| PlusWord No 1248 solution |
The Telegraph Plusword |
21 Oct 2025 |
| Spiral |
Universal |
15 Oct 2025 |
| Screw-thread shape |
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| DNA shape |
Newsday |
27 Aug 2025 |
| Corkscrew object or shape (5) |
The Guardian Quick |
25 Aug 2025 |
| Sign of spring? |
Newsday |
14 Aug 2025 |
| Spiral shape (5) |
Puzzler |
20 Jul 2025 |
| Snail shell shape (5) |
The Guardian Quick |
18 Jul 2025 |
| A three-dimensional spiral curve (5) |
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| Spring shape |
Newsday |
27 Jun 2025 |
| Spiral shape (5) |
Puzzler |
17 Jun 2025 |
| Spiral structure |
Commuter |
30 May 2025 |
| What is a spiral curve? (5) |
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| Spell has left one in shape (5) |
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| Spiral |
The Telegraph Mini |
04 Apr 2025 |
| Roller coaster spiral |
Universal |
01 Apr 2025 |
| Spiral |
Eugene Sheffer |
29 Mar 2025 |
| Shape resembling a corkscrew |
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| Deoxyribonucleic acid double (5) |
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| Spiral curve (5) |
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| Spiral in box F (5) |
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| Slinky shape |
New York Times |
12 Nov 2024 |
| 51 in wizard spiral (5) |
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| Spiral shape |
Commuter |
21 Oct 2024 |
| Corkscrew's shape |
Universal |
17 Oct 2024 |
| Slinky's shape, essentially |
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| Spiral shape |
LA Times Mini |
30 Sep 2024 |
| Snail shell shape (5) |
The Guardian Quick |
06 Sep 2024 |
| DNA structure |
The Telegraph Mini |
13 Aug 2024 |
| In a screwy style, he gets A£59 |
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| He has 59 ways of making it coil (5) |
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| Twisty shape |
USA Today |
25 May 2024 |
| Piece of rotini or fusilli, say |
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| Double ___ (DNA strand's shape) |
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| A spiral shape or form (5) |
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| Team the French finally vanquish, having turned the screw (5) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
25 Apr 2024 |
| Double ___ (shape of DNA) |
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| DNA shape |
USA Today |
26 Mar 2024 |
| Spiral or coiled shape (5) |
Puzzler |
26 Mar 2024 |
| Spiral shape, from too much 'elixir'! (5) |
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| Henry with priest has cross or spiral (5) |
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| Curving line, like of DNA strands (5) |
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| It's said he licks a spiral shape |
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| Corkscrew-like form |
The Times Concise |
06 Feb 2024 |
| Spiral (5) |
Puzzler |
26 Jan 2024 |
| Corkscrew shape |
New York Times |
10 Oct 2023 |
| Corkscrew's shape |
Universal |
15 Sep 2023 |
| Noted figure in genetic research |
New York Times |
14 Sep 2023 |
| Fusilli shape |
New York Times |
16 Aug 2023 |
| Spiral shape |
Thomas Joseph |
10 Jul 2023 |
| Spiral form |
The Times Concise |
02 Jul 2023 |
| Spiral shape |
Newsday |
12 Mar 2023 |
| DNA shape |
USA Today |
26 Jan 2023 |
| Corkscrew shape |
Newsday |
04 Dec 2022 |
| Curve that spirals around a cone, for example |
The Guardian Quick |
15 Nov 2022 |
| DNA shape |
Newsday |
13 Jul 2022 |
| Twist as priest featuring in Hard Times |
The Telegraph Toughie |
27 Apr 2022 |
| Spiral |
Eugene Sheffer |
03 Jan 2022 |
| Spiral shape |
USA Today |
07 Dec 2021 |
| Path an electron may take moving in a constant magnetic field |
New York Times |
18 Jun 2021 |
| We hear this guy runs his tongue over part of ear |
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| Spiral shape |
USA Today |
24 Apr 2021 |
| Spiral shape |
Thomas Joseph |
06 Feb 2021 |
| Spiral shape |
Newsday |
30 Dec 2020 |
| Corkscrew shape |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Sep 2020 |
| Corkscrew shape |
Newsday |
14 Aug 2020 |
| DNA's 'double' shape |
USA Today |
13 Aug 2020 |
| DNA shape |
New York Times |
01 Jun 2020 |
| A particular chap, fifty-nine in spring |
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| Corkscrew's shape |
Universal |
28 Apr 2020 |
| Shape of a DNA strand |
Jonesin |
21 Apr 2020 |
| Spiral shape |
Family Time |
30 Mar 2020 |
| Spiral |
New York Times |
01 Mar 2020 |
| Coiled shape |
Premier Sunday |
08 Sep 2019 |
| Genetic strand shape |
Universal |
28 Mar 2019 |
| The Inferno briefly has nine in a circle that winds around and around |
Irish Times Crosaire |
23 Feb 2019 |
| Corkscrew's shape |
USA Today |
11 Feb 2019 |
| Slinky shape |
The Washington Post Sunday |
10 Feb 2019 |
| Corkscrew's shape |
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| Genetic strand shape |
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| Spiral |
The Telegraph Quick |
15 Nov 2018 |
| Corkscrew shape |
The Times Concise |
26 Sep 2018 |
| Double DNA thing |
Universal |
15 Jul 2018 |
| DNA structure |
The Washington Post |
19 Jun 2018 |
| DNA structure |
LA Times Daily |
19 Jun 2018 |
| Spiral |
Eugene Sheffer |
02 Jun 2018 |
| Slinky's shape |
USA Today |
06 Jan 2018 |
| Slinky's shape |
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| DNA structure |
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| Double DNA thing |
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| Structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops |
The Guardian Speedy |
03 Dec 2017 |
| Around start of lesson I spell ‘curlicue' |
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| Spiral |
Newsday |
27 Sep 2017 |
| Half of a genetic molecule |
New York Times |
26 Sep 2017 |
| Shape of rotini |
Newsday |
14 Apr 2017 |
| See 11-Down |
New York Times |
11 Jan 2017 |
| Screw-shaped coil |
The Telegraph General Knowledge |
08 Jan 2017 |
| See 11-Down |
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| Half of a genetic molecule |
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| Some magic circles lit short coil |
The Times Cryptic |
21 Sep 2016 |
| DNA strand's shape |
Universal |
10 Sep 2016 |
| Twisted shape |
LA Times Daily |
06 Sep 2016 |
| Spring shape |
Newsday |
17 Jun 2016 |
| DNA strand shape |
New York Times |
01 Jun 2016 |
| DNA curve |
Universal |
09 Mar 2016 |
| Coiled shape |
The Washington Post |
16 Feb 2016 |
| Roller coaster feature |
New York Times |
02 Jan 2016 |
| Twisted shape |
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| Spiral |
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| Roller coaster feature |
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| DNA strand shape |
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| Corkscrew shape |
The Washington Post |
28 Nov 2015 |
| Spiral structure, DNA is a double one |
Irish Times Simplex |
30 Jul 2015 |
| Coiled shape |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
24 Apr 2015 |
| What reverses 59 and, in turn, is double this |
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| DNA shape |
Premier Sunday |
25 Jan 2015 |
| DNA structure |
USA Today |
11 Jan 2015 |
| DNA structure |
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| DNA shape |
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| Corkscrew shape |
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| Coiled shape |
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| Spring, perhaps |
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| Genetic structure |
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| Spiral shape |
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| DNA configuration |
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| DNA shape |
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| DNA shape |
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| Spiral out of control, lie at the heart of hard times |
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| Spring form |
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| Spring form |
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| Slinky's shape |
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| Thread of a screw, e.g. |
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| Auger shape |
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| Screw thread, for example |
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| Auger shape |
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| DNA structure |
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| Spiral staircase, essentially |
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| Spiraling shape |
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| DNA shape |
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| Slinky's shape |
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| Double ___ (DNA structure) |
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| DNA shape |
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| Ornamental spiral |
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| Slinky, essentially |
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| Slinky's shape |
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| Spiral |
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| DNA half |
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| Screw thread, e.g. |
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| Screw |
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| DNA half |
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| Spiral |
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| DNA structure |
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| Slinky shape |
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| Slinky shape |
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| DNA strand's shape |
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| Spiral spring's shape |
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| Slinky shape |
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| DNA structure |
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| Genetic coil |
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| Spiral |
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| Coiled shape |
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| Coiled shape |
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| Corinthian capital scroll |
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| Screw thread, e.g. |
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| Double ___ (DNA shape) |
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| Spiral |
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| Twisted shape |
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| Spiral |
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| Coil |
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| Spiral |
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| DNA curve |
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| Spiral |
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| Shape of a DNA strand |
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| Spiral |
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| Spiral shape |
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| Toy Slinky, essentially |
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| DNA curve |
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| Coil |
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| DNA structure |
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| Slinky shape |
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| A spiral |
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| DNA's double ___ |
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| Ear part |
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| Spiral. |
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| Curve in math class |
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