| Swear word |
Commuter |
03 Oct 2025 |
| Wish ill on scoundrels with minimal energy (5) |
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| Cuss the unorthodox cures (5) |
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| Swear the Italian leader leaves the crazy cruise (5) |
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| Profane oath |
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| With 9-Across, "A pox upon thee!" |
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| Swear to devise cures (5) |
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| Damn solution consuming last of brains |
The Telegraph Toughie |
29 May 2025 |
| Torment worthless dogs with little energy |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
20 May 2025 |
| Bring evil upon |
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| Bad language, use of which may be compounded with credit (5) |
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| Swear |
Thomas Joseph |
28 Apr 2025 |
| Oath scoundrels break, essentially |
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| See sure disaster as an evil (5) |
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| Oath |
Mirror Classic |
16 Mar 2025 |
| Hex, jinx |
The Times Concise |
27 Feb 2025 |
| Swear nothing left the racetrack (5) |
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| Swear |
The Telegraph Quick |
17 Feb 2025 |
| It might spell trouble |
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| Cures gone wrong, dammit! (5) |
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| Possibly cures an affliction |
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| Say "&#@!%," say |
Universal |
22 Jan 2025 |
| "$%@!," e.g. |
New York Times Mini |
20 Jan 2025 |
| Oath, blight (5) |
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| Sure! There's another 100 who'd swear to it |
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| 15 taking in 16's first to use bad language (5) |
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| Put a whammy on |
LA Times Daily |
07 Jan 2025 |
| Witch's evil spell |
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| Swear nothing is omitted from part of meal (5) |
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| Swear there's nothing missing from the workshop (5) |
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| Head of company impetuous enough to go bankrupt (5) |
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| Swear at the skinhead interrupting medical treatment (5) |
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| Hex |
The Times Sunday Concise |
03 Nov 2024 |
| Some of us must go in for treatment, dammit! (5) |
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| Source of misfortune |
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| Expletive occurs exceptionally? Not entirely (5) |
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| Imprecation (5) |
Puzzler |
17 Oct 2024 |
| Drop an F-bomb, say |
New York Times |
16 Oct 2024 |
| Condemn complicated cures (5) |
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| Jinx |
Newsday |
11 Oct 2024 |
| American reality series, The ___-- of Oak Island (5) |
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| "Pirates of the Caribbean: The ___ of the Black Pearl" |
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| Caught out, sure to swear (5) |
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| Bad imprecation results when I leave 24 (5) |
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| Swear there's nothing out of the way |
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| Swear |
Thomas Joseph |
23 Aug 2024 |
| Cause of misfortune (5) |
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| Swear at the dog, a little setter (5) |
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| Hex |
The Telegraph Mini |
24 Jun 2024 |
| Swear |
Commuter |
19 Jun 2024 |
| Bad luck dogs the finale (5) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
12 Jun 2024 |
| Say something bad about sulphur used in remedy (5) |
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| "The ___" (show starring Emma Stone, Nathan Fiedler, and Benny Safdie) |
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| Swear after hounds get early start |
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| Witch's spell |
Newsday |
22 May 2024 |
| Witch's threat, in fairy tales |
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| A great affliction |
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| Hex on hound's handsome tail (5) |
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| Incur sentence to excommunicate |
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| Caught out, sure to be abusive (5) |
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| Express displeasure when cures go wrong (5) |
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| Spell that's "broken" by 59-Across |
New York Times |
10 Apr 2024 |
| Remedy includes small oath (5) |
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| When dogs go to earth, it means trouble (5) |
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| Swear word |
New York Times Mini |
15 Mar 2024 |
| Invocation wishing harm (5) |
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| Remedy without sulphur brings disaster |
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| Swear |
The Telegraph Quick |
04 Mar 2024 |
| There's a remedy round the south for the plague (5) |
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| Hex |
Commuter |
01 Feb 2024 |
| A cure's called for to offset that evil invocation |
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| Wretches, note, use bad language (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
06 Jan 2024 |
| What is an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone? (5) |
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| How one cures an evil thought |
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| (OBC) "He comes to make his blessings flow/Far as the - is found" (5) |
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| Swear solution contains sulphur (5) |
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| Use “colorful” language |
LA Times Mini |
21 Dec 2023 |
| Swear solution contains sulphur |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
21 Dec 2023 |
| A cure's available to remove this affliction |
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| Salvation Jane or Paterson's ... (5) |
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| Cast an evil spell |
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| Damn solution absorbing solver primarily |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
26 Oct 2023 |
| Witch's threat, in fairy tales |
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| Witch's spell |
Newsday |
04 Jul 2023 |
| Use profanity |
Universal |
21 Jun 2023 |
| Oath |
Canadiana |
24 Apr 2023 |
| Jinx |
The Guardian Quick |
12 Apr 2023 |
| Swear as 100p missing from wallet? |
The Guardian Cryptic |
11 Jan 2023 |
| Villain's evil incantation |
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| Witch's evil spell |
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| Place a hex on |
Newsday |
21 Aug 2022 |
| Hex |
LA Times Daily |
14 Aug 2022 |
| Blast occurs, exploding shelters |
The Telegraph Toughie |
08 Jul 2022 |
| Abuse of drugs, finally overcome by medicine |
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| Evil spell |
The Guardian Quick |
09 Jun 2022 |
| You are caught during escape from the east -- blast |
The Telegraph Toughie |
18 May 2022 |
| Execrate |
The Guardian Speedy |
08 May 2022 |
| Use foul language |
Thomas Joseph |
15 Mar 2022 |
| Horror film burden |
The Washington Post |
11 Mar 2022 |
| Horror film burden |
LA Times Daily |
11 Mar 2022 |
| Church overlooks old city for some initial bad spell? |
Irish Times Crosaire |
27 Jan 2022 |
| Use salty language |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Dec 2021 |
| Swear |
The Telegraph Quick |
19 Dec 2021 |
| Society invested in remedy for affliction |
The Guardian Cryptic |
08 Dec 2021 |
| Society invested in remedy for affliction |
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| Warrant a bleep |
USA Today |
15 Oct 2021 |
| Say the magic words? |
The Washington Post Sunday |
12 Sep 2021 |
| Wish evil upon |
Newsday |
08 Aug 2021 |
| Jinx |
The Telegraph Quick |
11 Jul 2021 |
| Church overlooks old city for some initial bad spell? |
Irish Times Crosaire |
03 May 2021 |
| Witch's revenge |
Newsday |
25 Apr 2021 |
| Use foul language |
Thomas Joseph |
23 Apr 2021 |
| Oath |
The Telegraph Quick |
19 Apr 2021 |
| Evil invoked |
Newsday |
10 Apr 2021 |
| Talk a blue streak? |
Eugene Sheffer |
06 Apr 2021 |
| "Hagazussa: A Heathen's ___," 2017 horror film directed by Lukas Feigelfeld that is set in the woods |
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| Say a swear word |
Universal |
28 Feb 2021 |
| Evil scoundrels on ecstasy |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
12 Jan 2021 |
| Witch's pronouncement |
Newsday |
29 Nov 2020 |
| Hex |
Thomas Joseph |
31 Oct 2020 |
| Swear |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Oct 2020 |
| Use bad language |
Family Time |
27 Sep 2020 |
| Witch's hex |
Newsday |
07 Sep 2020 |
| Put a hex on |
Newsday |
11 Aug 2020 |
| Remedy to save society in scourge |
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| Swear |
USA Today |
23 Jun 2020 |
| Swear |
Thomas Joseph |
19 Jun 2020 |
| Imprecation |
The Times Concise |
21 May 2020 |
| Swear at dog, tips of sausages eaten |
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| Hoodoo similar to 3 down |
Irish Times Crosaire |
07 Apr 2020 |
| Swear word expressing anger |
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| Swear, the way things go without love |
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| Offensive language recurs excessively? Not completely! |
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| Doctor cures with bitter pill |
Irish Times Crosaire |
07 Oct 2019 |
| Put an evil spell on |
Universal |
02 Oct 2019 |
| Witch's evil spell |
USA Today |
24 Aug 2019 |
| Put a hex on |
USA Today |
25 Jun 2019 |
| College pool fails to open for a spell |
Irish Times Crosaire |
13 Jun 2019 |
| Blaspheme; damn |
The Times Concise |
15 Apr 2019 |
| Trope of horror stories |
The Washington Post Sunday |
10 Mar 2019 |
| Blaspheme |
The Telegraph Quick |
09 Feb 2019 |
| (4/4) To break a powerful ___ (evil, magical spell) |
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| Wish ill upon dogs having last bit of bone |
|
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| Place a hex on |
Newsday |
08 Jan 2019 |
| Put an evil spell on |
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| Put a hex on |
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| Witch's evil spell |
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| Use four-letter words |
Wall Street Journal |
31 Dec 2018 |
| Fairy tale staple |
Newsday |
30 Nov 2018 |
| Swear word expressing anger |
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| Medicine containing sulphur is a disaster |
|
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| Scoundrel, oddly withdrawn, is yet to swear |
|
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| "___ of Chucky" (horror film) |
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| Witch's threat, in fairy tales |
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| Malediction |
The Sun Two Speed |
14 Jun 2018 |
| Swear nothing is removed from dish |
The Sun Two Speed |
14 Jun 2018 |
| U-turn from blessing |
Universal |
27 May 2018 |
| Swear by remedy containing sulphur |
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| Swear, seeing study module drop core of sport |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
02 May 2018 |
| Witch's wish |
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| Trouble for tomb raiders |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Mar 2018 |
| Swear |
The Telegraph Quick |
19 Feb 2018 |
| Swear nothing is taken from path |
|
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| Put a whammy on |
USA Today |
08 Jan 2018 |
| U-turn from blessing |
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| Put a whammy on |
|
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| Use four-letter words |
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| Mean witch's pronouncement |
New York Times |
25 Dec 2017 |
| Risk getting bleeped |
USA Today |
18 Dec 2017 |
| Pox |
Jonesin |
28 Nov 2017 |
| Say bad words |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Nov 2017 |
| Tomb raider's worry |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Oct 2017 |
| Evil spell |
Newsday |
12 Oct 2017 |
| Imprecate |
The Telegraph Quick |
06 Sep 2017 |
| Evil bestowal |
Newsday |
10 Aug 2017 |
| Hex |
Newsday |
01 Aug 2017 |
| Scout risked regularly to swear |
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| Swear nothing's missing from racetrack |
|
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| Vulgarity often rejected by editor, to be replaced by literary stars? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
23 Feb 2017 |
| Evil legacy |
LA Times Daily |
02 Jan 2017 |
| Risk getting bleeped |
|
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| Damn employer promoting his last |
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| Evil legacy |
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| Mean witch's pronouncement |
|
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| Opposite of blessing |
Universal |
06 Dec 2016 |
| Fixes for son to get a small promotion? Damn! |
|
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| Wish evil upon |
The Times Concise |
27 Sep 2016 |
| Jinx |
Premier Sunday |
14 Aug 2016 |
| Say "!@#$%" |
USA Today |
08 Aug 2016 |
| Sleeping Beauty was under one |
New York Times |
24 Jul 2016 |
| Use four-letter words |
Thomas Joseph |
25 May 2016 |
| '#@&%!,' e.g |
The Washington Post |
27 Apr 2016 |
| Swear at dogs on top of Everest |
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| With 45- and 58-Across, frequent result of a DIYer's attempt to do 17-/29-Across |
The Washington Post |
03 Mar 2016 |
| Wish harm on |
The Telegraph Quick |
11 Feb 2016 |
| Swear |
The Sun Two Speed |
09 Feb 2016 |
| Swear there's nothing missing from the circuit |
The Sun Two Speed |
09 Feb 2016 |
| Opposite of blessing |
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| Say "!@#$%" |
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| Sleeping Beauty was under one |
|
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| Give a damn? |
The Washington Post |
01 Dec 2015 |
| Bane |
Universal |
26 Aug 2015 |
| Hex |
Eugene Sheffer |
16 Jul 2015 |
| Put a hex on |
Premier Sunday |
14 Jun 2015 |
| Invocation of evil; swear |
The Times Concise |
24 Mar 2015 |
| Give a damn? |
New York Times |
09 Jan 2015 |
| Give a damn? |
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| Give a damn? |
|
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| Put a hex on |
|
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| Put a hex on |
|
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| Bane |
|
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| Swear nothing is taken from path |
|
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| Profanity comes from scoundrels taking drug |
|
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| Jinx |
|
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| Place a hex on |
|
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| Opposite of a blessing |
|
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| Blasphemous cry |
|
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| Turn the air blue |
|
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| Bit of voodoo |
|
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| A mummy may have one |
|
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| Wish evil on |
|
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| Give a damn? |
|
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| Trouble for a tomb raider |
|
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| Witch's hex |
|
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| Hex |
|
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| One may bring eternal bad luck |
|
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| Hex |
|
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| One may bring eternal bad luck |
|
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| Witch's bestowal |
|
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| "Damn!," e.g. |
New York Times |
31 Oct 2011 |
| Damn |
|
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| "Damn!," e.g. |
|
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| "#@&%!," e.g. |
|
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| Swear |
|
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| Jinx |
|
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| Witch's hex |
|
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| What a mummy might have |
|
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| Evil spell |
|
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| Give a fuck, say |
|
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| Call evil upon |
|
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| ___ of the Bambino |
|
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| Witch's hex |
|
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| Hex |
|
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| Persistent bad luck |
|
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| Turn the air blue |
|
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| Reason for the woes of 20-Across, supposedly |
|
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| Last word of the Old Testament |
|
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| This spell's trouble |
|
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| Put a hex on |
|
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| Swear |
|
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| Invoke misfortune |
|
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| Put a hex on |
|
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| Deleted part |
|
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| Put a hex on |
|
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| Swear |
|
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| Utter an oath |
|
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| A mummy may have one |
|
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| Put the whammy on someone |
|
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| Evil legacy |
|
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| Imprecation |
|
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| Witch's revenge |
|
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| Invoke misfortune |
|
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| "!@#$%," in comics |
|
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| Witch's threat |
|
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| Say "@#$%!" |
|
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| Pox |
|
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| Unlucky charm |
|
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| Malediction |
|
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| Say "@#$%!" |
|
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| Anathema |
|
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| Pox |
|
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| Horror film burden |
|
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| Call evil upon |
|
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| Horror film burden |
|
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| Blaspheme |
|
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| One that's ill-prepared? |
|
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| Source of evil |
|
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| "May you live in interesting times," e.g. |
|
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| Witch's words |
|
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| Whammy |
|
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| Malediction |
|
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| Imprecation |
|
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| Persistent bad luck |
|
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| Evil incantation |
|
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| Plague |
|
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| Spell |
|
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| Malediction |
|
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| Unlucky charm |
|
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| Evil spell |
|
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| Use inelegant language |
|
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| Imprecation |
|
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| Whammy |
|
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| Witch's threat |
|
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| Anathematize |
|
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| A mummy may have one, perhaps |
|
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| Use bad language |
|
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| Bane |
|
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| Hex |
|
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| Start of many horror titles |
|
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| No blessing, this! |
|
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| Blaspheme |
|
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| Malediction |
|
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| Black magic weapon |
|
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| Anathema |
|
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| Rigoletto's concern |
|
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| Imprecation |
|
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| Whammy |
|
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| Scourge |
|
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| Relative of a hex |
|
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| Affliction |
|
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| Fulmination. |
|
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| ___ of Cain. |
|
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| Cause of evil or harm. |
|
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| Imprecation. |
|
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| Witch's hex |
|
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| Hex. |
|
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| Witch's spell. |
|
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| Bane |
|
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| Anathema. |
|
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| Malediction. |
|
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| Give a fuck? |
|
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| Invocation of evil. |
|
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| Vehement ill wish. |
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