| Lineage |
The Telegraph Quick |
30 Jul 2025 |
| Powerful family, extremely dirty and disgusting |
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| Highest-rated TV show of 1984-85 |
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| Zhou or Qin, in Chinese history 7/14 |
USA Today |
14 Jul 2025 |
| Limits of democracy threatening regime? (7) |
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| Family line of potentates (7) |
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| Reportedly not a pleasant end for the family (7) |
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| 1982-89 American soap (7) |
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| Classic 805 soap starring Joan Collins and Linda Evans (7) |
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| Vacated draughty and dirty house |
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| Powerful family departs, some upset by scene of squalor |
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| Sequence of rulers from family |
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| The greedy, nasty combination of successive rulers |
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| Dismally empty, filthy house |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
04 Jun 2025 |
| Democracy ends with horrible rulers (7) |
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| Lineage of rulers, the Ming ___ |
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| Lineage of rulers, the Ming ... |
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| Family line of monarchs (7) |
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| Family is dirty, gutless and unpleasant (7) |
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| Joan Collins played Alexis Carrington in this super soap |
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| Sung, say, to dry right out when it's unpleasant (7) |
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| Vacuous drudgery alongside grim house |
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| Most of that nasty day had power in it (7) |
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| TV drama series featuring the Colby and Carrington families (7) |
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| Succession of rulers from one family |
The Telegraph Quick |
28 Mar 2025 |
| 1980s American TV soap opera (7) |
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| Former American soap opera |
Mirror Tea Time |
20 Mar 2025 |
| Joan Collins played Alexis in this super soap |
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| Extremes of devilry with unpleasant ruling group |
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| Limitations of democracy threatening regime (7) |
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| Succession of rulers from the same family |
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| Powerful family line (7) |
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| The popularity of which TV soap was boosted by the casting of Joan Collins? (7) |
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| A line of rulers dry right out, very unpleasant (7) |
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| Long-running TV melodrama starring Joan Collins (7) |
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| Eviscerating Daddy? Nasty family! (7) |
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| Sequence of rule by a family (7) |
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| Some study nasty for the Carringtons, for example? (7) |
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| Succession of related magnates or monarchs (7) |
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| Former American soap opera |
Mirror Tea Time |
20 Nov 2024 |
| The 2000s Patriots, e.g. |
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| Comedy outcome of taking on odious line of rulers (7) |
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| Empire that ended with Daddy, Nanna and Krusty (7) |
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| Family line of succession (7) |
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| Line of rulers from the same family (7) |
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| Family of rulers |
The Times Concise |
10 Oct 2024 |
| Series of rulers from a powerful family (7) |
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| Too wise, say to stand corrected in a family of rulers (7) |
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| Succession of family rulers |
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| Succession of monarchs who came to an unpleasant end (7) |
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| 1980s US soap that starred Joan Collins (7) |
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| Ruling line under empty diary, not pleasant |
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| Evans's series |
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| 1980s American soap opera in which Joan Collins played Alexis Carrington Colby (7) |
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| Case of dirty, filthy family (7) |
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| Power line lasting for generations |
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| Ruling bloodline |
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| US television drama series that featured the Colby and Carrington families (7) |
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| Sequence of hereditary rulers |
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| Succession of monarchs coming to unpleasant end (7) |
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| Period without a disagreeable U.S. TV drama series (7) |
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| US soap that starred Joan Collins (7) |
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| Line of Chinese emperors |
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| Dinners, tea, sound like a ruling family (7) |
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| A power line that may last for many years (7) |
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| Powerful family succession |
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| The French leave lady with nasty family line (7) |
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| Powerful ruling family |
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| Some comedy nasty for a family that rules! (7) |
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| Was it on TV for generations? (7) |
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| Any non-u, dusty line of rulers (7) |
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| Extremely dodgy and disgusting line |
The Sun Two Speed |
28 Mar 2024 |
| Hereditary rulers |
The Sun Two Speed |
28 Mar 2024 |
| Line of heredity (7) |
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| The two heads of diamonds and your unpleasant ruling family (7) |
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| Extremely dodgy and unpleasant line of rulers (7) |
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| Dusty, having lost you finally, grabs any turnover to establish a foundation for people who succeed (7) |
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| 1980s US soap with Dame Joan Collins (7) |
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| Extremely dodgy and disgusting line (7) |
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| Empty diary needs horrible soap (7) |
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| Family reign |
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| Glamorous US soap of the Eighties about the Colbys and the Carringtons (7) |
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| Joan Collins, star of this night-time soap, turned 90 (7) |
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| Family show? (7) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
21 Dec 2023 |
| See 6 Across |
Mirror Quiz |
28 Nov 2023 |
| Tang, e.g |
New York Times |
12 Aug 2023 |
| Ming family? |
The Telegraph Quick |
02 Jul 2023 |
| Extremely dodgy, unpleasant line of hereditary rulers |
The Times Cryptic |
28 Jun 2023 |
| Extremely dreary and unpleasant line |
The Guardian Cryptic |
14 Mar 2023 |
| Tang, for one |
New York Times |
25 Jan 2023 |
| House in decay, gutted and filthy |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
17 Nov 2022 |
| Stay around after clamour, it's said, for royal family |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
19 Sep 2022 |
| Line of family rulers |
Premier Sunday |
03 Jul 2022 |
| Extremely disorderly and disagreeable house |
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| Soap for a succession of rulers |
The Times Cryptic |
11 Jan 2022 |
| Heartlessly deny repulsive ruling family |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
24 Feb 2021 |
| Bloodline |
The Sun Two Speed |
04 Jan 2021 |
| Extremely dastardly and horrible family |
The Sun Two Speed |
04 Jan 2021 |
| Extremely dodgy, unpleasant line of hereditary rulers |
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| Dirty, gutless, threatening regime |
The Telegraph Toughie |
11 Dec 2020 |
| Major family, lineage |
The Guardian Speedy |
01 Nov 2020 |
| Family line |
The Sun Two Speed |
18 Oct 2020 |
| Extremely dirty and repulsive house |
The Sun Two Speed |
18 Oct 2020 |
| Sequence of powerful leaders in the same family |
Irish Times Simplex |
16 Oct 2020 |
| Extremely dirty and repulsive house |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
22 Aug 2020 |
| Extremely dreary and awful line of rulers |
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| '80s soap rebooted in 2017 |
The Washington Post |
15 Dec 2019 |
| '80s soap rebooted in 2017 |
LA Times Daily |
15 Dec 2019 |
| Ming or Qing, in Chinese history |
New York Times |
18 Nov 2019 |
| Ming or Qing, in Chinese history |
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| Extremely dodgy, unpleasant succession of rulers |
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| Ruling line in colour, almost ugly |
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| Top-rated TV show of 1984-'85 |
The Washington Post |
02 Aug 2019 |
| Top-rated TV show of 1984-'85 |
LA Times Daily |
02 Aug 2019 |
| The Kennedys or the Bushes, so to speak |
New York Times |
16 Jul 2019 |
| One in seven ignores a mean rule |
The Telegraph Toughie |
11 Jun 2019 |
| Ming, for one |
Eugene Sheffer |
04 May 2019 |
| Song is perhaps extremely dirty and vile |
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| Soap with unpleasant conclusion |
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| Long line, of a sort |
The Washington Post Sunday |
24 Feb 2019 |
| The Kennedys or the Bushes, so to speak |
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| Top-rated TV show of 1984-'85 |
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| China's Ming or Manchu |
New York Times |
08 Oct 2018 |
| Zhou or Qin |
The Washington Post |
07 Oct 2018 |
| Zhou or Qin |
LA Times Daily |
07 Oct 2018 |
| Extremely dirty and horrible family |
The Sun Two Speed |
27 Sep 2018 |
| Empire |
The Telegraph Quick |
14 Aug 2018 |
| Line of hereditary rulers |
The Times Concise |
10 Jul 2018 |
| Content to leave dirty, horrid old soap |
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| I avoided DIY for awful family |
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| House in yard, on reflection, unpleasant |
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| House in yard, on reflection, unpleasant |
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| Zhou or Qin |
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| China's Ming or Manchu |
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| Soap opera about the Carringtons |
USA Today |
02 Dec 2017 |
| Extremely dirty and ugly house |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
12 Sep 2017 |
| Ruling house |
Premier Sunday |
30 Jul 2017 |
| Ruling family is extremely dirty and filthy |
|
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| Bloodline |
Thomas Joseph |
18 Feb 2017 |
| Power line? |
New York Times |
03 Feb 2017 |
| Soap opera about the Carringtons |
|
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| Power line? |
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| Bygone prime-time soap |
Universal |
02 Nov 2016 |
| Line from old TV programme |
|
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| Ruling family? Definitely heartless and unpleasant |
|
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| Exploits of TV's Carrington family |
Universal |
28 Aug 2016 |
| Extremely dirty and unpleasant house |
|
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| Extremely deadly and foul family |
|
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| Run out of brut? Very bad show |
|
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| Bourbons, e.g |
New York Times |
12 Feb 2016 |
| Exploits of TV's Carrington family |
|
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| Bygone prime-time soap |
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| Bourbons, e.g. |
|
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| Daily loses heart with vile family |
|
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| Extremely dirty and unpleasant TV series |
|
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| Powerful line |
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| Powerful family |
|
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| Joan Collins TV series |
|
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| Extended 68-Down |
|
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| Joan Collins TV series |
|
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| One of an Egyptian 30 |
|
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| '80s soap about the Carringtons |
|
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| '80s soap about the Carringtons |
|
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| Shang or Xia |
|
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| Family rule |
|
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| Blake Harrington's history on TV |
|
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| The Kennedys, e.g. |
|
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| 53-Across production (1981-89) |
|
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| Prime time soap opera of the 1980s |
|
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| Joan Collins series |
|
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| Han or Ming |
|
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| Stengel's Yankees, e.g. |
|
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| Ming, for one |
|
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| Soap for a succession of rulers |
|
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| Ming, for one |
|
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| The 60's Celtics, e.g. |
|
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| The Carrington saga |
|
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| Spelling series |
|
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| The Carrington saga |
|
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| The Carringtons' TV saga |
|
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| TV series |
|
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| Sequence of rulers. |
|
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| Han or Chin. |
|
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| Line of sovereigns. |
|
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| Succession of rulers. |
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| Ming ___, 1368–1644. |
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| Race of kings. |
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