Foe |
Thomas Joseph |
15 Aug 2025 |
Competitor has viral problem (5) |
Mirror Cryptic |
06 Aug 2025 |
Opponent (5) |
Mirror Quick |
06 Aug 2025 |
Boeing, to Airbus |
USA Today |
05 Aug 2025 |
Sooner, to a Longhorn |
New York Times |
12 Jul 2025 |
Nearly match |
LA Times Daily |
10 Jul 2025 |
PepsiCo vis-A�-vis Coca-Cola, e.g. |
|
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Opponent: a - for her affections |
|
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Challenge for five in rail disaster (5) |
|
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Opposition from 9 Across (5) |
|
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Opposing TV gameshow competitor, eg (5) |
|
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From carnival can eliminate competitor (5) |
|
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Person in competition with another (5) |
Puzzler |
19 Apr 2025 |
Real Madrid to Barcelona, say |
The Telegraph Plusword |
15 Apr 2025 |
Competitor, one who has turned up without filling in card (5) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
08 Apr 2025 |
Main competitor |
USA Today |
07 Apr 2025 |
Nike, to Reebok, e.g. |
LA Times Mini |
10 Mar 2025 |
Somewhat eager, I value the opponent (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
05 Mar 2025 |
Person in competition with another (5) |
Puzzler |
03 Mar 2025 |
Competitor is coming having ignored first pair (5) |
|
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Competitor's coming down a river in the lead (5) |
|
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Nemesis |
USA Today |
20 Feb 2025 |
Having "lost it", this adversary could be merely trivial (5) |
|
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A person who competes with another (5) |
|
|
Fellow contender (5) |
|
|
Confusing this competitor with it, could be trivial |
|
|
Nadal, to Djokovic |
LA Times Mini |
23 Jan 2025 |
Competitor |
The Telegraph Plusword |
15 Jan 2025 |
Challenger |
LA Times Daily |
13 Jan 2025 |
Opponent |
New York Times Mini |
10 Jan 2025 |
Challenger emerges from hide-out getting up about five (5) |
|
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Competitor |
Thomas Joseph |
19 Dec 2024 |
Competitor has viral condition (5) |
|
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Competitive figure in rail reorganisation (5) |
|
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Opponent |
Universal |
12 Dec 2024 |
Close competitor |
Commuter |
06 Dec 2024 |
Contestant's appearance ignoring a rule (5) |
|
|
The competition is in two trivial parts (5) |
|
|
Harvard, to Yale |
New York Times |
25 Nov 2024 |
Adversary |
Commuter |
22 Nov 2024 |
Competitor |
The Times Concise |
21 Nov 2024 |
One standing in competition (5) |
|
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Be in competition with a character in a Sheridan play (5) |
|
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Opponent |
Puzzler Backwords |
14 Nov 2024 |
Direct competitor (5) |
|
|
Duke, to UNC |
|
|
Figure a terrible liar's out to compete! |
|
|
Figure a shifty liar's about to be a competitor (5) |
|
|
PlusWord No 897 solution |
The Telegraph Plusword |
04 Nov 2024 |
Opponent |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
03 Nov 2024 |
Adversary |
Premier Sunday |
27 Oct 2024 |
Try to equal another competitor (5) |
|
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Representative intensely vies against leading competitor (5) |
|
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Match opposition (5) |
|
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Right! 4 Romans are to get Al as a competitor |
|
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Competitor has viral problem |
Mirror Cryptic |
09 Oct 2024 |
Opponent |
Mirror Quick |
09 Oct 2024 |
Opponent in league following Rhode Island and Virginia (5) |
|
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Foe |
Thomas Joseph |
24 Sep 2024 |
Opponent very restricted by money in Oman? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
24 Sep 2024 |
Rafael Nadal, to 1-Down |
|
|
Challenger emerges from den, getting up about five (5) |
|
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Seem to be as good as (5) |
|
|
Adversary |
The Telegraph Plusword |
28 Aug 2024 |
Opponent |
Puzzler Backwords |
23 Aug 2024 |
What IBM is to Dell, perhaps |
|
|
What Hamilton was to Burr |
USA Today |
30 Jul 2024 |
Opponent |
Mirror Quick |
27 Jul 2024 |
Enemy has viral problem |
Mirror Cryptic |
27 Jul 2024 |
Opponent |
USA Today |
25 Jul 2024 |
Competitor a rail crash could dishearten? (5) |
|
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The one to beat |
|
|
Competitor |
New York Times |
26 Jun 2024 |
Competitor in Rhode Island versus Alabama (5) |
|
|
Person one's up against |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
18 Jun 2024 |
Betty to Veronica, vis-a-vis Archie |
|
|
In rehearsal a virago turned up to vie with one (5) |
|
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Competitor or opponent |
|
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Coming without a right as competitor? (5) |
|
|
Competitor |
The Telegraph Mini |
23 May 2024 |
Opponent |
Mirror Quick |
15 May 2024 |
Foe has viral problem |
Mirror Cryptic |
15 May 2024 |
Adversary |
New York Times Mini |
13 May 2024 |
One competitor of several in a rail system (5) |
|
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Alabama, to Auburn |
|
|
Competitor has viral problem |
Mirror Cryptic |
01 May 2024 |
Opponent |
Mirror Quick |
01 May 2024 |
Entry not clear-cut essentially for competitor (5) |
|
|
Be about as good as |
Newsday |
25 Apr 2024 |
Jannik Sinner, to Carlos Alcaraz |
|
|
Stand comparison with (5) |
|
|
Figure a liar may be out to surpass you! (5) |
|
|
Competitor is coming after ignoring pair at the start (5) |
|
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Competitor very invested in Middle East cash |
The Times Cryptic |
18 Mar 2024 |
Competitor: a - for her affections |
|
|
Stand in contention with five in rail dispute (5) |
|
|
Challenger |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Mar 2024 |
Auburn, to Alabama |
LA Times Daily |
10 Mar 2024 |
A liar at five, he's now my competitor! (5) |
|
|
Opponent with viral disorder (5) |
|
|
Person in competition with another |
Puzzler Backwords |
13 Feb 2024 |
Someone to contend with in an event (5) |
|
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Competitor |
Eugene Sheffer |
03 Jan 2024 |
Tar Heels vis-a-vis Blue Devils, e.g. |
|
|
Competitor has viral problem |
Mirror Cryptic |
20 Dec 2023 |
Opponent |
Mirror Quick |
20 Dec 2023 |
Challenger's coming without a recipe (5) |
|
|
Opponent |
The Sun Two Speed |
30 Nov 2023 |
Adversary backed Irish girl |
The Sun Two Speed |
30 Nov 2023 |
Fellow contestant has viral problem |
Mirror Cryptic |
29 Nov 2023 |
Opponent |
Mirror Quick |
29 Nov 2023 |
Coke, to Pepsi |
New York Times |
21 Nov 2023 |
Frenemy, maybe |
LA Times Daily |
15 Nov 2023 |
Challenger |
The Telegraph Quick |
08 Nov 2023 |
Uber, to Lyft |
LA Times Daily |
25 Aug 2023 |
Foe |
Thomas Joseph |
06 Jun 2023 |
Challenger |
The Telegraph Quick |
30 May 2023 |
Competitor |
Eugene Sheffer |
17 May 2023 |
Business competitor |
Newsday |
27 Feb 2023 |
Archenemy |
USA Today |
26 Feb 2023 |
Foe |
Thomas Joseph |
21 Jan 2023 |
Business competitor |
Newsday |
10 Jan 2023 |
Nemesis, say |
Universal |
26 Dec 2022 |
Opponent |
Premier Sunday |
20 Nov 2022 |
Competitor |
The Times Concise |
16 Nov 2022 |
Competitor |
Thomas Joseph |
12 Nov 2022 |
Competitor |
LA Times Daily |
06 Nov 2022 |
Archenemy |
LA Times Daily |
02 Oct 2022 |
Be as good as |
New York Times |
15 Jul 2022 |
Competitor or opponent |
|
|
Challenger |
The Telegraph Quick |
23 May 2022 |
Opponent |
The Telegraph Quick |
17 May 2022 |
Bears, to the Packers |
The Washington Post Sunday |
15 May 2022 |
Competitor |
Eugene Sheffer |
06 May 2022 |
Opponent |
Family Time |
01 May 2022 |
Competitor, like Apple to Android |
|
|
Competitor |
Thomas Joseph |
02 Apr 2022 |
Competitor |
USA Today |
07 Mar 2022 |
Archcompetitor |
New York Times |
27 Dec 2021 |
Be a match for |
|
|
Equal |
The Guardian Quick |
04 Dec 2021 |
Competitor |
Thomas Joseph |
27 Jul 2021 |
Foe |
Thomas Joseph |
24 Jul 2021 |
Frenemy, at times |
LA Times Daily |
16 Jul 2021 |
Frenemy, at times |
The Washington Post |
16 Jul 2021 |
Competitor |
The Telegraph Quick |
23 May 2021 |
Business competitor |
Newsday |
28 Apr 2021 |
Opponent |
USA Today |
15 Apr 2021 |
Opponent |
Canadiana |
12 Apr 2021 |
Compete with |
New York Times |
04 Apr 2021 |
Adversary, antagonist |
Irish Times Simplex |
24 Mar 2021 |
Competitor |
Universal |
20 Mar 2021 |
Competing person |
The Times Concise |
30 Jan 2021 |
Traditional foe |
Thomas Joseph |
21 Nov 2020 |
Competitor or nemesis |
|
|
Adversary |
LA Times Daily |
18 Aug 2020 |
Adversary |
The Washington Post |
18 Aug 2020 |
The Cowboys, for the Eagles |
Universal |
15 Jul 2020 |
Archcompetitor |
New York Times |
30 Jun 2020 |
Dollar, to Enterprise |
LA Times Daily |
21 Jun 2020 |
Dollar, to Enterprise |
The Washington Post |
21 Jun 2020 |
Burger King, to McDonald's |
|
|
Competitor, like McDonald's to Burger King |
|
|
Same-state opponent, often |
LA Times Daily |
03 Apr 2020 |
Same-state opponent, often |
The Washington Post |
03 Apr 2020 |
Opponent |
The Times Concise |
15 Mar 2020 |
Competitor |
Premier Sunday |
15 Mar 2020 |
Uber, to Lyft |
Universal |
09 Mar 2020 |
Be on a par with |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Feb 2020 |
Competitor |
Eugene Sheffer |
05 Feb 2020 |
Competitor |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Dec 2019 |
Opponent |
The Telegraph Quick |
28 Dec 2019 |
Challenger |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Dec 2019 |
Competitor |
New York Times |
01 Dec 2019 |
Competitor |
|
|
Drive ball, knocking the covers off in match |
The Telegraph Toughie |
07 Nov 2019 |
Foe |
Premier Sunday |
29 Sep 2019 |
Primary competitor |
The Washington Post |
24 Sep 2019 |
Primary competitor |
LA Times Daily |
24 Sep 2019 |
Competitor |
Newsday |
18 Sep 2019 |
A Hatfield vis-à-vis a McCoy |
New York Times |
04 Sep 2019 |
One's biggest competitor |
|
|
Romantic triangle figure |
The Washington Post |
01 Sep 2019 |
Romantic triangle figure |
LA Times Daily |
01 Sep 2019 |
Adversary |
The Sun Two Speed |
17 Jul 2019 |
Avril routed opponent |
The Sun Two Speed |
17 Jul 2019 |
Primary foe |
The Washington Post |
20 May 2019 |
Primary foe |
LA Times Daily |
20 May 2019 |
Hold a candle to |
Wall Street Journal |
01 May 2019 |
One's biggest competitor |
|
|
One in a love triangle |
USA Today |
21 Mar 2019 |
Crosstown school, perhaps |
The New Yorker |
04 Mar 2019 |
Adversary Avril thrashed |
The Sun Two Speed |
21 Feb 2019 |
Opponent |
The Sun Two Speed |
21 Feb 2019 |
Competitor |
Thomas Joseph |
05 Jan 2019 |
Main competitor |
|
|
Romantic triangle figure |
|
|
A Hatfield vis-à-vis a McCoy |
|
|
Pepsi, to Coke |
|
|
Hold a candle to |
|
|
Primary foe |
|
|
Pepsi, to Coke |
Universal |
01 Jan 2019 |
One in a love triangle |
|
|
Primary competitor |
|
|
Competitor |
|
|
Real Madrid vis-à-vis F.C. Barcelona |
New York Times |
09 Dec 2018 |
Eton, to Harrow |
USA Today |
30 Oct 2018 |
#2, to #1 |
New York Times |
13 Oct 2018 |
Opponent |
|
|
Paris, to Romeo |
USA Today |
04 Aug 2018 |
Be equivalent to |
LA Times Daily |
29 Jul 2018 |
Be equivalent to |
The Washington Post |
29 Jul 2018 |
Opposition starts to reform in vain after losing |
|
|
One in a love triangle, perhaps |
USA Today |
02 Mar 2018 |
Hamilton, to Burr |
New York Times |
25 Jan 2018 |
#2, to #1 |
|
|
Hamilton, to Burr |
|
|
Real Madrid vis-à-vis F.C. Barcelona |
|
|
Be equivalent to |
|
|
Eton, to Harrow |
|
|
One in a love triangle, perhaps |
|
|
Paris, to Romeo |
|
|
Challenge well |
Newsday |
28 Oct 2017 |
Challenger gets money overcoming victor |
|
|
Burger King, to McDonald's |
USA Today |
03 Aug 2017 |
Opposite corner in a romantic triangle |
New York Times |
09 Apr 2017 |
Be worthy of comparison with upcoming Irish girl |
|
|
Pepsi, to Coke |
|
|
Opposite corner in a romantic triangle |
|
|
Burger King, to McDonald's |
|
|
Be about as good as |
Newsday |
04 Dec 2016 |
Competitor, hole up, claiming victory |
|
|
University of Michigan, to Ohio State |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
07 Oct 2016 |
Navratilova, to 45-Across, e.g |
New York Times |
09 Sep 2016 |
Fischer, to Spassky, e.g |
New York Times |
21 Aug 2016 |
Avis, to Hertz |
The Washington Post |
08 Aug 2016 |
Crock-Pot company |
The Washington Post |
30 Jul 2016 |
Main competitor |
Universal |
25 Jul 2016 |
One to vie with |
Universal |
10 Apr 2016 |
Match in ability |
Universal |
30 Mar 2016 |
Competitor |
The Times Concise |
23 Feb 2016 |
Fight against entering Iranian capital |
|
|
Fischer, to Spassky, e.g. |
|
|
Navratilova, to 45-Across, e.g. |
|
|
University of Michigan, to Ohio State |
|
|
Main competitor |
|
|
Competitor |
USA Today |
10 Dec 2015 |
Coke, to Pepsi |
New York Times |
25 Oct 2015 |
Coke, to Pepsi |
|
|
Competitor |
|
|
Competitor |
|
|
Antagonist |
|
|
Competitor |
|
|
Equal volume is central to currency |
|
|
Competitor |
|
|
Romantic triangle figure |
|
|
Lakers, to Celtics, e.g. |
|
|
Match |
|
|
Romantic competitor |
|
|
Be in competition with |
|
|
Competitor |
|
|
One in a love triangle, maybe |
|
|
Another suitor, to you |
|
|
One to vie with |
|
|
Avid competitor |
|
|
Pretty well equal |
|
|
Romantic competitor |
|
|
Bing, to Google |
|
|
ABC, to CBS |
|
|
Close competitor |
|
|
Close competitor |
|
|
Ardent competitor |
|
|
Measure up to |
|
|
Alternative beau |
|
|
Compare favorably to |
|
|
Measure up to |
|
|
Adversary |
|
|
Mudslinging target |
|
|
Opponent |
|
|
Monopolist's lack |
|
|
Romantic opponent |
|
|
Opponent |
|
|
Opponent |
|
|
Nearby school, maybe |
|
|
Adversary |
|
|
Competitor |
|
|
Competitor in love |
|
|
Close competitor |
|
|
USC, to UCLA, e.g. |
|
|
Honda, to Toyota |
|
|
Business competitor |
|
|
ABC, to CBS |
|
|
Honda, to Toyota |
|
|
ABC, to 14-Down |
|
|
Be the equal of |
|
|
Go up against |
|
|
Foe |
|
|
Coke, to Pepsi |
|
|
Romantic triangle figure |
|
|
Adversary |
|
|
Competitor |
|
|
Pepsi vis-à-vis Coke |
|
|
Pepsi vis- -vis Coke |
|
|
Equal |
|
|
USC, to UCLA |
|
|
Equal |
|
|
Amazon, to Barnes & Noble |
|
|
Adversary |
|
|
Hold a candle to |
|
|
Gladstone, to Disraeli |
|
|
Keep up with |
|
|
Another suitor |
|
|
Opponent |
|
|
Challenger |
|
|
Crock-Pot maker |
|
|
Adversary |
|
|
Match in ability |
|
|
Threaten to surpass |
|
|
Dog food brand |
|
|
Opponent |
|
|
Michigan, to Ohio State, e.g. |
|
|
Compete |
|
|
Opponent in business or sports |
|
|
Be a match for |
|
|
Compare to |
|
|
Oppose |
|
|
Fellow contestant |
|
|
Antagonist |
|
|
Yankees, to the Red Sox |
|
|
Ardent competitor |
|
|
Nearly match |
|
|
Competitor |
|
|
Ford, to Chevrolet |
|
|
Paris, to Romeo |
|
|
Alamo, to Avis |
|
|
Ardent competitor |
|
|
Nearly match |
|
|
Eton to Harrow, for example |
|
|
Try to beat |
|
|
Coke, to Pepsi |
|
|
Measure up to |
|
|
Strive to equal |
|
|
Ken-L Ration competitor |
|
|
Paris, to Romeo |
|
|
Keebler, to Nabisco |
|
|
Coke, vis-a-vis Pepsi |
|
|
Coke, to Pepsi |
|
|
Emulate |
|
|
Competitor |
|
|
Challenger |
|
|
Neighboring school, possibly |
|
|
Alpo competitor |
|
|
Challenger |
|
|
Opponent |
|
|
Evert, to Navratilova |
|
|
Come close to |
|
|
Come close to |
|
|
Try to beat |
|
|
Harvard, to Yale, e.g. |
|
|
Competitor |
|
|
Sprint, to AT&T |
|
|
Compete with |
|
|
Lock horns |
|
|
Competing |
|
|
Another suitor |
|
|
Play against |
|
|
Paris, to Romeo |
|
|
Beau number two |
|
|
Contender |
|
|
Threaten to surpass |
|
|
Emulate |
|
|
Hertz, to Avis |
|
|
Equal |
|
|
Holyfield, to Tyson |
|
|
Challenge |
|
|
Foe |
|
|
Chris, to Martina |
|
|
Romantic competitor |
|
|
Foe |
|
|
Coke vis-à-vis Pepsi |
|
|
Opposed |
|
|
Letterman, to Leno |
|
|
Competitor in love |
|
|
Letterman, to Leno |
|
|
Arch contender |
|
|
Compete with |
|
|
Antagonist |
|
|
Holyfield to Tyson |
|
|
Opponent |
|
|
Adversary |
|
|
Competing |
|
|
Vier |
|
|
Emulator |
|
|
Burger King, to McDonald's |
|
|
Oppose |
|
|
Contend with |
|
|
Yale, to Harvard |
|
|
Salieri, to Mozart |
|
|
Opponent |
|
|
Be a match for |
|
|
Giant, to a Dodger |
|
|
Emulator |
|
|
Richard III, to Henry VII |
|
|
Alfredo, to Baron Douphol |
|
|
Arch competitor |
|
|
Messala, to Ben-Hur |
|
|
One eager to compete and defeat |
|
|
One of a Sheridan pair |
|
|
Emulate |
|
|
Dryden's "The ___ Ladies" |
|
|
Eton, to Harrow |
|
|
Antagonist |
|
|
Compete |
|
|
Challenger |
|
|
Strive to equal. |
|
|
Match. |
|
|
Equal in glory. |
|
|
Djokovic, to Federer |
|
|
Vie with. |
|
|
Strive to excel. |
|
|
Sheridan's "Captain Absolute.” |
|
|
Bob Acres or Captain Absolute. |
|
|
What plastic is to some metals. |
|
|
Emulator. |
|
|
Emulate. |
|
|
Competing swain. |
|
|
Compete. |
|
|
Antagonist. |
|
|
Competitor. |
|
|
Emulatant. |
|
|
Match up to. |
|
|
Be a match for. |
|
|
Angle of the eternal triangle. |
|
|
Competing. |
|
|
Opponent. |
|
|