| Tries sad novel, tragedy |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
25 Aug 2025 |
| Sir's date turns out a catastrophe (8) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
19 Aug 2025 |
| Tragedy, calamity (8) |
Puzzler |
09 Aug 2025 |
| Very bad sudden event |
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| The girl's bloomer is a calamity (8) |
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| Sidney returns with flower. What a calamity (8) |
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| Calamity (8) |
Mirror Classic |
16 Jun 2025 |
| Raid sets off catastrophic event (8) |
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| Doctor is given the wrong seat in: a big freeze (8) |
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| Sudden misfortune is confirmed in mismanagement of trades (8) |
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| Washout (8) |
The Guardian Quick |
21 Mar 2025 |
| Tragedy, calamity (8) |
Puzzler |
06 Mar 2025 |
| Something calamitous (8) |
The Guardian Quick |
06 Feb 2025 |
| Daughter and a sister mad. It's a calamity (8) |
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| Calamity or tragedy (8) |
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| Underworld boss losing millions in stock exchange crash perhaps |
The Times Cryptic |
09 Jan 2025 |
| Sad rites turned into a fiasco (8) |
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| Heavy blow from attractive person cut flower |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
07 Jan 2025 |
| Fancy dress with it, a failure (8) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
31 Dec 2024 |
| Tsars die tragically in an unfortunate event |
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| Rest said to prepare for awful event (8) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
05 Dec 2024 |
| Catastrophe is suppressed by corrupt trades (8) |
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| Said rest turned out to be a calamity (8) |
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| Catastrophe (8) |
The Guardian Speedy |
24 Nov 2024 |
| Said unfortunately the rest had collapsed: a catastrophe (8) |
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| Calamity |
Mirror Classic |
21 Nov 2024 |
| Penny is sitting on plant - catastrophe! |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
05 Nov 2024 |
| Di's daisy is a catastrophe (8) |
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| Drunken star dies in tragedy |
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| Orchid, spliced with Michaelmas daisy, is failure |
The Telegraph Toughie |
23 Oct 2024 |
| Di stares out at tragedy (8) |
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| Calamity a I'd assert (anag) (8) |
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| Extreme misfortune |
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| Sea storm I'd produced competes with Titanic and suchlike |
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| Calamity |
The Times Concise |
10 Sep 2024 |
| Tragedy, calamity (8) |
Puzzler |
04 Sep 2024 |
| Catastrophe |
The Sun Two Speed |
21 Aug 2024 |
| Star dies horribly in nightmare |
The Sun Two Speed |
21 Aug 2024 |
| Criminal tried to frame military unit for tragedy |
The Telegraph Toughie |
31 Jul 2024 |
| Washout oddly dries flower |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
02 Jul 2024 |
| Diana's bloomer is a catastrophe (8) |
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| Tried to manoeuvre the silly ass into it; a big mistake (8) |
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| A girl's flowering plant was a total failure (8) |
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| A girl's flower could be a tragedy (8) |
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| See 46-Across |
New York Times |
29 May 2024 |
| Catastrophe is present in various trades (8) |
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| Catastrophe making stars die out |
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| "I always tried to turn every ___ into an opportunity": John D. Rockefeller (8) |
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| God is a stern receptacle for an act of God (8) |
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| New star dies, it's a calamity (8) |
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| Catastrophe when trade is collapsing round the south... (8) |
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| Misadventure (8) |
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| Tragedy elevated Sid and Nancy? So it's said (8) |
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| It's a tragedy when little Sidney pulls up flower (8) |
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| Does this have the ingredients for misfortune? (6,3,8) |
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| Daughter is sitting on flower? Catastrophe! (8) |
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| Calamity caused by girl's bloomer for instance (8) |
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| A girl's flower could be a calamity (8) |
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| Attractive person cut flower? Calamity! |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
16 Jan 2024 |
| Attractive person cut flower? Calamity! (8) |
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| A little girl's flowering plant led to an unfortunate event (8) |
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| Man returns to stare around catastrophe (8) |
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| Catastrophe |
Mirror Tea Time |
24 Dec 2023 |
| A little girl's flowering plant may suffer a setback (8) |
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| Calamity – I'd assert (anag) |
The Guardian Quick |
28 Nov 2023 |
| Diana's flower is a terrible failure (8) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
15 Nov 2023 |
| Calamity as Diana succeeded Daisy |
The Guardian Cryptic |
23 Oct 2023 |
| Catastrophe as diet's ruined with little resistance |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
22 Nov 2022 |
| Some flood is, as termed, washout |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
04 Aug 2022 |
| Serious trouble from wind is astern |
The Telegraph Toughie |
02 Jun 2022 |
| Sudden calamity |
Irish Times Simplex |
21 Apr 2022 |
| Event causing great damage, injury or loss |
Irish Times Simplex |
25 Mar 2022 |
| Event causing great damage or loss of life |
Irish Times Simplex |
07 Feb 2022 |
| A fair amount of muck and top soil - the type you can get from a garden centre leads to reverse in fortune |
Irish Times Crosaire |
25 Jan 2022 |
| Sudden calamity |
Irish Times Simplex |
19 Jan 2022 |
| Drunken star dies in accident |
The Times Cryptic |
17 Jan 2022 |
| Catastrophe, calamity |
Irish Times Simplex |
28 Dec 2021 |
| Total catastrophe |
USA Today |
25 Dec 2021 |
| Star dies mysteriously in tragedy |
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| Calamity resulting from Diana's bloomer |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
25 Oct 2021 |
| New star dies in accident |
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| New star dies in accident |
The Guardian Cryptic |
18 Oct 2021 |
| Turkey twizzles I assert beyond dreadful for starters |
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| Daughter is getting behind — almost a total failure? |
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| Hurricane or tornado, often |
LA Times Daily |
21 Jun 2021 |
| Hurricane or tornado, often |
The Washington Post |
21 Jun 2021 |
| Sid's snapped flower — calamity! |
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| Sudden calamity |
Irish Times Simplex |
11 May 2021 |
| A fair amount of muck and top soil sold by 14 across leads to mess |
Irish Times Crosaire |
11 May 2021 |
| Catastrophe, calamity |
Irish Times Simplex |
14 Apr 2021 |
| It's a calamity with Diana's anxious tears |
Irish Times Crosaire |
01 Apr 2021 |
| Flop |
Newsday |
27 Feb 2021 |
| Catastrophe in Oxford is as terrible |
The Sun Two Speed |
07 Feb 2021 |
| Calamity |
The Sun Two Speed |
07 Feb 2021 |
| Daughter is sitting on plant -- catastrophe! |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
05 Jan 2021 |
| Calamity and Diana's anxious tears |
Irish Times Crosaire |
07 Dec 2020 |
| "The ___ Artist," 2017 Golden Globe-nominated biographical comedy film starring Seth Rogen and James Franco |
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| Catastrophe |
The Sun Two Speed |
23 Oct 2020 |
| Star dies horribly in nightmare |
The Sun Two Speed |
23 Oct 2020 |
| Princess's flower's ill fortune |
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| Special forces tired out containing catastrophe |
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| Ruin Pluto's flower |
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| 1948 film starring Richard Denning and Trudy Marshall |
The Telegraph General Knowledge |
17 Aug 2020 |
| Fiasco, so to speak |
Newsday |
11 Jun 2020 |
| Type of movie where star dies surprisingly? |
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| Good-looking person cutting end off flower -- catastrophe! |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
05 May 2020 |
| Catastrophic occurrence |
The Times Concise |
27 Mar 2020 |
| Set up Sidney with Daisy's relative Calamity |
Irish Times Crosaire |
26 Mar 2020 |
| Type of movie where star dies surprisingly? |
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| Catastrophe, tragedy |
Irish Times Simplex |
05 Nov 2019 |
| Total failure |
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| Total failure |
New York Times |
27 Oct 2019 |
| Catastrophe as in stride being disrupted |
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| Daughter is given something flowery -- not a success! |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
21 Jun 2019 |
| Heavy blow from model possibly cut plant |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
18 Jun 2019 |
| 'Bad' is as 'terrible' to describe tragedy |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
06 Jun 2019 |
| It's an utter failure to set up Sidney with Daisy's relative |
Irish Times Crosaire |
30 May 2019 |
| Blow from behind is astern |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
09 May 2019 |
| Horror story is seen in dead flower |
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| . Result of monstrous asteroids striking globe? |
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| Regrets aside about mounting misfortune |
The Telegraph Toughie |
07 Feb 2019 |
| Sudden great misfortune |
Irish Times Simplex |
07 Feb 2019 |
| Catastrophe, as in stride being disrupted |
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| I'd pulled up small flower -- catastrophe! |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
22 Jan 2019 |
| Around South Africa, driest winds blow? |
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| Place for dead flower? A tragedy |
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| SAS tried sorting out calamity |
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| Calamity regarding temperature reported to be rising around south |
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| Ruin princess's flower |
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| Sudden catastrophe |
The Times Concise |
18 Jul 2018 |
| Tried desperately to involve special troops in emergency |
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| Calamity regarding temperature reported to be rising around south |
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| Calamity as stride broken |
The Sun Two Speed |
20 May 2018 |
| Awful fire, say -- some flood is as terrible |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
13 May 2018 |
| Catastrophe in Wexford is as terrible |
The Sun Two Speed |
18 Apr 2018 |
| . Tried desperately to hide South Africa's debacle |
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| Calamity of girl with bloomers back to front |
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| Blow from wind is astern |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
02 Nov 2017 |
| Star dies horribly? That's a calamity |
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| Calamity caused by inspector's bloomer? |
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| 'Twister' or 'San Andreas' film genre |
New York Times |
11 Jul 2017 |
| Criminal tried taking in soldiers, resulting in tragedy |
|
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| It's an utter failure to set-up Sidney with Daisy's relative |
Irish Times Crosaire |
12 May 2017 |
| Diana's bloomer will result in catastrophe |
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| Terrible calamity |
The Times Concise |
07 Apr 2017 |
| Not such a great local recipe from Turkey, informally speaking |
Irish Times Crosaire |
02 Feb 2017 |
| "Twister" or "San Andreas" film genre |
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| Catastrophe |
Premier Sunday |
11 Dec 2016 |
| You might flirt with it |
The Washington Post |
07 Jun 2016 |
| Catastrophe |
The Guardian Quick |
26 Mar 2016 |
| Sticky end of girl's flower |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
21 Jan 2016 |
| Daughter and a sister maybe? That's a tragedy |
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| Trouble man to return flower |
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| Sudden catastrophe |
Irish Times Simplex |
29 Dec 2015 |
| Calamity |
The Telegraph Quick |
07 Dec 2015 |
| Be disappearing in bed – is plant a failure? |
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| Botched raid's set to be calamity |
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| Botched raid's set to be calamity |
|
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| Detective on special forces course almost in trouble |
The Telegraph Toughie |
07 May 2015 |
| God is a good man, Earth runs as an act of God |
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| Earthquake, perhaps |
LA Times Daily |
08 Jan 2015 |
| Earthquake, perhaps |
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| Sad rites recollected a calamity |
|
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| Revolutionary tried to implicate soldiers in tragedy |
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| Sandy, say |
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| Bomb |
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| Utter failure |
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| Utter failure |
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| SAS tried frantically to provide cover for debacle |
|
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| I withdrew after reviewing satirised tragedy |
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| Calamity |
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| Big turkey |
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| Big snafu |
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| Calamity |
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| Worst-case scenario |
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| Major flop |
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| Fiasco |
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| Huge flop |
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| Catastrophe |
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| Fiasco |
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| Great misfortune |
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| Flood, say |
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| Calamity |
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| Flood, say |
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| Irwin Allen film plot device |
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| Megaflop |
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| You may flirt with it |
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| Megaflop |
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| Type of area or film |
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| Catastrophe |
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| Train wreck, e.g. |
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| Catastrophe |
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| Earthquake, e.g. |
|
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| Titanic sinking, for one |
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| Ruinous mischance. |
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| Calamitous event. |
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| Unfortunate event. |
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| Sudden misfortune. |
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| Calamity. |
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| When the Red Cross goes into action. |
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