| Have stage fright |
Newsday |
26 Sep 2025 |
| Fail at a crucial moment |
Universal |
08 Sep 2025 |
| Device that helps start a petrol engine by reducing the amount of air in the fuel |
The Times Specialist |
01 Sep 2025 |
| Car control associated with throttle (5) |
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| Cough and splutter (5) |
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| Struggle to breathe when fuel envelops home (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
06 May 2025 |
| Blow it under pressure |
LA Times Daily |
04 May 2025 |
| Blow a big lead and lose |
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| Fail when it matters most |
Universal |
24 Apr 2025 |
| Struggle to breathe when fuel envelops home (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
18 Feb 2025 |
| Struggle to breathe when fuel envelops home (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
02 Feb 2025 |
| Strangle |
Mirror Tea Time |
21 Jan 2025 |
| Prevent from breathing |
Mirror Classic |
18 Jan 2025 |
| Congest, clog (up) (5) |
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| Stifle (5) |
The Guardian Speedy |
22 Dec 2024 |
| Throttle |
The Telegraph Quick |
13 Dec 2024 |
| Valve which was opened to provide a richer mixture when starting a car's engine (5) |
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| Throttle those suggesting it's fine to interrupt revolutionary |
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| Asphyxiate |
Mirror Classic |
21 Nov 2024 |
| Strangle |
Mirror Tea Time |
14 Nov 2024 |
| Asphyxiate |
Mirror Classic |
11 Oct 2024 |
| Strangle |
The Times Concise |
16 Sep 2024 |
| Crumble under pressure, say |
The Telegraph Plusword |
14 Sep 2024 |
| Blow it at a critical moment |
USA Today |
12 Sep 2024 |
| To block |
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| Strangle |
The Sun Two Speed |
31 Jul 2024 |
| Burning fuel engulfs hot throttle |
The Sun Two Speed |
31 Jul 2024 |
| 2001 novel by Chuck Palahniuk |
Mirror Quiz |
25 Jul 2024 |
| Part of a car to take one's breath away |
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| No, not the throttle (5) |
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| Blow a 3-1 lead in the finals, for example |
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| Throttle |
Mirror Tea Time |
07 Jun 2024 |
| Stifle(5) |
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| HAVE DIFFICULTY BREATHING OR SWALLOWING DUE TO OBSTRUCTION |
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| Perform poorly in the playoffs |
Commuter |
28 Mar 2024 |
| Beautiful South album giving an emotional blockage (5) |
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| Smother a pedal (5) |
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| Stifle |
The Guardian Speedy |
04 Feb 2024 |
| Device in a car engine that enriches the fuel-air mixture by restricting the amount of air entering the carburettor |
Mirror Quiz |
04 Feb 2024 |
| Struggle to breathe when fuel envelops home (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
23 Jan 2024 |
| Asphyxiate |
Mirror Classic |
22 Jan 2024 |
| Throttle found in older cars? (5) |
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| Strangle husband into the drink |
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| Carburetor valve in old cars |
Newsday |
01 Nov 2023 |
| Fail under pressure |
New York Times |
30 Sep 2023 |
| Strangle |
The Guardian Quick |
21 Jul 2023 |
| Fail in a clutch situation |
USA Today |
05 May 2023 |
| Get emotional, with "up" |
LA Times Daily |
26 Mar 2023 |
| Talk while teary, with "up" |
Universal |
16 Feb 2023 |
| Smother husband in drug |
The Guardian Cryptic |
28 Nov 2022 |
| Smother husband in drug |
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| Block hydrogen being put into fuel |
The Times Cryptic |
21 Oct 2022 |
| Breathe with great difficulty |
The Guardian Quick |
16 Jun 2022 |
| Fall apart under pressure |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Jun 2022 |
| Lose with a triple bogey, maybe |
LA Times Daily |
03 Mar 2022 |
| Lose with a triple bogey, maybe |
The Washington Post |
03 Mar 2022 |
| Require the Heimlich maneuver |
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| Fail in the clutch |
LA Times Daily |
31 Dec 2021 |
| Epic mess-up at a critical moment |
New York Times |
24 Nov 2021 |
| Fail at a crucial time |
Universal |
21 Nov 2021 |
| Throttle |
LA Times Daily |
31 Oct 2021 |
| Crack under pressure |
New York Times |
02 Jul 2021 |
| Throttle |
The Telegraph Quick |
26 May 2021 |
| 2001 novel by Chuck Palahniuk which follows the story of a con man, Victor |
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| Jam one drug inside another |
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| Strangle |
The Sun Two Speed |
15 Dec 2020 |
| Burning fuel engulfs hot throttle |
The Sun Two Speed |
15 Dec 2020 |
| Get emotional, with "up" |
LA Times Daily |
12 Dec 2020 |
| Get emotional, with 'up' |
The Washington Post |
12 Dec 2020 |
| Throttle |
The Times Concise |
27 Aug 2020 |
| Head of candle hot? Fair enough – snuff it |
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| Fail in a crisis |
Newsday |
29 Aug 2019 |
| Fail in the clutch |
USA Today |
13 May 2019 |
| Fail in the clutch |
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| Strangle |
New York Times |
14 Nov 2018 |
| ____Cherry , or Whipper Billy hold |
Canadiana |
17 Sep 2018 |
| Snatch defeat from the jaws of victory |
New York Times |
26 Mar 2018 |
| Prevent from breathing |
The Times Concise |
22 Feb 2018 |
| Fail under pressure |
Eugene Sheffer |
16 Feb 2018 |
| Snatch defeat from the jaws of victory |
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| Strangle |
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| Illegal wrestling hold |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Oct 2017 |
| Hold (back), as tears |
LA Times Daily |
03 Jun 2017 |
| Hold (back), as tears |
The Washington Post |
03 Jun 2017 |
| Collapse in the clutch |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Jan 2017 |
| Hold (back), as tears |
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| It's manual on old cars |
The Washington Post |
23 Oct 2016 |
| Be lousy in the clutch |
Universal |
11 Oct 2016 |
| Carburetor valve |
Thomas Joseph |
01 Sep 2016 |
| Part of car - throttle |
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| Part of car — throttle |
The Times Cryptic |
03 Jul 2016 |
| Burning fuel engulfs hot throttle |
|
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| Prevent from getting air |
The Guardian Speedy |
07 Feb 2016 |
| Be lousy in the clutch |
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| Fail under pressure |
LA Times Daily |
29 Oct 2015 |
| Check vehicular valve |
|
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| Fail under pressure |
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| Agree to cutting revolutionary engine component |
|
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| Fail in the clutch |
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| Be the goat, in a game |
|
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| Fail under pressure, in slang |
|
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| Collapse in the clutch |
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| Fail to make the big play |
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| Misplay the big play, say |
|
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| Auto airflow regulator |
|
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| Not come through in the clutch |
|
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| Fail in the clutch |
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| Stage fright |
|
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| Senses Fail "___ on This" |
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| Fail in the clutch |
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| Antiquated auto control |
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| Collapse under pressure |
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| Stage fright result |
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| Blow a huge lead |
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| Throttle |
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| Old auto control |
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| Fail under pressure |
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| Fail because of nerves |
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| Require the Heimlich maneuver |
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| Engine valve |
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| Lose due to nervousness |
|
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| Require the Heimlich maneuver |
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| Air-supply valve |
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| Be in need of the Heimlich maneuver |
|
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| Reduce the air intake |
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| Strangle |
|
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| Fail in a crisis |
|
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| Collapse in the clutch |
|
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| Reduce the air intake |
|
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| Carburetor feature |
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| Stifle |
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| Stifle |
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| Blow it in the last seconds, e.g. |
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| Clog |
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| Lose badly |
|
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| Clog |
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| Obstruct |
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| Clog |
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| Collapse under pressure |
|
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| Carburetor regulating device |
|
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| Carburetor regulating device |
|
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| Lose one's nerve |
|
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| Carburetor regulating device |
|
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| Auto mechanism |
|
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| Snuff out |
|
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| Lose one's nerve at the worst possible moment |
|
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| Collapse under pressure |
|
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| Heroin features in cocaine gag |
|
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| Auto airflow regulator |
|
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| Kidn of collar |
|
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| Lose it in the clutch |
|
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| Throttle |
|
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| Blow a short putt |
|
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| Device on a Model T |
|
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| Block up |
|
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| Valve on a gasoline engine |
|
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| Stifle |
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| Congest |
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| Clog. |
|
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| Valve on the dashboard. |
|
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| Shorten up on one's hold on a bat. |
|
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| Valve of a gasoline engine. |
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| Engine valve. |
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| Block up. |
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| Blow a best-of-seven series after being up three games, e.g. |
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