| Stealth fighter in the first month with a number moving to the front |
The Times Mephisto |
31 Aug 2025 |
| Espionage and assassination in Japan partly his job (5) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
19 Aug 2025 |
| Symbol of stealth |
New York Times |
14 Aug 2025 |
| Martial arts exponent contributing to tradition in Japan (5) |
The Guardian Quiptic |
10 Aug 2025 |
| Japanese warrior |
Commuter |
25 Jul 2025 |
| Nurse from town near Dumfries coming up (5) |
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| Masked warrior partially hidden in Jakarta |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
21 Jul 2025 |
| Stealthy assassin with a sword |
New York Times |
15 Jul 2025 |
| Trained Japanese assassin |
|
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| Stealthy Japanese warrior |
New York Times |
07 Jul 2025 |
| Assassin in Japan hides assassin in Japan (5) |
|
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| Feudal Japanese assassin |
Universal |
25 Jun 2025 |
| Odd characters ignored ancient agreement for German assassin |
|
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| Highly skilled spy caught in action in Japan (5) |
|
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| Which type of warrior came about because the Samurai code forbade stealth assassination? (5) |
|
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| Heroes in a half-shell (Teenage Mutant ___-- Turtles) |
|
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| Espionage expert opposing German votes with leading European abstaining |
|
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| Stealthy Japanese fighter (5) |
Mirror Classic |
06 Jun 2025 |
| Some hitman in Japan? |
|
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| Skilled fighter in feudal Japan (5) |
|
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| Spy also called a shinobi |
USA Today |
28 May 2025 |
| Black-clad fighter |
|
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| "Teenage Mutant ___ Turtles," multimedia franchise about four crime-fighting turtles that took over cereal boxes in the early '90s |
|
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| Stealthy spy girl Juliet enters |
The Telegraph Toughie |
09 May 2025 |
| Silent but deadly sort |
New York Times Mini |
05 May 2025 |
| Masked warrior |
Newsday |
02 May 2025 |
| Japanese covert agent (5) |
|
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| "Teenage Mutant ___ Turtles" |
|
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| Japanese mercenary |
The Sun Two Speed |
20 Apr 2025 |
| Japanese martial arts practitioner (5) |
The Guardian Speedy |
20 Apr 2025 |
| Silent killer: is it Simone who throttles Jack? |
The Sun Two Speed |
20 Apr 2025 |
| One skilled in the Japanese martial art of ninjutsu |
Mirror Quiz |
17 Apr 2025 |
| Warrior discovering gun in Jammu (5) |
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| Feudal Japanese mercenary noted for espionage (5) |
|
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| Japanese assassin |
The Telegraph Quick |
28 Mar 2025 |
| Fabled figure in feudal Japan |
New York Times |
27 Mar 2025 |
| Fighter captured by cameraman in Jaipur (5) |
The Guardian Quiptic |
23 Mar 2025 |
| Medieval saboteur |
|
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| Which type of warrior emerged because their covert methods of waging war were considered dishonourable and below the code of the Samurai? (5) |
|
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| A named Tiarella (foam flower); ancient Japanese martial arts mercenary (5) |
|
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| Cartoon: Teenage Mutant -- Turtles |
|
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| Scorpion, in Mortal Kombat, e.g. |
USA Today |
31 Jan 2025 |
| Person involved in assassination in Japan? (5) |
|
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| Assassin in feudal Japan |
USA Today |
19 Jan 2025 |
| Person skilled in the Japanese martial art of ninjutsu (5) |
|
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| Hitman in Jamaica concealing another killer |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
15 Jan 2025 |
| Silent killer: is it Simone throttling Jack? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
14 Jan 2025 |
| Covert mercenary |
The Telegraph Quick |
04 Jan 2025 |
| Person skilled in ninjutsu (5) |
|
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| Stealthy warrior |
Commuter |
31 Dec 2024 |
| Person trained in Japanese martial arts, used for espionage and assassination. (5) |
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| Japanese mercenary |
Premier Sunday |
29 Dec 2024 |
| Assassin skilled in martial arts |
New York Times Mini |
11 Dec 2024 |
| Indian regularly ignored assent from German warrior (5) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
09 Dec 2024 |
| Warrior seized by assassin in Japan (5) |
The Guardian Quick |
07 Dec 2024 |
| Warrior seized by assassin in Japan (5) |
The Guardian Quick Cryptic |
07 Dec 2024 |
| Cartoon series, Teenage Mutant ___-- Turtles (5) |
|
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| Feudal mercenary in prison in Japan (5) |
|
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| Jack aboard Christopher's ship fighting artist |
|
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| Japanese martial artist |
|
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| Japanese martia artist |
|
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| Man in jail gives away mail to ancient Japanese fighter (5) |
|
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| "Teenage Mutant ___ Turtles" |
New York Times Mini |
23 Oct 2024 |
| Stealthy Japanese fighter |
Universal |
22 Oct 2024 |
| Mercenary, one going to New Jersey in North America (5) |
|
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| Stealthy fighter |
The Telegraph Quick |
20 Oct 2024 |
| Feudal Japanese assassin, spy (5) |
|
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| Japanese martial arts warrior |
Newsday |
25 Sep 2024 |
| "Teenage Mutant ___ Turtles" |
|
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| Feudal Japan spy |
|
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| One trained in ancient Japanese martial arts |
|
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| Ninjutsu fighter |
|
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| Assassin in Japan strangles assassin in Japan |
|
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| Teenage Mutant ___ Turtles |
Universal |
22 Aug 2024 |
| Stealthy Japanese fighter |
Universal |
21 Jul 2024 |
| One who historically didn't wear all black, despite popular depiction |
New York Times |
25 Jun 2024 |
| Teenage Mutant _ Turtles - heroes in a half-shell! (5) |
|
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| Japanese guerrilla (5) |
|
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| Japanese martial arts expert |
|
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| Assassin, Jack boards Columbus's ship |
|
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| Ancient Japanese spy and assassin (5) |
|
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| Japanese trained assassin (5) |
|
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| Stealthy assassin |
Universal |
03 Jun 2024 |
| Martial artist and killer |
The Telegraph Quick |
02 Jun 2024 |
| Grandmother from town near Dumfries coming up (5) |
|
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| Medieval assassin with a shuriken |
USA Today |
01 Jun 2024 |
| Japanese warrior |
Commuter |
18 May 2024 |
| Name in Japan associated with a trained spy (5) |
|
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| Japanese martial arts fighter |
|
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| Man in Japan disguised as assassin (5) |
|
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| Japanese warrior |
Commuter |
07 May 2024 |
| Covert agent of feudal Japan |
USA Today |
02 May 2024 |
| Martial arts mercenary |
LA Times Mini |
29 Apr 2024 |
| Japanese expert in espionage |
|
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| Far Eastern assassin (5) |
The Guardian Quick |
26 Apr 2024 |
| Stealthy Japanese assassin |
Universal |
24 Apr 2024 |
| Japanese martial-arts warrior |
Newsday |
24 Apr 2024 |
| Black-clad warrior |
|
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| One skilled in ninjutsu (5) |
|
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| Nimble assassin |
|
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| Throwing-star thrower |
|
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| Martial arts movie figure |
|
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| Covert operator in unit measuring energy aboard old Spanish ship |
The Guardian Cryptic |
21 Mar 2024 |
| Covered in tannin, Japanese person skilled in camouflage (5) |
|
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| Stealthy spy or assassin in feudal Japan |
The Times Concise |
05 Mar 2024 |
| Janine went East for her mutant turtle? (5) |
|
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| Oriental warriors are inside, even in Japan (5) |
|
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| Stealth fighter from Japan |
|
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| Assassin of medieval Japan |
USA Today |
29 Jan 2024 |
| Martial arts expert clipped figure, yes, in Germany (5) |
|
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| The ronin Jackal found within an assassin (5) |
|
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| Martial arts mercenary |
Eugene Sheffer |
05 Jan 2024 |
| First blank in "American ___ ___" |
|
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| Cartoon TV show, Teenage Mutant ----- Turtles (5) |
|
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| Strong, silent type? |
New York Times |
20 Dec 2023 |
| A big, green, sword-wielding Superbike? (5) |
|
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| Train in January to hold stealthy fighter |
|
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| Stealthy killer (5) |
|
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| Stealthy killer |
The Telegraph Quick |
26 Nov 2023 |
| Stealthy assassin |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Nov 2023 |
| Old Japanese assassin |
The Guardian Quick |
04 Nov 2023 |
| Ancient mercenary |
Newsday |
26 Oct 2023 |
| Japanese assassin |
Thomas Joseph |
21 Oct 2023 |
| Japanese martial-arts warrior |
Newsday |
18 Oct 2023 |
| Medieval Japanese mercenary warrior |
The Guardian Quick |
13 Sep 2023 |
| Japanese sneaker? |
New York Times |
07 Sep 2023 |
| Stealthy exponent of a Japanese martial art |
The Times Concise |
26 Aug 2023 |
| Simone grapples with Jack, a martial art expert |
The Times Cryptic |
09 Aug 2023 |
| Spy translation of Noyes in German, not English? |
The Guardian Cryptic |
31 May 2023 |
| Ancient Japanese spy |
Universal |
24 May 2023 |
| Japanese assassin |
The Telegraph Quick |
05 May 2023 |
| Jack held hostage by girl assassin |
The Times Cryptic |
04 May 2023 |
| Hired killer from Daisen, in Japan |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
20 Apr 2023 |
| Sword-wielding fighter of feudal Japan |
New York Times |
12 Apr 2023 |
| Assassin rubbing out English in disagreement among Germans? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
21 Mar 2023 |
| Shogun's warrior |
Newsday |
03 Mar 2023 |
| Japanese stealth warrior |
|
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| Stealthy mercenary of feudal Japan |
Universal |
19 Jan 2023 |
| Japanese warrior |
The Guardian Speedy |
01 Jan 2023 |
| "American ___ Warrior" (sports entertainment reality show) |
|
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| 14th-century Japanese warrior hired for espionage and assassinations |
The Guardian Quick |
02 Sep 2022 |
| Japanese combatant seen in jazzy trousers |
The Times Cryptic |
23 Aug 2022 |
| Nunchaku wielder in a martial arts film, maybe |
The Washington Post Sunday |
20 Mar 2022 |
| Assassin held in Benin jail |
|
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| Stealthy assassin |
The Times Concise |
06 Mar 2022 |
| "Teenage Mutant ___ Turtles" |
|
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| Masked assassin is somewhat forlorn in jail |
The Times Cryptic |
29 Dec 2021 |
| Secret agent hired by a samurai warrior, maybe |
The Washington Post Sunday |
10 Oct 2021 |
| Medieval Japanese assassin |
USA Today |
08 Oct 2021 |
| How to say 'one skilled in martial art from Japan' in Japanese |
|
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| “American ___ Warrior” |
New York Times |
28 Sep 2021 |
| Japanese martial arts practitioner |
The Telegraph Quick |
26 Aug 2021 |
| Some assassin in Japan |
|
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| Hitman in Japan's hidden? |
|
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| Literally, ''stealthy person'' |
Newsday |
21 Aug 2021 |
| Assassin of old Japan |
New York Times |
16 Aug 2021 |
| Woman receiving judge, a martial art expert |
|
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| "Teenage Mutant ___ Turtles," animated series about four anthropomorphic turtles that first ran from 1987 to 1996 |
|
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| Hitman in Japan‘s hidden? |
|
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| Silent killer of men in Japan |
|
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| Japanese martial-arts warrior |
Newsday |
17 May 2021 |
| Martial art expert in town in Japan |
|
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| Stealthy mercenary |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Apr 2021 |
| Assassin in old Japan |
USA Today |
09 Apr 2021 |
| One might assassinate knight in German agreement |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
12 Mar 2021 |
| Martial arts mercenary |
Eugene Sheffer |
27 Feb 2021 |
| Stealthy warrior |
LA Times Daily |
27 Jan 2021 |
| Stealthy warrior |
The Washington Post |
27 Jan 2021 |
| Hitmen in Japan? One among that lot |
|
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| Japanese spy |
The Times Concise |
01 Jan 2021 |
| Comic's "Teenage Mutant ___ Turtles" |
|
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| Japanese assassin held in Benin jail |
|
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| "American ___ Warrior," game show featuring obstacle courses across American cities |
|
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| Covert mercenary in position in Jamaica |
|
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| Assassin hiding in town in Japan |
|
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| "Teenage Mutant ___ Turtles" |
|
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| Japanese warrior |
Newsday |
13 Oct 2020 |
| Some woman in Japan is killer |
The Sun Two Speed |
13 Oct 2020 |
| Covert mercenary |
The Sun Two Speed |
13 Oct 2020 |
| "American ___ Warrior," sports reality show that is based on the Japanese show "Sasuke" |
|
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| 'Assassin in Japan' covers it |
The Telegraph Toughie |
08 Oct 2020 |
| One involved in assassination in Japan? |
|
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| Martial art expert's home in New Jersey area |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
29 Jun 2020 |
| Girl trapping judge's assassin |
|
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| Japanese mercenary |
The Sun Two Speed |
04 Jun 2020 |
| Killer in position in Jamaica |
The Sun Two Speed |
04 Jun 2020 |
| Trained assassin captured by American in Jamaica |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
16 May 2020 |
| Mercenary pair of Nationalists securing international agreement in Berlin |
|
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| Medieval Japanese spy |
USA Today |
07 Apr 2020 |
| Camouflaged assassin in Japan? |
|
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| Agile agent of films |
Newsday |
28 Mar 2020 |
| Killer allergen in jam sandwiches |
|
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| Assassin from town in Japan |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
07 Mar 2020 |
| Some assassin in Japan! |
The Sun Two Speed |
03 Feb 2020 |
| Martial art expert in competition in Japan |
|
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| Assassin infiltrating town in Japan |
|
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| One shooting stars |
Newsday |
16 Nov 2019 |
| Stealthy fighter |
New York Times |
29 Oct 2019 |
| Stealthy fighter |
|
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| Comic's "Teenage Mutant ___ Turtles" |
|
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| Stealthy masked warrior |
|
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| Skilled assassin from martial arts action movies |
|
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| Japanese warrior |
The Sun Two Speed |
16 Aug 2019 |
| Stealthy attacker |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Jul 2019 |
| 'American ___ Warrior' (NBC competition series) |
New York Times |
26 Jun 2019 |
| Assassin from town in Japan |
The Sun Two Speed |
26 Jun 2019 |
| Eastern assassin in prison in Japan |
|
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| Killer policeman in Jamaica is hiding |
|
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| Assassin in Japan's concealed? |
|
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| Stealthy fighter |
LA Times Daily |
14 Jun 2019 |
| Stealthy fighter |
The Washington Post |
14 Jun 2019 |
| Assassin popular in New Jersey area |
|
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| Japanese stealth fighter |
The Times Concise |
24 May 2019 |
| Person skilled in Japanese camouflage |
The Telegraph General Knowledge |
12 May 2019 |
| "Teenage Mutant ____ Turtles" |
|
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| Martial arts warrior |
Eugene Sheffer |
03 May 2019 |
| Japanese assassin |
The Times Concise |
28 Apr 2019 |
| Assassin from Japan somewhat forgotten in Jamaica |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
23 Apr 2019 |
| . Person in Japan showing expertise in martial arts, that's his thing |
|
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| Japanese fighter |
The Telegraph Quick |
29 Jan 2019 |
| They could kill & maim, say |
|
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| "American ___ Warrior" (NBC competition series) |
|
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| Stealthy attacker |
|
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| Stealthy fighter |
|
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| Japanese assassin |
The Telegraph Quick |
28 Sep 2018 |
| Assassin arrested by Lenin jailed |
|
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| Assassination in Japan might be seen to involve one |
|
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| "Teenage Mutant ___ Turtles" |
|
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| Masked warrior in black |
Premier Sunday |
26 Aug 2018 |
| Masked warrior |
Newsday |
20 Jul 2018 |
| Man in Japan bit assassin |
|
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| Japanese fighter |
The Times Concise |
20 Jun 2018 |
| Mercenary, hooligan in jail, arrested |
|
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| Old Japanese assassin |
Irish Times Simplex |
22 May 2018 |
| Hangman in jail grabbing fighter from the east |
|
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| Japanese assassin/spy |
The Times Concise |
06 Apr 2018 |
| Japanese assassin |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Mar 2018 |
| Teenage Mutant Turtles |
Eugene Sheffer |
20 Mar 2018 |
| Mercenary in feudal Japan |
The Telegraph General Knowledge |
04 Mar 2018 |
| Stealthy warrior |
|
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| Stealthy attacker |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
01 Dec 2017 |
| Any of four turtle toons |
Newsday |
17 Sep 2017 |
| Black-clad Japanese warrior |
|
|
| Fighter — German of course — holding aloft ensign regularly |
|
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| Asian assassin |
Thomas Joseph |
09 Aug 2017 |
| A hired assassin in Japan was caught |
|
|
| Spy kept in isolation in jail |
|
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| Shuriken thrower |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Jun 2017 |
| Killer woman is going around Jharkhand's capital... |
|
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| Warrior sheltered by woman in jail |
|
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| Japanese stealth fighter |
|
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| Spy kept in isolation in jail |
|
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| Something of an assassin in Japan |
|
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| Jack in girl, trained assassin |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
18 Mar 2017 |
| Raphael or Leonardo, in fiction |
LA Times Daily |
03 Mar 2017 |
| Raphael or Leonardo, in fiction |
The Washington Post |
03 Mar 2017 |
| Stealthy mercenary |
The Washington Post |
23 Feb 2017 |
| Japanese warrior |
The Telegraph Quick |
03 Feb 2017 |
| Fighter contributing to disruption in jail |
The Times Cryptic |
19 Jan 2017 |
| Stealthy attacker |
|
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| Turtle of comics and film |
LA Times Daily |
18 Dec 2016 |
| Some pain in jalapeños that may hit unexpectedly? |
|
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| Fourteenth-century Japanese assassin |
Irish Times Simplex |
08 Oct 2016 |
| Masked assassin |
The Washington Post |
14 Aug 2016 |
| Far Eastern mercenary |
Premier Sunday |
24 Jul 2016 |
| Primarily no income, no jobs, assets needed for this loan in US |
|
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| German denial followed by confirmation after expulsion of eastern assassin |
The Telegraph Toughie |
11 May 2016 |
| Teenage Mutant ... Turtle (toy) |
Irish Times Simplex |
26 Apr 2016 |
| 'American ___ Warrior' |
Jonesin |
01 Mar 2016 |
| Man in black |
LA Times Daily |
27 Feb 2016 |
| Man in black, perhaps |
New York Times |
15 Jan 2016 |
| Turtle of comics and film |
|
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| Man in black, perhaps |
|
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| Storied assassin |
New York Times |
10 Dec 2015 |
| New elected judge, a martial art expert |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
27 Oct 2015 |
| Mercenary spy ending in prison, in prison not half! |
|
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| One may be silent but deadly |
Jonesin |
06 Aug 2015 |
| Popular judge in North America is mercenary |
|
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| Fighter held by captain in Jaws |
The Times Cryptic |
21 May 2015 |
| Toughie from John, primarily introducing what a crossword can offer? On the contrary |
|
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| Japanese spy or assassin |
The Times Concise |
10 Apr 2015 |
| Assassin retrieves article on James the First going to Ulster |
Irish Times Crosaire |
03 Apr 2015 |
| Turtle in a 2014 film |
LA Times Daily |
26 Mar 2015 |
| Assassin in Japan seen here |
|
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| At home during January, make up with first three characters from 16 down in Japanese context |
Irish Times Crosaire |
26 Jan 2015 |
| Black-clad mercenary |
Premier Sunday |
04 Jan 2015 |
| Turtle in a 2014 film |
|
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| Asian assassin |
|
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| Black-clad mercenary |
|
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| Storied assassin |
|
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| Japanese spy English extract from conflicting German responses |
|
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| Martial arts mercenary |
|
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| Japanese sneaker? |
|
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| Masked Japanese fighter |
|
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| Japanese assassin |
|
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| Martial-arts mercenary |
|
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| Asian assassin |
|
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| Who'll make name in Japanese art, first and foremost? |
|
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| Black-clad assassin |
|
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| Masked warrior |
|
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| Masked assassin |
|
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| Martial arts mercenary |
|
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| Figure of stealth |
|
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| Covert agent dressed in black |
|
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| Martial arts mercenary |
|
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| Masked warrior |
|
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| Masked assassin |
|
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| Mercenary of yore |
|
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| Certain warrior |
|
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| Assassin in black |
|
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| Kusarigama wielder |
|
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| One of a reptilian comics quartet |
|
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| Agent in black |
|
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| Teenage Mutant ___ Turtles |
|
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| Stealthy assassin |
|
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| Stealthy Easterner |
|
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| One of a reptilian comics quartet |
|
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| Common video game fighter |
|
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| "Teenage Mutant ___ Turtles" |
|
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| Elusive warrior |
|
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| Covert agent in Asia |
|
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| Stealthy Easterner |
|
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| Common video game fighter |
|
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| Black Halloween costume |
|
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| Dark-clad warrior |
|
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| Japanese fighter |
|
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| Shuriken thrower |
|
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| Certain warrior |
|
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| "Teenage Mutant ___ Turtles" |
|
|
| Chris Farley played a Beverly Hills one in a 1997 movie |
|
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| Black-garbed mercenary |
|
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| Martial arts mercenary |
|
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| Part of TMNT |
|
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| Japanese mercenary |
|
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| Asian assassin |
|
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| Assassin in black |
|
|
| User of a star-shaped weapon called a shuriken |
|
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| Japanese mercenary |
|
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| Stealthy spy, perhaps |
|
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| Japanese mercenary |
|
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| Mercenary of old |
|
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| Shuriken thrower |
|
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| Japanese mercenary |
|
|
| Teenage turtle of comics |
|
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| Shogun's spy |
|
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| Teenage turtle of comics |
|
|
| Part of TMNT |
|
|
| "Teenage Mutant ___ Turtles" |
|
|
| Old Japanese assassin |
|
|
| "Teenage Mutant ___ Turtles" |
|
|
| Stealthy Japanese agent |
|
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| Ancient mercenary |
|
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| Japanese sneaker? |
|
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| Japanese mercenary |
|
|
| Old Japanese mercenary |
|
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| Japanese assassin |
|
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| Silent assassin |
|
|
| Tenchu video game series hero |
|
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| Martial arts mercenary |
|
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| Japanese mercenary |
|
|
| Tenchu video game series hero |
|
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| Japanese mercenary |
|
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| Japanese mercenary |
|
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| Martial arts expert |
|
|
| Type of warrior |
|
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| Kind of warrior |
|
|
| Teenage Mutant __ Turtles |
|
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| Stealthy assassin |
|
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| Warrior la Sho Kosugi |
|
|
| Ancient Japanese mercenary |
|
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| Black-clad mercenary |
|
|
| Ancient mercenary |
|
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| Asian assassin |
|
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| Shogun's warrior |
|
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| Kyoto killer |
|
|
| Ancient mercenary |
|
|
| Teenage Mutant -- Turtles |
|
|
| Japanese mercenary |
|
|
| Assassin in many martial arts films |
|
|
| Stealth warrior |
|
|
| Feudal Japanese mercenary |
|
|
| Early Eastern mercenary |
|
|
| Expert in martial arts |
|
|
| Masked assassin is somewhat forlorn in jail |
|
|
| Teenage Mutant _____ Turtles |
|
|
| Expert in martial arts |
|
|
| Old Japanese mercenary |
|
|
| Kind of warrior |
|
|
| Japanese assassin |
|
|
| Black-clad mercenary |
|
|
| "The ___," Lustbader novel |
|
|
| Scorpion or Sub-Zero of "Mortal Kombat," e.g. |
|
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| Michelangelo, for one |
|
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| Expert in sabotage and infiltration |
|
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