| Very recently deserved (4) |
|
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| Fair contest between knights, nought is ruled out |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
24 Jun 2025 |
| Only |
USA Today Quick |
22 Jun 2025 |
| Rectitudinous |
Newsday |
14 Jun 2025 |
| BBC3 comedy with Romola Garai, ___ Act Normal (4) |
|
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| Fair judge given American endorsement ultimately (4) |
|
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| Equitable |
Thomas Joseph |
22 May 2025 |
| Fair |
Wall Street Journal |
17 May 2025 |
| Only |
USA Today Quick |
03 May 2025 |
| Fitting, with little to spare |
|
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| As newlyweds slightly damaged, one trapped (4,7) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
09 Apr 2025 |
| Lawful, by a hair's-breadth |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
08 Apr 2025 |
| Only |
Commuter |
03 Apr 2025 |
| It is only barely equitable (4) |
|
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| Only |
USA Today |
02 Mar 2025 |
| Equitable, at a push (4) |
|
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| Rectitudinous |
New York Times |
14 Feb 2025 |
| Wii video game ___ Dance |
|
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| Merely |
USA Today Quick |
16 Jan 2025 |
| Fair or impartial (4) |
|
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| ___ Dance, Lady Gaga hit (4) |
|
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| Succeeded in project by a whisker (4) |
|
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| Barely above board? (4) |
|
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| Hardly fair |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
14 Dec 2024 |
| 2008 short story collection by Stephen King |
Mirror Quiz |
09 Dec 2024 |
| See 5 |
Mirror Quiz |
09 Dec 2024 |
| Only (4) |
Puzzler |
10 Nov 2024 |
| Impartial judge, out of practice, losing case |
|
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| Campaign group seeking to end fossil fuel extraction by 2030 (4,4,3) |
The Guardian Weekend |
26 Oct 2024 |
| Series of 38 children's books by English author Richmal Crompton published between 1922 and 1970 (4,7) |
|
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| 2017 hit single from The Chainsmokers and Coldplay, Something -- like This (4) |
|
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| Proper gravy served with restaurant's rump (4) |
|
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| No more than fair |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
05 Aug 2024 |
| Fair |
Thomas Joseph |
23 Jul 2024 |
| "___ Do It" (Nike slogan) |
|
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| Barely equitable (4) |
|
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| Only a Cornish saint |
|
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| Hardly blameless? (4) |
|
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| Only now appropriate (4) |
|
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| - about or - so (4) |
|
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| Only or fair (4) |
|
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| "___ Go with It," Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston movie |
|
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| Barely fair (4) |
|
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| Only barely ethical (4) |
|
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| Only barely fair? (4) |
|
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| Fair |
The Telegraph Quick |
21 Mar 2024 |
| Only fair |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
13 Mar 2024 |
| It's equitable, but only barely (4) |
|
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| It's equitable, but only barer (4) |
|
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| Righteous |
Universal |
06 Mar 2024 |
| By a hair's breadth |
The Guardian Quick |
28 Feb 2024 |
| ____ William, children's book series by Richmal Crompton (4) |
|
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| Equitable |
Eugene Sheffer |
19 Jan 2024 |
| Merely belng fair (4) |
|
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| Only |
The Telegraph Quick |
05 Dec 2023 |
| Fair Jordan, initially US tennis’s number one |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
30 Nov 2023 |
| ''It's __ the . . . (with 13 Across) |
Newsday |
14 Nov 2023 |
| Only fair (4) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
04 Nov 2023 |
| Proper gravy with roast, finally |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
03 Nov 2023 |
| Fair and honorable |
Newsday |
15 Oct 2023 |
| Equitable |
Eugene Sheffer |
07 Oct 2023 |
| "And ___ Like That..." (revival series starring Sarah Jessica Parker) |
|
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| Word that can make a big ask seem smaller |
New York Times |
08 Sep 2023 |
| Merely |
LA Times Daily |
25 Aug 2023 |
| Fair |
LA Times Daily |
06 Aug 2023 |
| "___ Do It" (Nike slogan) |
|
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| Morally right |
Universal |
08 Jul 2023 |
| "___ Go with It," 2011 rom-com starring Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler that was shot in Hawaii |
|
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| Only fair? Quite fitting |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
22 May 2023 |
| Equitable |
The Guardian Quick |
29 Apr 2023 |
| Only |
USA Today |
21 Mar 2023 |
| Morally right |
Universal |
21 Mar 2023 |
| "He's ___ Not That Into You," 2009 romcom |
|
|
| Equitable |
LA Times Daily |
13 Dec 2022 |
| Morally correct |
USA Today |
17 Oct 2022 |
| See 26 |
The Guardian Cryptic |
13 Oct 2022 |
| Fair |
The Telegraph Quick |
04 Oct 2022 |
| Fair; barely |
The Telegraph Quick |
29 Aug 2022 |
| Fair |
The Telegraph Quick |
09 Aug 2022 |
| "___ Do It" (Nike slogan) |
|
|
| Fair; merely |
The Telegraph Quick |
18 Jul 2022 |
| Fair; barely |
The Telegraph Quick |
27 Jun 2022 |
| Barely impartial |
The Guardian Cryptic |
25 Apr 2022 |
| Correct last of errors in project |
The Guardian Cryptic |
11 Apr 2022 |
| "___ as I Am" (Cicely Tyson memoir) |
Universal |
25 Jan 2022 |
| "Elvis Has ___ Left the Building," 1988 song by Frank Zappa that is about Elvis Presley |
|
|
| Fair |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Nov 2021 |
| Barely fitting |
The Times Cryptic |
11 Nov 2021 |
| Fair |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Aug 2021 |
| "He's ___ Not That Into You," 2009 flick |
|
|
| "___ Do It!" (Nike's slogan) |
|
|
| No more than fair |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
09 Aug 2021 |
| Equitable |
Eugene Sheffer |
22 Jul 2021 |
| Without notice, alter fitting |
|
|
| Non-partisan in Apt - not the one in France? |
Irish Times Crosaire |
10 May 2021 |
| Incorruptible extremes of Judas Priest |
Irish Times Crosaire |
17 Mar 2021 |
| Only |
The Telegraph Quick |
16 Mar 2021 |
| "He's ___ Not That Into You," 2009 romcom |
|
|
| Fair |
The Washington Post |
19 Jan 2021 |
| Fair |
LA Times Daily |
19 Jan 2021 |
| Fair |
New York Times |
13 Jan 2021 |
| Only fair |
|
|
| Barely |
Universal |
09 Nov 2020 |
| Equitable |
Eugene Sheffer |
12 Aug 2020 |
| "___ Another Night," hit song by Mick Jagger from his solo debut album "She's the Boss" |
|
|
| Fair |
Universal |
05 Jul 2020 |
| Fair-minded |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Jun 2020 |
| Right and fair |
The Times Concise |
15 May 2020 |
| Barely |
New York Times |
27 Mar 2020 |
| Righteous |
USA Today |
23 Mar 2020 |
| Equitable |
The Sun Two Speed |
03 Mar 2020 |
| Barely reasonable |
The Sun Two Speed |
03 Mar 2020 |
| Solomonlike |
|
|
| Solomonlike |
New York Times |
17 Nov 2019 |
| Merited, by a whisker |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
27 Oct 2019 |
| Fair-minded |
Newsday |
02 Oct 2019 |
| Perfectly fair |
The Telegraph Toughie |
23 Aug 2019 |
| It's only fair |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
19 Jul 2019 |
| Barely reasonable |
|
|
| Barely deserved |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
24 Mar 2019 |
| Equitable |
Thomas Joseph |
12 Feb 2019 |
| Barely |
|
|
| Fair |
|
|
| Morally upright |
USA Today |
19 Dec 2018 |
| Starts 13 down by the skin of one's teeth |
Irish Times Crosaire |
19 Dec 2018 |
| It's only fair |
|
|
| Reasonable or fair |
The Sun Two Speed |
17 Nov 2018 |
| Barely deserved |
The Sun Two Speed |
17 Nov 2018 |
| Merited |
The Times Concise |
04 Nov 2018 |
| "___ Dance" video game series by Ubisoft first released on Wii Nintendo in 2009 |
|
|
| Fair |
Thomas Joseph |
02 May 2018 |
| Deserved first from schoolteacher in project |
The Telegraph Toughie |
20 Apr 2018 |
| Only fair? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
02 Jan 2018 |
| Morally upright |
|
|
| Ethically right |
The Telegraph Quick |
02 Dec 2017 |
| Simply fair |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
03 Nov 2017 |
| Like some desserts |
|
|
| Fair in one's dealings |
USA Today |
23 Jul 2017 |
| Fair |
The Telegraph Quick |
22 Jul 2017 |
| Only fair? Quite |
|
|
| Fair and honorable |
Universal |
12 Mar 2017 |
| __ in time (right before the deadline) |
Newsday |
27 Feb 2017 |
| Barely |
The Telegraph Quick |
23 Feb 2017 |
| Impartial |
The Telegraph Quick |
04 Feb 2017 |
| Fair and honorable |
|
|
| Fair in one's dealings |
|
|
| Barely; impartial |
The Telegraph Quick |
18 Jul 2016 |
| Merely |
The Telegraph Quick |
27 May 2016 |
| Barely |
LA Times Daily |
09 May 2016 |
| Fair-minded |
Premier Sunday |
24 Apr 2016 |
| Exactly like Edgar Wallace's four men! |
The Times Cryptic |
21 Apr 2016 |
| Fair-minded |
The Washington Post |
01 Apr 2016 |
| Absolutely impartial magistrate ditching formality |
The Telegraph Toughie |
03 Mar 2016 |
| Only son entering project |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
26 Jan 2016 |
| Part 2 of observation |
Newsday |
08 Jan 2016 |
| Barely |
|
|
| And nothing more |
Irish Times Simplex |
02 Sep 2015 |
| Only — fair |
The Guardian Quick |
25 Jul 2015 |
| With 18-Across, 'To be on the safe side ...' |
New York Times |
28 Jun 2015 |
| Only |
Eugene Sheffer |
27 Jun 2015 |
| Fair; barely |
The Telegraph Quick |
22 Jun 2015 |
| Only |
Thomas Joseph |
16 Jun 2015 |
| Exactly |
New York Times |
24 May 2015 |
| By a whisker |
The Guardian Quick |
11 Apr 2015 |
| Exactly |
|
|
| With 18-Across, "To be on the safe side ..." |
|
|
| Fair-minded |
|
|
| Fair |
|
|
| A moment ago |
|
|
| Fair and square |
|
|
| Barely |
|
|
| Fair-minded |
|
|
| Rightful |
|
|
| No more than |
|
|
| With "in" and 12-Down, as a precaution |
|
|
| Fair and impartial |
|
|
| Fair |
|
|
| Fair-minded |
|
|
| Fair and square |
|
|
| Fair |
|
|
| Fair |
|
|
| See 15-Across |
|
|
| Evenhanded |
|
|
| Word with "kidding" or "married" |
|
|
| Fair and square |
|
|
| See 15-Across |
|
|
| Barely |
|
|
| Like some deserts |
|
|
| Nothing but |
|
|
| Merely |
|
|
| "___ My Imagination" (Temptations chart-topper) |
|
|
| Impartial |
|
|
| Scarcely |
|
|
| Fair and impartial |
|
|
| Equitable |
|
|
| Equitable |
|
|
| Barely |
|
|
| Fair and square |
|
|
| Fair partner |
|
|
| Fair |
|
|
| Fair |
|
|
| Lawful |
|
|
| Scarcely |
|
|
| Scarcely |
|
|
| Nothing more than |
|
|
| Impartial |
|
|
| Fair and impartial |
|
|
| Even-handed |
|
|
| Even-handed |
|
|
| Fair and square |
|
|
| Barely |
|
|
| Honorable and fair |
|
|
| Barely |
|
|
| Righteous |
|
|
| Merely |
|
|
| Not more than |
|
|
| No more than |
|
|
| Fair-minded |
|
|
| Word with kidding or married |
|
|
| Like some deserts |
|
|
| Eulogy, Part 3 |
|
|
| Fair-minded |
|
|
| Merely |
|
|
| Impartial |
|
|
| Equitable |
|
|
| "___ do it" |
|
|
| Fair |
|
|
| Impartial |
|
|
| Like some deserts |
|
|
| Only |
|
|
| Lawful |
|
|
| Rightful |
|
|
| Impartial |
|
|
| "_____ kidding!" |
|
|
| Barely |
|
|
| Righteous |
|
|
| Merely |
|
|
| "___ Shoot Me" |
|
|
| Barely fitting |
|
|
| Fair |
|
|
| Equitable |
|
|
| BEGIN: STEP DOWN |
|
|
| With 36 and 38 Across, start of impatient customer's response |
|
|
| Lawful |
|
|
| Upright |
|
|
| "___ a Gigolo," 1930 song |
|
|
| Condign |
|
|
| Impartial |
|
|
| Deserved |
|
|
| Impartial. |
|
|
| Epithet of 20 Across. |
|
|
| Well-founded. |
|
|
| Upright. |
|
|
| Only |
|
|
| Merited. |
|
|
| Fair. |
|
|
| Right. |
|
|
| Evenhanded. |
|
|
| With 20-Across, "Only think about a Belgian tennis player!"? |
|
|
| Equitable. |
|
|
| Proper. |
|
|
| Open-minded |
|
|