| Double date tagalong |
LA Times Daily |
28 Oct 2025 |
| Unnecessary person |
Newsday |
23 Jul 2025 |
| Double-date tagalong |
Eugene Sheffer |
18 May 2024 |
| Extra person on a double date ... who's depicted by the last O in 17-, 24-, 39- and 52-Across? |
Universal |
04 Aug 2023 |
| One who might pull up a chair to a booth |
USA Today |
01 May 2020 |
| Unnecessary tagalong (after 1-Across, 44-Across, 46-Across and 37-Down) |
Wall Street Journal |
09 May 2018 |
| Superfluous participant |
Newsday |
03 May 2018 |
| Unnecessary tagalong (after 1-Across, 44-Across, 46-Across and 37-Down) |
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| Based on the ends of 17-, 23-, 38- and 50-Across, unwanted thing that this puzzle lacks |
LA Times Daily |
30 Jun 2016 |
| Unwanted tagalong |
New York Times |
15 Jun 2016 |
| Based on the ends of 17-, 23-, 38- and 50-Across, unwanted thing that this puzzle lacks |
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| Unwanted tagalong |
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| Superfluous individual |
LA Times Daily |
14 Apr 2015 |
| Superfluous individual |
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| Superfluous individual |
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| Unnecessary person, on a double date |
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| *Double-date extra |
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| Double-date extra? |
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| Useful type of hitch in a pickup truck, or an undesired part of a social circle |
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| Superfluous person |
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| Odd man with two couples |
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| Superfluous part |
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| Unwanted thing |
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| Misfit |
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| Unwanted thing |
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| 20 percent of a spare tire? |
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| Unnecessary person |
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| Useless person |
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| Somebody superfluous. |
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| Superfluous one. |
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