| Zeros, essentially |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Jun 2026 |
| Egg outlines |
Thomas Joseph |
27 May 2026 |
| Ellipses |
The Times Concise |
25 May 2026 |
| Shape of many Kleenex-box discards |
The Atlantic |
22 May 2026 |
| Flattened circles |
USA Today |
10 May 2026 |
| Squashed circles |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
19 Apr 2026 |
| Squashed circles |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Mar 2026 |
| Shapes with no corners |
USA Today |
21 Mar 2026 |
| Racetrack shapes |
Newsday |
10 Mar 2026 |
| Shapes formed by spotlights |
LA Times Daily |
12 Feb 2026 |
| Some picture frames |
Newsday |
26 Dec 2025 |
| Locket shapes |
Newsday |
21 Dec 2025 |
| Zeros, essentially |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Nov 2025 |
| Cricket pitch shapes |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
18 Oct 2025 |
| Squashed circles |
Thomas Joseph |
04 Oct 2025 |
| Egg silhouettes |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
03 Oct 2025 |
| Cameo shapes |
LA Times Daily |
29 Aug 2025 |
| Squashed circles |
Thomas Joseph |
20 Aug 2025 |
| Racetracks, for example |
|
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| Cameo shapes |
Commuter |
26 Jun 2025 |
| Cameo shapes |
Eugene Sheffer |
23 Jun 2025 |
| So Val makes them in the shape of eggs? |
|
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| Fired salvo of rounds (5) |
|
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| Squashed circles |
Thomas Joseph |
19 May 2025 |
| Racetrack shapes |
Universal |
10 May 2025 |
| Salvo (anag)(5) |
|
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| Brooch shapes |
Newsday |
16 Apr 2025 |
| Jogging-track shapes |
|
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| Salvo destroyed sports grounds (5) |
|
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| Skating rinks, usually |
|
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| Face shapes |
New York Times |
17 Mar 2025 |
| Slices of hard-boiled eggs, for instance |
New York Times |
07 Mar 2025 |
| First things drawn when drawing faces, often |
|
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| Cameo shapes |
Eugene Sheffer |
22 Feb 2025 |
| Playing grounds |
|
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| Squashed circles |
Thomas Joseph |
22 Jan 2025 |
| Squashed circles |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Jan 2025 |
| Squashed circles |
Thomas Joseph |
17 Dec 2024 |
| Racetrack shapes |
Commuter |
11 Nov 2024 |
| Eliptical shapes |
|
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| Bicycle racing track shapes |
USA Today |
07 Nov 2024 |
| Mcdermid breaks large eggs, say (5) |
|
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| So Val develops playing fields? (5) |
|
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| Shapes of avocados and Roma tomatoes |
USA Today |
24 Sep 2024 |
| Racetrack shapes |
Newsday |
10 Sep 2024 |
| Egglike shapes |
Commuter |
07 Sep 2024 |
| Ellipse shapes |
|
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| Eggs' shapes |
Premier Sunday |
11 Aug 2024 |
| Egg-shaped things |
The Telegraph Plusword |
05 Aug 2024 |
| Ellipses |
Premier Sunday |
28 Jul 2024 |
| NASCAR circuits, geometrically |
New York Times |
15 Jul 2024 |
| Elliptic shapes (5) |
|
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| Shapes of some picture frames |
|
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| Some tracks |
Newsday |
21 Jun 2024 |
| Egg shapes |
Newsday |
17 Jun 2024 |
| Salvo (anag) (5) |
|
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| Some tablecloths |
|
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| O, valets no longer keep ET in cricket grounds |
|
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| Racetrack shapes |
New York Times |
12 Mar 2024 |
| Not rounds used in an erratic salvo (5) |
|
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| Racecourse shapes |
|
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| Salvo possible but not rounds |
|
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| Squashed circles |
Thomas Joseph |
06 Jan 2024 |
| Shapes of some mirrors |
New York Times Mini |
18 Dec 2023 |
| Cameo shapes |
Eugene Sheffer |
24 Nov 2023 |
| Track shapes |
LA Times Daily |
23 Nov 2023 |
| Cameo shapes |
Eugene Sheffer |
10 Nov 2023 |
| Track shapes |
Universal |
30 Oct 2023 |
| Squashed circles |
Thomas Joseph |
09 Aug 2023 |
| Locket shapes |
Newsday |
06 Aug 2023 |
| Ellipses |
The Times Concise |
12 Jun 2023 |
| Shapes of some mirrors |
USA Today |
10 Jun 2023 |
| Egg shapes |
USA Today |
23 Apr 2023 |
| Round figures |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Jan 2023 |
| Salvo exploded into rounded shapes |
The Guardian Quiptic |
02 Jan 2023 |
| Some picture frames |
Newsday |
30 Dec 2022 |
| Ellipses |
Premier Sunday |
23 Oct 2022 |
| Shapes resembling stretched circles |
USA Today |
18 Oct 2022 |
| Shapes formed by angled spotlights |
LA Times Daily |
07 Oct 2022 |
| Tracks |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Sep 2022 |
| Some tracks |
New York Times |
18 Aug 2022 |
| Rounded shapes |
USA Today |
07 Jul 2022 |
| Race track shapes |
|
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| Squashed circles |
Family Time |
12 Jun 2022 |
| Skating rink shapes |
USA Today |
07 Jun 2022 |
| Many racetracks, shapewise |
Universal |
04 Jun 2022 |
| Cameo shapes |
Eugene Sheffer |
27 May 2022 |
| Cameo shapes |
LA Times Daily |
15 May 2022 |
| Cameo shapes |
|
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| Some bindi shapes |
USA Today |
07 May 2022 |
| Ellipses' look-alikes |
|
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| Racetrack shapes |
Newsday |
12 Apr 2022 |
| Zeros, essentially |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Mar 2022 |
| Racetrack shapes |
Newsday |
08 Mar 2022 |
| Some bread roll shapes |
|
|
| Zeros' shapes |
Universal |
14 Oct 2021 |
| Track shapes |
Universal |
16 Sep 2021 |
| Cricket fields, e.g |
New York Times |
04 Sep 2021 |
| Flattened circles |
Universal |
24 Aug 2021 |
| Outlines of eggs |
Newsday |
23 May 2021 |
| Many ice rinks, shapewise |
USA Today |
17 Jan 2021 |
| Zeros, essentially |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Dec 2020 |
| 000 |
Universal |
24 Nov 2020 |
| Ellipses |
The Times Concise |
09 Nov 2020 |
| Egg outlines |
Thomas Joseph |
23 Sep 2020 |
| Squashed-circle shapes |
Newsday |
03 Aug 2020 |
| Stretched circles? |
LA Times Daily |
26 Jun 2020 |
| Stretched circles? |
|
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| Roundish shapes |
Newsday |
12 May 2020 |
| Nothing against a liberal society giving Australian grounds for 1 across |
|
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| Velodrome setup |
Newsday |
25 Apr 2020 |
| Egg shapes |
|
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| Round figures |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Feb 2020 |
| Egglike shapes |
USA Today |
04 Dec 2019 |
| Egg shapes |
|
|
| Cameo shapes |
Eugene Sheffer |
09 Nov 2019 |
| 0 0 0 |
New York Times |
18 Aug 2019 |
| Cameo shapes |
Newsday |
30 Jun 2019 |
| Roller rink shapes |
USA Today |
10 Jun 2019 |
| Many racetracks |
USA Today |
25 May 2019 |
| Shapes for running laps |
|
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| Shapes for running laps |
LA Times Daily |
08 May 2019 |
| Cricket field shapes, commonly |
USA Today |
05 May 2019 |
| Running track shapes |
|
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| Derby track shapes |
USA Today |
15 Apr 2019 |
| Squashed circles |
Thomas Joseph |
09 Mar 2019 |
| Running track shapes |
|
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| Roller rink shapes |
|
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| Shapes for running laps |
|
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| Many racetracks |
|
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| Cricket field shapes, commonly |
|
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| 0 0 0 |
|
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| Elliptical outlines |
Universal |
30 Nov 2018 |
| Egg shapes |
Premier Sunday |
23 Sep 2018 |
| Track shapes |
|
|
| Some stadium shapes |
USA Today |
30 Jun 2018 |
| Smushed circles |
Universal |
01 Jun 2018 |
| Racetracks, often |
USA Today |
21 May 2018 |
| Racetrack shapes |
Newsday |
23 Apr 2018 |
| Some stadium shapes |
|
|
| Elliptical outlines |
|
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| Smushed circles |
|
|
| Racetracks, often |
|
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| Flattened circles |
Premier Sunday |
19 Nov 2017 |
| Shapes formed by angled spotlights |
LA Times Daily |
20 Oct 2017 |
| Shapes formed by angled spotlights |
|
|
| Track shapes, often |
USA Today |
11 Oct 2017 |
| Signal after an air raid |
|
|
| Common serving platter shapes |
USA Today |
29 Jun 2017 |
| Track shapes |
USA Today |
24 May 2017 |
| Ring up European figures |
|
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| NASCAR tracks |
|
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| Locket shapes |
USA Today |
01 Mar 2017 |
| Elliptical shapes |
Universal |
14 Jan 2017 |
| Track shapes, often |
|
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| Cornerless figures |
|
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| Track shapes |
|
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| Shapes formed by angled spotlights |
|
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| Common serving platter shapes |
|
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| Elliptical shapes |
|
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| Track shapes, usually |
USA Today |
28 Oct 2016 |
| Cameo shapes |
USA Today |
19 Oct 2016 |
| Some picture frames |
Newsday |
19 Aug 2016 |
| Running tracks |
|
|
| Cameo shapes |
Wall Street Journal |
16 May 2016 |
| Track shapes |
|
|
| Cameo shapes |
|
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| Egg outlines |
Newsday |
30 Oct 2015 |
| They are not quite circles |
Universal |
02 Aug 2015 |
| Ford and Kia logos |
New York Times |
18 Jul 2015 |
| Track shapes |
Universal |
19 May 2015 |
| Toilet seats, geometrically |
New York Times |
04 May 2015 |
| Some portrait frames |
LA Times Daily |
29 Jan 2015 |
| Racetrack shapes |
|
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| Ford and Kia logos |
|
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| Toilet seats, geometrically |
|
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| Egg outlines |
|
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| Some portrait frames |
|
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| They are not quite circles |
|
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| Track shapes |
|
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| What many racers race on |
|
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| Racetracks |
|
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| Places to run |
|
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| Eggs, e.g. |
|
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| Tracks |
|
|
| Tracks, usually |
|
|
| Deformed circles? |
|
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| NASCAR circuits |
|
|
| Cameo shapes |
|
|
| NASCAR circuits |
|
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| Some 400-meter paths |
|
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| Elongated O's |
|
|
| Shaded shapes on standardized tests |
|
|
| Not-quite-round shapes |
|
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| Track shapes |
|
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| Track shapes |
|
|
| Roundish shapes |
|
|
| Elliptical outlines |
|
|
| Tracks |
|
|
| Flattened circles |
|
|
| Racetracks, usually |
|
|
| Running-track shapes |
|
|
| Shapes of many roller rinks |
|
|
| Flattened circles |
|
|
| Egg shapes |
|
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| Egg shapes |
|
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| Some picture frames |
|
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| Track shapes |
|
|
| Racetracks |
|
|
| Racetrack shapes |
|
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| Most toilet seats |
|
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| Egg shapes |
|
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| Cameo shapes |
|
|
| Tracks |
|
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| Racing paths |
|
|
| Some tracks |
|
|
| Squashed-circle shapes |
|
|
| Some frame shapes |
|
|
| Egglike shapes |
|
|
| Cameo shapes |
|
|
| Speed skaters' track shapes |
|
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| Elongated circles |
|
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| Elliptical figures |
|
|
| Faces, more or less |
|
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| Not perfect circles |
|
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| Curved shapes |
|
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| Tracks |
|
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| Racing paths |
|
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| Rink shapes |
|
|
| Racetracks |
|
|
| Tracks |
|
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| Racetracks |
|
|
| Deformed circles |
|
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| Certain driveways |
|
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| Elliptical shapes |
|
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| Running tracks |
|
|
| Racetrack shapes |
|
|
| Elliptical outlines |
|
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| Locket shapes |
|
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| Squashed circles |
|
|
| Stretched circles |
|
|
| Racehorses' courses |
|
|
| Running tracks |
|
|
| Racing circuits? |
|
|
| Elliptical shapes |
|
|
| Motorsports venues, often |
|
|
| Some racetrack configurations |
|
|
| Racetrack shapes |
|
|
| Shapes of many roller rinks |
|
|
| Flattened hoops |
|
|
| Face shapes |
|
|
| Race tracks |
|
|
| Flattened circles |
|
|
| Places to run |
|
|
| Stadium tracks |
|
|
| Many racetracks |
|
|
| Elliptical figures |
|
|
| Faces, more or less |
|
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| Faces, more or less |
|
|
| Racetracks, often |
|
|
| Nascar circuits |
|
|
| Picture frames lacking corners |
|
|
| Toilet seats, e.g. |
|
|
| Egg shapes |
|
|
| Roundish shapes |
|
|
| Squashed circles |
|
|
| Imperfect circles |
|
|
| Near circles |
|
|
| Race tracks |
|
|
| Most cricket grounds |
|
|
| Some tracks |
|
|
| Some tracks |
|
|
| Milers' tracks |
|
|
| Not perfect circles |
|
|
| Orbital shapes |
|
|
| Many tracks |
|
|
| Track shapes, usually |
|
|
| Squashed O's |
|
|
| Running track shapes |
|
|
| Track shapes |
|
|
| Egg shapes |
|
|
| Running track shapes |
|
|
| Tracks |
|
|
| Track shapes |
|
|
| Many tracks |
|
|
| Some tracks |
|
|
| Cartouches |
|
|
| Spaces for races |
|
|
| Racing paths |
|
|
| Roundish shapes |
|
|
| Elongated O's |
|
|
| Egg shapes |
|
|
| Ellipsoids |
|
|
| Running tracks |
|
|
| Racetracks, e.g. |
|
|
| Running tracks |
|
|
| Flattened circles |
|
|
| Track shapes |
|
|
| Racetracks |
|
|
| Racetrack shapes |
|
|
| Footballs, roughly speaking |
|
|
| Elongated O's |
|
|
| Quarter-mile paths, perhaps |
|
|
| Eggs and faces |
|
|
| Many tracks |
|
|
| Some picture frames |
|
|
| Ellipses |
|
|
| Racetracks, usually |
|
|
| Athletic tracks |
|
|
| Racetrack shapes |
|
|
| Race tracks |
|
|
| Football fields |
|
|
| Skating rinks |
|
|
| Race tracks |
|
|
| Athletic fields |
|
|
| Places for races |
|
|
| Some picture frames |
|
|
| Some windows |
|
|
| Certain driveways |
|
|
| Amphitheaters |
|
|
| Certain stadiums |
|
|
| Round figures |
|
|
| Cartouches |
|
|
| Some race tracks |
|
|
| Some tracks |
|
|
| Shapes of some cameos |
|
|
| Courses for horses |
|
|
| Ellipses |
|
|
| Track fields |
|
|
| Athletic tracks |
|
|
| Stadiums, often |
|
|
| Locket shapes |
|
|
| Milers' milieus |
|
|
| Where pacers pace |
|
|
| Athletic areas |
|
|
| Most race tracks |
|
|
| Athletic fields |
|
|
| Many tubs and palettes |
|
|
| Derby courses |
|
|
| Face shapes |
|
|
| Playing fields |
|
|
| Arenas |
|
|
| Running tracks |
|
|
| Some stadiums |
|
|
| Some playing fields |
|
|
| Certain shapes. |
|
|
| Certain stadiums. |
|
|
| Running tracks. |
|
|
| Egghead shapes. |
|
|
| Athletic fields. |
|
|
| Goose eggs. |
|
|
| Footballs: Colloq. |
|
|
| Ellipses. |
|
|
| Some stadiums. |
|
|
| Elliptical objects. |
|
|
| Streeets without beginning or end. |
|
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| Arenas. |
|
|
| Yale Bowl, Harvard Stadium, etc. |
|
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