| Cower (6) |
Mirror Quick |
17 Aug 2025 |
| Church gets call from shrink (6) |
Mirror Cryptic |
17 Aug 2025 |
| Shrink back, flinch (6) |
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| [die from embarrassment] |
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| Show secondhand embarrassment |
USA Today |
28 Jun 2025 |
| Cower when church gets a call (6) |
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| Between cigarette ends, the band will fawn or grovel (6) |
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| Shrink back |
The Sun Two Speed |
23 Mar 2025 |
| Wince where church welcomes cartel |
The Sun Two Speed |
23 Mar 2025 |
| Cower from group in case of crime (6) |
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| Cower in fear |
Mirror Tea Time |
05 Jan 2025 |
| Bow Church concealing the sounds of its bells |
The Times Cryptic |
01 Jan 2025 |
| Like content that causes secondhand embarrassment |
New York Times |
19 Nov 2024 |
| Make oneself fearfully small |
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| Cower in fear |
Mirror Tea Time |
19 Oct 2024 |
| Squirm with embarrassment (6) |
The Guardian Quick |
08 Oct 2024 |
| Inward shiver of embarrassment (6) |
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| Church gets call from shrink |
Mirror Cryptic |
02 Oct 2024 |
| Cower |
Mirror Quick |
02 Oct 2024 |
| Wince in embarrassment from sound of phone in church (6) |
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| Caught with jewellery, middle-men cower (6) |
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| Recoil |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
15 Jul 2024 |
| Cower(6) |
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| Be servile! Allow little Eric credit for his spirit |
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| Start of crank call, English makes you wince (6) |
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| Embarrassed shiver |
Wall Street Journal |
07 May 2024 |
| Cower with band in church (6) |
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| Flinch, recoil |
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| Cower, flinch |
Irish Times Simplex |
15 Apr 2024 |
| Crouch with servility |
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| Cower when a jewellery item is found in church (6) |
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| Quail (6) |
Puzzler |
28 Jan 2024 |
| React to an embarrassing video |
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| Response to an approaching embarrassment |
New York Times |
12 Jan 2024 |
| Flinch with fear or embarrassment |
The Times Concise |
01 Jan 2024 |
| React to something extremely awkward or embarrassing |
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| [Oooh, that's embarrassing] |
New York Times |
13 Dec 2023 |
| Church gets some jewellery to shrink |
Mirror Cryptic |
12 Dec 2023 |
| Cower |
Mirror Quick |
12 Dec 2023 |
| In case of collapse, call shrink |
The Telegraph Toughie |
06 Dec 2023 |
| In case of collapse, call shrink (6) |
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| [That's soooo awkward!] |
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| Group in church behave in a submissive way |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
14 Jun 2023 |
| React to an awkward moment, say |
LA Times Daily |
24 Nov 2022 |
| React to something awkward |
Universal |
26 Aug 2022 |
| Shrink back |
Premier Sunday |
26 Jun 2022 |
| Demonstrate discomfort |
The Washington Post Sunday |
12 Jun 2022 |
| Shrink in fear |
Thomas Joseph |
26 May 2022 |
| [I'm so uncomfortable right now] |
LA Times Daily |
14 May 2022 |
| [I'm so uncomfortable right now] |
The Washington Post |
14 May 2022 |
| Flinch — fawn |
The Guardian Quick |
02 Apr 2022 |
| Wince in embarrassment or disgust |
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| [awkward] |
New York Times |
02 Oct 2021 |
| Cower |
The Telegraph Quick |
09 Sep 2021 |
| Cower |
Eugene Sheffer |
04 May 2021 |
| Response to a truly bad joke |
Universal |
01 May 2021 |
| Cower |
Thomas Joseph |
27 Apr 2021 |
| Cower |
The Telegraph Quick |
03 Mar 2021 |
| Cower in fear |
The Times Concise |
20 Feb 2021 |
| Shrink back |
The Sun Two Speed |
05 Dec 2020 |
| Wince where church welcomes cartel |
The Sun Two Speed |
05 Dec 2020 |
| Experience embarrassment |
Universal |
26 Nov 2020 |
| ___ comedy (genre featuring awkward, embarrassing situations) |
The Washington Post Sunday |
01 Nov 2020 |
| Group in church squirm |
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| Wince in embarrassment where church welcomes cartel |
The Telegraph Toughie |
06 Oct 2020 |
| Betray fear |
Wall Street Journal |
21 May 2020 |
| Squirm in an awkward or embarrassing situation |
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| React to an awkward situation |
USA Today |
04 Dec 2019 |
| Bell sound in church makes you squirm |
The Sun Two Speed |
12 Aug 2019 |
| Cower, flinch |
Irish Times Simplex |
29 Jul 2019 |
| Draw back in fear |
USA Today |
12 May 2019 |
| Shrink in fear |
USA Today |
31 Mar 2019 |
| Draw back in fear |
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| Shrink in fear |
|
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| [Ouch!] |
Newsday |
08 Dec 2018 |
| Draw back in horror |
Universal |
21 Nov 2018 |
| Bell in church makes you wince in fear |
The Sun Two Speed |
20 Oct 2018 |
| Show fear, weeping — no yen, little energy |
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| Cower |
The Guardian Speedy |
06 Oct 2018 |
| React to an awkward moment |
The Washington Post |
26 Aug 2018 |
| React to an awkward moment |
LA Times Daily |
26 Aug 2018 |
| Draw back from phone in church |
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| Recoil in distaste |
Jonesin |
08 May 2018 |
| Toady: 'Credit to eccentric Nige!' |
|
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| Draw back in fright |
Newsday |
09 Mar 2018 |
| React to an embarrassing act |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Jan 2018 |
| React to an awkward moment |
|
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| Draw back in horror |
|
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| Grovel with item of jewellery in church |
|
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| Wince |
Premier Sunday |
12 Nov 2017 |
| Display discomfiture |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Oct 2017 |
| Flinch from bells in church |
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| Reaction to an awkward moment |
New York Times |
16 Aug 2017 |
| Draw back in fear |
Newsday |
01 Aug 2017 |
| Cold enclosure for doe's last fawn |
|
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| Shrink in fear |
Universal |
07 Jun 2017 |
| Shrink in fear |
The Washington Post |
08 Mar 2017 |
| Shrink in fear |
LA Times Daily |
08 Mar 2017 |
| Shrink in fear |
|
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| Reaction to an awkward moment |
|
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| Shrink in fear |
|
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| Squirm |
The Telegraph Quick |
14 Oct 2016 |
| Wince |
Universal |
12 Jul 2016 |
| Wince |
The Washington Post |
23 Jun 2016 |
| Shy away from group in Clare |
Irish Times Crosaire |
17 Mar 2016 |
| Grovel |
The Telegraph Quick |
18 Feb 2016 |
| Wince |
|
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| Sound of bell in church makes you feel embarrassed |
|
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| Cower, quail |
The Sun Two Speed |
03 Nov 2015 |
| Be embarrassed – church is about to call |
The Sun Two Speed |
03 Nov 2015 |
| Sound of mobile going off in church may make one squirm |
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| Show fright |
Newsday |
29 May 2015 |
| Group in church make obeisance |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
25 Apr 2015 |
| Sound of mobile in church makes one squirm |
The Times Cryptic |
19 Jan 2015 |
| Show fright |
|
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| React to a Ricky Gervais bit, perhaps |
|
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| Recoil in distaste |
|
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| [That makes me so uncomfortable] |
|
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| React to a "Curb Your Enthusiasm" bit, say |
|
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| Quail |
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| Recoil in fear |
|
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| React with fright |
|
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| React with fright |
|
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| Shrink in fear |
|
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| Recoil in fear |
|
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| Cower |
|
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| Recoil in fear |
|
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| Cower |
|
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| Show fear, in a way |
|
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| Show fear, in a way |
|
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| Cower |
|
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| Recoil in distaste |
|
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| Behave servilely |
|
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| Shrink in fear |
|
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| Wince |
|
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| Cower |
|
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| Recoil |
|
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| Shrink away |
|
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| Shrink in fear |
|
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| Draw back |
|
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| Shrink |
|
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| Shrink in fear |
|
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| Show fear |
|
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| Recoil |
|
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| Recoil |
|
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| Cower |
|
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| Shrink |
|
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| Fawn |
|
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| Wince. |
|
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| Shrink. |
|
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| Fawn. |
|
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| [That's a sore subject] |
|
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| Cower. |
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