| Showjumping obstacle (5) |
Mirror Classic |
15 Jan 2026 |
| Barrier to a dodgy dealer (5) |
Mirror Cryptic |
19 Dec 2025 |
| Perimeter marker (5) |
Mirror Quick |
19 Dec 2025 |
| Metaphorical place of indecision |
New York Times |
23 Nov 2025 |
| Showjumping obstacle (5) |
Mirror Classic |
22 Nov 2025 |
| Barrier |
The Telegraph Quick |
13 Nov 2025 |
| Barrier surrounding a house |
|
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| Backyard border |
Newsday |
27 Oct 2025 |
| Barrier between some yards |
USA Today |
24 Oct 2025 |
| White picket ___ (suburban house's barrier) |
|
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| Barrier between neighbors |
USA Today |
02 Aug 2025 |
| Picket line? |
New York Times |
27 Jul 2025 |
| Fight with an épée, eg |
The Times Concise |
14 Jul 2025 |
| Barrier to a dodgy dealer (5) |
Mirror Cryptic |
11 Jul 2025 |
| Garden barrier (5) |
Mirror Quick |
11 Jul 2025 |
| Burglar's pal |
|
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| Barrier between gardens (5) |
Mirror Classic |
23 Jun 2025 |
| Garden or paddock divider (5) |
|
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| Enclosed in iron barrier |
|
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| This guide or guard on machinery is also a thin, humanconstructed barrier which separates two pieces of land (5) |
|
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| Obstacle in steeplechase |
|
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| Barbed-wire ___ |
|
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| Split rail, for one |
|
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| Barrier to a dodgy dealer |
Mirror Cryptic |
16 May 2025 |
| Garden barrier |
Mirror Quick |
16 May 2025 |
| Handler of stolen goods |
Mirror Tea Time |
13 May 2025 |
| Use a sword on handler of stolen goods (5) |
|
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| Paddock divider (5) |
|
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| Compound surround |
|
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| Not the official receiver! (5) |
|
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| Paddock barrier |
|
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| Structure around a lawn |
|
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| Paling, beat about the bush (5) |
|
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| Barrier between some yards |
USA Today |
31 Mar 2025 |
| Dealer in stolen goods to compete with a sword (5) |
|
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| Ideal yard feature for pet owners |
LA Times Daily |
02 Mar 2025 |
| Garden surround: picket -- |
|
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| Crook sat on by vacillating MP? (5) |
|
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| Wooden divider (5) |
|
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| Fight to guard one's territory? (5) |
|
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| Sir Kenneth Branagh's movie: Rabbit-Proof - |
|
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| I flog hot items from a wooden enclosure, perhaps |
|
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| Yard separator |
LA Times Daily |
16 Feb 2025 |
| A barrier for the church behind the marsh (5) |
|
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| Dealer in stolen goods |
The Telegraph Quick |
04 Feb 2025 |
| Garden or field divider (5) |
|
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| Barrier enclosing an area |
Mirror Classic |
31 Jan 2025 |
| Fight the dealer in stolen goods (5) |
|
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| Use an epee, sabre or foil |
USA Today |
20 Jan 2025 |
| Build a barrier around marshland church |
|
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| Injury from dropping shield |
The Telegraph Toughie |
10 Jan 2025 |
| Barrier on some property lines |
USA Today |
07 Jan 2025 |
| Seller of stolen property |
|
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| Pale chap a thief may turn to (5) |
|
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| On the ___ |
New York Times |
03 Jan 2025 |
| Use a foil to give an evasive answer (5) |
|
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| Criminal fight with swords |
|
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| Chicken run border |
LA Times Daily |
15 Dec 2024 |
| Fight with a criminal (5) |
|
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| Wooden barrier: picket - |
|
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| Use an épée or foil, say |
The Telegraph Plusword |
05 Dec 2024 |
| Garden barrier, picket ... |
|
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| Unofficial receiver (5) |
|
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| Criminal to engage in swordplay |
|
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| Showjumping obstacle |
Mirror Classic |
16 Nov 2024 |
| Spar with an epee, say |
Universal |
16 Nov 2024 |
| Swag-taker at the border (5) |
|
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| Use rapier to take in loot (5) |
|
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| Backyard border |
New York Times Mini |
29 Oct 2024 |
| Home barrier |
|
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| Use foil if you wish to handle hot stuff (5) |
|
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| Stolen goods handler (5) |
|
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| Paddock divider, barbed-wire |
|
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| Criminal middleman |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
21 Oct 2024 |
| Handler of stolen goods |
The Telegraph Plusword |
11 Oct 2024 |
| Barrier that surrounds Slough church |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
11 Oct 2024 |
| Barrier around a lawn |
Commuter |
09 Oct 2024 |
| Sword fight? Hmm - could be borderline (5) |
|
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| Criminal may be cleared |
|
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| Use foil to handle goods that are hot (5) |
|
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| This encloses the receiver (5) |
|
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| What has posts all around a site |
New York Times |
26 Sep 2024 |
| Fight to make robbery profitable? (5) |
|
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| Underworld dealer at edge of garden (5) |
|
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| A receiver of stolen goods (5) |
|
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| Backyard barrier |
|
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| Hot-property dealer |
|
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| White picket ___ |
|
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| Divider between back yards |
|
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| Border one that will take swag? (5) |
|
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| Duel with a criminal (5) |
|
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| Garden barrier |
The Times Concise |
07 Sep 2024 |
| Use a foil for the receiver (5) |
|
|
| Compete in a Summer Olympic sport |
New York Times |
06 Sep 2024 |
| Enclose what to sit on when uncommitted (5) |
|
|
| Deal in stolen goods (5) |
|
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| Hedge, or partition (5) |
|
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| Exclusive criminal? |
|
|
| Backyard barrier |
Thomas Joseph |
16 Aug 2024 |
| Barrier to a dodgy dealer |
Mirror Cryptic |
09 Aug 2024 |
| Garden border (5) |
Mirror Quick |
09 Aug 2024 |
| Barrier surrounding a house |
|
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| An unlicensed receiver (5) |
|
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| Dodgy dealer to be evasive (5) |
|
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| Crime of lost barrier (5) |
|
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| Deal in stolen goods, informally (5) |
|
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| Barrier for receiver of stolen goods (5) |
The Guardian Quick |
22 Jun 2024 |
| Barrier for receiver of stolen goods (5) |
The Guardian Quick Cryptic |
22 Jun 2024 |
| Showjumping obstacle |
Mirror Classic |
20 Jun 2024 |
| Pool enclosure |
|
|
| Cross swords, say |
Universal |
07 Jun 2024 |
| Barrier for dealer in stolen property (5) |
|
|
| Dealer in stolen property |
Mirror Tea Time |
02 Jun 2024 |
| Barrier for enclosing land (5) |
|
|
| Compete in an Olympic event |
|
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| Move along stolen barrier (5) |
|
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| Yard divider |
|
|
| Fight to keep trespassers out? (5) |
|
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| Protect receiver (5) |
|
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| Showjumping obstacle (5) |
Mirror Classic |
02 May 2024 |
| Barrier around the house |
Universal |
01 May 2024 |
| It limits what one may do with a foil (5) |
|
|
| Backyard boundary that may say "Beware of Dogs" |
|
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| One handling hot goods (5) |
|
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| Use a sword - a crime is of this! (5) |
|
|
| Compete with an epee |
USA Today |
29 Mar 2024 |
| Church on marshland boundary |
|
|
| Fight to keep intruders out (5) |
|
|
| Wall around a yard (5) |
|
|
| A barrier or a dealer in stolen property |
|
|
| Barrier to dodgy dealer |
Mirror Cryptic |
27 Feb 2024 |
| Garden boundary marker |
Mirror Quick |
27 Feb 2024 |
| Defence Gran constructed for something to natter over (5) |
|
|
| Engage in swordplay |
|
|
| Person who handles stolen goods (5) |
|
|
| Criminal may get cleared by a rider |
|
|
| Backyard border |
|
|
| Backyard border |
Family Time |
29 Jan 2024 |
| A barrier to a dodgy dealer |
Mirror Cryptic |
23 Jan 2024 |
| Backyard border |
New York Times Mini |
23 Jan 2024 |
| Garden boundary marker |
Mirror Quick |
23 Jan 2024 |
| Barrier between two backyards |
|
|
| Wood garden wall (5) |
|
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| Handle stolen property (5) |
|
|
| Stay neutral, sit on the ... |
|
|
| *Undecided |
LA Times Daily |
15 Dec 2023 |
| Charge to wrap tips in non-toxic foil (6) |
|
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| Protection for dodgy receiver |
|
|
| Yard feature appreciated by pet owners |
Universal |
22 Oct 2023 |
| Barrier |
The Telegraph Quick |
20 Oct 2023 |
| On the ___ (undecided) |
Universal |
21 Sep 2023 |
| Yard sticks? |
LA Times Daily |
05 Jun 2023 |
| Backyard border |
LA Times Daily |
24 Apr 2023 |
| Backyard barrier |
|
|
| Fight with an epee, say |
Universal |
15 Mar 2023 |
| Field separator |
Newsday |
29 Jan 2023 |
| Engage in épée, e.g. |
New York Times |
02 Jan 2023 |
| Engage in épée, e.g |
New York Times |
02 Jan 2023 |
| Wield a foil |
Thomas Joseph |
31 Dec 2022 |
| Backyard border |
Universal |
19 Dec 2022 |
| Picket ___ (domestic boundary) |
|
|
| Fight with foils |
LA Times Daily |
16 Nov 2022 |
| Butt's barrier = Brent's_____ |
Canadiana |
19 Sep 2022 |
| Sell, as stolen goods |
Universal |
06 Sep 2022 |
| Backyard boundary |
|
|
| Crime, but not of dodgy dealer |
The Times Cryptic |
11 Aug 2022 |
| Picket or chain-link barrier |
USA Today |
11 Aug 2022 |
| Wield a saber or foil |
Premier Sunday |
24 Apr 2022 |
| It's seen around the yard |
Universal |
21 Apr 2022 |
| Barrier for your pooch |
Family Time |
14 Feb 2022 |
| Boundary marker of a sort |
Newsday |
10 Feb 2022 |
| Cross swords |
New York Times |
02 Jan 2022 |
| Cross Swords by going around the border |
Irish Times Crosaire |
15 Dec 2021 |
| Fight with foils |
LA Times Daily |
12 Dec 2021 |
| Palisade |
The Telegraph Quick |
11 Dec 2021 |
| Compete with an epee |
USA Today |
19 Oct 2021 |
| Field enclosure |
Thomas Joseph |
26 Jul 2021 |
| It may be about a yard |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Jul 2021 |
| Crime of escaping criminal |
|
|
| One used to handling hot things? |
The Sun Two Speed |
27 May 2021 |
| Garden barrier |
The Sun Two Speed |
27 May 2021 |
| Enclose space in fine church |
|
|
| Yard barrier |
Eugene Sheffer |
17 Mar 2021 |
| Trespassing deterrent |
Premier Sunday |
31 Jan 2021 |
| Backyard barrier |
|
|
| Illegal trader |
The Telegraph Quick |
24 Oct 2020 |
| Cross Swords by going around the border |
Irish Times Crosaire |
24 Aug 2020 |
| Compete in one leg of a modern pentathlon |
New York Times |
09 Aug 2020 |
| Barrier |
The Telegraph Quick |
02 Aug 2020 |
| Metaphorical perch for an undecided person |
USA Today |
27 Jul 2020 |
| ''Picket'' yard enclosure |
Newsday |
29 Jun 2020 |
| Picket ___ (one kind of border) |
|
|
| Guard criminal |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
15 May 2020 |
| Structure around a lawn, say |
|
|
| What surrounds some yards |
Newsday |
23 Feb 2020 |
| Compete using an epee |
USA Today |
10 Dec 2019 |
| Backyard barrier |
|
|
| Cross swords |
Newsday |
03 Oct 2019 |
| Alternative to a hedge |
New York Times |
25 Jun 2019 |
| Cross swords, say |
New York Times |
30 May 2019 |
| One able to handle hot things? |
The Sun Two Speed |
21 May 2019 |
| Backyard barrier |
Thomas Joseph |
11 Mar 2019 |
| Cross swords, say |
|
|
| Alternative to a hedge |
|
|
| Safecracker's associate |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Dec 2018 |
| Backyard border |
Newsday |
27 Nov 2018 |
| Dealer in hot stuff |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Oct 2018 |
| Backyard barrier |
Newsday |
15 Oct 2018 |
| Thrust and parry |
LA Times Daily |
01 Sep 2018 |
| Thrust and parry |
The Washington Post |
01 Sep 2018 |
| Yard boundary, perhaps |
USA Today |
29 Aug 2018 |
| Steeplechasing obstacle |
The Times Concise |
24 Jul 2018 |
| Dodgy handler, one of many at Aintree? |
|
|
| Dodgy dealer's crime: loft's contents removed |
|
|
| Old fellow avoids wrong dealer |
|
|
| Wield a foil |
Thomas Joseph |
23 May 2018 |
| Receiver, brave, missing ace, clutching nut! |
|
|
| Cross swords |
Universal |
11 May 2018 |
| Dealer in stolen goods |
USA Today |
06 Mar 2018 |
| Barrier maker |
Universal |
05 Mar 2018 |
| Criminal in fight |
|
|
| Felonious facilitator |
Newsday |
11 Feb 2018 |
| Conferences excluded crones with local dealer |
Irish Times Crosaire |
05 Feb 2018 |
| Crime, but not of one type of criminal |
|
|
| Handler of hot goods |
USA Today |
21 Jan 2018 |
| Yard boundary, perhaps |
|
|
| Thrust and parry |
|
|
| Handler of hot goods |
|
|
| Cross swords |
|
|
| Safecracker's associate |
|
|
| Dealer in hot stuff |
|
|
| Corral |
Canadiana |
27 Nov 2017 |
| Fight to protect one's property |
|
|
| Guard criminal |
|
|
| Place for the undecided? |
LA Times Daily |
09 Sep 2017 |
| Place for the undecided? |
The Washington Post |
09 Sep 2017 |
| Dealer in hot property |
USA Today |
22 Jul 2017 |
| Wooden or wire barrier |
The Times Concise |
15 Jun 2017 |
| Backyard border |
LA Times Daily |
13 Jun 2017 |
| Backyard border |
The Washington Post |
13 Jun 2017 |
| Barrier that serves to enclose an area |
The Guardian Speedy |
10 Jun 2017 |
| Theft preventer ... or theft encourager |
New York Times |
14 May 2017 |
| Yard surrounder |
Thomas Joseph |
04 May 2017 |
| Receiver |
The Telegraph Quick |
03 Apr 2017 |
| Backyard barrier |
USA Today |
24 Mar 2017 |
| Stolen jewelry seller |
LA Times Daily |
14 Mar 2017 |
| Stolen jewelry seller |
The Washington Post |
14 Mar 2017 |
| Pound dishonest trader |
|
|
| This criminal may be cleared |
|
|
| Dealer in hot property |
|
|
| Backyard border |
|
|
| Place for the undecided? |
|
|
| Stolen jewelry seller |
|
|
| Backyard barrier |
|
|
| Theft preventer ... or theft encourager |
|
|
| Cross swords |
New York Times |
09 Dec 2016 |
| Border with many posts |
New York Times |
07 Dec 2016 |
| Criminal strike in sport |
The Telegraph Toughie |
13 Oct 2016 |
| It may be seen around the house |
Universal |
30 Aug 2016 |
| Structure at Auntie Em's place |
Newsday |
26 Aug 2016 |
| Stolen goods receiver |
Universal |
13 Jul 2016 |
| Set up barrier for illicit trader |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
10 Jul 2016 |
| It's straddled by the indecisive |
The Washington Post |
24 May 2016 |
| Dealer in stolen goods |
The Washington Post |
22 Apr 2016 |
| Field separator |
Newsday |
26 Feb 2016 |
| It may be seen around the house |
|
|
| Cross swords |
|
|
| Border with many posts |
|
|
| Stolen goods receiver |
|
|
| Colloquial perch for the undecided |
The Washington Post |
13 Nov 2015 |
| Outfield boundary |
USA Today |
09 Sep 2015 |
| Receiver of stolen goods |
The Guardian Quick |
01 Aug 2015 |
| Guard church on low marshy land |
|
|
| Criminal making for the border? |
|
|
| Palisade |
The Telegraph Quick |
18 Mar 2015 |
| Outfield boundary |
|
|
| Colloquial perch for the undecided |
|
|
| Fight criminal partition |
|
|
| Park enclosure |
|
|
| Dealer in stolen goods |
|
|
| Picket line? |
|
|
| Dealer in stolen goods |
|
|
| Dealer in hot commodities |
|
|
| Backyard border |
|
|
| Backyard barrier |
|
|
| On the __ (undecided) |
|
|
| One standing around the house, maybe |
|
|
| Mover of stolen goods |
|
|
| It's about a yard |
|
|
| Illicit dealer |
|
|
| Parry |
|
|
| Picket line? |
|
|
| It's often about a yard |
|
|
| It's often about a yard |
|
|
| Illicit dealer |
|
|
| It's around a yard |
|
|
| Robber's accessory |
|
|
| Sell stolen goods |
|
|
| The Berlin Wall started as one in 1961 |
|
|
| Backyard border |
|
|
| Stolen goods buyer |
|
|
| Place of uncertainty |
|
|
| Common property divider |
|
|
| One handling hot things? |
|
|
| Stolen goods dealer |
|
|
| One handling hot things? |
|
|
| Stolen goods dealer |
|
|
| Use an epee |
|
|
| Stolen goods dealer |
|
|
| Stolen goods receiver |
|
|
| Dealer in hot properties |
|
|
| Sell stolen stuff |
|
|
| What the indecisive sit on? |
|
|
| Sell stolen stuff |
|
|
| Dealer in hot goods |
|
|
| Cross swords? |
|
|
| Prison yard sight |
|
|
| One running a hot business? |
|
|
| Pasture barrier |
|
|
| Property division, sometimes |
|
|
| It's often about a yard |
|
|
| Land's end? |
|
|
| Property boundary, perhaps |
|
|
| Property divider |
|
|
| One who handles hot stuff |
|
|
| Boundary marker |
|
|
| Dealer in hot stuff |
|
|
| Use an épée |
|
|
| Cross swords (with) |
|
|
| Engage in parrying and thrusting |
|
|
| Neighbor separator |
|
|
| It's about a yard |
|
|
| Dealer in hot stuff |
|
|
| Fight with foils |
|
|
| Yard barrier |
|
|
| Lunge and parry |
|
|
| Pasture barrier |
|
|
| Lunge and parry |
|
|
| Backyard border |
|
|
| One might be seen around the house |
|
|
| Picket line? |
|
|
| Do part of a modern pentathlon |
|
|
| One with hot stuff |
|
|
| Use an épée |
|
|
| Picket line? |
|
|
| One might be seen around the house |
|
|
| Use épées |
|
|
| Sell stolen goods |
|
|
| Backyard border |
|
|
| Wield a foil |
|
|
| One buying stolen goods |
|
|
| Engage with an epee |
|
|
| Use 65-Across |
|
|
| Where the indecisive sit |
|
|
| Where the indecisive sit |
|
|
| Equivocator's spot |
|
|
| Border marker |
|
|
| Property-line marker |
|
|
| Chop shop shopper |
|
|
| Picket line? |
|
|
| Border structure |
|
|
| Use an épée |
|
|
| Border structure |
|
|
| Field divider |
|
|
| Use an épée |
|
|
| See 16 Across |
|
|
| Indecisive one's perch |
|
|
| Cyclone or picket, e.g. |
|
|
| Yard sticks? |
|
|
| Build a barrier |
|
|
| Use 53 Across |
|
|
| It's good to have around the house |
|
|
| It might be seen around the house |
|
|
| It may be seen around the house |
|
|
| See 16 Across |
|
|
| Work with foils |
|
|
| It may be seen around the house |
|
|
| Dealer in "hot" items |
|
|
| Dealer who only pays in cash |
|
|
| Picket ___ |
|
|
| Barrier |
|
|
| Outlet for stolen goods |
|
|
| Thief's customer |
|
|
| Symbol of neutrality |
|
|
| It may be about a yard |
|
|
| Hardly an authorized dealer |
|
|
| Surround with pickets |
|
|
| Place for the undecided |
|
|
| Stolen goods trader |
|
|
| Border marker |
|
|
| Property boundary |
|
|
| Property marker |
|
|
| Recipient of stolen property |
|
|
| Confining structure |
|
|
| Dealer in hot stuff |
|
|
| Dealer in "hot" items |
|
|
| Dealer in hot commodities |
|
|
| Play with epees |
|
|
| Wield an epee |
|
|
| Partition |
|
|
| Outfield boundary |
|
|
| Take on Zorro |
|
|
| Property divider |
|
|
| Process stolen goods |
|
|
| Indecisive people sit on it |
|
|
| Seat for the undecided? |
|
|
| Equivocator's place |
|
|
| Property border maybe |
|
|
| Where to find pickets |
|
|
| Chain-link or picket, e.g. |
|
|
| Wield an epee |
|
|
| Field enclosure |
|
|
| Steeplechase obstacle |
|
|
| Use an epee |
|
|
| Yard barrier |
|
|
| Use a pen or sword |
|
|
| Fagin, for one |
|
|
| Wield an épée |
|
|
| Loot dealer |
|
|
| Boundary marker |
|
|
| Use a rapier |
|
|
| Wield an epee |
|
|
| Fight with Athos |
|
|
| Picket's milieu |
|
|
| Barrier |
|
|
| Use an epee |
|
|
| Compete with a foil |
|
|
| Use a foil |
|
|
| Thief's middleman |
|
|
| His goods are "hot" |
|
|
| Thrust and parry |
|
|
| What a home run usually clears |
|
|
| Jewel-thief's outlet |
|
|
| Jewel-thief's friend |
|
|
| Hot-goods man |
|
|
| Ha-ha |
|
|
| Dickens's Fagin, for one |
|
|
| Hot-goods handler |
|
|
| Shady middleman |
|
|
| Shady dealer: Slang. |
|
|
| Art of sword play. |
|
|
| Avoid giving a direct reply. |
|
|
| Ground breaker? |
|
|
| A haha. |
|
|
| Barrier. |
|
|
| Parry. |
|
|
| Shady middleman. |
|
|
| Hedger's seat. |
|
|
| Where to find pickets. |
|
|
| Thieves' market. |
|
|
| Receiver of stolen goods. |
|
|
| Parry arguments. |
|
|
| Parry arguments, as on the witness stand. |
|
|
| Engage with a rapier. |
|
|
| One kind of middleman. |
|
|
| Baffle by evasion. |
|
|
| "Don't ___ me in." |
|
|
| Parry or evade. |
|
|
| Highway structure |
|
|
| Evade. |
|
|
| Thrust and parry. |
|
|
| Person who receives stolen goods. |
|
|
| On the ___ (undecided). |
|
|
| Parry arguments by shifting grounds. |
|
|