| Entrench (oneself) |
The Times Concise |
20 Oct 2025 |
| "Go ahead and eat!" |
USA Today |
05 Sep 2025 |
| "Bon appetit!" |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
19 Aug 2025 |
| I'd flip drink and enjoy! (3,2) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
24 Jul 2025 |
| Get firmly established and start eating (3,2) |
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| I'd flip drink and enjoy! (3,2) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
30 Mar 2025 |
| Start eating with gusto |
The Times Concise |
25 Mar 2025 |
| Take up defensive position, like home (3,2) |
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| Refuse to budge when invited to start meal |
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| Start course to make your position more secure |
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| Do the spadework to get established (3,2) |
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| I'd flip drink and enjoy! (3,2) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
13 Dec 2024 |
| "Eat up!" (2 wds.) |
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| Do the spadework and get established |
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| Invitation to trenchermen (3,2) |
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| Two with spirit eat heartily (3,2) |
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| Attack food Picaroon had knocked back with booze (3,2) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
29 Aug 2024 |
| Daughter beginning to imbibe drink gets to start eating (3,2) |
The Guardian Quiptic |
19 Aug 2024 |
| Daughter beginning to imbibe drink gets to start eating (3,2) |
The Guardian Quiptic |
18 Aug 2024 |
| Prepare defensive position |
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| "Let's eat!" (two words) |
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| Get eating! |
The Telegraph Mini |
25 Jun 2024 |
| Entrench oneself at the dining table (3,2) |
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| "Do start eating!" |
The Telegraph Plusword |
10 Jun 2024 |
| "Eat!": 2 wds. |
Commuter |
11 May 2024 |
| "Help yourself!" (2 wds.) |
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| Really like getting home to eat heartily |
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| Begin eating, adding occasionally one starter from Nando's (3,2) |
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| Begin eating, adding occasionally one starter from Nando's |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
22 Mar 2024 |
| Start eating a bit of dinner with one strong drink |
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| Assume a defensive position, start eating (3,2) |
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| "Eat before it gets cold!" |
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| "Enjoy the food!" |
USA Today |
17 Dec 2023 |
| "Go on, eat up!" |
USA Today |
12 Dec 2023 |
| Become defensive when told to start eating ... |
The Guardian Quiptic |
18 Sep 2023 |
| 'Go ahead and eat!' |
USA Today |
31 Aug 2023 |
| 'Eat!' |
New York Times |
03 Apr 2023 |
| "Eat up!" |
Thomas Joseph |
25 Mar 2023 |
| "Please, eat!" |
Universal |
03 Mar 2023 |
| Start eating using a finger: shortly, any number |
The Guardian Cryptic |
25 Jan 2023 |
| 'Start eating!' |
Newsday |
29 Aug 2022 |
| 'Go ahead and eat!' |
USA Today |
21 Jun 2022 |
| 'Bon appetit!' |
The Washington Post Sunday |
20 Feb 2022 |
| Get fixed |
Newsday |
28 Aug 2021 |
| ''Eat!'' |
Newsday |
30 May 2021 |
| 'Bon appetit!' |
USA Today |
16 Apr 2021 |
| Dinner invitation? |
Universal |
27 Oct 2020 |
| 'Mangia!' |
The Washington Post |
19 Jun 2020 |
| "Mangia!" |
LA Times Daily |
19 Jun 2020 |
| "Time to eat!" |
Universal |
16 Apr 2020 |
| 'Let's eat!' |
The Washington Post |
15 Apr 2020 |
| "Let's eat!" |
LA Times Daily |
15 Apr 2020 |
| 'Let's eat!' |
USA Today |
03 Apr 2020 |
| “Eat up!” |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Dec 2019 |
| Invitation to eat |
LA Times Daily |
22 Nov 2019 |
| Invitation to eat |
The Washington Post |
22 Nov 2019 |
| "Eat!" |
Universal |
12 Jul 2019 |
| 'Eat up!' |
Thomas Joseph |
11 Mar 2019 |
| "Eat!" |
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| "Eat!" |
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| Make a stand |
LA Times Daily |
21 Jan 2018 |
| Make a stand |
The Washington Post |
21 Jan 2018 |
| Make a stand |
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| 'Eat up!' |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Dec 2017 |
| 'Eat up!' |
New York Times |
28 Sep 2017 |
| "Eat hearty!" (2 words) |
Family Time |
10 Jul 2017 |
| "Eat up!" |
Universal |
30 May 2017 |
| What often follows grace |
New York Times |
24 Feb 2017 |
| What often follows grace |
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| "Eat up!" |
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| "Eat up!" |
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| Dinner host's invitation |
USA Today |
30 Dec 2016 |
| ''Start eating'' |
Newsday |
05 Oct 2016 |
| 'Help yourself!' |
The Washington Post |
12 Aug 2016 |
| 'Eat!' |
The Washington Post |
04 Aug 2016 |
| Cook's exhortation |
Universal |
23 Jul 2016 |
| "Mangia!" |
USA Today |
27 Jun 2016 |
| 'Eat!' |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Jun 2016 |
| ''Start eating!'' |
Newsday |
10 May 2016 |
| Start eating |
Newsday |
04 Apr 2016 |
| 'Eat!' |
Eugene Sheffer |
07 Mar 2016 |
| 'Bon appétit,' from Mom |
The Washington Post |
27 Feb 2016 |
| "Mangia!" |
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| Dinner host's invitation |
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| Cook's exhortation |
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| Post-grace exhortation |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Dec 2015 |
| Begin eating heartily |
The Times Concise |
01 Dec 2015 |
| "Let's eat!" |
USA Today |
09 Jun 2015 |
| Start enthusiastically |
Newsday |
21 May 2015 |
| 'Eat!' |
Thomas Joseph |
15 May 2015 |
| Start enthusiastically |
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| "Let's eat!" |
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| Post-grace exhortation |
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| Prepare for a siege |
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| '01 Lenny Kravitz hit |
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| "Eat your fill!" |
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| "Start eating!" |
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| "Eat!" |
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| Prepare for an attack |
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| Lenny Kravitz '01 hit |
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| Prepare for an attack |
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| "Go ahead and eat!" |
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| "Eat up!" |
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| "Start eating!" |
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| "Eat up!" |
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| "Bon appétit," from mom |
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| "Bon appétit," from mom |
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| Start supper |
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| 'Eat up!' |
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| Attack the meal |
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| "Mangia!" |
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| Host's invitation, maybe |
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| "Let's eat!" |
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| "Eat! Eat!" |
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| "Bon appetit!" |
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| "Let's eat!" |
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| "Let's eat!" |
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| "Bon appetit!" |
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| "Go ahead, eat!" |
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| "Mangia!" |
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| "Eat!" |
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| Attack the meal |
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| Start putting stuff away? |
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| "Mangia!" |
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| Cook's words |
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| "Hearty appetite!" |
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| "Mangia!" |
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| "Start eating!" |
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| Words after grace |
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| "Enjoy your meal!" |
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| Attack the food |
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| Eat |
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| Chow down |
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| Become entrenched |
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| Attack the food |
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| Cook's exhortation |
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| "Let the feast begin!" |
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| Cook's exhortation |
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| "Eat! Eat!" |
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| "Eat hearty!" |
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| Dinner host's utterance |
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| Start eating |
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| Prepare for a stand |
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| Prepare for a stand |
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| Prepare to hold out |
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| "Eat up!" |
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| Exhortation after grace |
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| Entrench oneself |
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| "Eat hearty!" |
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| "Mangia!" |
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| "Mangia!" |
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| Become entrenched |
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| Start-of-meal comment |
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| Start eating |
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| Host's suggestion at dinner |
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| Entrench |
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| Start vigorously |
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| Tackle |
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| Set resolutely to work. |
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| Get to work. |
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| Entrench oneself. |
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| Fall to. |
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| Get to work: Colloq. |
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