| Sorcerous elder of folklore |
New York Times |
17 Sep 2025 |
| Hag (5) |
Puzzler |
13 Aug 2025 |
| Charles I was an old woman! (5) |
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| "Snow White" villain, e.g. |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Jun 2025 |
| Witchy woman |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Jun 2025 |
| Witch, often |
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| Witch |
Thomas Joseph |
31 May 2025 |
| Witchlike old woman |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
19 May 2025 |
| Hag |
Mirror Quick |
01 May 2025 |
| Credit single witch |
Mirror Cryptic |
01 May 2025 |
| Once, bumped right into the old hag (5) |
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| Old woman |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
24 Apr 2025 |
| Witch once worked around river (5) |
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| Credit one with being an old woman (5) |
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| Harridan (5) |
Puzzler |
30 Mar 2025 |
| An old woman |
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| Old woman |
Mirror Quick |
23 Jan 2025 |
| Credit single witch |
Mirror Cryptic |
23 Jan 2025 |
| Old woman won't quite make the corner (5) |
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| Give credit to an individual old woman (5) |
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| Here's one that gets credit - the old thing in fairy tale land! |
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| Hag gets right into shape (5) |
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| Old woman might reckon on losing the king (5) |
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| Witchy woman, as one of three in Macbeth |
The Telegraph Plusword |
11 Aug 2024 |
| Sinister woman of folklore |
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| Old woman is little credit to one (5) |
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| One of the witches in Macbeth, perhaps |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
15 Jul 2024 |
| The old girl has an ice-cream, which is about right (5) |
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| Hag |
Thomas Joseph |
18 May 2024 |
| Credit one who creates a folklore character |
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| Though old she may be a credit to one (5) |
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| Witch |
New York Times |
14 Feb 2024 |
| One taking credit for being a witch? (5) |
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| Old woman gets right into shape |
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| Hag |
Thomas Joseph |
27 Dec 2023 |
| Beldam |
The Sun Two Speed |
26 Dec 2023 |
| Witchy woman right in shape |
The Sun Two Speed |
26 Dec 2023 |
| Witch |
Eugene Sheffer |
09 Dec 2023 |
| Hag |
Thomas Joseph |
08 Dec 2023 |
| Witch or hag, in a children's tale? |
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| Witch |
Thomas Joseph |
14 Aug 2023 |
| Old witch |
New York Times |
12 Jun 2023 |
| Witch |
Thomas Joseph |
05 Dec 2022 |
| Witch |
Eugene Sheffer |
18 May 2022 |
| Witch |
Thomas Joseph |
06 Apr 2022 |
| Pot boiler in "Macbeth" |
LA Times Daily |
19 Dec 2021 |
| Witch |
Thomas Joseph |
22 Oct 2021 |
| Aged Grimm character |
New York Times |
23 Aug 2021 |
| Ugly old woman |
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| Fairy tale villain |
New York Times |
20 Feb 2021 |
| Witchy woman |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Dec 2020 |
| Hag |
Thomas Joseph |
04 Nov 2020 |
| Witch |
New York Times |
19 Apr 2020 |
| Witch |
Thomas Joseph |
08 Feb 2020 |
| Ugly old woman |
The Times Concise |
21 Dec 2019 |
| Witch |
The Washington Post |
17 Nov 2019 |
| Witch |
LA Times Daily |
17 Nov 2019 |
| Queen's disguise in "Snow White" |
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| Grimalkin |
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| Grimalkin |
New York Times |
17 Oct 2019 |
| Old woman |
Canadiana |
14 Oct 2019 |
| Fairy tale meanie |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Jun 2019 |
| Witchy woman |
USA Today |
02 Mar 2019 |
| Withered witch |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Jan 2019 |
| Fairy tale meanie |
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| Witchy woman |
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| Withered witch |
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| Witch, and the combination of letters added to this puzzle's theme answers |
Wall Street Journal |
31 Oct 2018 |
| Aged fairy tale character |
New York Times |
10 Sep 2018 |
| Hag |
The Sun Two Speed |
20 Jun 2018 |
| Witchy woman right in shape |
The Sun Two Speed |
20 Jun 2018 |
| Fairy tale villain |
The Washington Post |
20 May 2018 |
| Fairy tale villain |
LA Times Daily |
20 May 2018 |
| Aged fairy tale character |
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| Fairy tale villain |
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| Witch, and the combination of letters added to this puzzle's theme answers |
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| Beldam |
Universal |
20 Nov 2017 |
| Witchy old woman |
Universal |
09 Nov 2017 |
| Witchy one |
Universal |
20 Jul 2017 |
| Queen's disguise in 'Snow White' |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Apr 2017 |
| Witchy old woman |
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| Witchy one |
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| Beldam |
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| Witch |
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| Hag‘s warning of stormy period once engulfing monarch |
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| Witchy woman |
Universal |
17 Oct 2016 |
| Witchlike woman |
Universal |
16 Aug 2016 |
| Witchy woman |
Family Time |
10 Jul 2016 |
| Old hag |
Universal |
03 Jul 2016 |
| Witchy woman |
Eugene Sheffer |
20 Jan 2016 |
| Witchy woman |
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| Witch |
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| Old hag |
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| Witchlike woman |
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| Hag |
Family Time |
13 Dec 2015 |
| Old woman tucking right into ice cream |
The Times Cryptic |
03 Dec 2015 |
| Witchy sort |
New York Times |
01 Sep 2015 |
| Hag |
LA Times Daily |
14 Jul 2015 |
| Hag |
USA Today |
17 Mar 2015 |
| Old, withered woman |
USA Today |
23 Feb 2015 |
| Witchlike old woman |
Universal |
01 Feb 2015 |
| Old, withered woman |
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| Hag |
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| Hag |
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| Hag |
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| Witchy sort |
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| Witchlike old woman |
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| Witchlike woman |
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| Hideous old woman |
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| "Snow White" meanie |
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| Witchy woman |
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| Hag |
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| Witch |
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| Witchy woman |
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| Hardly a grandmotherly type |
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| Hag or witch |
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| Old hag |
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| Cauldron stirrer |
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| Hag |
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| Beldame |
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| Old witch |
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| Hag |
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| Witchy woman |
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| Old battle-ax |
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| Witchy woman |
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| Witch |
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| Old battle-ax |
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| Old witch |
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| Grimalkin |
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| Witchy old woman |
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| Witchy woman |
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| Old woman in folklore |
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| Old battle-ax |
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| Witch |
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| Witch |
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| Withered old witch |
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| Old witch |
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| Hag |
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| Coven member |
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| Brewer of lore |
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| Withered woman |
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| Brewer of lore |
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| Hag |
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| Hag |
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| Witchy woman |
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| Beldame |
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| Beldam |
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| Old hag |
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| Witchy woman |
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| Old witch |
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| Witch |
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| Woman like a witch |
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| Withered woman |
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| Hag |
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| Old hag |
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| Old witch |
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| Knockout's opposite |
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| Hideous one |
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| Snow White's poisoner |
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| Witchy woman |
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| Hag |
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| Hardly a grandmotherly type |
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| What the Queen turns into in "Snow White" |
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| Virago |
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| Withered old witch |
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| Knockout opposite |
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| Old woman |
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| Old woman |
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| "Snow White" meanie |
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| Old bat |
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| Old woman |
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| Harridan |
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| Grimm baddie |
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| Witchlike woman |
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| Old hag |
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| Hag |
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| Witchy sort |
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| Witchy woman |
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| Beldam |
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| Old, withered woman |
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| Ulrica, in "Ivanhoe" |
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| Ulrica in "Ivanhoe" |
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| Harridan |
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| Beldame |
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| Withered old woman |
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| Beldam. |
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| Li'l Abner's mammy. |
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| Li'l Abner's Pansy, for instance. |
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| Old witch |
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| Withered old woman. |
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| Fairy tale figure. |
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| Old woman. |
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| Fairy-tale witch. |
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| Beldame. |
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| Witch. |
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| Hag. |
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| Withered one. |
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| Old Mother Hubbard. |
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| Woman from Shangri-La. |
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| Ulrica in "Ivanhoe." |
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| Harridan. |
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| What Ulrica was in "Ivanhoe." |
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| Ugly woman |
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