| Period, tripled |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Oct 2025 |
| Mince pies still not tempting at first … (8) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
30 Jul 2025 |
| Omission of parts of a word or sentence, or a set of dots (...) indicating it (8) |
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| Most of shed, knocked over, is ... |
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| Omission of words that can be inferred (8) |
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| Shows an omission or pause in text |
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| Omission represented by three periods (8) |
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| Set of three dots (8) |
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| Some drinks I spilled upset (8) |
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| Punctuation mark showing one or more words are missing (8) |
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| Punctuation mark consisting of three dots (8) |
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| Punctuation character consisting of three dots (8) |
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USA Today |
24 Jul 2024 |
| Set of three dots indicating omission in text (8) |
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| Set of three dots indicating an omission in text (8) |
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| Eli slips awfully and doesn't complete sentence (8) |
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| Set of three dots in text |
The Times Concise |
22 Feb 2024 |
| Punctuation mark indicated a missing word (8) |
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| I spy spies regularly on telly, naked ... |
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| ... |
The Guardian Quick |
01 Jul 2023 |
| Ends by making a few small points and trails off, perhaps. |
Irish Times Crosaire |
17 May 2022 |
| Is sleuth returning to open certain letters? … |
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| Suppression of measure is restricting Greek character |
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| Symbol meaning 'still typing' |
New York Times |
11 Oct 2020 |
| Spies ill prepared … |
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| Omission of parts of words, in poetry say |
Irish Times Simplex |
23 Apr 2020 |
| Omission indication |
Eugene Sheffer |
20 Apr 2020 |
| Something dotty relative with tablets brought over |
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| Mark evident from 20 drinks I spilled over trousers |
The Telegraph Toughie |
30 Jul 2019 |
| Light head in mountain climbing, relative indication something amiss? |
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| Ill spies could be … |
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| Possible clue for S . . . |
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| Measure police cadre's measurement system retrospectively... |
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| Priest's devouring kissers . . . |
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| I spell out one, primarily syntactical, way to indicate missing text |
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USA Today |
14 Jan 2015 |
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| Three periods in a row, grammatically |
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| Some units upset almost falling over … |
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| With Spinner in, spell is bowled … |
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| ... |
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| … one Greek character constrained by measures |
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| Golfer circling edge of hole is … |
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| Three dots |
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| Three points |
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| Omission periods? |
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| It indicates an omission |
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| Three points in a row |
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| Omission indication |
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| ... |
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| It indicates an omission from a quote |
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| Literary periods? |
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| ... |
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| What the punctuation mark '...' is called |
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| Three points in a row, perhaps |
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| ... |
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| Omission indication |
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| Word omission, in grammar |
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| What " . . . " is |
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| Mark indicating omission |
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| Omission of a word from a sentence. |
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| Mark for omitted words. |
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| Mark to show words left out. |
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| Omission of words, in grammar. |
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