| Abrade (6) |
Mirror Quick |
23 Aug 2025 |
| Wild capers produce tricky situation (6) |
Mirror Cryptic |
23 Aug 2025 |
| Fight linked to European in predicament (6) |
The Guardian Quick Cryptic |
09 Aug 2025 |
| Fight linked to European in predicament (6) |
The Guardian Quick |
09 Aug 2025 |
| To wit, source of oil's a difficult dilemma (6) |
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| Abrade (6) |
Mirror Quick |
05 Jul 2025 |
| Wild capers produce tricky situation (6) |
Mirror Cryptic |
05 Jul 2025 |
| Graze |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
02 Jul 2025 |
| Just pass, - through the exam |
|
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| A pickle (6) |
|
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| Remove, as ice from a windshield |
Newsday |
30 Jun 2025 |
| From scratch, making pickle (6) |
|
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| Crazy capers lead to minor skirmish (6) |
|
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| Barely manage. It's a fight at one point (6) |
|
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| Scratch a bit with a key (6) |
|
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| Play violin badly (6) |
|
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| To copy data from a website using a computer programme (6) |
|
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| Rub |
Mirror Tea Time |
28 May 2025 |
| Rub harshly on |
|
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| Minor injury |
USA Today |
25 May 2025 |
| Capers about, getting an abrasion (6) |
|
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| Discard English pickle |
|
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| Bow and ..., be over-obsequious |
|
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| Throw away last of lime pickle |
|
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| Scratch claws roughly against primary elements (6) |
|
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| Thin spread of butter (6) |
|
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| Scratch and fight to get a point (6) |
|
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| Silly capers can get you in a jam (6) |
|
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| Rub, abrade (6) |
|
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| Abrasion |
The Times Concise |
07 Apr 2025 |
| Scratch (surface) |
|
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| Thin application of butter may mean trouble for some (6) |
|
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| Awkward predicament brought about by mad capers (6) |
|
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| Knee boo-boo |
Universal |
28 Mar 2025 |
| Tricky situation causes injury (6) |
|
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| Fight to the end, with only superficial damage (6) |
|
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| A jam that can blemish a car (6) |
|
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| Abrade, scratch (6) |
|
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| Fight to get the point from scratch (6) |
|
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| Predicament that means you must be very economical? (6) |
|
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| Throw away energy making jam |
The Sun Two Speed |
11 Feb 2025 |
| Abrade |
The Sun Two Speed |
11 Feb 2025 |
| Fight over last part of estate creates predicament (6) |
|
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| Spot animal disorder I avoided (6) |
|
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| Capers used in making pickle |
|
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| Casper tends to graze (6) |
|
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| Pickle |
LA Times Daily |
01 Feb 2025 |
| Pickle |
New York Times |
17 Jan 2025 |
| Injury resulting from fight with sweetheart |
|
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| Get rid of the E in "trouble" (6) |
|
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| Jam, maybe, but very little butter |
|
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| Abolish English? That'll lead to a predicament! (6) |
|
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| Wild capers may get you into one (6) |
|
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| Predicament from capers going wrong (6) |
|
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| Abrade |
The Sun Two Speed |
12 Dec 2024 |
| Waste energy making jam |
The Sun Two Speed |
12 Dec 2024 |
| Junk and ecstasy fix? (6) |
|
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| The difficulty having so little butter (6) |
|
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| Rasp |
Puzzler Backwords |
22 Nov 2024 |
| One will hardly get it together to play so badly (6) |
|
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| Draw roughly or noisily over a surface (6) |
|
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| Fight injury (6) |
|
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| Bark at the cars foolishly, a little peeved (6) |
|
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| Try hard to clean off a spot (6) |
|
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| Knee wound |
|
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| Abrasion |
LA Times Daily |
24 Oct 2024 |
| Predicament results from such capers (6) |
|
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| Having trouble from scratch (6) |
|
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| Drag a hard sharp implement across the surface of (6) |
Puzzler |
08 Oct 2024 |
| Foolish capers can get you into one |
|
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| Criminal capers leading to awkward predicament |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
07 Oct 2024 |
| Predicament one gets into with a thin layer of butter (6) |
|
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| Fiddle poorly and one will get into trouble (6) |
|
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| Tough situation |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Sep 2024 |
| Avoid losing head? Run in that predicament |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
19 Sep 2024 |
| Abrasion a predicament (6) |
|
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| After the fight, note an abrasion (6) |
|
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| Abrade (6) |
The Guardian Speedy |
09 Sep 2024 |
| Abrade (6) |
The Guardian Speedy |
08 Sep 2024 |
| Third of herd coming into view, graze (6) |
|
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| Clear the bottom of a barrel (6) |
|
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| Awkwardness of 3.26 light years (6) |
|
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| Morsel with English jam |
The Times Cryptic |
14 Aug 2024 |
| Start speeding - the car skids in - trouble (6) |
|
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| Grate cheese rind initially into mushy peas |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
10 Aug 2024 |
| Thinly spread pickle (6) |
|
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| Abrasion |
Eugene Sheffer |
20 Jul 2024 |
| Predicament caused by fight beginning to escalate |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
10 Jul 2024 |
| Abrade |
The Telegraph Quick |
08 Jul 2024 |
| Remove old wallpaper (6) |
|
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| Jam, yes, but not much butter (6) |
|
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| Bark that means trouble (6) |
|
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| Silly capers causing minor damage |
|
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| Capers about only to get into some difficulty (6) |
|
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| Fight with European in predicament (6) |
The Guardian Quiptic |
09 Jun 2024 |
| Abrasion; altercation (6) |
|
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| Doctor cares about prince in predicament (6) |
|
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| Drag across surface causing tricky situation (6) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
19 May 2024 |
| With only a tiny bit of English, manage to get by |
|
|
| Wild capers produce tricky situation |
Mirror Cryptic |
06 May 2024 |
| Abrade |
Mirror Quick |
06 May 2024 |
| Very little butter is what gets thrown away at end of June (6) |
|
|
| Minor injury |
Commuter |
26 Apr 2024 |
| Abrade |
Puzzler Backwords |
23 Apr 2024 |
| Abrade |
Mirror Quick |
23 Apr 2024 |
| Wild capers generate tricky situation |
Mirror Cryptic |
23 Apr 2024 |
| In trouble from scratch (6) |
|
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| Scuff (shoes) |
|
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| Just manage to get ecstasy after a struggle (6) |
|
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| Start covering really awkward predicament embarrassingly (6) |
|
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| Naughty capers can get you into one (6) |
|
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| Get some gunk off of |
|
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| Difficult situation having to fight English (6) |
|
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| Fight case oddly presented about sexual assault (6) |
|
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| Trouble from scratch |
|
|
| An abrasion |
|
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| Scratch, abrasion |
|
|
| Souffle |
|
|
| Get by with thinly applied layer of butter on bread (6) |
|
|
| Rub causing friction (6) |
Puzzler |
07 Mar 2024 |
| Capers about in a tricky situation (6) |
|
|
| Rub |
Mirror Tea Time |
27 Feb 2024 |
| Scrub, scour |
|
|
| Grate, graze |
Puzzler Backwords |
22 Feb 2024 |
| Draw blade across (6) |
|
|
| The sort of predicament an abrasive person will get into? (6) |
|
|
| Graze in tight spot (6) |
|
|
| Trouble from scratch (6) |
|
|
| Abrasive activity can mean trouble |
|
|
| Minor injury |
Commuter |
01 Feb 2024 |
| Rub harshly across |
|
|
| Abrade |
Mirror Quick |
02 Jan 2024 |
| Wild capers lead to tricky situation |
Mirror Cryptic |
02 Jan 2024 |
| Predicament |
Thomas Joseph |
02 Jan 2024 |
| Predicament that is preceding crime (6) |
|
|
| (and 5 Across) Rough chapters edited to just about qualify (6,7) |
|
|
| Nails-on-a-chalkboard sound |
LA Times Daily |
13 Dec 2023 |
| Tight spot |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Nov 2023 |
| Abrasion – predicament |
The Guardian Quick |
02 Nov 2023 |
| Graze, abrade |
The Times Concise |
30 Aug 2023 |
| Difficult situation |
New York Times |
20 Aug 2023 |
| After fight, finally notice abrasion |
The Guardian Cryptic |
22 May 2023 |
| Predicament |
Thomas Joseph |
10 May 2023 |
| Tough situation |
Thomas Joseph |
06 Apr 2023 |
| Abrasion a tot may call an "owie" |
LA Times Daily |
03 Apr 2023 |
| Scratch |
The Telegraph Quick |
26 Mar 2023 |
| Abrasion |
New York Times |
22 Nov 2022 |
| What a Band-Aid may cover |
Universal |
25 Oct 2022 |
| Abrasion |
The Guardian Quick |
06 Sep 2022 |
| Earl stuck under waste metal in sticky situation |
|
|
| Abrasion |
Eugene Sheffer |
30 Jul 2022 |
| Graze; predicament |
The Telegraph Quick |
13 Jun 2022 |
| Discard energy creating predicament |
The Times Cryptic |
08 Jun 2022 |
| Abrasion |
Eugene Sheffer |
23 May 2022 |
| Minor injury |
LA Times Daily |
18 May 2022 |
| Minor injury |
The Washington Post |
18 May 2022 |
| Scratch races conducted around end of ramp |
|
|
| Extract data from |
USA Today |
01 Mar 2022 |
| Barely manage, with "by" |
LA Times Daily |
01 Mar 2022 |
| Barely manage, with 'by' |
The Washington Post |
01 Mar 2022 |
| Embarrassing predicament |
The Guardian Quick |
10 Feb 2022 |
| Sticky situation |
Universal |
21 Dec 2021 |
| Tricky situation |
The Telegraph Quick |
07 Dec 2021 |
| Abrasion |
LA Times Daily |
21 Nov 2021 |
| Slight skin abrasion |
Irish Times Simplex |
07 Oct 2021 |
| ___ by (barely make it) |
USA Today |
05 Oct 2021 |
| Skin fragment from first ear |
|
|
| To wit, source of oil's an embarrassing predicament |
|
|
| Grate 22 |
|
|
| Difficult predicament |
The Times Concise |
02 Jul 2021 |
| Minor knee injury |
Universal |
22 May 2021 |
| Slight skin abrasion |
Irish Times Simplex |
21 May 2021 |
| Waste energy in awkward situation |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
29 Mar 2021 |
| Difficult situation |
The Telegraph Quick |
22 Feb 2021 |
| Predicament |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Feb 2021 |
| Tough spot |
The Washington Post |
07 Feb 2021 |
| Tough spot |
LA Times Daily |
07 Feb 2021 |
| Space probe picks up resistance in tight spot |
Irish Times Crosaire |
29 Jan 2021 |
| Abrade |
The Sun Two Speed |
16 Jan 2021 |
| Waste energy making jam |
The Sun Two Speed |
16 Jan 2021 |
| Grate pickle |
|
|
| Fix small end of tear in garment |
|
|
| Spare cash initially wasted, minor problem |
|
|
| What a bandage may cover |
New York Times |
14 Jul 2020 |
| Tight spot in drug brawl? On the contrary |
|
|
| ___ the bottom of the barrel |
USA Today |
17 May 2020 |
| Fix fight closer to time |
|
|
| Difficult predicament I missed in disease of sheep |
|
|
| Remove, as ice from a windshield |
Newsday |
22 Apr 2020 |
| Graze |
The Telegraph Quick |
27 Mar 2020 |
| Write off vehicle in the end? Only a minor accident |
|
|
| Tight spot? |
Canadiana |
30 Dec 2019 |
| Bow and ...., be servile |
Irish Times Simplex |
06 Dec 2019 |
| Get rid of drug, creating ticklish situation |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
29 Nov 2019 |
| Nasty spot that requires cutting with end of knife |
|
|
| Grate pickle |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
08 Sep 2019 |
| Scrabble comes out as odd characters in sect read poem |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
17 Aug 2019 |
| Jam |
Wall Street Journal |
31 Jul 2019 |
| Abrasion |
Eugene Sheffer |
29 Jul 2019 |
| Scuffle |
Universal |
06 Jul 2019 |
| Abrasion |
The Washington Post |
19 Jun 2019 |
| Abrasion |
LA Times Daily |
19 Jun 2019 |
| Abrade |
Thomas Joseph |
02 Apr 2019 |
| Tough situation |
Thomas Joseph |
09 Feb 2019 |
| View about revolutionary leader caught in a predicament |
|
|
| Abrasion requiring care ultimately after fight |
|
|
| Jam |
|
|
| Abrasion |
|
|
| Scuffle |
|
|
| Minor altercation |
New York Times |
25 Nov 2018 |
| Grate; graze |
The Times Concise |
21 Nov 2018 |
| Jam jar |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
08 Nov 2018 |
| Minor knee injury |
Newsday |
30 Oct 2018 |
| Bow and -- |
The Telegraph Quick |
28 Sep 2018 |
| Predicament |
Thomas Joseph |
14 Sep 2018 |
| Pickle |
New York Times |
29 Aug 2018 |
| Fix fight, programme's last |
|
|
| Knee injury |
Universal |
24 Jul 2018 |
| Small wrap contains last of cucumber pickle |
|
|
| Bends, doing handstand? Exercise class offers difficulty |
|
|
| In predicament, fight with energy |
|
|
| Knee boo-boo |
Universal |
03 Apr 2018 |
| Tricky spot right inside shaft |
|
|
| Scuffle |
New York Times |
09 Mar 2018 |
| Grate fragment ending in fire |
|
|
| Scuffle |
|
|
| Pickle |
|
|
| Minor altercation |
|
|
| Knee injury |
|
|
| Knee boo-boo |
|
|
| Pickle skin |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
21 Dec 2017 |
| Difficult situation |
New York Times |
20 Dec 2017 |
| Skateboarding injury |
The Washington Post Sunday |
26 Nov 2017 |
| Knee injury |
Premier Sunday |
29 Oct 2017 |
| Fix waste pipe at the end |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
26 Sep 2017 |
| Cars wrecked near the outskirts of Pune, creating a mess |
|
|
| Capers used to make pickle |
|
|
| Fix shed before end of June |
The Telegraph Toughie |
02 Aug 2017 |
| Waste energy making jam |
|
|
| Waste energy making jam |
The Times Cryptic |
31 Jul 2017 |
| Get rid of last of the pickle |
|
|
| Little bit of butter and jam |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
05 Jun 2017 |
| Minor knee injury |
Family Time |
01 May 2017 |
| Southern headland with river cutting through tight spot |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
29 Apr 2017 |
| Predicament of bridge opponents holding rubbish |
|
|
| Altercation |
New York Times |
19 Mar 2017 |
| Predicament; graze |
The Telegraph Quick |
16 Mar 2017 |
| Drunken capers caused tricky situation |
|
|
| Fight till the end, it's great, they say |
|
|
| Difficult situation |
|
|
| Altercation |
|
|
| Graze a bit, needing energy |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
09 Dec 2016 |
| Grate pickle |
The Telegraph Toughie |
17 Nov 2016 |
| Predicament |
The Washington Post |
02 Nov 2016 |
| Knee abrasion |
Universal |
16 Sep 2016 |
| Fight egghead's corner (tight one) |
|
|
| Fragment ending in fire grate |
|
|
| Cut from knife's edge after fight |
|
|
| Abrasion |
The Telegraph Quick |
03 Aug 2016 |
| Abrasive injury |
Universal |
26 Jul 2016 |
| Pickle assortment of capers |
|
|
| Pickle assortment of capers |
The Times Cryptic |
17 Jun 2016 |
| Pinch bark |
The Times Cryptic |
25 May 2016 |
| Tricky situation — graze |
The Guardian Quick |
22 Apr 2016 |
| Get rid of European predicament |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
09 Apr 2016 |
| Tight spot |
Universal |
30 Mar 2016 |
| Abrasive injury |
|
|
| Knee abrasion |
|
|
| Tussle |
The Washington Post |
23 Nov 2015 |
| Destroy source of energy, resulting in awkward situation |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
20 Nov 2015 |
| Get rid of earth from a graze |
|
|
| Bark in southern river cutting through headland |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
08 Oct 2015 |
| A close shave? |
|
|
| In difficulty, drop a note |
|
|
| Waste energy in awkward situation |
|
|
| Bit to eat? Last portion of cheese and pickle |
The Times Cryptic |
07 Aug 2015 |
| Fight ending in horrible graze |
|
|
| Fix ... or damage |
New York Times |
17 Jul 2015 |
| Predicament |
New York Times |
24 Jun 2015 |
| Fight English in difficult situation |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
20 Jun 2015 |
| Altercation |
LA Times Daily |
07 Jun 2015 |
| Difficult situation; graze |
The Telegraph Quick |
06 Jun 2015 |
| Predicament |
LA Times Daily |
02 May 2015 |
| Predicament |
Newsday |
01 Apr 2015 |
| Minor injury |
USA Today |
27 Feb 2015 |
| Pickle |
LA Times Daily |
08 Feb 2015 |
| Waste energy making jam |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
07 Feb 2015 |
| Tight corner to fight with energy |
|
|
| Play a violin badly |
The Times Concise |
16 Jan 2015 |
| Predicament |
|
|
| Predicament |
|
|
| Predicament |
|
|
| Minor injury |
|
|
| Predicament |
|
|
| Pickle |
|
|
| Altercation |
|
|
| Toddler's knee mishap |
|
|
| Minor knee injury |
|
|
| Predicament |
|
|
| Fix ... or damage |
|
|
| Tussle |
|
|
| Clean fight with oriental |
|
|
| What violinist does in predicament? |
|
|
| Clean // shave |
|
|
| Fight to get drug fix |
|
|
| Tough spot |
|
|
| Pickle or jam |
|
|
| Abrasion |
|
|
| Pickle or jam |
|
|
| Flesh wound |
|
|
| Minor accident result |
|
|
| Use steel wool on |
|
|
| Abrasion |
|
|
| Minor injury |
|
|
| Minor injury |
|
|
| Skirmish |
|
|
| Take off an old coat |
|
|
| Abrasion |
|
|
| Abrasion |
|
|
| Close shave |
|
|
| Eke |
|
|
| Clear of snow, as a windshield |
|
|
| Abrasive injury |
|
|
| Jam or pickle |
|
|
| Kid's frequent knee injury |
|
|
| Abrasion |
|
|
| Tough spot |
|
|
| Shrill sound |
|
|
| Tricky situation |
|
|
| Pickle |
|
|
| Minor knee injury |
|
|
| Predicament |
|
|
| Minor accident |
|
|
| Pickle |
|
|
| Fix |
|
|
| Tight spot |
|
|
| Bottom-of-the-barrel action |
|
|
| Abrade |
|
|
| Minor injury |
|
|
| Tight corner |
|
|
| Remove, as paint |
|
|
| Row |
|
|
| Fix |
|
|
| Awkward situation |
|
|
| Skateboarding mishap |
|
|
| Tight spot |
|
|
| Tough spot |
|
|
| Tough spot |
|
|
| Predicament |
|
|
| Spot for gauze |
|
|
| Jam |
|
|
| Tough spot |
|
|
| Minor injury |
|
|
| Embarrassing situation |
|
|
| Abrasive injury |
|
|
| Prepare to paint |
|
|
| Plight |
|
|
| Abraded area |
|
|
| Abrasive injury |
|
|
| Spot for a Band-Aid |
|
|
| Embarrassing predicament |
|
|
| Skin |
|
|
| ___ up (gather with difficulty) |
|
|
| Difficulty |
|
|
| Abrasion |
|
|
| Street fight, e.g. |
|
|
| Dust-up |
|
|
| Nick one's knee |
|
|
| Spot for a bandage |
|
|
| Jam |
|
|
| Close call |
|
|
| Scour |
|
|
| Remove paint |
|
|
| Spot for a Band-Aid |
|
|
| Minor accident result |
|
|
| Tight situation |
|
|
| Curette |
|
|
| Rasp |
|
|
| Predicament |
|
|
| Minor to-do |
|
|
| Use a strigil |
|
|
| Kettle of fish |
|
|
| Difficulty |
|
|
| Difficulty or scuffle |
|
|
| Escapade |
|
|
| Work on burned toast |
|
|
| Bit of trouble |
|
|
| Bow's partner |
|
|
| Predictament |
|
|
| Grate. |
|
|
| Bow's companion. |
|
|
| Embarassing situation: Colloq. |
|
|
| Predicament. |
|
|
| Disagreeable predicament. |
|
|
| Embarrassing situation. |
|
|
| Pickle |
|
|
| Rasp. |
|
|
| Oyster dredge. |
|
|
| Do a cabinetmaker's job. |
|
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