| Close but no ____ |
The Telegraph Plusword |
09 Apr 2026 |
| Craig turned into a smoker (5) |
Mirror Cryptic |
09 Apr 2026 |
| Cheroot (5) |
Mirror Quick |
09 Apr 2026 |
| Smoke starts off in garage filling vehicle |
The Times Cryptic |
11 Mar 2026 |
| Humidor item |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
07 Mar 2026 |
| Signature export of Cuba |
New York Times Mini |
12 Feb 2026 |
| (2/6) Cuban smoking export you can borrow from Bluto of the "Popeye" comic strip for a bold touch to your old-timey outfit |
|
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| Humidor item |
Commuter |
22 Dec 2025 |
| Humidor item |
Thomas Joseph |
11 Dec 2025 |
| Craig turned into smoker (5) |
Mirror Cryptic |
10 Dec 2025 |
| Cheroot (5) |
Mirror Quick |
10 Dec 2025 |
| Something to smoke |
The Telegraph Plusword |
10 Dec 2025 |
| "Close, but no ____" |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
04 Oct 2025 |
| Roll of tobacco leaves for smoking (5) |
Puzzler |
01 Sep 2025 |
| Close, but no ____! |
The Telegraph Plusword |
28 Jul 2025 |
| Pipe alternative |
LA Times Daily |
24 Jul 2025 |
| Soldier reversed in vehicle to get tobacco product (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
30 Jun 2025 |
| Humidor item |
LA Times Daily |
30 Jun 2025 |
| American Joe gets back in the car for a smoke (5) |
|
|
| Panatella or cheroot, eg |
The Times Concise |
25 Jun 2025 |
| Luxury smoke: Havana - |
|
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| Smoke upsets some characters in tragicomedy |
|
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| Tube of rolled tobacco (5) |
|
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| Tobacco in a wrapper (5) |
|
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| Top removed, it's tragic way to roll a panatella (5) |
|
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| It has its leafy wrapper (5) |
|
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| Cheroot, eg (5) |
Puzzler |
27 May 2025 |
| Corona, e.g. |
Thomas Joseph |
23 May 2025 |
| Tragic start gone up in smoke |
|
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| In a band, it's a bit like a kazoo (5) |
|
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| "Close, but no ___" |
Universal |
11 May 2025 |
| Soldier reversed in vehicle to get tobacco product (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
11 May 2025 |
| Churchill's smoke |
Eugene Sheffer |
03 May 2025 |
| Roll of tobacco leaves for smoking |
|
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| "Close, but no __!" |
LA Times Daily |
28 Apr 2025 |
| 'There are two things worth living for: one is a good _____, the other is a better one' Raul Julia (5) |
|
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| Tobacco product associated with Cuba |
The Telegraph Plusword |
27 Apr 2025 |
| Some, tragically, returned to the smoke (5) |
|
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| American soldier going back in vehicle that produces smoke |
|
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| Havana or cheroot, eg |
|
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| Smoke from the car in which Joe is reversing? (5) |
|
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| Cheroot, corona etc (5) |
|
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| "Sometimes a cigar is just a ___" |
|
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| Garcia y Vega product |
|
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| The smoke when Joe reverses in the car (5) |
|
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| Cuban tobacco export |
|
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| Cuphea ignea - Mexican ___-- plant with orange-red tubular blooms (5) |
|
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| Agaric lacking a form that can be smoked (5) |
|
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| Cheroot |
Mirror Quick |
19 Feb 2025 |
| Tobacco product often smoked after dinner (5) |
|
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| Cheroot(5) |
|
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| Craig turned into a smoker |
Mirror Cryptic |
19 Feb 2025 |
| Craig ordered a cheroot (5) |
|
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| Compact roll of tobacco leaves for smoking (5) |
|
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| Cheroot |
Mirror Quick |
05 Feb 2025 |
| Craig turned into a smoker |
Mirror Cryptic |
05 Feb 2025 |
| Humidor item |
Eugene Sheffer |
31 Jan 2025 |
| Craig managed tobacco roll (5) |
|
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| Item often cut with a pocket-sized guillotine cutter |
New York Times Mini |
28 Jan 2025 |
| Churchill's smoke |
LA Times Mini |
19 Jan 2025 |
| Smoke one linked to gasoline originally put in vehicle (5) |
|
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| Vegetable substance in a wrapper (5) |
|
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| Craig wreathed in smoke! (5) |
|
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| Tobacco product |
Mirror Classic |
19 Nov 2024 |
| Puff piece? |
New York Times Mini |
17 Nov 2024 |
| Tragic to return most of Cuban export (5) |
|
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| Humidor item |
Thomas Joseph |
11 Nov 2024 |
| Rolled tobacco-leaves (5) |
|
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| "Sometimes a ___ is just a ___" |
|
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| It is smoked by US soldier returning in vehicle (5) |
|
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| Cuban tobacco product: Havana - |
|
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| Stogie, for one |
LA Times Mini |
28 Oct 2024 |
| Tobacco product, Cuban |
|
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| Havana item |
|
|
| 1996 Dubai World Cup winner ridden by Jerry Bailey |
Mirror Quiz |
23 Sep 2024 |
| Craig goes up in smoke (5) |
|
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| It may be smoked by Joe back in the vehicle (5) |
|
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| Cylinder of tobacco for smoking |
|
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| Soldier turned up in vehicle for tobacco product (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
13 Aug 2024 |
| Roll of tobacco leaves (5) |
Puzzler |
30 Jul 2024 |
| A Havana, e.g. (5) |
|
|
| PlusWord No 788 solution |
The Telegraph Plusword |
18 Jul 2024 |
| Panatella or cheroot, eg |
The Times Specialist |
08 Jul 2024 |
| Cuba initiates great after-dinner roll (to go with the brandy) (5) |
|
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| Something to smoke |
The Telegraph Plusword |
30 Jun 2024 |
| For instance, Cuban soldier turned back in vehicle (5) |
|
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| US racehorse that won the 1996 Dubai World Cup (5) |
|
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| Rolled tobacco leaves are unloaded from broken-down carriage (5) |
|
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| 1996 Dubai World Cup winner ridden by Jerry Bailey (5) |
Mirror Quiz |
04 Jun 2024 |
| Groucho Marx's prop |
|
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| Groucho Marx prop |
New York Times |
28 May 2024 |
| Stogie |
LA Times Daily |
27 May 2024 |
| Panatella tragic almost bends over backwards (5) |
|
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| Smokers' favourite |
|
|
| Close, but no ____! |
The Telegraph Plusword |
17 May 2024 |
| Smoked roll (5) |
|
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| Tragically without a match has to return a smoke |
|
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| It should be disbanded before it comes to light (5) |
|
|
| It's smoked |
|
|
| The very first Wordle word (6/19/2021) |
New York Times Mini |
22 Apr 2024 |
| Smoke as result of tragic upbringing? No time! (5) |
|
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| Tobacco usefully wrapped (5) |
|
|
| Large roll of tobacco |
|
|
| Panatella, for one |
|
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| Havana, cheroot, etc (5) |
|
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| Panatella, say (5) |
|
|
| Prop for legendary stand-up comedian George Burns |
|
|
| Regalia perhaps for US soldier backing in vehicle (5) |
|
|
| Prop for Groucho Marx |
Commuter |
30 Mar 2024 |
| E.g. cheroot - in speci garfish! (5) |
|
|
| Cylindrical roll of cured tobacco leaves, for smoking (5) |
|
|
| Exploding April Fools' prop |
LA Times Mini |
21 Mar 2024 |
| Agents inspiring good actor's last portrayal of Hamlet? |
|
|
| Luxury smoke: Cuban - |
|
|
| US racehorse; 1996 Dubai World Cup winner |
Mirror Quiz |
10 Mar 2024 |
| Gift from a new dad |
|
|
| Roll of tobacco leaves |
|
|
| Cheroot, for example (5) |
|
|
| Cheroot, say |
|
|
| Cheroot, say (5) |
|
|
| Cigarettes cut in half may still be smoked (5) |
|
|
| Tobacco product |
The Times Concise |
01 Feb 2024 |
| Craig rolled tobacco product (5) |
|
|
| It's smoked fish after calamari on vacation (5) |
|
|
| Smokable Cuban export |
|
|
| Tobacco from vehicle I started growing inside (5) |
|
|
| Groucho Marx Drop |
|
|
| Famed export of Cuba |
New York Times Mini |
05 Jan 2024 |
| US racehorse; 1996 Dubai World Cup winner |
Mirror Quiz |
31 Dec 2023 |
| Cheroot for GI with car, perhaps (5) |
|
|
| For smoking |
|
|
| Roll of tobacco leaves for smoking |
|
|
| Humidor item |
Eugene Sheffer |
08 Dec 2023 |
| Stogie |
Commuter |
27 Nov 2023 |
| Cuban smoke |
The Telegraph Quick |
18 Nov 2023 |
| ''Close but no __'' |
Newsday |
06 Nov 2023 |
| Humidor item |
Eugene Sheffer |
06 Sep 2023 |
| 'Close, but no ___' |
USA Today |
31 Aug 2023 |
| *Pipe alternative |
LA Times Daily |
25 Aug 2023 |
| Humidor item |
Eugene Sheffer |
29 Jul 2023 |
| Thick smoke? |
The Guardian Quick |
11 Jul 2023 |
| Luxury tobacco product |
|
|
| Something smoked |
The Telegraph Quick |
06 Jun 2023 |
| J. Jonah Jameson often smokes one |
USA Today |
04 Jun 2023 |
| Cuban ___ (smoker's item) |
|
|
| Celebratory smoke |
New York Times |
15 Jan 2023 |
| Corona, e.g |
Thomas Joseph |
12 Jan 2023 |
| Panatella, for example |
The Guardian Speedy |
08 Jan 2023 |
| Smoking cylinder? Current good put through vehicle |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
24 Aug 2022 |
| 'Close, but no ___' |
USA Today |
19 Aug 2022 |
| Humidor item |
Thomas Joseph |
16 Jun 2022 |
| A roll of leaf tobacco |
|
|
| Havana, say |
The Guardian Quick |
06 May 2022 |
| A roll of leaf tobacco |
|
|
| Item for smoking |
The Times Concise |
05 Nov 2021 |
| Very sad, time flies, going up in smoke |
|
|
| Roll of tobacco |
The Telegraph Quick |
21 Oct 2021 |
| Humidor item |
Eugene Sheffer |
22 Jul 2021 |
| Havana export |
USA Today |
08 Jul 2021 |
| Humidor item |
Eugene Sheffer |
19 Mar 2021 |
| Rolled item in a humidor |
USA Today |
10 Mar 2021 |
| Westbound kid I see leaves having been wrapped up? |
|
|
| 'Close, but no ___' |
USA Today |
17 Feb 2021 |
| A roll of leaf tobacco |
|
|
| Humidor item |
Thomas Joseph |
19 Jan 2021 |
| One cultural association mostly in credit in The Big Smoke |
|
|
| Cheroot |
The Guardian Speedy |
11 Oct 2020 |
| Hades smokes one in "Hercules" |
Universal |
01 Sep 2020 |
| Tobacconist's product |
USA Today |
03 Aug 2020 |
| Smoking cylinder one good in vehicle |
The Sun Two Speed |
01 Aug 2020 |
| Cuban export |
The Sun Two Speed |
01 Aug 2020 |
| ''Close but no __'' |
Newsday |
06 Jul 2020 |
| One's rolled up with soldier upset in vehicle |
|
|
| Smoke from motor keeps inching around the edges |
|
|
| Smoke one gets initially in vehicle |
The Sun Two Speed |
04 May 2020 |
| Tobacco roll |
The Sun Two Speed |
04 May 2020 |
| What "explodes" in this puzzle |
Universal |
28 Feb 2020 |
| Sharp fragments with eg acid in the form of smoke |
|
|
| Item in a humidor |
New York Times |
30 Dec 2019 |
| Item in a humidor |
|
|
| Cuban export |
|
|
| Cuban export |
LA Times Daily |
05 Dec 2019 |
| 26 down, say, holding Joe up in Havana? |
|
|
| Export from Cuba 100 fish, crushing one |
The Telegraph Toughie |
23 Aug 2019 |
| Cylinder of tobacco |
|
|
| Celebratory smoke |
USA Today |
03 Aug 2019 |
| Corona, e.g |
Thomas Joseph |
01 Aug 2019 |
| Panatella, e.g. |
The Telegraph Quick |
03 Jul 2019 |
| Relaxing smoke for some |
|
|
| Relaxing smoke for some |
LA Times Daily |
25 May 2019 |
| Start in first gear, stop vehicle smoke |
|
|
| Groucho's smoke |
LA Times Daily |
26 Mar 2019 |
| Groucho's smoke |
|
|
| Cuban smoke |
Universal |
11 Feb 2019 |
| Relaxing smoke for some |
|
|
| Groucho's smoke |
|
|
| Celebratory smoke |
|
|
| Cuban smoke |
|
|
| Freud prop |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Sep 2018 |
| Churchill prop |
New York Times |
19 Sep 2018 |
| Victory symbol, to some |
|
|
| ''Close, but no __'' |
Newsday |
29 Jul 2018 |
| Eg, Havana |
The Times Concise |
20 Jul 2018 |
| Smoke starts to creep into half of garden |
|
|
| Producer of 52-Down |
Universal |
18 May 2018 |
| April 1 exploder |
USA Today |
18 May 2018 |
| Capitalise on capital from Riga moving to The Big Smoke |
|
|
| ''Exploding'' gag gift |
Newsday |
11 Feb 2018 |
| Postdelivery handout |
|
|
| Cuban export |
Universal |
15 Jan 2018 |
| Churchill prop |
|
|
| April 1 exploder |
|
|
| Freud prop |
|
|
| Producer of 52-Down |
|
|
| Cuban export |
|
|
| Postdelivery handout |
|
|
| Cold fish, one potted, one smoked |
|
|
| Panatella |
The Telegraph Quick |
20 Dec 2017 |
| 36-Across, for one |
Eugene Sheffer |
08 Nov 2017 |
| Corona, for one |
Universal |
22 Oct 2017 |
| Cuban export, that a smoker might want |
|
|
| Smoke irritated Craig |
|
|
| . Police officer in vehicle gets something to smoke |
|
|
| George Burns trademark |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Aug 2017 |
| Rolled tobacco |
The Telegraph Quick |
08 Aug 2017 |
| Celebratory smoke |
|
|
| Celebratory smoke |
LA Times Daily |
30 Jul 2017 |
| Something a grown-up might smoke |
Family Time |
26 Mar 2017 |
| A Havana |
The Telegraph Quick |
20 Mar 2017 |
| Groucho Marx prop |
USA Today |
27 Jan 2017 |
| Celebratory smoke |
|
|
| Corona, for one |
|
|
| Puff piece associated with this puzzle's four long answers |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Oct 2016 |
| Something to smoke |
The Times Concise |
29 Sep 2016 |
| Smoke coming from vehicle that's covered in gelignite, for starters |
|
|
| 'Close but no ___' |
New York Times |
12 Sep 2016 |
| Cheroot |
The Telegraph Quick |
27 Jul 2016 |
| "It's a girl!" handout |
Universal |
09 Jul 2016 |
| Prop for Groucho |
New York Times |
06 Jul 2016 |
| E.g. Hamlet makes one sad, timelessly uplifting |
|
|
| Humidor item |
Universal |
20 May 2016 |
| Winston Churchill prop |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Apr 2016 |
| Disastrous upset -- no time for celebratory smoke |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
07 Apr 2016 |
| Burns prop |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Mar 2016 |
| It's seen in some poker-playing dog prints |
Newsday |
23 Jan 2016 |
| Symbol of victory for immortal Celtics coach Red Auerbach |
LA Times Daily |
23 Jan 2016 |
| Symbol of victory for immortal Celtics coach Red Auerbach |
|
|
| "It's a girl!" handout |
|
|
| "Close but no ___" |
|
|
| Prop for Groucho |
|
|
| Pyschoanalytically speaking, it may be just what it is |
|
|
| Roll of tobacco leaves |
The Times Concise |
03 Dec 2015 |
| Caught one fish that's smoked |
|
|
| Stogie |
Eugene Sheffer |
22 Oct 2015 |
| US soldier climbing in automobile finds smoke |
|
|
| Cohiba Esplendido, notably |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Oct 2015 |
| I start to gasp, overcome by vehicle's smoke |
|
|
| 'Exploding' gag gift |
|
|
| Smoke in vehicle – serviceman upset |
|
|
| Cuban product |
Universal |
11 Aug 2015 |
| Havana |
The Telegraph Quick |
17 Mar 2015 |
| Joker's exploder |
|
|
| Exploding prank gift |
|
|
| Pink Floyd wants you to "Have" one |
|
|
| Humidor item |
|
|
| Cuban product |
|
|
| Cohiba Esplendido, notably |
|
|
| Smoke in garage starts to fill vehicle |
|
|
| Groucho Marx prop |
|
|
| Proud papa's present |
|
|
| Stogie |
|
|
| Churchillian trademark |
|
|
| With 56-Down, refuse to be cleaned out from a poker game? |
|
|
| Thick smoke |
|
|
| Panatela, e.g. |
|
|
| Prop for Groucho |
|
|
| Humidor item |
|
|
| __ band |
|
|
| Groucho Marx prop |
|
|
| Churchill's trademark smoke |
|
|
| Boston "He smoked a big ___ and drove a Cadillac car" |
|
|
| Practical joker's exploder |
|
|
| Puff piece? |
|
|
| Humidor item |
|
|
| Groucho Marx prop |
|
|
| Victory smoke |
|
|
| Object on the diner sign in "Nighthawks" |
|
|
| Churchill trademark |
|
|
| "He smoked a big ___" (Boston) |
|
|
| Stogie |
|
|
| Churchill item |
|
|
| Celebratory smoke |
|
|
| Gag that might explode |
|
|
| Prop for Groucho |
|
|
| Brown smoke? |
|
|
| Gag that might explode |
|
|
| "Exploding" gag gift |
|
|
| "Close, but no __" |
|
|
| Groucho Marx prop |
|
|
| Havana smoke |
|
|
| Prop for Groucho |
|
|
| "Close, but no __" |
|
|
| Pipe alternative |
|
|
| It usually has a band around it |
|
|
| Havana export |
|
|
| Groucho trademark |
|
|
| Its brand is on its band |
|
|
| Castro's prop |
|
|
| Victory smoke |
|
|
| Stogie |
|
|
| Stogie |
|
|
| Prop for Groucho |
|
|
| Perfecto, e.g. |
|
|
| Grandson of Seattle Slew |
|
|
| Havana, e.g. |
|
|
| Groucho Marx prop |
|
|
| April 1 exploder |
|
|
| Humidor item |
|
|
| Churchillian trademark |
|
|
| Prop for Groucho Marx |
|
|
| Marx trademark |
|
|
| Groucho trademark |
|
|
| Cuban export |
|
|
| Smoke after a delivery |
|
|
| Marx trademark |
|
|
| Groucho trademark |
|
|
| Cuban export |
|
|
| New dad's handout |
|
|
| Groucho prop |
|
|
| Humidor item |
|
|
| Smoke after a delivery |
|
|
| New dad's handout |
|
|
| Havana product |
|
|
| Brown smoke |
|
|
| Puffer's pleasure, perhaps |
|
|
| Cuban export |
|
|
| Groucho trademark |
|
|
| It's often close, but it isn't |
|
|
| Smoke after a delivery |
|
|
| Proud papa's handout, perhaps |
|
|
| Thick smoke? |
|
|
| Havana, e.g. |
|
|
| Thick smoke |
|
|
| Brown smoke |
|
|
| Churchill trademark |
|
|
| Humidor item |
|
|
| George Burns prop |
|
|
| Havana product |
|
|
| New dad's handout |
|
|
| Burns prop |
|
|
| George Burns trademark |
|
|
| Gag exploder |
|
|
| What a tabaquero makes |
|
|
| Groucho Marx prop |
|
|
| Exploding joke item |
|
|
| "... but no ___" |
|
|
| Groucho Marx fixture |
|
|
| Stogy |
|
|
| Stogie |
|
|
| Churchill trademark |
|
|
| Celebratory smoke |
|
|
| Smoke |
|
|
| Proud papa's handout |
|
|
| Puff piece? |
|
|
| Burns prop |
|
|
| 30-Across for Groucho |
|
|
| Prop for this puzzle's featured comics |
|
|
| Claro or cheroot |
|
|
| Mid-'90s champion racehorse |
|
|
| Post-delivery handout |
|
|
| George Burns' prop |
|
|
| Cuba export |
|
|
| Burns smoke? |
|
|
| It may be in a poker player's hand |
|
|
| Marx trademark |
|
|
| Claro or cheroot |
|
|
| "Close, but no ___" |
|
|
| Smoke for Churchill |
|
|
| Havana |
|
|
| "Close, but no _____" |
|
|
| Post-delivery handout |
|
|
| "You Bet Your Life" prop |
|
|
| Obsolescent carnival prize |
|
|
| Prop for Groucho Marx |
|
|
| Practical joker's exploder |
|
|
| Prop for Groucho |
|
|
| Castro's prop |
|
|
| Groucho trademark |
|
|
| George Burns trademark |
|
|
| Stogie |
|
|
| Reward for doing better than "close" |
|
|
| New father's handout |
|
|
| Smoke |
|
|
| Panatella |
|
|
| 1995 Horse of the Year |
|
|
| What a tabaquero makes |
|
|
| `95 Horse of the Year |
|
|
| George Burns prop |
|
|
| Havana smoke |
|
|
| Groucho's prop |
|
|
| Theme of this puzzle |
|
|
| Mark Twain prop |
|
|
| Colorado, e.g. |
|
|
| Belvedere, for one |
|
|
| You Bet Your Life prop |
|
|
| Corona, e.g. |
|
|
| Blessed-event item |
|
|
| Belvedere or maduro |
|
|
| ___-store Indian |
|
|
| Cheroot, e.g. |
|
|
| George Burns's companion |
|
|
| G. Burn's hot companion |
|
|
| Puritano, e.g. |
|
|
| Havana product |
|
|
| Cheroot |
|
|
| Stogie or cheroot |
|
|
| Londres, e.g. |
|
|
| Perfecto, for one |
|
|
| Groucho trademark |
|
|
| Cheroot |
|
|
| Panatela |
|
|
| Smoke producer |
|
|
| Maduro, e.g. |
|
|
| Castro's companion |
|
|
| Claro, e.g. |
|
|
| Havana |
|
|
| Marshall's five-center |
|
|
| Item following dessert |
|
|
| Castro accessory |
|
|
| Product of Cuba. |
|
|
| Sir Winston's constant companion. |
|
|
| Panetella. |
|
|
| Groucho waves it. |
|
|
| Birthday gift. |
|
|
| Pre-inflation nickel buy. |
|
|
| Churchill's constant companion. |
|
|
| Churchill's perennial companion. |
|
|
| Churchillian desideratum. |
|
|
| ___ Aficionado (smoker's mag) |
|
|
| Zeppelin shape. |
|
|
| New father's handout. |
|
|
| Havana. |
|
|
| Corona, for one. |
|
|
| Churchillian symbol. |
|
|
| Groucho's trademark. |
|
|
| Explosive items for practical jokers. |
|
|
| Cheroot. |
|
|
| Humidor item. |
|
|
| Perfecto. |
|
|
| Smoke. |
|
|
| Claro, for one. |
|
|
| Corona. |
|
|
| Prop for George Burns. |
|
|