| Scrounger and cad heading north having stolen cash to begin with (5) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
19 Aug 2025 |
| Bloodsucker |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
13 Aug 2025 |
| Aquatic bloodsucking worm |
Puzzler Backwords |
30 Jul 2025 |
| Fish rising check worm in the water |
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| Parasitic critter |
|
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| Blood-sucker |
|
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| Worm that feeds on the blood or tissues of other animals (5) |
Mirror Quiz |
08 Jul 2025 |
| An annelid belonging to the subclass Hirudinea |
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| Bloodsucking parasite |
Puzzler Backwords |
28 Jun 2025 |
| Scrounger in shelter by church |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
16 Jun 2025 |
| Bloodsucking creature |
The Telegraph Plusword |
16 Jun 2025 |
| Bloodsucker |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
16 Jun 2025 |
| Bloodsucking profiteer (5) |
|
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| Discredited medical assistant taking shelter at church |
|
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| Old term for doctor (5) |
|
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| Aquatic bloodsucking worm |
Mirror Tea Time |
12 May 2025 |
| Blood-feeding creature (5) |
|
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| Old physician is a hanger-on (5) |
|
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| Freeloading sort |
Universal |
07 May 2025 |
| See bloodsucker in shelter by church (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
07 May 2025 |
| Shelter about to get hard for scrounger |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
21 Apr 2025 |
| Freeloader |
LA Times Daily |
19 Apr 2025 |
| Freeloader in shelter next to church (5) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
10 Apr 2025 |
| Parasite found in juvenile echidna |
|
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| Parasite found in sheltered area in front of church (5) |
|
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| Which bloodsucking worm has a sucker at both ends? (5) |
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| Bloodsucker |
The Telegraph Quick |
19 Mar 2025 |
| Old doctor from General Hospital snorting cocaine (5) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
12 Mar 2025 |
| Aquatic bloodsucking worm (5) |
Puzzler Backwords |
02 Mar 2025 |
| Small church supports Lee as a sponging hanger-on (5) |
|
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| Bloodsucking worm |
USA Today |
03 Feb 2025 |
| Clingy sponge |
|
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| Mainly aquatic, bloodsucking worm (5) |
|
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| Bloodsucker |
Universal |
31 Jan 2025 |
| Bloodsucking worm |
|
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| Parasite used in medicine |
USA Today |
12 Jan 2025 |
| Bloodsucking creature |
Commuter |
04 Jan 2025 |
| Parasitic worm |
Puzzler Backwords |
31 Dec 2024 |
| Bloodsucking parasite |
|
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| Bloodsucker |
Mirror Classic |
05 Dec 2024 |
| Historic doctor's assistant and general companion (5) |
|
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| Bloodsucker(5) |
|
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| Bloodsucker found at the centre of melee challenge (5) |
|
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| Shelter church person who's a freeloader (5) |
|
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| Flee Chile, leaving file for bloodsucker (5) |
|
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| Bloodsucker |
The Telegraph Plusword |
19 Oct 2024 |
| A sucker of a Jubilee character? (5) |
|
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| Blood-sucking invertebrate (5) |
|
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| Sheltered child who can be very clingy? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
26 Sep 2024 |
| Parasite caught fish up on horse! |
The Sun Two Speed |
17 Sep 2024 |
| Sponger |
The Sun Two Speed |
17 Sep 2024 |
| See bloodsucker in shelter by church (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
15 Sep 2024 |
| Shelter church from medieval physician (5) |
|
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| Worm used in hirudotherapy |
|
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| See bloodsucker in shelter by church (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
06 Aug 2024 |
| Worm that feeds on the blood or tissues of other animals |
Mirror Quiz |
04 Aug 2024 |
| Bloodsucker |
Universal |
01 Aug 2024 |
| Bloodsucker (5) |
The Guardian Speedy |
22 Jul 2024 |
| Bloodsucker (5) |
The Guardian Speedy |
21 Jul 2024 |
| Bloodsucking organism |
|
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| Annelid worm used in 19th Century medicine to treat mental disorders, gout, arthritis and whooping cough (5) |
|
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| Bloodsucker |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
27 Jun 2024 |
| Aquatic bloodsucking worm |
Puzzler Backwords |
23 Jun 2024 |
| A flat kind of worm that sucks blood |
|
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| Sponger |
The Sun Two Speed |
23 Jun 2024 |
| Parasite in shelter by church |
The Sun Two Speed |
23 Jun 2024 |
| Blood-sucker finding shelter by church |
|
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| Hanger-on |
New York Times |
20 Jun 2024 |
| Creature said to be used in bleaching (5) |
|
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| Hanger-on sheltered half an inch (5) |
|
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| Bloodsucking animal |
USA Today |
27 May 2024 |
| Freeloader |
Newsday |
24 May 2024 |
| Parasite once used in medicine (5) |
|
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| It will cause blood to leak out, I hear (5) |
|
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| Large, hollow, mostly genuine ancient bones? |
|
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| Mooch |
Commuter |
30 Apr 2024 |
| Aquatic bloodsucker, catfish bait (5) |
|
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| A bloodsucking parasite |
|
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| Hanger-on |
LA Times Daily |
22 Mar 2024 |
| This sucks! |
New York Times |
20 Mar 2024 |
| Sponger coming first in list flipped |
|
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| Christopher goes to church for a bloodsucker (5) |
|
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| One clinging to another's audible echo in part |
|
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| Church supports Lee as a sponging hanger-on (5) |
|
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| In the left hand the Common Market is a blood-sucker (5) |
|
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| Scoundrel lying about securing Charlie for sucker |
|
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| Moocher |
Newsday |
22 Feb 2024 |
| Bloodsucker |
The Telegraph Quick |
16 Feb 2024 |
| Clinging bloodsucker (5) |
|
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| Worm which feeds on the blood of other animals (5) |
|
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| Sponger |
The Sun Two Speed |
01 Feb 2024 |
| Bloodsucker among several EEC heavyweights |
The Sun Two Speed |
01 Feb 2024 |
| Part of the sail that could draw blood (5) |
|
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| Bloodsucking worm once used in medicine (5) |
Puzzler |
30 Jan 2024 |
| *Slimy predatory worm that sucks blood |
|
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| Slang term for a freeloader |
|
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| Bloodsucker found shelter clearing house (5) |
|
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| Bloodsucking worm |
|
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| Shelter beside church drain (5) |
|
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| Man with chapter involving parasites |
|
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| Audible echoes about bloodsucker |
|
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| Little Ewan's extra charming. He's primarily a sponger (5) |
|
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| Aquatic parasite |
The Times Concise |
06 Dec 2023 |
| Bloodsucker |
The Sun Two Speed |
09 Nov 2023 |
| Scrounger in shelter by church |
The Sun Two Speed |
09 Nov 2023 |
| See bloodsucker in shelter by church (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
01 Nov 2023 |
| Parasite |
The Times Concise |
29 Oct 2023 |
| One who takes, takes, takes |
New York Times |
05 Oct 2023 |
| Bloodsucking parasite |
New York Times |
11 Sep 2023 |
| Worm hot, cold fish sent back |
The Times Cryptic |
24 Aug 2023 |
| Hanger-on |
Newsday |
04 Jun 2023 |
| Aquatic bloodsucker |
The Times Concise |
14 May 2023 |
| Parasite |
Newsday |
27 Jan 2023 |
| Bloodsucking worm |
USA Today |
14 Jan 2023 |
| Freeloader |
New York Times |
10 Jan 2023 |
| Blood-sucking worm |
|
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| Parisitic person |
Universal |
26 Dec 2022 |
| Sponger |
The Telegraph Quick |
15 Dec 2022 |
| Parasite left on tree, destroying billions |
The Times Cryptic |
11 Oct 2022 |
| Parasite used in early medical procedures |
Universal |
03 Sep 2022 |
| Parasitic sort |
Universal |
30 Jun 2022 |
| Bloodsucking worm |
The Times Concise |
30 Jun 2022 |
| Creature whose saliva acts as a blood thinner |
New York Times |
09 Jun 2022 |
| ___ collector, extinct occupation that involved finding medicinal parasites |
|
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| Adorable echidna might host parasite. |
Irish Times Crosaire |
19 May 2022 |
| Bloodsucking creature |
Family Time |
08 May 2022 |
| Parasitic creature |
USA Today |
12 Feb 2022 |
| Scrounger, on reflection, on the back foot getting to grips with cold |
Irish Times Crosaire |
01 Feb 2022 |
| Major moocher |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Jan 2022 |
| Parasitic worm |
The Times Concise |
25 Dec 2021 |
| Bloodsucker |
Universal |
18 Dec 2021 |
| Blood-sucking worm |
|
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| General has chain for hanger-on |
The Guardian Cryptic |
23 Nov 2021 |
| General has chain for hanger-on |
|
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| Bloodsucker |
The Telegraph Quick |
29 Oct 2021 |
| Bloodsucking parasite (rhymes with "speech") |
|
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| Some pale echo for a doctor |
The Telegraph Toughie |
19 Oct 2021 |
| Scrounger having caught fish returned horse |
|
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| Bloodsucking worm |
|
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| Annelid worm, used in medicine of old |
The Guardian Speedy |
08 Aug 2021 |
| Bloodsucker |
LA Times Daily |
25 May 2021 |
| Bloodsucker |
The Washington Post |
25 May 2021 |
| Bloodsucker |
The Telegraph Quick |
02 Apr 2021 |
| Parasitic creature |
USA Today |
01 Apr 2021 |
| Sucker about to wear 8 shortly after getting up |
|
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| Blood-sucking parasite |
Irish Times Simplex |
26 Jan 2021 |
| Parasite finds shelter on top of church |
|
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| Forest bloodsucker |
|
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| Predatory worm |
Universal |
03 Dec 2020 |
| Parasite finds shelter over church |
|
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| Bloodsucker |
The Sun Two Speed |
23 Nov 2020 |
| Parasite in shelter by church |
The Sun Two Speed |
23 Nov 2020 |
| Human sponge |
Universal |
18 Nov 2020 |
| Bloodsucking creature |
|
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| One feeding off others |
New York Times |
11 Aug 2020 |
| End up defending conservative doctor once |
|
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| Bloodsucking worm |
The Times Concise |
20 Jul 2020 |
| Bloodsucker some cruel EEC hardliner |
The Sun Two Speed |
02 Jul 2020 |
| Sponger |
The Sun Two Speed |
02 Jul 2020 |
| Bloodsucking worm |
The Telegraph Quick |
29 Jun 2020 |
| Parasite |
LA Times Daily |
31 May 2020 |
| Parasite |
The Washington Post |
31 May 2020 |
| Sheltered side at church for scrounger |
The Sun Two Speed |
24 May 2020 |
| Parasitic sucker |
Universal |
23 May 2020 |
| Parasite |
The Times Concise |
17 May 2020 |
| Sponger (informal) |
The Sun Two Speed |
27 Apr 2020 |
| Scrounger in shelter by church |
The Sun Two Speed |
27 Apr 2020 |
| Old doctor who's after your blood? |
|
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| Hanger-on |
New York Times |
16 Apr 2020 |
| Church chasing film vampire and bloodsucker |
|
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| Freeloader among evil EEC hardliners |
The Sun Two Speed |
16 Dec 2019 |
| Fish about next to child's old doctor |
|
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| Hanger-on, a slippery creature, rejected companion |
|
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| Blood-sucking worm that was used in medicine |
|
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| Earthworm relative |
Universal |
02 Oct 2019 |
| Sponge |
New York Times |
20 Sep 2019 |
| Little sucker |
New York Times |
14 Sep 2019 |
| Little sucker |
|
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| Scrounger on the back foot over returning conservative |
Irish Times Crosaire |
29 Aug 2019 |
| Shelter chief doctor of old |
|
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| Richard --, American operatic tenor |
The Telegraph General Knowledge |
12 Aug 2019 |
| Old physician, one that draws blood |
|
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| Parasite |
The Telegraph Quick |
04 Jul 2019 |
| Bloodsucking worm |
|
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| Swamp parasite |
Universal |
18 Jun 2019 |
| Richard --, actor who played Captain Crosbie in the 1958 film 'Ice Cold in Alex' |
The Telegraph General Knowledge |
27 May 2019 |
| Parasite caught fish, returning by horse |
The Sun Two Speed |
16 May 2019 |
| Bloodsucker among several EEC heavyweights |
The Sun Two Speed |
05 May 2019 |
| Doctor's check after fish has been brought up |
|
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| Freeloader on the back foot over returning conservative |
Irish Times Crosaire |
21 Feb 2019 |
| Parasitic sort |
USA Today |
17 Jan 2019 |
| Freeloader given shelter by companion |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
08 Jan 2019 |
| Sponge |
|
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| Parasite |
|
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| Parasitic sort |
|
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| Swamp parasite |
|
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| Human sponge |
|
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| Earthworm relative |
|
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| Sucker of sorts |
The Washington Post |
07 Dec 2018 |
| Sucker of sorts |
LA Times Daily |
07 Dec 2018 |
| Freeloader |
Newsday |
23 Sep 2018 |
| Regularly mooch, with "off" |
|
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| Blood-sucking worm |
The Times Concise |
22 Aug 2018 |
| Scrounger given shelter by church |
The Sun Two Speed |
13 Aug 2018 |
| Bloodsucking worm |
|
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| Bloodsucker - some cruel EEC hardliner |
The Sun Two Speed |
18 Apr 2018 |
| Sucker will disbelieve the basic truth, last of all |
|
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| Cold fish served up before hot sponge |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
16 Jan 2018 |
| Parasitic creature |
The Washington Post Sunday |
07 Jan 2018 |
| Sucker of sorts |
|
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| A sucker for old-fashioned treatment |
|
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| Parasite that sucks blood |
|
|
| Hematophagous creature |
The Washington Post Sunday |
08 Oct 2017 |
| Bloodsucker |
Eugene Sheffer |
10 Aug 2017 |
| Hanger-on given shelter by church |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
29 Jul 2017 |
| Worm-like insect that can suck blood |
|
|
| Freeloading sort |
USA Today |
06 Jun 2017 |
| Parasite |
Wall Street Journal |
15 May 2017 |
| Moocher |
LA Times Daily |
10 May 2017 |
| Moocher |
The Washington Post |
10 May 2017 |
| Freeloader given shelter by church |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
25 Apr 2017 |
| Worm once used by bloodletters |
USA Today |
18 Apr 2017 |
| Clingy critter? |
Jonesin |
11 Apr 2017 |
| A real bloodsucker |
Universal |
05 Apr 2017 |
| Shelter church provided for parasite |
|
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| If you're this, you suck |
Universal |
01 Mar 2017 |
| Bloody parasite seeking shelter and central heating |
|
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| Parasite |
Newsday |
08 Jan 2017 |
| Worm once used by bloodletters |
|
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| Moocher |
|
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| A real bloodsucker |
|
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| Freeloading sort |
|
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| Bloodsucking creature |
Universal |
01 Nov 2016 |
| Freeloader |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Oct 2016 |
| Freeloader in shelter? Check |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
20 Sep 2016 |
| Cold fish served up with hot worm |
The Times Cryptic |
19 Sep 2016 |
| Freeloading sort |
Newsday |
30 Jun 2016 |
| Freeloader |
Universal |
05 Feb 2016 |
| Freeloader |
|
|
| Aquatic worm |
Universal |
27 Dec 2015 |
| It's hard to get rid of one |
LA Times Daily |
10 Oct 2015 |
| Despicable person from the south welcomes cold advantage-seeker |
|
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| Shelter child from hanger-on |
|
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| Clinging type |
LA Times Daily |
13 Jun 2015 |
| Blood-loving worm |
Universal |
15 May 2015 |
| Old physician sheltered by church |
|
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| Bloodsucker |
Jonesin |
23 Apr 2015 |
| Old doctor given shelter by leaders of county hospital |
The Times Cryptic |
25 Mar 2015 |
| One who won't let go |
LA Times Daily |
11 Mar 2015 |
| Cold in command to dog that's brought back worm |
|
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| Blood-sucker |
The Times Concise |
24 Feb 2015 |
| One who won't let go |
|
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| It's hard to get rid of one |
|
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| Aquatic worm |
|
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| Freeloader |
|
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| Clinging type |
|
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| Blood-loving worm |
|
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| Mutable echinoderm afflicted by parasite |
|
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| Freeloading sort |
|
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| Parasitic creature |
|
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| Bloodsucker |
|
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| Hanger-on |
|
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| Parasite |
|
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| Mooch |
|
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| Bloodsucker |
|
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| Freeloader |
|
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| Hanger-on |
|
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| Sponge |
|
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| Moocher |
|
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| Bloodletting worm |
|
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| Freeloader |
|
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| Hanger-on |
|
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| Hanger-on |
|
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| Bloodsucker |
|
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| Sponger |
|
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| Bloodsucking critter |
|
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| Little bloodsucker |
|
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| Sponger |
|
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| Bloodsucker |
|
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| Hanger-on |
|
|
| Annelid used in hirudotherapy |
|
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| Parasite |
|
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| Hanger-on |
|
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| Bloodsucker |
|
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| It's a bleedin' worm |
|
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| It's a bleedin' worm |
|
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| Annelid useful to ancient doctors |
|
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| Little bloodsucker |
|
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| Physicians' worm, once |
|
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| Parasitic creature |
|
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| Parasite |
|
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| It's a real sucker |
|
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| Blood-loving worm |
|
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| Hanger-on |
|
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| Parasitic sort |
|
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| Blood-loving worm |
|
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| Moocher |
|
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| Moocher |
|
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| One who's a real sucker |
|
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| Bloodletting critter |
|
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| Sponge |
|
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| Hanger-on |
|
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| Moocher |
|
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| Bloodsucker |
|
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| Parasite |
|
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| Real sucker |
|
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| Parasite |
|
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| Bloodsucker |
|
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| Hanger-on |
|
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| Clinging type |
|
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| Bloodsucker |
|
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| Bloodletter's critter |
|
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| Parasite |
|
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| Sucker |
|
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| Bloodletter's need |
|
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| Sponge |
|
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| Parasitic sort |
|
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| "The African Queen" hanger-on |
|
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| Freeloader |
|
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| Worm once used for bloodletting |
|
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| Bloodsucker |
|
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| Parasite |
|
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| Parasitic person |
|
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| Sponger |
|
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| Moocher |
|
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| Parasite |
|
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| Carnivorous worm |
|
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| Sponge |
|
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| Swamp parasite |
|
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| Sponger |
|
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| Parasite |
|
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| Aquatic worm |
|
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| Moocher |
|
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| Blood sucker |
|
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| Parasitic type |
|
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| Sucker at the lake |
|
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| Hanger-on |
|
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| Parasitic person |
|
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| Detest |
|
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| Hanger-on |
|
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| Hanger-on so to speak |
|
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| Vampire in a way |
|
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| Sail edge |
|
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| Sail part |
|
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| Bloodsucker. |
|
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| Parasite. |
|
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| One clinging to another for gain. |
|
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| Sucker |
|
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| Bloodsucker |
|
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| Big sucker |
|
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| Margaret ___, Pulitzer Prize winner for "Reveille in Washington." |
|
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| Physician of yore. |
|
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| Doctor, old style. |
|
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| Physician, old style. |
|
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| Sycophant. |
|
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| Old-time doctor. |
|
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| Old-time physician. |
|
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| Hanger-on. |
|
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