| Clue | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Doctors study a character from Scott but he's so dull! | ||
| Dreary pedant – one confined to study's working after small dram | ||
| Dull | Eugene Sheffer | 09 Jan 2018 |
| Wipe, like wipe? That's not very interesting | ||
| Dull, pedantic, learned person from character in Sir Walter Scott's novels | The Telegraph General Knowledge | 03 Apr 2016 |
| More than dull | ||
| Insipid | ||
| Uninteresting | ||
| Dull | ||
| Pedantic | ||
| Pedantic. |