| Contend company favoured blocking the writer |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
05 Sep 2025 |
| Strive to show up outside favourite (7) |
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| Liberal excluded from entire contest |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
22 Jul 2025 |
| Come without favourite to try for the prize (7) |
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| Pit myself against the favourite in? Come! (7) |
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| Top emcee falling short after struggling in contest (7) |
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| Be in the running to win and wrap it up, getting rid of novice (7) |
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| Take part in a game to win (7) |
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| Strive to make the favourite come round (7) |
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| Play against the favourite in "84" (7) |
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| Race to arrive about favourite (7) |
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| Arrive without favourite in race |
The Sun Two Speed |
02 Mar 2025 |
| Vie |
The Sun Two Speed |
02 Mar 2025 |
| Take part in: - in race, eg |
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| To take part, arrive holding one's favourite animal (7) |
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| Arrive holding favourite to take part in contest (7) |
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| Contest to analyse poem etc. (7) |
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| Contend for a prize |
The Sun Mini |
02 Jan 2025 |
| Favourite has to come round to get into the race (7) |
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| Come round, dear, and enter the events (7) |
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| Enter the race and arrive when the favourite gets in (7) |
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| Strive to produce a poem etc. (7) |
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| Try for a gold medal |
Family Time |
29 Sep 2024 |
| Arrive having entered favourite in race |
The Sun Two Speed |
04 Jul 2024 |
| Vie |
The Sun Two Speed |
04 Jul 2024 |
| Take part in (sports, eg) (7) |
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| Start to contend with an old man taking on a little boy (7) |
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| Arrive carrying the pet to participate in (7) |
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| Dispute, strive or struggle? |
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| Vie |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Jun 2024 |
| Arrive holding a favourite to take part (7) |
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| Take part, sportingly (7) |
Puzzler |
26 Apr 2024 |
| Take part when whole is left out (7) |
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| Firm favourite has me on the outside to contend with (7) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
05 Apr 2024 |
| Arrive holding one favoured and take part (7) |
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| Play Sampras after business meeting, initially (7) |
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| Vie with the favourite in? Come! (7) |
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| Vie |
Mirror Quick |
07 Mar 2024 |
| Arrive with dog, say, to take part |
Mirror Cryptic |
07 Mar 2024 |
| Engage in a contest |
Mirror Classic |
24 Feb 2024 |
| Contend (for) (7) |
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| Play is finished with line removed (7) |
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| Take part in dog show, perhaps, but arrive without dog? |
The Times Cryptic |
25 Dec 2023 |
| Engage in a contest |
Mirror Classic |
05 Dec 2023 |
| Take part not all of whole (missing fifth) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
03 Nov 2023 |
| Try to win |
Universal |
10 Jul 2023 |
| Contend |
The Telegraph Quick |
14 Mar 2023 |
| Struggle with advance embracing sweetheart |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
16 Feb 2023 |
| Engage in a contest |
The Guardian Quick |
28 Jan 2023 |
| Go head-to-head (with) |
New York Times |
15 Jan 2023 |
| Vie |
The Times Concise |
09 Dec 2022 |
| Go for the gold |
Family Time |
05 Sep 2022 |
| Vie |
The Times Concise |
05 Jul 2022 |
| Contend |
Canadiana |
27 Jun 2022 |
| Participate in a tournament |
USA Today |
26 Jun 2022 |
| Vie |
The Washington Post |
12 May 2022 |
| Vie |
LA Times Daily |
12 May 2022 |
| Try for a title |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Oct 2021 |
| Participate in a contest |
USA Today |
07 Aug 2021 |
| Arrive without favourite in race |
The Sun Two Speed |
25 Mar 2021 |
| Vie |
The Sun Two Speed |
25 Mar 2021 |
| No end of potential seen in whole contest |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
02 Dec 2020 |
| Try for the title |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Oct 2020 |
| School garden party — head not required to take part |
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| Vie |
The Telegraph Quick |
09 Jun 2020 |
| Try to win |
USA Today |
03 Jun 2020 |
| Accomplished Liberal turned out to take part |
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| Contend |
The Telegraph Quick |
31 Dec 2019 |
| Fifty fail to appear in entire contest |
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| Vie |
Universal |
08 Jul 2019 |
| Vie |
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| Play seriously |
The Washington Post |
19 Oct 2018 |
| Play seriously |
LA Times Daily |
19 Oct 2018 |
| Vie |
Thomas Joseph |
03 Oct 2018 |
| Appear to have nobbled favourite in attempt to win |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
29 Jul 2018 |
| Play seriously |
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| Enter a tournament |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Nov 2017 |
| Go head to head |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Aug 2017 |
| Take part, fixing favourite in advance |
The Times Cryptic |
19 Jan 2017 |
| Run in a race, say |
USA Today |
10 Sep 2016 |
| Finish without large fight |
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| Finish without large fight |
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| Host with time for right contest |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
20 Apr 2016 |
| Left out of finish of contest |
The Sun Two Speed |
30 Dec 2015 |
| Be in the running |
The Sun Two Speed |
30 Dec 2015 |
| Go for the gold |
Newsday |
05 Jul 2015 |
| Get in the game |
Universal |
14 Jun 2015 |
| Vie |
LA Times Daily |
11 May 2015 |
| Try to win and finish losing pounds |
The Times Cryptic |
16 Apr 2015 |
| Vie |
The Times Concise |
03 Feb 2015 |
| Vie |
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| Go for the gold |
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| Get in the game |
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| Vie for domestic income? |
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| Take part in contest and finish 50 short |
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| Vie |
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| Go for the gold, e.g. |
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| Vie |
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| Play games |
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| Struggle |
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| Audition, e.g. |
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| Get in the running |
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| Be rivals |
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| Struggle |
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| Audition, e.g. |
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| Vie |
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| Go for the gold |
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| Vie |
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| Vie |
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| Go for the gold, e.g. |
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| Vie |
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| Try to outdo |
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| Run in a race |
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| Take part in a game |
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| Contend in rivalry. |
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| Play games? |
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| Be in rivalry. |
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