| Predate (anag.) |
The Telegraph Quick |
23 Aug 2025 |
| Bureaucratic hassle: 2 wds. |
Commuter |
19 Aug 2025 |
| Date rep adjusted for bureaucracy (3,4) |
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| Petty bureaucracy (3,4) |
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| Instead of writing about the Republican convention, the political reporter showed the ___ |
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| Tedious impersonal rules and paperwork |
The Sun Mini |
11 Jul 2025 |
| Maybe departed without daughter's unnecessary paperwork (3,4) |
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| Bureaucratic procedural annoyance (3,4) |
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| Communist record results in bureaucratic approach (3,4) |
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| Communist recording on bureaucracy (3,4) |
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| Bureaucratic barrier to progress (3,4) |
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| Bureaucratic tangle |
Newsday |
06 Apr 2025 |
| Unnecessary bureaucracy (3,4) |
The Guardian Quick |
05 Apr 2025 |
| Bureaucrat's gift wrapping supply?: 2 wds. |
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| Excessive official formalities |
Mirror Tea Time |
24 Mar 2025 |
| Communist record for excessive bureaucracy (3,4) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
10 Mar 2025 |
| Progress impediment |
Newsday |
07 Mar 2025 |
| Unhelpful officialdom to make Communist record (3,4) |
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| Something in bountiful supply in many offices |
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| Bureaucracy offers old advice about where to find water (3,4) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
04 Feb 2025 |
| Communist record, bureaucracy (3,4) |
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| Pre-date form - that's bureaucracy |
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| Bureaucracy (colloq) (3,4) |
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| Piles of paperwork, perhaps |
Thomas Joseph |
21 Dec 2024 |
| Nameless pedant gets flustered going on about bureaucracy |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
20 Dec 2024 |
| Source of dismay in repeat struggles? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
26 Nov 2024 |
| Excessive bureaucracy or formalities? (3,4) |
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| Time-consuming procedure for scarlet ribbon (3,4) |
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| Kafkaesque obstruction |
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| Time left-wing Mirror covers undue bureaucracy? |
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| Again adept at manipulating bureaucracy (3,4) |
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| Popular imagery used to denote obstructive bureaucracy (3,4) |
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| Officially, it's binding (3,4) |
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| Excessive bureaucracy or adherence to official rules (3,4) |
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| Excessive regulations, metaphorically |
USA Today |
25 Aug 2024 |
| Bureaucratic delay (2 wds.) |
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| Petty official bureaucracy (3,4) |
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| Bureaucratic restrictions (3,4) |
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| Communist to record a symbol of bureaucracy (3,4) |
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| Colour recording of excessive paperwork (3,4) |
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| Possibly pre-date time-consuming bureaucracy (3,4) |
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| Needless bureaucracy (3,4) |
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| Application filing nuisance |
Wall Street Journal |
18 May 2024 |
| Bureaucracy |
Mirror Classic |
10 May 2024 |
| Obstructive bureaucracy (3,4) |
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| Time-consuming bureaucracy (3,4) |
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| Bureaucracy reviewed trade price's upper and lower limits? (3,4) |
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| Bureaucratic hold-up (3,4) |
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| Part Dee played in bureaucracy (3,4) |
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| Flushed recording of rules and regulations (3,4) |
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| Procedural form-filling |
Premier Sunday |
24 Mar 2024 |
| Socialist record of bureaucracy (3,4) |
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| Bureaucracy involving deep art |
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| Bureaucratic hassle |
Thomas Joseph |
15 Feb 2024 |
| Bureaucrat's delight |
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| Bureaucratic impediment to progress: 2 wds. |
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| Some weep at derisory reversal of stuff hampering business |
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| Business headache |
New York Times |
05 Jan 2024 |
| Auditor's studied record for bureaucratic business |
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| Excessive bureaucracy tapered out (3,4) |
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| Paperwork (3,4) |
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| Bureaucratic procedures |
The Guardian Quick |
11 Oct 2023 |
| Free trade -- empty promise producing complex paperwork |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
04 Oct 2023 |
| Unnecessary rules |
The Guardian Quick |
26 Aug 2023 |
| Bureaucratic nuisance |
USA Today |
05 Aug 2023 |
| Progress hinderer, at times |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Aug 2023 |
| Bureaucratic holdup |
LA Times Daily |
23 Jul 2023 |
| Came to a point when cycling progress is slowed by this |
The Telegraph Toughie |
08 Jun 2023 |
| Cause of some delays |
LA Times Daily |
07 May 2023 |
| What (aptly?) holds up government projects |
Universal |
12 Mar 2023 |
| Bureaucratic hassle |
USA Today |
05 Mar 2023 |
| Obstructive admin on record that's involved Democrat |
The Telegraph Toughie |
27 Dec 2022 |
| Impediment to progress |
Newsday |
16 Dec 2022 |
| Bureaucratic obstacle |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Sep 2022 |
| Bureaucracy, officialdom |
The Guardian Speedy |
21 Aug 2022 |
| Office binder? |
New York Times |
05 Aug 2022 |
| Exercises underpinning poorly rated bureaucracy |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
04 May 2022 |
| Bureaucratic hassle |
Thomas Joseph |
19 Feb 2022 |
| Communist measure demonstrates undue bureaucracy |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
15 Nov 2021 |
| Bureaucratic sticking points |
LA Times Daily |
26 Oct 2021 |
| Colourful bureaucracy |
Irish Times Simplex |
25 Oct 2021 |
| Obstructive admin |
The Sun Two Speed |
07 Jun 2021 |
| Socialist record in bureaucracy |
The Sun Two Speed |
07 Jun 2021 |
| Bureaucracy |
New York Times |
27 May 2021 |
| Bureaucratic nuisance |
Thomas Joseph |
23 Apr 2021 |
| Bureaucracy |
The Telegraph Quick |
14 Apr 2021 |
| Excessive bureaucracy |
Universal |
11 Apr 2021 |
| Bureaucratic hurdle |
USA Today |
22 Jan 2021 |
| Bureaucratic hassle |
Thomas Joseph |
13 Jan 2021 |
| Sticky bureaucratic stuff? (2 words) |
Family Time |
07 Dec 2020 |
| Bureaucratic snarl |
USA Today |
06 Sep 2020 |
| Bureaucratic holdup |
USA Today |
20 May 2020 |
| Excessive bureaucracy |
Premier Sunday |
17 May 2020 |
| Metaphor for bureaucracy |
USA Today |
08 May 2020 |
| Excessive forms and such |
Universal |
15 Apr 2020 |
| Evidently ashamed by record in protracted bureaucracy |
The Telegraph Toughie |
03 Mar 2020 |
| Bureaucratic headache |
USA Today |
28 Feb 2020 |
| Communist record in protracted bureaucracy |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
16 Nov 2019 |
| Mandarin's refined in this Maoist record |
The Telegraph Toughie |
10 Oct 2019 |
| Metaphor for official inefficiency |
Newsday |
05 Oct 2019 |
| Bureaucratic runaround |
Universal |
30 Sep 2019 |
| Hoops, so to speak |
The New Yorker |
26 Aug 2019 |
| Depart terribly stifling European bureaucracy |
The Telegraph Toughie |
26 Jun 2019 |
| Much paperwork |
LA Times Daily |
22 Jun 2019 |
| Much paperwork |
The Washington Post |
22 Jun 2019 |
| Excessive bureaucracy |
The Times Concise |
20 Jun 2019 |
| Bureaucratic holdup |
Universal |
07 Jun 2019 |
| Bureaucratic tangle |
USA Today |
04 May 2019 |
| Time-consuming administration (informal) |
The Sun Two Speed |
16 Apr 2019 |
| Colourful bureaucracy |
Irish Times Simplex |
06 Feb 2019 |
| Administrative headache (2 words) |
Family Time |
27 Jan 2019 |
| Bureaucratic holdup |
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| Much paperwork |
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| Bureaucratic tangle |
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| Bureaucratic runaround |
|
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| Sticky bureaucratic stuff? |
Universal |
01 Dec 2018 |
| Poorly rated exercises in bureaucracy |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
01 Aug 2018 |
| Socialist recording reveals time-consuming bureaucracy |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
10 Jul 2018 |
| Bureaucratic delay |
Newsday |
27 May 2018 |
| Communist record in bureaucracy |
The Sun Two Speed |
01 May 2018 |
| *Bureaucratic rigmarole |
New York Times |
19 Mar 2018 |
| Forms, forms and more forms |
New York Times |
11 Mar 2018 |
| Form-filling |
Premier Sunday |
25 Feb 2018 |
| Bureaucracy |
The Sun Two Speed |
23 Jan 2018 |
| Embarrassed by record amount of bureaucracy |
The Sun Two Speed |
23 Jan 2018 |
| *Bureaucratic rigmarole |
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| Forms, forms and more forms |
|
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| Bureaucratic snarl |
|
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| Sticky bureaucratic stuff? |
|
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| Administrative complications |
The Washington Post |
30 Oct 2017 |
| Administrative complications |
LA Times Daily |
30 Oct 2017 |
| Excessive regulation |
New York Times |
22 Oct 2017 |
| Bureaucratic annoyance |
Thomas Joseph |
13 Oct 2017 |
| Bureaucratic snarl |
Newsday |
08 Mar 2017 |
| Excessive regulation |
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| Administrative complications |
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| Bureaucratic rigmarole |
USA Today |
13 Dec 2016 |
| *Symbol of bureaucracy |
LA Times Daily |
29 Nov 2016 |
| Bureaucracy became more streamlined, getting bloody towards the top |
The Telegraph Toughie |
23 Nov 2016 |
| Predate revolutionary bureaucracy |
Irish Times Crosaire |
22 Oct 2016 |
| Bureaucratic delays |
USA Today |
19 Aug 2016 |
| Bureaucratic tangle |
LA Times Daily |
31 Jul 2016 |
| Some complications |
New York Times |
24 Jul 2016 |
| European once put off by repeated byzantine bureaucracy |
The Telegraph Toughie |
23 Jun 2016 |
| Bureaucratic delays |
|
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| Some complications |
|
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| Bureaucratic tangle |
|
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| Predate unusually excessive formality |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
20 Dec 2015 |
| Procedural delay cause |
The Washington Post |
19 Dec 2015 |
| Washington's forte? |
LA Times Daily |
05 Dec 2015 |
| Piles of paperwork, perhaps |
Thomas Joseph |
11 Nov 2015 |
| Procedural impediment |
LA Times Daily |
04 Oct 2015 |
| Needlessly time-consuming procedures |
The Guardian Quick |
01 Aug 2015 |
| Metaphorical obstacle |
Newsday |
24 Jul 2015 |
| What Civil War troop records were kept in |
Newsday |
18 Apr 2015 |
| Bureaucratic stuff |
Universal |
21 Jan 2015 |
| Bureaucratic stuff |
|
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| Washington's forte? |
|
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| What Civil War troop records were kept in |
|
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| Metaphorical obstacle |
|
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| Procedural impediment |
|
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| Bureaucracy |
|
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| Bureaucratic nightmare |
|
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| Cause of many delays |
|
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| Bureaucratic busywork |
|
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| Symbol of bureaucracy |
|
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| Piles of paperwork, perhaps |
|
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| Bureaucratic tangle |
|
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| Bureaucratic delay |
|
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| Bureaucratic hoops |
|
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| Bureaucratic form-filling |
|
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| Progress impeder |
|
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| It's hard to cut through |
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| It's hard to cut through |
|
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| Delay cause |
|
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| Nice thing to cut through |
|
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| Reason for a long delay in getting approval, maybe |
|
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| Bureaucratic delays |
|
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| Civil service snarl |
|
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| Bureaucratic formalities |
|
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| Bureaucratic rigmarole |
|
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| Piles of paperwork, perhaps |
|
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| Bureaucratic waste |
|
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| Bureaucratic waste |
|
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| Bureaucratic snarl |
|
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| Progress impediment |
|
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| Time-consuming procedure |
|
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| Cause of delays |
|
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| Procedural annoyance |
|
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| Bureaucratic annoyance |
|
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| Bureaucratic annoyance |
|
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| Procedural annoyance |
|
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| Bureaucratic rigmarole |
|
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| Bureaucratic rigmarole |
|
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| Bureaucracy problem |
|
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| Snarl at a bureaucracy |
|
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| Bureaucratic runaround |
|
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| Obstacle to getting things done |
|
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| Obstacle to getting things done |
|
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| Bureaucracy problem |
|
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| Progress slower |
|
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| Cause for delay |
|
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| Bureaucratic excess |
|
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| Bureaucratic excess |
|
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| Bureaucratic delays |
|
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| Bureaucratic tangle |
|
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| Bureaucratic stumbling block |
|
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| Bureaucratic snarl |
|
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| Bureaucracy |
|
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| Bureaucratic stuff |
|
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| Sign of a bureaucracy |
|
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| Paperwork, perhaps |
|
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| Barrier to progress |
|
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| Government bonds? |
|
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| Bureaucratic delay |
|
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| Bureaucratic nonsense |
|
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| Bureaucratic ritual |
|
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| Bureaucratic form-filling |
|
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| Bureaucratic snag |
|
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| Too much paperwork, perhaps |
|
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| Procedural complication |
|
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| Bureaucratic tangle |
|
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| Bureaucratic hassle |
|
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| Oval Office supplies? |
|
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| Bureaucratic delay |
|
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| Bureaucracy problem |
|
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| Government bonds? |
|
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| Frustrating procedure |
|
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| Bureaucratic problem |
|
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| Complications |
|
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| Bureaucratic wrapping |
|
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| Bureaucratic routine |
|
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| Impedimental officialese |
|
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| Bureaucratic delays |
|
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| Bureaucratic impediment |
|
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| Bureaucratic procedure |
|
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| Bureaucratic finish line |
|
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| Bureaucratic specialty |
|
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| Symbol of delay or inaction. |
|
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| Official inefficiency. |
|
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| Bureaucratic procedure. |
|
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| Officialism. |
|
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| Official routine and delay. |
|
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| Legal forms and more forms. |
|
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| Bane of bureaucracy. |
|
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| Bureaucratic problem. |
|
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| Official impedimenta. |
|
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| Excessive attention to routine in official doings. |
|
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| Official routine. |
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| Bureaucracy's "offspring." |
|
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| A problem on Capitol Hill. |
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| Washington tanglefoot. |
|
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| Unpopular government product. |
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| Unpopular Government product. |
|
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| Procedural obstacle |
|
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| Business deal impeder |
|
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| Symbol of delay. |
|
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| Symbol of official delay, inaction, etc. |
|
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