| Clue | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Botch | USA Today Quick | 07 Jan 2026 |
| Drop the ball | LA Times Daily | 07 Sep 2025 |
| Mess up | New York Times | 28 Aug 2025 |
| Botch or bungle | USA Today Quick | 21 Jul 2025 |
| Mess up | Universal | 08 Jun 2025 |
| Mistake viral infection that's close to TB | The Times Mephisto | 20 Apr 2025 |
| Silly error | LA Times Daily | 09 Mar 2025 |
| Bungle | Wall Street Journal | 07 Nov 2024 |
| Botch, as a line | ||
| Botch, like a line | ||
| Err | Eugene Sheffer | 25 Dec 2023 |
| Actor's line-reading mistake | New York Times Mini | 15 Dec 2023 |
| Goof | LA Times Daily | 13 Nov 2023 |
| Goof up | Universal | 20 Sep 2023 |
| Blow | LA Times Daily | 25 Mar 2023 |
| Part of a blooper reel | LA Times Daily | 19 Mar 2023 |
| Bungle | Wall Street Journal | 01 Feb 2023 |
| Botch or blunder (rhymes with "blub") | ||
| Botch | USA Today | 02 Dec 2022 |
| Blunder | Newsday | 10 Jul 2022 |
| Botch | USA Today | 30 Jun 2022 |
| Botch | LA Times Daily | 18 May 2022 |
| Botch | The Washington Post | 18 May 2022 |
| Err | Newsday | 19 Mar 2022 |
| Blunder | New York Times | 02 Feb 2022 |
| Bungle | New York Times | 27 Jun 2021 |
| Blunder | Eugene Sheffer | 08 Apr 2021 |
| Err | Eugene Sheffer | 30 Jan 2021 |
| Bungle | Wall Street Journal | 11 Nov 2020 |
| Careless mistake | Family Time | 21 Sep 2020 |
| Screw up | Premier Sunday | 16 Aug 2020 |
| Blunder | USA Today | 15 Jul 2020 |
| Screw up | Newsday | 11 Oct 2019 |
| Blunder | Newsday | 02 Apr 2019 |
| Bungle | Newsday | 28 Feb 2019 |
| Botch | Universal | 06 Feb 2019 |
| Cause for a do-over | USA Today | 07 Jan 2019 |
| Botch | ||
| Cause for a do-over | ||
| Outtake reason | Universal | 11 Sep 2018 |
| Botch | The Washington Post | 01 Jul 2018 |
| Botch | LA Times Daily | 01 Jul 2018 |
| Blunder | The Washington Post Sunday | 29 Apr 2018 |
| Screw up | New York Times | 25 Feb 2018 |
| Bungle | ||
| Outtake reason | ||
| Botch | ||
| Screw up | ||
| Goof | New York Times | 14 Dec 2017 |
| Muff | Wall Street Journal | 02 Nov 2017 |
| Mess up | New York Times | 29 Jun 2017 |
| Bollix up | USA Today | 01 Jun 2017 |
| Execute disastrously | Universal | 21 May 2017 |
| Viral infection billions contracted in error | The Telegraph Toughie | 02 Mar 2017 |
| Make hash of | Newsday | 14 Jan 2017 |
| Bollix up | ||
| Goof | ||
| Mess up | ||
| Execute disastrously | ||
| Oversight | The Washington Post | 05 Sep 2016 |
| Botch | USA Today | 11 Jul 2015 |
| Goof | Newsday | 23 Apr 2015 |
| Bit for a blooper reel | ||
| Goof | ||
| Goof | ||
| Botch | ||
| Execute poorly | ||
| Make an error | ||
| Bungle | ||
| Bit for the blooper reel | ||
| Goof up | ||
| Blown line | ||
| Goof up | ||
| Botch | ||
| Goof up | ||
| Blooper | ||
| Embarrassing error | ||
| Blunder | ||
| Bungle | ||
| Make a blunder | ||
| Execute poorly | ||
| Boo-boo | ||
| Mess up | ||
| Bungle | ||
| Boo-boo | ||
| Mishandle | ||
| Make a mess of | ||
| Bungle | ||
| Careless mistake | ||
| Blow, as one's lines | ||
| Blow, as one's lines | ||
| Bollix up | ||
| Blow, as one's lines | ||
| Botch | ||
| Reason for an outtake | ||
| Screw up | ||
| Boo-boo | ||
| Bungle | ||
| Bungle | ||
| Embarrassing error | ||
| Mess up | ||
| Blow | ||
| Bungle | ||
| Make a mess of | ||
| Make a mess of | ||
| Err | ||
| Botch | ||
| Blow | ||
| Bollux up | ||
| Bungle | ||
| Bungle | ||
| Botch up | ||
| Execute poorly | ||
| Blow one's lines | ||
| Mess up | ||
| Muff | ||
| Bollix | ||
| Bungle | ||
| Goof up | ||
| Make a boo-boo | ||
| Goof up | ||
| Mess up | ||
| Blow it | ||
| Blunder | ||
| Bungle, as a golf shot | ||
| Blunder | ||
| Blunder | ||
| Blow one's lines | ||
| Botch | ||
| Make a blunder | ||
| Mess up one's lines | ||
| Boner | ||
| Bungle, as a golf drive | ||
| Foozle. | ||
| Make a botch of: Colloq. | ||
| Bobble. | ||
| Make a botch of. | ||
| Outtake material | ||
| Botch: Colloq. |