| Rule at Christmas? Stop scratching! (6) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
21 Apr 2025 |
| Make Fluffy furniture-friendly |
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| Remove talons from |
Commuter |
20 Apr 2024 |
| ___ Awareness Day (anti-cat-cruelty observance) |
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| Render ineffectual |
Newsday |
20 Jan 2024 |
| Remove talons from |
Newsday |
03 Apr 2022 |
| ___ Awareness Day (Mar. 29 cat advocacy observance) |
USA Today |
04 Mar 2022 |
| Stop scratching, as a rule, around Christmas? |
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| After month, act to cut nails |
The Telegraph Toughie |
15 Apr 2021 |
| Make less threatening, as a cat |
Universal |
17 Feb 2021 |
| Remove a cat's nails |
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| Render harmless, so to speak |
New York Times |
02 Feb 2020 |
| Render harmless, so to speak |
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| Render unable to scratch |
USA Today |
12 May 2018 |
| Render unable to scratch |
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| Make harmless |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Nov 2017 |
| Keep from scratching |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Jan 2017 |
| Make less threatening |
Thomas Joseph |
20 Dec 2016 |
| Remove talons from |
Newsday |
13 Nov 2016 |
| Make furniture-safe, in a way |
New York Times |
29 Jul 2016 |
| Make less dangerous, in a way |
New York Times |
28 Feb 2016 |
| Make furniture-safe, in a way |
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| Remove scratchers |
Universal |
21 Sep 2015 |
| Remove scratchers |
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| Render harmless, in a way |
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| Render harmless, in a way |
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| Do a vet's job |
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| *Remove nails from |
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| Remove the nails from, as a cat |
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| Make unable to scratch |
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| Make less threatening |
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| Render harmless |
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| Make less threatening, in a way |
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| Render harmless, perhaps, to 26-Across's kin |
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| Un-nail? |
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| Render unable to scratch |
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| Make safe, as a cat |
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| Make safe |
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| Render harmless, perhaps |
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