| Objectionable inquiry ... or what the statement at 17-, 26-, 50- or 59-Across has |
Universal |
26 Sep 2025 |
| Inquiry looking for the right answer (7,8) |
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| Designation for who or what, perhaps |
LA Times Daily |
30 May 2025 |
| First query words to prompt response desired (7,8) |
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| Something frowned on in court that whoppers and howlers have in common? |
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| Prompt with a built-in bias (2wrds) |
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| It might cause an objection |
Newsday |
27 Feb 2025 |
| This must be ruled out of court, mustn't it? (7,8) |
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| Dealings quite disrupted by one not concluding suggestive inquiry (7,8) |
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| Up-front enquiry that may prompt an objection (7,8) |
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| Reason for a courtroom objection, and what the start of the answer to each starred clue has |
LA Times Daily |
20 Feb 2023 |
| It's designed to elicit a certain answer ... or where the end of 17-, 25- and 47-Across may be found |
LA Times Daily |
02 Apr 2018 |
| It's designed to elicit a certain answer ... or where the end of 17-, 25- and 47-Across may be found |
The Washington Post |
02 Apr 2018 |
| It's designed to elicit a certain answer ... or where the end of 17-, 25- and 47-Across may be found |
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| 'Who's in charge here?,' e.g |
The Washington Post |
02 Dec 2016 |
| Trace of gold in base metal under discussion — it shouldn't be put in case |
The Times Cryptic |
10 Mar 2016 |
| It might cause an objection |
Newsday |
14 May 2015 |
| Who shall be principal first violin? Me? |
The Times Cryptic |
13 Jan 2015 |
| It might cause an objection |
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| "Who's ahead?"? |
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| Objection elicitor, and what the first words of 17-, 26-, and 47-Across could be doing |
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| Attorney's no-no |
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| It suggests a response |
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| Cause of an objection |
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| Basis for objection at a trial |
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