| Lead-in to struck or luck |
New York Times |
24 Sep 2025 |
| Stupid |
The Telegraph Quick |
18 Sep 2025 |
| Maiden butting in to make a knight foolish |
The Times Cryptic |
18 Aug 2025 |
| Idiotic |
Thomas Joseph |
28 Jun 2025 |
| Silent type of bell (4) |
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| "___ & Dumber," Jim Carrey film |
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| "It doesn't take Robert The Bruce/To see the web you've spun." (The Beautiful South) (4) |
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| Such waiters may have their ups and downs (4) |
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| Unable to say why it is silent (4) |
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| Opposite of "sharp" or "smart" |
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| Boneheaded |
New York Times |
21 Apr 2025 |
| "I'm not like them/But I can pretend." (Nirvana) (4) |
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| Movie, - and Dumber |
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| Slow-witted but silent |
The Sun Two Speed |
29 Mar 2025 |
| Unable to speak |
The Sun Two Speed |
29 Mar 2025 |
| Movie, ___ and Dumber |
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| Adjective in the title of a 1994 comedy starring Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels |
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| ___ down (make a concept easier than it is) |
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| ____found, astonish |
The Telegraph Quick |
07 Feb 2025 |
| Unable or unwilling to speak (4) |
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| Silent |
The Telegraph Quick |
16 Jan 2025 |
| But they're not speechless hotel servants! (4-7) |
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| Boneheaded |
New York Times |
24 Nov 2024 |
| Speechless |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Oct 2024 |
| Day university doctor becomes speechless (4) |
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| Stupid |
USA Today Quick |
29 Sep 2024 |
| Obtuse, as in person |
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| Word before luck or struck |
Premier Sunday |
07 Jul 2024 |
| Without power of speech |
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| "___ & Dumber," Jim Carrey film |
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| Small food lift, ... waiter |
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| ___ charades (party game) |
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| Stupid so my lips are sealed (4) |
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| Opposite of "sharp" or "smart" |
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| Saying nothing but "stupid" (4) |
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| ___ down (make a concept easier than it is) |
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| Silent |
The Telegraph Quick |
15 Feb 2024 |
| Mute |
The Telegraph Quick |
17 Jan 2024 |
| Silent |
The Telegraph Quick |
12 Jan 2024 |
| Idiotic |
Thomas Joseph |
03 Jan 2024 |
| Struck - (surprised) |
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| Stupid sort of waiter |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
14 Dec 2023 |
| Stupid sort of waiter (4) |
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| Like a half-baked idea |
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| "___ and Dumber To," 2014 comedy film with a Bill Murray cameo |
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| Idiotic |
Thomas Joseph |
21 Apr 2023 |
| Like silly questions |
Universal |
31 Jan 2023 |
| "___ & Dumber," 1994 comedy film starring Jim Carrey |
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| Wordless |
The Guardian Speedy |
12 Jun 2022 |
| Type of bell or waiter |
Family Time |
27 Dec 2021 |
| "___ & Dumber," 1994 film |
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| Word before "luck" |
Universal |
04 Oct 2021 |
| Silent animated Disney film, unfinished |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
30 Aug 2021 |
| Word with luck or waiter |
New York Times |
16 Jun 2021 |
| Unable to speak |
The Sun Two Speed |
05 Jan 2021 |
| Slow-witted but silent |
The Sun Two Speed |
05 Jan 2021 |
| Struck thus, one can't speak |
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| Half-baked |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Jul 2020 |
| Slow-witted and silent |
The Sun Two Speed |
04 May 2020 |
| Word after play or before luck |
New York Times |
22 Apr 2020 |
| — luck (accidental success) |
Eugene Sheffer |
29 Feb 2020 |
| Tailless flying elephant? I'm speechless |
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| Prefix for struck to mean "surprised" |
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| Unable to speak |
The Times Concise |
15 Aug 2019 |
| Make simpler, with 'down' |
USA Today |
23 Jul 2019 |
| ___ charades (party game) |
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| Moronic |
The Washington Post Sunday |
02 Jun 2019 |
| Idiotic |
The Washington Post |
21 May 2019 |
| Idiotic |
LA Times Daily |
21 May 2019 |
| Like a 'doh!' moment |
New York Times |
19 Mar 2019 |
| Word with down or luck |
The New Yorker |
25 Feb 2019 |
| Idiotic |
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| Make simpler, with "down" |
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| Like a "doh!" moment |
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| Prefix with "bell" or "found" |
Universal |
22 Dec 2018 |
| Someone who is stupid |
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| Simplify, with 'down' |
USA Today |
01 Aug 2018 |
| Unable to speak |
The Telegraph Quick |
19 Jul 2018 |
| Smart? No, way off |
Universal |
17 Jul 2018 |
| Voiceless |
The Telegraph Quick |
23 Mar 2018 |
| Speechless |
The Telegraph Quick |
22 Feb 2018 |
| Oversimplify, with "down" |
LA Times Daily |
18 Feb 2018 |
| Oversimplify, with 'down' |
The Washington Post |
18 Feb 2018 |
| Simplify, with "down" |
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| Smart? No, way off |
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| Oversimplify, with "down" |
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| Prefix with "bell" or "found" |
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| Not smart |
Universal |
02 Oct 2017 |
| Moronic |
Thomas Joseph |
22 Sep 2017 |
| Lacking speech |
The Telegraph Quick |
15 Sep 2017 |
| Word said three times while smacking the forehead |
New York Times |
07 May 2017 |
| Not smart |
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| Word said three times while smacking the forehead |
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| Cry made repeatedly while slapping the forehead |
New York Times |
08 Sep 2016 |
| Sharp's opposite |
New York Times |
07 May 2016 |
| Like some mistakes |
Jonesin |
19 Apr 2016 |
| Cry made repeatedly while slapping the forehead |
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| Thickheaded |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Dec 2015 |
| Stupid cartoon film has ending cut |
The Times Cryptic |
05 Nov 2015 |
| Half-baked |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
12 Jun 2015 |
| Asinine |
Universal |
29 May 2015 |
| Foolish |
Eugene Sheffer |
22 May 2015 |
| Stupid (sl.) |
The Telegraph Quick |
28 Apr 2015 |
| Stupid call to get married |
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| Prefix for "bell" or "found" |
Universal |
04 Feb 2015 |
| Half-baked |
New York Times |
27 Jan 2015 |
| Half-baked |
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| Like a rock? |
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| Half-baked |
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| Asinine |
|
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| Prefix for "bell" or "found" |
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| Thickheaded |
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| Stupid name, admits head of marketing |
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| Asinine |
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| "Bell" or "waiter" starter |
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| Word in a Jim Carrey film title |
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| Boneheaded |
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| Senseless |
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| Type of bell or waiter |
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| Kind of luck |
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| Not bright at all |
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| Not bright at all |
|
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| Type of waiter or bell |
|
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| Idiotic |
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| Inane |
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| Kind of luck |
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| Make absurdly easy, with "down" |
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| Make absurdly easy, with "down" |
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| Oversimplify, with "down" |
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| Hardly Ph.D. material |
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| Left without words |
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| With 1-Down, one who's not too bright |
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| Kind of luck |
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| Slow |
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| One way to be struck |
|
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| Kind of luck |
|
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| Word before luck or cluck |
|
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| Thickheaded |
|
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| Unintelligent |
|
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| Waiter's intro |
|
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| Like Tommy |
|
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| Stupid |
|
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| Inane |
|
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| Type of waiter or bell |
|
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| Cloddish |
|
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| Type of waiter |
|
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| Idiotic |
|
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| Waiter or bell preceder |
|
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| Stupid |
|
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| Slow |
|
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| Like someone stoned, perhaps |
|
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| Asinine |
|
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| Like Zero in "Beetle Bailey" |
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| "Here's a good rule of thumb: Too clever is ___": Ogden Nash |
|
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| Hardly Ph.D. material |
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| Prefix for struck |
|
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| __ Dora |
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| Moronic |
|
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| Kind of cluck |
|
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| ___ waiter (elevator) |
|
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| Half-witted |
|
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| Not smart at all |
|
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| Not smart at all |
|
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| Kind of cluck |
|
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| Hardly Einsteinian |
|
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| Dull-witted |
|
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| Word with waiter or bell |
|
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| Speechless, so to speak |
|
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| One way to be struck |
|
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| Voiceless |
|
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| Prefix for bell or found |
|
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| Mute |
|
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| Half-witted |
|
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| Type of bell or waiter |
|
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| Word in a Jim Carrey film title |
|
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| Asinine |
|
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| Word with bell or waiter |
|
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| Bell beginning |
|
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| Not too bright |
|
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| Speechless |
|
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| Like some errors |
|
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| Bell or waiter starter |
|
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| Start for waiter or bell |
|
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| Half-witted |
|
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| Prefix for founded |
|
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| Prefix for struck |
|
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| Slow-witted |
|
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| Stupid |
|
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| Kind of bell |
|
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| Speechless |
|
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| _ show: mime play |
|
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| Type of luck |
|
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| Kind of bell? |
|
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| Empty-headed |
|
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| Speechless |
|
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| Word with waiter or bell |
|
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| Bell predecessor |
|
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| Kind of waiter or bell |
|
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| Waiter or bell |
|
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| ___ Dora |
|
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| Kind of waiter |
|
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| Type of waiter |
|
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| Stupid |
|
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| Silent |
|
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| Like someone stoned, perhaps |
|
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| See 25-Down |
|
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| Mute. |
|
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| Speechless. |
|
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| Thunderstruck. |
|
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| Silent. |
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| Not loquacious. |
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| Reticent. |
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