| Surmount or defeat (7) |
The Guardian Quick |
27 Jun 2025 |
| Best chestnut picked up |
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| Defeat |
Mirror Tea Time |
24 May 2025 |
| Vanquish, beat in war (7) |
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| Be like Norman William, sounding like a nut |
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| Win trick with two queens (7) |
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| Vanquish, defeat |
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| Defeat criminal with detailed question |
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| Possibly worst master to convince in the old-fashioned way |
The Times Mephisto |
06 Oct 2024 |
| Hapless queen consort loses notes, but will overcome it |
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| Defeat with a horse chestnut, say (7) |
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| What William came to do with horse chestnut, you say? (7) |
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| Overcome by military force. (7) |
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| Defeat with a chestnut reportedly (7) |
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| Gain victory over (7) |
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| Invade & rule |
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| Soundly used in fight, the chestnut will emerge victorious (7) |
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| Overcome |
The Guardian Quick |
26 Apr 2024 |
| Climb (a mountain) successfully (7) |
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| She Stoops to ___, play by Oliver Goldsmith (7) |
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| Overcome by force (7) |
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| Get the better of an inedible chestnut, one is told (7) |
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| Successfully overcome |
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| Defeat, vanquish (7) |
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| Crush horse chestnut using mouth (7) |
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| Kind of chestnut picked up for master |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
18 Oct 2023 |
| Vanquish |
The Guardian Quick |
02 Nov 2022 |
| Appropriate question during recess, not right? |
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| Take by military force |
The Times Concise |
13 Nov 2021 |
| Best do what in Spain and run? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
18 Aug 2021 |
| Defeat inmate with short question |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
19 Jul 2021 |
| Defeat |
The Telegraph Quick |
25 May 2021 |
| Vanquish |
New York Times |
05 May 2021 |
| Declared object in game? To be the victor! |
The Telegraph Toughie |
22 Dec 2020 |
| Win a couple of these in sound game |
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| Defeat a hard nut, did you say? |
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| Crush nut noisily |
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| Defeat, overcome |
Irish Times Simplex |
16 Jul 2020 |
| Defeat |
The Times Concise |
15 Mar 2020 |
| Get the better of |
Irish Times Simplex |
01 Nov 2019 |
| Deceit that French Resistance overcome |
The Telegraph Toughie |
29 Mar 2019 |
| Gain possession by force |
Irish Times Simplex |
27 Dec 2018 |
| Climb (a mountain) |
The Times Concise |
24 Jul 2018 |
| Capture by force |
The Telegraph Quick |
13 Jul 2018 |
| Archdeacon querulously admitting defeat |
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| Defeat a swinger in game, we hear |
The Times Cryptic |
12 Apr 2017 |
| Defeat a swinger in game, we hear |
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| Take possession of a territory by force |
Irish Times Simplex |
06 Jan 2017 |
| Overcome argument against short question |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
28 Dec 2016 |
| Get over queen's consort losing stones |
Irish Times Crosaire |
26 Nov 2016 |
| Overcome, vanquish |
The Times Concise |
02 Nov 2016 |
| Take possession by force |
Irish Times Simplex |
07 Sep 2016 |
| Vanquish |
The Guardian Quick |
11 Jun 2016 |
| Get over queen's consort dropping stones |
Irish Times Crosaire |
17 Jan 2015 |
| Beat |
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| Vanquish |
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| Overcome |
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| Emulate William I of England |
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| Vanquish |
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