| To come clean |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
25 Sep 2022 |
| Confess to have finished |
The Times Cryptic |
01 Jul 2022 |
| Come clean |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
04 Apr 2021 |
| Admit (to) |
The Times Concise |
26 Feb 2021 |
| Confess |
The Times Concise |
18 Nov 2020 |
| Wordplay with only the first half of word backfires; admit it! |
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| Admit that was painful bit of humour, taken wrong way |
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| Make a clean breast of personal state |
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| Mature person, hiding the grey, to be honest |
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| Confess it hurts having wordplay rejected |
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| Admit it's a bit limp — unworthy of review |
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| Admit cry of distress on picking up wordplay |
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| Admit it hurts to reject groan- worthy joke |
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| Confess that was painful joke (not written down) |
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