| Rough | The Telegraph Quick | 27 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Rough | Universal | 17 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Rough route, it's said (6) | Puzzler Cryptic | 11 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Rough programme announced | The Times Quick Cryptic | 01 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Crude, vulgar (6) | Puzzler | 26 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Vulgar | The Telegraph Quick | 14 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Sandpaper specification | Newsday | 03 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Rough-textured | Commuter | 22 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Rough-textured | Newsday | 20 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Rough path, by the sound of it? (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Sandpapery | LA Times Daily | 20 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Rough or harsh (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Offensive passage in speech | The Telegraph Toughie | 26 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Rewrite a score with no refinements (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Heard route was rough (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Rough journey being broadcast (6) | The Guardian Cryptic | 06 May 2025 | 
          
            | Crude educational programme for audience | The Times Quick Cryptic | 26 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Cloth . Fishing . Grained (6) |  |  | 
          
            | How rough to have cares for nothing! (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Rough | The Times Concise | 04 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Common speech, of course (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Not even around a score (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Rough route, reportedly (6) | Puzzler Cryptic | 09 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Rough-cut, as salt |  |  | 
          
            | Vulgar | The Telegraph Quick | 19 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Like low grit number sandpaper |  |  | 
          
            | Vulgar, indecent (language) |  |  | 
          
            | Harsh; unrefined |  |  | 
          
            | Rewrote a score that's unfinished (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Crude lecture series so to speak (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Lacking refinement | Commuter | 11 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Roughly textured |  |  | 
          
            | Gross or a score, maybe (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Rough path leading to university overlaid with tar, essentially (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Rough course, they say (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Rough | Wall Street Journal | 14 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Indelicate, vulgar (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Nothing in vehicles' electronic starter is impure (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Vulgar | The Sun Two Speed | 27 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Unrefined programme reported | The Sun Two Speed | 27 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | About a score lacking refinement (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Rough, lacking refinement (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Like beard stubble |  |  | 
          
            | Like the speech of one cursing like a sailor |  |  | 
          
            | Float rig is a basic set-up for ___ fish (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Rough-textured | USA Today | 19 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | ___ ground black pepper |  |  | 
          
            | Vulgar Australian originally living in my area of London (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Rough way to go, we hear (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Rough journey for auditors |  |  | 
          
            | Vulgar, unrefined |  |  | 
          
            | Course sounds rough (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Crude form of fishing (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Inferior, firm rump (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Not fine | New York Times | 14 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | Lacking refinement | Universal | 13 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | Rows in church? That's vulgar |  |  | 
          
            | Like stubble | New York Times | 11 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | Vulgar programme on radio | The Times Cryptic | 02 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | Rough or harsh in texture (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Professor's lectures likely to offend |  |  | 
          
            | Sandpaper type | Eugene Sheffer | 29 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | Vulgar | The Sun Two Speed | 20 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | Rude programme reported | The Sun Two Speed | 20 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | Not smooth | USA Today | 15 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | Rough route, reportedly | The Telegraph Cryptic | 05 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | Vulgar programme on the radio | The Telegraph Cryptic | 30 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Sandpaper type | Eugene Sheffer | 22 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Vulgar | The Telegraph Quick | 06 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Common vulgar |  |  | 
          
            | ASCORE |  |  | 
          
            | Like kosher salt, but not table salt |  |  | 
          
            | Not fine-grained | USA Today | 12 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Having a rough texture | New York Times | 06 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Rough | New York Times | 01 Nov 2023 | 
          
            | Unrefined | Newsday | 27 Oct 2023 | 
          
            | Sandpaper type | Eugene Sheffer | 21 Oct 2023 | 
          
            | Vulgar | The Telegraph Quick | 17 Aug 2023 | 
          
            | Like sandpaper | USA Today | 23 Jul 2023 | 
          
            | Crude oil initially featuring in vehicle's energy | The Times Cryptic | 14 Jun 2023 | 
          
            | Churlish | LA Times Daily | 27 May 2023 | 
          
            | Rough-textured | Premier Sunday | 26 Mar 2023 | 
          
            | Rough sounding path | The Guardian Cryptic | 14 Mar 2023 | 
          
            | Like the texture of some hair | USA Today | 12 Mar 2023 | 
          
            | Sandpaper texture | USA Today | 10 Feb 2023 | 
          
            | Unrefined | Thomas Joseph | 26 Jan 2023 | 
          
            | Rough in texture | USA Today | 01 Jan 2023 | 
          
            | Texture of some sugar | USA Today | 11 Dec 2022 | 
          
            | Unrefined | Thomas Joseph | 14 Nov 2022 | 
          
            | Sandpaper type | Eugene Sheffer | 14 Sep 2022 | 
          
            | Like some sandpaper | Wall Street Journal | 18 Aug 2022 | 
          
            | Sandpaper texture |  |  | 
          
            | Rough to the touch or uncouth | Irish Times Simplex | 16 Jun 2022 | 
          
            | Broadcast channel lacking in refinement |  |  | 
          
            | Like the texture of sea salt | USA Today | 08 Mar 2022 | 
          
            | Not fine | The Guardian Quick | 05 Feb 2022 | 
          
            | Rough or crude | Irish Times Simplex | 05 Jan 2022 | 
          
            | Uncouth; harsh | The Guardian Speedy | 05 Dec 2021 | 
          
            | Rough | USA Today | 05 Dec 2021 | 
          
            | Like some sandpaper | LA Times Daily | 19 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | Like some sandpaper | The Washington Post | 19 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | Rough, unrefined | Irish Times Simplex | 11 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | Rough or crude | Irish Times Simplex | 21 Sep 2021 | 
          
            | Sandpaper type | Eugene Sheffer | 28 Aug 2021 | 
          
            | Vulgar programme on the radio | The Telegraph Cryptic | 03 Aug 2021 | 
          
            | Vulgar | The Telegraph Quick | 21 Jul 2021 | 
          
            | Uncultured | Premier Sunday | 13 Jun 2021 | 
          
            | Unrefined programme reported |  |  | 
          
            | Opposite of fine | USA Today | 11 May 2021 | 
          
            | Rough characters appear when Atletico and Arsenal meet |  |  | 
          
            | Like horsehair | New York Times | 25 Mar 2021 | 
          
            | Rough and unpolished, say |  |  | 
          
            | Rough schedule announced |  |  | 
          
            | Rough | The Telegraph Quick | 17 Jan 2021 | 
          
            | Rough path reportedly | The Telegraph Toughie | 05 Jan 2021 | 
          
            | Inferior, so joint bottom? |  |  | 
          
            | Rows in church, so rude |  |  | 
          
            | ____ fishing is angling for fish not in the salmon family | The Times Specialist Sunday | 06 Dec 2020 | 
          
            | Wrought | New York Times | 29 Oct 2020 | 
          
            | Rough, unrefined | Irish Times Simplex | 24 Oct 2020 | 
          
            | Vulgar | Premier Sunday | 18 Oct 2020 | 
          
            | Like sandpaper | USA Today | 11 Oct 2020 | 
          
            | Rough | Wall Street Journal | 26 Sep 2020 | 
          
            | Crude or rude | Wall Street Journal | 29 Aug 2020 | 
          
            | Rough or crude | Irish Times Simplex | 29 Aug 2020 | 
          
            | Sandpaper spec | Newsday | 05 Jul 2020 | 
          
            | Not fine | New York Times | 28 Jun 2020 | 
          
            | Track on the radio produced by Shaggy | Irish Times Crosaire | 03 Jun 2020 | 
          
            | Firm bum? That's crude! |  |  | 
          
            | Rough passage, it's said? | The Telegraph Cryptic | 05 Apr 2020 | 
          
            | Crude | Canadiana | 09 Mar 2020 | 
          
            | Rough path, we hear |  |  | 
          
            | Firm buttocks of low quality |  |  | 
          
            | Needing smoothing | The Washington Post | 04 Nov 2019 | 
          
            | Needing smoothing | LA Times Daily | 04 Nov 2019 | 
          
            | Broadcast programme of inferior quality |  |  | 
          
            | Not refined, bringing rowing gear into Church |  |  | 
          
            | Like rough sandpaper | USA Today | 19 Sep 2019 | 
          
            | . Crude line, say |  |  | 
          
            | They say starter perhaps is lacking in taste | The Telegraph Toughie | 18 Apr 2019 | 
          
            | Rough or crude, lacking refinement | Irish Times Simplex | 15 Mar 2019 | 
          
            | Sandpaper designation | Wall Street Journal | 05 Mar 2019 | 
          
            | Sandpaper type | Eugene Sheffer | 12 Jan 2019 | 
          
            | Rough, unrefined | The Times Concise | 04 Jan 2019 | 
          
            | Rough rows in church | The Telegraph Cryptic | 02 Jan 2019 | 
          
            | Sandpaper designation |  |  | 
          
            | Like rough sandpaper |  |  | 
          
            | Needing smoothing |  |  | 
          
            | Rude programme reported | The Sun Two Speed | 12 Dec 2018 | 
          
            | Vulgar | The Sun Two Speed | 12 Dec 2018 | 
          
            | Riddled with four-letter words | Wall Street Journal | 19 Nov 2018 | 
          
            | Rough, harsh | The Times Concise | 15 Nov 2018 | 
          
            | Unrefined | Thomas Joseph | 26 Oct 2018 | 
          
            | Rough, as sandpaper | Newsday | 03 Sep 2018 | 
          
            | Harsh lectures to the audience |  |  | 
          
            | Sandpaper category | New York Times | 27 Jul 2018 | 
          
            | Sandpaperlike | New York Times | 16 Jul 2018 | 
          
            | Like sandpaper | Family Time | 09 Jul 2018 | 
          
            | Like sandpaper | Universal | 04 Jul 2018 | 
          
            | Like a rasp, as files go | USA Today | 16 May 2018 | 
          
            | Method is said to be crude |  |  | 
          
            | Firm bottom? That's rude! |  |  | 
          
            | Vulgar people who row in church | The Telegraph Toughie | 01 Feb 2018 | 
          
            | Some food said to be lacking taste |  |  | 
          
            | Rude commander with a rude word |  |  | 
          
            | Riddled with four-letter words |  |  | 
          
            | Like a rasp, as files go |  |  | 
          
            | Like sandpaper |  |  | 
          
            | Sandpaperlike |  |  | 
          
            | Sandpaper category |  |  | 
          
            | . Crude of course, say |  |  | 
          
            | Tasteless direction taken on the radio | Irish Times Crosaire | 27 Nov 2017 | 
          
            | Rough ride, they say |  |  | 
          
            | Rough business heading waste disposal unit? |  |  | 
          
            | Rough | Universal | 03 Nov 2017 | 
          
            | Unsuitable for delicate ears | Wall Street Journal | 25 Oct 2017 | 
          
            | Rough | Thomas Joseph | 19 Oct 2017 | 
          
            | Lacking refinement | Irish Times Simplex | 24 Aug 2017 | 
          
            | Gravelly | Canadiana | 21 Aug 2017 | 
          
            | Crude paddles in dugout canoe |  |  | 
          
            | Sandpaper descriptor | LA Times Daily | 28 May 2017 | 
          
            | Sandpaper descriptor | The Washington Post | 28 May 2017 | 
          
            | Unrefined blades in church |  |  | 
          
            | Rough track by the sound of it |  |  | 
          
            | Lacking refinement | The Telegraph Quick | 28 Feb 2017 | 
          
            | Tasteless programme on the radio | Irish Times Crosaire | 25 Jan 2017 | 
          
            | Rough |  |  | 
          
            | Sandpaper descriptor |  |  | 
          
            | Rough; unrefined | The Times Concise | 07 Dec 2016 | 
          
            | Firm behind, in need of a polishing |  |  | 
          
            | Bawdy series of lectures on the radio |  |  | 
          
            | Like beard hair, texturewise | New York Times | 03 Aug 2016 | 
          
            | Like much locker room language | New York Times | 17 Jun 2016 | 
          
            | Like a rasp | Universal | 13 May 2016 | 
          
            | Harsh | Eugene Sheffer | 25 Mar 2016 | 
          
            | Ill-mannered | Newsday | 20 Mar 2016 | 
          
            | Rough plan, so it's said |  |  | 
          
            | Sandpaper grade | USA Today | 24 Jan 2016 | 
          
            | Like much locker room language |  |  | 
          
            | Like beard hair, texturewise |  |  | 
          
            | Sandpaper grade |  |  | 
          
            | File rating | USA Today | 02 Aug 2015 | 
          
            | Obscene programme for the audience | The Telegraph Cryptic | 23 Jul 2015 | 
          
            | Uncouth | LA Times Daily | 10 May 2015 | 
          
            | Vulgar | The Telegraph Quick | 24 Mar 2015 | 
          
            | Like a woodworker's rasp | LA Times Daily | 16 Feb 2015 | 
          
            | Like some sandpaper | The Chronicle of Higher Education | 16 Jan 2015 | 
          
            | File rating |  |  | 
          
            | Unsuitable for delicate ears |  |  | 
          
            | Like some sandpaper |  |  | 
          
            | Like a woodworker's rasp |  |  | 
          
            | Uncouth |  |  | 
          
            | Ill-mannered |  |  | 
          
            | Rough path, according to hearsay |  |  | 
          
            | Rewrote a score that's lacking refinement |  |  | 
          
            | Lacking manners |  |  | 
          
            | Hardly refined |  |  | 
          
            | Not smooth |  |  | 
          
            | Far from finely ground |  |  | 
          
            | Boorish |  |  | 
          
            | Crude |  |  | 
          
            | Rough or vulgar |  |  | 
          
            | Unpolished |  |  | 
          
            | Unpolished |  |  | 
          
            | Like some sandpaper |  |  | 
          
            | Unfit for younger ears |  |  | 
          
            | Lacking refinement |  |  | 
          
            | Like a hair shirt |  |  | 
          
            | Sandpaperish |  |  | 
          
            | Like some sandpaper |  |  | 
          
            | Sandpaper choice |  |  | 
          
            | Sandpaper specification |  |  | 
          
            | Vulgar |  |  | 
          
            | Not polished |  |  | 
          
            | Rough around the edges |  |  | 
          
            | Unsuitable for mixed company |  |  | 
          
            | Rough, as sandpaper |  |  | 
          
            | Needing refinement |  |  | 
          
            | Unrefined |  |  | 
          
            | Ill-bred |  |  | 
          
            | Not cultured |  |  | 
          
            | Not fine-grained |  |  | 
          
            | Like some sandpaper |  |  | 
          
            | Needing polishing |  |  | 
          
            | Grating |  |  | 
          
            | Not refined |  |  | 
          
            | Boorish |  |  | 
          
            | Crass |  |  | 
          
            | Unrefined |  |  | 
          
            | Not refined |  |  | 
          
            | Lacking etiquette |  |  | 
          
            | Using one's shirtsleeve as a napkin, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Sandpaper choice |  |  | 
          
            | Churlish |  |  | 
          
            | Rough |  |  | 
          
            | Indelicate |  |  | 
          
            | Churlish |  |  | 
          
            | Like some files |  |  | 
          
            | Sandpaper grade |  |  | 
          
            | Rough |  |  | 
          
            | Crude |  |  | 
          
            | Like a rasp file |  |  | 
          
            | Indelicate |  |  | 
          
            | Crude |  |  | 
          
            | Far from finely ground |  |  | 
          
            | Rough |  |  | 
          
            | Unrefined |  |  | 
          
            | Like a cat's tongue |  |  | 
          
            | Unsmooth |  |  | 
          
            | Rough-cut |  |  | 
          
            | Sandpaper designation |  |  | 
          
            | Like a cat's tongue |  |  | 
          
            | Crude |  |  | 
          
            | Like a rasp file |  |  | 
          
            | Not fine |  |  | 
          
            | Unrefined |  |  | 
          
            | Common |  |  | 
          
            | Rough |  |  | 
          
            | Rough around the edges |  |  | 
          
            | Rough around the edges |  |  | 
          
            | Rough |  |  | 
          
            | Sandpaper rating |  |  | 
          
            | Indelicate |  |  | 
          
            | Common |  |  | 
          
            | Common |  |  | 
          
            | Unrefined |  |  | 
          
            | Like some sandpaper |  |  | 
          
            | Not fine-grained |  |  | 
          
            | Not refined |  |  | 
          
            | Not smooth |  |  | 
          
            | Unrefined |  |  | 
          
            | File rating |  |  | 
          
            | Scratchy |  |  | 
          
            | Sandpaper grade |  |  | 
          
            | Indelicate |  |  | 
          
            | Gauche |  |  | 
          
            | Unrefined |  |  | 
          
            | Gauche |  |  | 
          
            | Rough |  |  | 
          
            | Vulgar |  |  | 
          
            | Grating |  |  | 
          
            | Harsh |  |  | 
          
            | Common |  |  | 
          
            | Rough |  |  | 
          
            | Churlish |  |  | 
          
            | Like a cat's tongue |  |  | 
          
            | Unrefined |  |  | 
          
            | Vulgar |  |  | 
          
            | Scratchy |  |  | 
          
            | Loutish |  |  | 
          
            | Harsh |  |  | 
          
            | Crude |  |  | 
          
            | Gross |  |  | 
          
            | Ribald |  |  | 
          
            | Rough |  |  | 
          
            | Lacking delicacy |  |  | 
          
            | Inelegant |  |  | 
          
            | Unpolished. |  |  | 
          
            | Rough. |  |  | 
          
            | Like some humor. |  |  | 
          
            | Unpolished |  |  | 
          
            | Not subtle. |  |  | 
          
            | Like some hair. |  |  | 
          
            | Gross. |  |  | 
          
            | Mean. |  |  | 
          
            | Unrefined. |  |  | 
          
            | Not refined. |  |  | 
          
            | Raucous. |  |  |