| Wooden shoe |
The Telegraph Quick |
25 Apr 2026 |
| Plumber's problem |
|
|
| Plumbing problem |
Thomas Joseph |
15 Apr 2026 |
| Plumbing stop-up |
Newsday |
15 Apr 2026 |
| Type of wooden or wooden-soled shoe (4) |
Mirror Quiz |
14 Apr 2026 |
| Plumbing obstruction |
Universal |
12 Apr 2026 |
| Slip-on shoe ... or something you don't want in your bathtub |
New York Times Mini |
09 Apr 2026 |
| Obstruct |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
24 Mar 2026 |
| Wooden shoe |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
17 Mar 2026 |
| Jam up |
TV |
15 Mar 2026 |
| Clubs report obstruction (4) |
The Sun Two Speed |
21 Feb 2026 |
| Jam up |
Premier Sunday |
11 Jan 2026 |
| Drain blockage |
|
|
| Plumbing blockage |
|
|
| Plumbing blockage |
Newsday |
24 Nov 2025 |
| Plumber's problem |
|
|
| Noisy dancing shoe |
Universal |
26 Oct 2025 |
| Birkenstock option |
LA Times Daily |
25 Oct 2025 |
| Drain blockage (rhymes with "slog") |
|
|
| Bung up |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
07 Sep 2025 |
| Drain blockage |
|
|
| Bulky slip-on |
New York Times |
29 Jul 2025 |
| First chop firewood, then make jam (4) |
|
|
| Block up: - the pipes |
|
|
| Sabot (4) |
Puzzler |
28 Jun 2025 |
| Block footwear (4) |
|
|
| Back up |
LA Times Daily |
27 Jun 2025 |
| Wooden shoe |
Commuter |
16 Jun 2025 |
| Flow stopper |
LA Times Daily |
15 Jun 2025 |
| Wooden shoe |
Universal |
07 Jun 2025 |
| 100 get toilet returning. Great! (4) |
|
|
| Drain stoppage |
Universal |
22 May 2025 |
| Plumber's problem |
|
|
| Plumbing problem |
Wall Street Journal |
03 May 2025 |
| Drain defect |
Newsday |
20 Apr 2025 |
| Wooden shoe |
The Telegraph Quick |
16 Apr 2025 |
| Drain blockage |
Commuter |
08 Apr 2025 |
| Thick-soled piece of footwear |
|
|
| Drain blockage |
Eugene Sheffer |
29 Mar 2025 |
| Problem for a plumber |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Mar 2025 |
| Wooden shoe caught on piece of timber (4) |
|
|
| Choke conservative - insensitive person (4) |
|
|
| Shoe with wooden sole (4) |
|
|
| Wooden shoe |
Puzzler Backwords |
10 Jan 2025 |
| Heidi's "Magic Wooden Shoe" |
|
|
| Target of a snake |
|
|
| Block |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
23 Dec 2024 |
| Draining issue |
New York Times |
13 Dec 2024 |
| Obstruct |
Newsday |
13 Dec 2024 |
| Block made from original Colosseum piece of wood (4) |
|
|
| ELO's Mik Kaminski formed Violinski and banged out a "_ Dance" (4) |
|
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| Plumber's problem |
|
|
| Stop to get something to wear (4) |
|
|
| Plumbing blockage |
|
|
| Gum up |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
03 Nov 2024 |
| Machine part broken by large blockage |
The Times Cryptic |
30 Oct 2024 |
| Clothing seen without thin shoe (4) |
|
|
| Drain problem |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Oct 2024 |
| Drainage problem |
|
|
| Dutch wooden shoe |
|
|
| Drain blockage, say |
|
|
| Word for a block of wood to impede an animal's movement first, now a wooden shoe, such as a sabot; or, any encumbrance or impediment (4) |
|
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| Drain blockage |
Newsday |
02 Sep 2024 |
| Type of shoe associated with the Netherlands |
The Times Concise |
23 Aug 2024 |
| Wooden shoe |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
07 Aug 2024 |
| Problem that a snake might solve |
LA Times Daily |
15 Jul 2024 |
| A shoe with a thick wooden sole (4) |
|
|
| Block up or obstruct (4) |
|
|
| Target of a snake, perhaps |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Jun 2024 |
| Become blocked, ... up |
|
|
| Plumber's problem |
|
|
| Horrifying thing to encounter in a bathroom during a party |
|
|
| Drain blockage |
Eugene Sheffer |
30 Apr 2024 |
| Obstruct bit of gear left inside (4) |
|
|
| Chunky wooden shoe |
USA Today |
05 Apr 2024 |
| Drain problem |
USA Today |
03 Apr 2024 |
| Footwear hamper (4) |
|
|
| Dutch folk dance shoe |
|
|
| Stiff shoe |
|
|
| Issue that might be solved with Drano |
|
|
| Obstruct entrance to clearing with piece of timber (4) |
|
|
| Job for a plumber |
Family Time |
04 Feb 2024 |
| Wooden shoe |
The Times Concise |
19 Jan 2024 |
| Croc, for one |
New York Times |
20 Dec 2023 |
| Jam in shoe? |
|
|
| Wood sole shoe |
|
|
| Drain blockage |
|
|
| Wooden shoe |
The Telegraph Quick |
12 Nov 2023 |
| Drain obstruction |
|
|
| Plumbing problem |
|
|
| Drain obstruction |
USA Today |
29 Oct 2023 |
| Drain blockage, say |
|
|
| Wooden shoe |
USA Today |
17 Aug 2023 |
| Drain blockage |
|
|
| Plumbing problem |
Thomas Joseph |
10 Jun 2023 |
| Jam up |
USA Today |
14 May 2023 |
| Choke as last of mouthful breaks tooth |
The Times Cryptic |
12 May 2023 |
| Shoe often made of wood |
Universal |
04 May 2023 |
| Shoe with a wooden sole |
Universal |
03 Apr 2023 |
| Drain blockage |
Newsday |
28 Mar 2023 |
| Shoe with a wooden sole |
USA Today |
19 Jan 2023 |
| Target of a plumber's snake |
New York Times |
13 Dec 2022 |
| Plumber's challenge |
LA Times Daily |
12 Dec 2022 |
| Sink problem |
Family Time |
11 Dec 2022 |
| Drain blockage |
USA Today |
28 Nov 2022 |
| Drain obstruction |
Newsday |
21 Nov 2022 |
| Shoe with a wooden sole |
USA Today |
12 Nov 2022 |
| Apt shoe for a plumber? |
New York Times |
12 Nov 2022 |
| Heavy shoe |
LA Times Daily |
26 Oct 2022 |
| Drain blockage |
|
|
| Drain blockage |
Newsday |
13 Sep 2022 |
| Become obstructed |
The Guardian Quick |
29 Aug 2022 |
| Bathtub blockage |
USA Today |
28 Aug 2022 |
| Start to cut piece of wood, that’s around a foot? |
The Times Cryptic |
17 Aug 2022 |
| Drain problem |
USA Today |
12 Jul 2022 |
| Choke up |
LA Times Daily |
30 Jun 2022 |
| Plumbing blockage |
|
|
| Drain nuisance |
LA Times Daily |
15 May 2022 |
| Drain nuisance |
|
|
| Drain blockage |
Newsday |
11 May 2022 |
| Drain blockage |
Eugene Sheffer |
12 Apr 2022 |
| Plumber's woe |
Universal |
17 Feb 2022 |
| Drain blocker |
USA Today |
15 Feb 2022 |
| Slip-on shoe |
USA Today |
11 Feb 2022 |
| Choke up |
Premier Sunday |
23 Jan 2022 |
| Plumbing problem |
|
|
| Target for Drano |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Dec 2021 |
| Drain blockage |
Eugene Sheffer |
02 Dec 2021 |
| Wooden shoe |
The Times Concise |
22 Sep 2021 |
| Wooden shoe |
The Telegraph Quick |
12 Sep 2021 |
| Block |
LA Times Daily |
09 Sep 2021 |
| Block |
|
|
| Hair-in-a-pipe problem |
|
|
| Target for a snake |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Jul 2021 |
| Back up |
New York Times |
17 Jul 2021 |
| Plumbing blockage |
Newsday |
05 Jul 2021 |
| Bathroom sink problem |
|
|
| Pipe blockage |
|
|
| Drain blockage |
USA Today |
29 May 2021 |
| Gum up |
USA Today |
18 May 2021 |
| Plumbing issue |
Family Time |
26 Apr 2021 |
| Wooden shoe |
The Times Concise |
22 Mar 2021 |
| Plumbing problem |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Mar 2021 |
| Stop up, as a drain |
Newsday |
24 Feb 2021 |
| Drain blockage |
Eugene Sheffer |
25 Jan 2021 |
| Plumbing problem |
Universal |
08 Jan 2021 |
| Block up |
Universal |
14 Nov 2020 |
| Drain blockage, say |
|
|
| Drain blockage |
Newsday |
20 Jul 2020 |
| Shoe made from carpenter's first piece of wood |
|
|
| Plumber's problem |
|
|
| Target of a plumber's snake |
New York Times |
23 Jun 2020 |
| Stoppage that a plumber might need to step in for |
|
|
| Drain obstruction |
|
|
| Bathtub blockage |
|
|
| Plumbing problem |
USA Today |
11 Mar 2020 |
| Drain blockage |
|
|
| Stuffed-drain problem |
Newsday |
30 Dec 2019 |
| Blockage |
Universal |
26 Dec 2019 |
| Plumber's target |
USA Today |
24 Dec 2019 |
| Sink nuisance |
Universal |
29 Aug 2019 |
| Drain blockage |
|
|
| Drain obstruction |
|
|
| Job for a plumber |
USA Today |
18 Jul 2019 |
| Charlie needs wood for shoe |
The Sun Two Speed |
16 Apr 2019 |
| Obstruct or block |
The Sun Two Speed |
16 Apr 2019 |
| Wooden footwear |
USA Today |
19 Mar 2019 |
| Wooden footwear |
|
|
| Heavy shoe |
|
|
| Sink nuisance |
|
|
| Job for a plumber |
|
|
| Block made of carbon and length of wood |
|
|
| Flow stopper |
Family Time |
25 Nov 2018 |
| Shoe with a thick wooden sole |
|
|
| Shoe or its dance |
LA Times Daily |
28 Oct 2018 |
| Shoe or its dance |
|
|
| Problem for a plumber |
New York Times |
07 Oct 2018 |
| Problem for a plumber |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Sep 2018 |
| Make a note of following Conservative -- one's likely to put one's foot in it |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
28 Aug 2018 |
| Snake target |
New York Times |
16 Aug 2018 |
| Heavy shoe |
LA Times Daily |
19 Jul 2018 |
| Heavy shoe |
|
|
| Sink problem |
USA Today |
15 Jul 2018 |
| Water inhibitor |
Universal |
13 Jul 2018 |
| Drain pain |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Jun 2018 |
| Heavy wooden shoe |
Family Time |
28 May 2018 |
| Target of a plumber's snake |
USA Today |
06 Apr 2018 |
| Wood-sole shoe |
Newsday |
22 Mar 2018 |
| Plumbing problem |
|
|
| Wooden shoe left in machinery part |
The Sun Two Speed |
11 Mar 2018 |
| Congest |
The Sun Two Speed |
11 Mar 2018 |
| Choker that may be worn to dance |
|
|
| Problem for a plumber |
|
|
| Water inhibitor |
|
|
| Sink problem |
|
|
| Snake target |
|
|
| Shoe or its dance |
|
|
| Heavy shoe |
|
|
| Drain pain |
|
|
| Problem for a plumber |
|
|
| Plumbing problem |
Thomas Joseph |
25 Dec 2017 |
| Pipe problem |
New York Times |
28 Nov 2017 |
| A blockage, plumbing problem |
|
|
| Obstruction |
|
|
| Bathtub blockage |
|
|
| Bathtub blockage |
LA Times Daily |
19 Sep 2017 |
| Blockage |
LA Times Daily |
13 Sep 2017 |
| Blockage |
|
|
| Basin obstruction |
Universal |
07 Sep 2017 |
| Plumbing snake's target |
USA Today |
29 Aug 2017 |
| Drain blocker |
Family Time |
28 Aug 2017 |
| Obstruct |
LA Times Daily |
07 Jul 2017 |
| Obstruct |
|
|
| Reason to call Roto-Rooter |
USA Today |
11 Jun 2017 |
| Stop up |
Newsday |
06 Jun 2017 |
| Backup |
Newsday |
02 Jun 2017 |
| What a drain often falls victim to |
|
|
| Roto-Rooter target |
USA Today |
28 Mar 2017 |
| Plumber's challenge |
|
|
| Plumber's challenge |
LA Times Daily |
27 Mar 2017 |
| Plunger's target |
|
|
| Thick-soled shoe |
Newsday |
17 Mar 2017 |
| Put a stop to? |
New York Times |
05 Mar 2017 |
| A blockage |
|
|
| Put a stop to? |
|
|
| Reason to call Roto-Rooter |
|
|
| Roto-Rooter target |
|
|
| Obstruct |
|
|
| Blockage |
|
|
| Bathtub blockage |
|
|
| Pipe problem |
|
|
| Plumbing snake's target |
|
|
| Basin obstruction |
|
|
| Snake's target, perhaps |
|
|
| Reason to call Roto-Rooter |
|
|
| Plumbing problem |
Family Time |
14 Nov 2016 |
| Sink nuisance |
|
|
| Plumbing problem |
New York Times |
18 Oct 2016 |
| Drano target |
USA Today |
22 Sep 2016 |
| Plug up |
Premier Sunday |
18 Sep 2016 |
| After competition's opening, enter jam |
|
|
| Choke about record |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
09 Jul 2016 |
| Job for Roto-Rooter |
|
|
| Become blocked |
The Times Concise |
03 Jun 2016 |
| Dancer's shoe |
USA Today |
21 May 2016 |
| Reason to use a snake |
USA Today |
14 May 2016 |
| Stopping point |
New York Times |
24 Mar 2016 |
| Drain backup cause |
Universal |
26 Feb 2016 |
| Backup cause |
USA Today |
19 Jan 2016 |
| Stop up |
Premier Sunday |
17 Jan 2016 |
| Choke up |
Premier Sunday |
10 Jan 2016 |
| Drain bane |
Eugene Sheffer |
07 Jan 2016 |
| Drano target |
|
|
| Reason to use a snake |
|
|
| Backup cause |
|
|
| Dancer's shoe |
|
|
| Plumbing problem |
|
|
| Traffic problem |
New York Times |
19 Dec 2015 |
| Target for a snake |
New York Times |
27 Nov 2015 |
| Wooden shoe |
The Telegraph Quick |
21 Nov 2015 |
| Plumbing blockage |
Newsday |
03 Nov 2015 |
| Back up |
Newsday |
26 Sep 2015 |
| Drano target |
New York Times |
22 Sep 2015 |
| Sink-drain problem |
Newsday |
14 Sep 2015 |
| Drain problem |
Family Time |
24 Aug 2015 |
| Stop up |
Eugene Sheffer |
08 Aug 2015 |
| Plumbing problem |
Newsday |
26 Jul 2015 |
| Sink obstruction |
Universal |
14 May 2015 |
| Cobbler initially needs some wood to make it |
|
|
| Drain problem |
LA Times Daily |
14 Apr 2015 |
| Back up |
|
|
| Drain problem |
|
|
| Plumbing problem |
|
|
| Sink obstruction |
|
|
| Traffic problem |
|
|
| Drain problem |
|
|
| Drano target |
|
|
| Target for a snake |
|
|
| Sink-drain problem |
|
|
| Stop up |
|
|
| Plumbing blockage |
|
|
| Drain blockage |
|
|
| Plumbers' favorite dance? |
|
|
| Blockage |
|
|
| College has account for jam |
|
|
| Backup cause |
|
|
| Plumbing problem |
|
|
| Wooden-soled shoe |
|
|
| Plumbing problem |
|
|
| Snake target |
|
|
| Footwear used in Kentucky's state dance |
|
|
| Tub trouble |
|
|
| Bathtub trouble |
|
|
| Gutter problem |
|
|
| Jam |
|
|
| Plumber's challenge |
|
|
| Drain obstruction |
|
|
| Tub trouble |
|
|
| Thick-soled shoe |
|
|
| Liquid-Plumr target |
|
|
| Drain issue |
|
|
| Drain blockage |
|
|
| Cause backups, say |
|
|
| Thick-soled shoe |
|
|
| Pipe problem |
|
|
| Thick-soled shoe |
|
|
| Jam up |
|
|
| Choke up |
|
|
| Thick-soled shoe |
|
|
| Choke up |
|
|
| Drano target |
|
|
| Plumber's challenge |
|
|
| Drain cleaner target |
|
|
| Wooden shoe |
|
|
| Plumbing problem |
|
|
| Job for a snake |
|
|
| Drain problem |
|
|
| Backup cause, often |
|
|
| Block |
|
|
| Plumbing problem |
|
|
| Stop up |
|
|
| Job for a snake |
|
|
| Stop up |
|
|
| Plumbing problem |
|
|
| Block |
|
|
| Drain problem |
|
|
| Heavy shoe |
|
|
| Pipe problem |
|
|
| Plumbing obstruction |
|
|
| Stop (up) |
|
|
| Cousin of a 55-Down |
|
|
| Drain pain |
|
|
| Noisy shoe |
|
|
| Flow stopper |
|
|
| Drain blockage |
|
|
| Sink jam-up |
|
|
| Footwear that's hard to run in |
|
|
| Basin blocker |
|
|
| Jam |
|
|
| Drain obstruction |
|
|
| Drain obstruction |
|
|
| Footwear that's hard to run in |
|
|
| Roto-Rooter target |
|
|
| Obstruct |
|
|
| Block |
|
|
| Roto-Rooter target |
|
|
| Folk dancer's shoe, perhaps |
|
|
| Get blocked up |
|
|
| Thick-soled shoe |
|
|
| Blockage |
|
|
| Plumbing stop-up |
|
|
| Something attacked by a snake? |
|
|
| Job for a plumber |
|
|
| Drano target |
|
|
| Pipe problem |
|
|
| Reason to call Roto-Rooter |
|
|
| Backup cause |
|
|
| Block |
|
|
| What paper towels do to a toilet |
|
|
| Pipe blocker |
|
|
| Folk dancer's shoe |
|
|
| Drain woe |
|
|
| Something attacked by a snake? |
|
|
| Dance for plumbers? |
|
|
| Stop running |
|
|
| Job for Drano |
|
|
| Shoe for a certain dance |
|
|
| Thick-soled shoe |
|
|
| Stop running |
|
|
| Job for Drano |
|
|
| Drain trouble |
|
|
| Shoe for a certain dance |
|
|
| Stop up |
|
|
| Shoe with a wooden sole |
|
|
| Obstruction |
|
|
| Backup cause, often |
|
|
| Get stopped up |
|
|
| Overflow cause |
|
|
| Job for a drain cleaner |
|
|
| Stuff up |
|
|
| Drain problem |
|
|
| Obstruct |
|
|
| Obstruction |
|
|
| Wooden-soled shoe |
|
|
| Obstruct |
|
|
| Sink stoppage |
|
|
| Keep from draining |
|
|
| Sabot |
|
|
| Sabot |
|
|
| Plumbing problem |
|
|
| Drain bane |
|
|
| Dance in wooden shoes |
|
|
| Pipe problem |
|
|
| Dancer's shoe |
|
|
| Plunger's target |
|
|
| Pipe problem |
|
|
| Kind of dance |
|
|
| Blockage |
|
|
| Plumber's challenge |
|
|
| Drain blocker |
|
|
| Pipe problem |
|
|
| Drain blockage |
|
|
| Drain blocker |
|
|
| Type of dance |
|
|
| Snake target |
|
|
| Sabot |
|
|
| Cause of a backup |
|
|
| Thick-soled shoe |
|
|
| Wooden shoe |
|
|
| Plunger's target |
|
|
| Sink jam-up |
|
|
| Thick-soled shoe |
|
|
| Sink problem |
|
|
| Sink stopper |
|
|
| Clattering type of dance |
|
|
| Sink jam-up |
|
|
| Jam up |
|
|
| Block up |
|
|
| Flow stopper |
|
|
| Sink obstruction |
|
|
| Drain problem |
|
|
| Block |
|
|
| Overcrowd |
|
|
| Jam up |
|
|
| Block up |
|
|
| Jam up |
|
|
| Plunger's target |
|
|
| Drain bane |
|
|
| Stop up |
|
|
| Plumber's concern |
|
|
| Jam |
|
|
| Pipe problem |
|
|
| Scheveningen shoe |
|
|
| Basin blocker |
|
|
| Sink problem |
|
|
| Drano target |
|
|
| Get stopped up |
|
|
| Stop up |
|
|
| Trammel |
|
|
| Stuff; stop up |
|
|
| Backup cause |
|
|
| Drain problem |
|
|
| Wooden shoe |
|
|
| Folk dancer's shoe |
|
|
| Hinder |
|
|
| Plug up |
|
|
| Stop (up) |
|
|
| Stop up |
|
|
| Wooden-soled shoe |
|
|
| Obstruct |
|
|
| Gum up |
|
|
| Footwear |
|
|
| Country dance |
|
|
| Hindrance |
|
|
| Clumsy shoe |
|
|
| Shoe of a sort |
|
|
| Rush hour phenomenon |
|
|
| Wooden shoe |
|
|
| Kind of dance |
|
|
| Hamper |
|
|
| Choke up |
|
|
| Heavy-shoe dance |
|
|
| Patten |
|
|
| Encumber |
|
|
| Lively dance |
|
|
| Heavy shoe |
|
|
| Kind of slipper |
|
|
| Plebeian in footwear line |
|
|
| Clumsy shoe. |
|
|
| Type of shoe. |
|
|
| Form of dancing. |
|
|
| Impede. |
|
|
| Wooden-soled shoe for dancing. |
|
|
| Choke up. |
|
|
| Heavy shoe. |
|
|
| Block up. |
|
|
| Footwear. |
|
|
| Shoe. |
|
|
| Wooden shoe. |
|
|
| Overload. |
|
|
| Type of dance. |
|
|
| Dance. |
|
|
| Kind of dance. |
|
|
| Obstruct. |
|
|
| Hamper. |
|
|
| Stout shoe. |
|
|
| Relative of a tap dance. |
|
|
| Do a certain dance. |
|
|