| Risque |
Universal |
26 Jan 2026 |
| Near the knuckle |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
09 Jan 2026 |
| Cheekily daring |
Puzzler Backwords |
26 Oct 2025 |
| NSFW, perhaps |
USA Today |
26 Aug 2025 |
| Something written up in birthday card is risque (4) |
The Guardian Quiptic |
24 Aug 2025 |
| Bawdy (4) |
Puzzler |
22 Aug 2025 |
| Provocative |
Commuter |
19 Aug 2025 |
| Bordering on inappropriate, in a way |
New York Times |
01 Aug 2025 |
| Sexy (4) |
The Guardian Quick |
09 Jul 2025 |
| Suggestive |
Eugene Sheffer |
04 Jul 2025 |
| A li'l bit risque |
|
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| Risque, like many a card in Cards Against Humanity |
|
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| Piquant |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
15 May 2025 |
| Pester a cyclist, somewhat rude (4) |
|
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| Suggestive, perhaps |
|
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| Somewhat NSFV |
|
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| Suggestive (4) |
The Guardian Quick |
16 Apr 2025 |
| Suggestive |
Universal |
01 Apr 2025 |
| A little risque |
|
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| Risqué |
New York Times |
24 Feb 2025 |
| Like some romance novels |
LA Times Daily |
26 Jan 2025 |
| Risqué |
New York Times Mini |
14 Jan 2025 |
| Somewhat risque |
|
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| Somewhat erotic (4) |
The Guardian Speedy |
08 Dec 2024 |
| Risqué, suggestive |
The Times Concise |
30 Nov 2024 |
| Suggestive |
Universal |
28 Nov 2024 |
| Warranting an "NSFW" tag, maybe |
|
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| Somewhat improper |
Newsday |
10 Nov 2024 |
| Meriting an R rating, maybe |
New York Times |
10 Nov 2024 |
| Risque |
Universal |
02 Nov 2024 |
| Lively part for a cynic (4) |
|
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| Suggestive |
Eugene Sheffer |
02 Oct 2024 |
| Suggestive |
Eugene Sheffer |
01 Oct 2024 |
| R-rated, perhaps |
Universal |
27 Sep 2024 |
| Blue sedan turned close to driveway (4) |
|
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| Fast, speedy or modern ? |
|
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| Describing the prose of the course correspondent? (4) |
|
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| Borderline pornographic |
|
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| Raunchy and speedy! (4) |
|
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| Caught in a beam being risque (4) |
|
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| Risqué |
New York Times |
18 Aug 2024 |
| Suggestive |
Universal |
04 Jul 2024 |
| Risqué introduction to column in issue of The Sun |
The Telegraph Toughie |
26 Jun 2024 |
| Not family-friendly, maybe |
LA Times Daily |
25 Jun 2024 |
| Full of zest or vigour (4) |
|
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| Showing vigour or spirit (4) |
|
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| Near the knuckle |
The Sun Mini |
05 May 2024 |
| OFF-COLOR |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Apr 2024 |
| Sporty enough to cause a car crash, some day |
|
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| Suggestive but not completely vulgar |
|
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| Blue vehicle reversing close to motorway |
The Guardian Cryptic |
15 Mar 2024 |
| The sort of prose used by the reporter of track events? (4) |
|
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| Naughty element rising in daycare |
|
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| Suggestive of having a distinctively lively and spirited quality (4) |
|
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| Ribald and titillating (4) |
|
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| Suggestive |
LA Times Mini |
02 Feb 2024 |
| A bit naughty |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Jan 2024 |
| Risque |
Commuter |
12 Jan 2024 |
| Bawdy or suggestive |
|
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| Conservative should wear a streak of light blue? (4) |
|
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| Slightly improper |
Newsday |
06 Dec 2023 |
| Playful zesty |
|
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| Risqué account penned by Republican youth leader |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
28 Nov 2023 |
| Salacious |
New York Times |
01 Oct 2023 |
| Showing a lot of skin, say |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Jun 2023 |
| Somewhat R-rated |
New York Times |
19 Jun 2023 |
| Off-color |
Wall Street Journal |
26 May 2023 |
| Risqué |
Thomas Joseph |
08 May 2023 |
| Risqué |
Thomas Joseph |
26 Apr 2023 |
| A bit improper |
Newsday |
23 Apr 2023 |
| Salacious |
New York Times |
16 Apr 2023 |
| Risqué |
LA Times Daily |
19 Mar 2023 |
| Somewhat improper |
Newsday |
17 Mar 2023 |
| Risque |
USA Today |
03 Feb 2023 |
| Borderline indecent |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Jan 2023 |
| Off-colour and about to enter shaft |
The Guardian Cryptic |
10 Jan 2023 |
| Risque |
Universal |
09 Jan 2023 |
| Somewhat blue |
LA Times Daily |
07 Jan 2023 |
| Suggestive |
Eugene Sheffer |
27 Oct 2022 |
| Blue-ish |
New York Times |
17 Sep 2022 |
| Not G-rated, say |
New York Times |
01 Sep 2022 |
| Crude account for the Spanish in bank |
The Telegraph Toughie |
24 Aug 2022 |
| Suggestive |
Eugene Sheffer |
23 Jun 2022 |
| A little naughty |
Wall Street Journal |
23 May 2022 |
| Suggestive |
Eugene Sheffer |
04 May 2022 |
| Somewhat blue |
LA Times Daily |
23 Apr 2022 |
| Somewhat blue |
The Washington Post |
23 Apr 2022 |
| Not for the prudish |
The Washington Post |
16 Apr 2022 |
| Not for the prudish |
LA Times Daily |
16 Apr 2022 |
| Blue vehicle overturning at end of motorway |
The Times Cryptic |
13 Apr 2022 |
| Blue |
The Guardian Quick |
22 Mar 2022 |
| Somewhat improper |
Newsday |
03 Feb 2022 |
| Borderline indecent |
New York Times |
26 Jan 2022 |
| R-rated, perhaps |
New York Times |
21 Jan 2022 |
| Bootlegging, excluding number that's suggestive |
|
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| Risque |
The Washington Post Sunday |
21 Nov 2021 |
| Ribald |
Premier Sunday |
07 Nov 2021 |
| Risqu� |
LA Times Daily |
17 Oct 2021 |
| Risqué |
The Washington Post |
17 Oct 2021 |
| Bootlegging, excluding number that's suggestive |
|
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| Risqué |
New York Times |
14 Sep 2021 |
| Somewhat improper |
Newsday |
07 Sep 2021 |
| Suggestive |
The Washington Post |
04 Jun 2021 |
| Suggestive |
LA Times Daily |
04 Jun 2021 |
| Titillating |
Universal |
06 May 2021 |
| A bit dirty, caught in some light |
|
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| Suggestive, risqué |
The Times Concise |
15 Mar 2021 |
| Lively motor returned by end of January |
|
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| Like the dialogue in Austin Powers films |
The Washington Post Sunday |
21 Feb 2021 |
| A bit blue |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Feb 2021 |
| Off-color |
New York Times |
24 Jan 2021 |
| Risqué |
Thomas Joseph |
02 Jan 2021 |
| Suggestive |
USA Today |
01 Dec 2020 |
| Risqué |
LA Times Daily |
24 Nov 2020 |
| Risqué |
The Washington Post |
24 Nov 2020 |
| Suggestive |
Eugene Sheffer |
18 Nov 2020 |
| R-rated, say |
New York Times |
16 Nov 2020 |
| Ribald |
The Times Concise |
01 Nov 2020 |
| Mildly risqué |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Oct 2020 |
| Salacious |
New York Times |
10 Oct 2020 |
| Somewhat improper |
Newsday |
09 Oct 2020 |
| Blue fish rounding cape |
|
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| Risque |
Universal |
23 Aug 2020 |
| Naughty |
Canadiana |
27 Jul 2020 |
| Naughty or extremely angelic, kept in line |
|
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| Risque |
USA Today |
07 Jul 2020 |
| Suggestive |
Thomas Joseph |
02 Jun 2020 |
| Indecent, unauthorized reproduction, not sanctimonious |
|
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| Swimmer outside clubs being vulgar |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
05 Mar 2020 |
| Ribald |
Thomas Joseph |
14 Nov 2019 |
| Naughty drivers close to boundary |
|
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| Provocative |
The Washington Post |
23 Sep 2019 |
| Provocative |
LA Times Daily |
23 Sep 2019 |
| Somewhat naughty |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Sep 2019 |
| Ribald |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Sep 2019 |
| A bit off-color |
USA Today |
31 Jul 2019 |
| Somewhat naughty |
|
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| A bit off-color |
|
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| Ribald |
|
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| Provocative |
|
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| Like off-color humor |
USA Today |
08 Dec 2018 |
| Unfit for young audiences |
USA Today |
07 Dec 2018 |
| Not for the prudish |
USA Today |
12 Nov 2018 |
| Blue vehicle, turning over, last in rally |
|
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| Like the humor of many Judd Apatow films |
The Washington Post Sunday |
21 Oct 2018 |
| Blue |
New York Times |
16 Sep 2018 |
| A bit titillating |
USA Today |
04 Sep 2018 |
| Like the humor of 'The Full Monty' |
The Washington Post Sunday |
29 Jul 2018 |
| Risqu� |
The Telegraph Quick |
30 Jun 2018 |
| Tory wearing light blue |
|
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| Somewhat blue |
LA Times Daily |
26 Apr 2018 |
| Somewhat blue |
The Washington Post |
26 Apr 2018 |
| Containing double entendres, say |
USA Today |
25 Mar 2018 |
| Suggestive |
The Times Concise |
25 Mar 2018 |
| For the mature only |
Universal |
25 Mar 2018 |
| Indecorous |
Newsday |
24 Feb 2018 |
| A bit titillating |
|
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| Like off-color humor |
|
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| Risqué |
|
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| Somewhat blue |
|
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| Not for the prudish |
|
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| Blue |
|
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| Unfit for young audiences |
|
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| Off-color |
|
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| A bit risque |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Nov 2017 |
| Like some R-rated films |
The Washington Post |
22 Oct 2017 |
| Like some R-rated films |
LA Times Daily |
22 Oct 2017 |
| Clubs wearing light blue |
|
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| Risque or titillating |
Universal |
05 Jul 2017 |
| Ribald |
New York Times |
18 Jun 2017 |
| A little naughty |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Jun 2017 |
| Spicy |
LA Times Daily |
21 May 2017 |
| Spicy |
The Washington Post |
21 May 2017 |
| Not suitable for children |
Universal |
10 May 2017 |
| Slightly improper |
Newsday |
05 May 2017 |
| Like 'Fifty Shades of Grey' |
The Washington Post |
19 Apr 2017 |
| Like "Fifty Shades of Grey" |
LA Times Daily |
19 Apr 2017 |
| Deserving an R rating, perhaps |
USA Today |
30 Mar 2017 |
| A bit naughty |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Mar 2017 |
| Suggestive |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
10 Feb 2017 |
| Risque or titillating |
|
|
| Not suitable for children |
|
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| Ribald |
|
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| Like some R-rated films |
|
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| Like "Fifty Shades of Grey" |
|
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| Suggestive |
|
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| Spicy |
|
|
| Deserving an R rating, perhaps |
|
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| Titillating |
|
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| Suggestive |
New York Times |
10 Nov 2016 |
| Like blue humor |
Jonesin |
11 Oct 2016 |
| Risque |
Jonesin |
09 Aug 2016 |
| Not for prudes |
New York Times |
03 Apr 2016 |
| Mildly titillating |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Feb 2016 |
| Pungent fish stuffed with bit of coriander |
|
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| Suggestive |
|
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| Suggestive |
|
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| Like blue books? |
|
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| More than suggestive |
The Washington Post |
16 Dec 2015 |
| Risqué |
New York Times |
10 Nov 2015 |
| On the edge, in a way |
Canadiana |
26 Oct 2015 |
| Immodest |
USA Today |
25 Oct 2015 |
| Full of lurid details |
Universal |
18 Sep 2015 |
| Rated "R" for nudity, e.g |
USA Today |
30 Jun 2015 |
| Risque |
Eugene Sheffer |
09 Jun 2015 |
| A little blue |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Apr 2015 |
| A bit naughty |
Universal |
11 Jan 2015 |
| Salacious |
|
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| A little blue |
|
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| Full of lurid details |
|
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| Risque |
|
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| Titillating |
|
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| Immodest |
|
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| Somewhat improper |
|
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| Rated "R" for nudity, e.g. |
|
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| Ribald |
|
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| A bit naughty |
|
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| More than suggestive |
|
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| Risqué |
|
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| Woman with no time to be sexy |
|
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| Not for prudes |
|
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| On the blue side |
|
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| Risqué |
|
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| Suggestive |
|
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| Slightly improper |
|
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| A little blue |
|
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| Ribald |
|
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| Slightly off-color |
|
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| Off-color |
|
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| A bit blue |
|
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| Rather suggestive |
|
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| Sexily suggestive |
|
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| Artist starts to colour you blue |
|
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| Indelicate |
|
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| Ribald |
|
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| A bit blue |
|
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| Ribald |
|
|
| Eliciting a 25 Down, maybe |
|
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| Suggestive |
|
|
| Like blue prints |
|
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| Slightly blue |
|
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| A bit blue |
|
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| A bit blue |
|
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| Titillating |
|
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| Somewhat blue |
|
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| Off-color |
|
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| Off-color |
|
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| Risqué |
|
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| Suggestive |
|
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| A bit improper |
|
|
| Daring Charles, say, to take cocaine |
|
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| Off-color |
|
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| Somewhat blue |
|
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| Like "Lady Chatterley's Lover" |
|
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| Like the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show |
|
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| A bit daring |
|
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| Juicy, in a way |
|
|
| Full of ribald humor |
|
|
| Off-color |
|
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| A bit off-color |
|
|
| A bit blue |
|
|
| Like Emile Zola's "Nana" |
|
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| A bit blue |
|
|
| Bordering on pornographic |
|
|
| Suggestive |
|
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| Suggestive |
|
|
| Somewhat off-color |
|
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| Blue |
|
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| Risqué |
|
|
| Blue |
|
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| A bit dirty |
|
|
| Like "Lady Chatterley's Lover" |
|
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| Provocative |
|
|
| Containing double entendres, perhaps |
|
|
| Risque |
|
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| Risque |
|
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| Suggestive |
|
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| Full of ribald humor |
|
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| Bawdy |
|
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| A little dirty |
|
|
| Off-color |
|
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| Somewhat indelicate |
|
|
| Risque |
|
|
| Like a slinky negligee |
|
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| A bit off-color |
|
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| A bit blue |
|
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| Blue, maybe |
|
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| Full of spice |
|
|
| Off-color |
|
|
| Blue, maybe |
|
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| Risque |
|
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| Sort of blue |
|
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| Somewhat indelicate |
|
|
| Scabrous |
|
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| Suggestive |
|
|
| Juicy, in a way |
|
|
| R-rated, maybe |
|
|
| Suggestive |
|
|
| Risqué |
|
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| Somewhat indelicate |
|
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| Somewhat indelicate |
|
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| Somewhat indelicate |
|
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| Risqué |
|
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| Slightly blue |
|
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| Risque |
|
|
| Somewhat blue |
|
|
| Like blue humor |
|
|
| Risqué |
|
|
| Like "Lolita" |
|
|
| Salty |
|
|
| Indelicate |
|
|
| Like some romance novels |
|
|
| Full of lurid details |
|
|
| A bit blue |
|
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| Slightly blue |
|
|
| Like many Mae West quotes |
|
|
| Risque |
|
|
| Slightly improper |
|
|
| Slightly off-color |
|
|
| Blue |
|
|
| A bit indelicate |
|
|
| Indelicate |
|
|
| X-rated |
|
|
| X-rated |
|
|
| Risqu |
|
|
| Rated NC-17, perhaps |
|
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| Suggestive |
|
|
| Risque |
|
|
| Rather suggestive |
|
|
| Like "Lady Chatterley's Lover" |
|
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| Risque |
|
|
| A little titillating |
|
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| Quite blue |
|
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| Suggestive |
|
|
| Hot |
|
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| Piquant |
|
|
| Pungent |
|
|
| Scabrous |
|
|
| X-rated |
|
|
| Like James Bond |
|
|
| A bit risqué |
|
|
| Daring |
|
|
| A bit daring |
|
|
| Spirited |
|
|
| Risque |
|
|
| Sprightly or risqué |
|
|
| Pungent |
|
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| With some extra sauce |
|
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| Risqué. |
|
|
| Fresh and lively. |
|
|
| Having a strong flavor. |
|
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| Lively. |
|
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| Piquant. |
|
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| Pungent. |
|
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| Spirited. |
|
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| Zestful. |
|
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| Like a sports car |
|
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| Full of zest. |
|
|