| Clue | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Rating, ill-tempered about end of lanyard in silly way (8) | ||
| Dull-wittedly | ||
| Dumbly | The New Yorker | 09 Mar 2020 |
| Insensitively or difficult to understand | Irish Times Simplex | 27 Nov 2019 |
| Buoys let loose without much reason | The Guardian Cryptic | 13 Jun 2016 |
| Buoys let loose without much reason | ||
| As a dummy does | ||
| With stupidity | ||
| Bluntly |