| Clue | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Disintegrated, like food in a compost bin | ||
| Decomposed | New York Times | 03 Jun 2025 |
| Spoiled | Wall Street Journal | 24 May 2025 |
| Decayed | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 18 Feb 2025 |
| Went bad | New York Times | 06 Jan 2025 |
| Decomposed | Commuter | 02 Jan 2025 |
| Crumbled away | ||
| Became decayed (6) | ||
| Biodegraded | New York Times | 04 Sep 2023 |
| Decomposed | Universal | 26 Jun 2022 |
| Decayed | Canadiana | 14 Feb 2022 |
| Decayed | Canadiana | 07 Feb 2022 |
| Went bad | New York Times | 03 Mar 2021 |
| Went off embarrassed having eaten too much | The Telegraph Cryptic | 09 Jul 2020 |
| Broke down | Thomas Joseph | 24 Apr 2020 |
| Turned to compost | The Washington Post | 09 Jul 2019 |
| Turned to compost | LA Times Daily | 09 Jul 2019 |
| Decomposed | Wall Street Journal | 24 Jun 2019 |
| Turned to compost | ||
| Decomposed | ||
| Returned to earth? | New York Times | 26 Aug 2018 |
| Returned to earth? | ||
| Went bad | The Washington Post | 01 Oct 2017 |
| Went bad | LA Times Daily | 01 Oct 2017 |
| Went bad | ||
| Spoiled | Wall Street Journal | 23 Nov 2016 |
| Went bad | Newsday | 11 Sep 2016 |
| Went round -- no answer -- went off | The Telegraph Cryptic | 03 Oct 2015 |
| Went bad | ||
| Putrefied | ||
| Went 47 Down | ||
| Became inedible | ||
| Spoiled | ||
| Went bad | ||
| Decayed | ||
| Decayed | ||
| Degenerated | ||
| Broke down | ||
| Went bad | ||
| Spoiled | ||
| Spoiled | ||
| Decayed | ||
| Became inedible | ||
| Disintegrated | ||
| Went bad | ||
| Became unusable | ||
| Decayed | ||
| Became inedible | ||
| Decayed. |