| Gordon and Snider | USA Today Quick | 14 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Grades that are worse than "cees" |  |  | 
          
            | Semicircles on billiard tables, e.g. | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 01 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Ruby&Sandra |  |  | 
          
            | Brown and Wallace are two |  |  | 
          
            | Odd pair? | New York Times | 06 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Rick of radio countdowns |  |  | 
          
            | Bad grades | Thomas Joseph | 10 May 2025 | 
          
            | Average killers? | New York Times | 30 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Poor grades | Wall Street Journal | 25 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Characters in the middle of middle | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 12 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | The middle of "middle" | New York Times Mini | 07 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Poor grades | Wall Street Journal | 03 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Poor grades? | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 28 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Palmer and Hepburn are two |  |  | 
          
            | Fourth letters |  |  | 
          
            | Bad marks | Wall Street Journal | 23 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Some report card grades |  |  | 
          
            | Crummy grades | Eugene Sheffer | 13 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Shameful grades |  |  | 
          
            | Low marks | Newsday | 20 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Crummy grades | Eugene Sheffer | 17 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Paddock pair |  |  | 
          
            | Middle's middle | New York Times | 27 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Maddening duo? | LA Times Mini | 10 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | DJ Rick | Eugene Sheffer | 07 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Poor grades | Newsday | 31 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Ruby and Sandra | Eugene Sheffer | 25 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Poor grades | Wall Street Journal | 29 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Snider and Wallace | USA Today Quick | 25 May 2024 | 
          
            | Middle middle? | Wall Street Journal | 16 May 2024 | 
          
            | Inferior grades |  |  | 
          
            | Middle of "middle" | Newsday | 12 May 2024 | 
          
            | Buddha's belly? |  |  | 
          
            | Bart Simpson's grades |  |  | 
          
            | Low grades | Premier Sunday | 17 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | D D D |  |  | 
          
            | Rick of radio | Commuter | 14 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | Plodding pair | Newsday | 13 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Letters that follow "cees" |  |  | 
          
            | Morris who co-founded the Southern Poverty Law Center |  |  | 
          
            | Poor grades | Premier Sunday | 26 Nov 2023 | 
          
            | Ruby and Sandra | Thomas Joseph | 07 Oct 2023 | 
          
            | Barely passing grades | Newsday | 17 Jul 2023 | 
          
            | Low grades, and the initials of the long Across answers | Wall Street Journal | 12 Jun 2023 | 
          
            | Letters after cees | Thomas Joseph | 15 May 2023 | 
          
            | Ruby and Sandra | Eugene Sheffer | 13 May 2023 | 
          
            | Middle letters of 'middle' | Newsday | 09 May 2023 | 
          
            | Poor grades | Newsday | 02 Apr 2023 | 
          
            | Edges of a diamond? | New York Times | 03 Feb 2023 | 
          
            | Odd couple? | Wall Street Journal | 14 Jan 2023 | 
          
            | DJ Rick of "Disco Duck" fame | Eugene Sheffer | 05 Nov 2022 | 
          
            | Worrisome grades | LA Times Daily | 18 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | Defend borders? | New York Times | 15 Sep 2022 | 
          
            | Low grades | Premier Sunday | 21 Aug 2022 | 
          
            | Near-failing grades | Newsday | 25 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | Ruby and Sandra | Eugene Sheffer | 19 May 2022 | 
          
            | Odd couple? | Wall Street Journal | 17 May 2022 | 
          
            | Poor marks | Newsday | 01 May 2022 | 
          
            | Low passing grades | Family Time | 04 Apr 2022 | 
          
            | Not-so-great grades | Newsday | 13 Feb 2022 | 
          
            | Old-fashioned endings? | New York Times | 11 Sep 2021 | 
          
            | Poor report card | Newsday | 11 Jul 2021 | 
          
            | Poor grades | New York Times | 24 May 2021 | 
          
            | Low marks | Wall Street Journal | 01 Sep 2020 | 
          
            | Poor grades | Premier Sunday | 08 Dec 2019 | 
          
            | Addition takes two | Wall Street Journal | 20 Nov 2019 | 
          
            | Subpar grades | Premier Sunday | 17 Nov 2019 | 
          
            | Ruby and Sandra | Eugene Sheffer | 06 Nov 2019 | 
          
            | Diamond Head's surroundings | Newsday | 21 Sep 2019 | 
          
            | Diamond brackets? | New York Times | 08 Sep 2019 | 
          
            | Kiki and Sandra |  |  | 
          
            | Shoddy pair? | LA Times Daily | 25 Aug 2019 | 
          
            | Shoddy pair? | The Washington Post | 25 Aug 2019 | 
          
            | Poor grades | Newsday | 13 Aug 2019 | 
          
            | Start of D-Day? | LA Times Daily | 18 Jul 2019 | 
          
            | Start of D-Day? | The Washington Post | 18 Jul 2019 | 
          
            | Barely passing grades | Newsday | 01 Jul 2019 | 
          
            | Divided trio? | The Washington Post | 03 May 2019 | 
          
            | Divided trio? | LA Times Daily | 03 May 2019 | 
          
            | Poor report card | Newsday | 28 Apr 2019 | 
          
            | Ruby and Sandra | Thomas Joseph | 20 Apr 2019 | 
          
            | Unenviable grades | Newsday | 14 Apr 2019 | 
          
            | Barely-passing grades | Newsday | 13 Mar 2019 | 
          
            | Wedding couple? | The Washington Post | 07 Feb 2019 | 
          
            | Wedding couple? | LA Times Daily | 07 Feb 2019 | 
          
            | Wedding couple? |  |  | 
          
            | Diamond brackets? |  |  | 
          
            | Divided trio? |  |  | 
          
            | Shoddy pair? |  |  | 
          
            | Start of D-Day? |  |  | 
          
            | Poor grades |  |  | 
          
            | Poor passable marks | Universal | 10 Nov 2018 | 
          
            | Middle's middle | Universal | 08 Nov 2018 | 
          
            | Middle's middle | Wall Street Journal | 13 Oct 2018 | 
          
            | Not even so-so grades | Universal | 09 Oct 2018 | 
          
            | Wedding duo? | Universal | 24 Jul 2018 | 
          
            | Wedding couple? | The New Yorker | 09 Jul 2018 | 
          
            | Some grades | Universal | 04 Jul 2018 | 
          
            | Deejay Rick | Jonesin | 03 Jul 2018 | 
          
            | They leave a lot of room for improvement | LA Times Daily | 30 Jun 2018 | 
          
            | They leave a lot of room for improvement | The Washington Post | 30 Jun 2018 | 
          
            | Some grades |  |  | 
          
            | They leave a lot of room for improvement |  |  | 
          
            | Wedding duo? |  |  | 
          
            | Not even so-so grades |  |  | 
          
            | Middle's middle |  |  | 
          
            | Middle's middle |  |  | 
          
            | Poor passable marks |  |  | 
          
            | Subpar grades | Wall Street Journal | 19 Dec 2017 | 
          
            | GPA-spoiling grades | USA Today | 09 Dec 2017 | 
          
            | Bad grades | Thomas Joseph | 04 Nov 2017 | 
          
            | Grades that don't bring praise | Universal | 11 Jun 2017 | 
          
            | Near-failing grades | Newsday | 15 May 2017 | 
          
            | Poor grades | Universal | 09 Feb 2017 | 
          
            | Grades that don't bring praise |  |  | 
          
            | GPA-spoiling grades |  |  | 
          
            | Pretty low grades | Premier Sunday | 04 Dec 2016 | 
          
            | Worrisome grades | LA Times Daily | 25 Oct 2016 | 
          
            | Dead ends? | LA Times Daily | 11 Jul 2016 | 
          
            | Odd couple? | LA Times Daily | 05 Jun 2016 | 
          
            | Miserable marks | Universal | 19 Apr 2016 | 
          
            | Below-average grades | USA Today | 23 Jan 2016 | 
          
            | Odd couple? |  |  | 
          
            | Below-average grades |  |  | 
          
            | Dead ends? |  |  | 
          
            | Worrisome grades |  |  | 
          
            | 'Disco Duck' man Rick | Jonesin | 18 Aug 2015 | 
          
            | Two of diamonds? | New York Times | 18 Aug 2015 | 
          
            | Below-average grades | Universal | 14 Aug 2015 | 
          
            | Middle's middle | USA Today | 05 Aug 2015 | 
          
            | 'Disco Duck' singer Rick | Jonesin | 12 May 2015 | 
          
            | Bad marks | Universal | 02 Apr 2015 | 
          
            | Low grades | USA Today | 03 Mar 2015 | 
          
            | Not-so-great grades | Universal | 02 Mar 2015 | 
          
            | Barely passing grades | Universal | 10 Jan 2015 | 
          
            | Below-average grades |  |  | 
          
            | Bad marks |  |  | 
          
            | Low grades |  |  | 
          
            | Middle's middle |  |  | 
          
            | Discord on the far left and far right? |  |  | 
          
            | Two of diamonds? |  |  | 
          
            | Not-so-great grades |  |  | 
          
            | Barely passing grades |  |  | 
          
            | Poor grades |  |  | 
          
            | Barely passing grades |  |  | 
          
            | Low marks |  |  | 
          
            | Ruby and Sandra |  |  | 
          
            | Odd couple? |  |  | 
          
            | Poor grades |  |  | 
          
            | Scrabble two-pointers |  |  | 
          
            | Decided outsiders? |  |  | 
          
            | Wedding couple? |  |  | 
          
            | "Disco Duck" singer Rick |  |  | 
          
            | Dead ends? |  |  | 
          
            | Middle middle |  |  | 
          
            | Near-failing grades |  |  | 
          
            | Poor grades |  |  | 
          
            | Unwelcome grades |  |  | 
          
            | Barely passing grades |  |  | 
          
            | Poor grades |  |  | 
          
            | Near-failing grades |  |  | 
          
            | Two-pointers in Scrabble |  |  | 
          
            | Poor marks |  |  | 
          
            | Grades below the curve |  |  | 
          
            | They're worth 1.0 |  |  | 
          
            | Fiddle duet? |  |  | 
          
            | They're just passing |  |  | 
          
            | They're worth 1.0 |  |  | 
          
            | "Disco Duck" writer Rick |  |  | 
          
            | Lousy grades |  |  | 
          
            | Couple of buddies? |  |  | 
          
            | Poor grades |  |  | 
          
            | Deadly duo? |  |  | 
          
            | Poor marks |  |  | 
          
            | "Disco Duck" DJ Rick |  |  | 
          
            | Sandra and Ruby |  |  | 
          
            | Unenviable grades |  |  | 
          
            | Fiddle duet? |  |  | 
          
            | Near-failing grades |  |  | 
          
            | They're below average |  |  | 
          
            | Barely passing grades |  |  | 
          
            | Scores in the 60s, usually |  |  | 
          
            | GPA spoilers |  |  | 
          
            | Wedding couple? |  |  | 
          
            | Barely passing grades |  |  | 
          
            | They're below average |  |  | 
          
            | Kiki and Sandra |  |  | 
          
            | Inferior marks |  |  | 
          
            | Poor grades |  |  | 
          
            | Scrabble two-pointers |  |  | 
          
            | Ruby and Sandra |  |  | 
          
            | Dead ends? |  |  | 
          
            | Unenviable grades |  |  | 
          
            | Low marks |  |  | 
          
            | *Poor grades |  |  | 
          
            | Pretty low grades |  |  | 
          
            | Unenviable grades |  |  | 
          
            | Scrabble two-pointers |  |  | 
          
            | They're barely passing |  |  | 
          
            | GPA spoilers |  |  | 
          
            | They're barely passing |  |  | 
          
            | "Middle" middle? |  |  | 
          
            | GPA spoilers |  |  | 
          
            | They're barely passing |  |  | 
          
            | Dead ends? |  |  | 
          
            | Subpar grades |  |  | 
          
            | Wedding couple? |  |  | 
          
            | DJ Rick who owns rick.com |  |  | 
          
            | Bad grades |  |  | 
          
            | Crummy grades |  |  | 
          
            | Elmer Fudd has two |  |  | 
          
            | Two in the middle of "middle" |  |  | 
          
            | Low grades |  |  | 
          
            | Rick with the 1976 #1 hit "Disco Duck" |  |  | 
          
            | Bad marks |  |  | 
          
            | Substandard marks |  |  | 
          
            | Substandard marks |  |  | 
          
            | Almost-failing grades |  |  | 
          
            | Less-than-average grades |  |  | 
          
            | Bad marks |  |  | 
          
            | Wedding couple? |  |  | 
          
            | Two-pointers in Scrabble |  |  | 
          
            | School passes? |  |  | 
          
            | "Disco Duck" singer Rick |  |  | 
          
            | Low grades |  |  | 
          
            | Poor grades |  |  | 
          
            | They're worth 1.0 |  |  | 
          
            | Detached ends? |  |  | 
          
            | Radio DJ Rick |  |  | 
          
            | Radio DJ Rick |  |  | 
          
            | Rick who sang "Disco Duck" |  |  | 
          
            | Wedding couple? |  |  | 
          
            | G.P.A. spoilers |  |  | 
          
            | "Disco Duck" singer Rick |  |  | 
          
            | GPA spoilers |  |  | 
          
            | Sandra and Ruby |  |  | 
          
            | They won't get you on the dean's list |  |  | 
          
            | They won't get you on the dean's list |  |  | 
          
            | "Disco Duck" singer Rick |  |  | 
          
            | Odd couple or dead ends? |  |  | 
          
            | They barely pass |  |  | 
          
            | Dead ends? |  |  | 
          
            | Poor grades |  |  | 
          
            | Deejay Rick of "Disco Duck" fame |  |  | 
          
            | Dead ends? |  |  | 
          
            | Honor society no-nos |  |  | 
          
            | Low grades |  |  | 
          
            | Radio Hall-of-Famer Rick |  |  | 
          
            | Poor marks |  |  | 
          
            | Bad marks |  |  | 
          
            | They barely pass |  |  | 
          
            | Bad marks |  |  | 
          
            | Low grades |  |  | 
          
            | Middle middle? |  |  | 
          
            | Poor showings in class |  |  | 
          
            | Grades below the curve, perhaps |  |  | 
          
            | 'Daddy' has three |  |  | 
          
            | Low grades |  |  | 
          
            | Bad grades |  |  | 
          
            | Poor showings in class |  |  | 
          
            | Odd couple? |  |  | 
          
            | "Disco Duck" singer |  |  | 
          
            | "Disco Duck" songwriter |  |  | 
          
            | GPA spoilers |  |  | 
          
            | "Disco Duck" songwriter |  |  | 
          
            | Odd couple? |  |  | 
          
            | Less than average grades |  |  | 
          
            | Kiki and Sandra |  |  | 
          
            | Bad grades |  |  | 
          
            | Scrabble 2-pointers |  |  | 
          
            | Crummy grades |  |  | 
          
            | Bad marks |  |  | 
          
            | Add ends? |  |  | 
          
            | Disappointing grades |  |  | 
          
            | Odd couple? |  |  | 
          
            | Below-average grades |  |  | 
          
            | Barely passing grades |  |  | 
          
            | Rick of "Disco Duck" fame |  |  | 
          
            | Sandra and Ruby |  |  | 
          
            | Low marks |  |  | 
          
            | Odd couple? |  |  | 
          
            | Deejay Rick |  |  | 
          
            | Sandra and Ruby |  |  | 
          
            | Low marks |  |  | 
          
            | Add ends? |  |  | 
          
            | Ruby and Sandra |  |  | 
          
            | Stinky grades |  |  | 
          
            | Sandra and Ruby |  |  | 
          
            | Wedding duo? |  |  | 
          
            | Two in the middle of middle |  |  | 
          
            | Deadhead's trio |  |  | 
          
            | Fiddle duet? |  |  | 
          
            | "Disco Duck" artist |  |  | 
          
            | Not-so-great grades |  |  | 
          
            | They're in the middle of middle |  |  | 
          
            | GPA reducers, probably |  |  | 
          
            | Detached ends? |  |  | 
          
            | GPA reducers, probably |  |  | 
          
            | Sandra and Ruby |  |  | 
          
            | Civil rights lawyer Morris |  |  | 
          
            | Unwanted grades |  |  | 
          
            | Sandra and Ruby |  |  | 
          
            | Middle middle |  |  | 
          
            | Odd couple, or dead ends? |  |  | 
          
            | Report card concerns |  |  | 
          
            | 16th C. English mathematician, et al. |  |  | 
          
            | Unenviable grades |  |  | 
          
            | Ruby and Kiki |  |  | 
          
            | Rick who sang "Disco Duck" |  |  | 
          
            | Poor marks |  |  | 
          
            | Barely passing grades |  |  | 
          
            | Civil rights lawyer Morris, who won a $6.3 million settlement from the Aryan Nations |  |  | 
          
            | Middle s middle |  |  | 
          
            | Rick and Sandra |  |  | 
          
            | Elmer Fudd has two |  |  | 
          
            | Poor passing marks |  |  | 
          
            | Inadequate marks |  |  | 
          
            | Ruby and Sandra |  |  | 
          
            | Reason for school probation, maybe |  |  | 
          
            | Civil rights lawyer Morris |  |  | 
          
            | Unenviable report card |  |  | 
          
            | Disc jockey Rick |  |  | 
          
            | Ruby and Sandra |  |  | 
          
            | You're close to failing with these |  |  | 
          
            | Low marks |  |  | 
          
            | Actresses Sandra and Ruby |  |  | 
          
            | Not the best grades |  |  | 
          
            | Two-thirds of 33-Across |  |  | 
          
            | TV host Rick |  |  | 
          
            | Disco Duck singer Rick |  |  | 
          
            | Poor grades |  |  | 
          
            | Two Scottish rivers |  |  | 
          
            | Ruby and Sandra |  |  | 
          
            | Below-average grades |  |  | 
          
            | Unsatisfactory grades |  |  | 
          
            | Ruby and Sandra |  |  | 
          
            | Singers Joey and Kiki |  |  | 
          
            | Teddy Kennedy has three |  |  | 
          
            | School passes? |  |  | 
          
            | Barely passing marks |  |  | 
          
            | 37 Across uses three |  |  | 
          
            | TV host Rick |  |  | 
          
            | Not grades to brag about |  |  | 
          
            | Grades below the curve |  |  | 
          
            | Bad grades |  |  | 
          
            | "Diga Diga Doo" trio |  |  | 
          
            | Sandra and Ruby |  |  | 
          
            | These are worse than cees |  |  | 
          
            | Rick ___, talk-show host |  |  | 
          
            | Frances and Ruby of films |  |  | 
          
            | Duants |  |  | 
          
            | Actresses Sandry and Ruby |  |  | 
          
            | Lowest passing grades |  |  | 
          
            | Rivers in Wales and Scotland |  |  | 
          
            | Bad marks |  |  | 
          
            | Fourth-rate marks |  |  | 
          
            | Rivers in Scotland and England |  |  | 
          
            | Frances and Ruby |  |  | 
          
            | Rivers in Scotland and Wales |  |  | 
          
            | Borderline grades |  |  | 
          
            | Actress Ruby et al. |  |  | 
          
            | Ruby and family |  |  | 
          
            | Letters |  |  | 
          
            | Ruby et al. |  |  | 
          
            | Frances and Sandra |  |  | 
          
            | Fourth-rate grades. |  |  | 
          
            | Flunking marks. |  |  | 
          
            | Bad school marks. |  |  | 
          
            | Low marks on a report card. |  |  | 
          
            | DJ Rick |  |  | 
          
            | Report card blues. |  |  | 
          
            | Letters. |  |  | 
          
            | English letters. |  |  | 
          
            | Marks of failure. |  |  | 
          
            | Riddle's middle |  |  |