| Like a tattooist's fingers, perhaps? |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
25 Aug 2025 |
| Like fingers after breaking a quill? |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
25 Jul 2025 |
| Black, murky little finger, tipless (4) |
|
|
| Having the stains from a fountain pen, perhaps? |
|
|
| Pac-Man ghost with the shortest name |
New York Times |
03 Jul 2025 |
| Deep black |
LA Times Daily |
16 Jun 2025 |
| Very dark |
Newsday |
30 May 2025 |
| Like one's fingers after using a leaky pen |
New York Times Mini |
28 May 2025 |
| Smudged with writing fluid |
|
|
| Dark and perverted, though not at first (4) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
23 May 2025 |
| Think you should include description of shade? |
|
|
| Very black |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
07 May 2025 |
| Stained by a pen, e.g- |
|
|
| One of the ghosts in Pac-Man |
|
|
| Jet-black |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Mar 2025 |
| Pitch-black (4) |
The Guardian Quick |
20 Feb 2025 |
| Dark in color |
|
|
| Clyde, Blinky, Pinky and ___ are the names of the ghosts in Pac-Man. (4) |
|
|
| Black key ring unfortunately left by Reg (4) |
|
|
| Deviant king departing in jet (4) |
|
|
| Pitch black |
USA Today |
07 Dec 2024 |
| Jet-black |
Eugene Sheffer |
03 Dec 2024 |
| Dark home on borders of Kentucky (4) |
|
|
| Like a cartoonist's hands, maybe |
|
|
| Drink you can find in the dark? (4) |
|
|
| Smudged with fluid |
|
|
| Like a leaky ballpoint pen |
Family Time |
25 Nov 2024 |
| Black, murky little finger, tip of which has been lost (4) |
|
|
| It's very black at home, Kentucky (4) |
|
|
| Dark home by borders of Kentucky (4) |
|
|
| Like water around a scared squid |
USA Today |
11 Oct 2024 |
| Like hands holding a broken pen? |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
04 Oct 2024 |
| Cyan Pac-Man ghost |
USA Today |
28 Sep 2024 |
| Top of little finger being lost, it becomes black (4) |
|
|
| Pitch black |
Newsday |
04 Sep 2024 |
| Black in Kirkcaldy, extremely (4) |
|
|
| ___, Blinky, Pinky, and Clyde (the ghosts in Pac-Man) |
|
|
| - cap mushroom |
|
|
| Nickname for an octopus? |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
20 Aug 2024 |
| Deep black |
Newsday |
29 Jul 2024 |
| Impenetrably black (4) |
|
|
| Very dark or stained with printing fluid |
|
|
| Trendy state, 28 (4) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
04 Jun 2024 |
| Trendy state, black (4) |
|
|
| Pitch-black |
|
|
| Like stuff squirted by an octopus |
|
|
| Black as part of the night sky may be (4) |
|
|
| Causing blobs when chopped top off little finger (4) |
|
|
| Black as parts of the night sky may be (4) |
|
|
| That wink you have, it's somewhat dark! (4) |
|
|
| Black |
Eugene Sheffer |
22 Apr 2024 |
| Number of old Emile Zola volumes initialled, risky circling those with stained finger |
The Guardian Cryptic |
18 Apr 2024 |
| Number of old Emile Zola volumes initialled, risky circling those with stained finger (4,5,6-4) |
|
|
| Like a squid's squirt (or a leaky pen) (4) |
|
|
| Stained with writing fluid |
|
|
| Jet black |
Commuter |
26 Mar 2024 |
| Like the fingers of a careless writer? (4) |
|
|
| Jet black or very dark, say (word hidden in "pinky") |
|
|
| Very dark |
Newsday |
10 Mar 2024 |
| Stained with printing fluid |
|
|
| Like newsprint that's fresh off the press |
|
|
| The blue ghost in "Pac-Man" |
|
|
| Like a cartoonist's fingers, sometimes |
|
|
| Dark (as writing fluid?) |
The Guardian Quick |
29 Feb 2024 |
| Stained with liquid from a leaky pen |
|
|
| Like a calligrapher's fingers, at times |
Eugene Sheffer |
12 Feb 2024 |
| Ghost that chases Pac-Man |
|
|
| Like a leaky fountain pen |
|
|
| Dark like a squid's fluid |
|
|
| Completely black, as the sky |
New York Times |
30 Dec 2023 |
| Dark where US 'Derby' run? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
12 Dec 2023 |
| Dark where US "Derby" run? (4) |
|
|
| Like a squid's defense |
Family Time |
23 Nov 2023 |
| Like a leaky pen |
New York Times |
05 Nov 2023 |
| Like a new moon night (word hidden in "pinky") |
|
|
| Like a messy caricaturist's hands |
USA Today |
05 Oct 2023 |
| Dark as night |
The Telegraph Quick |
10 Sep 2023 |
| Very dark |
Newsday |
03 Sep 2023 |
| Jet-black |
Eugene Sheffer |
24 Aug 2023 |
| Like ocean depths |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Aug 2023 |
| What you'd expect a press to be |
Newsday |
22 Jul 2023 |
| Like a messy calligrapher's hands |
USA Today |
19 Jul 2023 |
| Blue Pac-Man ghost |
LA Times Daily |
04 Jun 2023 |
| Like an octopus' defense |
Family Time |
12 Mar 2023 |
| Black |
Eugene Sheffer |
09 Mar 2023 |
| Black as night |
New York Times |
04 Feb 2023 |
| Deep black |
Universal |
15 Nov 2022 |
| Stained; dark |
The Times Concise |
31 Oct 2022 |
| Very dark |
LA Times Daily |
05 Oct 2022 |
| One of the "Pac-Man" ghosts |
Universal |
22 Sep 2022 |
| Jet-black |
Eugene Sheffer |
10 Sep 2022 |
| Jet |
New York Times |
10 Sep 2022 |
| Black as night |
LA Times Daily |
22 Aug 2022 |
| Very dark |
The Guardian Quick |
21 Jul 2022 |
| Black |
Canadiana |
27 Jun 2022 |
| Pitch-black |
Newsday |
07 Jun 2022 |
| Very dark; leaking (pen) |
The Telegraph Quick |
05 Jun 2022 |
| Deep black |
Newsday |
12 Apr 2022 |
| Jet-black |
Universal |
06 Apr 2022 |
| Black |
Eugene Sheffer |
02 Apr 2022 |
| Black |
Thomas Joseph |
30 Mar 2022 |
| Like the depths |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Mar 2022 |
| Black as night |
Thomas Joseph |
12 Feb 2022 |
| Stained; very dark |
The Times Concise |
24 Jan 2022 |
| Dark as night |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Jan 2022 |
| Like fingers stained by a pen |
USA Today |
18 Jan 2022 |
| It’s very dark in Kentucky |
The Times Cryptic |
11 Jan 2022 |
| Tip of little finger sliced off, black |
|
|
| Tip of little finger sliced off, black |
The Guardian Cryptic |
05 Nov 2021 |
| Extremely black |
Canadiana |
18 Oct 2021 |
| Black key -- where E is found? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
17 Sep 2021 |
| Like a lefty's hand after using a fountain pen, often |
Universal |
02 Sep 2021 |
| Director getting out of mini jet |
|
|
| Name for a plush octopus |
USA Today |
14 Aug 2021 |
| Like fingers after holding a newspaper |
USA Today |
12 Aug 2021 |
| Covered in writing fluid — and smelly? No way |
|
|
| Stained, in a way |
New York Times |
05 Aug 2021 |
| Jet-black |
Newsday |
03 Aug 2021 |
| Black |
The Times Concise |
01 Aug 2021 |
| Ghost in the Pac-Man game |
Family Time |
18 Jul 2021 |
| Jet black |
The Washington Post |
07 Jul 2021 |
| Jet black |
LA Times Daily |
07 Jul 2021 |
| Jet-black |
Universal |
22 May 2021 |
| Pitch-black |
|
|
| Pac-Man ghost |
LA Times Daily |
04 May 2021 |
| Pac-Man ghost |
The Washington Post |
04 May 2021 |
| Jet-black |
Eugene Sheffer |
30 Mar 2021 |
| Deep black |
Newsday |
03 Mar 2021 |
| Black |
New York Times |
21 Feb 2021 |
| Very black |
The Times Concise |
05 Feb 2021 |
| A Pac-Man character |
Family Time |
24 Jan 2021 |
| Pitch black |
Universal |
23 Jan 2021 |
| Like presses |
New York Times |
23 Jan 2021 |
| Pitch-black |
Newsday |
24 Dec 2020 |
| What's Aussie in the grip of drink? Yes |
|
|
| Pac-Man ghost that's light blue, not black as its name suggests |
The Washington Post Sunday |
29 Nov 2020 |
| Very dark |
Newsday |
27 Nov 2020 |
| Black as night |
Thomas Joseph |
24 Nov 2020 |
| Black |
Thomas Joseph |
28 Oct 2020 |
| Jet from Bluegrass State arrived first |
|
|
| Deep black |
Universal |
09 Aug 2020 |
| Black |
LA Times Daily |
08 Aug 2020 |
| Black |
The Washington Post |
08 Aug 2020 |
| Dark and twisted, first king abdicates |
|
|
| Name for a pet octopus |
USA Today |
29 May 2020 |
| Like a squid's squirt |
Family Time |
15 Mar 2020 |
| Drink you're glugging like some of the black stuff! |
The Telegraph Toughie |
07 Feb 2020 |
| Stained by a pen, say |
Universal |
09 Oct 2019 |
| Like many a stained shirt pocket |
The Washington Post |
24 Sep 2019 |
| Like many a stained shirt pocket |
LA Times Daily |
24 Sep 2019 |
| Like a squid's secretion |
|
|
| Jet black, as a squid's defense |
Family Time |
24 Jun 2019 |
| Like an octopus's defense |
USA Today |
24 Jun 2019 |
| Jet-black |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Jan 2019 |
| Jet-black |
|
|
| Black |
|
|
| Like many a stained shirt pocket |
|
|
| Like an octopus's defense |
|
|
| Stained by a pen, say |
|
|
| Like defective pens |
Universal |
04 Nov 2018 |
| Like squid squirts |
Universal |
28 Oct 2018 |
| Like a squid's secretion? |
|
|
| Indian king in New York is dark |
|
|
| Like a defensive octopus? |
Family Time |
16 Sep 2018 |
| Black model car with key missing |
The Telegraph Toughie |
30 May 2018 |
| Pitch-black |
LA Times Daily |
21 May 2018 |
| Pitch-black |
The Washington Post |
21 May 2018 |
| Like a printmaker's hands |
USA Today |
17 May 2018 |
| Like a blotter |
Universal |
12 May 2018 |
| Like a printer's apron, often |
USA Today |
01 May 2018 |
| Stained, like a newsie's fingers |
USA Today |
16 Apr 2018 |
| Pitch-black |
|
|
| Very dark |
The Washington Post |
22 Mar 2018 |
| Very dark |
LA Times Daily |
22 Mar 2018 |
| Missing daughter, petite, dainty and very dark |
The Telegraph Toughie |
22 Mar 2018 |
| Stained, like a printer's apron |
USA Today |
18 Mar 2018 |
| Jet-black |
Newsday |
23 Jan 2018 |
| Very dark in Kentucky |
|
|
| Like material for writer that's popular -- okay, but oddly lacking |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
07 Jan 2018 |
| Black |
|
|
| Pitch-black |
|
|
| Stained, like a newsie's fingers |
|
|
| Like a printmaker's hands |
|
|
| Like a blotter |
|
|
| Like defective pens |
|
|
| Like squid squirts |
|
|
| Like a printer's apron, often |
|
|
| Blue ghost in Pac-Man |
LA Times Daily |
25 Nov 2017 |
| Blue ghost in Pac-Man |
The Washington Post |
25 Nov 2017 |
| Like a cuttlefish's discharge |
USA Today |
05 Nov 2017 |
| Blue Pac-Man ghost |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
27 Oct 2017 |
| Extremely dark |
New York Times |
22 Sep 2017 |
| Pitch-black |
|
|
| Hard to see through |
Newsday |
15 Jul 2017 |
| Black as night |
New York Times |
02 Jul 2017 |
| Like a squid's discharge |
USA Today |
01 Jul 2017 |
| Stained, like a pressman's apron |
USA Today |
12 Apr 2017 |
| Like the sky on a moonless night |
USA Today |
10 Apr 2017 |
| A ghost in "Pac-Man" |
Universal |
15 Mar 2017 |
| Dark, like a starless sky |
USA Today |
02 Mar 2017 |
| Blue Pac-Man ghost |
Jonesin |
28 Feb 2017 |
| Very dark; stained |
The Times Concise |
20 Jan 2017 |
| Dark, like ocean depths |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Jan 2017 |
| Extremely dark |
|
|
| Dark, like a starless sky |
|
|
| Like a cuttlefish's discharge |
|
|
| Like a squid's discharge |
|
|
| Like the sky on a moonless night |
|
|
| Stained, like a pressman's apron |
|
|
| Blue Pac-Man ghost |
|
|
| Blue ghost in Pac-Man |
|
|
| Black as night |
|
|
| Ghost in "Pac-Man" |
Family Time |
19 Dec 2016 |
| Like a stained shirt pocket, maybe |
The Washington Post |
14 Dec 2016 |
| Dark black |
Premier Sunday |
25 Sep 2016 |
| Jet |
LA Times Daily |
06 Aug 2016 |
| Black |
Eugene Sheffer |
23 Jul 2016 |
| Dark, like the ocean depths |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Jul 2016 |
| Pitch-black |
New York Times |
22 Jun 2016 |
| Pitch-black |
USA Today |
31 May 2016 |
| Like the ocean depths |
Wall Street Journal |
18 May 2016 |
| Like a squid's squirt |
Universal |
08 Mar 2016 |
| Jet |
|
|
| Pitch-black |
|
|
| Pitch-black |
|
|
| Black Knight seen in Disney regularly |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
25 Nov 2015 |
| Like a printer's fingers, perhaps |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Nov 2015 |
| Pitch-black |
The Guardian Quick |
24 Oct 2015 |
| ___ cap (mushroom) |
Universal |
18 Sep 2015 |
| Like new stamp pads |
Jonesin |
30 Jul 2015 |
| Like a squid's defense |
Universal |
13 May 2015 |
| Pitch-black |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
17 Apr 2015 |
| One "Pac-Man" ghost |
USA Today |
26 Mar 2015 |
| Aussie drunk, very smelly, no saint |
|
|
| Like octopus secretions |
Universal |
23 Feb 2015 |
| Jet-black |
New York Times |
16 Feb 2015 |
| Like octopus secretions |
|
|
| One "Pac-Man" ghost |
|
|
| Like a printer's fingers, perhaps |
|
|
| Jet-black |
|
|
| Very dark |
|
|
| Pitch-black |
|
|
| Black |
|
|
| Like a squid's defense |
|
|
| ___ cap (mushroom) |
|
|
| Finger, not tip, stained thus? |
|
|
| Squid-like, powerless finger |
|
|
| One Pac-Man ghost |
|
|
| Like pen smudges |
|
|
| Like printers' fingers |
|
|
| Like ocean depths |
|
|
| Blacker than black |
|
|
| Dark and murky |
|
|
| Appropriate name for a pet squid? |
|
|
| Light blue ghost in Pac-Man |
|
|
| One of the Pac-Man characters |
|
|
| Very dark |
|
|
| Very dark |
|
|
| Jet-black |
|
|
| Like a newspaper press |
|
|
| Blue Pac-Man ghost |
|
|
| Dark and murky |
|
|
| Light-blue ghost in Pac-Man |
|
|
| Newsprint-smudged |
|
|
| Light blue Pac-Man ghost |
|
|
| One "Pac-Man" ghost |
|
|
| Like printing-press smudges |
|
|
| Pac-Man ghost |
|
|
| Cyan-colored Pac-Man ghost |
|
|
| Black as night |
|
|
| Black |
|
|
| Very black |
|
|
| Deep black |
|
|
| Dauntingly dark |
|
|
| Black as night |
|
|
| Pitch-black |
|
|
| One Pac-Man ghost |
|
|
| One of the Pac-Man ghosts |
|
|
| Like a squid's squirt |
|
|
| Light-blue ghost in Pac-Man |
|
|
| Like the ocean around SEALAB |
|
|
| Like an old print job |
|
|
| Like cuttlefish defenses |
|
|
| Like the ocean around SEALAB |
|
|
| One of the Pac-Man ghosts |
|
|
| One of the Pac-Man ghosts |
|
|
| Like printers' fingers |
|
|
| Very dark |
|
|
| Ghost in Pac-Man |
|
|
| Profoundly dark |
|
|
| Like some smudges |
|
|
| Pitch-black |
|
|
| Like a nerd's shirt pocket, stereotypically |
|
|
| Like a squid's squirt |
|
|
| Blacker than black |
|
|
| Like a moonless night |
|
|
| Like printing presses |
|
|
| Pac-Man ghost |
|
|
| Like a stained shirt pocket, maybe |
|
|
| Adjective for a dark night |
|
|
| One of the Pac-Man ghosts |
|
|
| Like a stained shirt pocket, maybe |
|
|
| Like an octopus's defense |
|
|
| Turquoise ghost in Pac-Man |
|
|
| Like an octopus's defense |
|
|
| One of the Pac-Man ghosts |
|
|
| Deep black |
|
|
| Very dark |
|
|
| Pitch-black |
|
|
| Black as pitch |
|
|
| Black |
|
|
| Like an octopus' defense |
|
|
| Pac-Man ghost |
|
|
| Like a starless sky |
|
|
| Pitch-black |
|
|
| Light blue Pac-Man pursuer |
|
|
| Blue ghost in "Pac-Man" |
|
|
| Jet |
|
|
| Pitch black |
|
|
| Pac-Man ghost |
|
|
| Like cuttlefish defenses |
|
|
| Pitch black |
|
|
| Like an octopus' defense |
|
|
| Like a moonless night |
|
|
| Black as night |
|
|
| Pitch black |
|
|
| Pitch-black |
|
|
| Blacker than black |
|
|
| Like a moonless night |
|
|
| ___ cap (kind of mushroom) |
|
|
| Blacker than black |
|
|
| Black |
|
|
| Like a moonless night |
|
|
| Ms. Pac-Man ghost |
|
|
| Like presses |
|
|
| Light-blue ghost in Pac-Man |
|
|
| Black |
|
|
| Really black |
|
|
| Pitch-black |
|
|
| Really black |
|
|
| Name for a pet squid? |
|
|
| Like an old well |
|
|
| Black as night |
|
|
| One of Pac-Man's pursuers |
|
|
| Pac-Man ghost |
|
|
| Jet-black |
|
|
| Black |
|
|
| Like ocean depths |
|
|
| Black as night |
|
|
| Like an octopus's defense |
|
|
| Jet-black |
|
|
| Pitch-black |
|
|
| Like moonless nights |
|
|
| Jet black |
|
|
| Like a printing press |
|
|
| Deep black |
|
|
| Like a starless night |
|
|
| Black as pitch |
|
|
| Jet-black |
|
|
| Stained, in a way |
|
|
| Deep black |
|
|
| Like a starless night |
|
|
| Quite dark |
|
|
| Like the ocean depths |
|
|
| Deep black |
|
|
| Pitch-dark |
|
|
| Like cuttlefish defenses |
|
|
| Jet-black |
|
|
| Black |
|
|
| Deep black |
|
|
| Like a desk blotter |
|
|
| Jet black |
|
|
| __ cap (mushroom) |
|
|
| Apt name for a pet squid? |
|
|
| One Pac-Man ghost |
|
|
| Jet-black |
|
|
| Like a squid's defense |
|
|
| Appropriate name for a pet squid? |
|
|
| Pitch-dark |
|
|
| Pitch dark |
|
|
| Black |
|
|
| Like cuttlefish defenses |
|
|
| Dark |
|
|
| Dark |
|
|
| Black |
|
|
| Dark |
|
|
| It's very dark in Kentucky |
|
|
| Jet black |
|
|
| Pitch-dark |
|
|
| Like a pressman's hands |
|
|
| Black |
|
|
| Like printers' hands |
|
|
| Blackened |
|
|
| Pitch black |
|
|
| Lightless |
|
|
| Name for a pet squid? |
|
|
| Very dark |
|
|
| Like an octopus's defense |
|
|
| Black and wet |
|
|
| Like printers' fingers |
|
|
| Atramentous |
|
|
| Dense and dark |
|
|
| Like sepia |
|
|
| Like a squid's discharge |
|
|
| Pitch black |
|
|
| Like a squid |
|
|
| Word for printers' fingers |
|
|
| ___ cap (mushroom) |
|
|
| Like early press proofs |
|
|
| Stygian |
|
|
| Dark |
|
|
| Like a squid's weapon |
|
|
| Atramentous. |
|
|
| Jet-black. |
|
|
| Dark. |
|
|
| Like printers' hands |
|
|
| Black. |
|
|
| Very dark. |
|
|
| Very dark |
|
|
| Stygian. |
|
|
| Very black. |
|
|
| Black as night. |
|
|
| Like a nerd's shirt pocket, stereotypically |
|
|