| Vet, verify |
The Times Concise |
26 Aug 2025 |
| Word before "mate" to finish off in chess |
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| Bill Clinton's original hell (5) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
14 Aug 2025 |
| Restaurant item often asked for by signing the air |
New York Times Mini |
07 Aug 2025 |
| Examine for correctness (5) |
Puzzler |
29 Jul 2025 |
| Restrain |
The Sun Two Speed |
21 Jul 2025 |
| Verify chess move |
The Sun Two Speed |
21 Jul 2025 |
| Verify |
The Telegraph Plusword |
07 Jul 2025 |
| Verify the squared pattern |
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| Verify American's draft (5) |
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| Verify |
The Telegraph Mini |
18 Jun 2025 |
| Move to attack king forms square pattern (5) |
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| Take notice of move on board (5) |
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| Inspect pattern (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
19 Mar 2025 |
| Investigate means of payment, by the sound of it |
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| From Prague, we hear? Make sure! (5) |
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| Means of verifying a sudden repulse (5) |
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| Examine the quality |
Mirror Tea Time |
11 Feb 2025 |
| Examine the quality of anything (5) |
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| Stop to make sure that everything is all right (5) |
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| Scrutinise Eastern European language by the sound of it (5) |
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| Verify the tartan pattern (5) |
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| "___ yourself before you wreck yourself" (rhyming adage) |
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| Verify money order's sound (5) |
The Guardian Quick Cryptic |
30 Nov 2024 |
| Request to a waiter, post-dinner |
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| "___, please" (post-dining request) |
New York Times Mini |
12 Nov 2024 |
| A bad one bounces |
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| Examine the quality |
Mirror Tea Time |
22 Oct 2024 |
| Examine what's said to be a bill of exchange |
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| Verify pattern (5) |
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| A threat to a king in chess, thus an arrest, control, curb or restraint (5) |
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| Inspect Eastern European by the sound of it (5) |
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| Inspect for satisfactory condition, accuracy or safety (5) |
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| Canine by George's hamper |
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| Stop or slow the progress of (5) |
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| Chess warning |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Jul 2024 |
| Inspect(5) |
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| Investigate restraint (5) |
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| Examine an American method of payment |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
18 Jun 2024 |
| Inspect pattern of small squares (5) |
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| Black-and-white pattern; make sure |
The Telegraph Plusword |
28 May 2024 |
| Inspect for correctness (5) |
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| See 31-Across |
LA Times Daily |
16 Apr 2024 |
| Verify it's a woven fabric (5) |
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| Verify the rebuff (5) |
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| Examine the quality |
Mirror Tea Time |
03 Dec 2023 |
| Request to a waiter, post-dinner |
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| Chess announcement |
New York Times |
21 Nov 2023 |
| '___, please!' (request to a waiter) |
USA Today |
30 Jul 2023 |
| Word after "mic" or "reality" |
Universal |
26 Jul 2023 |
| Take a look-see |
USA Today |
18 Apr 2023 |
| This might be said in chess clubs by George |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
07 Feb 2023 |
| Request to a waiter, post-dinner |
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| '10-4!' |
New York Times |
15 Jun 2022 |
| "Mate" preceder in chess |
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| Restraint could be prelude to mating |
The Telegraph Toughie |
05 May 2021 |
| "Blank ___," 1994 film starring Brian Bonsall that features his character spending 1 million dollars in a shopping spree |
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| Verify; stop |
The Times Concise |
09 Oct 2020 |
| Look into |
Thomas Joseph |
18 Jul 2020 |
| Arrest to put king in trouble |
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| Take a quick look |
The New Yorker |
17 Feb 2020 |
| Verify |
The Times Concise |
29 Nov 2019 |
| Cash alternative |
The Washington Post |
05 Aug 2019 |
| Cash alternative |
LA Times Daily |
05 Aug 2019 |
| Corroborate in European state |
Irish Times Crosaire |
30 Jul 2019 |
| Examination |
The Telegraph Quick |
10 May 2019 |
| Chess player's declaration |
Newsday |
28 Apr 2019 |
| Word after blank or rubber |
USA Today |
19 Mar 2019 |
| Word after blank or rubber |
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| Cash alternative |
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| Warning about an imperiled king |
The Washington Post Sunday |
23 Dec 2018 |
| 'Roger that' |
New York Times |
08 Jul 2018 |
| Many a defensive hockey maneuver |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
16 Feb 2018 |
| "Roger that" |
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| Many a defensive hockey maneuver |
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| Control tongue, when speaking |
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| ''Understood'' |
Newsday |
28 Jul 2017 |
| 'Roger that' |
The Washington Post |
23 Dec 2016 |
| Possibly Bohemian-sounding threat to king |
The Telegraph Toughie |
16 Sep 2016 |
| After-dinner request |
LA Times Daily |
11 Sep 2016 |
| It's always dated |
LA Times Daily |
24 Jun 2016 |
| Tab |
The Washington Post |
17 May 2016 |
| Inspect |
The Telegraph Quick |
06 Mar 2016 |
| It's always dated |
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| After-dinner request |
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| Examine a draft written in American English |
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| Verify |
LA Times Daily |
06 Aug 2015 |
| Chess player's warning |
New York Times |
28 Jul 2015 |
| Rebuff queen may deliver, but never king |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
28 Jun 2015 |
| Not carry on, as bags |
New York Times |
25 May 2015 |
| Verify pronouncement of European national |
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| Verify chapter on cockney expletive |
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| Restrain |
The Telegraph Quick |
24 Mar 2015 |
| Not carry on, as bags |
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| Chess player's warning |
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| Verify |
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| Mark often put next to completed to-do items |
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| Way to pay |
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| Chess declaration |
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| Cash alternative |
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| Potential mate |
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| "Got it" |
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| Cash alternative |
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| Danger for a king |
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| Word with book or list |
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| Chess announcement |
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| See 62-Across |
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| Chess-game announcement |
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| "___, please" |
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| Request to a waiter |
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| Request to a waiter |
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| Alternate to cash |
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| King pin? |
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| Word that can precede the first words of 17- and 52-Across and 11- and 27-Down |
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| Common element of 20- and 56-Across and 10- and 27-Down |
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| Restaurant bill |
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| Cash alternative |
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| Tab |
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| Word that can precede the first words of 17- and 52-Across and 11- and 27-Down |
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| Tab |
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| Credit card alternative |
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| Don't bounce this |
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| Chess word |
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| Kasparov call |
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| Alternative to cash and charge |
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| Kasparov call |
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| Kind of mate? |
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| One means of payment |
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| Tab |
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| Scrutinize |
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| Bank draft |
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| Fabric pattern |
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| Rain or spot follower |
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| Money substitute |
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| Chess term. |
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| Fabric pattern. |
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| Impede. |
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| Test of accuracy. |
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