| Handful of earth |
The Times Concise |
05 Aug 2026 |
| Earthy lump |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
04 Aug 2026 |
| Fish carrying large lump of earth (4) |
The Sun Two Speed |
26 Jul 2026 |
| Lump of earth (4) |
Mirror Classic |
26 Jul 2026 |
| Dirt clump (anagram of "cold") |
|
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| Clump of dirt |
Universal |
13 Jul 2026 |
| Clump of earth |
LA Times Daily |
22 Jun 2026 |
| Clump of clay (anagram of "cold") |
|
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| Dirt clump |
|
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| Lump of earth |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
10 May 2026 |
| Clumsy person |
Newsday |
07 Apr 2026 |
| Chunk of dirt, or a stupid person |
|
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| Dirt clump (anagram of "cold") |
|
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| Clump of clay (anagram of "cold") |
|
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| Bumbler |
Newsday |
07 Jan 2026 |
| Meathead |
LA Times Daily |
20 Dec 2025 |
| Oaf |
New York Times |
02 Dec 2025 |
| Clump of dirt |
Universal |
29 Nov 2025 |
| Chunk of dirt, or a stupid person |
|
|
| Clumsy person |
Newsday |
05 Nov 2025 |
| Lump of dirt |
Universal |
02 Nov 2025 |
| Clumsy person |
Newsday |
22 Oct 2025 |
| Lump of earth (4) |
Puzzler |
27 Sep 2025 |
| Dirt clump (anagram of "cold") |
|
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| Meathead |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Aug 2025 |
| Clump of 30-Down |
Newsday |
07 Aug 2025 |
| Earthen lump |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Jul 2025 |
| Fish goes round large lump of soil (4) |
|
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| Lump of ground |
Newsday |
09 May 2025 |
| Clump of clay (anagram of "cold") |
|
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| Big hunk of earth |
Family Time |
21 Apr 2025 |
| Lummox |
Eugene Sheffer |
16 Apr 2025 |
| Chunk of dirt, or a stupid person |
|
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| Fool left to be swallowed by fish (4) |
|
|
| Oafish person |
Newsday |
16 Mar 2025 |
| Lump of clay |
LA Times Daily |
15 Mar 2025 |
| Clumsy person |
Newsday |
12 Mar 2025 |
| Dirt clump (anagram of "cold") |
|
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| Cold youth had clothes on (4) |
|
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| Clump of dirt |
USA Today |
30 Jan 2025 |
| Lump of mud (4) |
|
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| Lump of earth found in magnetic lodestone (4) |
|
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| Earthy person? (4) |
|
|
| Lump of grass |
|
|
| 150 overdose on dirt (4) |
|
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| Hoe foe |
Newsday |
28 Dec 2024 |
| Piece of turf (4) |
Puzzler |
27 Dec 2024 |
| Lump of earth |
Universal |
22 Dec 2024 |
| Oaf |
LA Times Daily |
21 Dec 2024 |
| Clumsy person |
Newsday |
10 Dec 2024 |
| Soil or schmo |
Newsday |
30 Nov 2024 |
| Stupid person's line hooked in mouth of fish (4) |
|
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| Lump of earth |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
28 Oct 2024 |
| Lump of earth or clay |
Mirror Classic |
25 Oct 2024 |
| Lum of earth |
|
|
| Meathead |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Oct 2024 |
| Chunk of did |
|
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| Bit of earth (4) |
The Guardian Quick |
08 Oct 2024 |
| Lump of clay |
TV |
29 Sep 2024 |
| Big clump of soil |
|
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| Stupid fellow could look oddly dim, initially (4) |
|
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| Dull person lacking in enthusiasm has change of heart |
The Times Cryptic |
31 Aug 2024 |
| Lummox |
Thomas Joseph |
29 Aug 2024 |
| Lump of earth |
LA Times Daily |
04 Aug 2024 |
| A lump of earth or clay (4) |
|
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| Chunk of dirt |
USA Today |
12 Jul 2024 |
| Doofus |
Thomas Joseph |
04 Jul 2024 |
| Lump of earth |
Mirror Classic |
20 Jun 2024 |
| Clump of dirt |
Universal |
04 Jun 2024 |
| Clump of clay (anagram of "cold") |
|
|
| Earth clump |
Family Time |
14 Apr 2024 |
| Lump of earth fish has left to eat (4) |
|
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| Chunk of dirt, or a stupid person |
|
|
| Lump of earth |
The Times Concise |
01 Apr 2024 |
| Lummox |
Thomas Joseph |
25 Mar 2024 |
| Stupid person makes cold soup |
|
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| Dirt lump |
|
|
| Lump of earth |
Puzzler Backwords |
19 Feb 2024 |
| Dirt clump (anagram of "cold") |
|
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| Dirt clump (anagram of "cold") |
|
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| Chunk of turf |
|
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| Unusually cold part of the earth (4) |
|
|
| Clumsy person |
Newsday |
15 Jan 2024 |
| Lump of earth or clay |
Mirror Classic |
11 Jan 2024 |
| Lump of earth |
The Times Concise |
09 Jan 2024 |
| Lump of soil |
LA Times Daily |
07 Jan 2024 |
| Fool wants to clip odds by half |
|
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| Clump of dirt or clay (anagram of "cold") |
|
|
| Boor |
Newsday |
06 Oct 2023 |
| Chunk of earth? |
|
|
| Lummox |
Thomas Joseph |
06 Sep 2023 |
| Bumbler |
New York Times |
27 Aug 2023 |
| Clump of clay (rhymes with "plod") |
|
|
| Clump of dirt |
USA Today |
22 Jul 2023 |
| Clump of dirt |
LA Times Daily |
17 Jul 2023 |
| Bumbler |
Newsday |
09 Jul 2023 |
| Bumbler |
Newsday |
02 Jul 2023 |
| Clump of clay |
Universal |
24 May 2023 |
| Lump of clay or dirt (anagram of "cold") |
|
|
| Dolt |
LA Times Daily |
17 Mar 2023 |
| Lump — oaf |
The Guardian Quick |
20 Feb 2023 |
| Graceless one |
LA Times Daily |
29 Jan 2023 |
| Doofus |
Thomas Joseph |
18 Jan 2023 |
| Oaf |
LA Times Daily |
15 Jan 2023 |
| Clumsy person |
Newsday |
29 Nov 2022 |
| Lummox |
Eugene Sheffer |
31 Oct 2022 |
| Dirt clump |
New York Times |
09 Oct 2022 |
| Inept one |
Newsday |
14 Aug 2022 |
| Lug |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Aug 2022 |
| Lummox |
Eugene Sheffer |
27 Jun 2022 |
| Lummox |
Eugene Sheffer |
25 Jun 2022 |
| Lump |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
30 May 2022 |
| Apt rhyme for "sod" |
Universal |
21 May 2022 |
| Clumsy person |
Newsday |
12 Apr 2022 |
| Clump of dirt and grass |
Family Time |
10 Apr 2022 |
| Blockhead |
LA Times Daily |
13 Mar 2022 |
| Bumbler |
Newsday |
13 Mar 2022 |
| Blockhead |
|
|
| Boor |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Mar 2022 |
| Fool, big lump |
|
|
| Fool, big lump |
The Guardian Cryptic |
17 Feb 2022 |
| Fish swallowing large lump of earth |
The Guardian Cryptic |
07 Feb 2022 |
| Fish swallowing large lump of earth |
|
|
| Lummox |
Thomas Joseph |
13 Jan 2022 |
| Lump fish circling loch |
|
|
| Lump fish circling loch |
The Guardian Cryptic |
15 Dec 2021 |
| Chunk of dirt |
Universal |
18 Nov 2021 |
| Lump |
LA Times Daily |
22 Oct 2021 |
| Lump |
|
|
| Lump of earth |
The Times Concise |
05 Oct 2021 |
| Clumsy one |
Newsday |
04 Oct 2021 |
| Clumsy person |
Newsday |
27 Sep 2021 |
| Lump of dirt |
USA Today |
21 Sep 2021 |
| Lummox |
Eugene Sheffer |
06 Aug 2021 |
| Chunk of dirt |
USA Today |
17 Jul 2021 |
| Lump of earth |
Newsday |
15 Jul 2021 |
| Lump of dirt |
USA Today |
14 Jul 2021 |
| Lump of earth |
The Times Concise |
21 May 2021 |
| Clump of dirt |
USA Today |
09 May 2021 |
| Hunk |
New York Times |
01 May 2021 |
| Clumsy person |
Newsday |
12 Apr 2021 |
| Halfwit left stuffing fish |
|
|
| Klutz |
|
|
| Crumpling cold lump of earth |
|
|
| Lummox |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Dec 2020 |
| Mass of fish traversing lake |
|
|
| Doofus |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Nov 2020 |
| Dirt clump |
USA Today |
28 Oct 2020 |
| Blockhead |
Newsday |
18 Oct 2020 |
| Hunk of dirt |
LA Times Daily |
06 Oct 2020 |
| Hunk of dirt |
|
|
| Oaf |
Newsday |
05 Aug 2020 |
| Lump of dirt |
USA Today |
10 Jul 2020 |
| Dullard one battered in chippy outside Lima |
|
|
| Clump of dirt |
Universal |
31 May 2020 |
| Prying sort |
New York Times |
06 May 2020 |
| Lump of dirt |
|
|
| Lump of dirt |
LA Times Daily |
27 Apr 2020 |
| Mass of soil |
|
|
| Large dons mock idiot |
The Telegraph Toughie |
06 Dec 2019 |
| Oaf |
|
|
| Oaf |
New York Times |
28 Nov 2019 |
| Clump of turf |
Universal |
22 Oct 2019 |
| Lump of dirt |
Universal |
12 Oct 2019 |
| Clay lump |
Premier Sunday |
29 Sep 2019 |
| Chunk of dirt |
Universal |
13 Sep 2019 |
| Clumsy sort |
USA Today |
06 Sep 2019 |
| Lump of soil |
New York Times |
12 Aug 2019 |
| Dirt clump |
Family Time |
07 Jul 2019 |
| Clump |
|
|
| Blockhead |
|
|
| Blockhead |
LA Times Daily |
12 Jun 2019 |
| Mass of soil |
|
|
| Lummox |
Eugene Sheffer |
19 Mar 2019 |
| Lump of earth |
Universal |
14 Mar 2019 |
| Dummkopf |
New York Times |
13 Mar 2019 |
| Clump of earth |
USA Today |
25 Jan 2019 |
| Dirt ball |
New York Times |
15 Jan 2019 |
| Lump of dirt |
|
|
| Clump of turf |
|
|
| Blockhead |
|
|
| Dummkopf |
|
|
| Lump of soil |
|
|
| Clumsy sort |
|
|
| Clump of earth |
|
|
| Dirt ball |
|
|
| Lump of earth |
|
|
| Chunk of dirt |
|
|
| Big hunk of dirt |
Family Time |
16 Dec 2018 |
| Dirt clump |
Premier Sunday |
16 Dec 2018 |
| Lump of earth |
|
|
| Lump of earth |
LA Times Daily |
07 Dec 2018 |
| Hunk of dirt |
|
|
| Dolt |
LA Times Daily |
10 Nov 2018 |
| Dolt |
|
|
| Dirt handful |
|
|
| Dirt handful |
LA Times Daily |
02 Nov 2018 |
| Clumsy one |
Newsday |
17 Oct 2018 |
| Piece of dirt |
|
|
| Piece of dirt |
LA Times Daily |
30 Sep 2018 |
| Clumsy oaf |
USA Today |
23 Sep 2018 |
| Boorish sort |
USA Today |
19 Sep 2018 |
| Ball of dirt |
Universal |
17 Sep 2018 |
| Lump of earth |
The Telegraph Quick |
26 Aug 2018 |
| Lump |
New York Times |
19 Jul 2018 |
| Block of ice, large, going north |
The Telegraph Toughie |
10 May 2018 |
| Dirt clump |
|
|
| Oaf |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Apr 2018 |
| Hunk of dirt |
Family Time |
19 Mar 2018 |
| Ball of dirt |
|
|
| Dirt handful |
|
|
| Dolt |
|
|
| Lump of earth |
|
|
| Piece of dirt |
|
|
| Lump |
|
|
| Oaf |
|
|
| Clumsy oaf |
|
|
| Boorish sort |
|
|
| Oaf |
Eugene Sheffer |
09 Dec 2017 |
| Clump of earth |
Family Time |
30 Oct 2017 |
| Dirt clump |
New York Times |
30 Oct 2017 |
| Meathead |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Oct 2017 |
| Knucklehead |
|
|
| Blockhead |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Sep 2017 |
| Chunk of dirt, or a stupid person |
|
|
| Klutzy sort |
USA Today |
05 Aug 2017 |
| Earthy lummox relative? |
Universal |
13 Jun 2017 |
| Lout |
Newsday |
30 Apr 2017 |
| Chucklehead |
New York Times |
28 Apr 2017 |
| Bumbling sort |
USA Today |
25 Apr 2017 |
| Medic rises to carry pupil, an oaf |
|
|
| Clump of dirt |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Mar 2017 |
| Earth, freezing, turned over inside |
The Times Cryptic |
01 Mar 2017 |
| Lump of earth |
Family Time |
05 Feb 2017 |
| Lummox |
Thomas Joseph |
09 Jan 2017 |
| Dirt clump |
|
|
| Earthy lummox relative? |
|
|
| Bumbling sort |
|
|
| Klutzy sort |
|
|
| Chucklehead |
|
|
| Fish around lake for dope? |
The Times Cryptic |
02 Dec 2016 |
| Fish around lake for dope? |
|
|
| Divot, essentially |
USA Today |
11 Nov 2016 |
| Lump of fish, line caught |
|
|
| Lump of fish, line caught |
The Times Cryptic |
08 Nov 2016 |
| Clumsy sort |
New York Times |
02 Nov 2016 |
| Doofus |
Universal |
19 Oct 2016 |
| Clump of dirt |
|
|
| Wad of dirt |
Family Time |
19 Jun 2016 |
| Clump of earth |
Universal |
23 Mar 2016 |
| Lummox |
Newsday |
14 Feb 2016 |
| Earthy lump |
Family Time |
14 Feb 2016 |
| Clumsy sort |
|
|
| Doofus |
|
|
| Hunk |
The Telegraph Quick |
22 Oct 2015 |
| Bit of turf |
|
|
| Stumblebum |
Newsday |
13 Sep 2015 |
| It might start hopping |
Newsday |
05 Sep 2015 |
| Lummox |
New York Times |
30 Aug 2015 |
| Dolt |
USA Today |
18 Jul 2015 |
| Nitwit |
Eugene Sheffer |
14 May 2015 |
| Dunce |
Newsday |
28 Feb 2015 |
| Doofus |
Thomas Joseph |
30 Jan 2015 |
| Dirt clump or chump |
USA Today |
09 Jan 2015 |
| Real klutz |
|
|
| Dirt clump or chump |
|
|
| Blockhead |
|
|
| Clumsy one |
|
|
| Clumsy person |
|
|
| Dunce |
|
|
| It might start hopping |
|
|
| Stumblebum |
|
|
| Lummox |
|
|
| Dolt |
|
|
| Doofus |
|
|
| Jerk line amid fish |
|
|
| Blockhead |
|
|
| Lamebrain |
|
|
| Lummox |
|
|
| Boor |
|
|
| Bumbling sort |
|
|
| Chunk of earth |
|
|
| Chump |
|
|
| Idiot "surrounding" the answer at 17-Across |
|
|
| Clump of dirt |
|
|
| Bungler |
|
|
| Bumbler |
|
|
| Clump, as of dirt |
|
|
| Lug |
|
|
| Doofus |
|
|
| Clump of dirt |
|
|
| Lump |
|
|
| Clump of dirt |
|
|
| Chunk or clunk |
|
|
| Doltish one |
|
|
| Blockhead |
|
|
| Clay clump |
|
|
| Country bumpkin |
|
|
| Clump of dirt |
|
|
| Lummox |
|
|
| Earth clump |
|
|
| Earth unit |
|
|
| Stumblebum |
|
|
| Dirt clump |
|
|
| Dirt clump |
|
|
| Bonehead |
|
|
| Hunk of dirt |
|
|
| Dirt clump |
|
|
| Uncultured one |
|
|
| Dolt |
|
|
| Dummkopf |
|
|
| Earthy lump |
|
|
| Dirt clump |
|
|
| Bumbling one |
|
|
| Doofus |
|
|
| Dunderhead |
|
|
| Doofus |
|
|
| Oaf |
|
|
| Oafish one |
|
|
| Wad of earth |
|
|
| Wad of dirt |
|
|
| Slow-witted fellow |
|
|
| Knucklehead |
|
|
| Something a hoe might unearth |
|
|
| Clump, as of dirt |
|
|
| Wad of dirt |
|
|
| Inept one |
|
|
| Klutzy one |
|
|
| Chunk of earth |
|
|
| Lunkhead |
|
|
| Blockhead |
|
|
| Real dolt |
|
|
| Bumpkin |
|
|
| Dirt clump |
|
|
| Clay clump, e.g. |
|
|
| Uncultured one |
|
|
| Lummox |
|
|
| Oafish one |
|
|
| Hoe target |
|
|
| Chowderhead |
|
|
| Dolt |
|
|
| Lummox |
|
|
| Blockhead |
|
|
| Dirt ball |
|
|
| Lummox |
|
|
| Chunk of dirt |
|
|
| Bumpkin |
|
|
| Oaf |
|
|
| Dolt |
|
|
| Oaf |
|
|
| Dunderhead |
|
|
| Earth clump |
|
|
| Chump |
|
|
| Klutz |
|
|
| Oaf |
|
|
| 29 Down sort |
|
|
| Dunderhead |
|
|
| Lummox |
|
|
| Dolt |
|
|
| Oaf |
|
|
| Lump of earth |
|
|
| Oaf |
|
|
| Blockhead |
|
|
| Soil-raker's target |
|
|
| Soil-raker's target |
|
|
| Slow-witted fellow |
|
|
| Earth chunk |
|
|
| Blockhead |
|
|
| Clumsy one |
|
|
| Klutz |
|
|
| Lump of dirt |
|
|
| Clumsy one |
|
|
| Klutz |
|
|
| Lump of dirt |
|
|
| Lump of soil |
|
|
| Knucklehead |
|
|
| Earth unit |
|
|
| Knucklehead |
|
|
| Ignoramus |
|
|
| Clumsy sort |
|
|
| Insensitive one |
|
|
| Chunk of dirt |
|
|
| Clump of earth |
|
|
| Dunce |
|
|
| Clay clump |
|
|
| Farmland hunk |
|
|
| Dolt |
|
|
| Bumbler |
|
|
| Bumbler |
|
|
| Blockhead |
|
|
| Lummox |
|
|
| Dumb cluck |
|
|
| Hunk of dirt |
|
|
| Simpleton |
|
|
| Dullard |
|
|
| Compact mass |
|
|
| Dolt |
|
|
| Dense one |
|
|
| Earthen lump |
|
|
| Boorish sort |
|
|
| Lump of dirt |
|
|
| Earthy lump |
|
|
| Dolt |
|
|
| Oaf |
|
|
| Oafish person |
|
|
| Clump of earth |
|
|
| Blockhead |
|
|
| Lunkhead |
|
|
| Clay clump |
|
|
| Country bumpkin |
|
|
| Dirt clump or chump |
|
|
| Bumbler |
|
|
| Lump of clay, say |
|
|
| Lump |
|
|
| Lout |
|
|
| Dork |
|
|
| Doofus |
|
|
| Boor |
|
|
| Boor |
|
|
| Dolt |
|
|
| Yokel |
|
|
| Dork |
|
|
| Lump of earth |
|
|
| Bumpkin |
|
|
| Oaf |
|
|
| Klutz |
|
|
| Earthen lump |
|
|
| Lump of earth |
|
|
| Lout |
|
|
| Jughead |
|
|
| Chunk of earth |
|
|
| Butterfingers |
|
|
| Oaf |
|
|
| Lump of dirt |
|
|
| Lunkhead |
|
|
| He's boorish |
|
|
| Clump of earth |
|
|
| Lunkhead |
|
|
| Chunk or clunk |
|
|
| Bumbling bumpkin |
|
|
| Yokel |
|
|
| Lump of clay |
|
|
| Oafish one |
|
|
| Bumbler |
|
|
| Bumpkin |
|
|
| Lump of earth |
|
|
| Divot, sometimes |
|
|
| Earth |
|
|
| Part of a neck of beef |
|
|
| Divot |
|
|
| Kind of hopper |
|
|
| Nerd |
|
|
| Dunce |
|
|
| Dull person |
|
|
| Type of hopper |
|
|
| Dunderhead |
|
|
| Phlegmatic fellow |
|
|
| Dull one |
|
|
| Soil |
|
|
| Phlegmatic person |
|
|
| Numskull |
|
|
| Stupid one |
|
|
| Boor |
|
|
| Stupid fellow. |
|
|
| Doltish fellow. |
|
|
| Lump of clay. |
|
|
| Nincompoop. |
|
|
| Yokel. |
|
|
| Blockhead. |
|
|
| Willie Lump-Lump, for instance. |
|
|
| Bumpkin. |
|
|
| Kin of 93 Down. |
|
|
| Dull fellow. |
|
|
| Plowman. |
|
|
| Chunk of earth. |
|
|
| Dolt. |
|
|
| Phlegmatic creature. |
|
|
| Lump. |
|
|
| Earth. |
|
|
| Dull one. |
|
|
| Relative of a divot. |
|
|
| Lump of turf. |
|
|
| Piece of earth. |
|
|
| Lump of earth. |
|
|