| Send over cross, then thump opener |
The Times Cryptic |
10 Oct 2025 |
| Turner, on entry? (8) |
The Guardian Quick |
14 Aug 2025 |
| Roundish handle (8) |
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| What takes turn to enter or leave? (8) |
The Guardian Quiptic |
11 May 2025 |
| Handle (8) |
The Guardian Quick |
01 May 2025 |
| Sentient talking object voiced by Joseph Kearns in the 1951 Disney animation Alice in Wonderland (8) |
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| Bash, or lofted hit by opener? (8) |
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| Round handle used to release the latch on a means of access (4,4) |
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| Handle cross from the right - then hit on the counter (8) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
04 Dec 2024 |
| Handle cross from the right a then hit on the counter (8) |
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| Handle secret agent from the east escorting our Scottish king |
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| Handle that is turned to release a latch (8) |
Puzzler |
07 Nov 2024 |
| Badly born, do OK getting means of entry |
The Telegraph Toughie |
23 Oct 2024 |
| A handle on an entrance that is turned to release the latch (8) |
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| Handle boss by entrance (8) |
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| Rounded handle |
The Times Concise |
12 Jan 2024 |
| Dr No book reworked opening device |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
22 Jun 2022 |
| What can open party or ball |
The Times Cryptic |
16 Jun 2022 |
| Opening aid |
Eugene Sheffer |
23 May 2022 |
| Turn it to release the catch and enter |
Irish Times Simplex |
10 Dec 2021 |
| One takes turns to let people in |
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| It's turned to go in and out |
Premier Sunday |
05 Sep 2021 |
| Hit cross back with handle |
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| Handle |
The Times Concise |
23 Mar 2021 |
| Party plonker grabs alternative means of entering chamber? |
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| Opening feature reviewed book about king getting cross |
The Telegraph Toughie |
23 Dec 2020 |
| Type of handle |
The Times Concise |
30 Jul 2020 |
| Sleep with crucifix, turning handle |
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| Place to hang a hat, perhaps |
USA Today |
24 Dec 2018 |
| Place to hang a hat, perhaps |
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| Round handle on entrance to building |
The Telegraph General Knowledge |
05 Nov 2017 |
| It may have to be turned before making an entry |
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| Have sex with cross revolutionary and need to escape! |
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| Turning point? |
New York Times |
23 Oct 2015 |
| Dr No book (novel) — with a twist, it offers an escape |
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| Turning point? |
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| Dr No book's sophisticated opening device |
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| Opener has to hit cross heavenward |
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| Twisted opener |
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| Opening necessity? |
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| It plays a part in openings and closings |
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| Necessity for an opening act? |
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| Necessity for an opening act? |
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| Impromptu coat hanger |
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| Opening necessity? |
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| Impromptu coathanger, sometimes |
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| It plays a part in some openings |
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| It plays a part in openings and closings |
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| Necessity for an opening act? |
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| It's good for openers |
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| It plays a part in some openings |
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| Handle |
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| Opener of a sort |
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| Handle of a sort |
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| See 38-Across |
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| Relative of a latch. |
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