| Brash and domineering (5) |
The Sun Mini |
16 Sep 2025 |
| Always trying to get one's way |
LA Times Daily |
04 Sep 2025 |
| Assertive American husband among outsiders in party (5) |
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| Unduly self-assertive (5) |
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| Overly aggressive |
Eugene Sheffer |
21 Feb 2025 |
| Aggressive, self-assertive (5) |
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| Back up the timid type in aggressive style (5) |
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| Prince for all to see wary or excessively self-assertive (5) |
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| Obnoxiously forward (5) |
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| Self-assertive, but retiring after getting back-up (5) |
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| Unpleasantly assertive (5) |
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| Unpleasantly assertive American husband cutting outsiders in party (5) |
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| Sharp-elbowed |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
07 Oct 2024 |
| Too assertive |
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| Ruthlessly ambitious person using sleight horrifies you at first |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
06 Jul 2024 |
| Too assertive (inf) |
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| Too keen to turn up and have a fling? (5) |
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| Excessively selfassertive (5) |
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| Aggressive American in second half of cup? (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
15 Mar 2024 |
| Forward up, backflipping on pitch (5) |
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| Forward up, backflipping on pitch |
The Guardian Cryptic |
01 Mar 2024 |
| Offensively assertive (5) |
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| Self-assertive, informally (5) |
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| Beginning to pursue utter selfishness has you very assertive |
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| Presumptuous |
Puzzler Backwords |
30 Jan 2024 |
| Assertive |
Thomas Joseph |
27 Jan 2024 |
| Offensively assertive or forceful |
Mirror Classic |
26 Dec 2023 |
| Too assertive, informally (5) |
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| Aggressive, but the opposite when backup goes missing |
The Guardian Quiptic |
17 Apr 2023 |
| Not shrinking at all |
Newsday |
25 Feb 2023 |
| Overly assertive |
The Guardian Quick |
09 Jan 2023 |
| Like an aggressive salesperson |
USA Today |
25 Dec 2022 |
| Aggressive |
Eugene Sheffer |
02 Apr 2022 |
| Arrogant sort turns up to bowl |
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| Overly aggressive |
Eugene Sheffer |
10 Dec 2020 |
| Forward is hardly retiring? |
Irish Times Crosaire |
22 Aug 2020 |
| Too forward |
New York Times |
08 Aug 2020 |
| It's not the same as assertive |
Jonesin |
05 May 2020 |
| Annoyingly aggressive |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Sep 2019 |
| Assertive to a fault |
The Washington Post Sunday |
23 Jun 2019 |
| Forward returned up pitch |
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| Annoyingly aggressive |
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| Aggressive and rudely assertive |
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| Aggressive; overbearing |
The Guardian Speedy |
28 Jan 2018 |
| Annoyingly assertive |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Jan 2018 |
| Turned up lacking confidence? Hardly! |
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| Always trying to get one's way |
New York Times |
08 Aug 2017 |
| Overly insistent |
Newsday |
30 May 2017 |
| Quietly blocking agreement being upheld, applying pressure |
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| Brash and belligerent |
New York Times |
02 Mar 2017 |
| Overbearing |
Newsday |
19 Feb 2017 |
| Always trying to get one's way |
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| Brash and belligerent |
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| Overly assertive |
The Washington Post |
19 Aug 2016 |
| Backed up attempt, being assertive |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
20 Mar 2016 |
| Having overturned drink, discontented hubby is aggressively forceful |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
10 Sep 2015 |
| Excessively self-assertive |
Irish Times Simplex |
26 May 2015 |
| Elbow last utility forward |
Irish Times Crosaire |
21 Apr 2015 |
| Aggressive |
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| Forward |
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| Rudely assertive |
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| Assertive, and then some |
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| Too self-assertive |
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| Rudely assertive |
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| Aggressive |
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| Bumptious |
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| Aggressive |
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| Brazen |
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| Rudely assertive |
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| Like many a Type A personality |
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| Far from reticent |
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| Forward |
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| Intrusively forward |
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| Intrusively forward |
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| Forward |
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| Too insistent |
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| Aggressive |
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| Forward |
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| Aggressive |
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| Overbearing |
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| Rude, in a way |
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| Brashly presumptuous |
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| Hardly retiring |
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| Forward |
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