| Small bites |
New York Times |
08 Jun 2026 |
| Pinches |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
14 May 2026 |
| Puppy's playful bites |
|
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| Pinches sharply (4) |
Mirror Classic |
03 Dec 2025 |
| Gentle bites, as from a pup (rhymes with "tips") |
|
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| Itty-bitty bites |
|
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| Playful puppy bites |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Aug 2025 |
| Pinches or bites |
|
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| Small bites |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
19 Jun 2025 |
| Drive back with tots (4) |
|
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| Shane MacGowan's punks The ___- (4) |
|
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| Spin (anag) (4) |
|
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| Pops and tots (4) |
|
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| Puppy bites |
New York Times |
20 Mar 2025 |
| Quantities of alcohol turn up (4) |
|
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| Goes quickly with backspin |
|
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| ____ and tucks |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
08 Jan 2025 |
| Playful puppy's bites |
|
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| Reel up with some drinks (4) |
|
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| Small bites |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
19 Nov 2024 |
| Moves sharply - due to the backspin? (4) |
|
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| Standing, reel from the drinks (4) |
|
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| Is pinching more than just a dram (4) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
23 Oct 2024 |
| Barely defeats |
Newsday |
20 Oct 2024 |
| Cuts off "in the bud" |
|
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| Puppy bites |
Commuter |
28 Sep 2024 |
| Turn up for drinks (4) |
|
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| Defeats by a narrow margin |
|
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| Pinches drinks of spirits (4) |
|
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| Snatches; pinches (4) |
|
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| Itty-bitty bites |
|
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| Tiny bites |
Newsday |
15 Jul 2024 |
| Flask sips |
|
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| Small puppy bites |
|
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| Puppy's small bites |
|
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| Tiny bites |
Newsday |
10 Jun 2024 |
| Pinches small drinks (4) |
|
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| Pops up when you turn it (4) |
|
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| Moves fast and bites (4) |
|
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| Pinches drinks (4) |
|
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| Pinches, tweaks (4) |
|
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| Goes smartly to turn back (4) |
|
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| Pinches bent pins? |
|
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| Puppy's playful bites |
|
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| Tiny bites |
Newsday |
11 Mar 2024 |
| Tiny sips of liquor |
|
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| Pinches half of vegetables |
|
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| Pinches the shorts (4) |
|
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| Rushes to spin round (4) |
|
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| Bites sharply |
|
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| Sharp little bites |
|
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| Playful puppy's bites |
|
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| Pinches |
Mirror Classic |
17 Dec 2023 |
| Snorts "Turn back" (4) |
|
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| One does this when one pinches out and doing it in the bud (they say)! (4) |
|
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| Pilfers |
Newsday |
10 Nov 2023 |
| Gentle, playful bites |
|
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| Puppy's playful bites |
|
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| Wee bites |
Thomas Joseph |
06 Jan 2023 |
| Tiny bites from puppies |
|
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| Narrowly beats |
Newsday |
29 Sep 2022 |
| Tiny bites |
Newsday |
22 Jun 2022 |
| Itty-bitty bites, as from a puppy |
|
|
| Wee bites |
Thomas Joseph |
12 May 2022 |
| Wee bites |
Thomas Joseph |
10 Mar 2022 |
| Gentle bites, as from a pup |
|
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| Pinches sharply |
|
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| Light bites |
Premier Sunday |
05 Sep 2021 |
| Puppy bites |
New York Times |
19 Jul 2021 |
| Quick drinks |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Jul 2021 |
| Chills in the air |
Newsday |
06 May 2021 |
| Pinches |
Eugene Sheffer |
11 Feb 2021 |
| Little drinks go round after characters have turned up |
|
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| Itty-bitty puppy bites |
Family Time |
25 Jan 2021 |
| Puppy bites |
Universal |
13 Dec 2020 |
| Little drinks |
|
|
| Little drinks |
LA Times Daily |
09 Dec 2020 |
| Pinches |
LA Times Daily |
03 Dec 2020 |
| Pinches |
|
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| Gentle, playful bites |
|
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| Tiny bites |
Newsday |
18 Nov 2020 |
| Pinches |
The Times Concise |
27 Oct 2020 |
| Backspin shots? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
23 Sep 2020 |
| Cheese ___ (snack) |
New York Times |
16 Sep 2020 |
| Flies turn circles |
The Telegraph Toughie |
23 Jul 2020 |
| Edges out |
Newsday |
19 Jul 2020 |
| Bites playfully |
USA Today |
01 Jun 2020 |
| Bites |
USA Today |
03 May 2020 |
| Wee bites |
Thomas Joseph |
30 Apr 2020 |
| Bites playfully |
Universal |
05 Jan 2020 |
| Chills in the air |
Universal |
29 Nov 2019 |
| Kittens' bites |
USA Today |
12 Nov 2019 |
| Barely defeats |
New York Times |
23 Oct 2019 |
| Barely defeats |
|
|
| Hits from a flask |
|
|
| Playful bites |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Oct 2019 |
| Little bites |
|
|
| Little bites |
LA Times Daily |
13 Oct 2019 |
| Tiny sips |
|
|
| Quick tastes |
Thomas Joseph |
28 Jun 2019 |
| Puppies' bites |
USA Today |
01 Jun 2019 |
| Bites like a puppy |
Universal |
25 May 2019 |
| Shots that some doctors give, bending over |
|
|
| Itty-bitty bites |
|
|
| Makes off with |
Newsday |
30 Mar 2019 |
| Slice feature, literally |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Mar 2019 |
| Puppies' bites |
LA Times Daily |
11 Mar 2019 |
| Puppies' bites |
|
|
| Steals darts |
|
|
| Wee bites |
|
|
| Squeaks by in competition |
Newsday |
10 Jan 2019 |
| Cheesy Nabisco crackers |
USA Today |
08 Jan 2019 |
| Puppies' bites |
|
|
| Playful bites |
|
|
| Quick drinks |
|
|
| Slice feature, literally |
|
|
| Puppy bites |
Newsday |
01 Jan 2019 |
| Cheesy Nabisco crackers |
|
|
| Puppies' bites |
|
|
| Little bites |
|
|
| Bites like a puppy |
|
|
| Wins, barely |
Universal |
12 Dec 2018 |
| Anagram for "Snip", which means "pinches sharply" |
|
|
| Barely defeats |
Newsday |
14 Oct 2018 |
| Barely beats |
Universal |
30 Sep 2018 |
| Just beats |
Universal |
26 Sep 2018 |
| Sharp bites or pinches |
|
|
| Just gets by |
Newsday |
10 Aug 2018 |
| Sips from a flask |
USA Today |
12 Jul 2018 |
| Puppy bites |
|
|
| Defeats by a hair |
New York Times |
23 Feb 2018 |
| Little snorts |
|
|
| Little snorts |
LA Times Daily |
11 Feb 2018 |
| Bites playfully |
|
|
| Bites playfully |
LA Times Daily |
02 Feb 2018 |
| Defeats by a hair |
|
|
| Bites playfully |
|
|
| Little snorts |
|
|
| Sips from a flask |
|
|
| Wins, barely |
|
|
| Just beats |
|
|
| Barely beats |
|
|
| Small playful bites from a puppy |
|
|
| Seizes head of partner in crime, making retreat |
The Telegraph Toughie |
14 Dec 2017 |
| Playful bites from a puppy |
|
|
| Scotch samples |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Nov 2017 |
| Wintry chills |
USA Today |
20 Nov 2017 |
| Beats at the buzzer, say |
|
|
| Sips from flasks |
USA Today |
07 Sep 2017 |
| Defeats in a squeaker |
USA Today |
03 Sep 2017 |
| Playful puppy bites |
|
|
| Puppy bites |
|
|
| Wee bites |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Aug 2017 |
| Spin backward? |
Universal |
03 Aug 2017 |
| Just edges, in a race |
Universal |
12 Jul 2017 |
| Slight bites or drinks |
Universal |
06 Jul 2017 |
| Small drinks |
New York Times |
09 Jun 2017 |
| Puppy bites |
|
|
| Narrowly bests |
Newsday |
30 Apr 2017 |
| Defeats narrowly |
Newsday |
30 Mar 2017 |
| Beats by a nose |
Thomas Joseph |
10 Feb 2017 |
| Beats by a nose |
Newsday |
12 Jan 2017 |
| Slight bites or drinks |
|
|
| Defeats in a squeaker |
|
|
| Sips from flasks |
|
|
| Wintry chills |
|
|
| Small drinks |
|
|
| Just edges, in a race |
|
|
| Spin backward? |
|
|
| Defeats in a squeaker |
|
|
| Small swigs |
New York Times |
23 Oct 2016 |
| Pinches small quantities of booze |
|
|
| Itty-bitty bites |
New York Times |
03 Aug 2016 |
| Bites like a puppy |
|
|
| Playful bites |
New York Times |
13 Jun 2016 |
| Small bites |
Newsday |
07 Jun 2016 |
| Barely beats |
New York Times |
19 Apr 2016 |
| Playful bites |
Universal |
09 Apr 2016 |
| Bitty bites |
USA Today |
23 Mar 2016 |
| Barely beats |
USA Today |
29 Feb 2016 |
| Bites lightly |
Universal |
27 Feb 2016 |
| Edges |
Newsday |
27 Feb 2016 |
| Tucks' partners |
Universal |
02 Feb 2016 |
| Playful bites |
|
|
| Tastes of liquor |
Newsday |
03 Jan 2016 |
| Small swigs |
|
|
| Playful bites |
|
|
| Tucks' partners |
|
|
| Itty-bitty bites |
|
|
| Small bites |
LA Times Daily |
29 Nov 2015 |
| Wee drinks |
|
|
| Beats by a hair |
USA Today |
18 Oct 2015 |
| Not big shots |
Newsday |
26 Sep 2015 |
| Puppy bites |
LA Times Daily |
08 Jun 2015 |
| Tots turn over |
|
|
| Pinches small quantities of booze |
|
|
| Nabisco's Cheese ___ |
New York Times |
21 Apr 2015 |
| Squeezes by bringing back spin |
|
|
| Puppy's attacks |
Eugene Sheffer |
03 Apr 2015 |
| Puppy bites |
New York Times |
26 Jan 2015 |
| Nabisco's Cheese ___ |
|
|
| Puppy bites |
|
|
| Puppy bites |
|
|
| Wee drinks |
|
|
| Small bites |
|
|
| Puppy bites |
|
|
| Not big shots |
|
|
| Beats by a hair |
|
|
| Apt rhyme for "sips" |
|
|
| Slugs overturn |
|
|
| Bites lightly |
|
|
| Little belts |
|
|
| Playful bites |
|
|
| Cheese ___ (Nabisco product) |
|
|
| Pinches |
|
|
| Barely defeats |
|
|
| Playful bites |
|
|
| Small bites |
|
|
| Tiny bites |
|
|
| Harmless dog bites |
|
|
| Bites like a puppy |
|
|
| Bites lightly |
|
|
| Bites lightly |
|
|
| Bites from puppies |
|
|
| Narrowly defeats |
|
|
| Bitty bites |
|
|
| Pinches |
|
|
| Swigs |
|
|
| Little drinks |
|
|
| Light bites |
|
|
| Puppy bites |
|
|
| Partner of tucks |
|
|
| Playful puppy bites |
|
|
| Little bites |
|
|
| Just beats |
|
|
| Chills in the air |
|
|
| Tiny drinks |
|
|
| Beats at the buzzer, say |
|
|
| Sots' shots |
|
|
| Sips from flasks |
|
|
| Swigs from flasks |
|
|
| Small bites |
|
|
| Puppy bites |
|
|
| Beats, but barely |
|
|
| Puppy bites |
|
|
| Short snorts |
|
|
| Pilfers |
|
|
| Small belts? |
|
|
| Swigs from flasks |
|
|
| Hooch hits |
|
|
| Bitty bites |
|
|
| Shots for sots |
|
|
| Cheese ___ |
|
|
| Little belts |
|
|
| Bites, like a puppy |
|
|
| Puppy bites |
|
|
| Wins by a nose |
|
|
| Beats by a nose |
|
|
| Puppyish bites |
|
|
| ___ in the bud |
|
|
| Puppy's bites |
|
|
| Beats, but barely |
|
|
| Not big bites |
|
|
| Little bites |
|
|
| Not big bites |
|
|
| Light bites |
|
|
| Light bites |
|
|
| Bites with the cold |
|
|
| Little sips, as of booze |
|
|
| Edges |
|
|
| Thimblefuls |
|
|
| ___ in the bud |
|
|
| Wins, barely |
|
|
| Barely beats |
|
|
| A puppy does it |
|
|
| Beats by a hair |
|
|
| Tweaks |
|
|
| Puppy bites |
|
|
| Harmless dog bites |
|
|
| Tiny drinks |
|
|
| Tiny drinks |
|
|
| Playful bites |
|
|
| Pinches |
|
|
| Barely beats |
|
|
| Playful bites |
|
|
| Touches of winter |
|
|
| Playful bites |
|
|
| Flask hits |
|
|
| Barely beats |
|
|
| Small snorts |
|
|
| Bites like a puppy |
|
|
| Flask quickies |
|
|
| Shots for sots |
|
|
| Little bites |
|
|
| Very modest drinks |
|
|
| Defeats narrowly |
|
|
| Bites like a puppy |
|
|
| Beats by a hair |
|
|
| Short snorts |
|
|
| Flask quickies |
|
|
| Very modest drinks |
|
|
| Tastes from a flask |
|
|
| Sips of sambuca, e.g. |
|
|
| Barely beats |
|
|
| Small bites |
|
|
| Beats by a nose |
|
|
| Teeny bites |
|
|
| Shih Tzu bites |
|
|
| Just beats |
|
|
| Itty-bitty bites |
|
|
| Wins by a nose |
|
|
| Edges out |
|
|
| Spin backward? |
|
|
| Itty-bitty bites |
|
|
| Wins by a nose |
|
|
| Little snorts |
|
|
| Small shots of booze |
|
|
| Playful bites |
|
|
| Barely beats |
|
|
| Puppyish bites |
|
|
| Tiny bites |
|
|
| Sips at the brandy |
|
|
| Tiny bites |
|
|
| Pup's bites |
|
|
| Touches of winter |
|
|
| Barely catches |
|
|
| Narrowly defeats |
|
|
| Bites gently |
|
|
| Little snorts |
|
|
| Pinches |
|
|
| Short snorts |
|
|
| Snorts in the bar |
|
|
| Checks the growth of |
|
|
| Puppies' playful bites |
|
|
| Just beats |
|
|
| Puppy bites |
|
|
| Little bites |
|
|
| Bitty bites |
|
|
| Narrowly defeats |
|
|
| Bites |
|
|
| Swigs |
|
|
| Little snorts |
|
|
| Chills |
|
|
| Playful bites |
|
|
| Bites playfully |
|
|
| Teeny bites |
|
|
| Imbiber's little drinks |
|
|
| Small bites |
|
|
| Imbiber's little drinks |
|
|
| Little drinks |
|
|
| Pinches |
|
|
| Bites |
|
|
| Tweaks |
|
|
| Little drinks |
|
|
| Touches of frost |
|
|
| Defeats, barely |
|
|
| Bits of booze |
|
|
| Bites |
|
|
| Minimal tastes |
|
|
| Baby bites |
|
|
| Spin backwards |
|
|
| Bites playfully |
|
|
| Frost's bites |
|
|
| Bits of booze |
|
|
| Pinches |
|
|
| Pup's bites |
|
|
| Tiny drinks |
|
|
| Pinches |
|
|
| Small drinks |
|
|
| Barely beats |
|
|
| Attacks, puppy-style |
|
|
| Bites |
|
|
| Wee bites |
|
|
| Nabisco's Cheese ____ |
|
|
| Bites lightly |
|
|
| Short snorts |
|
|
| Pinches |
|
|
| Tucks' partner |
|
|
| Drams |
|
|
| Teeny bites |
|
|
| Bites gently |
|
|
| Pearson hard candy brand |
|
|
| Small drinks |
|
|
| Beats by a nose |
|
|
| Short drinks |
|
|
| Small bites |
|
|
| Cuts short |
|
|
| Lifts |
|
|
| Bites |
|
|
| Cheese___ (popular snack food) |
|
|
| Checks development |
|
|
| Indulgences for 54-Across |
|
|
| Pinches |
|
|
| Quick bites |
|
|
| Tiny portions |
|
|
| Tipples |
|
|
| Short snorts |
|
|
| Dog bites |
|
|
| Shots |
|
|
| Wins, barely |
|
|
| Snorts |
|
|
| Stinging remarks |
|
|
| Beats by a run |
|
|
| Stings, as frost |
|
|
| Light bites |
|
|
| Small quaffs |
|
|
| Quick drinks |
|
|
| Bites. |
|
|
| Blights, as by frost. |
|
|
| Small bits. |
|
|
| Pinches. |
|
|
| Checks in growth. |
|
|
| Checks growth of. |
|
|
| Catches tightly. |
|
|
| Moves nimbly (with "off"). |
|
|
| Benumbs. |
|
|
| What frost does. |
|
|
| ___ in the bud. |
|
|
| Vellicates. |
|
|
| Stings. |
|
|
| Foe on New Guinea: Slang. |
|
|
| Short drinks. |
|
|
| Pinches off. |
|
|
| Shots of liquor |
|
|
| Move (along) quickly: Colloq. |
|
|
| What "Sairey Gamp" took on the sly. |
|
|
| Japanese. |
|
|
| Cuts short. |
|
|
| Pinches (off). |
|
|
| Moves quickly (off). |
|
|
| Tangs. |
|
|
| Checks the growth of. |
|
|