| Quick learner |
LA Times Daily |
26 Aug 2025 |
| Unrefined |
Newsday |
09 Aug 2025 |
| Instinctive turn, a lad briefly bamboozled |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
31 Jul 2025 |
| As you'd expect, neither flat nor sharp (7) |
|
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| Brown returns to the mountains, it's to be expected! (7) |
|
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| Bronze erected at top of river not affected |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
11 Jul 2025 |
| Normal sort of note |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
08 Jul 2025 |
| Lacking art, put up brown painting covering opening (7) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
03 Jul 2025 |
| Unspoilt ancient city in old SA province |
The Times Cryptic |
16 Jun 2025 |
| It's inborn for man to take on mountains (7) |
|
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| Normal processing of tarantula at outset (7) |
|
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| Unaffected by a turn performed by a novice |
Mirror Cryptic |
30 May 2025 |
| Innate |
Mirror Quick |
30 May 2025 |
| There's nothing forced about this note (7) |
|
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| Note it is uncultivated (7) |
|
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| As organic fertiliser is - not sharp or flat! (7) |
|
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| Brown climbs mountains, untaught (7) |
|
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| Typical ancient city in old part of Africa |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
22 Apr 2025 |
| Unaffected |
The Times Sunday Concise |
13 Apr 2025 |
| Note person who has an inherent talent (7) |
The Guardian Quiptic |
13 Apr 2025 |
| Not artificial: - beauty |
|
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| No artificial note (7) |
|
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| Adult ran off - no day's ordinary! |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
04 Mar 2025 |
| Not artificial or imitation (7) |
|
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| Genuine or spontaneous |
Mirror Classic |
28 Feb 2025 |
| Uncultivated |
Newsday |
27 Feb 2025 |
| Unaffected by a turn performed by a novice |
Mirror Cryptic |
26 Feb 2025 |
| Unrefined |
Mirror Quick |
26 Feb 2025 |
| Sign flat isn't wanted at this point, for example (7) |
|
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| "Home life is no more ___ to us than a cage is to a cockatoo": George Bernard Shaw (7) |
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| Brown over Russian river unaffected |
The Sun Two Speed |
17 Feb 2025 |
| Unprocessed |
The Sun Two Speed |
17 Feb 2025 |
| Unaffected |
The Telegraph Quick |
12 Feb 2025 |
| Note that's not sharp or flat (7) |
|
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| A normal sort of triangular rig out (7) |
|
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| Unaffected by man, a mountain range (7) |
|
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| Unpretentious note (7) |
|
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| Not synthetic; no additives (7) |
|
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| Not permed |
|
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| Sort of note to be expected (7) |
|
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| Note without artificiality (7) |
|
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| Gifted person neither sharp nor flat (7) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
07 Jan 2025 |
| Insect heading off over Eurasian river and plain |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
27 Dec 2024 |
| Not synthetic or artificial (7) |
|
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| Organic, innate |
|
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| Uncultivated, it's lifelike (7) |
|
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| Normal, unaffected (7) |
|
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| It's instinctive to try to change an ultra (7) |
|
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| Inherent, innate (7) |
|
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| Old city in SA state is relaxed (7) |
|
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| Taking a turn, goes off (a left, as you'd expect) (7) |
|
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| Carole King hit, Womar |
|
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| It's not surprising if novice driver gets AA to turn out (7) |
|
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| It may be illegitimate, just as one would expect (7) |
|
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| Taking a turn out with Albert, as you'd expect (7) |
|
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| Not sharp, not flat and not affected (7) |
|
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| As one would expect (7) |
|
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| & 11Ac. The normal sort of departure (7,5) |
|
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| Not artificial. That's a turn off to a man (7) |
|
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| Functioning or occurring in a normal way (7) |
|
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| Oliver Stone film starring Woody Harrelson, ______Born Killers (7) |
|
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| As expected, the aunt, treated, starts rallying (7) |
|
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| Neither sharp nor flat, in music |
|
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| Open up Rugby Union in old South African province (7) |
|
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| Without pretence, it's neither sharp nor flat (7) |
|
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| A turn that's nasty with one line unaffected |
|
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| As one might expect, ecologists study such history |
|
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| As expected, taking a turn out alone, without one (7) |
|
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| Neither sharp nor flat? That's simple! (7) |
|
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| Note one who has an inborn talent (7) |
|
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| Untouched by human influence (7) |
|
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| Unaffected by this gas (7) |
|
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| Without additives |
Mirror Tea Time |
17 Sep 2024 |
| Not synthetic |
Mirror Quick |
11 Sep 2024 |
| Unaffected by a turn performed by a novice |
Mirror Cryptic |
11 Sep 2024 |
| It's normal for Nathaniel to go by river (7) |
|
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| It is not sharp, neither is it synthetic (7) |
|
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| Our star's baseball movie: The - |
|
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| Not artificial |
Commuter |
28 Aug 2024 |
| Gifted individual a neither flat nor sharp? (7) |
|
|
| Unaffected by a turn performed by a novice |
Mirror Cryptic |
14 Aug 2024 |
| Unrefined |
Mirror Quick |
14 Aug 2024 |
| It's neither sharp nor flat (7) |
The Guardian Quick |
30 Jul 2024 |
| Like an Afro hairstyle |
New York Times |
24 Jul 2024 |
| Without additives |
Mirror Tea Time |
17 Jul 2024 |
| Not affected by character largely shown by Capone (7) |
|
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| Unaffected open |
|
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| Unaffected |
The Sun Two Speed |
27 Jun 2024 |
| Unforced, one may cancel a flat |
The Sun Two Speed |
27 Jun 2024 |
| Seeing old city in old province is not far-fetched |
The Telegraph Toughie |
18 Jun 2024 |
| Note not affected (7) |
|
|
| Genuine, spontaneous |
Mirror Classic |
11 Jun 2024 |
| Not dyed, it's to be expected |
|
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| Isn't forced to be such a fool (7) |
|
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| Innate, instinctive (talent) (7) |
|
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| Note of birth around old city (7) |
|
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| ___ gas (type of fossil fuel) (7) |
|
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| Old city in Natal is unaffected (7) |
|
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| Character on staff who clearly has aptitude for job? |
|
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| Ordinary person sure to succeed |
The Sun Two Speed |
17 May 2024 |
| Unaffected |
The Sun Two Speed |
17 May 2024 |
| "(You Make Me Feel Like) a - Woman" |
|
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| Notably lacking sharpness or flatness (7) |
|
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| ___ History Museum, London attraction (7) |
|
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| ____ therapy, treatment based on the ability of the body to heal itself (7) |
|
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| For Alan to break out of a terrible rut is reasonable (7) |
|
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| This note is not man-made (7) |
|
|
| Talented person is completely unspoilt (7) |
|
|
| It's quite normal that Mr Gore might take a turn (7) |
|
|
| The French turn to a more normal way |
|
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| Living in the wild, not a flat (7) |
|
|
| It is, as one would expect, unaffected (7) |
|
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| Inherent, unrefined (7) |
|
|
| Gifted - organic |
The Guardian Quick |
25 Apr 2024 |
| Gifted a organic (7) |
|
|
| Unaffected ancient city in S African province (7) |
|
|
| It is not affected by sharp or flat (7) |
|
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| Inborn, spontaneous (7) |
|
|
| Gifted individual is not affected |
|
|
| This gas is unaffected (7) |
|
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| Happening in the usual course (7) |
|
|
| An ultra becomes unaffected (7) |
|
|
| Unaltered |
Mirror Quick |
10 Apr 2024 |
| Unaffected by a turn performed by a student |
Mirror Cryptic |
10 Apr 2024 |
| Not made by humans |
|
|
| National river, just as you'd expect (7) |
|
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| Like unprocessed food |
USA Today |
25 Mar 2024 |
| An ultra revolutionary is unaffected |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
18 Mar 2024 |
| One who has an innate talent for a task or activity (7) |
|
|
| Occurring organically |
|
|
| 'The --', 1952 novel by Bernard Malamud (7) |
|
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| As one would expect, a turn a novice-driver makes (7) |
|
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| It is inherent in one to be a certainty (7) |
|
|
| It's normal to be unaffected (7) |
|
|
| Old place of birth outlined in note (7) |
|
|
| Old place of birth outlined in note |
The Telegraph Toughie |
27 Feb 2024 |
| Unaffected by a turn performed by a student |
Mirror Cryptic |
21 Feb 2024 |
| Innate |
Mirror Quick |
21 Feb 2024 |
| Any white note on a piano (7) |
|
|
| & 26 Across. Illustrate once an unusually evolutionary concept (7,9) |
|
|
| Organic, additive-free |
Mirror Tea Time |
16 Feb 2024 |
| Best kind of foods (7) |
|
|
| It's quite normal for Al to put on a turn |
|
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| Conforming with nature, (7) |
|
|
| It's normal to be neither sharp nor flat (7) |
|
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| Organic? It's intuitive! (7) |
|
|
| Not an artificial note (7) |
|
|
| Not sharp or flat |
Commuter |
27 Jan 2024 |
| Sign flat for example isn't wanted here (7) |
|
|
| An ultra going berserk as usual (7) |
|
|
| Unaffected in manner (7) |
|
|
| Genuine or spontaneous |
Mirror Classic |
15 Jan 2024 |
| Unaffected music from Imagine Dragons on a single and Mekons on album (7) |
|
|
| 'The ___' 1952 novel by Bernard Malamud (7) |
|
|
| Innate |
The Telegraph Quick |
08 Jan 2024 |
| It's only normal for Alan to be in a rut! |
|
|
| Marketing kin of "organic" |
LA Times Daily |
21 Dec 2023 |
| Unaffected person with an inherent talent (7) |
|
|
| Not artificial - that's to be expected (7) |
|
|
| Unadulterated (7) |
Puzzler |
20 Dec 2023 |
| Twisted octangular cog dropped as expected |
|
|
| Present in or produced by nature (7) |
|
|
| An ultra sloshed is wild |
|
|
| It's only normal to find an altar at the United Nations |
|
|
| Spontaneous routine |
|
|
| Organic, unprocessed |
The Times Concise |
09 Nov 2023 |
| Gifted individual – neither flat nor sharp? |
The Guardian Quick |
16 Oct 2023 |
| Unrefined ancient city in African province |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
19 Sep 2023 |
| Unsophisticated |
The Guardian Quick |
16 Aug 2023 |
| Not artificial |
Family Time |
14 Aug 2023 |
| This cancellation of a flat making you wild |
The Times Cryptic |
05 Jul 2023 |
| Normal |
The Telegraph Quick |
06 Jun 2023 |
| & 15 'Attrition' used to be something to label occupying a neutral ground |
The Telegraph Toughie |
19 May 2023 |
| Ordinary |
The Telegraph Quick |
06 May 2023 |
| Instinctive person sure to succeed |
The Telegraph Toughie |
02 May 2023 |
| Brown rejected name associated with mountains — genuine |
The Guardian Cryptic |
05 Apr 2023 |
| Innate |
The Telegraph Quick |
16 Mar 2023 |
| One sure to succeed Brown going up river |
The Telegraph Toughie |
22 Feb 2023 |
| This selection produced all sorts of creatures |
The Guardian Cryptic |
19 Dec 2022 |
| Unaffected |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Nov 2022 |
| Unpretentious character on the staff |
The Times Cryptic |
08 Nov 2022 |
| Spontaneous individual assured of success |
The Telegraph Toughie |
15 Sep 2022 |
| __ gas |
LA Times Daily |
11 Aug 2022 |
| Unaffected |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Jul 2022 |
| Artless |
Thomas Joseph |
09 Jun 2022 |
| Eccentric aunt carrying type of bomb in both hands — it's normal |
The Guardian Cryptic |
25 May 2022 |
| Quick learner, free from affectation |
The Times Cryptic |
18 May 2022 |
| Word before "gas" or "disaster" |
|
|
| Someone sure to succeed but isn't sharp |
|
|
| Unrefined person sure to succeed |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
15 Sep 2021 |
| Innate |
The Telegraph Quick |
05 Sep 2021 |
| Common brown climbing flower |
|
|
| Genuine person who's the obvious choice |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
04 Aug 2021 |
| In Paris, the routine article is put over as genuine |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
02 Jul 2021 |
| Note one that's certain to be a success |
|
|
| One with inborn talent |
The Washington Post |
16 May 2021 |
| One with inborn talent |
LA Times Daily |
16 May 2021 |
| Unforced, one may cancel a flat |
|
|
| Ordinary |
The Telegraph Quick |
30 Mar 2021 |
| ___ Bridges National Monument, popular stargazing spot in the US known for its canyons |
|
|
| Brown over Russian river unaffected |
The Sun Two Speed |
18 Feb 2021 |
| Unprocessed |
The Sun Two Speed |
18 Feb 2021 |
| Quick learner, free from affectation |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
01 Feb 2021 |
| Normal |
The Telegraph Quick |
26 Jan 2021 |
| Unaffected |
The Sun Two Speed |
18 Jan 2021 |
| Ordinary person sure to succeed |
The Sun Two Speed |
18 Jan 2021 |
| Organic |
The Telegraph Quick |
17 Jan 2021 |
| Not man-made |
The Times Concise |
09 Jan 2021 |
| "A ___ Woman: A Memoir," 2012 memoir by musician Carole King |
|
|
| Genuine certainty |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
09 Dec 2020 |
| Occasionally appearing old, a group trains over common |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
20 Nov 2020 |
| Quick learner |
Jonesin |
17 Nov 2020 |
| . An accidental certainty? |
|
|
| Instinctive |
Universal |
03 Oct 2020 |
| Innate |
The Telegraph Quick |
02 Oct 2020 |
| Spontaneous Aunt travelled by rail wanting independence |
|
|
| Unprocessed |
The Telegraph Quick |
26 Sep 2020 |
| Brown's up on mountain that is unspoiled |
|
|
| Logical; unaffected |
The Telegraph Quick |
07 Aug 2020 |
| Unaffected |
The Telegraph Quick |
05 Aug 2020 |
| Wild, as is to be expected |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
27 Jul 2020 |
| Raw note |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
16 Jul 2020 |
| Normal; innate |
The Telegraph Quick |
06 Jul 2020 |
| Logical person sure to succeed |
The Sun Two Speed |
23 Jun 2020 |
| North-flowing brown river not man-made |
|
|
| Inborn; unaffected |
The Telegraph Quick |
17 Jun 2020 |
| Unrefined person sure to succeed |
|
|
| Makeup-free |
Universal |
27 May 2020 |
| Like some hair |
USA Today |
27 Mar 2020 |
| Not artificial; off-white |
The Times Concise |
02 Mar 2020 |
| Normal insect dropping head on flower |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
29 Dec 2019 |
| Effortlessly talented, score mark? |
|
|
| Sun to rise on river? That's normal |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
03 Dec 2019 |
| Rising brown river is untreated |
|
|
| Cruelly decapitated tarantula, twice: that's normal |
|
|
| Instinctive |
The Telegraph Quick |
10 Nov 2019 |
| Brown's up on mountain that is unspoiled |
|
|
| Cruelly decapitated tarantula, twice: that's normal |
|
|
| Yellowish brown rising Russian river's not abnormal |
The Telegraph Toughie |
01 Oct 2019 |
| Old city in old South African province is as normal as it gets |
Irish Times Crosaire |
10 Aug 2019 |
| Unaffected |
Universal |
05 Jul 2019 |
| Unrefined person sure to succeed |
The Sun Two Speed |
16 Jun 2019 |
| Ant scrambled up mountain without man's involvement |
|
|
| Not artificial |
The Telegraph Quick |
07 May 2019 |
| Ant scrambled up mountain without man's involvement |
|
|
| Artificial's opposite |
Universal |
25 Mar 2019 |
| Not man-made; off-white |
The Times Concise |
26 Feb 2019 |
| Free of additives |
Thomas Joseph |
04 Feb 2019 |
| Not artificial |
Family Time |
27 Jan 2019 |
| Ancient city in former British colony is not affected |
|
|
| Unaffected |
|
|
| Artificial's opposite |
|
|
| ___ gas, non-renewable energy source which is a combination of different compounds, mainly methane |
|
|
| Unaffected |
The Guardian Speedy |
11 Nov 2018 |
| Something that occurs or grows by itself, like a rainforest |
|
|
| Normal; off-white |
The Times Concise |
26 Jul 2018 |
| Ebbing brown river, pure |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
02 Jul 2018 |
| Old city in South African province is unspoilt |
|
|
| Turning brown, Russian river, as is to be expected |
|
|
| A nut nutty, real not English, unprocessed |
The Sun Two Speed |
04 Mar 2018 |
| Not artificial |
The Sun Two Speed |
04 Mar 2018 |
| Unspoilt |
The Telegraph Quick |
03 Jan 2018 |
| Note talented performer |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
30 Dec 2017 |
| Logical person sure to succeed? |
|
|
| Talented actor, perhaps, not wearing make-up? |
|
|
| Note jury not taking sides in old African province |
|
|
| Normal person who's the obvious choice |
|
|
| Old city in South African province, looks genuine... |
|
|
| Sincere kind of note |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
20 Jul 2017 |
| Innate |
Newsday |
26 May 2017 |
| Cheers up with lunar shot being seen around common |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
18 Apr 2017 |
| Return of a pothole in road shortly to be expected? |
The Times Cryptic |
01 Dec 2016 |
| Innate; unaffected |
The Telegraph Quick |
17 Oct 2016 |
| Free from affectation |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Sep 2016 |
| A left turn with a rambling virgin |
|
|
| In part of Africa once, you are reportedly not affected |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
19 Jun 2016 |
| Plain — lifelike |
The Guardian Quick |
21 May 2016 |
| Typical old city in region of Africa |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
22 Mar 2016 |
| Word before gas or disaster |
New York Times |
07 Mar 2016 |
| Without additives |
LA Times Daily |
26 Jan 2016 |
| Without additives |
|
|
| Old city in South African province is chemical-free |
|
|
| Small number at Russian river, as is to be expected |
|
|
| Unforced musical note |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
10 Sep 2015 |
| Spontaneous surging beat overseas runner |
The Telegraph Toughie |
21 Aug 2015 |
| Accidental standard |
|
|
| Normal; not sharp or flat |
The Times Concise |
22 May 2015 |
| Illegitimate one acts up really frequently |
|
|
| Uncultivated |
Newsday |
14 May 2015 |
| It's expected to be unaffected |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
11 May 2015 |
| Organic cane raised near Russian river |
|
|
| Spontaneous type of note? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
14 Apr 2015 |
| Quick learner |
New York Times |
10 Mar 2015 |
| Kin of organic, at the grocery store |
LA Times Daily |
02 Mar 2015 |
| Turning brown - Russian river, as is to be expected |
|
|
| Kin of organic, at the grocery store |
|
|
| Uncultivated |
|
|
| Like organic food |
|
|
| Quick learner |
|
|
| Turning brown – Russian river, as is to be expected |
|
|
| Native solver is speaking in Zulu region |
|
|
| Conservationists keeping a river chemical-free |
|
|
| Mr. ___ (R. Crumb character) |
|
|
| Expert despite little training |
|
|
| Undyed |
|
|
| Unaffected note |
|
|
| Raw |
|
|
| Word with "beauty" or "disaster" |
|
|
| Seven, for one |
|
|
| 7 or 11 on the opening roll at craps is an example of a ___ number |
|
|
| With 93 Down, urge |
|
|
| Word with leader or disaster |
|
|
| Disaster precursor? |
|
|
| Afro |
|
|
| 7 or 11, in craps |
|
|
| Chemical-free |
|
|
| Like sugar vis-à-vis Equal |
|
|
| Unaffected |
|
|
| Spontaneous |
|
|
| 7 or 11, in Vegas |
|
|
| Roll of 7 or 11 |
|
|
| 7 or 11, in craps |
|
|
| Musical symbol that negates a sharp or flat |
|
|
| EITHER NUMBER IN 35-ACROSS |
|
|
| Sharp nullifier |
|
|
| Untouched |
|
|
| Musical symbol |
|
|
| Not man-made |
|
|
| Roy Hobbs (with "the") |
|
|
| Seven, in casinos |
|
|
| Blackjack, in blackjack |
|
|
| Free of artificiality |
|
|
| Musical mark |
|
|
| Neither sharp nor flat |
|
|
| Roll of 7 or 11 |
|
|
| Pure |
|
|
| Chemical-free |
|
|
| 7 or 11, initially, at a 1-Across |
|
|
| Word before beauty or bridge |
|
|
| Casino winner |
|
|
| Seven, e.g. |
|
|
| Epithet for Roy Hobbs |
|
|
| 7 or 11, in Vegas |
|
|
| 7 or 11 |
|
|
| 7 or 11, to Sky Masterson |
|
|
| In pure form |
|
|
| White key on a piano |
|
|
| Work by 14 Down, with "The": 1952 |
|
|
| Unaffected |
|
|
| Seven or eleven |
|
|
| Inherent |
|
|
| Dicer's seven |
|
|
| Inborn |
|
|
| Uncultivated |
|
|
| Dicer's "lucky 7" |
|
|
| Dicer's lucky throw |
|
|
| Dice throw |
|
|
| Good dice throw |
|
|
| Initial dice throw of 7 or 11 |
|
|
| Artless |
|
|
| Pianoforte key. |
|
|
| At ease. |
|
|
| Inborn. |
|
|
| Neither sharp nor flat. |
|
|
| Without affectations. |
|
|
| Lifelike. |
|
|
| Ordinary. |
|
|
| Unassuming. |
|
|
| ___ Bridge, formerly property of Thomas Jefferson. |
|
|
| Unaffected. |
|
|
| With nothing added |
|
|
| Unaffected |
|
|
| Innate. |
|
|
| Anything immediately successful: Slang. |
|
|
| Musical sign. |
|
|
| Not synthetic. |
|
|
| "As large as life and twice as __." Lewis Carroll. |
|
|
| Instinctive. |
|
|
| Free from affectation. |
|
|
| Unassumed. |
|
|
| Without mannerisms. |
|
|
| Real. |
|
|
| Unadulterated. |
|
|
| ___ gas. |
|
|
| Life-like. |
|
|