| Grasp head |
The Telegraph Toughie |
11 Sep 2025 |
| The teacher, a graduate, gets a rest for a change (6) |
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| Perfect teacher (6) |
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| "Jack of all trades, ___ of none" |
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| Pick up fully |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Jul 2025 |
| Expert |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
10 Jul 2025 |
| See 7 |
The Guardian Cryptic |
12 Jun 2025 |
| Male flower, sir (6) |
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| Excellent chess player |
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| (& 21-down) Mothers name a child for lodge officer (6,5) |
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| Become an expert on terraforming Mars, accepting alien's backing (6) |
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| Control stream's meandering (6) |
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| How one may get the better of a schoolteacher (6) |
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| 'The choice and ___ spirits of this age' (J Caesar) (6) |
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| __ of Arts degree |
Commuter |
23 Apr 2025 |
| 'M' in MIA. or M. Sc.? |
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| The teacher, graduate, gets rest for a change (6) |
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| Male teacher and dog owner (6) |
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| Tutor for a young boy (6) |
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| Getting the cane was a brilliant idea! (6,6) |
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| Original copy |
The Times Concise |
24 Feb 2025 |
| Exceptionally skilled performer or artist (6) |
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| Did he cane the boys for many a bloomer? (6) |
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| Schoolteacher |
Puzzler Backwords |
01 Feb 2025 |
| BECOME PROFICIENT (6) |
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| Teacher, employer (6) |
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| Tutor for a boy (6) |
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| Overcome school teacher (6) |
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| Teacher employed in Michaelmas term (6) |
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| They stream out to meet the teacher |
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| Man and boy, he's the boss (6) |
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| Control new course of stream |
Mirror Cryptic |
21 Dec 2024 |
| Word which when followed by Mate gives the name of a Captain Pugwash character (6) |
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| Teacher |
Mirror Quick |
21 Dec 2024 |
| Expert craftsman! (6,7) |
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| Get the better of a schoolteacher (6) |
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| Male schoolteacher (6) |
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| Closing of courses in a term upset teacher (6) |
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| As a boy, become proficient in (6) |
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| See 24 |
The Guardian Cryptic |
26 Nov 2024 |
| Get the better of the boss (6) |
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| He's the teacher, young man (6) |
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| Control stream's new course (6) |
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| "Jack of all trades, ___ of none" |
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| Headstream, possibly? (6) |
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| He teaches when? During term, silly! (6) |
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| Defeat the stream's turbulence (6) |
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| (and 5 Across) Qualified seaman taking out mere trimarans (6,7) |
|
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| Qualified seaman taking out mere trimarans (6) |
|
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| Get the better of an expert (6) |
|
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| School teacher |
Mirror Quick |
24 Sep 2024 |
| Control overflowing stream |
Mirror Cryptic |
24 Sep 2024 |
| Become perfect at |
|
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| Expert, virtuoso |
The Times Concise |
18 Sep 2024 |
| Grasp flower by the centre for example |
The Times Sunday Cryptic |
08 Sep 2024 |
| Get control of yourself, young sir! (6) |
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| Teacher |
Mirror Quick |
18 Aug 2024 |
| Control new course of stream |
Mirror Cryptic |
18 Aug 2024 |
| Learn inside and out |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Aug 2024 |
| Maven |
Commuter |
05 Aug 2024 |
| Become expert at |
Commuter |
18 Jul 2024 |
| He may be grand at chess |
|
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| Employer of servants (6) |
|
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| Classic Doctor Who foe played by late actor Roger Delgado, The ______ (6) |
|
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| Morning rest for the boss |
|
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| Get the better of a teacher (6) |
|
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| Get the better of teacher (6) |
|
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| Get the better of the teacher (6) |
|
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| Teacher |
Mirror Quick |
15 Jun 2024 |
| Control new course of stream |
Mirror Cryptic |
15 Jun 2024 |
| Teacher's the gentleman carrying the folding seat (6) |
|
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| Skilled chess enthusiast |
|
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| Owner of a slave |
|
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| Primary school teacher |
|
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| Boy's title |
Mirror Classic |
16 May 2024 |
| Stream of abuse directed at teacher (6) |
|
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| ___ of ceremonies (host) |
|
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| Control minute plant with showy flowers (6) |
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| Control new stream |
Mirror Cryptic |
19 Mar 2024 |
| Teacher |
Mirror Quick |
19 Mar 2024 |
| It provides general access for the lock-keeper (6,3) |
|
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| Get the better of the expert (6) |
|
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| Become expert in microwave device, having invested time |
The Times Cryptic |
13 Mar 2024 |
| Last in form has flower for teacher |
|
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| He teaches how to change the course of a stream |
|
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| Get down |
New York Times |
08 Mar 2024 |
| Subdue the young man (6) |
|
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| School principal |
|
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| Become skilled in (6) |
|
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| Teacher at the school of navigation? (6,7) |
|
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| Presiding officer of a school (6) |
|
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| Become an expert at |
Commuter |
24 Jan 2024 |
| How to gain control over a wayward stream |
|
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| (and 5 Across) Dumb retailers upset skilled worker (6,7) |
|
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| He's the skipper, young man (6) |
|
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| 1995 Cheltenham Gold Cup winner ridden by Norman Williamson (6) |
|
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| Call expert circus manager (6) |
|
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| Stream (anag) (6) |
|
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| Swami |
|
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| Schoolteacher |
Puzzler Backwords |
18 Nov 2023 |
| Become proficient in |
Newsday |
01 Nov 2023 |
| Get on top of Daisy, married earlier |
The Guardian Cryptic |
19 Apr 2023 |
| Chess expert |
Eugene Sheffer |
18 Mar 2023 |
| Perfect |
LA Times Daily |
21 Jan 2023 |
| Learn completely |
Thomas Joseph |
13 Dec 2022 |
| Gain control of |
The Times Concise |
09 Nov 2022 |
| The "M" of MBA |
LA Times Daily |
08 Nov 2022 |
| Skilled practitioner |
The Times Concise |
08 Oct 2022 |
| Become very good at |
USA Today |
24 Sep 2022 |
| Great painter |
Thomas Joseph |
20 Aug 2022 |
| Impressive tactic to overcome disablement |
The Guardian Cryptic |
26 Jan 2022 |
| Expert, genius |
The Telegraph Quick |
24 Oct 2021 |
| Chess expert |
Eugene Sheffer |
21 Oct 2021 |
| Great artist |
The Times Concise |
14 Aug 2021 |
| Get a grip on what Margaret Samuels is concealing in retrospect |
Irish Times Crosaire |
18 May 2021 |
| Guru to half of those in 18 across |
Irish Times Crosaire |
29 Apr 2021 |
| Learn completely |
Thomas Joseph |
24 Apr 2021 |
| Teacher: 'According to Newton's second law, force affects rest' |
|
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| Become proficient in |
Newsday |
05 Jan 2021 |
| One to keep order at sea, mum seconds calls to arrest a sailor |
|
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| Get to grips with meandering stream |
Irish Times Crosaire |
14 Apr 2020 |
| Original depiction of woman going into labour (it's a boy!)? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
03 Apr 2020 |
| Teacher from Michaelmas term |
|
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| Expert |
Universal |
04 Mar 2020 |
| Learn thoroughly |
The Washington Post |
17 Feb 2020 |
| Learn thoroughly |
LA Times Daily |
17 Feb 2020 |
| ___ bedroom (largest bedroom in a house) |
|
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| & 22 Who will give instructions to pack up |
The Telegraph Toughie |
04 Dec 2019 |
| Teacher support about to turn up |
|
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| Gain expertise in Montezuma's Terror |
|
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| Male dog owner |
The Times Concise |
12 Sep 2019 |
| Great artist |
The Times Concise |
02 Sep 2019 |
| Get down |
New York Times |
14 Jun 2019 |
| Put 10,000 hours into, it's said |
New York Times |
24 Apr 2019 |
| Learn from A to Z |
LA Times Daily |
06 Feb 2019 |
| Learn from A to Z |
The Washington Post |
06 Feb 2019 |
| Overcome; great artist |
The Times Concise |
05 Feb 2019 |
| Become an expert in how a term's evolved? |
|
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| Get down pat |
Family Time |
20 Jan 2019 |
| Get down |
|
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| Put 10,000 hours into, it's said |
|
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| Learn from A to Z |
|
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| With 1A, one who painted Mother Cradling Son |
|
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| Teacher married Daisy |
The Telegraph Toughie |
20 Dec 2018 |
| Opens 14 across in Li?ge? |
Irish Times Crosaire |
22 Nov 2018 |
| Half of 14 across working in classy surroundings |
Irish Times Crosaire |
02 Nov 2018 |
| Mum entertains son's teacher |
|
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| Mother cradling head of science teacher |
|
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| ___ Shifu of "Kung Fu Panda" (teacher) |
|
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| Unruly stream for teacher |
The Sun Two Speed |
09 May 2018 |
| Overcome |
The Sun Two Speed |
09 May 2018 |
| Become proficient in |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Mar 2018 |
| Become a pro at |
The Washington Post |
20 Feb 2018 |
| Become a pro at |
LA Times Daily |
20 Feb 2018 |
| Form stream for teacher |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
12 Feb 2018 |
| Become a pro at |
|
|
| Craftsperson of great skill |
Irish Times Simplex |
22 Nov 2017 |
| Design expert who thinks about navigation |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
03 Nov 2017 |
| Become an expert in |
LA Times Daily |
16 Aug 2017 |
| Become an expert in |
The Washington Post |
16 Aug 2017 |
| Pick up a stumping, then English runs follow Moeen's debut |
|
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| An old one is a great European painter |
Irish Times Simplex |
17 Jun 2017 |
| Dominate |
The Telegraph Quick |
14 Jun 2017 |
| Learn thoroughly |
The Telegraph Quick |
30 May 2017 |
| Expert |
The Telegraph Quick |
06 Apr 2017 |
| Strong chess player |
The Times Concise |
07 Feb 2017 |
| Very good chess player |
The Times Concise |
03 Feb 2017 |
| Maestro; teacher |
The Telegraph Quick |
09 Jan 2017 |
| Become an expert in |
|
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| Design expert who thinks about navigation |
|
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| Virtuoso |
The Telegraph Quick |
11 Dec 2016 |
| Artist of consummate skill |
Irish Times Simplex |
16 Nov 2016 |
| Become expert in |
Newsday |
31 Mar 2016 |
| Become expert at |
The Washington Post |
23 Jan 2016 |
| Married Daisy, a teacher |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
02 Nov 2015 |
| Mother admitting son is controlling |
|
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| Become expert in |
|
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| Become expert in |
|
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| Get down |
|
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| Learn thoroughly |
|
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| Get the hang of |
|
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| Become an expert in |
|
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| Get down pat |
|
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| Become an expert in |
|
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| Learn all aspects of |
|
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| Dog's best friend |
|
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| Kind of class or plan |
|
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| Conquer |
|
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| Become an expert in |
|
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| Be able to nail |
|
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| Original document |
|
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| __ of ceremonies (host) |
|
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| Expert |
|
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| Get down pat |
|
|
| Top chess player |
|
|
| Tony, to Jeannie |
|
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| Top chess player |
|
|
| Virtuoso (and word that can follow the end of answers to starred clues) |
|
|
| Tony, to Jeannie |
|
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| Virtuoso (and word that can follow the end of answers to starred clues) |
|
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| Learn how to do |
|
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| Become an expert in |
|
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| Top chess player |
|
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| Part of MC |
|
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| Original document |
|
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| __ of ceremonies |
|
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| Really learn |
|
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| Merchant ship captain |
|
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| Really learn |
|
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| Tony, to Jeannie |
|
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| Dog's owner |
|
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| Original |
|
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| Overcome |
|
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| One with exemplary skill |
|
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| Dog owner |
|
|
| Kind of key |
|
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| Overcome |
|
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| Kind of key |
|
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| Become proficient in |
|
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| Tame |
|
|
| Expert |
|
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| British teacher |
|
|
| MBA word |
|
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| Guru |
|
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| Learn thoroughly |
|
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| Learn completely |
|
|
| Boxer's trainer, e.g. |
|
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| Conquer |
|
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| Kind of class or plan |
|
|
| Zen teacher |
|
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| Perfect |
|
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| Get the hang of |
|
|
| Original |
|
|
| Chess or bridge ranking |
|
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| Grasp |
|
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| Maven |
|
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| Chess expert |
|
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| Crackerjack |
|
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| Overcome |
|
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| Kind of mind or work |
|
|
| Adept bridge player |
|
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| Piece or mind preceder |
|
|
| Captain |
|
|
| Type of plan |
|
|
| Get the hang of |
|
|
| Augusta invitee |
|
|
| Expert |
|
|
| Highly skilled worker |
|
|
| "___, is it I?": Matt. 26:25 |
|
|
| Ibsen's "The ___ Builder" |
|
|
| Top bridge player |
|
|
| Piece or work |
|
|
| Kind of piece or sergeant |
|
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| Subdue |
|
|
| Ibsen's builder |
|
|
| Part of M. A. |
|
|
| What a certain Jack isn't |
|
|
| Chess ace |
|
|
| An accomplished performer. |
|
|
| Expert. |
|
|
| Term of address for a boy. |
|
|
| Vanquish. |
|
|
| "___ Skylark," John Bennett's book for boys. |
|
|
| Junior's title. |
|
|
| Head of the household. |
|
|
| Term of address for a young man. |
|
|
| "The ___ of Ballantrae." |
|
|
| The ___ of Ballantrae.—Stevenson. |
|
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| Skilled workman or artist. |
|
|
| Skilled workman. |
|
|
| Poet Henley, of his fate. |
|
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| Teacher of disciples. |
|
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| Lord. |
|
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| Paterfamilias. |
|
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