| Reprimand |
Universal |
17 Aug 2025 |
| 19 across (5) |
The Guardian Quick |
16 Aug 2025 |
| Bawl out |
Thomas Joseph |
28 Jun 2025 |
| Rebuke, berate (5) |
|
|
| Reprove for having sold out the Conservative leader (5) |
|
|
| Scold sternly (5) |
|
|
| Reprimand |
Premier Sunday |
13 Apr 2025 |
| Chastise (5) |
The Guardian Speedy |
13 Apr 2025 |
| Reprimand |
|
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| To find fault with or reprimand harshly (5) |
|
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| Find fault with edges of symbolic antique (5) |
|
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| Rate when about 100 found a buyer (5) |
|
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| A nagging woman, namely, gets chilly (5) |
|
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| Berate |
Thomas Joseph |
06 Mar 2025 |
| Sick of lady regularly getting rebuke (5) |
|
|
| Berate(5) |
|
|
| PlusWord No 993 solution |
The Telegraph Plusword |
08 Feb 2025 |
| Tell off |
Mirror Classic |
06 Feb 2025 |
| Tick off the little son with the sniffles (5) |
|
|
| To do so seems unfriendly to a skinhead (5) |
|
|
| Rebuke (5) |
Puzzler |
27 Jan 2025 |
| Bawl out |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Dec 2024 |
| Reprimand |
Universal |
18 Dec 2024 |
| Reprove disorderly clods (5) |
|
|
| To chide (5) |
|
|
| Take to task |
LA Times Daily |
23 Nov 2024 |
| Reprimand for small complaint (5) |
|
|
| Chide |
Commuter |
12 Nov 2024 |
| Chide |
Mirror Classic |
09 Nov 2024 |
| Dress down |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
07 Nov 2024 |
| Chastise |
Commuter |
29 Oct 2024 |
| Initially, she could obviate loudly damning rebuke(5) |
|
|
| Give a lecture, say |
New York Times |
20 Oct 2024 |
| Tell off |
LA Times Daily |
18 Oct 2024 |
| Tell off for small complaint (5) |
|
|
| Berate |
Eugene Sheffer |
02 Oct 2024 |
| Aerate |
|
|
| Tell one off for giving son a chill (5) |
|
|
| Roast mostly without heat (5) |
|
|
| Tell someone off |
|
|
| Chide |
Mirror Tea Time |
11 Sep 2024 |
| Lecture promoted outside college |
|
|
| Reprimand |
The Times Sunday Concise |
04 Aug 2024 |
| Find fault noisily |
|
|
| Rebuke one at first sneeze with catarrhal infection (5) |
|
|
| Chastise |
LA Times Daily |
06 Jul 2024 |
| Take to task |
New York Times |
04 Jul 2024 |
| Berate |
Commuter |
03 Jul 2024 |
| Give a talking-to |
New York Times |
26 Jun 2024 |
| Rebuke son without emotion |
The Times Cryptic |
25 Jun 2024 |
| Reprimand |
LA Times Daily |
23 Jun 2024 |
| Dress down |
New York Times |
20 Jun 2024 |
| Rate at which colds get better? |
|
|
| One who rebukes, namely, the elderly (5) |
|
|
| Chide, rebuke (5) |
Puzzler |
28 May 2024 |
| Tell off for getting burn, I heard (5) |
|
|
| Bawl out |
Thomas Joseph |
14 May 2024 |
| Give an earful |
|
|
| Chide |
Mirror Tea Time |
15 Apr 2024 |
| To find fault angrily |
|
|
| Reprimand: found buyers for about 100 (5) |
|
|
| Chastise, chide (5) |
|
|
| Berate |
Eugene Sheffer |
04 Mar 2024 |
| Reprimand; chastise (5) |
|
|
| Yell at |
Commuter |
22 Feb 2024 |
| Reprimand harshly (5) |
|
|
| To vituperate (5) |
|
|
| Leading Socialist with a common ill will tell one off (5) |
|
|
| Reprimand |
|
|
| Chastise |
The Times Concise |
01 Jan 2024 |
| Dress down |
New York Times |
24 Dec 2023 |
| Chide for naughtiness |
|
|
| To berate (5) |
|
|
| Reprimand son over problem in winter (5) |
|
|
| Berate |
Eugene Sheffer |
24 Nov 2023 |
| Chastise |
USA Today |
17 Nov 2023 |
| Reprimand |
New York Times Mini |
31 Oct 2023 |
| Take to task |
Newsday |
19 Oct 2023 |
| Bawl out |
Thomas Joseph |
05 Oct 2023 |
| Admonish |
LA Times Daily |
09 Sep 2023 |
| Tell off |
LA Times Daily |
23 Jul 2023 |
| Berate |
Thomas Joseph |
20 Jul 2023 |
| Give a piece of one's mind |
|
|
| Take to task |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Jun 2023 |
| Tear into |
New York Times |
16 Jun 2023 |
| Berate |
Eugene Sheffer |
09 Jun 2023 |
| Give a good talking-to |
LA Times Daily |
10 Mar 2023 |
| Admonish a child, say |
|
|
| Tell off |
USA Today |
24 Feb 2023 |
| Bawl out |
Newsday |
26 Dec 2022 |
| Berate |
Eugene Sheffer |
30 Sep 2022 |
| Bawl out |
Thomas Joseph |
22 Sep 2022 |
| Chide |
Universal |
04 Sep 2022 |
| Chew out |
Newsday |
31 Jul 2022 |
| Find fault with shot when the temperature drops dramatically |
|
|
| Find fault with shot when the temperature drops dramatically |
The Guardian Quiptic |
16 May 2022 |
| Rate son lacking in emotion |
The Times Cryptic |
15 Apr 2022 |
| Berate |
Eugene Sheffer |
25 Feb 2022 |
| Berate |
Eugene Sheffer |
23 Nov 2021 |
| Take to task |
The Guardian Quick |
01 Nov 2021 |
| Tongue-lash |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Sep 2021 |
| Reprimand for lecturer consumed by overflowing documents |
Irish Times Crosaire |
03 Sep 2021 |
| Reprimand for bringing up documents about Labour Leader |
Irish Times Crosaire |
09 Jun 2021 |
| Carpet that is ancient, small and austere |
|
|
| Upbraid |
The Washington Post Sunday |
02 May 2021 |
| Reprimand |
Newsday |
18 Apr 2021 |
| Admonish severely |
|
|
| Take to task |
LA Times Daily |
31 Mar 2021 |
| Take to task |
The Washington Post |
31 Mar 2021 |
| Saint not enthusiastic to criticise |
|
|
| Reprimand |
Universal |
25 Mar 2021 |
| Reprimand |
The Telegraph Quick |
19 Mar 2021 |
| Tell off someone, say |
|
|
| Admonish a child, say |
|
|
| Chastise |
The Telegraph Quick |
08 Feb 2021 |
| Rebuke or reprimand |
|
|
| Chew out |
LA Times Daily |
03 Dec 2020 |
| Chew out |
The Washington Post |
03 Dec 2020 |
| Chastise |
USA Today |
26 Nov 2020 |
| Berate |
Thomas Joseph |
19 Oct 2020 |
| Admonish |
The Washington Post |
27 Jun 2020 |
| Admonish |
LA Times Daily |
27 Jun 2020 |
| Reprimand Surrey captain over loftily dropping openers |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
12 Jun 2020 |
| Reprimand or rebuke |
|
|
| Yell at for wrongdoing |
Newsday |
28 Apr 2020 |
| Berate |
Eugene Sheffer |
25 Apr 2020 |
| Chide for misbehavior |
Newsday |
14 Apr 2020 |
| Give a talking-to |
New York Times |
29 Mar 2020 |
| Admonish Charlie, flogged outside |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
11 Feb 2020 |
| Give a harsh talking to |
Family Time |
06 Jan 2020 |
| Castigate |
The Washington Post Sunday |
22 Dec 2019 |
| Rebuke or reprimand |
|
|
| Give a good talking to |
|
|
| Dress down |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Aug 2019 |
| Chew out or rebuke |
|
|
| Rebuke |
The Telegraph Quick |
15 Jun 2019 |
| Rebuke, chide |
The Times Concise |
08 Apr 2019 |
| Upbraid |
New York Times |
20 Feb 2019 |
| Give someone hell for what auctioneer said about copyright |
Irish Times Crosaire |
07 Jan 2019 |
| Reprimand |
|
|
| Upbraid |
|
|
| Dress down |
|
|
| Rebuke |
The Washington Post |
26 Dec 2018 |
| Rebuke |
LA Times Daily |
26 Dec 2018 |
| Small unfeeling quarrelsome woman of old? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
25 Dec 2018 |
| Chide children |
Universal |
22 Dec 2018 |
| Upbraid |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
14 Dec 2018 |
| Carpet that is past its best |
|
|
| Tongue-lash |
Universal |
17 Sep 2018 |
| Give a piece of one's mind |
|
|
| Castigate |
Jonesin |
21 Aug 2018 |
| Chew out |
Universal |
18 Jul 2018 |
| Chew out |
USA Today |
09 Jul 2018 |
| Give a tongue-lashing to |
USA Today |
06 Jul 2018 |
| Give a piece of one's mind |
|
|
| Nag disposed of, about a hundred |
|
|
| Take to task |
USA Today |
12 Mar 2018 |
| Upbraid |
|
|
| Chew out |
|
|
| Chide children |
|
|
| Rebuke |
|
|
| Tongue-lash |
|
|
| Chew out |
|
|
| Give a tongue-lashing to |
|
|
| Chew out |
Family Time |
24 Sep 2017 |
| Call on the carpet |
USA Today |
24 Aug 2017 |
| Admonish |
Universal |
06 Aug 2017 |
| Take to task |
Newsday |
09 Jul 2017 |
| Read the riot act to |
The Washington Post |
27 Jun 2017 |
| Read the riot act to |
LA Times Daily |
27 Jun 2017 |
| Give the business to |
Wall Street Journal |
24 May 2017 |
| Give a reprimand to |
Newsday |
01 May 2017 |
| Head of state unsympathetic harridan |
|
|
| Haul over the coals |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Mar 2017 |
| Read the riot act to |
|
|
| Call on the carpet |
|
|
| Admonish |
|
|
| Lace into |
Newsday |
27 Nov 2016 |
| Bawl out |
Thomas Joseph |
23 Nov 2016 |
| Call onto the carpet |
USA Today |
12 Nov 2016 |
| Read the riot act over medics holding what's left |
Irish Times Crosaire |
01 Oct 2016 |
| Chide |
Newsday |
09 Aug 2016 |
| Give a tongue-lashing to |
Family Time |
03 Jul 2016 |
| Reprimand for barman not getting any younger |
Irish Times Crosaire |
24 May 2016 |
| Censure, berate |
Irish Times Simplex |
12 Apr 2016 |
| Termagant |
New York Times |
12 Mar 2016 |
| Bawl out |
Jonesin |
23 Feb 2016 |
| Call onto the carpet |
|
|
| Angrily rebuke son lacking warmth |
|
|
| Bawl out |
Universal |
27 Nov 2015 |
| Read the riot act to |
Universal |
20 Oct 2015 |
| Chide |
The Guardian Quick |
22 Aug 2015 |
| Bawl out |
Newsday |
20 Jul 2015 |
| Tongue-lash |
USA Today |
17 Jun 2015 |
| Bawl out |
|
|
| Read the riot act to |
|
|
| Admonish |
|
|
| Dress down |
|
|
| Tongue-lash |
|
|
| Take to task |
|
|
| Reprimand |
|
|
| Bawl out |
|
|
| Dress down |
|
|
| Chew out |
|
|
| Berate |
|
|
| Give the dickens |
|
|
| Lambaste |
|
|
| Wag an index at |
|
|
| Dress down |
|
|
| Give what for |
|
|
| Bawl out |
|
|
| Shrew |
|
|
| Dress down |
|
|
| Give a good talking-to |
|
|
| Take to task |
|
|
| Give a good talking-to |
|
|
| Lay into |
|
|
| Reprimand |
|
|
| Take to task |
|
|
| Call on the carpet |
|
|
| Tounge-lash |
|
|
| Baste |
|
|
| Bawl out |
|
|
| Chew out |
|
|
| Tell off |
|
|
| Baste |
|
|
| Bawl out |
|
|
| Chew out |
|
|
| Tell off |
|
|
| Call on the carpet |
|
|
| Chide, as children |
|
|
| Chide a child |
|
|
| Chew out, so to speak |
|
|
| Termagant |
|
|
| Remonstrate with |
|
|
| Bawl out |
|
|
| Give a tongue-lashing to |
|
|
| Rake over the coals |
|
|
| Harpy |
|
|
| Chew out |
|
|
| Give what for |
|
|
| Give what for |
|
|
| Dress down |
|
|
| Give a talking-to |
|
|
| Dress down |
|
|
| Take to task |
|
|
| Bawl out |
|
|
| Chew out |
|
|
| Castigate |
|
|
| Rake over the coals |
|
|
| Jump down one's throat |
|
|
| Reprimand |
|
|
| Chew out |
|
|
| Chide |
|
|
| Virago |
|
|
| Say "tsk" to |
|
|
| Give a tongue-lashing |
|
|
| Dress down |
|
|
| Act the shrew |
|
|
| Lambaste |
|
|
| Chide |
|
|
| Call on the carpet |
|
|
| Lace into |
|
|
| Lay into |
|
|
| Chastise |
|
|
| Give a talking-to to |
|
|
| Bawl out |
|
|
| Discipline verbally |
|
|
| Berate |
|
|
| Upbraid |
|
|
| Give what for |
|
|
| Berate |
|
|
| Upbraid |
|
|
| Give a talking-to to |
|
|
| Reprimand |
|
|
| Tell a thing or two |
|
|
| Reprimand |
|
|
| Chastise |
|
|
| Give the dickens |
|
|
| Upbraid |
|
|
| Rake over the coals |
|
|
| Give a talking-to |
|
|
| Nagative one? |
|
|
| Rebuker |
|
|
| Rail at |
|
|
| Tell a thing or two |
|
|
| Chew out |
|
|
| Tell a thing or two |
|
|
| Chide |
|
|
| Give a tongue-lashing |
|
|
| Tell a thing or two to |
|
|
| Read the riot act to |
|
|
| Tongue-lash |
|
|
| Berate |
New York Times |
31 Oct 2000 |
| Rate son lacking in emotion |
|
|
| Berate |
|
|
| Chew out, so to speak |
|
|
| Constant complainer |
|
|
| Take to task |
|
|
| Upbraid |
|
|
| Rake over the coals |
|
|
| Read the riot act to |
|
|
| Reprimand |
|
|
| Tounge-lash |
|
|
| Give a tongue-lashing to |
|
|
| Chide, as a child |
|
|
| Berate |
|
|
| Tongue-lash |
|
|
| Take to task |
|
|
| Chide |
|
|
| FIRED |
|
|
| Xantippe, e.g. |
|
|
| Rebuke |
|
|
| Ducking-stool victim |
|
|
| Fishwife |
|
|
| Critical one |
|
|
| Reprove |
|
|
| Nag |
|
|
| Shrew. |
|
|
| Harangue. |
|
|
| Rebuke. |
|
|
| Reproach. |
|
|
| Termagant. |
|
|
| Chide severely. |
|
|
| Cousin of a shrew. |
|
|
| Upbraid. |
|
|
| Tongue-lash. |
|
|
| Ducking stool victim. |
|
|
| Chide. |
|
|
| Nagging wife. |
|
|
| Berate. |
|
|
| Give somebody the business |
|
|
| Take to task. |
|
|
| Vixen. |
|
|
| Reprove. |
|
|
| Ducking-stool candidate. |
|
|
| Abusive person |
|
|
| Nag. |
|
|