| Age certain band from the Eighties |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
26 Jan 2026 |
| Evidence of editing |
Newsday |
07 Nov 2025 |
| 1980s synth-pop duo scraping away (7) |
The Sun Two Speed |
14 Oct 2025 |
| English synth-pop duo |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
26 Aug 2025 |
| Mark of a correction |
LA Times Daily |
11 Aug 2025 |
| Band of the Eighties period - Yes |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
04 Aug 2025 |
| Smudgy deletion |
Universal |
30 Jul 2025 |
| Obliteration, ... of their culture |
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| Synth-pop duo whose hits include 1986 song Sometimes (7) |
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| Long period certain for removal of material? (7) |
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| Act of rubbing out |
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| Are upset, without doubt, by the cancellation (7) |
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| Obliteration/English synth-pop duo consisting of Andy Bell and Vince Clarke (7) |
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| Act of deleting |
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| Scraping away for an age definitely (7) |
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| "Oh L'Amour" band, 1986 |
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| Certain after a time to see deletion |
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| Act of expunging (7) |
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| Proof of fallibility |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Dec 2024 |
| The act of deleting (7) |
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| A certain time before the cancellation (7) |
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| It may leave your paper smudged |
Family Time |
15 Dec 2024 |
| Deletion is certain after a period of time (7) |
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| Common mark on a beginner's crossword |
LA Times Daily |
29 Nov 2024 |
| English synthpop duo comprising Vince Clarke and Andy Bell (7) |
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| Deletion of synth-pop duo seen on Top of the Pops (7) |
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| Cancellation period definite |
The Sun Two Speed |
22 Nov 2024 |
| Deletion |
The Sun Two Speed |
22 Nov 2024 |
| Andy and Vince (7) |
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| Are upset, doubtless, by the cancellation (7) |
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| Obliteration will take time - definitely (7) |
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| Obliteration (EAR USER anagram) (7) |
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| An age certain to get wiped out |
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| Removal time guaranteed |
The Sun Two Speed |
24 Sep 2024 |
| Deletion |
The Sun Two Speed |
24 Sep 2024 |
| The eradication will take time, certainly (7) |
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| UK synth-pop duo of Andy Bell and Vince Clarke (7) |
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| Wearing away with time, certainly |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
16 Sep 2024 |
| Expungement |
LA Times Daily |
15 Sep 2024 |
| Sign of error |
Thomas Joseph |
13 Sep 2024 |
| A long time over certain deletion from the text (7) |
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| Crossword solver's correction mark |
New York Times |
09 Sep 2024 |
| It was rubbed out in this period of time, certainly! (7) |
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| Are wrongly convinced there's been a deletion (7) |
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| Andy & Vince's band (7) |
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| With time, of course, comes obliteration (7) |
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| Deliberate destruction of character maybe (7) |
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| Strike action? |
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| Pop duo Andy Bell and Vince Clarke |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
01 Aug 2024 |
| Age certain to cause deletion (7) |
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| Synth-pop duo (7) |
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| Deletion certain after a period of time (7) |
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| Are wheels safe for removal? |
The Times Mephisto |
16 Jun 2024 |
| Synth pop duo whose hits of the 1980s include Ship Of Fools and A Little Respect (7) |
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| Deletion of age certain (7) |
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| Scraping away for a long time, with certainty (7) |
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| Percival Everett novel upon which American Fiction was based |
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| Deletion certain to be seen after a long time (7) |
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| 1980's English synthpop duo who had hits with A Little Respect and The Circus (7) |
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| Deletion is certain after a period (7) |
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| Obliteration is certain after time |
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| It's that time, certainly! That's the rub! |
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| Result of a mistake |
Thomas Joseph |
01 Mar 2024 |
| Problematic exclusion of a certain group |
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| Total obliteration of an 80s pop act (7) |
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| Deletion certain after long time |
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| Time guaranteed removal of article? (7) |
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| Time guaranteed removal of article? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
09 Jan 2024 |
| Error remnant |
LA Times Daily |
07 Jan 2024 |
| It's time for it - certainly! That's the rub! (7) |
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| Certain to need some time first for removal (7) |
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| Certain to need sometime first for removal (7) |
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| British synth-pop duo with the 1988 hit "A Little Respect" |
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| Pop duo behind A Little Respect (7) |
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| Rubbing out |
The Guardian Speedy |
19 Nov 2023 |
| Deletion, obliteration |
The Times Concise |
23 Sep 2023 |
| Correction smudge |
Premier Sunday |
17 Sep 2023 |
| Sign of fallibility |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Sep 2023 |
| Cancellation of important date certain |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
28 Apr 2023 |
| Sign of a changed answer |
LA Times Daily |
10 Apr 2023 |
| Removal of pencil marks |
Newsday |
10 Apr 2023 |
| Removal from existence |
Universal |
08 Mar 2023 |
| Sign of error |
Thomas Joseph |
27 Dec 2022 |
| Pencil user's correction |
Eugene Sheffer |
01 Dec 2022 |
| Obliteration |
The Times Concise |
19 Oct 2022 |
| Age certain to produce obliteration |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
21 Jul 2022 |
| Scrubbing of Times inevitable |
The Telegraph Toughie |
07 Jul 2022 |
| In age, certain obliteration |
The Times Cryptic |
27 Jan 2022 |
| Solver's smudge |
LA Times Daily |
14 Dec 2021 |
| Sign of error |
Thomas Joseph |
09 Aug 2021 |
| Removal of pencil marks |
Universal |
24 Jun 2021 |
| Evidence of an error |
LA Times Daily |
04 May 2021 |
| Evidence of an error |
The Washington Post |
04 May 2021 |
| Act of deletion |
USA Today |
14 Mar 2021 |
| Problematic falsification of people's identities |
The Washington Post Sunday |
07 Feb 2021 |
| Revision remnant |
Newsday |
20 Nov 2020 |
| Rubber production? |
New York Times |
07 Nov 2020 |
| Problematic omission of a certain group |
USA Today |
22 Oct 2020 |
| Crossword solver's smudge |
The Washington Post |
18 Oct 2020 |
| Crossword solver's smudge |
LA Times Daily |
18 Oct 2020 |
| Sign of a correction |
USA Today |
31 Jul 2020 |
| Sign of error |
Thomas Joseph |
21 Apr 2020 |
| How to get the lead out |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Dec 2019 |
| Deletion by an act of expunging |
Irish Times Simplex |
20 Dec 2019 |
| Deletion |
The Sun Two Speed |
27 Oct 2019 |
| Removal time guaranteed |
The Sun Two Speed |
27 Oct 2019 |
| Deletion |
The Telegraph Quick |
28 Jul 2019 |
| Mark on an exam? |
Universal |
07 Apr 2019 |
| Removal — it's time to be confident |
|
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| Cancellation period definite |
|
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| Synthpop duo, Andy Bell and Vince Clarke |
The Telegraph General Knowledge |
11 Mar 2019 |
| An official election ballot can't have one |
The Washington Post |
03 Mar 2019 |
| An official election ballot can't have one |
LA Times Daily |
03 Mar 2019 |
| Mark on an exam? |
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| An official election ballot can't have one |
|
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| Mark on many exams |
Newsday |
23 Dec 2018 |
| Mark on a crossword tournament puzzle |
The Washington Post Sunday |
04 Nov 2018 |
| . Each rupee returned certainly on cancellation |
|
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| Removal firm on time |
The Telegraph Toughie |
27 Dec 2017 |
| Mark never seen in an online crossword |
New York Times |
26 Dec 2017 |
| Cancellation of Times current in Britain |
The Telegraph Toughie |
20 Dec 2017 |
| Years marked as important by certain musical duo |
The Telegraph Toughie |
17 Nov 2017 |
| Time for certain deletion |
|
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| Rubout, of a sort |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Jul 2017 |
| Long period of time certain to result in obliteration |
|
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| Sign of correction |
Thomas Joseph |
09 Jun 2017 |
| 'A Little Respect' synthpop band |
Jonesin |
23 May 2017 |
| Deletion of a sort |
Newsday |
11 May 2017 |
| Gap in a tape, maybe |
New York Times |
27 Apr 2017 |
| Gap in a tape, maybe |
|
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| Mark never seen in an online crossword |
|
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| Part of a not-so-clean slate |
New York Times |
31 Dec 2016 |
| Time certain to produce destruction |
The Telegraph Toughie |
20 Oct 2016 |
| Process of rubbing out |
The Times Concise |
13 Oct 2016 |
| Mark of change |
Newsday |
12 Aug 2016 |
| Error's aftermath |
Newsday |
06 May 2016 |
| Effacement |
Premier Sunday |
01 May 2016 |
| Proof of fallibility |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Mar 2016 |
| Imperfection evidence |
Newsday |
16 Jan 2016 |
| Part of a not-so-clean slate |
|
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| Destruction is certain after a period |
|
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| Cancellation inevitable after a long time |
The Times Cryptic |
20 Nov 2015 |
| Removal firm appears after time |
The Telegraph Toughie |
19 Nov 2015 |
| 'A Little Respect' band |
Jonesin |
17 Nov 2015 |
| Error indication |
USA Today |
16 Nov 2015 |
| Expungement |
Universal |
04 Nov 2015 |
| Rubbing out |
The Telegraph Quick |
02 Nov 2015 |
| Synthpop duo who sang 'Chains of Love' |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
16 Oct 2015 |
| Time to be confident of deletion |
|
|
| Job done with Artgum |
New York Times |
06 Aug 2015 |
| Error remnant |
LA Times Daily |
26 Jul 2015 |
| A part that's rubbed out by age, of course |
|
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| It may leave a smudge |
USA Today |
06 Mar 2015 |
| Removal of monarch — troops securing country after uprising |
The Times Cryptic |
10 Feb 2015 |
| Error indication |
|
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| It may leave a smudge |
|
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| Expungement |
|
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| Solver's smudge? |
|
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| Removal |
|
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| Synthpop duo who sang "Chains of Love" |
|
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| Error remnant |
|
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| Job done with Artgum |
|
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| "Sometimes" synthpop band |
|
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| Removal time guaranteed |
|
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| Sign of a correction |
|
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| Sign of a changed test answer |
|
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| Striking action? |
|
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| Palimpsest component |
|
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| Sign of a changed sheet |
|
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| New wave band with an EP of Abba covers |
|
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| Sign of an error |
|
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| Sign of an error |
|
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| One way to get the word out? |
|
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| Indication of second thoughts |
|
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| Puzzle solver's smudge |
|
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| Entry removal |
|
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| Corrective measure |
|
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| Character assassination? |
|
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| Puzzle solver's smudge |
|
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| Page smudge, possibly |
|
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| Solver's smudge |
|
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| What a smudge may indicate |
|
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| Sign of fallibility |
|
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| Sign of change |
|
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| Puzzle paper smudge |
|
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| Solver's smudge |
|
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| Name-dropping, maybe |
|
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| Evidence of a mistake |
|
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| Test-paper smudge |
|
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| Mark of a written error |
|
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| Sign of a slip |
|
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| Sign of a slip |
|
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| Expunction |
|
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| "A Little Respect" band |
|
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| Paper smudge |
|
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| "Chains of Love" pop duo |
|
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| Rubout |
|
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| Task done with a Pink Pearl |
|
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| Exam mark |
|
|
| Acknowledgment of error? |
|
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| Sign of a mistake |
|
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| Smudge on a test paper |
|
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| Sign of a mistake |
|
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| Sign of a slip |
|
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| Graphite removal |
|
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| Solver's smudge |
|
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| Correction smudge |
|
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| Deletion |
|
|
| Chalkboard correction |
|
|
| Proof of a rubout? |
|
|
| Deletion mark |
|
|
| Exam smudge |
|
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| Wipeout? |
|
|
| Sign of a slip |
|
|
| Elimination |
|
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| Expungement |
|
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| Mark of a mistake |
|
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| Sign of a correction |
|
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| Certain correction |
|
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| Deletion |
|
|
| Sign of a correction |
|
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| Wipeout? |
|
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| Sign of a slip |
|
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| Certain correction |
|
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| Complete removal |
|
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| Error evidence |
|
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| Sign of a mistake |
|
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| Mark of a mistake |
|
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| It's a change |
|
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| Sign of a slip |
|
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| Sign of a mistake |
|
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| Paper mark, perhaps |
|
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| Disappearing act? |
|
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| Start of some corrections |
|
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| Sign of a puzzle solver's mistake |
|
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| Sign of uncertainty |
|
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| Rubout |
|
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| Evidence of change |
|
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| Sign of change? |
|
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| Removal |
|
|
| Evidence of a written error |
|
|
| Demagnetization |
|
|
| Strike-out |
|
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| Strike-out |
|
|
| Kind of mark |
|
|
| Occasional puzzle solver's action |
|
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| Takeout |
|
|
| That's the rub |
|
|
| Sign of an error |
|
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| Deletion |
|
|
| Rubout |
|
|
| Sign of imperfection |
|
|
| Sign of a goof |
|
|
| Clearing the board |
|
|
| Corrective measure |
|
|
| Sign of imperfection |
|
|
| Obliteration |
|
|
| Act of removing |
|
|
| Puzzle smudge |
|
|
| Start of a correction |
|
|
| Sign of a goof |
|
|
| Crossword wipeout |
|
|
| In age, certain obliteration |
|
|
| Sort of smudge |
|
|
| Rub-out |
|
|
| Correction, of sorts |
|
|
| Correction |
|
|
| Test-paper smudge |
|
|
| Smudge on a crossword |
|
|
| Editor's action |
|
|
| Expungement |
|
|
| Mark of uncertainty |
|
|
| Acknowledgment of error? |
|
|
| Deletion |
|
|
| Entry removal |
|
|
| Deler's choice |
|
|
| Obliteration |
|
|
| Error indication |
|
|
| Aftermath of a mistake |
|
|
| Effacement |
|
|
| Proof a mistake was made |
|
|
| Mistake indication |
|
|
| Correcting action |
|
|
| Deler's choice? |
|
|
| Something rubbed out |
|
|
| Evidence of error |
|
|
| This slows down a typist |
|
|
| Typist's smear |
|
|
| Error's aftermath |
|
|
| Typist's bane |
|
|
| Antidote for a typo |
|
|
| Stenog's occasional mark |
|
|
| Removal of a mistake. |
|
|
| Use of a pencil's other end |
|
|
| Typist's headache. |
|
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| Obliteration. |
|
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| Typist's problem. |
|
|
| Flaw in a legal document. |
|
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| Flaw in typescript. |
|
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| Eradication. |
|
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| Obligation. |
|
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| A scratching out. |
|
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| Typist's chore. |
|
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| Scratching out. |
|
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| Removal of trace. |
|
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| Rubbed out place. |
|
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| A rubbing out. |
|
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| That effaced. |
|
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| Rubbing out. |
|
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| Sign of correction |
|
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| Sign of a rewrite |
|
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| Rub-out |
|
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