| Turned over soil |
|
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| Extracted from the ground |
|
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| Really liked |
USA Today |
13 Jul 2025 |
| Udder, teat (3) |
|
|
| Used a spade |
Puzzler Backwords |
03 Jun 2025 |
| Golden retriever in the Disney Pixar film Up (3) |
|
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| Made a hole |
|
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| Excavated |
Mirror Tea Time |
06 May 2025 |
| Like, really liked |
|
|
| Used a shovel, say |
|
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| Understood (old sl) (3) |
|
|
| ___ up, unearthed (3) |
Puzzler |
17 Apr 2025 |
| Really liked |
Thomas Joseph |
19 Mar 2025 |
| Did the spadework |
|
|
| Worked a mine |
Newsday |
16 Mar 2025 |
| Excavated |
The Telegraph Quick |
01 Mar 2025 |
| Really liked |
Thomas Joseph |
07 Feb 2025 |
| Used a shovel |
Commuter |
05 Feb 2025 |
| Used a spade: - a hole |
|
|
| Turn up earth or soil (3) |
|
|
| Delved under garment-tops and probed (3) |
|
|
| Excavated |
The Times Concise |
21 Dec 2024 |
| Used a spade |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
19 Dec 2024 |
| Used a shovel, say |
|
|
| Made a hole in soil |
Puzzler Backwords |
27 Nov 2024 |
| Dig ___ |
|
|
| Excavated with a shovel |
|
|
| Enjoyed |
Universal |
11 Nov 2024 |
| Excavated |
Newsday |
25 Oct 2024 |
| Excavated |
Mirror Quick |
12 Oct 2024 |
| Enjoyed having delved |
Mirror Cryptic |
12 Oct 2024 |
| Really enjoyed |
Universal |
24 Sep 2024 |
| Used a shovel |
Commuter |
20 Sep 2024 |
| The pup in "Up" |
|
|
| Used a shovel, say |
|
|
| Burrowed |
Eugene Sheffer |
13 Jul 2024 |
| Liked |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
01 Jul 2024 |
| Did some archaeology? |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
24 Jun 2024 |
| Made hole? |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Jun 2024 |
| Used a shovel |
Universal |
20 Jun 2024 |
| Worked the garden, this bloke, by the sound of it (3) |
|
|
| Moved some dirt |
|
|
| Enjoyed |
Universal |
20 May 2024 |
| 'Delved down,' said Douglas Jnr. (3) |
|
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| Little Douglas, said to be pushed (3) |
|
|
| Worked the garden of the Frenchman and got $1000 (3) |
|
|
| Used a shovel, say |
|
|
| Really liked |
Thomas Joseph |
02 May 2024 |
| Used a hoe |
Commuter |
23 Apr 2024 |
| Used a shovel, say |
|
|
| Created a hole |
USA Today |
16 Apr 2024 |
| Used a spade |
Puzzler Backwords |
19 Mar 2024 |
| Burrowed |
Eugene Sheffer |
12 Feb 2024 |
| Enjoyed tremendously |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Feb 2024 |
| Used spade |
|
|
| Moved earth |
|
|
| Vibed with |
Universal |
19 Jan 2024 |
| ___ up, unearthed |
Puzzler Backwords |
15 Jan 2024 |
| Douglas, said to have used a spade (3) |
|
|
| Used a shovel, say |
|
|
| Used an excavator |
LA Times Daily |
04 Jan 2024 |
| Poked jabbed |
|
|
| Did some holey work? |
|
|
| Really liked |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Dec 2023 |
| Burrowed |
Eugene Sheffer |
10 Nov 2023 |
| Explored for a hidden treasure in the yard, say |
|
|
| Broke ground |
LA Times Daily |
16 Oct 2023 |
| Was totally into |
USA Today |
12 Oct 2023 |
| Sought buried treasure, perhaps |
LA Times Daily |
24 Sep 2023 |
| Made a hole in the ground |
|
|
| Shoveled |
Premier Sunday |
16 Jul 2023 |
| Excavated |
The Telegraph Quick |
04 Jul 2023 |
| Used a shovel, say |
New York Times |
03 Jul 2023 |
| Excavated |
New York Times |
02 Jul 2023 |
| Was more than superficial |
LA Times Daily |
01 Jul 2023 |
| Used a shovel |
|
|
| Used a shovel |
Newsday |
21 Jun 2023 |
| Made a hole in the ground |
|
|
| Burrowed |
Eugene Sheffer |
27 Apr 2023 |
| Did excavation work, say |
|
|
| Used a shovel |
|
|
| Used a shovel, say |
|
|
| Turned up in canoe, but missing out |
The Times Cryptic |
16 Nov 2022 |
| Vibed with |
New York Times |
21 Oct 2022 |
| Used a shovel |
Newsday |
15 Aug 2022 |
| Broke ground |
Newsday |
14 Aug 2022 |
| Made a hole in the ground |
|
|
| Made a hole |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Aug 2022 |
| Hunted for fossils, say |
LA Times Daily |
25 Jul 2022 |
| Really loved, slangily |
|
|
| Really liked |
Universal |
25 Jun 2022 |
| Used a spade |
USA Today |
03 Jun 2022 |
| Made a hole, say |
|
|
| Really grooved on |
The Washington Post |
03 May 2022 |
| Really grooved on |
LA Times Daily |
03 May 2022 |
| Used a spade |
Premier Sunday |
03 Apr 2022 |
| Enjoyed |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Jan 2022 |
| Exposed, with 'up' |
The Washington Post |
23 Jan 2022 |
| Exposed, with "up" |
LA Times Daily |
23 Jan 2022 |
| Used a shovel |
USA Today |
10 Jan 2022 |
| Used a spade |
Thomas Joseph |
03 Jan 2022 |
| Enjoyed, in slang |
LA Times Daily |
12 Dec 2021 |
| Burrowed |
Eugene Sheffer |
01 Dec 2021 |
| "You ___ your own grave!" |
|
|
| Used a shovel, say |
|
|
| Did some excavation |
|
|
| Used a shovel, say |
|
|
| Really liked |
New York Times |
07 Jul 2021 |
| Was more than superficial |
Newsday |
03 Jul 2021 |
| Really liked |
Thomas Joseph |
01 Apr 2021 |
| Sentient species from the planet Malastare who first made an appearance in a 1999 "Star Wars" movie |
|
|
| Really enjoyed |
USA Today |
28 Mar 2021 |
| Made a pit |
Jonesin |
16 Mar 2021 |
| Used a spade |
Family Time |
07 Mar 2021 |
| Made holes |
Universal |
23 Jan 2021 |
| Found groovy |
New York Times |
28 Dec 2020 |
| Made a hole like an archaeologist |
|
|
| Used a spade |
Premier Sunday |
25 Oct 2020 |
| Excavated |
The Telegraph Quick |
25 Sep 2020 |
| Burrowed |
Eugene Sheffer |
19 Sep 2020 |
| Made, as a tunnel |
LA Times Daily |
16 Sep 2020 |
| Made, as a tunnel |
The Washington Post |
16 Sep 2020 |
| Used a shovel |
Universal |
23 Aug 2020 |
| Excavated |
|
|
| Turned up ground |
LA Times Daily |
16 Aug 2020 |
| Turned up ground |
The Washington Post |
16 Aug 2020 |
| Did some excavation |
|
|
| Made a hole |
|
|
| Enjoyed |
USA Today |
16 Mar 2020 |
| Excavated |
The Times Concise |
15 Feb 2020 |
| Grooved on |
|
|
| Grooved on |
New York Times |
13 Oct 2019 |
| Really liked |
Universal |
12 Oct 2019 |
| Excavated |
Newsday |
11 Oct 2019 |
| Made a trench |
USA Today |
22 Aug 2019 |
| Made a hole |
|
|
| Used a shovel |
Premier Sunday |
19 May 2019 |
| Really enjoyed |
Wall Street Journal |
04 May 2019 |
| Made a hole in the ground |
|
|
| Used a shovel |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Mar 2019 |
| Relished |
Newsday |
23 Feb 2019 |
| Sought buried gold, say |
The Washington Post Sunday |
27 Jan 2019 |
| Used a shovel |
Newsday |
21 Jan 2019 |
| Used a shovel |
|
|
| Really enjoyed |
|
|
| Made a trench |
|
|
| Really liked |
|
|
| Used a spade |
Thomas Joseph |
13 Dec 2018 |
| Was really into |
New York Times |
26 Nov 2018 |
| Considered groovy, man |
Jonesin |
23 Oct 2018 |
| Searched for fossils |
USA Today |
08 Sep 2018 |
| Made, as a hole in the ground |
|
|
| Found really groovy |
The Washington Post |
04 Sep 2018 |
| Really liked |
Jonesin |
04 Sep 2018 |
| Found really groovy |
LA Times Daily |
04 Sep 2018 |
| Got into |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Aug 2018 |
| Did excavation work |
The Washington Post Sunday |
26 Aug 2018 |
| Liked, old-school |
Universal |
20 Jul 2018 |
| Made a hole in one? |
Universal |
22 Jun 2018 |
| Excavated |
|
|
| Used a spade |
Universal |
12 Mar 2018 |
| Created a hole with a spade |
|
|
| Found groovy? |
Universal |
02 Feb 2018 |
| Got into |
|
|
| Made a hole in one? |
|
|
| Liked, old-school |
|
|
| Found groovy? |
|
|
| Found really groovy |
|
|
| Was really into |
|
|
| Searched for fossils |
|
|
| Shifted ground |
|
|
| Troweled |
Newsday |
29 Dec 2017 |
| Spaded |
Universal |
08 Dec 2017 |
| Considered groovy |
|
|
| Really liked |
New York Times |
29 Sep 2017 |
| Prepared to make a sandcastle, e.g |
USA Today |
14 Sep 2017 |
| Found really neat |
New York Times |
11 Jul 2017 |
| Used a shovel |
Thomas Joseph |
01 May 2017 |
| Understood, to hippies |
Universal |
21 Apr 2017 |
| Found groovy |
Premier Sunday |
05 Feb 2017 |
| Found really neat |
|
|
| Prepared to make a sandcastle, e.g. |
|
|
| Really liked |
|
|
| Spaded |
|
|
| Understood, to hippies |
|
|
| Used a spade |
|
|
| Really liked |
The Washington Post |
15 Dec 2016 |
| Was really into |
LA Times Daily |
13 Nov 2016 |
| Had a look in the ground as there's none missing from dungeon |
Irish Times Crosaire |
29 Oct 2016 |
| Shoveled into |
Newsday |
09 Sep 2016 |
| Liked, hippie-style |
USA Today |
04 Sep 2016 |
| Did deep research |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Jun 2016 |
| Excavated |
Canadiana |
30 May 2016 |
| Searched for fossils |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Apr 2016 |
| Considered groovy |
The Washington Post |
25 Feb 2016 |
| Loved, as archaeological work? |
New York Times |
23 Feb 2016 |
| Burrowed |
Newsday |
20 Dec 2015 |
| Used a shovel |
Family Time |
30 Nov 2015 |
| Understood archaeology? |
USA Today |
18 Nov 2015 |
| Deemed groovy |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
07 Aug 2015 |
| Grooved on |
LA Times Daily |
07 Jul 2015 |
| Appreciated speed — perhaps missing runs |
The Times Cryptic |
06 Jul 2015 |
| Researched in depth |
Newsday |
23 Jan 2015 |
| Deemed groovy |
|
|
| Grooved on |
|
|
| Grooved on |
|
|
| Understood archaeology? |
|
|
| Burrowed |
|
|
| Researched in depth |
|
|
| Researched in depth? |
|
|
| Enjoyed muchly |
|
|
| Made a ditch, say |
|
|
| Used a trowel |
|
|
| Excavated |
|
|
| Understood archaeology? |
|
|
| Really got into |
|
|
| Excavated |
|
|
| Was into |
|
|
| Found groovy |
|
|
| Was into |
|
|
| Found groovy |
|
|
| Used a trowel |
|
|
| Used a shovel |
|
|
| Used a trowel |
|
|
| Burrowed |
|
|
| Made like a marmot |
|
|
| Participated in archaeology |
|
|
| Went after treasure |
|
|
| Considered groovy |
|
|
| Did archaeological work |
|
|
| Went underground? |
|
|
| Excavated (with "out") |
|
|
| Thought it was groovy |
|
|
| Used a backhoe |
|
|
| Like, liked |
|
|
| Used a spade |
|
|
| Went after buried treasure |
|
|
| Grooved on |
|
|
| Had fun with |
|
|
| Like, liked |
|
|
| Burrowed |
|
|
| Found, with "up" |
|
|
| Wielded a spade |
|
|
| Searched for buried treasure |
|
|
| Went after treasure |
|
|
| Used a spade |
|
|
| Used a spade |
|
|
| Used a spade |
|
|
| Really got into |
|
|
| Deemed way cool |
|
|
| Considered groovy |
|
|
| Appreciated |
|
|
| Really liked, slangily |
|
|
| Deemed way cool |
|
|
| Excavated |
|
|
| Liked, like a beatnik |
|
|
| Made a hole |
|
|
| Was really into |
|
|
| Broke ground |
|
|
| Liked |
|
|
| Used a shovel |
|
|
| Used a backhoe, e.g. |
|
|
| Went underground? |
|
|
| Searched for buried treasure |
|
|
| Went for |
|
|
| Trenched |
|
|
| Understood archeology? |
|
|
| Made a hole |
|
|
| Found groovy |
|
|
| Put oneself in a hole? |
|
|
| Grooved on |
|
|
| Broke ground |
|
|
| Thought was really cool |
|
|
| Emulated a gopher |
|
|
| Like, liked |
|
|
| Shoveled |
|
|
| Like, liked |
|
|
| Did some gardening |
|
|
| Did some gardening |
|
|
| Found cool |
|
|
| Excavated |
|
|
| Liked, in the 60's |
|
|
| Appreciated, in the '50s |
|
|
| Used a shovel |
|
|
| Excavated |
|
|
| Excavated |
|
|
| Really liked |
|
|
| Understood |
|
|
| Used a backhoe |
|
|
| Made a hole |
|
|
| Liked, hippie-style |
|
|
| Liked, hippie-style |
|
|
| Really liked, man |
|
|
| Found groovy |
|
|
| Really enjoyed, slangily |
|
|
| Understood, slangily |
|
|
| Went for |
|
|
| Understood, slangily |
|
|
| Liked loads |
|
|
| "Like, understood, man!" |
|
|
| Spaded |
|
|
| Understood archeology? |
|
|
| Got the drift |
|
|
| Used a shovel |
|
|
| Excavated |
|
|
| Looked for clams |
|
|
| Understood |
|
|
| Got the point |
|
|
| Went after hard facts |
|
|
| Searched for clams |
|
|
| Really got into |
|
|
| Got into |
|
|
| Delved. |
|
|
| Excavated. |
|
|
| Spaded. |
|
|
| Understood: Colloq. |
|
|
| Worked in the garden. |
|
|
| Burrowed. |
|
|