| Gator or croc |
Newsday |
26 Oct 2025 |
| Snake? Some feel it perhaps climbing |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
12 Aug 2025 |
| Lizard possibly finding bug in record time? On the contrary |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
15 Jul 2025 |
| Gecko or iguana |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Jul 2025 |
| Cold-blooded creature; there are 21 different species in the Balearics (7) |
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| He'll lie and get pert - the creep! |
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| Snake or lizard |
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| A cold-blooded scaly vertebrate (7) |
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| Able to lie and be pert at the same time? What a creep! (7) |
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| Dinosaur, lizard, or snake, e.g. |
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| Crawling animal (7) |
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| Chameleon or cobra |
Commuter |
18 Apr 2025 |
| Snake, say (7) |
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| Snake, for one |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
01 Mar 2025 |
| Lizard, e.g., salesman found beside slab (7) |
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| Contemptible individual returning a Scrabble piece |
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| Pert lie about a snake, say (7) |
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| Material covering hat is alligator, perhaps |
The Telegraph Toughie |
09 Jan 2025 |
| Snake, eg, making Lee trip, possibly (7) |
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| Annoy with unusual pet lizard, say (7) |
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| Alligator or snake, eg (7) |
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| Animal with scales (7) |
The Guardian Quick |
26 Nov 2024 |
| Despicable journalist has to be a cold-blooded creature (7) |
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| Salesman with hat is a grovelling insignificant person (7) |
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| Salesman with part of roof is cold-blooded creature (7) |
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| A snake? Repel it somehow (7) |
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| Cold-blooded creature |
Mirror Quick |
29 Aug 2024 |
| Snake, say, let pier collapse |
Mirror Cryptic |
29 Aug 2024 |
| Gator or gecko |
Thomas Joseph |
22 Aug 2024 |
| Alligator, eg |
Mirror Tea Time |
08 Aug 2024 |
| Cold-blooded creature such as a snake or crocodile (7) |
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| Dry-skinned, usually scaly creature (7) |
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| Lizard or snake |
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| Tortoise, for example (7) |
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| Gecko eg |
The Times Sunday Concise |
12 May 2024 |
| Dinosaur, lizard, or snake, e.g. |
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| Lizard or snake, say (7) |
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| Lizard or snake, e.g. |
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| A loathsome creature; repel it somehow |
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| You're pert and lie and you're apt to be so cold-blooded! |
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| Cold-blooded scaly animal |
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| Treacherous fellow gives drummer cover (7) |
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| Salesman with roofing item is cold-blooded creature (7) |
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| Scaly animal |
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| Tortoise, say |
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| Snake salesperson found next to slate |
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| E.g. lizard or turtle (7) |
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| Gator or gecko |
Thomas Joseph |
23 Jan 2024 |
| What a creep! So pert! To lie like that! |
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| Tuatara, for example (7) |
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| Snake or turtle |
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| Stormy petrel speared by one despicable person? (7) |
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| Crocodile or snake |
Universal |
30 Apr 2023 |
| Lizard, e.g |
Premier Sunday |
12 Feb 2023 |
| Gator or gecko |
Thomas Joseph |
15 Aug 2022 |
| Agent with old-fashioned hat: cold-blooded one |
The Times Cryptic |
27 Jun 2022 |
| Traveller with hat and moccasin perhaps |
The Telegraph Toughie |
02 Nov 2021 |
| Viper, for one |
Newsday |
26 Sep 2021 |
| Cloth fastener covering large contemptible person |
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| Skink or gecko |
New York Times |
01 May 2021 |
| Stormy petrel grabbing head of Indian snake? |
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| Snake -- or rat? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
02 Mar 2021 |
| Creepy one? |
Newsday |
13 Feb 2021 |
| Cold-blooded animal |
The Sun Two Speed |
19 Oct 2020 |
| Snake? Stormy petrel eats one! |
The Sun Two Speed |
19 Oct 2020 |
| Cold-blooded vertebrate |
The Telegraph Quick |
08 Sep 2020 |
| Through raised roof, see diplodocus, maybe |
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| Turtle or tuatara |
New York Times |
02 Jul 2020 |
| Snake, for one |
LA Times Daily |
20 Mar 2020 |
| Snake, for one |
The Washington Post |
20 Mar 2020 |
| Eg, snake or lizard |
The Times Concise |
31 Jan 2020 |
| Salesman with hat, despicable type |
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| Drunken peer, fired up inside – treacherous type |
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| Croc or cobra |
The Washington Post |
21 Dec 2019 |
| Croc or cobra |
LA Times Daily |
21 Dec 2019 |
| Alligator is one regarding soft floor covering |
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| Chameleon or iguana |
New York Times |
30 Sep 2019 |
| Snake or croc? |
The Telegraph Quick |
24 Aug 2019 |
| Repel it, horrible snake? |
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| Salesman wearing hat is a cold blooded creature |
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| Chameleon or iguana |
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| Gator or gecko |
Thomas Joseph |
05 Oct 2018 |
| Gator or croc |
Newsday |
30 Sep 2018 |
| Cold-blooded animal |
The Times Concise |
29 Aug 2018 |
| Base person‘s cloth hat |
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| Traveller put on hat for nasty person |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
01 Apr 2018 |
| Chameleon or crocodile |
USA Today |
20 Dec 2017 |
| Cloth cap's a nasty piece of work |
The Telegraph Toughie |
04 Oct 2017 |
| Creature kept scratching head in anger |
The Times Cryptic |
26 May 2017 |
| Chameleon or crocodile |
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| Salesman with hat one loathed |
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| Chameleon, e.g |
New York Times |
05 Aug 2016 |
| Traveller with hat a loathsome person |
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| Eg, snake, lizard |
The Times Concise |
16 Mar 2016 |
| Snake or alligator |
Newsday |
22 Feb 2016 |
| Chameleon, e.g. |
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| Agent with hat is a treacherous person |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
13 Nov 2015 |
| Gator, for one |
Thomas Joseph |
17 Aug 2015 |
| Snake, e.g. |
The Telegraph Quick |
30 Jun 2015 |
| Monitor, e.g |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Mar 2015 |
| Monitor, e.g. |
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| Cold-blooded one |
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| Traveller, not quite the best, turning turtle perhaps |
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| Cold-blooded sort |
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| One with scales on part of bathroom floor, perhaps taking pressure |
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| Snake or alligator, e.g. |
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| Scaled-back thing? |
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| Scaled-back thing? |
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| Turtle or snake |
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| Snake or alligator, e.g. |
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| Herpetologist's subject |
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| Snake, e.g. |
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| Herpetologist's subject |
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| Dinosaur, e.g. |
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| Its blood runs cold |
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| Snake or alligator |
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| Herpetologist's subject |
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| Dinosaur, e.g. |
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| Cobra, e.g. |
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| Cobra, e.g. |
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| Herpetology specimen |
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| Creepy crawler? |
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| Its blood runs cold |
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| Skink, for one |
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| Its blood runs cold |
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| Monitor or moccasin |
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| Dinosaur, e.g. |
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| Lizard, e.g. |
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| Despicable sort |
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| Herpetologist's subject |
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| Cold-blooded one |
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| Cold-blooded vertebrate |
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| T. Rex, for one |
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| Croc or gator |
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| Basilisk or boa |
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| Cold-blooded one |
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| Turtle or snake |
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| Gecko or gator |
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| Dinosaur, e.g. |
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| Skink, for one |
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| Herpetologist's study |
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| Turtle, e.g. |
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| Herpetologist's subject |
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| Agama or anole |
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| Iguana, for one |
|
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| Cold-blooded creature |
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| Trouble in Paradise |
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| Turtle, for one |
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| Lizard. |
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| Turtle, for one. |
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| Lizard, for one. |
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| The crocodile, for instance. |
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| Relative of the pterodactyl. |
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| Pterodactyl. |
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| Species cursed by God. |
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| Serpent. |
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| Mesozoic phenomenon. |
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| Mean person. |
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