| Bumbling |
Eugene Sheffer |
30 Oct 2025 |
| One pawn caught in trap? That's not very competent (5) |
The Guardian Quiptic |
05 Oct 2025 |
| Ham-handed |
Newsday |
28 Sep 2025 |
| Bungling |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
28 Sep 2025 |
| With no skill |
Newsday |
02 Sep 2025 |
| Useless |
The Telegraph Plusword |
01 Sep 2025 |
| Incompetent writer held up in centre of city |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
01 Sep 2025 |
| Awkward |
The Telegraph Quick |
27 Aug 2025 |
| Clumsy and incompetent |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
15 Aug 2025 |
| Awkward |
Puzzler Backwords |
13 Aug 2025 |
| Like a bumbler |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Aug 2025 |
| Incompetent |
Puzzler Backwords |
02 Aug 2025 |
| Incapable |
Puzzler Backwords |
24 Jul 2025 |
| Ham-handed |
New York Times |
23 Jul 2025 |
| Returned to write an article about that's clumsy (5) |
|
|
| How foolish to be at home and put pet out! (5) |
|
|
| Every second, Pioneer Pat is clumsy (5) |
|
|
| Clumsy or unskilled (5) |
|
|
| It is unsuitable for writer to go back in it (5) |
|
|
| Not competent at all |
Family Time |
07 Jul 2025 |
| Independent writer reflects on starting at Tribune, having no skill |
|
|
| Ham-fisted dropping of opener by fine point (5) |
|
|
| Not very competent |
USA Today |
04 Jul 2025 |
| Clumsy in pet management (5) |
|
|
| Bumbling |
The Telegraph Plusword |
30 Jun 2025 |
| Intercepts, yet crestfallen and clumsy (5) |
|
|
| Bumbling |
Thomas Joseph |
21 Jun 2025 |
| Unskilful (5) |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
19 Jun 2025 |
| Clumsy |
Universal |
19 Jun 2025 |
| Hopeless putting writer back in it (5) |
|
|
| Record ton on batting left-handed (5) |
|
|
| Lacking skill or ability (5) |
|
|
| It holds Peter up as unsuitable (5) |
|
|
| Prone to bungling |
Newsday |
08 Jun 2025 |
| Foolish, clumsy (5) |
|
|
| It's futile to be at home with pet of a sort (5) |
|
|
| Popular pet misbehaving is clumsy (5) |
|
|
| Bungling(5) |
|
|
| Getting in a wild pet is silly (5) |
|
|
| Bumbling |
Universal |
20 May 2025 |
| Clumsy or useless (5) |
|
|
| It's about writer's review, very clumsy (5) |
|
|
| Lacking skill |
Universal |
05 May 2025 |
| Bumbling or inexpert, discarding ten and queen |
The Times Cryptic |
05 May 2025 |
| No gay Egyptian was unfit (5) |
|
|
| Having no skill |
Newsday |
29 Apr 2025 |
| Pent up I become bungling (5) |
|
|
| Incompetent |
Mirror Tea Time |
19 Apr 2025 |
| Bumbling writer returned wearing it (5) |
|
|
| Coop up in it, which is foolish (5) |
|
|
| Incompetent |
The Sun Two Speed |
09 Apr 2025 |
| At home crazed pet is useless |
The Sun Two Speed |
09 Apr 2025 |
| Useless |
The Telegraph Plusword |
03 Apr 2025 |
| Pen it (anag.) |
The Telegraph Plusword |
01 Apr 2025 |
| Incapable, unskilled (5) |
|
|
| Clumsy popular new pet (5) |
|
|
| Bumbling |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Mar 2025 |
| It's no good spilling a pint out East (5) |
|
|
| Pine away - time to be useless (5) |
|
|
| Bungling current record attempt ultimately |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
21 Mar 2025 |
| Bungling |
Commuter |
19 Mar 2025 |
| Awkward |
Puzzler Backwords |
16 Mar 2025 |
| It's no good spilling a pint around closing time (5) |
|
|
| Foolish of one to write up head teacher |
|
|
| Awkward characters held up in Beaumont penitentiary |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
07 Mar 2025 |
| Clumsy in gym having little inner energy (5) |
|
|
| Popular record by top tenor is a bit lacking in finesse |
|
|
| Awkward writer going back to cut pronoun |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
05 Mar 2025 |
| Incompetent |
Puzzler Backwords |
05 Mar 2025 |
| Bungling |
Premier Sunday |
02 Mar 2025 |
| Simply incapable |
|
|
| Incapable |
Puzzler Backwords |
24 Feb 2025 |
| Klutzy |
LA Times Daily |
23 Feb 2025 |
| Unable to complete tasks in record time |
The Telegraph Toughie |
19 Feb 2025 |
| Ham-fisted? It holds writer back (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
18 Feb 2025 |
| A dead loss in record time |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
11 Feb 2025 |
| Like the Wet Bandits in "Home Alone" |
|
|
| Lacking the knack |
LA Times Daily |
08 Feb 2025 |
| Awkward, fumbling |
|
|
| Incompetent |
Mirror Tea Time |
24 Jan 2025 |
| Pinter not finished working? That's awkward (5) |
|
|
| It's awkward to put the ink-holder back in it (5) |
|
|
| Ham-fisted? It holds writer back (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
17 Jan 2025 |
| Blundering |
The Telegraph Quick |
05 Jan 2025 |
| The article about prison is returned as "incompetent" (5) |
|
|
| Not skilled |
Commuter |
31 Dec 2024 |
| At home, the odd expat is clumsy (5) |
|
|
| Popular English exercises make you awkward |
|
|
| Hardly proficient |
|
|
| Pen it (anag) (5) |
The Guardian Quick |
21 Dec 2024 |
| Bumbling |
USA Today |
18 Dec 2024 |
| It holds up writer that's useless |
|
|
| Bumbling |
Eugene Sheffer |
11 Dec 2024 |
| Incompetent |
Mirror Tea Time |
09 Dec 2024 |
| Bumbling |
USA Today |
04 Dec 2024 |
| Hopelessly unskilled |
|
|
| Far from adept |
|
|
| All thumbs |
USA Today |
17 Nov 2024 |
| Clumsy fiance regularly falls out with personal trainer |
|
|
| Incompentent |
|
|
| Incompetent |
The Telegraph Quick |
06 Nov 2024 |
| Unfit to keep a pet in?? |
|
|
| I, Neptune, am incompetent to begin with (5) |
|
|
| Home recording originally tense and awkward |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
01 Nov 2024 |
| Tie pin I left off - not appropriate (5) |
|
|
| Unskilful writer backed into it (5) |
|
|
| It's fatuous to put an enclosure up in it (5) |
|
|
| Clumsy writer returns, inspired by Stephen King novel |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
23 Oct 2024 |
| Lt's fatuous to put an enclosure up in it (5) |
|
|
| It's awkward if the enclosure is put back in it (5) |
|
|
| Clumsy write-up - article about (5) |
|
|
| Bumbling |
New York Times |
21 Oct 2024 |
| Being so stupid can make you most penitent |
|
|
| Even characters in pioneer exercise are incompetent |
|
|
| Bumbling |
LA Times Daily |
10 Oct 2024 |
| It uses a pen but in a fatuous manner |
|
|
| Incompetent writer returned in it (5) |
|
|
| Incompetent |
The Telegraph Quick |
02 Oct 2024 |
| Useless in English and gymnastics (5) |
|
|
| It's awkward, swimming in the Serpentine! (5) |
|
|
| Bumbling |
Thomas Joseph |
25 Sep 2024 |
| Bumbling |
New York Times |
24 Sep 2024 |
| Fumble-fingered, not capable (5) |
|
|
| Clumsy popular pet collapsing (5) |
|
|
| Awkward (5) |
Puzzler |
18 Sep 2024 |
| Incompetent |
Mirror Tea Time |
08 Sep 2024 |
| Not competent at all |
Family Time |
08 Sep 2024 |
| Maladroit, clumsy |
|
|
| Bumbling |
Newsday |
01 Sep 2024 |
| Cowboy's home with unusual pet (5) |
|
|
| Bungling |
The Telegraph Quick |
19 Aug 2024 |
| Bumbling |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Aug 2024 |
| Far from slick |
Newsday |
10 Aug 2024 |
| Not qualified, for a task |
|
|
| Clumsy, bungling |
The Times Concise |
26 Jul 2024 |
| Clumsy |
USA Today |
25 Jul 2024 |
| Incompetent |
Mirror Quick |
25 Jul 2024 |
| Useless in pet management |
Mirror Cryptic |
25 Jul 2024 |
| Ian Redpath regularly getting dropped? That's awkward |
The Telegraph Toughie |
24 Jul 2024 |
| Totally lacking in competence (5) |
|
|
| Popular pet unusually clumsy |
|
|
| Lacking in skill |
Commuter |
20 Jul 2024 |
| Maladroit in noting a small point (5) |
|
|
| Fatuous writer makes a comeback in it (5) |
|
|
| Clumsy writer held up in middle of city (5) |
|
|
| Awkward |
Puzzler Backwords |
07 Jul 2024 |
| Come in, pet! Even if you're unfit! |
|
|
| Unfit, bungling (5) |
|
|
| To get a writer up within it is futile (5) |
|
|
| To get a writer up within it is awkward (5) |
|
|
| It's pointless to tip half the peas into a new tin |
|
|
| Incompetent |
Puzzler Backwords |
26 Jun 2024 |
| You're unfit having had a pint in the East |
|
|
| Clumsy pet after bins' contents (5) |
|
|
| Fatuous writer making a comeback in it (5) |
|
|
| Useless |
Mirror Quick |
16 Jun 2024 |
| Incapable |
Puzzler Backwords |
16 Jun 2024 |
| Unskilled in pet management |
Mirror Cryptic |
16 Jun 2024 |
| Clumsy Italian holds enclosure the wrong way around (5) |
|
|
| Bumbling one catch, keeping quiet (5) |
|
|
| It includes the backward writer, lacking skill (5) |
|
|
| Incompetent writer going around in it (5) |
|
|
| Bungling, clumsy |
The Telegraph Plusword |
02 Jun 2024 |
| Clumsy |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
30 May 2024 |
| Incompetent record in tin production |
|
|
| To write up within it is vain (5) |
|
|
| Futile, irrelevant (5) |
|
|
| Clumsy (5) |
The Guardian Quick |
27 May 2024 |
| Bungling (5) |
Puzzler |
26 May 2024 |
| The clumsy article about prison is returned (5) |
|
|
| Bungling |
The Telegraph Mini |
24 May 2024 |
| Bumbling |
New York Times |
21 May 2024 |
| Unhandy |
Newsday |
17 May 2024 |
| It is futile for the writer to turn up within it (5) |
|
|
| Lacking skill |
Newsday |
05 May 2024 |
| It's useless to pine foolishly for a perfect ending |
|
|
| Not competent |
Commuter |
29 Apr 2024 |
| Clumsy, incompetent (5) |
Mirror Classic |
29 Apr 2024 |
| Record found in espionage proves unsuitable |
|
|
| Irrelevant for the writer to turn up inside it (5) |
|
|
| Clumsy, the way it handled pen (5) |
|
|
| I go northeast to physical training - but pretty hopeless (5) |
|
|
| Bumbling |
LA Times Mini |
17 Apr 2024 |
| Start off well: pint makes you clumsy (5) |
|
|
| Far from skilled |
LA Times Daily |
10 Apr 2024 |
| Clumsy and then some |
|
|
| Clumsy enough to spill a pint around closing time |
|
|
| Like a bungler |
|
|
| It holds a writer back and is void in law (5) |
|
|
| Awkward relations holding writer up |
|
|
| Bumbling gauche |
|
|
| In spilling a pint, one's sweetheart is pretty useless! |
|
|
| Getting in a wild pet is useless (5) |
|
|
| Having no skill; clumsy (5) |
|
|
| Bumbling |
Thomas Joseph |
08 Mar 2024 |
| Clumsy |
The Telegraph Quick |
08 Mar 2024 |
| Being clumsy, it holds the writer back (5) |
|
|
| Incompetent |
The Sun Two Speed |
01 Mar 2024 |
| Popular old record though initially unsuitable |
The Sun Two Speed |
01 Mar 2024 |
| Lacking suitable skills (5) |
|
|
| Quite the opposite of proficient |
|
|
| Blundering, not competent (5) |
|
|
| Bumbling |
Eugene Sheffer |
12 Feb 2024 |
| Lacking in skill |
Commuter |
10 Feb 2024 |
| Pint 'e spilt, being clumsy (5) |
|
|
| Unfit, fatuous (5) |
|
|
| It's holding a pen upside down that's so silly! (5) |
|
|
| It's not fit to be at home when pet is put out (5) |
|
|
| Bungling players initially employed in popular film |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
31 Jan 2024 |
| Incompetent |
Mirror Tea Time |
28 Jan 2024 |
| Bungling |
LA Times Daily |
23 Jan 2024 |
| Incompetent |
The Telegraph Quick |
12 Jan 2024 |
| Clumsy in disturbing a pet |
|
|
| Writer rejected investing in computers as foolish |
The Guardian Quiptic |
08 Jan 2024 |
| Bungling fashionable European taking exercise |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
08 Jan 2024 |
| Writer rejected investing in computers as foolish (5) |
|
|
| Clumsy as an ox |
Family Time |
07 Jan 2024 |
| Without any skill |
Newsday |
04 Jan 2024 |
| Not remotely competent |
|
|
| Bumbling |
Commuter |
26 Dec 2023 |
| Lacking all skill |
|
|
| Not at all competent (anagram of "nepit") |
|
|
| Lacking expertise |
The Guardian Quick |
02 Dec 2023 |
| Lacking expertise (5) |
|
|
| Clumsy |
LA Times Daily |
01 Dec 2023 |
| Clumsy |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Nov 2023 |
| Cack-handed group of ministers cut by almost half clings onto power (5) |
|
|
| It's unfit to have a pet in it! |
|
|
| Incompetent |
The Sun Two Speed |
16 Nov 2023 |
| At home pet might be useless |
The Sun Two Speed |
16 Nov 2023 |
| Not up to the task |
|
|
| Bumbling |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Oct 2023 |
| Lacking skill |
New York Times |
10 Oct 2023 |
| Not at all competent, say |
|
|
| Not competent |
Universal |
12 Sep 2023 |
| Unqualified |
LA Times Daily |
31 Aug 2023 |
| Bumbling |
Thomas Joseph |
18 Aug 2023 |
| Hardly handy |
LA Times Daily |
13 Aug 2023 |
| Clumsy |
The Times Concise |
13 Aug 2023 |
| Useless |
LA Times Daily |
10 Aug 2023 |
| Awkward, clumsy |
The Telegraph Quick |
10 Aug 2023 |
| Bungling, clumsy |
The Times Concise |
31 Jul 2023 |
| All thumbs |
LA Times Daily |
18 Jul 2023 |
| Totally unskillful |
Universal |
07 Jul 2023 |
| Awkward writer upset during sex |
The Guardian Cryptic |
26 Jun 2023 |
| Likely to err |
LA Times Daily |
05 Jun 2023 |
| Bumbling in record time |
The Guardian Cryptic |
25 May 2023 |
| Amateurish |
Universal |
24 May 2023 |
| Pants fiancee Pat occasionally dropped |
The Telegraph Toughie |
12 May 2023 |
| Clumsy |
Universal |
05 May 2023 |
| Bumbling |
Eugene Sheffer |
28 Apr 2023 |
| Bungling writer going north in it |
The Times Cryptic |
26 Apr 2023 |
| Utterly unskilled (anagram of "nepit") |
|
|
| Bumbling |
Thomas Joseph |
13 Apr 2023 |
| Having no skill |
Newsday |
04 Apr 2023 |
| Not skillful |
Family Time |
12 Feb 2023 |
| Bumbling |
Universal |
08 Feb 2023 |
| All thumbs |
Universal |
03 Feb 2023 |
| All thumbs |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Jan 2023 |
| Bumbling |
LA Times Daily |
18 Dec 2022 |
| Feckless |
Newsday |
16 Dec 2022 |
| Heavy-handed Congress obstructing writer from the south |
The Times Cryptic |
29 Nov 2022 |
| Having two left feet, say |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Oct 2022 |
| Clumsy |
The Telegraph Quick |
02 Oct 2022 |
| Bumbling |
USA Today |
25 Sep 2022 |
| Not up to the job |
Universal |
21 Sep 2022 |
| Without any skill |
Newsday |
19 Sep 2022 |
| Write about boring sex, which is awkward |
|
|
| Utterly unskilled |
LA Times Daily |
07 Aug 2022 |
| Cage up-ended into it, clumsy |
The Times Cryptic |
18 Jul 2022 |
| Not handy |
Newsday |
16 Jul 2022 |
| Hapless |
Newsday |
10 Jul 2022 |
| All thumbs |
LA Times Daily |
02 Jul 2022 |
| Clumsy, awkward |
The Times Concise |
27 Jun 2022 |
| Bumbling |
Thomas Joseph |
24 Jun 2022 |
| Bumbling |
Thomas Joseph |
20 May 2022 |
| Not up to the task |
|
|
| Bungling |
The Guardian Quick |
18 May 2022 |
| Incompetent |
The Telegraph Quick |
09 May 2022 |
| Clumsy, spilling pint over partner at the table |
The Guardian Quiptic |
02 May 2022 |
| Clumsy, spilling pint over partner at the table |
|
|
| Not competent |
Universal |
18 Apr 2022 |
| Hardly successful |
|
|
| Not proficient |
USA Today |
22 Mar 2022 |
| Popular record by tenor is not up to scratch? |
Irish Times Crosaire |
22 Feb 2022 |
| Clumsy writer from the South defined by sex |
|
|
| Write about boring sex cowboy! |
|
|
| Without any skill |
Newsday |
17 Jan 2022 |
| Useless writer's back in city centre |
|
|
| Lacking skill |
Premier Sunday |
05 Dec 2021 |
| Bumbling |
LA Times Daily |
29 Nov 2021 |
| Ham-handed |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Nov 2021 |
| Unskilled |
USA Today |
22 Nov 2021 |
| Where Rugby Union needs to go to make it break out is silly |
|
|
| Clumsy writer going wrong way in Italian |
|
|
| Alpine ptarmigans a bit silly |
The Telegraph Toughie |
28 Oct 2021 |
| Useless |
The Telegraph Quick |
27 Oct 2021 |
| Revealing unskilfulness in record time |
The Times Cryptic |
25 Oct 2021 |
| Bumbling |
USA Today |
20 Oct 2021 |
| Bumbling |
Thomas Joseph |
24 Sep 2021 |
| Clumsy |
Universal |
22 Sep 2021 |
| Incompetent independent trust holds record |
|
|
| It holds writer back being useless |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
03 Sep 2021 |
| Clumsy |
USA Today |
29 Aug 2021 |
| Maladroit |
New York Times |
30 Jul 2021 |
| Popular record by tenor is not up to scratch |
Irish Times Crosaire |
15 Jul 2021 |
| Clumsy |
LA Times Daily |
11 Jul 2021 |
| Clumsy |
The Washington Post |
11 Jul 2021 |
| Maladroit fiance spat regularly |
|
|
| Completely unskilled |
|
|
| Totally helpless |
Newsday |
09 Jun 2021 |
| Foolish patient forgetting a time for treatment |
|
|
| Maladroit |
The Times Concise |
06 Jun 2021 |
| Lacking skill |
Universal |
04 Jun 2021 |
| Far from proficient |
USA Today |
30 May 2021 |
| Not at all proficient |
Universal |
05 May 2021 |
| Clumsy |
Thomas Joseph |
14 Apr 2021 |
| Incompetent |
The Guardian Speedy |
04 Apr 2021 |
| Incompetent writer held back by it |
|
|
| Liable to screw up |
Universal |
15 Mar 2021 |
| With no skill |
Newsday |
01 Mar 2021 |
| Splendid point female ignored, being silly |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
01 Mar 2021 |
| Unsuitable interest surrounds origins of environmental protesters |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
19 Feb 2021 |
| Blundering |
Jonesin |
26 Jan 2021 |
| Unskilled |
Universal |
21 Jan 2021 |
| Ham-handed |
New York Times |
20 Jan 2021 |
| Clumsy writer getting upset during sex |
|
|
| Without any skill |
Newsday |
08 Dec 2020 |
| Bumbling |
Thomas Joseph |
17 Nov 2020 |
| Bungling |
The Telegraph Quick |
10 Nov 2020 |
| Trendy record but ultimately useless |
The Sun Two Speed |
29 Oct 2020 |
| Incompetent |
The Sun Two Speed |
29 Oct 2020 |
| Delicate point, female being sacked for showing no skill |
|
|
| Harsh word in a performance review |
Newsday |
24 Oct 2020 |
| The thing around write-up is unprofessional |
|
|
| Not very competent |
USA Today |
06 Oct 2020 |
| At home sick pet is useless |
The Sun Two Speed |
01 Oct 2020 |
| Having no skill |
Newsday |
15 Sep 2020 |
| Clumsy |
The Telegraph Quick |
14 Sep 2020 |
| Clumsy |
USA Today |
28 Aug 2020 |
| Far from competent |
Universal |
15 Aug 2020 |
| All thumbs |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Aug 2020 |
| Prone to bumbling |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Aug 2020 |
| Failing in record time |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
08 Aug 2020 |
| All thumbs |
LA Times Daily |
30 Jul 2020 |
| All thumbs |
The Washington Post |
30 Jul 2020 |
| Incompetent writer backed by one with time |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
22 Jul 2020 |
| At home with new pet, likely to make D's breakfast or dinner? |
|
|
| Bumbling |
New York Times |
08 Jul 2020 |
| Bumbling |
Jonesin |
30 Jun 2020 |
| Incompetent, clumsy |
The Times Concise |
24 Jun 2020 |
| Incompetent |
The Telegraph Quick |
06 May 2020 |
| Point after heading off penalty is useless |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
29 Apr 2020 |
| Bumbling |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Apr 2020 |
| Unskilled, incompetent |
The Guardian Speedy |
19 Apr 2020 |
| Awkward, clumsy |
The Times Concise |
13 Apr 2020 |
| Not up to the task |
|
|
| Useless computers holding writer back |
|
|
| Far from competent |
USA Today |
28 Mar 2020 |
| During early autumn period, going topless is foolish |
|
|
| Klutzy |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Mar 2020 |
| Awkward writer turned up in it |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
23 Mar 2020 |
| Prone to bungling |
Newsday |
08 Mar 2020 |
| Clumsy |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Mar 2020 |
| Awkward |
The Telegraph Quick |
16 Feb 2020 |
| Incompetent writer backs into it |
Irish Times Crosaire |
13 Feb 2020 |
| Clumsy writer held up by computer technology |
|
|
| Not competent |
The Washington Post Sunday |
02 Feb 2020 |
| Useless writer is shown up in it |
|
|
| Not at all skillful |
Newsday |
17 Dec 2019 |
| Popular old record, though initially unsuitable |
|
|
| Awkward, end of toe breaking during gymnastics |
The Telegraph Toughie |
26 Nov 2019 |
| Not at all competent |
|
|
| Ham-handed |
|
|
| Far from handy |
USA Today |
15 Oct 2019 |
| Like Wile E. Coyote |
New York Times |
05 Oct 2019 |
| At home crazed pet is useless |
The Sun Two Speed |
26 Sep 2019 |
| Far from skillful |
Universal |
17 Sep 2019 |
| Hopeless Time writer I sent up |
|
|
| Unskillful |
Jonesin |
10 Sep 2019 |
| Hapless |
Newsday |
06 Sep 2019 |
| All thumbs |
Newsday |
14 Aug 2019 |
| . In record time becomes clumsy |
|
|
| Clumsy relations entertaining writer sent up |
|
|
| Popular record but ultimately unskilful |
The Sun Two Speed |
14 Jul 2019 |
| Hapless |
The Washington Post |
26 Jun 2019 |
| Hapless |
LA Times Daily |
26 Jun 2019 |
| Useless writer held back by sex |
|
|
| Not competent at all |
Family Time |
10 Jun 2019 |
| Inefficient in English exercises |
|
|
| Lousy home with messy pet |
|
|
| Ham-handed |
USA Today |
17 Apr 2019 |
| Clumsy in record time |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
11 Apr 2019 |
| Useless, awkward |
The Telegraph Quick |
09 Apr 2019 |
| Useless writer held up by Italian |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
03 Apr 2019 |
| All thumbs |
USA Today |
02 Apr 2019 |
| Clumsy, awkward |
Irish Times Simplex |
29 Mar 2019 |
| Bungling writer's back, overcome by drink |
|
|
| Foolish |
The Telegraph Quick |
21 Mar 2019 |
| Clumsy in enclosure, reversing into it |
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| Bungling writer brought up in centre of Linlithgow |
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| Home pet, terribly clumsy |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
08 Mar 2019 |
| At home pet might be useless |
The Sun Two Speed |
07 Mar 2019 |
| Bumbling |
Universal |
02 Mar 2019 |
| Butterfingered |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Feb 2019 |
| Unsuitable – it's what writer's turned in |
|
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| Maladroit |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Feb 2019 |
| Clumsy in enclosure, reversing into it |
|
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| All thumbs |
New York Times |
06 Jan 2019 |
| Completely unskilled |
|
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| Hapless |
|
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| Like Wile E. Coyote |
|
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| All thumbs |
|
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| All thumbs |
|
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| Far from handy |
|
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| Butterfingered |
|
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| Maladroit |
|
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| Far from skillful |
|
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| Bumbling |
|
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| Liable to foul up |
USA Today |
31 Dec 2018 |
| Bungling Italy on three points |
|
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| Useless patient not at treatment |
|
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| Butterfingered |
LA Times Daily |
23 Dec 2018 |
| Butterfingered |
The Washington Post |
23 Dec 2018 |
| Oafish |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Dec 2018 |
| Popular eastern exercise that's useless |
|
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| One clear about parking being awkward |
|
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| Completely unskilled |
|
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| Not at all competent |
The Washington Post Sunday |
02 Dec 2018 |
| Lacking skill in Italian holding writer back |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
28 Oct 2018 |
| For instance, Chardonnay starting to go off with port and top Tawny is not up to scratch |
Irish Times Crosaire |
23 Oct 2018 |
| Klutzy |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
19 Oct 2018 |
| Unhandy |
Newsday |
16 Sep 2018 |
| Not at all qualified |
|
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| Lacking dexterity |
USA Today |
03 Sep 2018 |
| Write about boring hanky-panky, lacking skill |
|
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| Untalented |
Newsday |
31 Aug 2018 |
| Awkward, showing no skill |
Irish Times Simplex |
14 Aug 2018 |
| Not competent |
|
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| Start off quite well, then pint makes you clumsy |
|
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| Blundering |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Jul 2018 |
| Not up to the task |
The Washington Post |
17 Jul 2018 |
| Not up to the task |
LA Times Daily |
17 Jul 2018 |
| Awkward writer reflected in it |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
26 Jun 2018 |
| Useless |
The Telegraph Quick |
09 Jun 2018 |
| Incompetent and still replacing rook with pawn |
|
|
| Ham-fisted |
Wall Street Journal |
10 May 2018 |
| Useless sign we spot with odd bits missing |
|
|
| Showing lack of skill -- it holds writer up |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
08 Apr 2018 |
| Bungling in record time |
|
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| All thumbs, so to speak |
USA Today |
31 Mar 2018 |
| Bumbling |
LA Times Daily |
20 Mar 2018 |
| Bumbling |
The Washington Post |
20 Mar 2018 |
| Bungling home help only occasionally on time |
|
|
| Awkward |
The Sun Two Speed |
05 Mar 2018 |
| Incompetent, in record time |
The Sun Two Speed |
05 Mar 2018 |
| Clumsy |
Universal |
21 Feb 2018 |
| Ham-handed |
Premier Sunday |
11 Feb 2018 |
| Awkward patient not at fault |
|
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| Unable to succeed in record time |
|
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| Not up to the task |
Newsday |
20 Jan 2018 |
| All thumbs |
Universal |
20 Jan 2018 |
| All thumbs, so to speak |
|
|
| Bumbling |
|
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| Liable to foul up |
|
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| Klutzy |
|
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| Oafish |
|
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| Lacking dexterity |
|
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| Ham-fisted |
|
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| Bumbling |
|
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| Blundering |
|
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| Not up to the task |
|
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| Clumsy |
|
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| All thumbs |
|
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| Butterfingered |
|
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| All thumbs |
|
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| Accident-prone |
USA Today |
25 Dec 2017 |
| Awkward writer reflected in it |
|
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| Clumsy writer retiring divides Irish Times' leaders |
Irish Times Crosaire |
06 Dec 2017 |
| Popular record, but ultimately unskilful |
|
|
| Ineffectual |
Universal |
08 Oct 2017 |
| Bumbling |
Eugene Sheffer |
27 Sep 2017 |
| Bad at one's job |
New York Times |
06 Aug 2017 |
| Lacking dexterity |
New York Times |
05 Aug 2017 |
| Clumsy point supporting penalty without force |
|
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| Thing about the aspiring writer's that, he is clumsy |
|
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| Fancy tiepin I lost being clumsy |
|
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| Clumsy, unable to get the job done |
|
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| Ham-handed |
The Washington Post |
02 May 2017 |
| Ham-handed |
LA Times Daily |
02 May 2017 |
| Not graceful |
Universal |
25 Apr 2017 |
| Klutzy |
The Washington Post |
24 Apr 2017 |
| Klutzy |
LA Times Daily |
24 Apr 2017 |
| Popular point about English being awkward |
|
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| Fashionable pet hopelessly clumsy |
|
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| Clumsy as an ox |
USA Today |
18 Mar 2017 |
| Prone to bumbling |
The Washington Post |
10 Feb 2017 |
| Clumsy as an ox |
|
|
| Ham-handed |
|
|
| Bumbling |
Newsday |
01 Jan 2017 |
| Bad at one's job |
|
|
| Lacking dexterity |
|
|
| Klutzy |
|
|
| Ineffectual |
|
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| Not graceful |
|
|
| Accident-prone |
|
|
| Irish Times leaders about writer reviews could be awkward |
Irish Times Crosaire |
07 Dec 2016 |
| Foolish to write about getting involved in it |
|
|
| Prone to goofs |
USA Today |
16 Nov 2016 |
| Klutzy |
Newsday |
10 Nov 2016 |
| Lacks skill to train pet in |
Irish Times Crosaire |
01 Nov 2016 |
| Not at all handy |
LA Times Daily |
26 Oct 2016 |
| Clumsy |
Newsday |
19 Sep 2016 |
| Bungle-prone |
The Washington Post |
27 Aug 2016 |
| Lacking the knack |
LA Times Daily |
25 Aug 2016 |
| Clumsy painter awkwardly dropping a roller initially |
|
|
| Prone to bungling |
USA Today |
09 Aug 2016 |
| Unsuitable at home, exotic pet |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
02 Aug 2016 |
| Clumsy pioneer regularly taking part |
|
|
| Home movie's last part lacking skill |
|
|
| Hardly competent |
The Washington Post |
10 Jun 2016 |
| Feckless |
New York Times |
10 Jun 2016 |
| Like Homer Simpson or Herman Munster |
New York Times |
04 Jun 2016 |
| Fumble-fingered |
Universal |
29 May 2016 |
| Like klutzes |
Premier Sunday |
08 May 2016 |
| Bungling |
LA Times Daily |
03 Apr 2016 |
| Bungling |
New York Times |
25 Mar 2016 |
| Like the Pointy-Haired Boss in 'Dilbert' |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
18 Mar 2016 |
| Not skillful |
Family Time |
07 Mar 2016 |
| Record breaking bid not well chosen |
|
|
| Feckless |
|
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| Like Homer Simpson or Herman Munster |
|
|
| Prone to bungling |
|
|
| Lacking the knack |
|
|
| Far from proficient |
|
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| Ham-handed |
|
|
| Like the Pointy-Haired Boss in "Dilbert" |
|
|
| Prone to goofs |
|
|
| Fumble-fingered |
|
|
| Lacks skill with pet in building |
Irish Times Crosaire |
12 Dec 2015 |
| Incompetent writer held up by it |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
02 Dec 2015 |
| Clumsy as an ox |
The Washington Post |
30 Nov 2015 |
| Clumsy |
LA Times Daily |
20 Nov 2015 |
| Lacking required skills |
Universal |
19 Oct 2015 |
| Hardly handy |
LA Times Daily |
18 Oct 2015 |
| Clumsy |
Eugene Sheffer |
15 Oct 2015 |
| Clumsy half-nephew breaking that object |
|
|
| Futile |
The Telegraph Quick |
24 Aug 2015 |
| Liable to bungle |
Universal |
09 Aug 2015 |
| Awkward; clumsy |
The Times Concise |
04 Aug 2015 |
| Lacking talent, somewhat upset, exact penitence |
|
|
| Lacking skill |
USA Today |
01 Jul 2015 |
| Clumsy and incompetent |
The Telegraph Quick |
20 Jun 2015 |
| Clumsy in gym, grabbing end of horse |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
10 Apr 2015 |
| Bungle-prone |
Newsday |
17 Mar 2015 |
| Awkward sex holding writer back |
The Telegraph Toughie |
26 Feb 2015 |
| Lacking required skills |
USA Today |
23 Jan 2015 |
| Lacking the knack |
Universal |
17 Jan 2015 |
| Lacking required skills |
|
|
| Incapable of doing anything |
|
|
| Just a total fuck-up |
|
|
| Like a n00b, likely |
|
|
| Clumsy as an ox |
|
|
| All thumbs |
|
|
| Clumsy |
|
|
| Hardly handy |
|
|
| All thumbs |
|
|
| Bungle-prone |
|
|
| Lacking the knack |
|
|
| Liable to bungle |
|
|
| Lacking required skills |
|
|
| Lacking skill |
|
|
| Unskillful |
|
|
| Popular record that's No 1, betraying dearth of talent |
|
|
| Bungling |
|
|
| Hapless |
|
|
| Bungling |
|
|
| Lacking skill |
|
|
| Possessing two left feet |
|
|
| Like a lummox |
|
|
| Clueless |
|
|
| Hapless |
|
|
| Clumsy |
|
|
| Bumbling |
|
|
| Maladroit |
|
|
| Hardly handy |
|
|
| Unskillful |
|
|
| Like a schlimazel |
|
|
| Incompetent |
|
|
| Not up to the task |
|
|
| Skill-less |
|
|
| Not up to the task |
|
|
| Clumsy as an ox |
|
|
| All thumbs |
|
|
| Hardly handy |
|
|
| Clumsy |
|
|
| Klutzy |
|
|
| Ham-handed |
|
|
| Not very talented |
|
|
| Prone to goof-ups |
|
|
| Far from handy |
|
|
| Wanting writer to rise in sex appeal |
|
|
| International record accepted as rubbish |
|
|
| Useless |
|
|
| Like Inspector Clouseau |
|
|
| All thumbs |
|
|
| Like Wile E. Coyote |
|
|
| Bumbling |
|
|
| Not up to it |
|
|
| Like Wile E. Coyote |
|
|
| Likely to botch the job |
|
|
| Not up to it |
|
|
| Not skillful |
|
|
| Incompetent at home with ill-treated pet |
|
|
| All thumbs |
|
|
| Displaying no dexterity |
|
|
| Oafish |
|
|
| Not able |
|
|
| Lumbering |
|
|
| Ham-handed |
|
|
| Oafish |
|
|
| Bumbling |
|
|
| Like a lummox |
|
|
| Tending to bungle things |
|
|
| Like Inspector Clouseau |
|
|
| Devoid of skill |
|
|
| Totally helpless |
|
|
| Likely to fumble |
|
|
| Klutzy |
|
|
| Not able |
|
|
| Maladroit |
|
|
| Far from competent |
|
|
| Bungling |
|
|
| Hardly sure-handed |
|
|
| Bumbling |
|
|
| Bungling |
|
|
| Bungling |
|
|
| Like Inspector Clouseau |
|
|
| Liable to bungle |
|
|
| Bungling |
|
|
| Not skillful |
|
|
| Likely to err |
|
|
| Graceless |
|
|
| Less than competent |
|
|
| Not very competent |
|
|
| Like a butterfingers |
|
|
| Klutzy |
|
|
| Butterfingered |
|
|
| Not at all skillful |
|
|
| Not up to the task |
|
|
| Klutzy |
|
|
| Awkward |
|
|
| Prone to bungling |
|
|
| Not at all handy |
|
|
| All thumbs |
|
|
| Bumbling |
|
|
| Fumble-fingered |
|
|
| Like Inspector Clouseau |
|
|
| Graceless |
|
|
| Bumbling |
|
|
| Bumbling |
|
|
| Unable to get the job done |
|
|
| Ham-handed |
|
|
| Butterfingered |
|
|
| Maladroit |
|
|
| Unhandy |
|
|
| Klutzy |
|
|
| All thumbs |
|
|
| Unskillful |
|
|
| Useless |
|
|
| All thumbs |
|
|
| Bungling |
|
|
| Bungling |
|
|
| Like the Keystone Kops |
|
|
| Not competent |
|
|
| Not at all 57 Down |
|
|
| Likely to bumble |
|
|
| Muddleheaded |
|
|
| Awkward |
|
|
| Clumsy |
|
|
| Clumsy |
|
|
| Klutzy |
|
|
| Maladroit |
|
|
| Hapless |
|
|
| Butterfingered |
|
|
| Like a stumblebum |
|
|
| Clumsy |
|
|
| All thumbs |
|
|
| Like a sad sack |
|
|
| Like Clouseau |
|
|
| Lacking skill |
|
|
| Fumble-fingered |
|
|
| Ham-fisted |
|
|
| Like a stumblebum |
|
|
| Like a sad sack |
|
|
| Far from adroit |
|
|
| Prone to goofs |
|
|
| Ham-handed |
|
|
| Clumsy |
|
|
| Maladroit |
|
|
| Handling badly |
|
|
| Clueless |
|
|
| Clueless |
|
|
| Like a sad sack |
|
|
| Clumsy |
|
|
| Klutzy |
|
|
| Like a schlimazel |
|
|
| Clueless |
|
|
| Incompetent |
|
|
| Very awkward |
|
|
| Bumbling |
|
|
| Lacking skill |
|
|
| Not capable |
|
|
| Opposite of 40 Across |
|
|
| Like a lummox |
|
|
| Lacking the knack |
|
|
| Klutzy |
|
|
| All thumbs |
|
|
| Far from proficient |
|
|
| Ham-handed |
|
|
| Clumsy |
|
|
| Like Maxwell Smart |
|
|
| Oafish |
|
|
| Clueless |
|
|
| Unable to do the job competently |
|
|
| Not at all handy |
|
|
| Lacking skill |
|
|
| Hardly efficient |
|
|
| Hapless |
|
|
| Not up to the task |
|
|
| Inappropriate |
|
|
| Bungling |
|
|
| Inclined to be bungling |
|
|
| Lacking the knack |
|
|
| Very awkward |
|
|
| Without skill |
|
|
| Pointless |
|
|
| Not very competent |
|
|
| Awkward |
|
|
| Maladroit |
|
|
| Malapropos |
|
|
| Like a lubber |
|
|
| Opposite of 43 Across |
|
|
| Useless |
|
|
| Unqualified |
|
|
| Having two left feet |
|
|
| Gauche |
|
|
| Unsuited |
|
|
| Butterfingered |
|
|
| Without skill |
|
|
| Not qualified. |
|
|
| Out of place. |
|
|
| Fumbling. |
|
|
| Inappropriate. |
|
|
| Bumbling. |
|
|
| Not capable |
|
|
| Butterfingery |
|
|
| Awkward |
|
|
| Unbecoming. |
|
|
| Clumsy. |
|
|
| Totally incompetent |
|
|
| Bungling. |
|
|
| Absurd or foolish. |
|
|
| Amateurish. |
|
|
| Preposterous. |
|
|
| All thumbs. |
|
|
| Maladroit. |
|
|
| Awkward. |
|
|
| Unfit. |
|
|
| Unsuitable. |
|
|
| Foolish. |
|
|
| Absurd. |
|
|