| "The Mighty ___," sports film where Emilio Estevez tells his team, "A team is something you belong to ... something you have to earn." |
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| Evades quacking birds (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
01 Aug 2025 |
| Oo! They do look happy in the water! (5) |
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| Birds of the Anatidae family, with webbed feet and short, flattened bills (5) |
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| Loves making love? |
The Sun Two Speed |
06 Jul 2025 |
| Avoids |
The Sun Two Speed |
06 Jul 2025 |
| '___ and drakes' (5) |
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| Stoops for the birds (5) |
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| Birds of the Anatidae family with short legs, webbed feet, and long, flattened bills (5) |
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| Quacking birds |
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| Wolf, geese or _ (5) |
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| Cricketers try to avoid these skirts |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
18 Mar 2025 |
| Mallards and mergansers, for example |
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| Dodges |
LA Times Daily |
05 Mar 2025 |
| They're amphibious, sweetie (5) |
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| Love note is rubbish? Don't start that! |
The Times Sunday Cryptic |
02 Mar 2025 |
| Bends the head quickly to avoid a blow (5) |
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| Dear trousers (5) |
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| Avoids things put in a row? (5) |
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| Common water birds (5) |
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| Donald and Daisy |
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| Avoids being hit by diving fliers (5) |
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| Waterbirds which have broad blunt bills (5) |
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| Rubber toys used frequently on "Taskmaster" |
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| Crouches quickly (5) |
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| They have no defence when sitting (5) |
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| Bobs down (5) |
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| Avoids sporting failures (5) |
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| Titular birds in Kate Beaton's 2022 graphic memoir |
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| Waterfowl whose species include the garganey, pochard, scaup etc. (5) |
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| "The Mighty ___," sports comedy-drama starring Emilio Estevez that released in the UK as "Champions" |
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| Avoid small birds |
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| Donald and Daisy are Disney cartoon ones (5) |
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| Mallards |
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| Avoid first of scary birds (5) |
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| Dodges the birds (5) |
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| '70s pub rockers _ _ _ _ Deluxe, out of which came The Motors (5) |
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| Birdies, not scoring (5) |
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| "The Mighty ___," sports comedy-drama starring Emilio Estevez that released in the UK as "Champions" |
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| They may finish up in the soup, dear (5) |
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| Stoops to avoid something |
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| No scoring? That's for the birds! (5) |
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| What you cast your bread upon the waters for, love (5) |
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| Drake's favourites don't score with us! |
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| Anaheim NHL team |
Thomas Joseph |
08 Jan 2024 |
| - and drakes; outdoor game or pastime where the object is to skim a stone across the surface of water as many times as possible before it sinks (5) |
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| River quackers |
LA Times Mini |
28 Dec 2023 |
| Avoids low scores |
The Times Cryptic |
04 Jul 2023 |
| Avoids a fastball, say |
New York Times |
11 May 2023 |
| Web-footed swimming birds |
Irish Times Simplex |
17 Jun 2022 |
| Love starter of salad and dips |
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| A brace of _____ |
Canadiana |
24 Jan 2022 |
| A brace of ______ |
Canadiana |
01 Nov 2021 |
| Avoids |
Wall Street Journal |
04 Sep 2021 |
| Avoids a dodgeball |
Universal |
16 Aug 2021 |
| … coarse garments, luvvie, such as 2 go after? |
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| Avoids a punch, perhaps |
Universal |
06 Apr 2021 |
| You may feed them bread crumbs |
Universal |
05 Feb 2021 |
| Mallards and such |
USA Today |
15 Sep 2020 |
| Marsh residents |
Thomas Joseph |
05 Aug 2020 |
| Loves making love? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
16 May 2020 |
| Mallards, for example |
The Telegraph Quick |
03 May 2020 |
| Pond swimmers |
Thomas Joseph |
03 Dec 2019 |
| Teals and mallards |
New York Times |
17 Dec 2018 |
| Hook's Darling? |
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| Manages to avoid |
New York Times |
23 Jun 2018 |
| Love love love? |
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| They're often seen swimming as a pair in a pool |
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| Zero scores; birds |
The Times Concise |
05 Mar 2018 |
| Evades quacking birds |
The Sun Two Speed |
20 Feb 2018 |
| Water-birds |
The Sun Two Speed |
20 Feb 2018 |
| Manages to avoid |
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| Teals and mallards |
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| Avoids those with bills up front |
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| Birds that waddle |
New York Times |
04 Sep 2017 |
| Pond denizens |
Eugene Sheffer |
18 Aug 2017 |
| Water birds |
The Times Concise |
27 Apr 2017 |
| Birds that waddle |
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| Stoops suddenly |
Newsday |
25 Dec 2016 |
| Darling gets bypass twice |
Irish Times Crosaire |
15 Dec 2016 |
| Shooting gallery targets |
Thomas Joseph |
06 Aug 2016 |
| 2-2, in Texas hold 'em |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Apr 2016 |
| Avoids birds |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
12 Jan 2016 |
| Moves quickly to avoid waterbirds |
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| University of Oregon team |
New York Times |
26 Feb 2015 |
| University of Oregon team |
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| Lowers oneself for safety's sake |
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| They wear down |
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| Stoops suddenly |
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| What you can give a bunch of for $20 |
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| Waterfowl whose young inspired this puzzle's theme |
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| Huey, Dewey, and Louie, e.g. |
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| Waterfowl whose young inspired this puzzle's theme |
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| Avoids |
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| Teals and mallards |
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| Teals and mallards |
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| Sidesteps |
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| Avoids a blow, in a way |
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| Avoids a blow, in a way |
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| Gets out of |
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| Avoids a beanball |
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| Shooting-gallery birds |
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| Steers clear of |
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| Drakes' companions |
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| Darling: Brit. slang. |
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| White trousers of heavy cotton cloth. |
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| Canvasbacks. |
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| Shovelers. |
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| Greenwings or goldeneyes. |
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| Smee and smew. |
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