| Wind up cold with each near miss |
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| Disaster averted by your neighbour's phoning you? (5,4) |
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| Narrow escape (2 wds.) |
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| End up cold with every near miss (5,4) |
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| *Nail-biting moment |
LA Times Daily |
07 Jan 2025 |
| Phew! - I heard that! (5,4) |
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| Leading conspirators lose phone connection, a narrow escape! (5,4) |
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| Finish 100 each - near thing! (5,4) |
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| End with a shout and a squeak |
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| Narrow escape in cathedral area before visit |
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| Reason to say "Whew!" |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Jul 2024 |
| Stop communication with narrow escape (5,4) |
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| Complete justification for narrow escape |
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| Intimate phone conversation narrowly avoided clash |
The Telegraph Toughie |
20 Feb 2024 |
| Intimate phone conversation narrowly avoided clash (5,4) |
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| Narrow escape from heavy hail |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
29 Jun 2023 |
| "Phew!" |
LA Times Daily |
13 Feb 2023 |
| Narrow escape in residential road? Summons to follow |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
20 Jun 2022 |
| Narrow escape |
Thomas Joseph |
26 Jul 2021 |
| Matching bet for “Reversal of Fortune” co-star Glenn? |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Mar 2021 |
| Squeak to end phone conversation |
The Sun Two Speed |
07 Nov 2020 |
| Near thing |
The Sun Two Speed |
07 Nov 2020 |
| Narrow escape |
Eugene Sheffer |
16 Oct 2018 |
| Narrow escape ... or what the end of the answer to each starred clue is? |
New York Times |
30 Jul 2018 |
| Ring off -- that's a lucky escape |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
10 Jan 2018 |
| Narrow escape ... or what the end of the answer to each starred clue is? |
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| Too __ to __ |
Newsday |
07 Dec 2017 |
| Cliffhanger outcome, often |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
17 Feb 2017 |
| It may elicit a "Whew!" |
USA Today |
06 Jan 2017 |
| Cliffhanger outcome, often |
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| It may elicit a "Whew!" |
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| Narrow escape |
Newsday |
10 Oct 2016 |
| It may lead to an argument |
LA Times Daily |
24 Sep 2016 |
| Complete justification, as disaster just avoided |
The Times Cryptic |
22 Sep 2016 |
| It may lead to an argument |
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| Narrow escape |
Irish Times Simplex |
01 Sep 2015 |
| "It was a __ for E.T. trying to phone home" |
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| Narrow escape |
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| Impetus to review safety procedures |
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| Near miss, e.g. |
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| Scare |
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| "Hello, is this Glenn?" |
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| Near miss |
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| Reason to say "Whew!" |
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| Reason to say "Whew!" |
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| Near miss |
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| Near miss |
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| Near miss |
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| Near miss, e.g. |
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| Near miss |
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| Occasion to say "Whew!" |
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| Strike on the outside corner, e.g. |
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| Narrow escape. |
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| Hairbreadth escape: Colloq. |
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| Near squeak. |
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