| Look one's best for hearing | The Times Cryptic | 23 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | ___-a-boo, the timeless toddler's game of hiding your face, then popping out to say "boo!" |  |  | 
          
            | Quick look | Newsday | 16 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Sneaky look | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 24 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Have a quick look | Puzzler Backwords | 03 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Quick glance | Eugene Sheffer | 15 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Sneak ___ (secret preview) |  |  | 
          
            | Quick look | Commuter | 20 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Glance | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 01 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Quick look | New York Times | 18 May 2025 | 
          
            | Have a gander | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 10 May 2025 | 
          
            | Caught top spy | The Times Quick Cryptic | 24 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | A secret look |  |  | 
          
            | Furtive look | The Sun Two Speed | 20 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Quick butcher's dog heard | The Sun Two Speed | 20 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Turn over board to see gander (4) | The Guardian Cryptic | 28 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Sneak a look |  |  | 
          
            | Look for support in return (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Ruin a holiday surprise, perhaps | New York Times | 15 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Sneak a __ | Commuter | 11 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Continue turning to look (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Have a quick look | Puzzler Backwords | 06 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Hold up for quick inspection (4) | The Guardian Cryptic | 25 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Sly look | The Telegraph Quick | 20 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Quick look | Newsday | 16 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Spoil the surprise, maybe | Wall Street Journal | 08 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Voice annoyance when you look at (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Look-see(4) |  |  | 
          
            | Quick or naughty look (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Take a look discreetly |  |  | 
          
            | Sneak a glance | USA Today | 01 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Sneak a look |  |  | 
          
            | ...and look up for support |  |  | 
          
            | Quick look | Commuter | 05 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Quick glimpse | Newsday | 24 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Spy to stay up (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Take a look at the dog, we hear (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Quick gander | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 28 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Sneak a __ | Commuter | 08 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Look to maintain rise |  |  | 
          
            | Sneak a quick glance |  |  | 
          
            | Quick look ... or, read from right to left, 55-Across? | Universal | 12 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Give in on Christmas Eve, perhaps | New York Times | 12 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Peering through a crack |  |  | 
          
            | Cheat at cards, say | LA Times Daily | 30 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Look briefly at reports of maximum irritation (4) | The Guardian Cryptic | 27 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Quick look | LA Times Daily | 26 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Look lurtively |  |  | 
          
            | Take a quick glimpse |  |  | 
          
            | Quick look (4) | Puzzler | 11 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Have a quick look | Puzzler Backwords | 27 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Sneak a look | Commuter | 06 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Cheat at cards, in a way |  |  | 
          
            | Quick look | Commuter | 11 May 2024 | 
          
            | Quick look | Eugene Sheffer | 30 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | Spy clumsy peacemaker dropping camera |  |  | 
          
            | Sneak ___ | Universal | 26 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | Look through your fingers |  |  | 
          
            | Look to carry on in recession | The Times Quick Cryptic | 09 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | Look - here's what we do with the Joneses |  |  | 
          
            | Quick look | Eugene Sheffer | 27 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | Look in hold on the way back (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Quick look | Eugene Sheffer | 18 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | Furtive look (K, not P) |  |  | 
          
            | Sneak a look | Commuter | 09 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | Peep; peer |  |  | 
          
            | Keep back a furtive glance (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Glance, peep |  |  | 
          
            | Look | Newsday | 16 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | Cheat at Pin the Tail on the Donkey, say |  |  | 
          
            | Sneak a glimpse |  |  | 
          
            | Steal a glimpse | USA Today | 30 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Look below the bottom of a blindfold say |  |  | 
          
            | Hold back for a sneaky look (4) | Puzzler Cryptic | 17 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Glimpse (4) | Puzzler | 13 Nov 2023 | 
          
            | Look when you're not supposed to | Family Time | 05 Nov 2023 | 
          
            | Have a gander to hold back | The Times Quick Cryptic | 17 Oct 2023 | 
          
            | Sneaky look | USA Today | 26 Aug 2023 | 
          
            | Quick look | Thomas Joseph | 10 Jun 2023 | 
          
            | Sneak a glance |  |  | 
          
            | Sneak ___ (secret preview) |  |  | 
          
            | Quick look | Thomas Joseph | 28 Apr 2023 | 
          
            | ___-a-boo |  |  | 
          
            | Sneak a look | Newsday | 14 Feb 2023 | 
          
            | Tentative look | USA Today | 12 Jan 2023 | 
          
            | Quick look | USA Today | 05 Jan 2023 | 
          
            | Look at the answers | Wall Street Journal | 22 Dec 2022 | 
          
            | Quick look | Family Time | 17 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | Sneak a look | Newsday | 11 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | Glance | LA Times Daily | 09 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | Look between one's fingers | Family Time | 22 Aug 2022 | 
          
            | Quick look as dog is heard | The Guardian Cryptic | 15 Aug 2022 | 
          
            | Appropriate rhyme for sneak | Wall Street Journal | 15 Aug 2022 | 
          
            | Quick look as dog is heard |  |  | 
          
            | Look shyly between one's fingers | Family Time | 22 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | Look before Christmas | Universal | 14 Jun 2022 | 
          
            | Quick glance | Premier Sunday | 05 Jun 2022 | 
          
            | Quick look | USA Today | 03 Jun 2022 | 
          
            | Quick glimpse | Universal | 19 Apr 2022 | 
          
            | Look, hold up! |  |  | 
          
            | Christmas Eve no-no | LA Times Daily | 10 Feb 2022 | 
          
            | Christmas Eve no-no | The Washington Post | 10 Feb 2022 | 
          
            | Quick look | Eugene Sheffer | 31 Jan 2022 | 
          
            | Sneak a look |  |  | 
          
            | Quick look | Eugene Sheffer | 11 Jan 2022 | 
          
            | ___-a-boo |  |  | 
          
            | Sneak ___ (secret preview) |  |  | 
          
            | Quick look | Eugene Sheffer | 13 Dec 2021 | 
          
            | Quick, secret look | Family Time | 08 Nov 2021 | 
          
            | Cheat, in a way | LA Times Daily | 05 Nov 2021 | 
          
            | Cheat in a kid's game | Newsday | 23 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | Look! There's a mouse by piano! |  |  | 
          
            | Surreptitious glance | Wall Street Journal | 18 Aug 2021 | 
          
            | Steal a glance | USA Today | 28 Jul 2021 | 
          
            | Sneak a look |  |  | 
          
            | Furtive look | Universal | 22 May 2021 | 
          
            | Quick look | Thomas Joseph | 26 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | Sneak a look (at) | Newsday | 19 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | Quick look | Eugene Sheffer | 17 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | Quick look | Universal | 24 Mar 2021 | 
          
            | Spoil a surprise | Wall Street Journal | 28 Jan 2021 | 
          
            | Sneak a glance |  |  | 
          
            | Look from castle towards the north? | The Telegraph Cryptic | 15 Dec 2020 | 
          
            | Cheat, in a way | The Washington Post | 27 Nov 2020 | 
          
            | Cheat, in a way | LA Times Daily | 27 Nov 2020 | 
          
            | Be naughty on Christmas Eve, say | USA Today | 09 Oct 2020 | 
          
            | Furtive look | The Telegraph Quick | 26 Sep 2020 | 
          
            | Sneaky look | New York Times | 17 Sep 2020 | 
          
            | Surreptitious look | Universal | 14 Sep 2020 | 
          
            | Look! Stock up |  |  | 
          
            | Take camera from peacemaker for a quick look | Irish Times Crosaire | 17 Aug 2020 | 
          
            | Sneak a glance |  |  | 
          
            | Sneak a look | Universal | 08 Apr 2020 | 
          
            | Something not to do before Christmas? | New York Times | 02 Apr 2020 | 
          
            | Sneak ___ (preview) |  |  | 
          
            | Catch sight of wee Kelvin |  |  | 
          
            | ___-a-boo (game for babies) |  |  | 
          
            | Look when no one's looking | Universal | 27 Dec 2019 | 
          
            | Quick glance | Newsday | 18 Nov 2019 | 
          
            | Sneak a look |  |  | 
          
            | Look at the answers | Jonesin | 22 Oct 2019 | 
          
            | Christmas Eve no-no | New York Times | 22 Sep 2019 | 
          
            | Surreptitious glance | Universal | 25 Jul 2019 | 
          
            | Look through a hole, say |  |  | 
          
            | Cheat at hide-and-seek | Newsday | 26 Jun 2019 | 
          
            | Quick look | USA Today | 04 Jun 2019 | 
          
            | Quick preview | Wall Street Journal | 20 Apr 2019 | 
          
            | Cheat while dealing | Wall Street Journal | 03 Apr 2019 | 
          
            | Glimpse | LA Times Daily | 12 Jan 2019 | 
          
            | Glimpse | The Washington Post | 12 Jan 2019 | 
          
            | Something you shouldn't do around Christmas | New York Times | 11 Jan 2019 | 
          
            | Christmas Eve no-no |  |  | 
          
            | Glimpse |  |  | 
          
            | Something you shouldn't do around Christmas |  |  | 
          
            | Quick preview |  |  | 
          
            | Cheat while dealing |  |  | 
          
            | Quick look |  |  | 
          
            | Surreptitious glance |  |  | 
          
            | Cheat at hide and seek | Thomas Joseph | 29 Dec 2018 | 
          
            | Quick look | The Times Concise | 20 Nov 2018 | 
          
            | Glance | The Washington Post | 21 Oct 2018 | 
          
            | Glance | LA Times Daily | 21 Oct 2018 | 
          
            | Fast glance | Premier Sunday | 09 Sep 2018 | 
          
            | Take a look at food on way up |  |  | 
          
            | Guard, rising, giving sly look |  |  | 
          
            | Sneak a look | USA Today | 05 Jun 2018 | 
          
            | Guard, rising, giving sly look |  |  | 
          
            | ''Don't __!'' | Newsday | 10 Mar 2018 | 
          
            | Advance look, say | New York Times | 04 Mar 2018 | 
          
            | Look to hold back |  |  | 
          
            | Sustain retiring spy | Irish Times Crosaire | 02 Feb 2018 | 
          
            | Cheat at blind man's buff | USA Today | 29 Jan 2018 | 
          
            | Sneak a glance |  |  | 
          
            | Sneak ___ (preview) | USA Today | 11 Jan 2018 | 
          
            | Cheat, in a way |  |  | 
          
            | Cheat at blind man's buff |  |  | 
          
            | Sneak ___ (preview) |  |  | 
          
            | Advance look, say |  |  | 
          
            | Sneak a look |  |  | 
          
            | Glance |  |  | 
          
            | Sneak a look | Newsday | 18 Dec 2017 | 
          
            | Take a look, in a way | The Washington Post Sunday | 29 Oct 2017 | 
          
            | Stealthy look | Wall Street Journal | 28 Oct 2017 | 
          
            | Take a gander | USA Today | 13 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | Furtive look | Wall Street Journal | 07 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | Break a yuletide rule | Wall Street Journal | 20 Jul 2017 | 
          
            | Through-the-keyhole glimpse | USA Today | 18 Jul 2017 | 
          
            | Spoil the surprise, in a way | Wall Street Journal | 17 Jul 2017 | 
          
            | Cheat in hide-and-seek | Family Time | 19 Jun 2017 | 
          
            | Have a look-see |  |  | 
          
            | Lift one's blindfold | Newsday | 02 Mar 2017 | 
          
            | Move a finger or two, maybe | LA Times Daily | 27 Jan 2017 | 
          
            | Take a gander |  |  | 
          
            | Through-the-keyhole glimpse |  |  | 
          
            | Quick look | The Washington Post | 09 Dec 2016 | 
          
            | Gander | Family Time | 21 Nov 2016 | 
          
            | Ill-fated act by Lot's wife | The Chronicle of Higher Education | 04 Nov 2016 | 
          
            | Cheat at blindman's buff | Universal | 25 Oct 2016 | 
          
            | Subtle look | LA Times Daily | 12 Sep 2016 | 
          
            | Take a secret look around castle |  |  | 
          
            | Have a quick look and stay back | The Telegraph Cryptic | 03 Aug 2016 | 
          
            | Quick look | Family Time | 26 Jun 2016 | 
          
            | Sly look that could be repeatedly said to give top dog annoyance |  |  | 
          
            | Quick glance | The Washington Post | 07 May 2016 | 
          
            | Surreptitious look | Wall Street Journal | 04 Jan 2016 | 
          
            | Subtle look |  |  | 
          
            | Sneak a look |  |  | 
          
            | Surreptitious look |  |  | 
          
            | Ill-fated act by Lot's wife |  |  | 
          
            | Cheat at blindman's buff |  |  | 
          
            | Early look | Newsday | 15 Oct 2015 | 
          
            | At a glance keep up? | Irish Times Crosaire | 08 Sep 2015 | 
          
            | Quick or furtive look | The Times Concise | 09 Jun 2015 | 
          
            | Take a brief look at reserve's back |  |  | 
          
            | Hide-and-seek no-no | New York Times | 03 May 2015 | 
          
            | Take a look at mountaintop, say |  |  | 
          
            | Sneak a look | New York Times | 30 Mar 2015 | 
          
            | Look-see | USA Today | 07 Mar 2015 | 
          
            | Quick look | Newsday | 08 Feb 2015 | 
          
            | Sneak a look |  |  | 
          
            | Early look |  |  | 
          
            | Quick look |  |  | 
          
            | Look-see |  |  | 
          
            | Sneak a look |  |  | 
          
            | Take a furtive look |  |  | 
          
            | Hide-and-seek no-no |  |  | 
          
            | Spoil a surprise |  |  | 
          
            | Cheat at hide-and-seek |  |  | 
          
            | Quick look |  |  | 
          
            | Eye on the sly |  |  | 
          
            | Quick gander |  |  | 
          
            | Word ladder, part 2 |  |  | 
          
            | Sneak a look |  |  | 
          
            | Naughty look, maybe |  |  | 
          
            | Do a little cheating |  |  | 
          
            | Spoil the surprise, in a way |  |  | 
          
            | Look to get sound from woofer |  |  | 
          
            | Quick glimpse |  |  | 
          
            | Little look |  |  | 
          
            | Stealthy look |  |  | 
          
            | Quick glance |  |  | 
          
            | Quick glimpse |  |  | 
          
            | Get an early look |  |  | 
          
            | Steal a glance |  |  | 
          
            | Hide-and-seek no-no |  |  | 
          
            | Furtive look |  |  | 
          
            | Quick look |  |  | 
          
            | Gander |  |  | 
          
            | Look when you're not supposed to |  |  | 
          
            | Quick glimpse |  |  | 
          
            | Glance |  |  | 
          
            | Cheat at solitaire |  |  | 
          
            | Surreptitious look |  |  | 
          
            | Not wait until December 25, say |  |  | 
          
            | Cheat at cards |  |  | 
          
            | Cheat at hide and seek |  |  | 
          
            | Quick glance |  |  | 
          
            | See 32 Down |  |  | 
          
            | Through-the-keyhole glimpse |  |  | 
          
            | Cheat at blind man's bluff |  |  | 
          
            | Quick glance |  |  | 
          
            | Spoil a surprise |  |  | 
          
            | Sneak preview |  |  | 
          
            | Cheat at Pin the Tail on the Donkey |  |  | 
          
            | Look-see |  |  | 
          
            | Surreptitious look |  |  | 
          
            | Cheat, in a way |  |  | 
          
            | See on the sly |  |  | 
          
            | Furtive glance |  |  | 
          
            | With 53 Down, game played with a baby |  |  | 
          
            | "Sneaked" look |  |  | 
          
            | Look through half-closed blinds, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | "Sneaked" look |  |  | 
          
            | Use an eyehole |  |  | 
          
            | Take a quick look |  |  | 
          
            | Cheat, in a way |  |  | 
          
            | Hide-and-seek no-no |  |  | 
          
            | Sneak a look at |  |  | 
          
            | Take a quick gander |  |  | 
          
            | Quick look |  |  | 
          
            | Cheat at blindman's buff |  |  | 
          
            | With 2-Down, toddler's game |  |  | 
          
            | Subtle look |  |  | 
          
            | Break the rules  in a kids' game |  |  | 
          
            | Cheat at blindman's buff |  |  | 
          
            | Look through one's fingers |  |  | 
          
            | Quick look |  |  | 
          
            | Quick look |  |  | 
          
            | Quick glance |  |  | 
          
            | Quick examination |  |  | 
          
            | Look when you shouldn't |  |  | 
          
            | Steal a glance |  |  | 
          
            | Quick look |  |  | 
          
            | What not to do before December 25? |  |  | 
          
            | Look when you shouldn't |  |  | 
          
            | Break the rules in a kids' game |  |  | 
          
            | Take a quick look |  |  | 
          
            | Sneak a look |  |  | 
          
            | Activity involving a keyhole, perhaps |  |  | 
          
            | Sneak ___ |  |  | 
          
            | Act out of impatience, maybe |  |  | 
          
            | Catch a glimpse |  |  | 
          
            | Cheat in hide-and-seek |  |  | 
          
            | Cheat at hide and seek |  |  | 
          
            | Sly look |  |  | 
          
            | Steal a look |  |  | 
          
            | Look through one's fingers |  |  | 
          
            | Spoil the surprise, perhaps |  |  | 
          
            | Take a gander |  |  | 
          
            | Have a look-see |  |  | 
          
            | Look through one's fingers |  |  | 
          
            | Look between one's fingers |  |  | 
          
            | It may involve a keyhole |  |  | 
          
            | Look furtively |  |  | 
          
            | Cheat at hide-and-seek |  |  | 
          
            | It may involve a keyhole |  |  | 
          
            | Cheat at hide-and-seek |  |  | 
          
            | Cheat, in a way |  |  | 
          
            | Christmas Eve taboo |  |  | 
          
            | Secret look |  |  | 
          
            | Quick look |  |  | 
          
            | Glimpse |  |  | 
          
            | Item to sneak |  |  | 
          
            | Cheat at pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey |  |  | 
          
            | Glance furtively |  |  | 
          
            | Look when you're not supposed to |  |  | 
          
            | Sneak preview |  |  | 
          
            | Unauthorized look |  |  | 
          
            | Use a keyhole, perhaps |  |  | 
          
            | Glimpse |  |  | 
          
            | With 2 Down  tots' game |  |  | 
          
            | Look surreptitiously |  |  | 
          
            | Furtive glance |  |  | 
          
            | Look-see |  |  | 
          
            | Look surreptitiously |  |  | 
          
            | Break an Xmas rule |  |  | 
          
            | Take a quick gander |  |  | 
          
            | Get past the blindfold |  |  | 
          
            | Break the rules  in a kids' game |  |  | 
          
            | Look at the answers |  |  | 
          
            | Sneaky look |  |  | 
          
            | Glance |  |  | 
          
            | Glimpse |  |  | 
          
            | Coup d'oeil's cousin |  |  | 
          
            | Sneak a gander |  |  | 
          
            | Steal a look |  |  | 
          
            | Cheat at hide-and-seek |  |  | 
          
            | Sneak a look |  |  | 
          
            | Sly glance |  |  | 
          
            | Quick look |  |  | 
          
            | Cheat at solitaire |  |  | 
          
            | Before aboo |  |  | 
          
            | Alternative to a finesse |  |  | 
          
            | Look slyly. |  |  | 
          
            | Look through a keyhole. |  |  | 
          
            | Take a quick look. |  |  | 
          
            | Glimpse. |  |  | 
          
            | Steal a look. |  |  | 
          
            | Secret look. |  |  | 
          
            | Sneak preview. |  |  | 
          
            | Quick look. |  |  | 
          
            | Sly look. |  |  | 
          
            | Glance. |  |  | 
          
            | Fast look |  |  | 
          
            | Sly glance. |  |  | 
          
            | Glance quickly. |  |  | 
          
            | Furtive look. |  |  | 
          
            | Gander |  |  |