| Base figure |
Thomas Joseph |
21 Aug 2025 |
| Noncommissioned officer (8) |
Mirror Classic |
18 Aug 2025 |
| Policeman gets near disturbance (8) |
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| Officer, dispatched to collect equipment, runs to the front |
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| NCO gets near, unexpectedly (8) |
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| Andy Sipowicz's rank |
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| Police rank |
The Times Concise |
23 Jun 2025 |
| 'Dashing White -', popular ceilidh dance (8) |
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| Cloth worker; one in a mess |
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| Rank below a lieutenant |
USA Today |
27 Apr 2025 |
| NCO awfully strange when ingesting Ecstasy |
The Times Cryptic |
23 Apr 2025 |
| The soldier, filled with a terrible anger, is ready (8) |
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| Having some power he's sent out to gear up (8) |
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| Officer material? Worker overlooked |
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| Police officer provoked anger among group (8) |
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| Policeman's rank (8) |
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| - -at-arms |
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| Army rank (8) |
Puzzler |
12 Mar 2025 |
| ____ Troy, character who marries Bathsheba Everdene in Far From The Madding Crowd (8) |
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| Police or army rank(8) |
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| Cloth worker gets position of responsibility in police force (8) |
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| Police rank between constable and inspector |
The Times Specialist |
03 Feb 2025 |
| Copper turned green as mint, in the end |
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| Gets near corrupt police officer |
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| Cruelly estrange inspector's inferior (8) |
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| Rank of Arthur Wilson in the TV sitcom Dad's Army (8) |
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| One in charge of a private body gets near becoming distracted (8) |
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| Serviceman set about alteration of range |
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| NCO's servant releases head of valets for gobbling eggs at first (8) |
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| See Grant becoming a soldier (8) |
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| Non-commissioned offer (8) |
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| New gear sent for officer |
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| Doctor Strange enthralling English officer |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
13 Sep 2024 |
| Surname of John, former political correspondent who took part in Strictly in 2008 (8) |
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| Russian name worker as an N.C.O. (8) |
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| In an outburst of anger, lay about the soldier |
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| 5 has another stripe in worsted material by worker (8) |
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| Corporal has another stripe in worsted material by worker (8) |
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| Perhaps copper worker is after material |
The Times Cryptic |
27 Aug 2024 |
| Noncommissioned officer |
Mirror Classic |
26 Aug 2024 |
| Former journalist and Strictly contestant, John _ (8) |
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| 'Stripey' finds it green in Tasmania (8) |
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| Police ____, rank that is above constable in the UK (8) |
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| Officer in woollen fabric, one of 13? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
12 Jul 2024 |
| Non-commissioned ofl'Icer (8) |
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| Militaryman posted guarding explosive gear |
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| Debauched regent, as rank (8) |
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| Screwed up gear inside. Sent policeman (8) |
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| Rank above constable (8) |
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| Non-commissioned officer |
Mirror Classic |
18 May 2024 |
| Officer material getting a green beret, finally (8) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
02 May 2024 |
| Nickname for perch; police officer (8) |
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| Sort of anger contained by hardened officer (8) |
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| Gets near foreign police officer |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
19 Mar 2024 |
| NCO, a cloth worker (8) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
16 Mar 2024 |
| Non-commissioned officer (8) |
Puzzler |
13 Mar 2024 |
| Police officer gets near disturbance |
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| Possibly greets an N.C.O. (8) |
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| Estrange befuddled NCO (8) |
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| Estrange (anag.) (8) |
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| Estrange (anag.) |
The Telegraph Quick |
29 Dec 2023 |
| Police officer wants unwrapped fabric on the top (8) |
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| Police officer wants unwrapped fabric on the top |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
26 Dec 2023 |
| Three-stripe NCO (8) |
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| Rank above corporal |
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| Army rank denoted by three stripes (8) |
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| Material worker and military man (8) |
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| Police or army rank |
The Guardian Quick |
21 Nov 2023 |
| Police officer |
The Telegraph Quick |
02 Nov 2023 |
| Army rank |
LA Times Daily |
02 Nov 2023 |
| See 13 |
The Guardian Cryptic |
14 Sep 2023 |
| Soldier's strange complex involving hallucinatory drug |
The Times Cryptic |
15 May 2023 |
| Army rank |
Family Time |
22 Jan 2023 |
| Strange European initially somehow becoming an army officer |
The Times Cryptic |
07 Sep 2022 |
| Cloth worker becoming police officer |
The Times Cryptic |
15 Aug 2022 |
| John __, BBC reporter forever associated with the downfall of Margaret Thatcher |
The Guardian Weekend |
06 Aug 2022 |
| "___ York," 1941 biographical film starring Gary Cooper for which he won an Oscar |
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| Police officer |
The Telegraph Quick |
02 May 2022 |
| Police rank |
The Guardian Quick |
21 Oct 2021 |
| Constable's superior as painter we're told |
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| Colonist put on fabric, one with stripes |
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| Army rank |
The Sun Two Speed |
23 May 2021 |
| NCO has gear sent out |
The Sun Two Speed |
23 May 2021 |
| Officer material with barnet oddly cut |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
13 May 2021 |
| The Beatles' Pepper, for one |
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| Woollen twill fabric central to pants - the one with stripes at the base |
Irish Times Crosaire |
09 Mar 2021 |
| Estrange drunken military sort |
The Sun Two Speed |
07 Mar 2021 |
| Army NCO |
The Sun Two Speed |
07 Mar 2021 |
| Dress material for soldier and NCO |
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| Bilko perhaps sent gear out |
The Sun Two Speed |
09 Feb 2021 |
| Pepper for one's cooking gran set close to stove |
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| An opening for tailor after worsted fabric, one with stripes |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
09 Nov 2020 |
| NCO needing a lot of books after material |
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| Marine rank |
Newsday |
25 Oct 2020 |
| Officer's work unit covered in the briny books |
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| Non-commissioned officer in the armed forces |
The Guardian Speedy |
23 Aug 2020 |
| Officer requires agents organised to protect queen |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
01 Mar 2020 |
| Nearest rank encapsulating good officer |
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| Rank of material worker |
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| Officer material, leading soldier perhaps |
The Telegraph Toughie |
22 Nov 2019 |
| Officer agitatedly enrages troops to begin |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
10 Oct 2019 |
| Copper despatched to seize criminal gear |
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| Snorkel, in 'Beetle Bailey' |
USA Today |
14 Aug 2019 |
| Rank bad gear shipped out |
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| Army rank |
The Times Concise |
03 Aug 2019 |
| Officer gets near criminal … |
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| Police officer who ranks below the lieutenant |
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| Soldier dispatched to keep gear organised |
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| Army rank |
Family Time |
06 Jan 2019 |
| Snorkel, in "Beetle Bailey" |
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| Police officer upset re agents |
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| Policeman enters a complex carrying gun, initially |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
10 Sep 2018 |
| Material needed by worker and officer |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
06 Apr 2018 |
| English getting into strange sort of army rank |
The Sun Two Speed |
29 Mar 2018 |
| Officer in twilled fabric meeting social worker |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
19 Jan 2018 |
| Rank insect after fabric |
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| Estrange hopeless army officer |
The Sun Two Speed |
06 Jan 2018 |
| NCO set about constructing range |
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| Strange arrangement involving English police officer |
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| Soldier drove without changing gear |
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| Doctor Strange concealing final piece of evidence from police officer |
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| Endless work for base worker — one in the Army base |
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| Rank as regent in a sorry state |
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| Constable's superior, American painter said |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
20 Mar 2016 |
| Greets an angry member of the barracks |
Irish Times Crosaire |
17 Feb 2016 |
| Officer material, ace joining Nato oddly |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
21 Jan 2016 |
| Russian worker becomes a soldier |
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| Officer and worker after a bit of work in the Kent area? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
20 Nov 2015 |
| Strange moves, introducing European officer |
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| Police officer having material on worker? |
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| Police officer having material on worker? |
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| Officer's gear sent for repair |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
08 Jul 2015 |
| To whom a private says 'Sir, yes, sir!' |
New York Times |
29 Jun 2015 |
| He's dispatched to keep shifting gear in service |
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| Bilko's rank |
Premier Sunday |
18 Jan 2015 |
| Bilko's rank |
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| To whom a private says "Sir, yes, sir!" |
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| Police officer gets near criminal |
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| Officer ecstatic about new gear |
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| He gets near battle |
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| Police officer gets near criminal |
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| Drill instructor, usually |
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| Social worker after cloth, one with stripes |
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| Remain, largely reflecting on foreign agent's rank |
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| Top kick |
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| Squad leader |
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| Base figure |
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| The Beatles' Pepper, for one |
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| Air Force rank |
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| Pepper or York |
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| A noncom rank |
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| The Beatles' Pepper |
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| Pepper's rank |
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| Pepper's rank |
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| Base figure |
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| Snorkel, for one |
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| Drilling expert? |
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| Snorkel or York |
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| Beatles' Pepper |
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| Drill instructor, usually |
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| Army rank |
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| Pepper, for instance |
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| Pepper for one |
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| "The ___," Steiger film: 1968 |
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| York or Preston |
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| "___ York," 1941 movie |
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| York, for one |
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| Top kick |
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| Army man |
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| Army man. |
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| Lieutenant's assistant. |
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| Inspector's aide. |
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| Bilko. |
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| Alvin Cullum York. |
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| Three-striper. |
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| Noncommissioned officer. |
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| Noncom |
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| Warden in "From Here to Eternity." |
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| Police office. |
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| York, for one. |
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| Police officer. |
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