| Checkers move |
New York Times |
23 Oct 2025 |
| Leap |
The Telegraph Mini |
07 Sep 2025 |
| Ambush magistrate without hesitation |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
20 Aug 2025 |
| Word before rope or scare |
New York Times |
14 Aug 2025 |
| Pounce on |
The Times Sunday Concise |
10 Aug 2025 |
| Kris Kross #1 hit with the lyric "How high? Real high, 'cause I'm just so fly" |
New York Times |
03 Aug 2025 |
| ___ for fright, what you might do after watching a particularly hair-raising horror movie scene |
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| Get up ... for a second, anyway |
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| 2010 novel(!) by 9 down (4) |
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| Leap: - for joy |
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| A start made by half the jury going to politician (4) |
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| Skydive |
Eugene Sheffer |
14 May 2025 |
| Leap |
Mirror Classic |
10 May 2025 |
| ___ for fright, what you might do after watching a particularly hair-raising horror movie scene |
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| Move on a trampoline |
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| Large or sudden transition or change (4) |
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| Reality show in which celebrities attempted to master winter sports (4) |
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| Word with "time" to indicate the plot for time travel movies like "Back to the Future" and "Interstellar" |
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| Leap:- up and |
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| Command to a skydiver |
New York Times |
16 Jan 2025 |
| One-third off sweater for spring (4) |
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| Initially, just under 1,000 pence in vault (4) |
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| A descent by parachute from an aircraft (4) |
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| Take off military policeman after first half of July (4) |
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| Leap |
Mirror Classic |
28 Oct 2024 |
| ___ rope, fitness activity that you can enjoy doing on a chilly fall day |
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| Judge and arbitrator in change of scene |
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| --> event |
USA Today Quick |
06 Sep 2024 |
| Spring |
Puzzler Backwords |
28 Aug 2024 |
| Hop or leap |
USA Today |
25 Aug 2024 |
| Glum jailors' pud (5,5:4) |
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| Leap |
Mirror Classic |
14 Aug 2024 |
| 2010 novel by Jilly Cooper |
Mirror Quiz |
08 Aug 2024 |
| See 1 |
The Guardian Cryptic |
27 Jul 2024 |
| See 1 |
The Guardian Cryptic |
26 Jul 2024 |
| Undercover cop franchise, 21 - Street (4) |
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| Sudden rise |
Newsday |
31 May 2024 |
| Spring, leap |
The Times Concise |
10 May 2024 |
| ___ for fright, what you might do after watching a particularly hair-raising horror movie scene |
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| Buffalo ____ (Alberta ghost town) |
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| Capture, as a checkers piece |
New York Times Mini |
02 Apr 2024 |
| I'm doubtful magistrate has secured vault |
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| Spring |
The Guardian Quick |
22 Feb 2024 |
| Rise as Justice of the Peace stifles sign of hesitation (4) |
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| ___ for joy |
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| Bounciness |
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| With June half gone, politician may leap at it (4) |
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| "White Men Can't ___"; Wesley Snipes movie |
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| Word with "time" to indicate the plot for time travel movies like "Back to the Future" and "Interstellar" |
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| Checkers ploy (4) |
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| Leap |
The Times Concise |
24 Nov 2023 |
| Time ___, TV plot device where the story skips forward in time |
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| Leave a plane with a parachute |
Newsday |
16 May 2023 |
| Downward journey with a parachute |
Newsday |
26 Oct 2022 |
| Sudden rise |
The Times Concise |
18 Sep 2022 |
| Bound |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Aug 2022 |
| Van Halen song that starts 'I get up, and nothin' gets me down' |
New York Times |
09 Aug 2022 |
| Miss trial, or slam into prison with Spooner? |
The Guardian Cryptic |
11 May 2022 |
| Bound |
The Washington Post |
06 May 2022 |
| Bound |
LA Times Daily |
06 May 2022 |
| Get up? |
Universal |
07 Apr 2022 |
| Spring, leap |
The Times Concise |
26 Feb 2022 |
| Go for a rebound |
The Washington Post |
19 Jan 2022 |
| Go for a rebound |
LA Times Daily |
19 Jan 2022 |
| Leap |
The Guardian Quick |
17 Jan 2022 |
| 1992 #1 hit for hip-hop’s Kris Kross |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Nov 2021 |
| Leap |
Universal |
11 Sep 2021 |
| Follower of hop and skip |
New York Times |
24 May 2021 |
| Sharp increase |
New York Times |
13 Mar 2021 |
| Leap in the air |
The Times Concise |
06 Mar 2021 |
| Sudden increase |
Newsday |
04 Feb 2021 |
| Leap |
The Sun Two Speed |
01 Jan 2021 |
| Judge and posh MP seen in spring |
The Sun Two Speed |
01 Jan 2021 |
| Bungee ___ |
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| Leap |
Universal |
06 Dec 2020 |
| Skydive |
Eugene Sheffer |
24 Nov 2020 |
| Juliet seen with posh politician in spring |
The Sun Two Speed |
21 Nov 2020 |
| Leap |
USA Today |
22 Oct 2020 |
| "Why are all frogs good at basketball? Because they make a lot of ___ shots" |
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| See 14D |
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| Judge sports referee should get a change of scene |
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| Leap |
The Washington Post |
12 Dec 2019 |
| Leap |
LA Times Daily |
12 Dec 2019 |
| Suddenly increase |
The Times Concise |
17 Sep 2019 |
| Checkers move |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Mar 2019 |
| Checkers move |
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| Checkers move |
LA Times Daily |
30 Aug 2018 |
| Checkers move |
The Washington Post |
30 Aug 2018 |
| Channing Tatum starrer "21 ___ Street" |
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| Play with a bungee, perhaps |
Newsday |
03 Jun 2018 |
| Leap |
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| Spring |
The Telegraph Quick |
03 Mar 2018 |
| Spring garment top lady discarded |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
05 Jan 2018 |
| Checkers move |
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| Rise suddenly |
Newsday |
27 Aug 2017 |
| Sudden large increase |
The Times Concise |
16 Aug 2017 |
| Skydiving instance |
Newsday |
09 Jul 2017 |
| Bound |
Thomas Joseph |
02 Jun 2017 |
| Leap |
The Telegraph Quick |
27 May 2017 |
| Head start |
The Washington Post |
11 May 2017 |
| Head start |
LA Times Daily |
11 May 2017 |
| Checkers move |
Newsday |
08 Feb 2017 |
| Head start |
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| Leap |
|
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| Make like a celebrated Calaveras County frog |
The Washington Post |
09 Nov 2016 |
| Checkers maneuver |
Universal |
24 Oct 2016 |
| Checkers move |
USA Today |
12 Oct 2016 |
| Get visibly startled |
Jonesin |
09 Aug 2016 |
| Vault, bound |
The Telegraph Quick |
07 Aug 2016 |
| Assault Miss Spring |
|
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| Show surprise when Judd Trump misses middle pocket |
|
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| Leap |
Eugene Sheffer |
12 Dec 2015 |
| Spring leads to joy, universal, many proclaim |
|
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| Bypass couple of judges venting spleen |
|
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| __ shot |
LA Times Daily |
02 May 2015 |
| Start showing doubt held by magistrate |
|
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| Revive, as a battery |
|
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| Sudden increase |
|
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| __ shot |
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| Leap |
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| Hurdle |
|
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| Spring |
|
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| Bound |
|
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| Word with seat or suit |
|
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| Sudden start |
|
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| Stalled driver's request |
|
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| Begin to dive |
|
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| Begin to dive |
|
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| Checkers move |
|
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| ___ at (eagerly accept) |
|
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| Word that can precede each set of circled letters, forming a literal hint for entering certain answers in this puzzle |
|
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| 1983 Van Halen single |
|
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| Spring |
|
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| Obey with alacrity |
|
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| See 38-Across |
|
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| Be skittish |
|
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| 1992 Kris Kross hit |
|
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| Word before ball or bail |
|
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| Leap |
|
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| Leap |
|
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| Make use of a bungee cord |
|
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| Kangaroo's movement |
|
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| Sudden increase |
|
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| Parachutist's act |
|
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| Kangaroo movement |
|
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| Show strength during a bridge auction |
|
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| React to a "boo!" |
|
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| Checkers maneuver |
|
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| Toss-up on a court |
|
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| Toss-up on a court |
|
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| "Go ___ in a lake!" |
|
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| Use a pogo stick |
|
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| Van Halen's biggest hit |
|
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| A.A.A. offering |
|
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| With 58-Across, got going the hard way, perhaps |
|
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| Use a parachute |
|
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| Parachutist's act |
|
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| Van Halen hit |
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| Cannonball, e.g. |
|
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| Parachute descent |
|
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| 1984 Van Halen hit |
|
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| Carl Lewis specialty |
|
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| #1 hit for Van Halen |
|
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| Basie's "One O'clock ___" |
|
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| See 10-Across |
|
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| Dealing with red tape |
|
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| Dealing with red tape |
|
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| Parachute practice |
|
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| Ball or rope preceder |
|
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| Checkers move |
|
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| Checkers ploy |
|
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| How to get on the bandwagon |
|
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| Skydive...or...need we say more? |
|
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| (Edited by J.N. Lewis) Parachute |
|
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| Emulate 1 Down |
|
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| Parachute ___ |
|
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| Sky-dive |
|
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| Move quickly |
|
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| Skydive |
|
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| Cavort |
|
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| Checkers move |
|
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| Start, as a dead battery |
|
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| Ambush |
|
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| It can be high or broad |
|
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| Move, in checkers |
|
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| Checkers move |
|
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| Rise suddenly |
|
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| A move in checkers |
|
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| Be skittish |
|
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| Bounce. |
|
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| Spring. |
|
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| Track event. |
|
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| Sudden transition. |
|
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| Parachuter's business. |
|
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| Checkers move. |
|
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| Vault. |
|
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| Beginning advantage |
|
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| Move in checkers. |
|
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| What airborne troops do. |
|
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| Hurdle. |
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