| Soldiers, with one jerk clinging on for support (9) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
30 Sep 2025 |
| Scrounging soldier put in charge |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
01 Aug 2025 |
| Is it a carp or something else hanging on? |
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| Stupidly, Patricia's living off others (9) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
08 May 2025 |
| Living off another organism (9) |
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| Pair acts foolishly over one like a leech (9) |
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| Sponging off tannoy, given it is in vehicle on the way back (9) |
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| Living off other organisms |
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| Is CIA trap arranged to show how exploitative and blood-sucking they are |
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| Leechlike |
New York Times |
08 Sep 2024 |
| Bloodsucking vampire occasionally travelling from the east is heartless |
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| Bloodsucking father, one accepted by demented racist (9) |
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| Served up first in cinema, it is a clip of a bloodsucker (9) |
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| Habitually relying on or exploiting others (9) |
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| Living at another creature's expense (9) |
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| Scrounging off assistant with car, is it breaking down? (9) |
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| Living at host's expense is standard when current credit cut |
The Guardian Quiptic |
07 Aug 2023 |
| Leechlike |
The Times Concise |
16 Jul 2023 |
| I confirm you will be charged over constant scrounging |
The Telegraph Toughie |
20 May 2022 |
| Hammer raised while I finish off bloodsucker like a vampire |
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| Soldier's one bloodsucker, mostly -- like this? |
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| Bloodsucking |
The Telegraph Quick |
19 Dec 2019 |
| Of organisms that live on other living organisms |
The Telegraph General Knowledge |
08 Dec 2019 |
| Hanging on first article one included in funny script |
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| Spongelike |
New York Times |
10 Aug 2019 |
| Soldier thus hangs on to it like a leech |
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| Like vampire bats |
The New Yorker |
01 Apr 2019 |
| Spongelike |
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| Like mistletoe on trees |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
04 Nov 2018 |
| Freeloading |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Apr 2018 |
| Freeloading |
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| In film, a rat is caught somehow feeding off other animals |
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| Exploitative pose assumed by soldier in charge |
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| Like leeches |
Universal |
05 Oct 2016 |
| Freeloading artist with singular appeal, one protected by cover in retirement |
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| Like leeches |
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| Freeloading artist with singular appeal, one protected by cover in retirement |
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| Stupidly, Patricia's living off others |
The Sun Two Speed |
28 Oct 2015 |
| Sponging |
The Sun Two Speed |
28 Oct 2015 |
| Exploiting equal like one totally left in charge |
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| Living off others |
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| Ungracious to one's host? |
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| Sponging |
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| Like freeloaders |
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| Sycophantic. |
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| Sponging. |
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| Like a sycophant. |
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