| Competitor |
Thomas Joseph |
14 Aug 2026 |
| Measure up to, as in competition |
New York Times |
12 Aug 2026 |
| Gary Oak, to Ash Ketchum |
TV |
09 Aug 2026 |
| Competitor (5) |
The Guardian Quick |
08 Aug 2026 |
| Competitor |
Universal |
12 Jul 2026 |
| Be competitive with |
Newsday |
05 Jul 2026 |
| Foe |
Thomas Joseph |
27 Jun 2026 |
| Opponent's appearance lacking a bit of razzamatazz (5) |
The Sun Two Speed |
06 Jun 2026 |
| Opponent's appearance lacking a bit of razzmatazz (5) |
The Sun Two Speed |
30 May 2026 |
| Competitor, like Apple to Android |
|
|
| Opponent (5) |
Mirror Quick |
29 Apr 2026 |
| Competitor has viral problem (5) |
Mirror Cryptic |
29 Apr 2026 |
| Romantic competitor |
Commuter |
07 Apr 2026 |
| Fellow competitor (5) |
Puzzler |
09 Mar 2026 |
| Business competitor |
Newsday |
09 Mar 2026 |
| Competitor |
Eugene Sheffer |
21 Jan 2026 |
| Competitor |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
13 Jan 2026 |
| Nemesis |
USA Today |
10 Jan 2026 |
| Fellow contender (5) |
The Times Concise |
19 Dec 2025 |
| Sporting opponent |
LA Times Mini |
09 Dec 2025 |
| Competitor has viral problem (5) |
Mirror Cryptic |
19 Nov 2025 |
| Opponent (5) |
Mirror Quick |
19 Nov 2025 |
| Competitive nemesis |
USA Today |
27 Oct 2025 |
| Opponent (5) |
Mirror Quick |
22 Oct 2025 |
| Competitor has viral problem (5) |
Mirror Cryptic |
22 Oct 2025 |
| Arsenal, to Spurs, say |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
18 Oct 2025 |
| Adversary (5) |
Puzzler |
15 Oct 2025 |
| Opponent |
Premier Sunday |
05 Oct 2025 |
| Viral (anag.) |
The Telegraph Plusword |
28 Sep 2025 |
| Adversary |
The Telegraph Plusword |
23 Sep 2025 |
| Adversary |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
17 Sep 2025 |
| Business competitor |
Newsday |
15 Sep 2025 |
| PlusWord No 1204 solution |
The Telegraph Plusword |
07 Sep 2025 |
| 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 |
| PepsiCo vis-A�-vis Coca-Cola, e.g. |
|
|
| Nearly match |
LA Times Daily |
10 Jul 2025 |
| Opponent: a - for her affections |
|
|
| Challenge for five in rail disaster (5) |
|
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| Opposition from 9 Across (5) |
|
|
| Opposing TV gameshow competitor, eg (5) |
|
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| From carnival can eliminate competitor (5) |
|
|
| 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) |
|
|
| Competitor's coming down a river in the lead (5) |
|
|
| Nemesis |
USA Today |
20 Feb 2025 |
| Having "lost it", this adversary could be merely trivial (5) |
|
|
| A person who competes with another (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) |
|
|
| Competitor |
Thomas Joseph |
19 Dec 2024 |
| Competitor has viral condition (5) |
|
|
| Competitive figure in rail reorganisation (5) |
|
|
| 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) |
|
|
| Be in competition with a character in a Sheridan play (5) |
|
|
| 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) |
|
|
| Representative intensely vies against leading competitor (5) |
|
|
| Match opposition (5) |
|
|
| Right! 4 Romans are to get Al as a competitor |
|
|
| Competitor has viral problem |
Mirror Cryptic |
09 Oct 2024 |
| Opponent |
Mirror Quick |
09 Oct 2024 |
| Opponent in league following Rhode Island and Virginia (5) |
|
|
| Opponent very restricted by money in Oman? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
24 Sep 2024 |
| Foe |
Thomas Joseph |
24 Sep 2024 |
| Rafael Nadal, to 1-Down |
|
|
| Challenger emerges from den, getting up about five (5) |
|
|
| Seem to be as good as (5) |
|
|
| Adversary |
The Telegraph Plusword |
28 Aug 2024 |
| Opponent |
Puzzler Backwords |
23 Aug 2024 |
| What Hamilton was to Burr |
USA Today |
30 Jul 2024 |
| What IBM is to Dell, perhaps |
|
|
| 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) |
|
|
| 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) |
|
|
| Competitor or opponent |
|
|
| 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) |
|
|
| Alabama, to Auburn |
|
|
| Opponent |
Mirror Quick |
01 May 2024 |
| Competitor has viral problem |
Mirror Cryptic |
01 May 2024 |
| Entry not clear-cut essentially for competitor (5) |
|
|
| Jannik Sinner, to Carlos Alcaraz |
|
|
| Be about as good as |
Newsday |
25 Apr 2024 |
| Stand comparison with (5) |
|
|
| Figure a liar may be out to surpass you! (5) |
|
|
| Competitor is coming after ignoring pair at the start (5) |
|
|
| 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) |
|
|
| Tar Heels vis-a-vis Blue Devils, e.g. |
|
|
| Competitor |
Eugene Sheffer |
03 Jan 2024 |
| Opponent |
Mirror Quick |
20 Dec 2023 |
| Competitor has viral problem |
Mirror Cryptic |
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 |
| Opponent |
Mirror Quick |
29 Nov 2023 |
| Fellow contestant has viral problem |
Mirror Cryptic |
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 |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
| Frenemy, at times |
LA Times Daily |
16 Jul 2021 |
| Competitor |
The Telegraph Quick |
23 May 2021 |
| Business competitor |
Newsday |
28 Apr 2021 |
| Opponent |
USA Today |
15 Apr 2021 |
| Opponent |
|
|
| Compete with |
New York Times |
04 Apr 2021 |
| Adversary, antagonist |
|
|
| 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 Cowboys, for the Eagles |
Universal |
15 Jul 2020 |
| Archcompetitor |
New York Times |
30 Jun 2020 |
| Dollar, to Enterprise |
|
|
| Dollar, to Enterprise |
LA Times Daily |
21 Jun 2020 |
| Burger King, to McDonald's |
|
|
| Competitor, like McDonald's to Burger King |
|
|
| Same-state opponent, often |
|
|
| Same-state opponent, often |
LA Times Daily |
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 |
|
|
| 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 |
LA Times Daily |
01 Sep 2019 |
| Romantic triangle figure |
|
|
| Adversary |
The Sun Two Speed |
17 Jul 2019 |
| Avril routed opponent |
The Sun Two Speed |
17 Jul 2019 |
| Primary foe |
LA Times Daily |
20 May 2019 |
| Primary foe |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
| Adversary Avril thrashed |
The Sun Two Speed |
21 Feb 2019 |
| Opponent |
The Sun Two Speed |
21 Feb 2019 |
| Competitor |
Thomas Joseph |
05 Jan 2019 |
| A Hatfield vis-à-vis a McCoy |
|
|
| Competitor |
|
|
| Pepsi, to Coke |
|
|
| Main competitor |
|
|
| Romantic triangle figure |
|
|
| Primary foe |
|
|
| Primary competitor |
|
|
| Hold a candle to |
|
|
| One in a love triangle |
|
|
| Pepsi, to Coke |
Universal |
01 Jan 2019 |
| 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 |
|
|
| Be equivalent to |
LA Times Daily |
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 |
| Real Madrid vis-à-vis F.C. Barcelona |
|
|
| Hamilton, to Burr |
|
|
| #2, to #1 |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
| Crock-Pot company |
|
|
| 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 |
| Competitor |
|
|
| Competitor |
|
|
| Competitor |
|
|
| Coke, to Pepsi |
|
|
| Antagonist |
|
|
| Equal volume is central to currency |
|
|
| Romantic triangle figure |
|
|
| One in a love triangle, maybe |
|
|
| Romantic competitor |
|
|
| Competitor |
|
|
| Lakers, to Celtics, e.g. |
|
|
| Be in competition with |
|
|
| Match |
|
|
| Competitor |
|
|
| Avid competitor |
|
|
| Bing, to Google |
|
|
| ABC, to CBS |
|
|
| Romantic competitor |
|
|
| Another suitor, to you |
|
|
| One to vie with |
|
|
| Close competitor |
|
|
| Pretty well equal |
|
|
| Close competitor |
|
|
| Alternative beau |
|
|
| Ardent competitor |
|
|
| Measure up to |
|
|
| Compare favorably to |
|
|
| Measure up to |
|
|
| Romantic opponent |
|
|
| Mudslinging target |
|
|
| Adversary |
|
|
| Opponent |
|
|
| Monopolist's lack |
|
|
| Opponent |
|
|
| Opponent |
|
|
| Close competitor |
|
|
| Adversary |
|
|
| Nearby school, maybe |
|
|
| Competitor |
|
|
| Competitor in love |
|
|
| Coke, to Pepsi |
|
|
| Be the equal of |
|
|
| Go up against |
|
|
| Honda, to Toyota |
|
|
| Romantic triangle figure |
|
|
| Adversary |
|
|
| USC, to UCLA, e.g. |
|
|
| Honda, to Toyota |
|
|
| Business competitor |
|
|
| Foe |
|
|
| ABC, to CBS |
|
|
| ABC, to 14-Down |
|
|
| USC, to UCLA |
|
|
| Pepsi vis-à-vis Coke |
|
|
| Equal |
|
|
| Adversary |
|
|
| Hold a candle to |
|
|
| Pepsi vis- -vis Coke |
|
|
| Equal |
|
|
| Competitor |
|
|
| Amazon, to Barnes & Noble |
|
|
| Gladstone, to Disraeli |
|
|
| Another suitor |
|
|
| Challenger |
|
|
| Crock-Pot maker |
|
|
| Threaten to surpass |
|
|
| Match in ability |
|
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| Opponent |
|
|
| Keep up with |
|
|
| Adversary |
|
|
| Dog food brand |
|
|
| Compete |
|
|
| Oppose |
|
|
| Compare to |
|
|
| Michigan, to Ohio State, e.g. |
|
|
| Opponent in business or sports |
|
|
| Fellow contestant |
|
|
| Be a match for |
|
|
| Opponent |
|
|
| Strive to equal |
|
|
| Yankees, to the Red Sox |
|
|
| Paris, to Romeo |
|
|
| Antagonist |
|
|
| Ken-L Ration competitor |
|
|
| Nearly match |
|
|
| Competitor |
|
|
| Coke, to Pepsi |
|
|
| Alamo, to Avis |
|
|
| Try to beat |
|
|
| Eton to Harrow, for example |
|
|
| Paris, to Romeo |
|
|
| Ford, to Chevrolet |
|
|
| Ardent competitor |
|
|
| Nearly match |
|
|
| Ardent competitor |
|
|
| Measure up to |
|
|
| Coke, vis-a-vis Pepsi |
|
|
| Coke, to Pepsi |
|
|
| Emulate |
|
|
| Challenger |
|
|
| Alpo competitor |
|
|
| Competitor |
|
|
| Neighboring school, possibly |
|
|
| Keebler, to Nabisco |
|
|
| Try to beat |
|
|
| Harvard, to Yale, e.g. |
|
|
| Evert, to Navratilova |
|
|
| Opponent |
|
|
| Come close to |
|
|
| Challenger |
|
|
| Come close to |
|
|
| Compete with |
|
|
| Sprint, to AT&T |
|
|
| Competing |
|
|
| Lock horns |
|
|
| Play against |
|
|
| Competitor |
|
|
| Paris, to Romeo |
|
|
| Another suitor |
|
|
| Beau number two |
|
|
| Emulate |
|
|
| Threaten to surpass |
|
|
| Contender |
|
|
| Holyfield, to Tyson |
|
|
| Equal |
|
|
| Chris, to Martina |
|
|
| Challenge |
|
|
| Foe |
|
|
| Hertz, to Avis |
|
|
| Letterman, to Leno |
|
|
| Coke vis-à-vis Pepsi |
|
|
| Romantic competitor |
|
|
| Competitor in love |
|
|
| Opposed |
|
|
| Foe |
|
|
| Letterman, to Leno |
|
|
| Arch contender |
|
|
| Compete with |
|
|
| Antagonist |
|
|
| Holyfield to Tyson |
|
|
| Competing |
|
|
| Adversary |
|
|
| Opponent |
|
|
| Vier |
|
|
| Emulator |
|
|
| Burger King, to McDonald's |
|
|
| Oppose |
|
|
| Contend with |
|
|
| Yale, to Harvard |
|
|
| Opponent |
|
|
| Salieri, to Mozart |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
| Vie with. |
|
|
| Sheridan's "Captain Absolute.” |
|
|
| Bob Acres or Captain Absolute. |
|
|
| Angle of the eternal triangle. |
|
|
| What plastic is to some metals. |
|
|
| Emulator. |
|
|
| Emulate. |
|
|
| Competing swain. |
|
|
| Strive to equal. |
|
|
| Djokovic, to Federer |
|
|
| Match. |
|
|
| Strive to excel. |
|
|
| Be a match for. |
|
|
| Compete. |
|
|
| Antagonist. |
|
|
| Competitor. |
|
|
| Emulatant. |
|
|
| Competing. |
|
|
| Match up to. |
|
|
| Opponent. |
|
|
| Equal in glory. |
|
|
| Challenger |
|
|