A small fear turns out to be a needless alert (5,5) |
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"Actually, you can ignore that warning" |
USA Today |
22 Jul 2025 |
Fail to secure weapon? Not I - it can go off without reason |
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Unfounded warning of danger |
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Llamas fear disastrous warning of danger (5,5) |
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Water filling everything in ranch? It's nothing to worry about |
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Smoke without fire, maybe |
New York Times |
12 Apr 2025 |
"Actually, there's nothing to worry about!" |
USA Today |
02 Jan 2025 |
'Actually there's nothi to worry about |
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"Oops, never mind-everything's fine!" |
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Deceptive warning (5,5) |
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A small fear - could be an unnecessary alert (5,5) |
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Llamas fare badly although there's no danger with this warning (5,5) |
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To cry wolf gives one the wrong signal (5,5) |
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Mistaken report of an emergency |
LA Times Daily |
29 Jul 2024 |
A small fear ___ could be an unnecessary alert (5,5) |
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Fear llamas have run amok, but this calamity has not come to pass |
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A small fear erupted but it was deceptive: nothing bad happened (5,5) |
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Arm all? Safe, change order, situation not dangerous (5,5) |
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A small fear turns out to be an unnecessary alert (5,5) |
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Warning about something that fails to happen (5,5) |
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A groundless scare - from a faulty clock? |
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Needless warning given in error (5,5) |
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Warning given in error (5,5) |
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"Actually, everything's fine" |
Universal |
14 Jan 2024 |
Possible wolf warning having found animal skin close in plantation |
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Possible wolf warning having found animal skin close in plantation (5,5) |
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Unfounded cause of anxiety |
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*"Oops ... not an actual emergency" |
Universal |
15 Dec 2023 |
"Oops...not an actual emergency" |
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Erroneous warning |
Newsday |
26 Sep 2023 |
Almost everything getting shut in till brings about unnecessary panic |
The Telegraph Toughie |
12 Sep 2023 |
"No cause for concern, folks!" |
Universal |
17 Jul 2022 |
Warning proving unnecessary |
The Times Concise |
21 Jun 2018 |
One might result in the question 'Where's the fire?' |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Mar 2018 |
Decline involving water power? It's not really an emergency |
The Telegraph Toughie |
19 Oct 2016 |
Panic over swimmer caught in river branch |
The Times Cryptic |
03 Jul 2016 |
Baseless warning |
Eugene Sheffer |
07 Jan 2016 |
'Sorry, it was nothing' |
New York Times |
06 Nov 2015 |
A large mammal seen in part of country, no real reason for anxiety |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
20 Sep 2015 |
"Sorry, it was nothing" |
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Time waster for firefighters |
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Groundless warning |
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Wolf cry, often? |
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Wolf cry, often? |
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Phony report |
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Firemen's time-waster |
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Firefighters' bane |
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Hook-and-ladder distraction |
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Bogus bell |
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Bogus bell |
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Erroneous warning |
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Fire department headache |
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Instance of "cry wolf." |
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Dud. |
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