| Head-parasite |
Puzzler Backwords |
07 Oct 2025 |
| Insect - girl doesn't want one (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
16 Sep 2025 |
| Scoundrel |
Thomas Joseph |
13 Sep 2025 |
| Insect |
The Telegraph Quick |
09 Aug 2025 |
| Parasitic insect |
Puzzler Backwords |
05 Jul 2025 |
| Parasitic insect |
The Telegraph Quick |
05 Jul 2025 |
| Plant ___ or aphid (5) |
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| Botch (up) |
Newsday |
21 May 2025 |
| A despicable person from Seoul (5) |
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| Head-parasite |
Puzzler Backwords |
10 May 2025 |
| Good-for-nothing |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Apr 2025 |
| Visitor one doesn't want to be unsuccessful about turn (5) |
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| E.g. Argulus fish parasite (*ousel) (5) |
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| Parasitic insect |
Mirror Tea Time |
16 Mar 2025 |
| See a purpose to a most unpleasant creature |
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| Girl dumping one insect |
The Sun Two Speed |
08 Feb 2025 |
| Parasitic insect |
The Sun Two Speed |
08 Feb 2025 |
| See employment of despicable character (5) |
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| Parasitic insect |
Puzzler Backwords |
05 Feb 2025 |
| Nit will be one of the callous executives to be exposed (5) |
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| Person hated shirt with no buttons at the front (5) |
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| Tiny parasitic insect (5) |
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| Snake or skunk |
Newsday |
11 Jan 2025 |
| Six-legged parasite |
The Times Concise |
07 Jan 2025 |
| Gigolo used to provide cover for parasite |
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| Burns wrote a poem to one, perhaps surprisingly (5) |
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| Insect - woman doesn't want one (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
03 Dec 2024 |
| Parasitic insect |
Mirror Tea Time |
27 Nov 2024 |
| Parasitic insect |
The Telegraph Mini |
21 Nov 2024 |
| A parasitic insect (5) |
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| See Sue going out with a mean person |
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| Seoul (anag.) (5) |
The Guardian Quick |
01 Nov 2024 |
| Parasitic insect |
The Telegraph Plusword |
28 Oct 2024 |
| Skin parasite (5) |
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| Parasitic insect; Seoul (anag.) |
The Telegraph Mini |
14 Oct 2024 |
| Scoundrel |
Universal |
01 Oct 2024 |
| Parasitic insect; Seoul (anag.) |
The Telegraph Plusword |
27 Sep 2024 |
| Despicable type (of insect?) (5) |
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| Behold employment for parasite (5) |
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| Parasitic insect (5) |
The Guardian Speedy |
16 Sep 2024 |
| Parasitic insect (5) |
The Guardian Speedy |
15 Sep 2024 |
| Unwanted visitor lost half to employ the rest (5) |
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| Insect - woman doesn't want one (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
11 Sep 2024 |
| Miss Universe starts to be grabbed by pest (5) |
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| Parasite left river (5) |
The Guardian Quick |
11 Aug 2024 |
| Parasite left river (5) |
The Guardian Quick Cryptic |
11 Aug 2024 |
| Parasite left river (5) |
The Guardian Quick |
10 Aug 2024 |
| Parasite left river (5) |
The Guardian Quick Cryptic |
10 Aug 2024 |
| Insect repellent's core requirement on river |
The Telegraph Toughie |
30 Jul 2024 |
| Top bishop's eschewing contemptible person |
The Times Cryptic |
27 Jul 2024 |
| Tiny blood-sucking insect |
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| Unsavoury character (5) |
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| A parasite you get from gigolo uselessly (5) |
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| Scoundrel to go down after intervention by University |
The Times Cryptic |
02 Jul 2024 |
| Despicable man (5) |
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| Contemptible person, parasite (5) |
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| Skunk, dog, or rat |
Newsday |
22 Jun 2024 |
| Parasite that lays nits |
The Telegraph Mini |
18 Jun 2024 |
| On the river Larry initial gets a parasite (5) |
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| Contemptible person |
Commuter |
29 May 2024 |
| Hair parasite |
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| Blood-sucking insect (5) |
The Guardian Quick |
17 May 2024 |
| Wingless parasitic insect |
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| Parasitic insect whose eggs are known as nits |
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| Head-parasite |
Puzzler Backwords |
20 Apr 2024 |
| Lowdown guy |
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| Low-down guy |
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| Insect or a scoundrel |
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| Scalp bug |
USA Today |
05 Mar 2024 |
| Parasitic insect that lives in hair |
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| Parasite that can be found in hair |
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| Insect - girl doesn't want one (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
07 Feb 2024 |
| Bounder's discovered in scandalous exploits |
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| Unethical one |
LA Times Daily |
15 Jan 2024 |
| Pest |
The Telegraph Quick |
14 Jan 2024 |
| Scalp pest |
USA Today |
27 Dec 2023 |
| No-goodnik |
LA Times Daily |
09 Dec 2023 |
| Insect in shirt, initially unseen (5) |
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| Scalp parasite |
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| Detestable person |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Oct 2023 |
| Scalp pest |
USA Today |
12 Oct 2023 |
| Parasitic insect |
The Times Concise |
21 Aug 2023 |
| Dirty rat |
Newsday |
15 Jul 2023 |
| Scalp bug |
USA Today |
26 May 2023 |
| Ruin, with 'up' |
Newsday |
07 May 2023 |
| Scoundrel |
Thomas Joseph |
10 Apr 2023 |
| Contemptible fellow |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Mar 2023 |
| Scoundrel |
Thomas Joseph |
09 Dec 2022 |
| Vermin |
Canadiana |
25 Jul 2022 |
| Parasite |
The Telegraph Quick |
29 May 2022 |
| Bloodsucking insect |
Irish Times Simplex |
24 May 2022 |
| Boor |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Mar 2022 |
| Loathsome one |
Newsday |
20 Jan 2022 |
| Scoundrel |
Universal |
18 Jan 2022 |
| Local unpleasant person running Seoul |
Irish Times Crosaire |
13 Jan 2022 |
| See something worthwhile in blackguard |
The Times Cryptic |
31 Dec 2021 |
| Scoundrel |
Thomas Joseph |
10 Sep 2021 |
| Scoundrel |
Newsday |
23 Aug 2021 |
| Scoundrel |
Thomas Joseph |
09 Aug 2021 |
| Parasitic insect |
The Times Concise |
28 Jul 2021 |
| Wingless parasite |
Universal |
12 Jun 2021 |
| Leftover unpalatable Scotch egg, primarily indicating a bad egg |
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| Local unpleasant person running Seoul |
Irish Times Crosaire |
03 Jun 2021 |
| Despicable sort |
Universal |
08 Mar 2021 |
| No-goodnik |
New York Times |
09 Feb 2021 |
| Target of permethrin cream |
New York Times |
07 Feb 2021 |
| Contemptible person removing outer layer of clothing |
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| Contemptible one |
Newsday |
22 Dec 2020 |
| Wingless parasite |
The Sun Two Speed |
10 Dec 2020 |
| Girl dumping one insect |
The Sun Two Speed |
10 Dec 2020 |
| Bloodsucker |
The Telegraph Quick |
09 Dec 2020 |
| Sucker of a sort left at head of river |
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| Insect in river adjoining lake |
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| Parasitic insect |
The Sun Two Speed |
27 Sep 2020 |
| Leonardo's outside to exploit rotter |
The Sun Two Speed |
27 Sep 2020 |
| Contemptible sort |
New York Times |
06 Sep 2020 |
| Scoundrel |
Universal |
04 Aug 2020 |
| Wingless bloodsucker |
The Washington Post Sunday |
31 May 2020 |
| Vermin left floating on a river |
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| Contemptible sort |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Mar 2020 |
| Scoundrel |
Newsday |
24 Nov 2019 |
| Two-legged rat |
Newsday |
26 Oct 2019 |
| Mature nit |
Premier Sunday |
29 Sep 2019 |
| Deplorable sort |
LA Times Daily |
13 Sep 2019 |
| Deplorable sort |
The Washington Post |
13 Sep 2019 |
| No-goodnik |
Universal |
23 Aug 2019 |
| Parasitic insect |
The Times Concise |
07 Aug 2019 |
| Miss cuddling upper-class cad? |
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| Parasitic insect |
The Washington Post Sunday |
14 Jul 2019 |
| Scoundrel |
Wall Street Journal |
25 May 2019 |
| Unpleasant person left love to profit |
The Sun Two Speed |
20 May 2019 |
| Unpleasant person left love to bleed |
The Telegraph Toughie |
23 Apr 2019 |
| Cad |
The Washington Post |
14 Apr 2019 |
| Cad |
LA Times Daily |
14 Apr 2019 |
| Insect |
The Telegraph Quick |
29 Mar 2019 |
| Dirty rat |
Newsday |
20 Feb 2019 |
| Unethical sort |
USA Today |
02 Jan 2019 |
| No-goodnik |
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| Cad |
|
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| Deplorable sort |
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| Unethical sort |
|
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| Scoundrel |
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| Grown-up nit |
Eugene Sheffer |
29 Dec 2018 |
| Despicable character |
Newsday |
16 Dec 2018 |
| Leonardo's outside to exploit rotter |
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| Good-for-nothing |
Newsday |
28 Oct 2018 |
| Nasty person, see, wanting employment |
|
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| It sucks |
Universal |
20 Aug 2018 |
| Scoundrel |
Premier Sunday |
05 Aug 2018 |
| It's small and sucks |
Universal |
15 Jul 2018 |
| Ruin, with "up" |
LA Times Daily |
01 Jul 2018 |
| Ruin, with 'up' |
The Washington Post |
01 Jul 2018 |
| No-goodnik |
USA Today |
14 Jun 2018 |
| Latin name of river insect |
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| Insect – girl doesn't want one |
The Sun Two Speed |
30 Jan 2018 |
| Mature nit |
The Sun Two Speed |
30 Jan 2018 |
| No-goodnik |
|
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| It sucks |
|
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| It's small and sucks |
|
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| Ruin, with "up" |
|
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| Parasite left flower in Yorkshire |
|
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| Nasty person participating in ridiculous enterprise |
|
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| Bachelor's taken off woman's top, the cad! |
|
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| Parasite with no wings |
Universal |
18 Jul 2017 |
| Despicable character |
LA Times Daily |
11 Jul 2017 |
| Despicable character |
The Washington Post |
11 Jul 2017 |
| Ruin, with ''up'' |
Newsday |
09 Jul 2017 |
| Dirty dog |
Newsday |
02 Jul 2017 |
| Parasite from Seoul on the rampage |
Irish Times Crosaire |
16 May 2017 |
| Botch (up) |
Newsday |
22 Feb 2017 |
| Bug where French enter London college |
|
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| Head bug |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Jan 2017 |
| Despicable character |
|
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| Parasite with no wings |
|
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| Nasty character removes top off woman's garment |
|
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| Wingless, bloodsucking insect |
Family Time |
19 Sep 2016 |
| Good-for-nothing |
New York Times |
17 Sep 2016 |
| Look to take advantage of insect |
|
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| Nit layer |
Universal |
18 Aug 2016 |
| Reason to nitpick? |
Universal |
24 Jul 2016 |
| Nit |
Universal |
29 Jun 2016 |
| Cause of some nit-picking? |
The Washington Post |
25 Jun 2016 |
| Good-for-nothing |
USA Today |
25 May 2016 |
| Rogue |
The Telegraph Quick |
17 May 2016 |
| Insect left floating on river |
|
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| Adult nit |
Universal |
19 Mar 2016 |
| Tiny sucker |
LA Times Daily |
05 Mar 2016 |
| Bug in plot must get discovered |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
13 Jan 2016 |
| Reason to nitpick? |
|
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| Good-for-nothing |
|
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| Nit |
|
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| Nit layer |
|
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| Good-for-nothing |
|
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| Parasite in Seoul building |
Irish Times Crosaire |
31 Dec 2015 |
| See function for parasite |
|
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| Rotten fellow |
Thomas Joseph |
20 Mar 2015 |
| Aphid |
USA Today |
16 Feb 2015 |
| Crumbum |
USA Today |
19 Jan 2015 |
| Crumbum |
|
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| Aphid |
|
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| Dirty dog |
|
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| Scoundrel provoked by topless clothing for women |
|
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| It might turn you into a nitpicker |
|
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| Common parasite |
|
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| No-goodnik |
|
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| Dirty rat |
|
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| Wingless parasite |
|
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| It might make you a nitpicker |
|
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| Despicable person |
|
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| Adult nit |
|
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| Rat |
|
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| Wingless parasite |
|
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| Contemptible person |
|
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| Contemptible person steals one from a woman |
|
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| Contemptible one |
|
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| Cad |
|
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| Wingless, bloodsucking insect |
|
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| No-goodnik |
|
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| No-good sort |
|
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| Unethical one |
|
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| No-goodnik |
|
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| No-goodnik |
|
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| No-goodnik |
|
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| Unethical character |
|
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| No-goodnik |
|
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| Wingless insect |
|
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| Good-for-nothing |
|
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| Scoundrel |
|
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| Cad |
|
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| Despicable person |
|
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| Rotter |
|
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| Wingless parasite |
|
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| No-goodnik |
|
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| Rotter |
|
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| Dirty rat |
|
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| Crumb |
|
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| Crumb |
|
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| It might make you a nitpicker |
|
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| Blackguard |
|
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| Blackguard |
|
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| Sleaze |
|
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| Contemptible one |
|
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| It could make you a nit picker |
|
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| No-goodnik |
|
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| Spoiler |
|
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| Botch (up) |
|
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| Stinker |
|
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| Unsavory character |
|
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| Botch (up) |
|
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| Skunk |
|
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| Stinker |
|
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| Nit layer |
|
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| Skunk |
|
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| No-goodnik |
|
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| __ up (bungle) |
|
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| Contemptible person |
|
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| No-goodnik |
|
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| Spoil, with "up" |
|
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| Fink |
|
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| Contemptible person |
|
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| Cad |
|
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| Robert Burns's "To a ___" |
|
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| Real stinker |
|
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| It might make you a nit-picker |
|
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| Wingless insect |
|
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| Despicable character |
|
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| Real heel |
|
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| Nogoodnik |
|
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| Wingless parasite |
|
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| Sleazy person |
|
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| Common parasite |
|
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| Vile character |
|
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| Contemptible person |
|
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| Dirty rat |
|
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| Bungle, with "up" |
|
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| No-good guy |
|
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| Real stinker |
|
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| Screw (up) |
|
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| Contemptible one |
|
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| Nit |
|
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| A real heel |
|
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| Dirty rat |
|
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| Subject of a Burns poem |
|
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| "To a ___", Burns poem |
|
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| Big nit |
|
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| "To a ___," Burns poem |
|
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| Follower of book or wood |
|
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| " . . . scarce the soul of a ___": Kipling |
|
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| Low-down character |
|
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| ___ up (botch) |
|
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| Heel |
|
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| Despicable one |
|
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| No-good one |
|
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| No-good heel |
|
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| Cad |
|
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| Sleazebag |
|
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| Slang for spoil, with "up." |
|
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| Carrier of typhus fever. |
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