| Fibrous, as roots |
LA Times Daily |
02 Oct 2025 |
| Even troop pay is inferior (4) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
02 Sep 2025 |
| Viscous |
LA Times Daily |
17 May 2025 |
| Poor quality; ill |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
11 Apr 2025 |
| Stringy |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
03 Mar 2025 |
| Resembling thick twine |
Newsday |
19 Jan 2025 |
| Forming viscid threads |
Premier Sunday |
12 Jan 2025 |
| Was picking oakum such a job? (4) |
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| Frames Regency work inside, though it's of poor quality |
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| Being stringy and inadequate |
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| Poor work defended by railway (4) |
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| Abounding in sticky thick threads |
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| Stringy fellow without piano (4) |
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| Stringy |
USA Today |
01 Jul 2024 |
| Poor quality, dodgy (4) |
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| Fibrous |
USA Today |
24 Apr 2024 |
| Work between the lines is inadequate (4) |
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| Fibrous |
USA Today |
25 Jan 2024 |
| Poor inferior (inf) |
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| Thick and stringy |
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| Like thick vines |
Universal |
03 Jul 2023 |
| Returning some ivory-porcelain that is substandard |
The Telegraph Toughie |
01 Feb 2023 |
| Stringy Rovers' striker eats a bit of pasta |
The Guardian Cryptic |
05 Dec 2022 |
| Viscous |
New York Times |
16 Jul 2022 |
| Adjective for thick vines |
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| Stringy |
USA Today |
25 Sep 2021 |
| Glutinous helping of chilly porridge served up |
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| Fibrous |
New York Times |
26 Jul 2021 |
| Viscous |
The Washington Post |
27 Jun 2021 |
| Viscous |
LA Times Daily |
27 Jun 2021 |
| Poor in quality |
The Times Concise |
16 Oct 2020 |
| Like a twisted cord that's not very good |
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| Some polypropylene is of poor quality |
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| Slightly unwell -- or, on reflection, extremely poorly |
The Telegraph Toughie |
10 Jun 2020 |
| Viscous |
New York Times |
31 Aug 2019 |
| Cordlike |
Newsday |
14 Jul 2019 |
| Viscous |
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| Long and fibrous, like a vine |
USA Today |
30 Nov 2018 |
| Glutinous |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Aug 2018 |
| Sinewy |
LA Times Daily |
26 Apr 2018 |
| Sinewy |
The Washington Post |
26 Apr 2018 |
| Sinuous |
Canadiana |
26 Mar 2018 |
| Long and fibrous, like a vine |
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| Sinewy |
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| Glutinous |
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| Long, strong and fibrous |
Premier Sunday |
10 Dec 2017 |
| Conclusions reached by teacher, sadly, about work of poor quality |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
01 Oct 2017 |
| Stringy |
The Washington Post |
08 May 2017 |
| Stringy |
LA Times Daily |
08 May 2017 |
| Poor work disrupting railway |
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| Poor work disrupting railway |
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| Stringy |
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| Slang word meaning inferior or inadequate |
The Telegraph General Knowledge |
04 Dec 2016 |
| Like sinew |
USA Today |
04 Nov 2016 |
| Bad, being stranded? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
12 Jul 2016 |
| Of poor quality |
The Telegraph Quick |
29 Jun 2016 |
| Off colour, or bunged up and extremely pasty |
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| Cut of belly pork turned glutinous |
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| Like thick vines |
Universal |
25 Mar 2016 |
| Like sinew |
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| Not pouring smoothly, as a liquid |
Universal |
10 Nov 2015 |
| Slightly unwell with disorder when hospital department's unavailable |
The Telegraph Toughie |
02 Sep 2015 |
| Not pouring smoothly, as a liquid |
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| Far from top quality work across the tracks |
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| Thickly fibrous |
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| Well-sinewed |
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| Well-sinewed |
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| Like challah dough |
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| Cordlike |
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| Long, strong, and fibrous |
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| Like thick cords |
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| Forming strands |
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| Like thick vines |
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| Forming strands |
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| Like thick cords |
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| Like thick twine |
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| Muscular |
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| Like viscid threads |
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| Cordlike |
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| Hard to chew, maybe |
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| Thickly fibrous |
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| Like thick vines |
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| Fibrous |
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| Stringy |
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| Like thick vines |
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| Like stringy threads |
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| Adjective for some vines |
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| Like some muscles |
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| Well-sinewed |
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| Cordlike |
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| Stringy |
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| Stringy |
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| Viscous |
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| Stringy |
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| Rich with strands |
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| Like slime |
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| Like slime |
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| Viscous |
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| Like sinew |
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| Cordlike |
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| Like thick twine |
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| Stringy and viscous |
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| Stringy |
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| Glutinous |
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| Not pouring smoothly, as a liquid |
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| Fibrous |
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| Forming viscid threads |
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| Threadlike |
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| Glutinous |
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| Glutinous; viscous |
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| Viscid |
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| Muscular |
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| Forming glutinous threads. |
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| Viscous. |
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| Forming threads. |
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| Stringy. |
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| Glutinous. |
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| Tending to form in strings. |
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| Fibrous |
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