| Fan of Fortnite or Frogger, say |
USA Today |
11 Oct 2025 |
| Arcade regular |
Eugene Sheffer |
02 Oct 2025 |
| *Wildlife parks |
New York Times |
21 Aug 2025 |
| Minecraft streamer, e.g. |
LA Times Daily |
03 Aug 2025 |
| Nintendo Switch enthusiast |
|
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| Person who knows who Kaepora Gaebora is, probably |
|
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| Video arcade enthusiast |
Newsday |
03 Jun 2025 |
| Who's keen to play in Wyoming, America (5) |
|
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| Nintendo player? |
The Telegraph Plusword |
02 Jun 2025 |
| Arcade patron |
Thomas Joseph |
24 May 2025 |
| Pokemon player, e.g. |
USA Today |
19 May 2025 |
| Pokemon player |
|
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| "Elden Ring" enthusiast, say |
|
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| Xbox or Wii user |
|
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| Fan of "Free Fire" or "Mario Kart" |
Universal |
24 Apr 2025 |
| "Fortnite" player, for one |
Universal |
21 Apr 2025 |
| One trying to level up, often |
New York Times |
20 Apr 2025 |
| Person with a PlayStation Plus subscription, maybe |
USA Today |
05 Apr 2025 |
| Controller controller |
New York Times |
02 Apr 2025 |
| One playing Minecraft is more up for it? |
|
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| Minecraft lover.e.g. |
USA Today |
02 Apr 2025 |
| Major "Minecraft" fan, say |
|
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| PlayStation pro, e.g. |
New York Times |
10 Feb 2025 |
| Arcade regular |
Newsday |
30 Jan 2025 |
| Wants new, versatile German player (5) |
|
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| One who spends their time playing on consoles (5) |
|
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| Less likely to pack it in |
Newsday |
14 Dec 2024 |
| 1-Across competitor |
New York Times |
11 Dec 2024 |
| One who enjoys playing "Dead Space" or "Resident Evil," say |
|
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| Video role-player |
|
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| Increasingly enthusiastic Xbox fan? |
The Times Sunday Cryptic |
20 Oct 2024 |
| Nintendo fan, e.g. |
Commuter |
11 Oct 2024 |
| More courageous as a player? (5) |
|
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| Player of video or electronic activities |
|
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| One playing grand French song, forgetting opening line (5) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
08 Jul 2024 |
| Computer fun enthusiast |
|
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| Many a Twitch streamer |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Jun 2024 |
| Passionate Xbox user |
USA Today |
14 Jun 2024 |
| Plucky Rex is one given to computing competitions? (5) |
|
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| Minecraft addict, say; Marge (anag.) |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
04 Jun 2024 |
| Playstation user, e.g. |
|
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| Switch player, e.g. |
Commuter |
16 May 2024 |
| Tetris player, e.g. |
USA Today |
11 May 2024 |
| Player of Tetris or Minecraft |
The Guardian Quick |
22 Mar 2024 |
| Competitive Fortnite player, e.g. |
|
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| Esports enthusiast, e.g. |
|
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| Person who plays online (5) |
|
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| Player of Fortnite, e.g. (5) |
|
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| Computer user, of a sort |
|
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| Player with a console |
New York Times |
02 Jan 2024 |
| Person with headphones and a console |
Family Time |
31 Dec 2023 |
| Nintendo enthusiast, e.g. |
New York Times |
04 Dec 2023 |
| A germ (anag.) |
|
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| "Call of Duty" or "DotA" player |
|
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| One may play Fortnite |
Universal |
29 Oct 2023 |
| Minecraft streamer, say |
Universal |
24 Oct 2023 |
| Twitch streamer, often |
USA Today |
11 Sep 2023 |
| Player tiring in the end, one of the Yankees missing second half |
The Guardian Cryptic |
31 Aug 2023 |
| One who aims to level up |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Aug 2023 |
| World of Warcraft fan |
Newsday |
28 Jul 2023 |
| Participant in computer pastimes |
The Guardian Speedy |
14 May 2023 |
| Arcade regular |
Eugene Sheffer |
28 Apr 2023 |
| Regular at video arcades |
Newsday |
14 Mar 2023 |
| Esports competitor |
USA Today |
05 Jan 2023 |
| One gaining star power, perhaps |
LA Times Daily |
17 Dec 2022 |
| Arcade enthusiast |
Eugene Sheffer |
05 Dec 2022 |
| Who's keen to play Partridge Queen? |
The Guardian Cryptic |
11 Oct 2022 |
| Wii or Xbox aficionado |
LA Times Daily |
11 Sep 2022 |
| Esports competitor |
New York Times |
29 Aug 2022 |
| Video arcade enthusiast |
Newsday |
05 Jul 2022 |
| Many a Twitch streamer |
The Washington Post |
15 May 2022 |
| Many a Twitch streamer |
LA Times Daily |
15 May 2022 |
| Words With Friends fan |
Newsday |
12 May 2022 |
| 'Animal Crossing' fan, e.g |
The Washington Post Sunday |
08 May 2022 |
| Minecraft maven, maybe |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Apr 2022 |
| E-sports player |
USA Today |
12 Apr 2022 |
| League of Legends fanatic, e.g |
The Washington Post |
17 Mar 2022 |
| Minecraft player |
LA Times Daily |
08 Mar 2022 |
| Minecraft player |
The Washington Post |
08 Mar 2022 |
| "Call of Duty" or "Minecraft" player, say |
|
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| PC/console devotee |
The Times Concise |
02 Jan 2022 |
| One who may take part in speedrunning |
The Washington Post Sunday |
10 Oct 2021 |
| Typical Twitch.tv variety streamer |
Universal |
04 Oct 2021 |
| One playing with a mouse, maybe |
New York Times |
29 Sep 2021 |
| Joystick wielder |
Thomas Joseph |
25 Sep 2021 |
| Xbox expert, say |
New York Times |
17 Aug 2021 |
| Video arcade enthusiast |
Newsday |
14 Jul 2021 |
| One may play "StarCraft II" |
Universal |
27 Jun 2021 |
| One may pwn a noob |
Universal |
15 Jun 2021 |
| World of Warcraft enthusiast, for one |
New York Times |
09 Jun 2021 |
| "Minecraft" fanatic, perhaps |
Universal |
08 Jun 2021 |
| Less cowardly RPG enthusiast |
|
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| Joystick wielder |
Thomas Joseph |
26 Dec 2020 |
| Person wearing a headset, perhaps |
USA Today |
10 Dec 2020 |
| One may spend hours on an Xbox Series X |
Universal |
09 Dec 2020 |
| One streaming on Twitch, maybe |
New York Times |
16 Nov 2020 |
| Fortnite fanatic |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Aug 2020 |
| Twitch streamer, often |
Jonesin |
21 Jul 2020 |
| "Fortnite" pro, say |
Universal |
14 Jul 2020 |
| Arcade patron |
Thomas Joseph |
14 Jul 2020 |
| Perhaps Guitar Hero fan offering a bit of Young Americans |
|
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| Perhaps Guitar Hero fan offering a bit of Young Americans |
|
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| 'Apex Legends' player, e.g |
USA Today |
28 Mar 2020 |
| Some losing American player |
|
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| Keen computer player |
The Times Concise |
07 Nov 2019 |
| Fortnite devotee, e.g |
New York Times |
30 Oct 2019 |
| Fortnite devotee, e.g. |
|
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| Player in school having bit of hesitation |
|
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| Arcade regular |
Newsday |
20 Oct 2019 |
| E-sports enthusiast |
|
|
| E-sports enthusiast |
New York Times |
20 Oct 2019 |
| More plucky |
Newsday |
13 Oct 2019 |
| "Minecraft" fan, e.g |
Universal |
03 Oct 2019 |
| Leg twisted on person playing |
|
|
| Wii user, e.g |
Premier Sunday |
05 May 2019 |
| PlayStation player |
LA Times Daily |
02 May 2019 |
| PlayStation player |
The Washington Post |
02 May 2019 |
| Fortnite pro, e.g |
Universal |
08 Apr 2019 |
| Xbox fan |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Feb 2019 |
| Xbox fan |
|
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| PlayStation player |
|
|
| Fortnite pro, e.g. |
|
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| "Minecraft" fan, e.g. |
|
|
| More enthusiastic 'Fortnite' player?? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
18 Oct 2018 |
| Xbox devotee |
The Washington Post |
25 Aug 2018 |
| Xbox devotee |
LA Times Daily |
25 Aug 2018 |
| . More courageous // casino patron |
|
|
| E-sports participant |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Jun 2018 |
| Grouse, perhaps beginning to rant with more spirit |
|
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| E-sports participant |
|
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| Xbox devotee |
|
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| Xbox enthusiast |
Eugene Sheffer |
07 Dec 2017 |
| Fan of the 'Idle Thumbs' podcast, presumably |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
15 Sep 2017 |
| "Angry Birds" aficionado, e.g |
USA Today |
01 Sep 2017 |
| Wii user, e.g |
New York Times |
02 Aug 2017 |
| Pro behind a screen |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Feb 2017 |
| "Angry Birds" aficionado, e.g. |
|
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| Wii user, e.g. |
|
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| Fan of the "Idle Thumbs" podcast, presumably |
|
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| Devotee of eSports |
New York Times |
27 Dec 2016 |
| One contesting a setter breaking good rule |
|
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| Player walking with difficulty by end of tour |
The Telegraph Toughie |
28 Sep 2016 |
| Wii or Xbox aficionado |
Premier Sunday |
25 Sep 2016 |
| One who plays through pain |
The Washington Post |
31 Aug 2016 |
| One plays start of Metal Gear excitedly |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
18 Aug 2016 |
| Player representing America putting lots off |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
12 Aug 2016 |
| World of Warcraft enthusiast, e.g |
New York Times |
28 Jun 2016 |
| Player touring America — not all of it |
The Times Cryptic |
09 Jun 2016 |
| One of the players got out of mortgage |
Irish Times Crosaire |
19 May 2016 |
| 'Angry Birds' addict, e.g |
The Washington Post |
02 May 2016 |
| Xbox devotee, say |
The Washington Post |
10 Mar 2016 |
| One frequenting arcades |
New York Times |
14 Jan 2016 |
| More willing |
Universal |
09 Jan 2016 |
| One frequenting arcades |
|
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| More willing |
|
|
| Mario Kart fan |
|
|
| Devotee of eSports |
|
|
| World of Warcraft enthusiast, e.g. |
|
|
| Dungeons & Dragons devotee |
The Washington Post |
12 Dec 2015 |
| PlayStation user |
New York Times |
17 Nov 2015 |
| Wii fanatic, say |
LA Times Daily |
29 Mar 2015 |
| Fan of Super Smash Bros |
Newsday |
21 Mar 2015 |
| Xbox enthusiast |
LA Times Daily |
23 Feb 2015 |
| Dungeons & Dragons devotee |
|
|
| Wii fanatic, say |
|
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| Xbox enthusiast |
|
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| Xbox user |
|
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| Fan of Super Smash Bros. |
|
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| PlayStation user |
|
|
| See 50-Across |
|
|
| PS4 fan |
|
|
| Xbox enthusiast |
|
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| Dungeons & Dragons player |
|
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| Arcade enthusiast |
|
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| Nintendo enthusiast |
|
|
| Arcade regular |
|
|
| Angry Birds fan |
|
|
| Gears of War enthusiast, e.g. |
|
|
| Role-playing hobbyist |
|
|
| World of Warcraft fan, e.g. |
New York Times |
26 Dec 2011 |
| World of Warcraft fan, e.g. |
|
|
| Nintendo fan |
|
|
| Nintendo fanatic, e.g. |
|
|
| Dungeons & Dragons fan |
|
|
| Xbox devotee |
|
|
| Dungeons & Dragons fan |
|
|
| Having more spunk |
|
|
| Competitive sort |
|
|
| Xbox enthusiast |
|
|
| World of Warcraft participant, e.g. |
|
|
| More spirited |
|
|
| Competitive sort |
|
|
| D&D fan, e.g. |
|
|
| Xbox fan |
|
|
| Tiger Woods PGA Tour participant |
|
|
| More courageous |
|
|
| More courageous |
|
|
| Arcade frequenter |
|
|
| Arcade frequenter |
|
|
| Scrappy competitor |
|
|
| PlayStation player, e.g. |
|
|
| Dungeons and Dragons devotee |
|
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| Video player |
|
|
| More plucky |
|
|
| Xbox enthusiast |
|
|
| Xbox user |
|
|
| Nintendo lover |
|
|
| Video player |
|
|
| Nintendo nut, e.g. |
|
|
| He'll play with injuries |
|
|
| Video-arcade enthusiast |
|
|
| Having more fighting spirit |
|
|
| Dungeons and Dragons fan |
|
|
| Dungeons and Dragons fan |
|
|
| Xbox enthusiast |
|
|
| Sega user, say |
|
|
| Having more fighting spirit |
|
|
| Not as fearful |
|
|
| Nintendo addict |
|
|
| Sega player, e.g. |
|
|
| One for whom the play's the thing |
|
|
| Enthusiastic player |
|
|
| Sega user, say |
|
|
| Nintendo fanatic, e.g. |
|
|
| More willing |
|
|
| More plucky |
|
|
| More willing |
|
|
| More willing |
|
|
| One whose social life is going to pieces? |
|
|
| More ready and willing |
|
|
| Play participant |
|
|
| Player |
|
|
| Las Vegas devotee |
|
|
| Dungeons & Dragons sort |
|
|
| Less likely to quit |
|
|
| More courageous |
|
|
| More plucky |
|
|
| Winning hit, in baseball argot |
|
|
| Winning hit, in baseball |
|
|
| Pluckier |
|
|
| Less cowardly |
|
|
| Winning hit, in baseball lingo |
|
|
| Winning hit: Slang |
|
|
| More persistent |
|
|
| More intrepid |
|
|
| More daring |
|
|
| More ready: Colloq. |
|
|
| Less timid. |
|
|
| Second Life fan, e.g. |
|
|
| Minecraft nut |
|
|
| More courageous. |
|
|
| More plucky. |
|
|
| Pluckier. |
|
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