Not blunt (5) |
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Top dressing to improve lawn drainage, - - - sand (5) |
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#VanityFair's star figure |
The Guardian Cryptic |
15 Mar 2024 |
Small instrument is pointed (5) |
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Flat's opposite |
Commuter |
12 Mar 2024 |
1985 Oaks, St Leger and 1000 Guineas winner ridden by Steve Cauthen (5) |
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A note of asperity |
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Far from blunt kind of note (5) |
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Quick-witted |
The Sun Two Speed |
21 Feb 2024 |
Keen son with stringed instrument |
The Sun Two Speed |
21 Feb 2024 |
Surname of Thackeray's wilful heroine (5) |
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Quick on the uptake, ... as a tack |
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Well-honed point on instrument (5) |
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Small instrument not blunt |
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Becky - - -, Thackeray's heroine |
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Ending in a piercing point |
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Having a point, like the flavour of lemon? (5) |
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Like the edge of a good knife |
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What "#" can mean |
New York Times Mini |
22 Jan 2024 |
Keen to be incisive (5) |
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Keen-edged |
Newsday |
15 Jan 2024 |
Surname of the orphan-turned-social climber, Becky, in Vanity Fair (5) |
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Clever Chinese dog, not English one |
The Times Cryptic |
09 Jan 2024 |
Second lyre is out of tune |
Mirror Cryptic |
01 Jan 2024 |
Small instrument for piercing |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
01 Jan 2024 |
Acute |
Mirror Quick |
01 Jan 2024 |
Pointy |
Thomas Joseph |
25 Dec 2023 |
Acute |
Mirror Quick |
16 Dec 2023 |
Like a knife's blade |
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Second instrument is out of tune |
Mirror Cryptic |
16 Dec 2023 |
#smartandstylish |
The Guardian Cryptic |
12 Dec 2023 |
One of two, in D major |
Universal |
05 Nov 2023 |
Southern music-maker's off-key |
The Telegraph Toughie |
14 Sep 2023 |
Like some aged cheddar |
USA Today |
26 Aug 2023 |
Like most knives |
USA Today |
29 Jul 2023 |
Second instrument not in tune? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
18 Jul 2023 |
Quick-witted |
USA Today |
12 Jul 2023 |
Razor-___ |
USA Today |
03 Jul 2023 |
Like a knife's edge |
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Like the edge of a chef's knife |
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Spiky |
USA Today |
29 Apr 2023 |
Astute |
Canadiana |
17 Apr 2023 |
Flat's counterpart |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Apr 2023 |
Flat's musical counterpart |
USA Today |
26 Mar 2023 |
Like the edge of a new knife |
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Counterpart of "flat," in music |
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Like aged cheddar |
New York Times |
30 Jan 2023 |
Musical symbol |
Thomas Joseph |
19 Jan 2023 |
Like a knife's blade |
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Pointy |
New York Times |
30 Nov 2022 |
Like a knife's edge |
Newsday |
22 Nov 2022 |
Keen-edged |
Newsday |
02 Nov 2022 |
Above what is orally correct |
Newsday |
27 Aug 2022 |
Staff symbol |
Thomas Joseph |
02 Aug 2022 |
Good for cutting |
Newsday |
14 Jun 2022 |
Like needles or claws |
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Good for cutting with |
Newsday |
02 May 2022 |
Like a nice steak knife |
Family Time |
17 Apr 2022 |
Musical symbol |
The Washington Post |
11 Apr 2022 |
Musical symbol |
LA Times Daily |
11 Apr 2022 |
Not dull, as minds |
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Small instrument tuned a little high? |
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Good for cutting |
Newsday |
22 Mar 2022 |
Like a good knife |
Family Time |
14 Feb 2022 |
Like well-aged cheddar |
USA Today |
09 Feb 2022 |
Like a dagger |
The Washington Post Sunday |
06 Feb 2022 |
Like some knives or tongues |
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Keen |
The Guardian Quick |
20 Nov 2021 |
Small stringed instrument not perfectly tuned |
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Too high in pitch |
The Times Concise |
29 Oct 2021 |
Recycling instruments could be accidental |
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Pointy |
Eugene Sheffer |
20 Aug 2021 |
Pointed, say |
New York Times |
19 Jul 2021 |
Like a new knife |
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Like a good knife |
|
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Special musical instrument's pointed |
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Word before 'tongue' or 'cheddar' |
USA Today |
23 May 2021 |
Higher than expected, for a singer |
The Washington Post Sunday |
23 May 2021 |
Small instrument for cutting |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
15 Apr 2021 |
Staff symbol |
Thomas Joseph |
10 Apr 2021 |
Cheddar specification |
Newsday |
28 Mar 2021 |
Clearly defined; note |
The Times Concise |
01 Mar 2021 |
Like a chef's knife |
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Quick-witted |
The Telegraph Quick |
03 Jan 2021 |
Accidental piercing |
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Quick-witted |
The Washington Post |
28 Nov 2020 |
Quick-witted |
LA Times Daily |
28 Nov 2020 |
Above normal pitch |
The Times Concise |
15 Oct 2020 |
On the dot |
The Washington Post |
10 Oct 2020 |
On the dot |
LA Times Daily |
10 Oct 2020 |
Flat’s counterpart |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Oct 2020 |
Opposite of blunt |
USA Today |
30 Sep 2020 |
Piercing alert is pitched too high |
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Nobody's fool |
Newsday |
07 Aug 2020 |
Pitched high |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Jul 2020 |
Like some cheddar |
USA Today |
01 Jul 2020 |
Musical symbol |
Thomas Joseph |
25 May 2020 |
Incisive English coming from satirical novelist |
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Quick on the uptake |
Universal |
29 Apr 2020 |
With 6-Down, acute power of discernment |
New York Times |
10 Apr 2020 |
Small stringed instrument needing tuning? |
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Pointed |
The Telegraph Quick |
05 Mar 2020 |
Exactly |
|
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Like a good knife |
|
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Scientist's first instrument that's smart |
|
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Note coming from small plucked instrument |
|
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Note raised by small instrument |
|
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Small instrument for cutting |
|
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Good cutting edge or acute road turn |
Irish Times Simplex |
24 Sep 2019 |
Acute |
The Telegraph Quick |
05 Sep 2019 |
Pitched too high |
USA Today |
17 Aug 2019 |
Quick-witted character on the staff |
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Astute |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Jun 2019 |
On the dot |
Newsday |
16 Jun 2019 |
Astute playwright shortened kind of speech |
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"She has a ___ tongue." ("She often says unkind words.") |
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Acidic; note |
The Times Concise |
26 Apr 2019 |
Pound sign look-alike |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Apr 2019 |
Spiffy |
New York Times |
23 Feb 2019 |
Tangy |
The Telegraph Quick |
02 Jan 2019 |
Astute |
|
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Pound sign look-alike |
|
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Pitched too high |
|
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Spiffy |
|
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Singular instrument needing strings slackened? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
16 Dec 2018 |
Quick-witted |
The Sun Two Speed |
01 Dec 2018 |
Keen son on stringed instrument |
The Sun Two Speed |
01 Dec 2018 |
Piece not finishing quietly and not in tune |
The Telegraph Toughie |
08 Nov 2018 |
Cutting |
LA Times Daily |
21 Sep 2018 |
Cutting |
The Washington Post |
21 Sep 2018 |
Note coming from small plucked instrument |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
11 Sep 2018 |
Quick-witted character on the staff |
|
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Pointy |
Eugene Sheffer |
25 Aug 2018 |
Like a Chef's knife |
|
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Like a new knife |
|
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#, in music |
USA Today |
14 Aug 2018 |
Like a new axe or knife |
|
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Start to strum instrument? That's not natural |
|
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Cutting |
The Telegraph Quick |
28 Jun 2018 |
Like aged cheddar |
The Washington Post |
19 Jun 2018 |
Like aged cheddar |
LA Times Daily |
19 Jun 2018 |
Small instrument for piercing |
|
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Opposite of flat, in music |
Family Time |
13 May 2018 |
Pitch-raising notation |
Newsday |
20 Apr 2018 |
Out of tune? Precisely! |
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#, outside of Twitter |
Jonesin |
13 Mar 2018 |
Small instrument out of tune |
|
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Astute |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
02 Mar 2018 |
Like the edge of a new knife |
|
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Note, part of lush arpeggio |
|
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Like aged cheddar |
USA Today |
07 Jan 2018 |
Like aged cheddar |
|
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Like aged cheddar |
|
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Cutting |
|
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Astute |
|
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#, in music |
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Pointed, as a comment |
Newsday |
14 Dec 2017 |
#, on a score |
USA Today |
23 Sep 2017 |
Like the edge of a new knife |
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*Pointed ... and the end of the word ladder |
New York Times |
30 Aug 2017 |
Above true pitch; stylish |
The Times Concise |
29 Aug 2017 |
Quiet way to speak about a cheat |
The Times Cryptic |
07 Jul 2017 |
Quiet way to speak about a cheat |
|
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Like a knife's edge |
|
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Second angel's instrument is raised in pitch |
|
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Not dull |
New York Times |
24 May 2017 |
On the ball |
Premier Sunday |
07 May 2017 |
Piercing; clearly defined |
The Times Concise |
18 Apr 2017 |
Tuned too high |
New York Times |
05 Apr 2017 |
Like hairpin turns |
Jonesin |
07 Mar 2017 |
Quick-witted |
USA Today |
31 Jan 2017 |
Quick-witted |
|
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#, on a score |
|
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Like some cheddar |
|
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*Pointed ... and the end of the word ladder |
|
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Not dull |
|
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Tuned too high |
|
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Cutting; acidic |
The Times Concise |
22 Dec 2016 |
Freshly honed |
The Washington Post |
21 Dec 2016 |
Piercing or pungent |
Newsday |
19 Nov 2016 |
Hard to fool |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Oct 2016 |
Flat's counterpart |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Oct 2016 |
Quick-witted |
Newsday |
05 Jun 2016 |
Mentally acute |
Universal |
15 Feb 2016 |
Mentally acute |
|
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Like a honed knife |
LA Times Daily |
28 Dec 2015 |
Quick-witted |
New York Times |
18 Nov 2015 |
Like vampire fangs |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Oct 2015 |
Keen-edged |
Newsday |
29 Sep 2015 |
Pointy |
Thomas Joseph |
25 Aug 2015 |
#, in music |
LA Times Daily |
02 Jun 2015 |
Astute |
Universal |
06 May 2015 |
Like provolone piccante |
LA Times Daily |
08 Apr 2015 |
Astute |
USA Today |
15 Feb 2015 |
Quick-witted |
|
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Quick on the uptake |
|
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Like provolone piccante |
|
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Like provolone piccante |
|
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Like a honed knife |
|
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#, in music |
|
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Astute or acute |
|
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Astute |
|
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Astute |
|
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Keen-edged |
|
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Like vampire fangs |
|
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Quicksand of sorts? |
|
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Pungent |
|
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Cheesy adjective |
|
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Not fuzzy |
|
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Biting |
|
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Quick |
|
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On the dot |
|
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Like a tack |
|
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What # may indicate |
|
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Cheese adjective |
|
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On the ball |
|
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Nobody's fool |
|
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Cheddar type |
|
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Good for cutting |
|
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On, as a pitcher |
|
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See 34-Across |
|
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On the button |
|
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On the ball |
|
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A little too high |
|
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Opposite of flat, musically |
|
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Like the cutting edge |
|
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Cheddar type |
|
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On the dot |
|
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Like aged cheddar |
|
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Like a knife's edge |
|
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Like some cheddar |
|
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Piercing |
|
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Acute |
|
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Like some wits or cheeses |
|
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Quick-thinking |
|
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#, on scores |
|
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Like honed knives |
|
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Well-honed |
|
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Like some wits or cheeses |
|
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Quick-witted |
|
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The key of G has one |
|
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#, on scores |
|
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Like honed knives |
|
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Well-honed |
|
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Clever |
|
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Kind of dresser |
|
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Off-key, in a way |
|
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Opposite of mild, in cheeses |
|
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Like a good knife |
|
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Off-key, in a way |
|
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Astute |
|
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Astute |
|
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On the ball or on the dot |
|
|
Like a razor |
|
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Like some cheddar |
|
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Like some cheddar |
|
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Acute |
|
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On the ball |
|
|
On the ball or on the dot |
|
|
On the dot |
|
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Keen-edged |
|
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Like a tack |
|
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In perfect focus |
|
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Precipitous |
|
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Like a useful knife |
|
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On the ball |
|
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Pitched too high |
|
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Keen-edged |
|
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Like pungent cheese |
|
|
Staff symbol |
|
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Quick-witted |
|
|
Note notation |
|
|
Acute |
|
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On the dot |
|
|
Acute |
|
|
Staff symbol |
|
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Like some cheeses |
|
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Like some cheddar |
|
|
__ as a tack |
|
|
Mentally acute |
|
|
Kind of dresser |
|
|
Quick-witted |
|
|
Quick-witted |
|
|
Opposite of mild, in cheeses |
|
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Brainy |
|
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In perfect focus |
|
|
Word with wit or dresser |
|
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A little high |
|
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Pointy |
|
|
In perfect focus |
|
|
Like a good knife |
|
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Like a tack |
|
|
On the dot |
|
|
Mark on a staff |
|
|
Tacky? |
|
|
Not flat |
|
|
Like a good knife |
|
|
Off key |
|
|
Certain accidental |
|
|
What a "#" indicates in music |
|
|
Like some curves |
|
|
Perceptive |
|
|
With it |
|
|
Cheese adjective |
|
|
Accidental, in music |
|
|
Knifelike |
|
|
Not blurred |
|
|
Like a tack |
|
|
Perceptive |
|
|
Out of tune |
|
|
Like some cheese |
|
|
On the dot |
|
|
Not blurred |
|
|
Well-dressed |
|
|
Like some cheese |
|
|
Dashing |
|
|
Clever |
|
|
On the dot |
|
|
Stylish |
|
|
Above pitch |
|
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Like some cheddar |
|
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Eagle-eyed |
|
|
Stylish |
|
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Shrewd |
|
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On the dot |
|
|
Clever |
|
|
Like a scalpel |
|
|
Musical symbol |
|
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Distinct |
|
|
Acerbic |
|
|
Pointed |
|
|
Musical sign |
|
|
Swindler |
|
|
Like some cheddars |
|
|
Intellectually penetrating |
|
|
___ as a tack |
|
|
Honed |
|
|
Cheesy adjective |
|
|
Company begun as the first maker of mechanical pencils |
|
|
Knifelike |
|
|
Tacklike |
|
|
Cheddar style |
|
|
Astute |
|
|
Like some wits or cheeses |
|
|
Sudden |
|
|
Mentally acute |
|
|
Maker of the Wizard electronic organizer |
|
|
Higher than normal |
|
|
The key of G has one |
|
|
High-pitched |
|
|
Mentally alert |
|
|
On the ball |
|
|
Clever |
|
|
Nattily clad |
|
|
Becky ___ of "Vanity Fair" |
|
|
Keen |
|
|
Becky ___, Thackeray minx |
|
|
On the ball |
|
|
Acute |
|
|
Musical notation |
|
|
Thackeray's Becky |
|
|
Incisive |
|
|
Kind of shooter |
|
|
Literary Becky |
|
|
Cutting |
|
|
Stylish, informally |
|
|
Caustic |
|
|
Piano key |
|
|
Peaked |
|
|
Becky of "Vanity Fair" |
|
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Razorlike |
|
|
Natty |
|
|
Like some cheese |
|
|
Shrewd |
|
|
In shape, as a boxer |
|
|
Music symbol |
|
|
Distinct |
|
|
Becky |
|
|
Black piano key |
|
|
"Nutmeg Tree" author |
|
|
Shrewd in dealing. |
|
|
Edged. |
|
|
Acute. |
|
|
Note, in music. |
|
|
Keen. |
|
|
Caustic. |
|
|
Distinct. |
|
|
Cutting. |
|
|
Biting. |
|
|
Vigorous. |
|
|
Music symbol. |
|
|
Pointed. |
|
|
Peaked. |
|
|
Well-tuned-in. |
|
|
Miss Becky. |
|
|
Becky. |
|
|
Musical symbol. |
|
|
Quick on the uptake. |
|
|
Thackeray's female opportunist. |
|
|
Angular. |
|
|
Trenchant. |
|
|
Like the cutting edge |
|
|
A little high in music class? |
|
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