| While eating, lean out to have a conversation? (4,3,3) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
25 Aug 2025 |
| Revolutionary wife, ace in crime, creating gossip |
The Times Cryptic |
04 Aug 2025 |
| Keep arguing - like Mrs Sprat did! (4,3,3) |
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| Chit-chat: 3 wds. |
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| Talk about nothing much (4,3,3) |
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| Chat, telling what moth larvae do in old clothes basket (4,3,3) |
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| Confabulate |
The Times Sunday Concise |
16 Mar 2025 |
| Gab -- with zero calories! (3 wds.) |
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| Hold discussion in order to fetch wheat (4,3,3) |
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| Keep arguing a" like Mrs Sprat did! (4,3,3) |
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| Converse, gossip (4,3,3) |
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| Chat like Jack Sprat's wife? (4,3,3) |
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| Keep arguing ___ like Mrs. Sprat does (4,3,3) |
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| Eat lard and rabbit! |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
10 Sep 2024 |
| Chat amicably with chef that we arranged (4,3,3) |
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| Make conversation as Mrs Sprat did (4,3,3) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
19 Aug 2024 |
| Talk about nothing much (colloq) (4,3,3) |
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| Mrs Sprat does talk (4,3,3) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
24 May 2024 |
| Gossip at length? Jack Sprat's wife would! (4,3,3) |
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| Argue over something that Jack Sprat would never do |
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| Jack Sprat wouldn't talk |
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| What Jack Sprat wouldn't do to have a natter! (4,3,3) |
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| Gossip is something Jack Sprat refused to do (4,3,3) |
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| Gossip is something Jack Sprat refused to do |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
20 Dec 2023 |
| Jack Sprat would not keep on arguing the point (4,3,3) |
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| Chat leisurely |
Universal |
29 Apr 2023 |
| Discuss what to do with crackling, perhaps, with chef that we organised |
Irish Times Crosaire |
23 May 2022 |
| Jack Sprat wouldn't gossip |
The Guardian Cryptic |
31 Jan 2022 |
| Talk, talk, talk |
Universal |
29 Aug 2020 |
| Chat leisurely |
The Washington Post |
09 Jun 2020 |
| Chat leisurely |
LA Times Daily |
09 Jun 2020 |
| Sprats at dinner-time -- one's option would be to do this rabbit |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
29 Sep 2018 |
| Talk -- as might Jack Sprat's wife? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
12 Mar 2018 |
| To have a long, friendly conversation with someone ("Let's meet for coffee and ___!"): 3 wds. |
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| Eat bacon with a schmoozer? |
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| Yakety-yak (and a hint to the starts of 17-, 27-, and 49-Across) |
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| Enjoy a confab |
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| Have a gabfest |
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| Converse idly |
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| Talk, talk, talk |
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| Yak away |
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| Have a gabfest |
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| Engage in table talk? |
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