| Told off by fool (4) |
Mirror Cryptic |
01 May 2026 |
| Idiot (4) |
Mirror Quick |
01 May 2026 |
| Dunderhead |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
19 Dec 2025 |
| Idiot |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
26 Oct 2025 |
| Wally gets told off (4) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
13 Oct 2025 |
| Cook wings of low-fat turkey |
The Times Cryptic |
03 Oct 2025 |
| Point made about learner being an idiot (4) |
The Sun Two Speed |
31 Aug 2025 |
| The fool with the daughter ___ a bad lot (4) |
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| Little Dorothy embraces large fool |
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| Nincompoop |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Jul 2025 |
| Nincompoop |
New York Times Mini |
01 Jul 2025 |
| Told about a fool (4) |
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| Numbskull |
LA Times Daily |
25 Apr 2025 |
| Being a fool, the learner is put in a spot (4) |
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| Someone not very bright |
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| Knucklehead |
Eugene Sheffer |
26 Mar 2025 |
| Knucklehead |
Eugene Sheffer |
04 Mar 2025 |
| Idiot |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Feb 2025 |
| Oaf |
Newsday |
10 Jan 2025 |
| Foolish person |
Newsday |
25 Dec 2024 |
| Point about end of novel a The 21 (4) |
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| Point about end of novel - The 21 (4) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
20 Dec 2024 |
| Blockhead told off (4) |
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| Stupid fellow |
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| Muttonhead |
Newsday |
18 Oct 2024 |
| Unusually old, turnip- headed numskull (4) |
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| A fool is told off |
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| Idiot |
The Telegraph Mini |
14 Sep 2024 |
| Told off by fool |
Mirror Cryptic |
11 Sep 2024 |
| Idiot |
Mirror Quick |
11 Sep 2024 |
| Ass or donkey only likes thistle first of all |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
13 Jul 2024 |
| Fool |
Mirror Quick |
02 Jul 2024 |
| Idiot told off |
Mirror Cryptic |
02 Jul 2024 |
| Buffoon |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
14 Jun 2024 |
| Dorothy cuddling a pupil, the fool! (4) |
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| Stupid person |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
23 May 2024 |
| He could be told, but probably wouldn't understand (4) |
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| The fool puts the learner in a spot (4) |
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| Idiot who went to a party with the lieutenant (4) |
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| Blockhead to cheat officer (4) |
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| Pinhead |
Thomas Joseph |
07 Mar 2024 |
| Before time, the silly old fool! (4) |
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| Fool told off (4) |
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| Idiot gets told off |
Mirror Cryptic |
24 Jan 2024 |
| Fool |
Mirror Quick |
24 Jan 2024 |
| Foolish type, learner detained by Dorothy (4) |
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| Oaf |
Newsday |
04 Dec 2023 |
| He's stupid! He's with that idol there! |
|
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| Little point accommodating learner — an idiot |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
01 Nov 2023 |
| Blockhead |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Aug 2023 |
| Stupid person |
The Telegraph Quick |
27 Jul 2023 |
| Knucklehead |
Eugene Sheffer |
17 Jun 2023 |
| Foolish person |
Newsday |
02 May 2023 |
| Blockhead |
Thomas Joseph |
27 Apr 2023 |
| Fool |
LA Times Daily |
10 Apr 2023 |
| Clumsy character |
Family Time |
19 Mar 2023 |
| Foolish person |
Newsday |
01 Feb 2023 |
| Nitwit |
New York Times |
21 Jan 2023 |
| Nincompoop |
LA Times Daily |
24 Oct 2022 |
| Numbskull |
LA Times Daily |
15 Sep 2022 |
| Nimrod |
New York Times |
02 Aug 2022 |
| Knucklehead |
Eugene Sheffer |
18 Jul 2022 |
| Idiot daughter's shock going topless |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
15 Jun 2022 |
| Foolish person |
Newsday |
14 Jun 2022 |
| Idiot student's breaking point |
The Telegraph Toughie |
25 May 2022 |
| Opposite of a rocket scientist |
Family Time |
23 May 2022 |
| Daw |
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| Bonehead |
Newsday |
19 Mar 2022 |
| Fool |
The Guardian Quick |
15 Mar 2022 |
| Idiot‘s point inspiring intellectual, finally |
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| Idiot's point inspiring intellectual, finally |
The Guardian Cryptic |
10 Feb 2022 |
| Dullard |
|
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| Knucklehead |
Eugene Sheffer |
23 Dec 2021 |
| Numbskull |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Nov 2021 |
| Pinhead |
Thomas Joseph |
06 Nov 2021 |
| Meathead |
New York Times |
06 Oct 2021 |
| Stumblebum |
New York Times |
09 Sep 2021 |
| Dull stupid fellow |
The Times Concise |
05 Jun 2021 |
| Oaf |
Newsday |
23 May 2021 |
| Idiot daughter's shock going topless |
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| Knucklehead |
Eugene Sheffer |
01 Apr 2021 |
| Not the brightest bulb in the pack |
New York Times |
16 Feb 2021 |
| Transient lodger accommodating fool going west |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
20 Jan 2021 |
| Dimwit |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Dec 2020 |
| Blockhead |
New York Times |
19 Sep 2020 |
| Fool to impersonate an army officer |
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| Fool |
New York Times |
29 Aug 2020 |
| Foolish person |
Newsday |
18 Aug 2020 |
| Bonehead |
New York Times |
29 Jul 2020 |
| Foolish one |
Newsday |
03 Jun 2020 |
| Blockhead |
The Telegraph Quick |
25 Apr 2020 |
| Nitwit |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Mar 2020 |
| Dullard |
|
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| Fool jolly officer |
|
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| Idiot |
The Telegraph Quick |
30 Nov 2019 |
| Bozo |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Sep 2019 |
| Nincompoop |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Aug 2019 |
| Primarily, dope or lazy thinker? |
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| Noodlehead |
New York Times |
10 Jul 2019 |
| Doofus |
|
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| Doofus |
LA Times Daily |
18 Jun 2019 |
| Nincompoop |
LA Times Daily |
17 Jun 2019 |
| Nincompoop |
|
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| Dim bulb |
USA Today |
12 Jun 2019 |
| Simpleton |
LA Times Daily |
06 Jun 2019 |
| Simpleton |
|
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| Chowderhead |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Apr 2019 |
| Nimrod |
|
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| Nimrod |
LA Times Daily |
01 Mar 2019 |
| Blockhead |
Newsday |
13 Feb 2019 |
| Brainiac's opposite |
USA Today |
11 Jan 2019 |
| Chowderhead |
|
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| Doofus |
|
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| Nimrod |
|
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| Nincompoop |
|
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| Simpleton |
|
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| Nincompoop |
|
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| Noodlehead |
|
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| Bozo |
|
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| Dim bulb |
|
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| Brainiac's opposite |
|
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| Hardly a rocket scientist |
USA Today |
28 Nov 2018 |
| ldiot told to get knotted |
|
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| Dullard |
|
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| Simpleton |
Family Time |
12 Aug 2018 |
| Point made about learner being an idiot |
The Telegraph Toughie |
06 Jun 2018 |
| Clumsy character |
Family Time |
20 May 2018 |
| Blockhead |
Family Time |
06 May 2018 |
| Nitwit |
New York Times |
25 Mar 2018 |
| Blockhead |
Thomas Joseph |
14 Mar 2018 |
| Stupid person |
The Telegraph Quick |
27 Feb 2018 |
| Dim-bulbed sort |
Family Time |
28 Jan 2018 |
| One who's slow on the uptake |
USA Today |
18 Jan 2018 |
| Not-so-bright sort |
|
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| One who's slow on the uptake |
|
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| Nitwit |
|
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| Hardly a rocket scientist |
|
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| Simpleton |
Universal |
18 Dec 2017 |
| Dim type |
|
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| Slow-on-the-uptake sort |
USA Today |
13 Dec 2017 |
| Chowderhead |
Family Time |
04 Dec 2017 |
| Blockhead |
Wall Street Journal |
04 Nov 2017 |
| Bozo |
New York Times |
29 Oct 2017 |
| Moron |
Universal |
02 Oct 2017 |
| He could be told, but he probably wouldn't understand |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
21 Aug 2017 |
| Doofus |
New York Times |
20 Aug 2017 |
| Chowderhead |
LA Times Daily |
13 Aug 2017 |
| Chowderhead |
|
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| Numbskull |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Jul 2017 |
| Pinhead |
Thomas Joseph |
24 Jul 2017 |
| No rocket scientist |
USA Today |
23 Jun 2017 |
| Not-so-sharp sort |
|
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| Point about learner being dunce |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
28 May 2017 |
| Numbskull |
|
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| Numbskull |
LA Times Daily |
23 Apr 2017 |
| Dim-witted |
|
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| Chowderhead |
USA Today |
19 Apr 2017 |
| Numskull |
USA Today |
31 Mar 2017 |
| Fool oddly late joining party |
|
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| Dummy |
New York Times |
12 Jan 2017 |
| Numbskull |
|
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| Slow-on-the-uptake sort |
|
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| Chowderhead |
|
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| No rocket scientist |
|
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| Chowderhead |
|
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| Simpleton |
|
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| Moron |
|
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| Dummy |
|
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| Doofus |
|
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| Bozo |
|
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| Blockhead |
USA Today |
20 Dec 2016 |
| Lummox |
|
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| One not using his brain |
Universal |
06 Oct 2016 |
| Dummkopf |
USA Today |
10 Aug 2016 |
| Dunderhead's lot too radical |
|
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| Chowderhead |
Universal |
02 May 2016 |
| Imbecile |
New York Times |
26 Apr 2016 |
| Hardly the rocket scientist |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Apr 2016 |
| Numskull |
Universal |
11 Apr 2016 |
| Knucklehead |
Premier Sunday |
27 Mar 2016 |
| Airhead |
USA Today |
08 Jan 2016 |
| Buffoon |
Eugene Sheffer |
02 Jan 2016 |
| Airhead |
|
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| Blockhead |
|
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| Dummkopf |
|
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| Witless one |
|
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| Nitwit |
LA Times Daily |
16 Dec 2015 |
| Noodlehead |
Eugene Sheffer |
02 Dec 2015 |
| Airhead |
Universal |
21 Nov 2015 |
| Big galoot |
Universal |
14 Oct 2015 |
| Knucklehead |
Universal |
10 Oct 2015 |
| Lamebrain |
New York Times |
22 Sep 2015 |
| Foolish one |
Eugene Sheffer |
08 Sep 2015 |
| Clodpoll |
|
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| Discharge lieutenant for dope |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
25 Apr 2015 |
| Birdbrain |
LA Times Daily |
11 Apr 2015 |
| One's silly little spot across lake |
The Times Cryptic |
08 Apr 2015 |
| Numskull |
LA Times Daily |
27 Mar 2015 |
| Lummox |
Eugene Sheffer |
20 Jan 2015 |
| Fool |
LA Times Daily |
09 Jan 2015 |
| Airhead |
|
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| Big galoot |
|
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| Lamebrain |
|
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| Foolish one |
|
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| Fool |
|
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| Chowderhead |
|
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| Numskull |
|
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| Clodpoll |
|
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| Birdbrain |
|
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| Lamebrain |
|
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| Nitwit |
|
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| Birdbrain |
|
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| Knucklehead |
|
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| The idiot got left in a spot |
|
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| Fool |
|
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| Muttonhead |
|
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| Noodlehead |
|
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| Nitwit |
|
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| Fool |
|
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| Blockhead |
|
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| Idiot "surrounding" the answer at 55-Across |
|
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| Half-wit |
|
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| Lunkhead |
|
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| Dim-bulbed sort |
|
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| Bubblehead |
|
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| Bonehead |
|
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| Knucklehead |
|
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| Oaf |
|
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| Dunderhead |
|
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| Knucklehead |
|
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| Lamebrain |
|
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| Nitwit |
|
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| Dimwit |
|
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| Knucklehead |
|
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| Blockhead |
|
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| Knucklehead |
|
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| Knucklehead |
|
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| Blockhead |
|
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| Blockhead |
|
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| Hardly a rocket scientist |
|
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| Nitwit |
|
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| Yo-yo |
|
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| Lunkhead |
|
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| Dunce-cap candidate |
|
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| Nimrod |
|
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| Dimbulb |
|
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| Clod |
|
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| Buffoon |
|
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| Definitely no genius |
|
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| Dimbulb |
|
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| Bonehead |
|
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| Dumbass |
|
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| Definitely no genius |
|
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| Dim-bulbed sort |
|
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| One who isn't quick |
|
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| Definitely no genius |
|
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| Dimbulb |
|
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| Bonehead |
|
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| Dullard |
|
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| Dim bulb |
|
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| Bubblehead |
|
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| Dim-bulbed sort |
|
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| Doofus |
|
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| He's not a Mensa candidate |
|
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| "Dumb & Dumber" type |
|
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| One who is not very bright |
|
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| Dimwit |
|
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| Dimwit |
|
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| Idiot |
|
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| Doofus |
|
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| Dimwit |
|
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| Schlemiel |
|
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| Unlikely Mensa candidate |
|
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| One isn't sharp |
|
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| Blockhead |
|
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| Blockhead |
|
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| Dummkopf |
|
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| Bubblehead |
|
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| Nitwit |
|
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| Bonehead |
|
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| Birdbrain |
|
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| Bubblehead |
|
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| Buffoon |
|
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| Buffoon |
|
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| Idiot |
|
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| Idiot |
|
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| Chowderhead |
|
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| Bubblehead |
|
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| Dunderhead |
|
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| Lightweight |
|
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| Airhead |
|
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| Oaf |
|
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| Fool |
|
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| Sap |
|
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| Nincompoop |
|
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| Dunce-cap candidate |
|
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| Featherbrain |
|
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| Dull-witted one |
|
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| Nincompoop |
|
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| Noodlehead |
|
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| Knucklehead |
|
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| Numskull |
|
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| Cluck |
|
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| Boob |
|
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| Doofus |
|
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| Big goof |
|
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| Blockhead |
|
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| Lamebrain |
|
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| Ninny |
|
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| Chucklehead |
|
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| Numskull |
|
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| Oaf |
|
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| Nincompoop |
|
|
| Nitwit |
|
|
| No rocket scientist |
|
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| Simpleton |
|
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| No rocket scientist |
|
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| Chowderhead |
|
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| Lunkhead |
|
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| Klutz |
|
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| Lummox |
|
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| Fool |
|
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| Nitwit |
|
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| Lunkhead |
|
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| Hardly a Mensa candidate |
|
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| Hardly a Mensa candidate |
|
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| Cabbagehead |
|
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| Idiot |
|
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| Dunce cap earner |
|
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| Bubblehead |
|
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| Dumbbell |
|
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| Dunce |
|
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| Bubblehead |
|
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| Ninny |
|
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| Imbecile |
|
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| Bonehead |
|
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| Dimbulb |
|
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| Dumbbell |
|
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| Ninny |
|
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| Pinhead |
|
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| Bonehead |
|
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| Doofus |
|
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| Muttonhead |
|
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| Fumble-fingers |
|
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| Ninny |
|
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| One who isn't swift |
|
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| Moron |
|
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| Idiot |
|
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| Birdbrain |
|
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| Dimwit |
|
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| Oaf |
|
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| "Dumb & Dumber" type |
|
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| Jughead |
|
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| Blithering idiot |
|
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| Buffoon |
|
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| Jughead |
|
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| Airhead |
|
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| Blockhead |
|
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| Ignoramus |
|
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| Bozo |
|
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| Nincompoop |
|
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| Big galoot |
|
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| Numbskull |
|
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| Cabbagehead |
|
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| Yo-yo |
|
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| Numskull |
|
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| Dumbbell |
|
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| Simpleton |
|
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| Clod |
|
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| Stupid one |
|
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| Dumbbell |
|
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| Dunce |
|
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| Fool |
|
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| Dullard |
|
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| Simple Simon, e.g. |
|
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| Dunce-cap wearer |
|
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| Oaf |
|
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| Bonehead |
|
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| Ignoramus |
|
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| Dunderhead |
|
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| Pumpkinhead. |
|
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| Idiot. |
|
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| Numskull. |
|
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| Thickwit. |
|
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| Slow one |
|
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| Dummy. |
|
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| Blockhead. |
|
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| Goose. |
|
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| Ignoramus. |
|
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| Addlepate. |
|
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| Witless one. |
|
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| Booby-prize winner. |
|
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| Featherbrain. |
|
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| Oaf's cousin. |
|
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| Stupid person. |
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