| Acceptable to interrupt a jabber? (5) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
16 Apr 2026 |
| Gambling game with flushes |
Newsday |
15 Apr 2026 |
| Activity that involves drawing and folding |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Apr 2026 |
| Identify this game by its pieces! Deck of cards, chips, dealer button, and an optional timer |
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| Game in which Paul Newman successfully cons a crime boss in "The Sting" |
New York Times Mini |
05 Feb 2026 |
| see 22 Down (5) |
Mirror Quiz |
23 Jan 2026 |
| Rod for stirring a fire (5) |
Mirror Classic |
17 Jan 2026 |
| (2/4) Card game played with a straight face |
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| Game with hands - and index finger? |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
25 Oct 2025 |
| Card game with bluffs and bets |
Newsday |
21 Oct 2025 |
| Correct boards for every game |
The Times Cryptic |
22 Aug 2025 |
| Game with an annual World Series since 1970 |
New York Times |
17 Aug 2025 |
| Identify this game by its pieces! Deck of cards, chips, dealer button, and an optional timer |
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| Prod right into card game (5) |
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| Tool next to a fireplace |
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| Card game of which stud and draw are varieties (5) |
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| It's on the cards you could be playing with fire (5) |
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| Game - metal stick (5) |
The Guardian Quick |
08 Jul 2025 |
| Gambling card game |
The Telegraph Quick |
02 Jul 2025 |
| Gambling card game |
The Times Concise |
02 Jul 2025 |
| Rod for stirring a re (5) |
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| (2/4) Card game played with a straight face |
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| Game involving drawing and folding |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Jun 2025 |
| Rod for stirring a fire (5) |
Mirror Classic |
12 Jun 2025 |
| Fireplace rod |
The Sun Two Speed |
10 Jun 2025 |
| Remind Republican in card game |
The Sun Two Speed |
10 Jun 2025 |
| _ face (impassive expression) (5) |
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| Game with an annual World Series |
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| Card game to encourage the fire with? (5) |
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| A game to settle the ashes? (5) |
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| 1 Across game |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
10 May 2025 |
| Card game of bluffing (5) |
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| Hand-raising activity? |
Family Time |
20 Apr 2025 |
| Strategic card game with a "pot" that you may play at a Las Vegas casino |
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| Fitting game for Chip, Jack and Betty to play? |
New York Times Mini |
15 Apr 2025 |
| Card game brought to the US by French immigrants and spread by Mississippi riverboat crews (5) |
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| Metal rod for stirring a fire (5) |
|
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| Texas Hold'em game |
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| Acceptable to interrupt a game? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
27 Mar 2025 |
| It's handy at the fireside (5) |
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| Fireside card game (5) |
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| Texas hold___em game |
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| Fireside accessory (5) |
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| Stud and strip are variants of what game? (5) |
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| Person receiving sign of approval for card game (5) |
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| Pot grower's activity? |
New York Times |
21 Feb 2025 |
| Rod for prodding a fire (5) |
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| This the impassive face of one under fire? (5) |
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| Game played beside the fire? (5) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
29 Jan 2025 |
| A stiff game? (5) |
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| Fireiron it's all right for each to have around (5) |
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| Old-fashioned fireside game? (5) |
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| Implement for stirring game (5) |
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| Gamblers take a hand in it (5) |
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| Game in which players do the ends of answers to asterisked clues |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
19 Dec 2024 |
| No-limit Texas hold 'em, e.g. |
New York Times Mini |
12 Dec 2024 |
| Fire prodder |
Puzzler Backwords |
08 Dec 2024 |
| Game of cards that may be red-hot in bed (5) |
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| Card game played with a straight face and which is a part of the World Mind Sports Games |
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| (and 4 Across) Oik's response disrupted cards evening perhaps (5,7) |
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| Something found in grate for a game of cards (5) |
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| Rod's rude attention-seeker (5) |
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| Possibly red-hot game (5) |
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| "___ Face" (Natasha Lyonne mystery series) |
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| Card game |
The Telegraph Quick |
17 Oct 2024 |
| Game with folding and flushes |
USA Today |
16 Oct 2024 |
| Card game where one may "up the ante" |
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| Game of which Texas hold'em is a variant (5) |
Puzzler Backwords |
07 Oct 2024 |
| Fireside bar |
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| Rude attention-seeker in game? |
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| Jabber - it's a game of bluff (5) |
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| Give one a nudge, right at the end of a card game (5) |
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| Identify this game by its pieces! Deck of cards, chips, dealer button, and an optional timer |
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| ... it can be used to stoke flames |
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| Game where players look for tells |
|
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| "___ Face" (Natasha Lyonne series) |
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| Card game |
The Telegraph Mini |
06 Aug 2024 |
| ___ face |
New York Times |
31 Jul 2024 |
| Idiot losing pounds - an indefinite number - in card game |
The Times Cryptic |
16 Jul 2024 |
| Stirring game by the fire? (5) |
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| Fireplace tool (and card game) (5) |
|
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| (2/4) Card game played with a straight face |
|
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| Game which stirs the fire? (5) |
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| Game for stirring things up? (5) |
|
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| Sounds like a dance or a card game |
|
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| Card game played by the fire? (5) |
|
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| Fireplace implement |
|
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| Game with Omaha and stud varieties |
|
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| "___ Face" (Lady Gaga song) |
Universal |
07 May 2024 |
| Hearth prod (5) |
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| Rod's bluffing card game (5) |
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| Fine for interrupting a game |
The Times Cryptic |
19 Apr 2024 |
| Strategic card game with a "pot" that you may play at a Las Vegas casino |
|
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| Fireplace tool or card game (5) |
|
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| Fire stirrer (S) |
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| Game of cards that may be red-hot in fire (5) |
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| Card game appears to be all right throughout (5) |
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| Game likely to cause a stir (5) |
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| Fireside game? |
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| Satisfactory in a card game |
|
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| Fire prod (5) |
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| Game for a pushing sort of person? (5) |
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| A game you can play with the Gestapo, Kerry (5) |
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| Game by the fireside (5) |
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| Subject of the podcasts "All-In" and "The Chip Race" |
|
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| Game by the fireside |
|
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| Card game for gamblers (5) |
|
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| Tobey played tournament ___ |
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| It may be stud that's thrust into the fire (5) |
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| Rod's game? (5) |
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| Its World Series takes place in Paradise |
|
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| A metal rod for stirring a fire (5) |
|
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| Game for the fireside? (5) |
|
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| Rod used to stir fires (5) |
|
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| Card game in which players bet on the value of their hands (5) |
|
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| Primula vialii's purple flower spikes are _-shaped, like the red ones of Kniphofia (5) |
|
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| Rod's game of cards (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
27 Jan 2024 |
| Game where players hold hands |
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| Game with pressure more satisfactory, might one say? |
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| - |
New York Times |
17 Jan 2024 |
| Fire prodder (5) |
Puzzler |
30 Dec 2023 |
| Plant with spiky flame-coloured flowers, red-hot - - - (5) |
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| Nudge king in game (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
14 Dec 2023 |
| Texas hold ‘em, for example |
|
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| Card game created in New Orleans from the French game "poque" |
|
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| Card game played with a straight face |
|
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| Card game played with a straight face |
|
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| Card game where one may "up the ante" |
|
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| Gambling game |
The Telegraph Quick |
08 Jul 2023 |
| Fire iron |
The Guardian Quick |
08 Jun 2023 |
| Card game covered on CBS Sports |
Universal |
06 Jun 2023 |
| Card game played with a straight face |
|
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| All right to enter for each game |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
06 Mar 2023 |
| Card game played with a straight face, perhaps |
|
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| Casino game with chips |
|
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| Hand-raising activity? |
Family Time |
22 Jan 2023 |
| Rod's extremely responsible travelling north after parking fine |
The Guardian Cryptic |
26 Dec 2022 |
| Game for a good bluffer |
Universal |
14 Oct 2022 |
| Card game where one may "up the ante" |
|
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| World Series of ___ |
USA Today |
31 Jul 2022 |
| "__ Face": Lady Gaga hit |
LA Times Daily |
26 Jul 2022 |
| Fire-tending tool |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Jul 2022 |
| Card game |
The Times Concise |
20 May 2022 |
| Fireplace accessory |
LA Times Daily |
19 Mar 2022 |
| Fireplace accessory |
|
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| Game of hands |
Thomas Joseph |
10 Mar 2022 |
| Game involving full houses |
The Guardian Quick |
04 Mar 2022 |
| Game with straight flushes |
USA Today |
31 Jan 2022 |
| All right to go in for every game |
The Times Cryptic |
21 Dec 2021 |
| Card game played with a straight face |
|
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| Where you’d hold hands and jabber |
The Times Cryptic |
23 Nov 2021 |
| One's usually found by the fireside |
The Guardian Quick |
22 Nov 2021 |
| Texas Hold 'em, e.g |
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| Texas Hold 'em, e.g |
LA Times Daily |
06 Sep 2021 |
| Game with flushes |
USA Today |
03 Sep 2021 |
| Game of hands |
Thomas Joseph |
02 Sep 2021 |
| __ face |
|
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| __ face |
LA Times Daily |
29 Aug 2021 |
| Satisfactory cuts for every card game |
|
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| Permissible lining for every device used in fire management |
|
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| Fire controller for game |
|
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| It involves drawing and folding |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Mar 2021 |
| Metal rod for hand-to-hand combat? |
|
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| Part of a fireplace set |
New York Times |
27 Nov 2020 |
| Card game |
The Times Concise |
23 Nov 2020 |
| Game that may involve drawing |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Sep 2020 |
| Card game |
The Telegraph Quick |
08 Jun 2020 |
| Game with flushes |
USA Today |
24 Mar 2020 |
| Texas Hold 'em, e.g |
USA Today |
22 Feb 2020 |
| Game of checkers? |
|
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| Game that is used to keep the fire going |
|
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| Card game with flops |
USA Today |
04 Dec 2019 |
| Rod for stirring a fire |
LA Times Daily |
02 Dec 2019 |
| Rod for stirring a fire |
|
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| Metal rod for hand-to-hand contest? |
The Sun Two Speed |
03 Oct 2019 |
| Card game |
The Sun Two Speed |
03 Oct 2019 |
| Card game with flushes |
Newsday |
30 Sep 2019 |
| Index finger perhaps where one has a hand? |
|
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| Game of hands |
Thomas Joseph |
20 May 2019 |
| Fireplace rod |
USA Today |
19 May 2019 |
| Game suggested by the starred answers' starts |
Universal |
14 May 2019 |
| Permissible in each game |
|
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| Card game or a type of face that's hard to read |
|
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| Game suggested by the starred answers' starts |
|
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| Fireplace rod |
|
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| Fireside implement |
The Telegraph Quick |
25 Nov 2018 |
| Card game involving folding and pairs, where you may keep a straight face |
|
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| Hand-to-hand combat? |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Oct 2018 |
| Push rook in game |
|
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| World Series card game |
USA Today |
05 Jun 2018 |
| Stud or draw |
USA Today |
28 Apr 2018 |
| Hand-to-hand combat? |
|
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| World Series card game |
|
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| Stud or draw |
|
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| Hands in this sticker |
|
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| Card game that can get red hot |
|
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| Game that's handled by person in hot seat? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
29 Oct 2017 |
| Game with a Las Vegas World Series |
USA Today |
10 Sep 2017 |
| Gambling game |
The Telegraph Quick |
19 Aug 2017 |
| Hearth tool |
Newsday |
06 Aug 2017 |
| Bluffing game |
Newsday |
12 Jul 2017 |
| Where a hand may be straight, one pointing the finger? |
|
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| Where a hand may be straight, one pointing the finger? |
The Times Cryptic |
28 Jun 2017 |
| Gambling card game |
|
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| OK splits for each card game |
|
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| Person who digs a gambling game? |
|
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| Game with a Las Vegas World Series |
|
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| Rod Laver's back following nudge |
|
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| Game with straights and flushes |
New York Times |
05 Dec 2016 |
| Game with an annual World Series held in Las Vegas |
New York Times |
14 Nov 2016 |
| Game fighter's end following jab |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
18 Oct 2016 |
| Game that uses King and Queen after work's over |
|
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| Activity involving folding and drawing |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Apr 2016 |
| Roger in gym before start of rugger game |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
26 Apr 2016 |
| "Dead man's hand" game |
USA Today |
22 Apr 2016 |
| Where to find a full house |
LA Times Daily |
17 Mar 2016 |
| Game involving folding |
USA Today |
27 Jan 2016 |
| Hold 'em game |
Universal |
18 Jan 2016 |
| Card game with antes |
Newsday |
05 Jan 2016 |
| Epitome of stiffness in game |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
03 Jan 2016 |
| Game involving folding |
|
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| Hold 'em game |
|
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| Game with an annual World Series held in Las Vegas |
|
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| Game with straights and flushes |
|
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| Bag with right metal rod |
|
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| Hand-raising activity? |
Universal |
30 Nov 2015 |
| Texas Hold 'em, e.g |
Eugene Sheffer |
24 Oct 2015 |
| Casino staple |
New York Times |
20 Oct 2015 |
| Pairs are seen in it |
New York Times |
30 Aug 2015 |
| Ashes could be reinvigorated with this game |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
23 Jun 2015 |
| Hearth instrument |
New York Times |
18 Jun 2015 |
| Hand-raising activity? |
Family Time |
10 May 2015 |
| Fire iron |
The Telegraph Quick |
25 Mar 2015 |
| Fire-raiser's game? |
|
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| Fire-raiser‘s game? |
|
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| Hand-raising activity? |
|
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| Hearth instrument |
|
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| Pairs are seen in it |
|
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| Casino staple |
|
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| Game – fine cuts for each |
|
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| Stick to game |
|
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| Inspiration for some Yahtzee categories |
|
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| Stud or draw |
|
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| Pastime for Captain Picard's senior staff |
|
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| Game, digitally rude sort |
|
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| Hand-raising activity? |
|
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| Game featured in "Maverick" |
|
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| Game played with a straight face |
|
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| "The Odd Couple" card game |
|
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| Game with televised tournaments |
|
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| World Series game |
|
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| Game often seen on ESPN |
|
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| World Series game |
|
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| Baseball is a form of it |
|
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| Lady Gaga's "___ Face" |
|
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| Oft-televised game |
|
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| Game that can follow the first part of this puzzle's four longest answers |
|
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| Game with straights |
|
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| It may involve drawing |
|
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| Game with "tells" |
|
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| Stud's game |
|
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| Word with face or hand |
|
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| It may involve cash on hand? |
|
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| Kind of face |
|
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| It may involve drawing |
|
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| Game with a World Series |
|
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| Straight game |
|
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| Texas Hold 'em, e.g., and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
|
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| Game played by dogs in kitschy paintings |
|
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| Fireplace rod |
|
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| Fireplace adjunct |
|
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| __ face |
|
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| __ face |
|
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| Texas Hold 'em, e.g., and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
|
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| Fireplace tool |
|
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| Cardroom game |
|
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| Cincinnati and lowball are versions of this |
|
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| Game involving drawing and folding |
|
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| Texas Hold'em, e.g. |
|
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| World Series game |
|
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| See 66 Across |
|
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| Often-televised card game |
|
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| Texas Hold'em, e.g. |
|
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| Game in "The Sting" |
|
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| Fire stirrer |
|
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| Card game seen on TV |
|
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| Hearth tool |
|
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| Hand-raising activity? |
|
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| Hearth tool |
|
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| World Series game |
|
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| Kind of face |
|
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| Game with straights and flushes |
|
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| Activity that involves seeing people? |
|
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| Bluffer's game |
|
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| Kind of face |
|
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| Card game with televised tournaments |
|
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| Casino game |
|
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| Amarillo Slim's game |
|
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| Doc Holliday's game |
|
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| Texas Hold'em, for one |
|
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| Amarillo Slim's game |
|
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| Hearth tool |
|
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| Amarillo Slim's game |
|
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| Texas Hold'em, for one |
|
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| "The Outcasts of ___ Flat" |
|
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| Hold 'em, for example |
|
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| Pai Gow is a form of this |
|
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| Texas Hold'em, e.g. |
|
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| Maverick's game |
|
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| Hearth tool |
|
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| Game for the start of 17 and 65-Across, 11 and 34-Down |
|
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| World Series game |
|
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| Bluffer's game |
|
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| Spit in the ocean game |
|
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| Card game |
|
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| This puzzle's theme |
|
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| Tool next to a shovel, maybe |
|
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| Stud, e.g., and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
|
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| Hearth hardware |
|
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| Word with chip or face |
|
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| Stud, e.g., and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
|
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| Stud, e.g. |
|
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| Bret Maverick's forte |
|
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| Card game that's a hint to today's theme |
|
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| Stud, e.g. |
|
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| Source of 32-Down |
|
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| Fireplace tool |
|
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| Bridge alternative |
|
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| Stud, for one |
|
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| The Odd Couple pastime |
|
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| Stud game |
|
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| Hearth tool |
|
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| This puzzle's card game |
|
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| All right to go in for every game |
|
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| ___ face |
|
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| Fireplace tool |
|
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| It may involve cash on hand |
|
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| Game involving drawing and folding |
|
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| Game played with a straight...or a straight face |
|
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| Draw game? |
|
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| Note a lot of Liverpool fans after return game |
|
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| Stud e.g. |
|
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| Whence the phrase "pass the buck" |
|
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| Fireplace rod |
|
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| Stud or draw |
|
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| See 17 across |
|
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| Card game |
|
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| Log roller |
|
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| Logroller, in a way |
|
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| Game in "The Sting" |
|
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| Game having pairs |
|
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| Fireplace adjunct |
|
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| Casino game |
|
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| Game of cards |
|
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| Draw or strip ___ |
|
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| Card game |
|
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| Stud or draw |
|
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| Contest game in Las Vegas |
|
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| Raising game |
|
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| Gambling game |
|
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| Stirring game? |
|
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| Jabber? |
|
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| Kind of face |
|
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| Betting game |
|
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| Stud, e.g. |
|
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| Draw or stud |
|
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| Game for pairs |
|
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| Outcasts' Flat |
|
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| Las Vegas game. |
|
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| Fireplace item. |
|
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| ___ face. |
|
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| Fire iron. |
|
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| Kind of face. |
|
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| Game. |
|
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| Draw, perhaps. |
|
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| Popular card game. |
|
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| Card game. |
|
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| How to wake up the queen |
|
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