| Select from a large group |
Premier Sunday |
22 Feb 2026 |
| Weed out |
Newsday |
18 Feb 2026 |
| Choose from a group |
Universal |
03 Dec 2025 |
| Cherry-pick |
LA Times Daily |
09 Nov 2025 |
| Large reduction in staff (4) |
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| Reduce a population (4) |
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| Gather |
The Telegraph Quick |
05 Jun 2025 |
| To gather flowers, etc., can mean killing some |
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| Reduce the number of animals McCullough has (4) |
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| The killing of weaker animals to remove inferior specimens from the group (4) |
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| Sift through |
Commuter |
24 Feb 2025 |
| Select carefully from many |
Family Time |
16 Feb 2025 |
| Reduce the numbers of |
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| Pare down, as one's followers list |
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| Cherry-pick |
Universal |
29 Dec 2024 |
| Golden Curls in Mr. Loverman (6,4) |
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| Selectively eliminate |
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| Select an animal from a herd, etc. |
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| The killing of weaker animals to remove inferior specimens from a group (4) |
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| Control overpopulation (4) |
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| Pick the pick of the litter |
Family Time |
15 Sep 2024 |
| Selective slaughter |
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| Systematically take out |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
21 Aug 2024 |
| Pick out and destroy (4) |
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| Eliminate, to reduce a population (4) |
Puzzler |
24 Jun 2024 |
| Sift through |
LA Times Daily |
26 May 2024 |
| Slaughter selectively (4) |
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| Carefully winnow |
Wall Street Journal |
18 May 2024 |
| Carefully pick out |
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| Pick out |
Premier Sunday |
28 Apr 2024 |
| Population control of a group of animals by selective slaughter. (4) |
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| ___ the herd |
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| __ the herd |
Commuter |
12 Apr 2024 |
| Kill to control numbers |
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| Carefully select and gather |
Family Time |
25 Mar 2024 |
| Reduce the population by selective slaughter (4) |
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| Gather, pick |
The Guardian Quick |
06 Feb 2024 |
| Thin out (a population, eg) (4) |
Puzzler |
03 Jan 2024 |
| Select short oar avoiding latest in paddles (4) |
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| Reduce numbers |
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| Remove undesirable items |
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| Winnow |
LA Times Daily |
21 Sep 2023 |
| Select from a group |
Eugene Sheffer |
08 Sep 2023 |
| Gather carefully |
Eugene Sheffer |
11 Aug 2023 |
| Gather selectively |
LA Times Daily |
22 Jul 2023 |
| Select with care |
LA Times Daily |
16 Jul 2023 |
| Selective slaughter of animals |
The Times Concise |
18 Nov 2022 |
| Cherry-pick |
LA Times Daily |
11 Nov 2022 |
| Winnow |
LA Times Daily |
03 Nov 2022 |
| Carefully select |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Jul 2022 |
| Select from a supply |
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| Select from a group |
Eugene Sheffer |
09 Sep 2021 |
| Select from a group |
USA Today |
11 Aug 2021 |
| Reduce selectively |
The Telegraph Quick |
24 Aug 2020 |
| Obtain from a variety of sources |
The Guardian Speedy |
03 May 2020 |
| Separate the best from the rest |
Universal |
20 Jan 2020 |
| Pick out with care |
LA Times Daily |
30 Sep 2019 |
| Pick out with care |
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| Bruised peach, to an orchardist |
Newsday |
17 Aug 2019 |
| Thin out, as a herd |
USA Today |
12 Aug 2019 |
| Copper left fifty to select from group |
The Sun Two Speed |
05 May 2019 |
| Gather or glean |
The Sun Two Speed |
05 May 2019 |
| Proportionate kill |
The Telegraph Quick |
26 Apr 2019 |
| Carefully select |
Thomas Joseph |
08 Mar 2019 |
| Thin out, as a herd |
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| Pick out with care |
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| Gather |
The Telegraph Quick |
13 Dec 2018 |
| Separate out |
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| Select from a group |
Eugene Sheffer |
06 Sep 2018 |
| Pick out |
New York Times |
15 Jul 2018 |
| Carefully remove Freya to reduce numbers |
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| Pick out |
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| Pick out from others |
Premier Sunday |
24 Dec 2017 |
| Choose what's choice |
Newsday |
21 Oct 2017 |
| Select from a group |
Family Time |
18 Sep 2017 |
| Cherry-pick |
LA Times Daily |
03 Sep 2017 |
| Cherry-pick |
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| Extract with care |
Newsday |
20 May 2017 |
| Selectively remove |
LA Times Daily |
16 Apr 2017 |
| Selectively remove |
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| Carefully select and gather |
Universal |
12 Mar 2017 |
| Sift |
The Telegraph Quick |
27 Feb 2017 |
| Cherry-pick |
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| Selectively remove |
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| Carefully select and gather |
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| Winnow |
Universal |
29 Nov 2016 |
| Gather selectively |
Newsday |
20 Nov 2016 |
| Thin out |
The Telegraph Quick |
07 Nov 2016 |
| Selectively slaughter |
The Times Concise |
07 Oct 2016 |
| Remove the weak |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Sep 2016 |
| Select and destroy |
The Telegraph Quick |
25 Aug 2016 |
| Select |
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| Select from a group |
Universal |
01 Oct 2015 |
| Select and gather |
Universal |
17 Aug 2015 |
| Gather |
New York Times |
07 Jul 2015 |
| Separate, as the wheat from the chaff |
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| Select carefully |
Universal |
01 May 2015 |
| Carefully select |
Universal |
05 Apr 2015 |
| Select |
LA Times Daily |
18 Mar 2015 |
| Select with care |
LA Times Daily |
09 Feb 2015 |
| Choose; thin out |
The Telegraph Quick |
05 Jan 2015 |
| Carefully select |
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| Cherry-pick |
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| Separate, as the wheat from the chaff |
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| Select from a group |
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| Select carefully |
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| Select and gather |
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| Gather |
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| Select with care |
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| Select |
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| Hide away |
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| Select carefully |
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| Pluck pickily |
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| Pick the pick of the litter |
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| Choose the best |
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| Pick |
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| Glean |
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| Carefully select |
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| Glean |
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| Choose the best of |
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| Gather discriminately |
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| Gather discriminately |
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| Pick through |
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| Put aside the inferior ones |
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| Sift through |
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| Select |
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| Gather selectively |
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| Get the best of |
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| Eliminate the chaff from |
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| Select |
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| Select |
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| Gather selectively |
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| Cherry-pick |
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| Pick out |
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| Winnow |
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| Gather selectively |
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| Pick |
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| Pick out |
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| Select |
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| Pick and choose |
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| Gather selectively |
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| Pick |
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| Sift through |
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| Select |
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| Pick over |
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| Pick |
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| Select |
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| Pick through |
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| Pick the pick of the litter, e.g. |
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| Select |
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| Pick over |
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| Select the best |
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| Gather |
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| Sift through |
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| Carefully select |
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| Pick out |
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| Look for and gather |
|
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| Glean |
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| Sort |
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| Gather |
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| Pick over |
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| Reject |
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| Gather |
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| Pick |
|
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| Pick the pick of the litter |
|
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| Winnow |
|
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| Pick |
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| Look for and gather |
|
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| Select |
New York Times |
31 Oct 2000 |
| Winnow |
|
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| Make a selection |
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| Select |
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| Choose the best |
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| Choose |
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| Select carefully |
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| Weed out |
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| Gather carefully |
|
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| Choose what is choice |
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| Garner |
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| Choose carefully |
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| Select. |
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| Select and gather. |
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| Pick over. |
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| Choose and gather. |
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| Choose and gather, as flowers. |
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| Choose. |
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| Pick the best. |
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| Pick out. |
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| Gather. |
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