| 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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