The area behind Buckingham Palace? (9) |
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It's in need of a sharpener, silly! (9) |
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BBC quiz show presented by Alexander Armstrong (9) |
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Alexander Armstrong game show (9) |
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Blunt, to no avail |
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Needing a sharpener, having little sense (9) |
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Like a love game - irrelevant (9) |
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No good if it's in need of sharpening |
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Quiz show presented by Alexander Armstrong (9) |
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Vain circle dipping into drink? Not so (9) |
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Futile |
The Times Concise |
29 Mar 2025 |
Waste of time without beer? Get round in! |
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Is to have no score not worth the bother? (9) |
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Would such a railway system be futile? (9) |
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To be blunt it's irrelevant |
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Having no purpose, like a broken weather vane? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
03 Jan 2025 |
Game show hosted by Alexander Armstrong (9) |
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UK game show presented by Alexander Armstrong (9) |
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Being blunt is futile (9) |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
04 Nov 2024 |
Like a pencil that won't write. Silly (9) |
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I'll be blunt! It's meaningless to go on! (9) |
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Trying to sew with a needle that is, would be! |
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Lesson tip unfortunately a waste of time (9) |
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Unprofitable lines, stop production (9) |
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Slept in, so turned unproductive |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
04 Jul 2024 |
Futile; to no purpose (9) |
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Stupid missing beer when carrying round? |
The Times Cryptic |
15 Jun 2024 |
Futile game show! (9) |
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Without reason; of no use (9) |
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Foolish, to be blunt (9) |
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Vain simpletons unfortunately missing mass |
The Guardian Quiptic |
14 Apr 2024 |
Dot and Leslie South found it did not have any meaning (9) |
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Using such a pencil is |
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Silly if there's no score (9) |
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It is no use being like a broken lead pencil (9) |
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Ineffective |
USA Today |
09 Nov 2023 |
Going nowhere, like a team that's lost every match? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
15 May 2023 |
A waste of time with empty beer glass, nothing to drink |
The Guardian Cryptic |
05 Nov 2021 |
A waste of time with empty beer glass, nothing to drink |
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Idle line stops working |
The Times Cryptic |
22 Oct 2021 |
A waste of time to go out, so slept in! |
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No marijuana going round at home, futile |
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Don't be so accusative, it's futile |
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Ineffective |
The Washington Post |
19 Aug 2018 |
Ineffective |
LA Times Daily |
19 Aug 2018 |
Ineffective |
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Futile instruction to reduce one form of rudeness |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
08 Oct 2017 |
Serving no purpose |
The Times Concise |
02 Oct 2017 |
Futile, to be blunt? |
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Futile love, overcome by not having beer? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
15 Aug 2017 |
What blunt instrument is serving no purpose? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
11 Jan 2017 |
Ineffectual, like a team that always loses? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
29 Nov 2016 |
Fellow looking into aims of TV quiz show |
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Trying to write with such a pencil would be |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
25 Jan 2016 |
Lacking purpose, so slept around, ringing home |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
27 May 2015 |
It's not worth doing, to be blunt |
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Request to reduce gesturing in TV quiz show |
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0-0 |
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Like 9-Down? |
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Inane |
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Futile |
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Futile |
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