| PlusWord No 1253 solution |
The Telegraph Plusword |
26 Oct 2025 |
| Perish in water |
The Times Concise |
04 Oct 2025 |
| Die like Ophelia (5) |
The Guardian Quick |
04 Oct 2025 |
| Submerge towards the bottom round river (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
02 Sep 2025 |
| Overwhelm down round end of year |
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| Doctor now about to go under (5) |
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| Doctor will have to swallow up (5) |
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| Flood from river surrounded by hilly ground |
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| Unhappy with river in flood |
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| A number, worn out, can't keep afloat (5) |
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| Road up? Concede flood |
The Times Cryptic |
12 May 2025 |
| Be underwater too long (5) |
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| Die by immersion in liquid (5) |
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| Immerse (5) |
Puzzler |
06 May 2025 |
| Overwhelm doctor now in trouble (5) |
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| New expression from the south for flood (5) |
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| Drench thoroughly |
Mirror Tea Time |
20 Apr 2025 |
| A little forlorn, Wordsworth went back to swamp (5) |
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| Drench thoroughly |
Mirror Tea Time |
08 Mar 2025 |
| Suffocate in liquid |
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| A doctor has to now muffle his sorrows (5) |
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| Do this with sorrows or learn to swim instead |
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| With "out", overwhelm with sound |
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| Succumb to the ocean (5) |
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| Go under |
The Telegraph Quick |
31 Jan 2025 |
| Drench, as with dressing |
Universal |
18 Jan 2025 |
| Submerge or flood an area (5) |
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| Die by submersion (5) |
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| Asphyxiate underwater (5) |
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| Go to a watery grave on reflection of some solemn words (5) |
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| Submerge towards the bottom round river (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
06 Nov 2024 |
| Sink drink around river and sink in the drink (5) |
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| Take a plunge with fatal results |
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| Die to over-dilute the Scotch (5) |
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| Be overwhelmed with new information from the east |
The Times Cryptic |
17 Oct 2024 |
| Kill a doctor and confess (5) |
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| Lose life in water (5) |
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| Lose life and leave doctor by himself (5) |
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| Ultimately flounder in drink a and then do this? (5) |
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| Ultimately flounder in drink - and then do this? (5) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
29 Aug 2024 |
| Die by water, having fallen crossing river |
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| Suffocate in water |
The Sun Mini |
12 Aug 2024 |
| Smother, as with sauce |
New York Times |
11 Aug 2024 |
| Suflocate by submersion in water (5) |
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| Suffocate by submersion in water (5) |
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| Perish at sea (5) |
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| In heartless racket, move boat only to lose one's life (5) |
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| Add too much water (5) |
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| Flood, sink or drench ? (5) |
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| PlusWord No 739 solution |
The Telegraph Plusword |
30 May 2024 |
| Experience death by water (5) |
The Guardian Quick |
21 May 2024 |
| Submerge |
The Sun Two Speed |
17 May 2024 |
| Romeo consumed by drink to go under |
The Sun Two Speed |
17 May 2024 |
| Flood at lower level on river's banks |
The Sun Two Speed |
07 May 2024 |
| Submerge |
The Sun Two Speed |
07 May 2024 |
| One way to kill a doctor, now, perhaps (5) |
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| Move boat between Danish and Norse capitals but go under (5) |
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| Die in water (5) |
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| Suffocate under water (5) |
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| Put too much water in the Scotch to lose one's life (5) |
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| In the end row nowhere, and perish in the water (5) |
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| Get in over one's head, with fatal result (5) |
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| Bury(5) |
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| Asphyxiate in water |
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| Drench down around head of river (5) |
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| Suffocate by submersion |
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| Lose life at sea (5) |
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| Doctor's personal sink (5) |
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| Die underwater |
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| Submerge |
The Sun Two Speed |
19 Dec 2023 |
| Flood at lower level around river |
The Sun Two Speed |
19 Dec 2023 |
| Sink right into depression (5) |
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| "Come ___ your sorrows with some beer!" |
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| Perish beneath the waves |
The Times Concise |
21 Nov 2023 |
| Submerge in a pool |
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| River going into low swamp |
Irish Times Crosaire |
03 Apr 2023 |
| Overwhelm |
Newsday |
02 Sep 2022 |
| Flood with chocolate syrup, say |
LA Times Daily |
22 May 2022 |
| Succumb to the sea |
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| Die in water, having fallen crossing river |
The Times Cryptic |
23 Dec 2021 |
| Flood in lower position to involve river |
The Times Cryptic |
20 Dec 2021 |
| Inundate |
The Washington Post Sunday |
12 Dec 2021 |
| Lose one's life in water |
The Times Concise |
29 Oct 2021 |
| Submerge |
The Telegraph Quick |
22 Oct 2021 |
| Get overwhelmed, so to speak |
Universal |
06 Aug 2021 |
| Cause not to hear new promise being brought up |
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| Die by inhaling liquid |
Irish Times Simplex |
25 May 2021 |
| ___ one's sorrows |
New York Times |
02 Mar 2021 |
| Overpower doctor and hold |
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| In central Madrid, crowds stunned to find swamp |
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| Third of Tories wearing blue go under |
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| "___ your sorrows" |
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| Be louder than, with 'out' |
USA Today |
06 Nov 2019 |
| Go under |
The Times Concise |
01 Sep 2019 |
| Drench with dressing |
Universal |
26 May 2019 |
| Immerse (in), as maple syrup |
The Washington Post |
05 May 2019 |
| Immerse (in), as maple syrup |
LA Times Daily |
05 May 2019 |
| Flood at lower level around river |
The Sun Two Speed |
29 Jan 2019 |
| Submerge |
The Sun Two Speed |
29 Jan 2019 |
| Drench with dressing |
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| Immerse (in), as maple syrup |
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| Submerge |
The Telegraph Quick |
26 Dec 2018 |
| Romeo, consumed by drink, to go under |
The Sun Two Speed |
04 Sep 2018 |
| Immerse at lower level around river |
The Sun Two Speed |
31 Aug 2018 |
| Flood |
The Sun Two Speed |
31 Aug 2018 |
| Submerge |
The Times Concise |
29 Jul 2018 |
| Submerge under water |
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| Flood (an area) |
The Times Concise |
30 Mar 2018 |
| Put too much sauce on |
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| Overcome, doctor gets personal |
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| Go down with the ship and stay down |
Universal |
19 Apr 2017 |
| Like some clues with 'hand' in? Go to Davy Jones's locker |
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| Go down with the ship and stay down |
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| Inundate |
Thomas Joseph |
05 Dec 2016 |
| Depressed about river in flood |
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| Depressed about river in flood |
The Times Cryptic |
26 Aug 2016 |
| Audibly overwhelm, with ''out'' |
Newsday |
05 May 2016 |
| Doctor's personal duck |
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| Put too much dressing on |
Thomas Joseph |
04 Mar 2016 |
| Swallow going over river in flood |
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| Unhappy about river in flood |
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| Inundate |
Premier Sunday |
20 Dec 2015 |
| Submerge at lower level to contain river |
The Times Cryptic |
21 Apr 2015 |
| Landlubber's ending in drink -- and may do this |
The Telegraph Toughie |
16 Apr 2015 |
| Overcome flood |
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| Be overwhelmed |
New York Times |
25 Feb 2015 |
| Succumb to the sea |
Universal |
17 Feb 2015 |
| Obliterate retrograde N-word |
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| Succumb to the sea |
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| Be overwhelmed |
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| Inundate |
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| River in NI county in flood |
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| Inundate |
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| Feel inundated |
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| Audibly overwhelm (with "out") |
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| Go down with the ship |
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| Go down with the ship |
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| Dutch king's private sink |
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| Drink away, as sorrows |
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| Drink away, as sorrows |
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| Go under |
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| Inundate |
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| Be covered with, with "in" |
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| Audibly overwhelm, with "out" |
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| Overdress |
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| Audibly overpower, with "out" |
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| Inundate |
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| Audibly overwhelm, with "out" |
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| Inundate |
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| Top with lots of syrup |
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| Totally drench |
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| Overwhelm |
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| Inundate |
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| Overwhelm |
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| Put too much dressing on |
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| Overwhelm with work |
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| Be louder than, with "out" |
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| Render inaudible, with "out" |
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| Engulf |
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| Overwhelm |
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| Audibly overwhelm, with "out” |
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| Pour too much syrup on, perhaps |
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| Soak |
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| Inundate |
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| Inundate |
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| Go under for the third time |
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| Sink in the drink |
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| Go under |
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| Swamp |
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| " . . . ___ the stage with tears": Hamlet |
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| Suffer Icarus' fate |
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| Get rid of. |
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| Muffle. |
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| Sink |
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