| Narrow escape (5,5) |
Mirror Classic |
22 Jul 2025 |
| Mislays hard hat inside underground chamber, making narrow escape |
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| Finishes with "Have had a brush with disaster" (5,5) |
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| Narrow escape the well-groomed man has? (5,5) |
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| Something that could have been a lot worse |
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| Near thing or narrow escape (5,5) |
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| A near thing at the barber's? (5,5) |
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| Narrow escape from a dangerous predicament |
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| Narrow escape |
Mirror Classic |
22 Sep 2024 |
| Near thing |
Wall Street Journal |
31 Aug 2024 |
| Narrow escape at the barber's? (5,5) |
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| Narrow escape |
Mirror Classic |
07 Jun 2024 |
| Narrow escape from barber's precise handiwork (5,5) |
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| Lucky escape from the barber! (5,5) |
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| After shuts, have a frightening experience (5,5) |
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| What the wellgroomed man has is a narrow escape (5,5) |
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| Narrow escape |
LA Times Daily |
09 Mar 2024 |
| Seals have a narrow escape (5,5) |
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| What the well-groomed man has is a narrow escape (5,5) |
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| A near thing you have to face? (5,5) |
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| Dodged bullet? |
The Guardian Quick |
08 Nov 2023 |
| It might leave you smooth ... or rattled |
New York Times |
01 Oct 2023 |
| Mislays husband in grotto, almost a disaster |
The Guardian Cryptic |
01 Sep 2023 |
| Near miss in traffic -- loses haversack |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
11 Aug 2023 |
| Shuts up unfinished harbour — it could have been very dangerous |
The Guardian Quiptic |
05 Jun 2023 |
| Saves Chloe (anag) — near disaster |
The Guardian Quick |
13 Dec 2022 |
| Near Miss Best? Mates, for instance, getting job with those cutting staff! |
Irish Times Crosaire |
25 Aug 2021 |
| Near miss, and what the ends of 17-, 27- and 44-Across may provide |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Aug 2021 |
| Lucky escape as criminal chases love |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
09 Jun 2020 |
| Terrible chaos with elves in narrow escape |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
17 Oct 2019 |
| Thorough trim, or a hint to the starts of 17-, 32-, 38- and 42-Across |
Universal |
12 Oct 2019 |
| Chases vole (anag.) |
The Telegraph Quick |
13 Aug 2019 |
| Thorough trim, or a hint to the starts of 17-, 32-, 38- and 42-Across |
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| Lucky escape of plane by dead-end street |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
07 Jun 2017 |
| Shuts short road after hospital's lucky escape |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
19 Apr 2017 |
| Near disaster |
Universal |
26 Jul 2016 |
| Narrow escape |
Universal |
07 Jul 2016 |
| Near disaster |
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| Narrow escape |
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| Narrow escape from danger |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Sep 2015 |
| Narrow escape from danger |
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| *Squeaker |
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| *Squeaker |
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| Narrow escape |
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| Near miss |
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| Near miss |
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| Near miss |
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| Almost cutting yourself with a razor, e.g. |
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| See 42-Across |
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| Narrow escape |
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| Narrow escape |
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| Near miss |
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| Narrow escape |
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| Narrow squeak. |
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| A Pauline "peril," for instance. |
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| When destiny's hand intervenes. |
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| Narrow escape. |
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| Narrow escape: Colloq. |
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