| English county |
Eugene Sheffer |
18 Mar 2026 |
| The ___, home of the Hobbits in "The Lord of the Rings" |
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| Ending of many a county |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
16 Feb 2026 |
| English county |
LA Times Daily |
08 Feb 2026 |
| Fictional region that includes Bag End |
New York Times |
05 Feb 2026 |
| English county |
Thomas Joseph |
12 Dec 2025 |
| Home of the Hobbits |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Nov 2025 |
| County, across the pond |
LA Times Daily |
27 Sep 2025 |
| British county |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Sep 2025 |
| Beds for example or large and heavy drawer? (5) |
The Sun Two Speed |
31 Aug 2025 |
| The ____, home to hobbits |
The Telegraph Plusword |
22 Aug 2025 |
| Bilbo's home, with "the" |
Universal |
20 Jul 2025 |
| River in E central Africa (5) |
|
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| British county |
Premier Sunday |
29 Jun 2025 |
| County district |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
28 Jun 2025 |
| Quiet anger expressed by rural district |
|
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| County in old Great Britain |
|
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| Short-lived Aussie reality show featuring Sutherland Shire (The ___) |
|
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| Local government area (5) |
|
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| Talia ___ of Hollwood lame? |
|
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| English county |
Wall Street Journal |
31 May 2025 |
| Talia, Best Actress Oscar nominee for Rocky (5) |
|
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| Actress Taia |
|
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| County |
|
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| Former administrative district of England, equivalent to a county (5) |
|
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| "Do you remember the ___, Mr. Frodo?": Sam Gamgee |
New York Times |
27 Mar 2025 |
| English county |
Thomas Joseph |
11 Feb 2025 |
| Hobbits' home, with "The" |
Universal |
28 Dec 2024 |
| English county |
Eugene Sheffer |
16 Dec 2024 |
| Large breed of horse (5) |
|
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| Home of Frodo, Sam, Pippin and Merry, with "the" |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Nov 2024 |
| Avon or Devon |
|
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| Actress Talia |
Commuter |
01 Oct 2024 |
| Large draught horse (5) |
|
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| An administrative subdivision (5) |
|
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| Frodo's home, with "the" |
LA Times Daily |
15 Sep 2024 |
| More reserved sounding county (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
28 Aug 2024 |
| --- horse, draught animal |
The Times Concise |
27 Aug 2024 |
| ___ horse, draught animal |
|
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| The region of Tolkien's Middle-earth in which Bilbo and Frodo Baggins live |
Mirror Quiz |
02 Jul 2024 |
| A horse one will get for nothing in its sort-out (5) |
|
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| Administrative district of England |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
15 May 2024 |
| A county (5) |
|
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| Frodo's home |
|
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| District hospital defended by old man |
The Times Cryptic |
01 May 2024 |
| County |
|
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| The ___, home to Frodo Baggins; type of 35 Down (5) |
|
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| Quiet anger in Ayr, for instance (5) |
|
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| English county |
Eugene Sheffer |
08 Mar 2024 |
| The. . . (Hobbits' home) (5) |
|
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| A county horse (5) |
|
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| English county |
Universal |
07 Feb 2024 |
| Administrative district in a county |
|
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| Hires out some land (5) |
|
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| County that’s not so forthcoming to auditors |
The Times Cryptic |
03 Nov 2023 |
| County |
The Times Concise |
19 Sep 2023 |
| Actress Talia |
Premier Sunday |
16 Jul 2023 |
| Talia of 'Rocky' movies |
Newsday |
23 Apr 2023 |
| County |
The Telegraph Quick |
22 Apr 2023 |
| British draft horse |
New York Times |
09 Apr 2023 |
| County |
The Telegraph Quick |
03 Apr 2023 |
| The ___, Hobbits' home |
|
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| Quiet anger in Devon maybe |
The Times Cryptic |
03 Oct 2022 |
| English county |
Newsday |
14 Aug 2022 |
| Word in British placenames |
LA Times Daily |
14 May 2022 |
| Word in British placenames |
|
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| Drunk-sounding gentleman in Dorset for example |
The Times Cryptic |
15 Mar 2022 |
| The ___ (home for hobbits) |
Universal |
08 Mar 2022 |
| Overseas county |
LA Times Daily |
31 Dec 2021 |
| Middle-earth region that is home to the hobbits |
|
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| UK county |
Newsday |
19 Aug 2021 |
| British county |
Newsday |
13 Jun 2021 |
| Frodo's home, with 'the' |
|
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| Frodo's home, with "the" |
LA Times Daily |
16 Apr 2021 |
| The ___, Hobbits' home |
|
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| See 68 Across |
Newsday |
26 Feb 2021 |
| Hobbits' territory |
Newsday |
24 Jan 2021 |
| English county |
Thomas Joseph |
12 Jan 2021 |
| English county |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Nov 2020 |
| Beds, for example, or large, heavy drawer |
|
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| Hobbit-at, with "the"? |
Universal |
18 Jul 2020 |
| Nottingham or York |
Newsday |
22 Mar 2020 |
| The ___, home of the Hobbits |
|
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| English county |
The Times Concise |
08 Feb 2020 |
| English county |
|
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| English county |
New York Times |
12 Nov 2019 |
| Hobbits' homeland |
Newsday |
17 Oct 2019 |
| "Rocky" star Talia |
Universal |
05 Oct 2019 |
| Quiet anger in part of the country |
|
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| British county |
LA Times Daily |
08 Sep 2019 |
| British county |
|
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| Ending for many a county in Britain |
|
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| The ___, fertile land that's home to the Hobbits in "The Lord of the Rings" |
|
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| Henry – your Majesty – touring the county |
|
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| Suffix in many English county names |
New York Times |
17 Jun 2019 |
| Breed of draught horse |
The Telegraph Quick |
12 May 2019 |
| Hobbits' home, with "The" |
Universal |
09 May 2019 |
| Berks perhaps feeding heroin to father |
|
|
| Suffix in many English county names |
|
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| Hobbits' home, with "The" |
|
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| "Rocky" star Talia |
|
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| British county |
|
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| English county |
|
|
| __-reeve: early name for a sheriff |
|
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| __-reeve: early name for a sheriff |
LA Times Daily |
22 Sep 2018 |
| English county (it can be added to the ends of this puzzle's seven longest answers) |
Premier Sunday |
16 Sep 2018 |
| English subdivision |
|
|
| English subdivision |
LA Times Daily |
14 Apr 2018 |
| Talia of ''Rocky'' movies |
Newsday |
08 Apr 2018 |
| County parish Ireland sheltered |
|
|
| Ending with Oxford or Cambridge |
New York Times |
03 Mar 2018 |
| Ending with Oxford or Cambridge |
|
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| __-reeve: early name for a sheriff |
|
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| English subdivision |
|
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| The ___, the home of the Hobbits |
|
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| County person having a fling, noisily |
|
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| York or Nottingham |
Newsday |
07 Jul 2017 |
| The -----: Tolkien's hobbit-land |
The Guardian Speedy |
17 Jun 2017 |
| This place is absolutely teeming with Hobbits! |
|
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| County |
The Times Concise |
03 Jan 2017 |
| Frodo's home, with "the" |
|
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| Talia of 'Rocky' |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Oct 2016 |
| Home of the Hobbits |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Jul 2016 |
| English map division |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Mar 2016 |
| Hobbits' home (with "The") |
Family Time |
15 Jun 2015 |
| English county |
USA Today |
04 Jun 2015 |
| County |
The Telegraph Quick |
28 May 2015 |
| British horse breed |
USA Today |
19 Apr 2015 |
| Horse let out after first hint of sunshine |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
13 Mar 2015 |
| The Hobbit setting |
|
|
| "For the ___!" ("Lord of the Rings" shout) |
|
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| English county |
|
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| British horse breed |
|
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| Powerful draft horse |
|
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| Talia of "Rocky" |
|
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| British county |
|
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| Last name of "Rocky" films |
|
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| County counterpart, in Canterbury |
|
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| Sussex or Essex |
|
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| Stallone's five-time co-star Talia |
|
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| "Rocky" actress Talia |
|
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| Hobbits' home |
|
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| Middle-earth region, with "the" |
|
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| English division |
|
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| County counterpart, in Canterbury |
|
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| Overseas county |
|
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| County, in England |
|
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| British county |
|
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| "Lord of the Rings" setting, with "the" |
|
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| Hobbits' home, with "The" |
|
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| Stallone's "Rocky" costar |
|
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| Hobbits' home, with "The" |
|
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| English county |
|
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| Oxford attachment? |
|
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| 'Rocky' actress Talia |
|
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| County abroad |
|
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| "Rocky" actress Talia |
|
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| Talia of "Rocky" |
|
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| Talia of "The Godfather" |
|
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| Middle-earth region, with "the" |
|
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| Stallone's multiple-movie wife |
|
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| Talia of "The Godfather" |
|
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| One of about 40 in England |
|
|
| Talia of 'Rocky' |
|
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| U.S.: county :: U.K. : __ |
|
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| Hobbits' region |
|
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| British county |
|
|
| U.S.: county :: U.K. : __ |
|
|
| Hobbits' region |
|
|
| Bilbo's home |
|
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| Talia of "Rocky" |
|
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| Rocky actress Talia |
|
|
| Hobbit's home |
|
|
| Pacino's sister in "The Godfather" |
|
|
| Hobbit's home |
|
|
| Actress Talia |
|
|
| Hobbits' home |
|
|
| County, in Britain |
|
|
| Common English place name ending |
|
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| English division |
|
|
| "Rocky" actress |
|
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| Actress in the first five "Rocky" films |
|
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| County overseas |
|
|
| English county |
|
|
| Stallone's costar in "Rocky" |
|
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| County overseas |
|
|
| British draft horse |
|
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| Old English county |
|
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| Actress Talia |
|
|
| Frequent Stallone costar |
|
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| English county |
|
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| Bilbo's home |
|
|
| Frequent Stallone co-star |
|
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| Actress in the "Godfather" movies |
|
|
| Frequent Stallone costar |
|
|
| English county |
|
|
| Hobbits' home, with "The" |
|
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| British breed of draft horse |
|
|
| British county |
|
|
| Best Actress Oscar nominee for "Rocky" |
|
|
| Hobbits' home, with "the" |
|
|
| Hobbits' home, with "the" |
|
|
| Hobbits' homeland, with "The" |
|
|
| Devon, for one |
|
|
| Hobbits' homeland, with "The" |
|
|
| British county |
|
|
| Hobbit's home |
|
|
| Devon, for one |
|
|
| Queen's county |
|
|
| County, in Great Britain, once |
|
|
| Hobbit's home |
|
|
| Robin Hood's Nottingham |
|
|
| English county |
|
|
| Talia of "Rocky" |
|
|
| Actress Talia |
|
|
| Actress Talia |
|
|
| Talia of "Rocky" |
|
|
| English place name suffix |
|
|
| Avon or Cornwall |
|
|
| English locale |
|
|
| Hobbit home |
|
|
| Queen's county? |
|
|
| Worcester county |
|
|
| Talia of "Rocky" |
|
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| Actress Talia |
|
|
| Cornwall, for one |
|
|
| Hobbits' home, with "The" |
|
|
| Surrey, e.g. |
|
|
| Essex for one |
|
|
| Rocky co-star |
|
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| Midlands country |
|
|
| English county |
|
|
| County, in England |
|
|
| "Rocky" co-star |
|
|
| County in 55 Across |
|
|
| British county |
|
|
| Actress in "Rocky" |
|
|
| English draft horse |
|
|
| Hobbits' home |
|
|
| Hobbits' homeland |
|
|
| Hobbits' home |
|
|
| Stallone co-star |
|
|
| "Rocky" actress |
|
|
| English district, once |
|
|
| Actress Talia |
|
|
| Ayr or Perth |
|
|
| Stallone's co-star in "Rocky" |
|
|
| Actress Talia |
|
|
| Warwick is one |
|
|
| Talia from N.Y.C. |
|
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| Draft horse |
|
|
| Worcester or York |
|
|
| Worcester, e.g. |
|
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| York or Devon |
|
|
| Dorset, for one |
|
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| Cambridge or Devon. |
|
|
| British county. |
|
|
| Lincoln or Gloucester. |
|
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| English county. |
|
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| "The Hobbit" setting |
|
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| County. |
|
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| Devon. |
|
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| English district. |
|
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| Essex or Sussex. |
|
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| Devon or Dorset. |
|
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| Berks or Dorset. |
|
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| Derby or Devon. |
|
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| Flint or Kent. |
|
|
| Earl's domain in early England. |
|
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| County, in Britain. |
|
|
| Former name for county in Britain. |
|
|
| Devon, for one. |
|
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| Former territorial division in England. |
|
|
| Devon or Berks. |
|
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| District. |
|
|
| Devon, for one |
|
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