| Two __ to the story |
Commuter |
15 Aug 2026 |
| Heads and tails |
LA Times Daily |
13 Aug 2026 |
| Verges (5) |
Mirror Classic |
26 Jul 2026 |
| Menu section |
Universal |
20 Jul 2026 |
| What opponents take |
|
|
| Fries, creamed spinach, etc. |
Universal |
03 May 2026 |
| Cole slaw and potato salad, e.g. |
USA Today |
14 Apr 2026 |
| Dishes like onion rings and fries |
USA Today |
03 Mar 2026 |
| Competing teams |
Newsday |
16 Feb 2026 |
| Opposing factions |
The Times Concise |
14 Feb 2026 |
| French fries and potato wedges, for two |
|
|
| Edges of a shape |
Commuter |
31 Dec 2025 |
| Factions |
Eugene Sheffer |
10 Dec 2025 |
| Triangle trio |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Nov 2025 |
| French fries and potato wedges, for two |
|
|
| Soup and salad |
LA Times Daily |
02 Sep 2025 |
| A Southerner looks at the old days when teams were selected (5) |
|
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| Take .: be partial? |
|
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| The Southerner dies and the teams are called out as a mark of respect (5) |
|
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| Flanks |
Thomas Joseph |
03 Jul 2025 |
| Menu heading |
New York Times |
22 Jun 2025 |
| Getting a second date for the teams (5) |
|
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| 95-Down accompaniers |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Jun 2025 |
| Fries and onion rings, e.g. |
Universal |
08 Jun 2025 |
| A and B, for a vinyl record |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
06 Jun 2025 |
| Factions |
Thomas Joseph |
05 Jun 2025 |
| Des is out organizing the teams |
|
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| French fries and potato wedges, for two |
|
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| Standpoints of parties |
The Times Sunday Cryptic |
25 May 2025 |
| A square has four |
Commuter |
24 May 2025 |
| Second date for Roman teams |
|
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| Teams pick swindlers on a regular basis |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
15 May 2025 |
| The Beatles' "White Album" has four of them |
New York Times |
11 May 2025 |
| They can be eleven or salad (5) |
|
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| Teams taken to be in alliance? (5) |
|
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| Verges |
Mirror Classic |
13 Apr 2025 |
| Edges |
The Telegraph Quick |
10 Apr 2025 |
| Dish accompaniments |
|
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| Entree accompaniments |
Commuter |
07 Apr 2025 |
| Slaw et al. |
|
|
| A triangle has three |
USA Today |
03 Apr 2025 |
| Agrees with the Italian yes-man (5) |
|
|
| Us and them, for two |
New York Times |
20 Mar 2025 |
| Show favouritism in a dispute: take - |
|
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| Teams that start slowly on certain days (5) |
|
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| Left right teams (5) |
|
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| Factions aren't given up by a dissenter undergoing torture (5) |
|
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| Allies oneself with (5) |
|
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| TV gameshow teams opposing each other (5) |
|
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| Vicious drugs parties? (5) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
28 Jan 2025 |
| In the press I describe the playing forces (5) |
|
|
| In the press I describe the various points of view (5) |
|
|
| Small fish surfaces |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
21 Jan 2025 |
| Teams |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
20 Jan 2025 |
| Not exactly sixes, nevertheless boundaries (5) |
|
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| Beefy teams? (5) |
|
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| An octagon has eight of these (5) |
|
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| Square quartet |
LA Times Daily |
26 Dec 2024 |
| What those who are partisan take |
|
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| Coleslaws and French Fries |
|
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| Fries, tots, slaw, etc. |
LA Times Daily |
08 Dec 2024 |
| Apparently these teams are not the tops! (5) |
|
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| Highlights of a steakhouse dinner, often |
|
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| Main course accompaniments |
Commuter |
18 Nov 2024 |
| Allies oneself with the on and the off in cricket (5) |
|
|
| 12, for a dodecagon |
Universal |
13 Nov 2024 |
| More than one team takes part |
|
|
| Diner add-ons |
New York Times |
29 Oct 2024 |
| A la carte orders |
|
|
| Aspects of second date in Rome |
|
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| A square has four of these (5) |
|
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| Fries and a salad, e.g. |
|
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| Meal extras for the teams? (5) |
|
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| Factions |
Eugene Sheffer |
08 Oct 2024 |
| Parts of some orders |
|
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| Flanks(5) |
|
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| Goes along with on the second date (5) |
|
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| Competing teams |
Commuter |
18 Sep 2024 |
| Sandwich go-withs |
|
|
| Allies with teams. (5) |
|
|
| Take ___ : be partial? |
|
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| Teams |
Commuter |
30 Aug 2024 |
| A decagon has ten |
New York Times Mini |
21 Aug 2024 |
| Meal extras (5) |
|
|
| Agrees with both the right and the left (5) |
|
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| Such teams cannot be taken impartially (5) |
|
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| Some diner choices |
|
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| They are taken by partisans of both the Left and the Right (5) |
|
|
| Faces the teams (5) |
|
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| Teams form part of sports I'd established (5) |
|
|
| Agrees (with) |
LA Times Daily |
18 Jun 2024 |
| Sporting teams |
|
|
| Hexagon's sextet |
LA Times Mini |
16 Jun 2024 |
| They're taken during a feud |
Universal |
15 Jun 2024 |
| Ed gets his little sister to organize the teams |
|
|
| Joins with the edges (5) |
|
|
| Supports in dispute, ... with |
|
|
| They cannot be taken with impartiality (5) |
|
|
| Teams to hiss for days? (5) |
|
|
| One cannot be impartial when taking them (5) |
|
|
| Teams with wings (5) |
|
|
| Fish son succeeded to trap surfaces |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
30 May 2024 |
| French fries and potato wedges, for two |
|
|
| Eleven, fifteen, seven, e.g. (5) |
|
|
| Teams on edge? (5) |
|
|
| Go-with dishes |
Commuter |
21 May 2024 |
| Main support group? |
|
|
| Edges |
Mirror Quick |
18 May 2024 |
| Favours teams (5) |
Mirror Cryptic |
18 May 2024 |
| Flanks |
Mirror Classic |
16 May 2024 |
| Joni Mitchell's "Both __ Now" |
LA Times Daily |
14 May 2024 |
| Both _ Now, song by Joni Mitchell (5) |
|
|
| Shows partiality for sporting combinations (5) |
|
|
| Minor courses |
|
|
| Sid's out East with the teams |
|
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| Fries, coleslaw, mashed potatoes, etc. |
|
|
| Sid's gone East to look for teams |
|
|
| Is Des looking for teams? |
|
|
| Goes along with, as the second date |
|
|
| Factions |
Eugene Sheffer |
15 Mar 2024 |
| Flanks |
Thomas Joseph |
14 Mar 2024 |
| Only one of them can be right |
|
|
| Take ___, support one person over another (5) |
|
|
| Des is taking them - he's not a bit impartial! |
|
|
| Teams that can't be taken objectively |
|
|
| Fries and coleslaw, e.g. |
LA Times Mini |
29 Feb 2024 |
| Goes along with, as the second date (5) |
|
|
| What the sports photographer does, shows bias (5,5) (see 7A) |
|
|
| Being sporting types, Ed and I make it in stainless steel (5) |
|
|
| Lateral areas |
|
|
| Factions |
Eugene Sheffer |
04 Jan 2024 |
| Lados (5) |
|
|
| Agrees to have a second date with (5) |
|
|
| Camps aren't given up by a dissenter going through turmoil (5) |
|
|
| Is little Desmond disturbing the teams? (5) |
|
|
| Competing teams |
Newsday |
29 Nov 2023 |
| Heads and tails |
|
|
| Heads and tails |
LA Times Daily |
26 Nov 2023 |
| Teams opposed to one another (5) |
|
|
| Partisan groups |
Thomas Joseph |
27 Oct 2023 |
| Slaw and fries |
LA Times Daily |
01 Aug 2023 |
| A triangle has three |
|
|
| Competing teams |
Newsday |
24 May 2023 |
| A triangle has three |
|
|
| Cucumber salad, coconut rice, etc |
LA Times Daily |
01 Feb 2023 |
| Faces |
LA Times Daily |
14 Jan 2023 |
| A triangle has three |
|
|
| Teams |
LA Times Daily |
29 Dec 2022 |
| Pros and cons, e.g |
New York Times |
18 Dec 2022 |
| Pros and cons, e.g. |
New York Times |
18 Dec 2022 |
| Song releases, in the music business |
Newsday |
17 Dec 2022 |
| Aspects; teams |
The Telegraph Quick |
07 Dec 2022 |
| Agrees (with) |
Premier Sunday |
27 Nov 2022 |
| Angles putting fish on board |
The Telegraph Toughie |
20 Oct 2022 |
| Sports teams |
The Times Concise |
04 Oct 2022 |
| Hit that isn't head-on |
Universal |
15 Sep 2022 |
| Entree add-ons |
Universal |
25 Aug 2022 |
| Dishes that go with mains |
USA Today |
23 Aug 2022 |
| Factions |
Eugene Sheffer |
15 Jun 2022 |
| Opposite aspects of an issue |
Newsday |
18 May 2022 |
| Teams start to struggle before day in Rome |
The Times Cryptic |
29 Apr 2022 |
| Triangle's three |
USA Today |
16 Apr 2022 |
| Right and left |
|
|
| French fries and potato wedges, for two |
|
|
| Right and left |
|
|
| A triangle has three |
|
|
| What opponents take during a debate |
|
|
| Fish carried in steamship for parties |
The Times Cryptic |
15 Nov 2021 |
| Factions |
Thomas Joseph |
18 Oct 2021 |
| Right and left |
|
|
| Borders |
Thomas Joseph |
01 Oct 2021 |
| Flanks |
Thomas Joseph |
16 Sep 2021 |
| Opponents take them |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Sep 2021 |
| Factions |
Thomas Joseph |
07 Sep 2021 |
| Teams in a contest |
Newsday |
17 Aug 2021 |
| Factions |
Thomas Joseph |
06 Aug 2021 |
| Factions |
Eugene Sheffer |
14 Jul 2021 |
| Onion rings and such |
USA Today |
18 Jun 2021 |
| Octagon octet |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Apr 2021 |
| Slaw and fries, e.g |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Mar 2021 |
| Factions |
Eugene Sheffer |
19 Mar 2021 |
| A square has four |
|
|
| Teams |
The Telegraph Quick |
12 Feb 2021 |
| A triangle has three |
|
|
| Teams |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Jan 2021 |
| Teams |
|
|
| They're chosen in schoolyards |
Newsday |
05 Dec 2020 |
| Right and left |
|
|
| Beans and fries, e.g |
USA Today |
15 Sep 2020 |
| Parts of lunch combos |
LA Times Daily |
12 Sep 2020 |
| Parts of lunch combos |
|
|
| Factions |
Thomas Joseph |
07 Aug 2020 |
| Agrees (with) |
New York Times |
14 Jun 2020 |
| Octagon's octet |
|
|
| Edges |
The Telegraph Quick |
14 May 2020 |
| Edges left out of playground features |
|
|
| Flanks |
Thomas Joseph |
11 Apr 2020 |
| Competing teams |
Newsday |
09 Mar 2020 |
| Opposite aspects of an issue |
Newsday |
02 Mar 2020 |
| Finishes 6 down with right and left |
|
|
| Squares have four of these |
|
|
| A square has four |
|
|
| French fries and coleslaw, often |
New York Times |
02 Dec 2019 |
| French fries and coleslaw, often |
|
|
| Corn bread and coleslaw, often |
Universal |
27 Nov 2019 |
| Shirts and skins |
Family Time |
17 Nov 2019 |
| Menu heading |
|
|
| Rhombus's four |
USA Today |
09 Oct 2019 |
| Contesting teams to bring fish aboard? |
|
|
| Teams close to abyss on fateful day in Rome |
|
|
| Two ___ of a coin |
|
|
| See 1 Across |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
11 Jun 2019 |
| A and B, for a record |
Universal |
04 Jun 2019 |
| Takes part in sports teams |
|
|
| Faces second date in Rome |
|
|
| Pentagons have five of these |
|
|
| Rhombus's four |
|
|
| A and B, for a record |
|
|
| Opinions in Khan's letters ignored in treatment of skinheads |
|
|
| Fringes in styles I designed |
The Sun Two Speed |
08 Nov 2018 |
| Teams |
The Sun Two Speed |
08 Nov 2018 |
| Entree go-withs |
USA Today |
23 Oct 2018 |
| Beans and greens |
|
|
| Options with entrées |
Newsday |
20 May 2018 |
| Polygon parts |
USA Today |
12 Apr 2018 |
| Combatants |
Newsday |
08 Apr 2018 |
| Teams in a contest |
Newsday |
26 Feb 2018 |
| Banks as boundaries |
Newsday |
24 Feb 2018 |
| Polygon parts |
|
|
| Entree go-withs |
|
|
| Facets |
Newsday |
24 Nov 2017 |
| Debaters take them |
New York Times |
26 Oct 2017 |
| Teams with spin bowlers all out bar the tail-ender |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
27 Sep 2017 |
| Two __ to every story |
Newsday |
25 Sep 2017 |
| Things taken at sporting events? |
Universal |
19 Aug 2017 |
| Slips left out in banks |
|
|
| Outer edges, left and right |
|
|
| They're taken by partisans |
USA Today |
26 Apr 2017 |
| Things taken at sporting events? |
|
|
| They're taken by partisans |
|
|
| Debaters take them |
|
|
| Contest contingents |
Newsday |
19 Nov 2016 |
| Fries and slaw, for two |
USA Today |
19 Sep 2016 |
| Factions meet in confused island uprising |
|
|
| Factions |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Jul 2016 |
| French fries and rice, for short |
Newsday |
11 Jul 2016 |
| Slaw and fries, for two |
USA Today |
15 Mar 2016 |
| Fries and slaw, for two |
|
|
| Polygons have them |
|
|
| Factions |
USA Today |
15 Jul 2015 |
| Small fish's edges |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
30 Jun 2015 |
| Octagon features |
Universal |
17 May 2015 |
| Agrees (with) |
Universal |
06 Apr 2015 |
| Square quartet |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Mar 2015 |
| Angles for fish on board ship |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
19 Feb 2015 |
| Phases |
Newsday |
03 Jan 2015 |
| Phases |
|
|
| '70 Willie Nelson album "Both ___ Now" |
|
|
| Agrees (with) |
|
|
| Factions |
|
|
| Polygons have them |
|
|
| Fries, slaw, and such |
|
|
| Octagon features |
|
|
| Combatants |
|
|
| What partisans choose |
|
|
| Opposing teams |
|
|
| Pentagon quintet |
|
|
| Extreme "III ___ to Every Story" |
|
|
| They're taken by opponents |
|
|
| Square quartet |
|
|
| Debate teams |
|
|
| Aligns oneself (with) |
|
|
| Fries, rice, veggies, etc. |
|
|
| Aligns oneself (with) |
|
|
| Record's two |
|
|
| Dispute principals |
|
|
| What opponents take |
|
|
| Factions |
|
|
| A and B, on LPs |
|
|
| Fries, salad, etc. |
|
|
| Record's two |
|
|
| What partisans take |
|
|
| Entree add-ons |
New York Times |
26 Dec 2011 |
| Teams |
|
|
| Combative factions |
|
|
| Order specifications |
|
|
| Bounding lines |
|
|
| Opposing positions |
|
|
| Entree add-ons |
|
|
| Factions |
|
|
| Fries, slaw, chips, etc. |
|
|
| Cube's six |
|
|
| Entree add-ons |
|
|
| Beans and others |
|
|
| Triangle trio |
|
|
| Square's four |
|
|
| Square's four |
|
|
| Supports, with "with" |
|
|
| Skins and shirts |
|
|
| Go-with dishes |
|
|
| Fries and onion rings |
|
|
| Opposing teams |
|
|
| Slaw and fries |
|
|
| Go-with dishes |
|
|
| Opposing teams |
|
|
| Slaw and fries |
|
|
| A triangle has three of them |
|
|
| Competitors |
|
|
| 45 halves |
|
|
| Viewpoints |
|
|
| Meat-locker units |
|
|
| A and B, e.g. |
|
|
| Blue and Gray |
|
|
| Combatants |
|
|
| Meat-locker inventory |
|
|
| What opponents take |
|
|
| Large beef quantities |
|
|
| Meal parts |
|
|
| Debate team positions |
|
|
| Fries and slaw, among others |
|
|
| Opponents |
|
|
| Kids might choose them |
|
|
| Pro and con |
|
|
| What partisans choose |
|
|
| Opposing positions |
|
|
| Triangle trio |
|
|
| Some dishes |
|
|
| Kids might choose them |
|
|
| They get chosen up |
|
|
| "Skins" and "shirts" |
|
|
| Contesting teams |
|
|
| Opposing teams |
|
|
| Order specifications |
|
|
| Hexagon sextet |
|
|
| Triangle trio |
|
|
| "Us" and "them" |
|
|
| Fast-food extras |
|
|
| A and B, in records |
|
|
| Contest opponents |
|
|
| Teams |
|
|
| Right and left |
|
|
| Square foursome |
|
|
| Opponents take them |
|
|
| Polygonal bounds |
|
|
| Facets |
|
|
| A and B, e.g. |
|
|
| The offense and the defense |
|
|
| "Them" and "us" |
|
|
| Cole slaw and fries |
|
|
| Factions |
|
|
| French fries, coleslaw, etc. |
|
|
| Boundaries |
|
|
| "Us" and "Them" |
|
|
| Debate positions |
|
|
| Things taken at a sporting event |
|
|
| Issue halves |
|
|
| Two for the record |
|
|
| Slaw, fries, etc. |
|
|
| The offense and the defense |
|
|
| Factions |
|
|
| These are taken in an argument |
|
|
| Teams in a game |
|
|
| Every quarrel has two |
|
|
| Slaws and salads |
|
|
| Allies (with) |
|
|
| Argument positions |
|
|
| Fish carried in steamship for parties |
|
|
| Teams start to struggle before day in Rome |
|
|
| Squares have four |
|
|
| What partisans choose |
|
|
| They're taken by opponents |
|
|
| Aligns with |
|
|
| Debate teams |
|
|
| A and B, e.g. |
|
|
| Factions |
|
|
| Shows partiality |
|
|
| Factions |
|
|
| Pentagon features |
|
|
| Slaw and fries |
|
|
| Surfaces |
|
|
| Fries and slaw |
|
|
| Contesting teams |
|
|
| They may be chosen |
|
|
| Slaw and fries |
|
|
| Versions |
|
|
| Identifies (with) |
|
|
| Agrees (with) |
|
|
| Deliveries to a butcher |
|
|
| Neither top nor bottom |
|
|
| Viewpoints |
|
|
| Octagon features |
|
|
| Borders |
|
|
| Edges |
|
|
| Actors' lines |
|
|
| A cube has six |
|
|
| Walls |
|
|
| Heads or tails |
|
|
| Bodies of partisans |
|
|
| A cube's sextet |
|
|
| Opponents |
|
|
| Square's properties |
|
|
| A decagon has 10 |
|
|
| Teams |
|
|
| A dodecahedron has 12 |
|
|
| A CUBE HAS SIX |
|
|
| What partisans take |
|
|
| Parts of a square |
|
|
| Hexagon's sextet |
|
|
| Properties of a square |
|
|
| Wings |
|
|
| Rectangles have four |
|
|
| Contesting teams |
|
|
| Takes a stand |
|
|
| Partisan positions |
|
|
| Aspects |
|
|
| Rectangle parts |
|
|
| Record parts |
|
|
| Pro and con. |
|
|
| Outer surfaces of an object. |
|
|
| Contesting parties. |
|
|
| Heptagons have seven. |
|
|
| Left and right. |
|
|
| Lines of descent. |
|
|
| Parties. |
|
|
| What every question has two of. |
|
|
| See 7 Across. |
|
|
| Right and left. |
|
|
| Laterals. |
|
|
| Agrees (with). |
|
|
| Aspects. |
|
|
| Heads or tails. |
|
|
| Hill parts |
|
|
| Actors' lines: Slang. |
|
|
| Factions. |
|
|
| Flanks. |
|
|
| Phases. |
|
|
| Parties in a contest. |
|
|
| Opposing parties. |
|
|
| Take ___ |
|
|
| Lateral surfaces. |
|
|
| Partners (with) |
|
|
| Henry James' "Washington Square" has four. |
|
|
| Aligns oneself. |
|
|
| Opposing teams. |
|
|