| Mishandle, treat clumsily |
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| Mishandle, drop |
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| *Oops* Football blunder where a player loses the ball even before being tackled |
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| Handle clumsily fine sort of lumber shortly (6) |
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| Handle nervously (6) |
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| Clumsy attempt |
Puzzler Backwords |
12 Jan 2025 |
| To treat something clumsily (6) |
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| Grope (around) (6) |
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| Grope awkwardly (6) |
Mirror Tea Time |
10 Oct 2024 |
| Fighter of low status from the East End makes blunder (6) |
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| Flub |
LA Times Daily |
31 Dec 2023 |
| Miss fellow cutting head in fall |
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| Fail to catch awful flu consuming doctor from Spain |
Irish Times Crosaire |
15 Sep 2021 |
| Top fielder, scratching head in confusion, to drop the ball |
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| Mishandle |
Universal |
27 Feb 2020 |
| Clumsily drop |
New York Times |
24 Feb 2019 |
| Clumsily drop |
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| Perhaps feel badly about blunder |
Irish Times Crosaire |
13 Aug 2016 |
| Smoke-covered skin of brill or flounder |
The Telegraph Toughie |
31 Jul 2015 |
| Mishandle fellow of modest means in the East End |
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| Flub |
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| Football flub |
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| Back drop? |
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| Drop the ball |
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| Mishandle |
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| Gridiron mishap |
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| Mishandle. |
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