| PlusWord No 1197 solution |
The Telegraph Plusword |
31 Aug 2025 |
| Terribly intense |
Newsday |
23 Aug 2025 |
| Left university free to be sensational (5) |
Mirror Cryptic |
06 Aug 2025 |
| Graphic (5) |
Mirror Quick |
06 Aug 2025 |
| Graphic (5) |
Mirror Quick |
29 Jul 2025 |
| Left university free to be sensational (5) |
Mirror Cryptic |
29 Jul 2025 |
| Glaringly vivid |
Newsday |
27 Jul 2025 |
| Like body-horror movies |
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| Garish foe taken off fluoride (5) |
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| An old city is found inside the cover - how shocking! (5) |
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| Cover round ancient city is melodramatically sensational (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
18 Jul 2025 |
| Glaring, shocking (5) |
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| Ghastly clue and grids inside |
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| Trashy (5) |
The Guardian Quick |
30 Jun 2025 |
| Sensationalistic |
The Times Concise |
23 Jun 2025 |
| Sensational top worn by posh king (5) |
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| Ghastly clue: grids with no edges (5) |
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| Garish |
The Telegraph Mini |
16 Jun 2025 |
| Glaringly coloured (5) |
Puzzler |
07 Jun 2025 |
| Brightly coloured |
Puzzler Backwords |
26 May 2025 |
| Gaudy, garish |
Puzzler Backwords |
13 May 2025 |
| Graphic |
Mirror Quick |
07 May 2025 |
| Left university free to be sensational |
Mirror Cryptic |
07 May 2025 |
| Utah's top Republican wearing hat that's glaringly bright |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
30 Apr 2025 |
| Sensational |
Eugene Sheffer |
26 Apr 2025 |
| Left university free to be sensational |
Mirror Cryptic |
22 Apr 2025 |
| Graphic |
Mirror Quick |
22 Apr 2025 |
| Like news in a tabloid |
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| Sensational cover put round ancient city |
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| University student returned free graphic |
The Sun Two Speed |
30 Mar 2025 |
| Glaringly vivid |
The Sun Two Speed |
30 Mar 2025 |
| Over-bright or frightening (5) |
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| Graphic |
Mirror Quick |
26 Mar 2025 |
| Left university free to be sensational |
Mirror Cryptic |
26 Mar 2025 |
| Glaringly vivid |
Premier Sunday |
23 Mar 2025 |
| Garish (5) |
Puzzler |
20 Mar 2025 |
| Glaringly colourful (5) |
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| Rugby union back in top that's garish |
The Sun Two Speed |
06 Mar 2025 |
| Sensational |
The Sun Two Speed |
06 Mar 2025 |
| Ghastly blue contents to free one of (5) |
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| Graphic |
Mirror Quick |
26 Feb 2025 |
| Left university free to be sensational |
Mirror Cryptic |
26 Feb 2025 |
| Graphic |
Mirror Quick |
23 Feb 2025 |
| Left university free to be sensational |
Mirror Cryptic |
23 Feb 2025 |
| Di left the old city due to its glaring brightness |
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| With a bit of luck, free from being sensational? (5) |
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| Sensational old city papers found at bottom of lake |
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| Like gory details |
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| Graphic |
Mirror Quick |
29 Jan 2025 |
| Left university free to be sensational |
Mirror Cryptic |
29 Jan 2025 |
| It's flaming shocking! (5) |
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| Shockingly explicit (5) |
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| Sensational, as details |
The Telegraph Mini |
13 Jan 2025 |
| Graphic (5) |
The Guardian Quick |
09 Jan 2025 |
| Graphic |
Mirror Quick |
04 Jan 2025 |
| Graphic(5) |
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| Like tabloid headlines |
Wall Street Journal |
04 Jan 2025 |
| Left university free to be sensational |
Mirror Cryptic |
04 Jan 2025 |
| Cheaply sensational |
LA Times Daily |
30 Dec 2024 |
| Sensational bit of card I ruled up (5) |
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| Shockingly vivid |
Mirror Tea Time |
24 Dec 2024 |
| Brightly coloured |
Puzzler Backwords |
10 Dec 2024 |
| Vivid, sensationalist (5) |
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| Sensational bender in Luxembourg and Germany (5) |
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| Glaring, part-Hindi ruler turned up (5) |
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| Cover round ancient city is melodramatically sensational (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
28 Nov 2024 |
| Unnaturally glaring |
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| Shockingly vivid |
Mirror Tea Time |
25 Nov 2024 |
| Strip club free and explicit |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
21 Nov 2024 |
| Garish |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
03 Nov 2024 |
| Rational captain succumbs to being right shocking (5) |
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| Sensational |
The Telegraph Quick |
25 Oct 2024 |
| Unpleasantly bright in colour (5) |
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| Gaudy cover put round ancient city (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
06 Oct 2024 |
| Glaringly coloured (5) |
Puzzler |
06 Oct 2024 |
| Melodramatically sensational (5) |
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| Violent or sensational |
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| Left university free to be sensational |
Mirror Cryptic |
11 Sep 2024 |
| Graphic |
Mirror Quick |
11 Sep 2024 |
| Scandalous, as details |
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| Ghastly in hue |
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| Shockingly vivid |
Mirror Tea Time |
13 Aug 2024 |
| Left university free to be sensational |
Mirror Cryptic |
21 Jul 2024 |
| Graphic |
Mirror Quick |
21 Jul 2024 |
| Sensational |
Eugene Sheffer |
10 Jul 2024 |
| Garish top hides your bottom half (5) |
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| Colourful half hour hidden in cover (5) |
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| Left union, free to be sensational (5) |
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| Melodramatic way to get shot of it after luck had half gone (5) |
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| Like many tabloid articles |
Wall Street Journal |
29 May 2024 |
| Enticement almost with papers of a sensational kind (5) |
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| Horrifying, sensational |
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| Reportedly bait papers marked by sensationalism |
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| Cover round ancient city is melodramatically sensational (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
10 May 2024 |
| Sensational and clear, getting run for Conservative leader |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
10 May 2024 |
| Shockingly vivid |
LA Times Daily |
08 May 2024 |
| Shockingly graphic |
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| Sensational |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Apr 2024 |
| Vivid in shocking detail (5) |
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| Sensational and shocking |
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| PlusWord No 692 |
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| I'd rule but the Easterner has left me black and blue |
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| Ghastly luck having only half to get shot of (5) |
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| Graphic |
Mirror Quick |
09 Apr 2024 |
| Left university free to be sensational |
Mirror Cryptic |
09 Apr 2024 |
| Shockingly vivid |
Mirror Tea Time |
05 Apr 2024 |
| Glaringly vivid |
The Sun Two Speed |
29 Mar 2024 |
| Graphic scripture lessons Law Lord embraces |
The Sun Two Speed |
29 Mar 2024 |
| Shocking strip club, empty (5) |
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| Unpleasantly bright coloured (5) |
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| Glaringly bright (5) |
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| Graphic |
Mirror Quick |
06 Mar 2024 |
| Left university, free to be sensational |
Mirror Cryptic |
06 Mar 2024 |
| Unpleasantly bright (5) |
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| Horrifying or sensational |
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| Shockingly vivid |
Mirror Tea Time |
22 Feb 2024 |
| Strikingly bright |
Newsday |
16 Feb 2024 |
| Shockingly horrid |
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| Sensational |
New York Times |
09 Feb 2024 |
| Garish with spoonbender Geller in the middle (5) |
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| Ghastly pale, your semi-appearance in a hat (5) |
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| You are wearing top that’s brightly coloured |
The Times Cryptic |
17 Nov 2023 |
| Glaringly vivid |
Newsday |
02 Aug 2023 |
| Like many true-crime dramas |
New York Times |
23 Jul 2023 |
| Tantalizingly detailed |
New York Times |
28 May 2023 |
| Vividly sensational |
Universal |
29 Mar 2023 |
| Sensational |
Eugene Sheffer |
14 Mar 2023 |
| Ghastly top worn by primitive beginner? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
08 Mar 2023 |
| Like some clickbait headlines |
USA Today |
17 Jan 2023 |
| Sensational |
Thomas Joseph |
26 Dec 2022 |
| Sensational; macabre |
The Telegraph Quick |
03 Oct 2022 |
| Sensational cover featuring high-class stripper's bottom |
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| Overly vivid |
Newsday |
14 Aug 2022 |
| Shocking, sensational |
The Times Concise |
25 Jul 2022 |
| Vividly shocking |
The Guardian Quick |
14 Jul 2022 |
| Sensational |
The Telegraph Quick |
07 Jul 2022 |
| Shocking, sensational |
The Times Concise |
23 Jun 2022 |
| Sensational |
Thomas Joseph |
09 Jun 2022 |
| Glaringly sensational |
Premier Sunday |
08 May 2022 |
| Like a sensational description |
Universal |
27 Mar 2022 |
| Overly vivid |
Newsday |
08 Feb 2022 |
| Sensational |
Thomas Joseph |
28 Dec 2021 |
| Sensational |
LA Times Daily |
09 Oct 2021 |
| Sensational |
The Washington Post |
09 Oct 2021 |
| Sensational |
Thomas Joseph |
31 Aug 2021 |
| Overly attention-getting |
Newsday |
21 Aug 2021 |
| Shocking, sensational |
The Times Concise |
05 Aug 2021 |
| Sensational and melodramatic |
Universal |
19 Jun 2021 |
| Glaringly vivid |
Newsday |
06 Jun 2021 |
| Oddly Lou Reed's drug free, touring India – it's brilliant |
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| Like many tabloid stories |
Wall Street Journal |
01 May 2021 |
| Sensational start to lecture union leader delivered |
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| Harshly colorful |
New York Times |
23 Jan 2021 |
| University student returned free graphic |
The Sun Two Speed |
11 Dec 2020 |
| Glaringly vivid |
The Sun Two Speed |
11 Dec 2020 |
| Free to follow opening in London University? Sensational |
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| Explicit |
The Times Concise |
01 Nov 2020 |
| Like some tabloid headlines |
USA Today |
24 Oct 2020 |
| Sensational Rugby Union back in top |
The Sun Two Speed |
30 Sep 2020 |
| Shockingly vivid |
The Washington Post |
27 Aug 2020 |
| Shockingly vivid |
LA Times Daily |
27 Aug 2020 |
| Garish |
The Telegraph Quick |
28 Jun 2020 |
| Like tabloid headlines |
New York Times |
08 Jun 2020 |
| Hard on the eyes, color-wise |
Universal |
05 Jun 2020 |
| Gruesomely shocking |
Universal |
10 May 2020 |
| Tabloid-worthy |
The Washington Post |
19 Jan 2020 |
| Tabloid-worthy |
LA Times Daily |
19 Jan 2020 |
| Shockingly vivid sources of light under grid no good |
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| Leaving nothing to the imagination |
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| Leaving nothing to the imagination |
New York Times |
05 Dec 2019 |
| Unpleasantly vivid in colour |
The Times Concise |
21 Nov 2019 |
| Shocking, in a graphic way |
USA Today |
24 Oct 2019 |
| Brightly coloured hat? We hear you are wearing that |
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| Rugby union back in top that’s garish |
The Sun Two Speed |
05 Sep 2019 |
| Sensational |
The Sun Two Speed |
05 Sep 2019 |
| Like tabloid headlines |
USA Today |
02 Jul 2019 |
| Like much tabloid fodder |
Universal |
21 Apr 2019 |
| Sensational |
Thomas Joseph |
12 Mar 2019 |
| Gloomily threatening fish is, on reflection, removed |
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| Like tabloid headlines |
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| Like much tabloid fodder |
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| Shocking, in a graphic way |
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| Outrageous |
Canadiana |
17 Dec 2018 |
| Sensational piece of luck getting free |
The Sun Two Speed |
28 Sep 2018 |
| Over-bright, gaudy |
The Sun Two Speed |
28 Sep 2018 |
| Sensational line, universal and clear |
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| Rugby union back in top that's garish |
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| Shocking, sensational |
The Times Concise |
07 Aug 2018 |
| Sensational line, universal and clear |
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| Sensationalist cover, in which solver is in text |
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| Glaringly vivid |
Family Time |
17 Jun 2018 |
| According to text, you are in hat that's sensational |
The Telegraph Toughie |
15 Mar 2018 |
| Shocking, as tabloid headlines |
USA Today |
01 Feb 2018 |
| Shocking, as tabloid headlines |
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| Unpleasantly vivid |
The Times Concise |
01 Dec 2017 |
| Sensational club without boundaries, free |
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| Gaudy old city in Cork |
Irish Times Crosaire |
09 Oct 2017 |
| Ghastly sheatfish etc released from sea I set free |
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| Juicy |
New York Times |
20 Aug 2017 |
| Like overly graphic tabloid stories |
The Washington Post |
02 Aug 2017 |
| Like overly graphic tabloid stories |
LA Times Daily |
02 Aug 2017 |
| Cover over the old city, it's gruesome |
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| Like Quentin Tarantino films |
New York Times |
06 Apr 2017 |
| Shocking |
The Washington Post |
19 Mar 2017 |
| Shocking |
LA Times Daily |
19 Mar 2017 |
| Shocking cover: ancient city featured inside |
The Times Cryptic |
27 Feb 2017 |
| Sensational, tabloid-style |
USA Today |
03 Feb 2017 |
| Like Quentin Tarantino films |
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| Juicy |
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| Like overly graphic tabloid stories |
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| Sensational |
The Telegraph Quick |
26 Dec 2016 |
| Like appealingly shocking details |
Universal |
02 Nov 2016 |
| Glaringly vivid or sensational |
The Telegraph General Knowledge |
16 Oct 2016 |
| Sensational |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Aug 2016 |
| Gruesome |
LA Times Daily |
07 Aug 2016 |
| Like pulp fiction |
Jonesin |
05 Jul 2016 |
| Suitable for tabloid headlines |
Universal |
03 Jul 2016 |
| Ghastly robbers' leader, one imprisoned by Law Lord |
The Times Cryptic |
26 May 2016 |
| Sensational case lost by jury breaking cover |
The Times Cryptic |
25 May 2016 |
| Shocking cover up sport concealed |
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| Sensational top worn by posh Republican |
The Telegraph Toughie |
19 Apr 2016 |
| Shocking |
Universal |
20 Feb 2016 |
| Glaringly vivid and graphic |
Irish Times Simplex |
16 Feb 2016 |
| In Belur I debated. That's sensational |
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| Fit for tabloids |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Jan 2016 |
| Suitable for tabloid headlines |
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| Like appealingly shocking details |
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| Gruesome |
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| Glaringly vivid |
Universal |
31 Dec 2015 |
| Look up racy image, displayed initially for to be shocking |
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| Like many tabloid stories |
USA Today |
19 Dec 2015 |
| Brightly coloured |
The Sun Two Speed |
13 Dec 2015 |
| Cover round ancient city is melodramatically sensational |
The Sun Two Speed |
13 Dec 2015 |
| Shocking line I had, ringing you at last, right? |
The Times Cryptic |
02 Nov 2015 |
| Gruesomely sensational |
New York Times |
14 Jul 2015 |
| Sensational |
Universal |
06 Jul 2015 |
| Shocking |
Newsday |
11 Jun 2015 |
| Sensational piece of luck getting free |
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| Word from the Latin for ''ghastly'' |
Newsday |
25 Apr 2015 |
| Half out of luck and free to be melodramatic |
The Telegraph Toughie |
02 Apr 2015 |
| Frightful |
Newsday |
01 Apr 2015 |
| Like the headline 'ELVIS FATHERED MY ALIEN BABY' |
New York Times |
29 Mar 2015 |
| Shocking cover - ancient city featured inside |
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| Shocking -- very nearly draw one day |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
18 Mar 2015 |
| Shocking cover – ancient city featured inside |
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| Like tabloid headlines |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Jan 2015 |
| Glaringly vivid |
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| Like many tabloid stories |
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| Tabloid-worthy, say |
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| Sensational |
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| Lake tabloid shockers |
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| Word from the Latin for "ghastly" |
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| Like the headline "ELVIS FATHERED MY ALIEN BABY" |
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| Gruesomely sensational |
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| Frightful |
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| Shocking |
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| Tempted to have iodine for energy — sensational! |
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| Marked by sensationalism |
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| Overly vivid |
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| Sensational, tabloid-style |
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| Glaringly vivid |
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| Perfect for the tabloid headlines |
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| Sensational, tabloid-style |
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| Shocking |
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| Glaringly bright liqueur friend regularly offers |
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| Like pulp fiction |
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| Glaringly vivid |
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| Like pulp magazine details |
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| Gruesome |
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| Like pulp magazine details |
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| Designed to pique interest, say |
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| Appealingly shocking |
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| Sensational cover capturing ancient city |
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| Tabloid-worthy |
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| Gruesome, as some details |
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| Glaringly vivid |
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| Perfect for the tabloids |
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| Glaringly vivid and graphic |
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| Gruesome |
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| Purple |
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| Sensational |
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| Sensational |
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| Like some tabloid headlines |
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| Grisly |
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| Grisly |
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| Like many tabloid stories |
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| Gruesome |
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| Appealingly shocking |
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| Like some tabloid headlines |
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| Shocking |
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| Gruesome |
|
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| Appealingly shocking |
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| Sensational |
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| Shocking (5) |
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| Macabre |
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| Like pulp fiction |
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| Like pulp magazines |
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| Sensational |
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| Macabre |
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| Frightful |
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| Revolting |
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| Shocking |
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| Shocking |
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| Savage |
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| Like tabloid headlines |
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| Frightful |
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| Revolting |
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| Like pulp fiction |
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| Horribly shocking |
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| Like some tales or details |
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| Like some tabloid stories |
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| Sensational |
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| Shockingly intense |
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| Overly graphic |
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| Sensational |
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| Appealingly shocking |
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| Headline-screaming |
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| Sensational |
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| Glaringly vivid |
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| Like some details |
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| Glaringly sensational |
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| Like tabloid stories |
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| Ghastly |
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| Appalling |
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| Shocking |
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| Gruesome |
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| Type of details that cause one to say, "ooh!" |
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| Sensationalized |
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| Revolting |
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| Scandalous |
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| Like tabloid writing |
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| Type of details, oh my! |
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| Marked by sensationalism |
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| Wildly dramatic |
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| Like much pulp fiction |
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| Type of details, ooh... |
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| Horrible |
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| Like many tabloid stories |
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| Like tabloid writing |
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| Shockingly intense |
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| Gruesome |
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| Sensational |
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| Attention-grabbing |
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| Like supermarket tabloids |
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| Tabloid-style, in a way |
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| Glaringly vivid |
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| Shockingly vivid |
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| Startling |
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| Glowing through a haze |
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| Ghastly |
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| Wan |
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| Ghastly. |
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| Startling. |
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| Sensational. |
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| Glaringly vivid. |
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| Harshly vivid. |
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| Ominously vivid. |
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| Giving a ghastly light. |
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| Like some details |
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| Gruesome. |
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| Grisly |
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