |
| Stop the motion, of a ball say |
Irish Times Simplex |
19 Aug 2017 |
| Dateable one |
New York Times |
12 Aug 2017 |
| Round hook? |
|
|
| Arrest that leads to dismissal |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
24 Jul 2017 |
| Drawback for part of school taken on board |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
18 Jun 2017 |
| Hidden downside |
Newsday |
11 Jun 2017 |
| Surprise in contract |
|
|
| Covert complication |
Newsday |
30 Apr 2017 |
| Contract made by animal visiting church |
|
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| Work at home |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Mar 2017 |
| Hidden downside |
LA Times Daily |
23 Jan 2017 |
| Make out contract |
|
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| "Here!" |
Universal |
17 Jan 2017 |
| Dateable one |
|
|
| "Here!" |
|
|
| Come down with |
USA Today |
01 Dec 2016 |
| Hidden problem |
USA Today |
22 Nov 2016 |
| Take hold of feline companion |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
15 Oct 2016 |
| Understand concealed difficulty |
|
|
| Apprehend |
USA Today |
02 May 2016 |
| Backyard game |
Thomas Joseph |
13 Apr 2016 |
| Dismiss contract |
The Telegraph Toughie |
03 Mar 2016 |
| Lash Conservative over hospital problem being concealed |
The Times Cryptic |
03 Feb 2016 |
| Apprehend |
|
|
| Hidden problem |
|
|
| Snag |
The Telegraph Quick |
30 Dec 2015 |
| __ of the day: menu offering |
LA Times Daily |
15 Oct 2015 |
| In time, get on board lots of fish |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
11 Oct 2015 |
| Hear song clip |
The Times Cryptic |
08 Oct 2015 |
| Hidden problem |
LA Times Daily |
30 Sep 2015 |
| Hear what someone is angling for |
Irish Times Crosaire |
30 Sep 2015 |
| Capture; hidden problem |
The Times Concise |
19 Aug 2015 |
| Snare |
Thomas Joseph |
10 Aug 2015 |
| Overhear |
New York Times |
09 Aug 2015 |
| Collar |
Thomas Joseph |
27 Jun 2015 |
| Come down with hook |
The Times Cryptic |
08 May 2015 |
| Problem in entrance test's hard — about speed of light |
|
|
| Hidden drawback |
Universal |
29 Mar 2015 |
| Hidden problem in contract? |
|
|
| Parent-child activity |
Universal |
19 Mar 2015 |
| A round clasp |
|
|
| The Cure song about Frisbee? |
|
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| Overhear |
|
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| Hidden problem |
|
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| Hidden drawback |
|
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| Parent-child activity |
|
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| Fisherman's net? |
|
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| Have a job close to home |
|
|
| __ of the day: menu offering |
|
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| Throwing game |
|
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| Capture |
|
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| Father-son activity |
|
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| Time in hide curtailed – out with it! |
|
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| Ensnare |
|
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| Concealed drawback |
|
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| Billy Idol "If I should stumble, ___ my fall" |
|
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| Stumbling block |
|
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| Contract |
|
|
| Fisherman's 12-pounder, e.g. |
|
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| Hidden drawback |
|
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| Come down with |
|
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| Hidden drawback |
|
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| "Shoestring" feat |
|
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| Reel in |
|
|
| "Shoestring" feat |
|
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| Fish that's no longer in the sea |
|
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| Cry after "Here!" |
|
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| Hidden problem |
|
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| Stumbling block |
|
|
| Snag, as a fly ball |
|
|
| Fisherman's 10-pounder, e.g. |
|
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| "Coming at you!" |
|
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| Call during a toss |
|
|
| Call during a toss |
|
|
| Verb associated with the beginnings of 18-, 26-, 43- and 57-Across |
|
|
| Backyard game |
|
|
| Verb associated with the beginnings of 18-, 26-, 43- and 57-Across |
|
|
| "___ a Falling Star" (Perry Como hit) |
|
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| Hidden problem |
|
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| One may be backhand |
|
|
| One may be backhand |
|
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| Throwing game |
|
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| Angler's haul |
|
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| Hidden complication |
|
|
| Work behind the plate |
|
|
| Fish that's no longer in the sea |
|
|
| Angler's haul |
|
|
| Hidden drawback |
|
|
| Hidden downside |
|
|
| Hidden complication |
|
|
| Concealed drawback |
|
|
| Fisherman's take-home |
|
|
| ___ of the day (restaurant offering) |
|
|
| Hidden drawback |
|
|
| Hidden downside |
|
|
| Ensnare |
|
|
| Hidden downside |
|
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| Simple game |
|
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| Snag |
|
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| Tossing game |
|
|
| Ensnare |
|
|
| Face a fastballer |
|
|
| Emulate Yogi |
|
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| Come down with |
|
|
| Come down with |
|
|
| "Here!" |
|
|
| Angler's haul |
|
|
| Come down with |
|
|
| See 67-Down |
|
|
| "Heads up!" |
|
|
| Matchmaker's find |
|
|
| Backyard game |
|
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| Hidden problem |
|
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| Nab |
|
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| Snare; grab |
|
|
| "Nice ___!" |
|
|
| Unexpected condition |
|
|
| Trick |
|
|
| Fisherman's take-home |
|
|
| "What's the ___?" |
|
|
| Springe |
|
|
| Basic ball game |
|
|
| Work behind the plate |
|
|
| Ensnare |
|
|
| Seize |
|
|
| Concealed complication |
|
|
| Pull in a pike |
|
|
| Word with word |
|
|
| Limiting condition |
|
|
| Tricky drawback |
|
|
| Word in a Heller title |
|
|
| Become entangled |
|
|
| "22" is one |
|
|
| Emulate Fisk |
|
|
| "___-22" |
|
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| Nab |
|
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| Snag |
|
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| Take captive. |
|
|
| Ball play. |
|
|
| Outfielder's specialty. |
|
|
| A rich groom. |
|
|
| Tricky condition: Colloq. |
|
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| Ball game for two. |
|
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| Be in time for. |
|
|
| What a fisherman brings home. |
|
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| Snare. |
|
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| Overtake. |
|
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| Net |
|
|
| Emotional break in the voice. |
|
|
| Intercept. |
|
|
| What Campanella and Berra do for a living. |
|
|
| A rich young bachelor, for instance. |
|
|
| Simple game with a ball. |
|
|
| A simple game of ball. |
|
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| Play at 39 Across. |
|
|
| Simple ball game. |
|
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