| Exceptional English rule |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Nov 2023 |
| Start of a spelling rule |
Newsday |
05 Oct 2023 |
| General spelling rule, and what must be imagined in the starred clues to make them accurate |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Nov 2022 |
| Start of a three-R rule rhyme |
Newsday |
09 Jul 2022 |
| Part of a spelling rule, and a hint to this puzzle’s theme |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Jun 2021 |
| Rule broken by forfeiting? |
Wall Street Journal |
22 May 2021 |
| Spelling rule that ends ''except after C'' |
Newsday |
01 Mar 2021 |
| Rule that keeps you from spelling weirdly? |
LA Times Daily |
14 Mar 2020 |
| Rule that keeps you from spelling weirdly? |
The Washington Post |
14 Mar 2020 |
| First part of an English 'rule' |
New York Times |
29 Aug 2019 |
| 'Except after C' lead-in |
Premier Sunday |
04 Aug 2019 |
| First part of an English "rule" |
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| Rule with many exceptions |
The Washington Post |
01 Apr 2017 |
| Rule with many exceptions |
LA Times Daily |
01 Apr 2017 |
| Rule broken by deities? |
LA Times Daily |
25 Feb 2017 |
| Rule with many exceptions |
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| "___, except after c" |
USA Today |
02 Oct 2016 |
| "___, except after c" |
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| Start of a spelling rule broken by deists? |
LA Times Daily |
07 Oct 2015 |
| Start of a spelling rule broken by deists? |
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| Start of a weird infraction? |
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| Rule often disobeyed by foreigners |
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| Start of a spelling rule |
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| Start of a spelling rule |
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| Rule broken by Heidi? |
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| Start of a rule with numerous exceptions |
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| Start of a school rule |
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| Start of a rule with numerous exceptions |
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| Start of a rule broken by foreigners? |
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| Start of a rule that keeps you from spelling weirdly? |
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| Start of a spelling mnemonic |
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| Start of a rule that keeps you from spelling weirdly? |
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| Start of an English rule, and this puzzle's theme |
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| Start of an English rule, and this puzzle's theme |
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| Rule broken in leisure? |
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| With 7-Down, an ordering principle |
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| Start of a speller's shibboleth |
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| Spelling principle |
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