| "Like water ___ duck's back": 2 wds. |
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| King of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia from 757-796 (4) |
Mirror Quiz |
26 Aug 2025 |
| King of Mercia who gave his name to a noted earthwork |
The Times Specialist |
18 Aug 2025 |
| Dyke builder on holiday going to Australia (4) |
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| Mercian monarch's American assassin caught? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
24 Jun 2025 |
| King of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia from 757-796 (4) |
Mirror Quiz |
19 Jun 2025 |
| King of Mercia 757-796 who constructed a dyke between Wales and Mercia (4) |
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| Anglo-Saxon king |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
11 Jun 2025 |
| Mercian king known for building a dyke |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
06 Jun 2025 |
| Dyke-building Anglo-Saxon chieftain (4) |
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| No longer available to an old king (4) |
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| Mercian king after whom a large earthwork is named (4) |
The Guardian Speedy |
16 Feb 2025 |
| Mercian king to hold out for hearing (4) |
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| King of Mercia from 757 to 796, successor of Aethebald (4) |
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| King of Mercia, 757-796AD |
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| King of Mercia from 757 to 796 (4) |
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| Anglo-Saxon king famous for a dyke |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
15 Nov 2024 |
| Historic leader disengaged from area |
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| Former king leading away from answer |
The Times Cryptic |
09 Nov 2024 |
| "Like water ___ duck's back": 2 wds. |
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| Anglo-Saxon king of Mercia (4) |
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| Dyke builder on the border of England and Wales |
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| Mercian ruler who formed a treaty with Charlemagne (4) |
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| Mercian king memorialised by dyke (4) |
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| King of Mercia who constructed an earthwork on the border with Wales (4) |
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| Old king is tender, as some might say |
The Times Cryptic |
08 Aug 2024 |
| King of Mercia from 757-796 (4) |
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| Mercian king now remembered for his defensive earthwork (4) |
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| King of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia from 757-796 |
Mirror Quiz |
10 Jun 2024 |
| Tender-sounding old king? |
The Times Cryptic |
05 Jun 2024 |
| King who went away with heavy heart (4) |
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| No longer available to a king (4) |
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| Ruler of note (4) |
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| King of Mercia from 757-796, who constructed a series of earthworks to mark the boundary between England and Wales (4) |
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| Dyke-building chieftain (4) |
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| King of Mercia 757-796, who built a defensive wall along the Welsh border (4) |
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| As easy as falling __ log |
Commuter |
23 Dec 2023 |
| Mercian king's proposal, reportedly (4) |
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| Dyke builder's verbal tender (4) |
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| Mercian king |
The Telegraph Quick |
08 Feb 2023 |
| 8th century king of Mercia |
The Guardian Weekend |
10 Dec 2022 |
| Mercian king |
The Telegraph Quick |
05 Dec 2022 |
| Old king's unwell, onset of angina |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
25 Jul 2022 |
| Mercian king, AD757-796 |
The Guardian Weekend |
16 Apr 2022 |
| Mercian king taking most of entrails |
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| "Like water ___ duck's back": 2 wds. |
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| Mercian king taking most of entrails |
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| King of Mercia once listened to proposal |
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| Refuse to part with pound for old ruler |
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| Mercian king known for dyke |
The Times Concise |
19 Oct 2020 |
| Tender, when speaking, for one for whom the earth moved? |
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| Old king not wanting answer |
The Telegraph Toughie |
07 Aug 2020 |
| King of Mercia |
The Telegraph Quick |
21 Feb 2020 |
| Old sovereign tender, by the sound of it? |
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| "Easy as falling ___ log.": 2 wds. |
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| King of Mercia who had an earthen barrier built between England and Wales |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
08 Dec 2019 |
| Unsatisfactory, a king of Mercia |
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| Mercian king |
The Times Concise |
20 Aug 2019 |
| On holiday, a king of Mercia |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
09 Jun 2019 |
| Organiser of defence to hold out for a hearing |
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| Historic defence beginning when king covered in woad? |
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| Tender-sounding Mercian king? |
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| King is present to speak |
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| Dyke-building king |
The Times Concise |
20 Dec 2016 |
| Dyke-builder |
The Telegraph Quick |
18 Nov 2016 |
| King of Mercia, 757-796, dyke builder |
The Telegraph General Knowledge |
23 Oct 2016 |
| Dyke-building king of Mercia |
The Times Concise |
20 Jan 2016 |
| Start when Duke moving key defence installation (5,4 |
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| To kill a king |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
01 Sep 2015 |
| Gone, a king long ago |
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| Old king‘s innards finally cut out |
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| Where old king may receive equitable treatment on the way to Oxford, say? |
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| Easy as falling -- log |
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| " ... long walk ___ short pier!" |
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| Falling-log link |
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| "Like water __ duck's back" |
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| Easy as falling ___ log |
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| ___'s Dyke, Wales |
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| "...___ short pier!" |
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| Coming ___ slump |
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| Easy as falling ___ log |
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| Eighth-century Mercian king |
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| Medieval king |
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| Anglo-Saxon king |
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| " . . . falling ___ log" |
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| Anglian hero in "Beowulf." |
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| Teutonic legendary hero. |
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