Almost the first to be staid (4) |
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Prudish Penny goes to the edge (4) |
|
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First, not the last - to be precise |
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Strait-laced |
Commuter |
22 Mar 2024 |
Affectedly proper |
The Times Concise |
06 Mar 2024 |
Prudish |
Thomas Joseph |
04 Mar 2024 |
____ and proper |
|
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Originally particularly right in manners (4) |
|
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Too formal |
Universal |
09 Feb 2024 |
Stiffly formal |
Newsday |
09 Feb 2024 |
It's for Public Relations I'm |
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Quiet lip is somewhat prudish (4) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
04 Feb 2024 |
Soft edge is proper fashion (4) |
|
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Excessively demure (4) |
|
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___ and proper (well-behaved) |
|
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Strait-laced chief finished early (4) |
|
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Rather formal chief fails to finish (4) |
|
|
Rather formal chief fails to finish |
The Guardian Cryptic |
12 Jan 2024 |
Leaders of powerful religions identify mostly as prudish |
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|
Overly proper |
New York Times |
09 Jan 2024 |
Ever so proper |
Newsday |
31 Dec 2023 |
Affectedly proper |
The Guardian Speedy |
24 Dec 2023 |
Staid and moral |
|
|
Prudish |
Eugene Sheffer |
01 Dec 2023 |
Overly proper |
New York Times |
28 Nov 2023 |
Overly proper |
TV |
26 Nov 2023 |
Overly formal |
USA Today |
09 Nov 2023 |
___ and proper |
|
|
Strait-laced |
Newsday |
12 Oct 2023 |
___ and proper (well-behaved) |
|
|
Prudish |
Eugene Sheffer |
29 Aug 2023 |
Strait-laced |
New York Times |
21 Aug 2023 |
Schoolmarmish |
New York Times |
25 Jul 2023 |
Stiffly respectable |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Jul 2023 |
Straight-laced |
LA Times Daily |
09 Jul 2023 |
Stiffly formal |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Jun 2023 |
___ and proper |
USA Today |
18 Jun 2023 |
Starchy |
Newsday |
29 Apr 2023 |
Overly formal |
Newsday |
25 Apr 2023 |
Prudish |
Eugene Sheffer |
28 Feb 2023 |
Too formal |
Newsday |
24 Feb 2023 |
Overly proper |
Newsday |
15 Feb 2023 |
Straight-laced |
Universal |
18 Jan 2023 |
__ and proper |
LA Times Daily |
27 Dec 2022 |
___ and proper |
|
|
Buttoned-up |
LA Times Daily |
11 Dec 2022 |
Puritanical |
New York Times |
25 Nov 2022 |
__ and proper |
LA Times Daily |
17 Nov 2022 |
Overly formal |
USA Today |
27 Oct 2022 |
___ and proper |
|
|
___ and proper |
USA Today |
17 Oct 2022 |
Proper's partner |
Universal |
04 Sep 2022 |
___ and proper |
USA Today |
01 Sep 2022 |
Stiffly proper |
LA Times Daily |
22 Aug 2022 |
Proper politician put up to defend religious instruction |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
16 Aug 2022 |
Stiffly formal |
Premier Sunday |
14 Aug 2022 |
Niminy-piminy |
New York Times |
15 Jul 2022 |
__ and proper |
LA Times Daily |
04 Jul 2022 |
Overly proper |
Universal |
03 Jul 2022 |
Strait-laced |
LA Times Daily |
29 Jun 2022 |
Proper partner? |
New York Times |
26 Jun 2022 |
Straight-laced |
The Guardian Quick |
16 May 2022 |
"___ and proper" (very formal) |
|
|
Overly proper |
Newsday |
10 Apr 2022 |
Proper's partner |
USA Today |
02 Apr 2022 |
Hardly libertine |
LA Times Daily |
25 Mar 2022 |
Hardly libertine |
The Washington Post |
25 Mar 2022 |
Straight-laced |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Mar 2022 |
Strait-laced |
New York Times |
08 Mar 2022 |
Proper partner? |
Universal |
07 Mar 2022 |
___ and proper (very correctly behaved) |
|
|
Prudish |
Eugene Sheffer |
02 Feb 2022 |
Demure being almost nineteen, maybe |
The Times Cryptic |
14 Dec 2021 |
Very proper |
|
|
Schoolmarmish |
LA Times Daily |
24 Nov 2021 |
Victorian is nearly ready |
|
|
Prudish |
Eugene Sheffer |
18 Sep 2021 |
Proper's partner |
|
|
Stuffy |
Newsday |
03 Jul 2021 |
Prudish |
Thomas Joseph |
02 Jul 2021 |
Prissy |
The Telegraph Quick |
26 Jun 2021 |
Victorian |
New York Times |
16 Jun 2021 |
Stiffly proper |
Newsday |
28 Apr 2021 |
Overly formal |
Newsday |
20 Apr 2021 |
___ and proper |
USA Today |
22 Feb 2021 |
Prissy |
Canadiana |
22 Feb 2021 |
___ and proper (very formal) |
|
|
Overly proper |
Universal |
14 Jan 2021 |
Stiffly formal |
New York Times |
06 Jan 2021 |
Stiffly proper |
LA Times Daily |
27 Dec 2020 |
Stiffly proper |
The Washington Post |
27 Dec 2020 |
Proper's partner |
USA Today |
08 Dec 2020 |
Like a pearl-clutcher |
New York Times |
15 Nov 2020 |
Overly formal |
Jonesin |
03 Nov 2020 |
Strait-laced Puritan leader outside |
|
|
Proper's partner |
|
|
Stiffly proper |
Wall Street Journal |
04 Aug 2020 |
Strait-laced |
LA Times Daily |
02 Jul 2020 |
Strait-laced |
The Washington Post |
02 Jul 2020 |
Particularly proper |
The Washington Post Sunday |
17 May 2020 |
Stiffly correct |
The Times Concise |
15 May 2020 |
Kat's sister in 'The Hunger Games' |
The Washington Post |
26 Apr 2020 |
Kat's sister in "The Hunger Games" |
LA Times Daily |
26 Apr 2020 |
Like schoolmarms, stereotypically |
Family Time |
15 Mar 2020 |
Partner of proper |
New York Times |
25 Dec 2019 |
Partner of proper |
|
|
Fastidious setter's following promising leads |
|
|
Stiffly formal |
|
|
Strait-laced |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Nov 2019 |
Proper partner? |
The Sun Two Speed |
21 Oct 2019 |
Stiffly correct |
The Sun Two Speed |
21 Oct 2019 |
Unlikely to belch in public, say |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Oct 2019 |
Highly proper |
Newsday |
18 Sep 2019 |
___ and proper (very formal) |
|
|
Proper partner |
LA Times Daily |
13 Jul 2019 |
Proper partner |
The Washington Post |
13 Jul 2019 |
___ and proper (very formal) |
|
|
Prudish |
Eugene Sheffer |
05 Jul 2019 |
Old-maidish |
USA Today |
04 Jul 2019 |
. Hypatia is following tips from paper, to be precise |
|
|
Stiffly formal |
Universal |
07 Jun 2019 |
Overly proper |
Wall Street Journal |
28 May 2019 |
Formally proper |
Newsday |
20 May 2019 |
Overly proper |
Newsday |
09 May 2019 |
Straitlaced |
Universal |
15 Apr 2019 |
___ and proper (correctly behaved) |
|
|
Overly proper |
New York Times |
18 Mar 2019 |
Stiffly neat |
The Washington Post Sunday |
03 Mar 2019 |
Demure |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Feb 2019 |
___ and proper |
New York Times |
04 Feb 2019 |
Like a goody two-shoes |
USA Today |
30 Jan 2019 |
Proper companion? |
The Sun Two Speed |
07 Jan 2019 |
Unlikely to belch in public, say |
|
|
Overly proper |
|
|
Old-maidish |
|
|
Strait-laced |
|
|
Overly proper |
|
|
___ and proper |
|
|
Demure |
|
|
Like a goody two-shoes |
|
|
Proper partner |
|
|
Stiffly formal |
|
|
Straitlaced |
|
|
___ and proper (very formal and prudish) |
|
|
Stiffly formal |
USA Today |
03 Dec 2018 |
Highly proper |
Family Time |
19 Nov 2018 |
Starchy |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Nov 2018 |
Stiffly formal |
Newsday |
23 Sep 2018 |
Strait-laced |
Newsday |
12 Sep 2018 |
Highly proper |
Jonesin |
11 Sep 2018 |
___ and proper |
Family Time |
15 Jul 2018 |
Goody-goody |
USA Today |
29 May 2018 |
Parking by the verge is proper |
|
|
Schoolmarmish |
New York Times |
11 Feb 2018 |
Schoolmarmish |
LA Times Daily |
14 Jan 2018 |
Schoolmarmish |
The Washington Post |
14 Jan 2018 |
Stiffly formal |
|
|
Starchy |
|
|
Goody-goody |
|
|
Proper's partner |
|
|
Schoolmarmish |
|
|
Schoolmarmish |
|
|
Adhering to old-fashioned modesty |
New York Times |
25 Dec 2017 |
Strait-laced |
|
|
Partner of proper |
USA Today |
03 Sep 2017 |
Stuffy |
LA Times Daily |
13 Jul 2017 |
Stuffy |
The Washington Post |
13 Jul 2017 |
Partner of proper |
The Washington Post |
10 Jul 2017 |
Partner of proper |
LA Times Daily |
10 Jul 2017 |
__ and proper (overly formal) |
Newsday |
03 Jul 2017 |
Rigidly formal |
Newsday |
13 Jun 2017 |
To behave in a very sophisticated manner |
|
|
Eager |
New York Times |
13 Apr 2017 |
Penny's on edge, being prudish |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
12 Apr 2017 |
Formally proper |
Family Time |
06 Mar 2017 |
Straitlaced |
USA Today |
13 Feb 2017 |
Demure |
|
|
Adhering to old-fashioned modesty |
|
|
Partner of proper |
|
|
Partner of proper |
|
|
Stuffy |
|
|
Punctilious Trojan king has no answer |
The Telegraph Toughie |
22 Nov 2016 |
Overly formal chief cut short |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
10 Nov 2016 |
Like a bluenose |
USA Today |
09 Nov 2016 |
Page, reserved initially, I am finding formal |
|
|
__ and proper (strait-laced) |
Newsday |
22 Aug 2016 |
Stiffly formal |
The Guardian Quick |
09 Jul 2016 |
Strait-laced |
USA Today |
20 May 2016 |
Ignoring odd characters, upbraid maiden, being starchy |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
05 May 2016 |
Straitlaced |
The Washington Post |
22 Apr 2016 |
Strait-laced |
The Guardian Speedy |
17 Jan 2016 |
Strait-laced |
Eugene Sheffer |
12 Jan 2016 |
Strait-laced |
|
|
Very proper |
Eugene Sheffer |
29 Dec 2015 |
Stiff |
LA Times Daily |
11 Dec 2015 |
Prudish |
Thomas Joseph |
08 Sep 2015 |
Overly proper |
USA Today |
07 Aug 2015 |
Chief, endlessly formal |
|
|
Proper companion? |
LA Times Daily |
19 Jul 2015 |
High in starch? |
Newsday |
13 Jun 2015 |
Intolerant of impropriety |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Jun 2015 |
Affectedly dainty or refined |
Irish Times Simplex |
11 May 2015 |
Victorian |
LA Times Daily |
08 Apr 2015 |
Rigidly formal |
Premier Sunday |
01 Mar 2015 |
Stiffly neat |
USA Today |
28 Feb 2015 |
Formally proper |
LA Times Daily |
08 Jan 2015 |
Strait-laced |
|
|
Overly formal |
|
|
Proper companion? |
|
|
Stiffly formal |
|
|
High in starch? |
|
|
Proper partner |
|
|
Overly proper |
|
|
Stiffly neat |
|
|
Rigidly formal |
|
|
Formally proper |
|
|
Stiff |
|
|
Victorian |
|
|
Victorian |
|
|
Overly proper |
|
|
Fifth off 2 or 3 perhaps, to be formal |
|
|
Strait-laced |
|
|
Strait-laced |
|
|
Rigidly formal |
|
|
Strait-laced |
|
|
Overly formal |
|
|
Puritanical |
|
|
Quiet, on edge and rather demure |
|
|
Proper companion? |
|
|
"Proper" companion? |
|
|
Ever so proper |
|
|
Schoolmarmish |
|
|
__ and proper |
|
|
Proper partner? |
|
|
Schoolmarmish |
|
|
Rigid |
|
|
Rigid |
|
|
Dainty |
|
|
Wanting everything just so |
|
|
___ and proper |
|
|
Dainty |
|
|
Stiff |
|
|
Starchy |
|
|
___ and proper |
|
|
Stiffly neat |
|
|
Stiffly neat |
|
|
Ever so proper |
|
|
Extremely proper |
|
|
Proper partner? |
|
|
Not at all loose |
|
|
Proper partner? |
|
|
Proper partner? |
|
|
Puritanical |
|
|
Far from freewheeling |
|
|
Overly demure |
|
|
Puritanical |
|
|
Proper partner? |
|
|
Like Miss Manners |
|
|
Strait-laced |
|
|
A proper partner? |
|
|
Stuffy |
|
|
Like Miss Manners |
|
|
Proper's partner |
|
|
Rigidly formal |
|
|
Rigidly ceremonious |
|
|
Highly proper |
|
|
Stuffy |
|
|
Schoolmarmish |
|
|
Straight-laced |
|
|
With 10-Down and "and," rigidly formal |
|
|
Like schoolmarms, stereotypically |
|
|
Strait-laced |
|
|
Overly decorous |
|
|
With 10-Down and "and," rigidly formal |
|
|
Stuffy |
|
|
Wearing a long dress and a collar buttoned to the top, maybe |
|
|
Straitlaced |
|
|
Governessy |
|
|
Prissy |
|
|
Rigidly formal |
|
|
Rigidly formal |
|
|
Square-toed |
|
|
Ever so proper |
|
|
Partner of proper |
|
|
Puritanical |
|
|
Prudish |
|
|
Strait-laced |
|
|
Formally proper |
|
|
Perhaps a little too neat |
|
|
Proper partner |
|
|
Like a bluenose |
|
|
Rigid |
|
|
Square-toed |
|
|
Strait-laced |
|
|
Wanting everything just so |
|
|
Not fond of blue humor |
|
|
Excessively polite and restrained |
|
|
Straitlaced |
|
|
Formal |
|
|
Overly decorous |
|
|
Like Miss Marple |
|
|
Proper mate |
|
|
Strait-laced |
|
|
Prudish |
|
|
Stiffly formal |
|
|
Proper |
|
|
Proper partner |
|
|
Stiffly formal |
|
|
__ and proper |
|
|
Square-toed |
|
|
Proper's partner |
|
|
Stiffly neat |
|
|
Proper mate |
|
|
Stiffly neat |
|
|
Proper |
|
|
Prudish |
|
|
Straitlaced |
|
|
Proper partner |
|
|
Decorous |
|
|
Bluenosed |
|
|
Victorian |
|
|
Overly stiff |
|
|
Not fond of dirty jokes, surely |
|
|
First part |
|
|
Proper partner |
|
|
Schoolmarmish |
|
|
Schoolmarmish |
|
|
Formally precise |
|
|
Proper mate |
|
|
Proper companion? |
|
|
Decorous |
|
|
Strait-laced |
|
|
Proper partner |
|
|
Like schoolmarms |
|
|
Like schoolmarms |
|
|
Strait-laced |
|
|
Inhibited |
|
|
Formal |
|
|
Formal |
|
|
Rigidly formal |
|
|
Puritanical |
|
|
Like Miss Manners |
|
|
Formal |
|
|
Stuffy |
|
|
Proper's companion |
|
|
Prudish |
|
|
Straightlaced |
|
|
Extremely proper |
|
|
Prissy |
|
|
Straight-laced |
|
|
Proper's partner |
|
|
Very correct |
|
|
Puritanical |
|
|
Victorian |
|
|
Stiffly neat |
|
|
Buttoned-up all the way |
|
|
Straightlaced |
|
|
Most proper |
|
|
Stiffly neat |
|
|
Stiffly precise |
|
|
Demure |
|
|
Straightlaced |
|
|
Proper's partner |
|
|
Schoolmarmish |
|
|
Proper |
|
|
Proper's partner |
|
|
Sedate |
|
|
Prudish |
|
|
Decorous |
|
|
Proper's companion |
|
|
Oh so proper |
|
|
Prudish |
|
|
Formal |
|
|
Very proper |
|
|
Proper |
|
|
Stiffly proper |
|
|
Shrub used for hedges |
|
|
Proper partner |
|
|
Stuffy |
|
|
Stiffly precise |
|
|
Kind of rose PAth? |
|
|
Precise or prudish |
|
|
Staid |
|
|
Properly Victorian |
|
|
Fussy |
|
|
Old-maidish |
|
|
Nice-Nelly |
|
|
Sedate |
|
|
Stiffly decorous |
|
|
Neat |
|
|
Precise. |
|
|
Demure. |
|
|
Old-maidish. |
|
|
Decorous. |
|
|
Prissy. |
|
|
Stiffly formal. |
|
|
Stiffly decorous. |
|
|
Formally neat. |
|
|
Smugly nice. |
|
|
Proper. |
|
|
Very proper. |
|
|
Like a mid-Victorian. |
|
|
Mid-Victorian. |
|
|
Unbending. |
|
|
Affectedly proper. |
|
|
Affectedly nice. |
|
|
Victorian. |
|
|
Overmodest. |
|
|
Descriptive of a Victorian lady. |
|
|
Neat and proper. |
|
|
Overprecise. |
|
|
Strait-laced. |
|
|
Proper or formal. |
|
|
Stiffly neat. |
|
|
Quaker host to Simon Pure. |
|
|
Very decorous. |
|
|
Overly formal |
|
|
Strait-laced |
|
|