| Game show for which 3-2-1 signifies the end? (9) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
04 Aug 2025 |
| Long-running Channel 4 show featuring parts of answers to asterisked clues |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
06 Jun 2025 |
| Long-running Channel 4 game show (9) |
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| New Year Eve's finale that starts the next year |
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| 8 Out of 10 Cats Does ___, British comedy gameshow (9) |
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| Brainy quiz on Channel 4 with Rachel Riley (9) |
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| Crucial last moments in a game, or a popular New Year's tradition that involves shouting numbers backwards |
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| Pre-midnight ritual involving numbers |
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| The last thing many people do each year, as depicted in the circles |
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| Person of rank very depressed before blastoff (9) |
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| Iconic Aussie music show |
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| Northern Irish region ignoring unknown Channel 4 programme (9) |
The Guardian Quiptic |
08 Dec 2024 |
| A reckoning that comes to nothing (5,4) |
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| Reverse numbers before a rocket's take-off (9) |
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| Long-running TV game show (9) |
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| Channel 4 quiz (9) |
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| Noble individual, hoarding diamonds, is launching event (9) |
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| Long-running game show about letters and numbers (9) |
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| Programme final seconds before lift-off (9) |
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| The noble one is not yet up but getting ready to blast off (9) |
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| Molly Meldrum's old TV show |
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| 3-2-1, perhaps TV show suiting cruciverbalists? |
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| New Year Eve's finale that starts the next year |
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| Long-running TV show on which answers to starred clues have appeared (9) |
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| That backward business before blast-off (9) |
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| Brainy C4 quiz that merges with 8 Out Of 10 Cats (9) |
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| Nobleman not working for numbered lead-up (9) |
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| A procession of figures going backwards? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
14 Feb 2024 |
| A procession of figures going backwards? (9) |
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| Unknown’s withdrawn from Irish part in series that comes to nought? |
The Times Cryptic |
28 Dec 2023 |
| Judge on wretched TV show |
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| Second check where unknown leaves an Ulster district |
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| Dracula perhaps depressed with approaching deadline |
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| Member of aristocracy leads part of NI in preparation for event |
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| 3-2-1 is a popular TV show |
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| Long-running British TV game show based on the French programme Des chiffres et des lettres |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
28 Jul 2019 |
| Nobleman's wife coming in to put on show |
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| Pre-midnight numerical ritual |
Newsday |
31 Dec 2018 |
| ...nobility's pensive, it's before the race |
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| Noble not up for launch preparation |
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| Earl gets depressed coming up to New Year's Day |
Irish Times Crosaire |
07 Jun 2018 |
| What might end the year, and a hint to five answers in this puzzle |
Wall Street Journal |
02 May 2018 |
| What might end the year, and a hint to five answers in this puzzle |
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| Reckoning that comes to nothing |
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| ...some noblemen to seize soft feathers for rituals in Sriharikota |
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| Matter less: it comes to nothing |
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| Bloodsucker is depressed, as time is running out |
Irish Times Crosaire |
04 Jan 2016 |
| Aristocrat with sad show on daytime TV |
The Telegraph Toughie |
10 Dec 2015 |
| One stops at nothing to effect rocket launch |
The Times Cryptic |
21 Oct 2015 |
| TV quiz show |
The Telegraph Quick |
02 Sep 2015 |
| Prelude to missile attack, perhaps, not unknown in region of Ireland |
The Times Cryptic |
25 Mar 2015 |
| Declining figures for game show |
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| "The Final ___" |
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| 12/31 recitation |
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| *Mark the transition from an old year to the new, maybe |
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| Activity preceding liftoff |
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| 17 Across event |
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| NASA arithmetic |
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| 10, 9, 8, etc. |
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| Missile launching procedure. |
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| Prelude at Kennedy. |
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| Canaveral arithmetic. |
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| Pre-launch routine. |
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| Canaveral procedure. |
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