| Dotty |
The Telegraph Mini |
10 Aug 2025 |
| The __, slow news - or no news - days of summer (5,6) |
The Guardian Weekend |
02 Aug 2025 |
| Inane |
The Telegraph Quick |
11 Jul 2025 |
| Absurd window feature - why you might say? |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
28 Jun 2025 |
| Foolish |
The Telegraph Plusword |
27 Jun 2025 |
| Childish |
The Times Sunday Concise |
22 Jun 2025 |
| Inane, daft |
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| Second horse heading off? That's foolish (5) |
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| Frivolous |
New York Times |
26 Mar 2025 |
| To manoeuvre slily is stupid (5) |
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| Daft, foolish |
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| Like a goofball |
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| Showing stupidity in the field of cricket? (5) |
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| Wings hit from 1976, ___-Love Songs (5) |
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| Absurd |
Commuter |
24 Feb 2025 |
| It's stupid to be crafty about just one pound (5) |
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| ___ Putty (classic toy) |
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| Idiotic - like a window ledge? (5) |
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| How might one describe this clue? 'Like a window shelf'? |
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| I left in "cunning and foolish" (5) |
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| It's foolish not to be good-hearted (5) |
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| Daft |
The Telegraph Quick |
08 Jan 2025 |
| Billy's nonsense rhyme (5) |
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| Why ills are considered to be foolish |
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| Foolish |
The Telegraph Quick |
26 Nov 2024 |
| Is such a point pointless? (5) |
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| Slily wangled in a way that's stupid (5) |
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| It's daft to be so close to the bat (5) |
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| PlusWord No 851 solution |
The Telegraph Plusword |
19 Sep 2024 |
| Foolishly close to the bat (5) |
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| Daft |
The Telegraph Quick |
11 Sep 2024 |
| The phonetic spelling of "isles" is ridiculous (5) |
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| What winds up Hilary Mantel at first is absurd (5) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
28 Aug 2024 |
| Daft |
The Telegraph Quick |
07 Aug 2024 |
| Ridiculous |
Newsday |
31 Jul 2024 |
| With 7-Across, total goofball |
New York Times Mini |
29 Jul 2024 |
| Foolish |
Mirror Quick |
08 Jun 2024 |
| Stupid, small lily arrangement |
Mirror Cryptic |
08 Jun 2024 |
| Foolish |
Mirror Classic |
18 May 2024 |
| Brainless as Billy? (5) |
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| Like knock-knock jokes |
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| "___ rabbit, Trix are for kids!" |
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| What Alf Garnett called his wife Else in the 1960s comedy Till Death Us Do Part, a "... old moo" |
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| "You ___ goose!" |
Universal |
30 Mar 2024 |
| Does fielding close to the bat have such point? (5) |
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| Foolish, unwise |
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| Held by consul, Kylie angrily silent (5) |
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| Billy's stupid rhyme (5) |
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| Pointless, maybe, but having point in cricket (5) |
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| Basil Lyons is a bit stupid! |
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| To field so close in is not sensible (5) |
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| ___ Sally, adventurous literary character who walks backward and wears mismatched socks |
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| Extremely sorry — divided by 49 + 50 is just absurd! |
The Guardian Cryptic |
03 Aug 2023 |
| 'Don't be ___' |
New York Times |
21 Jul 2023 |
| ___ Putty, liquidy toy that bounces and breaks |
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| Foolish |
The Telegraph Quick |
03 Apr 2023 |
| Inane |
Newsday |
19 Sep 2022 |
| Foolish |
The Guardian Quick |
07 Jul 2022 |
| Nonsensical |
LA Times Daily |
27 May 2022 |
| Far from serious |
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| Frivolous |
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| Kid is one making bishop look small and stupid |
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| Word before "Putty" or "String" |
Universal |
24 Jan 2022 |
| "___ Love Songs," a hit love song by the Wings |
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| Foolish |
The Telegraph Quick |
10 Aug 2021 |
| Fatuous |
The Telegraph Quick |
01 May 2021 |
| Inane |
The Telegraph Quick |
26 Mar 2021 |
| Word before "Putty" or "String" |
Universal |
16 Dec 2020 |
| Frivolous |
LA Times Daily |
31 Oct 2020 |
| Frivolous |
The Washington Post |
31 Oct 2020 |
| Ridiculous |
USA Today |
20 Oct 2020 |
| ___ String (aerosol string) |
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| Ludicrous, foolish |
Irish Times Simplex |
22 Jul 2020 |
| Falls ill yet conceals rash |
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| Potty or barmy |
The Telegraph Quick |
28 Feb 2020 |
| Laughable |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Oct 2019 |
| Asinine |
Premier Sunday |
21 Jul 2019 |
| "Don't be ___!" (childish) |
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| Frivolous |
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| Laughable |
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| Daft as one student into Stallone |
The Sun Two Speed |
27 Jul 2018 |
| Ridiculous |
The Sun Two Speed |
27 Jul 2018 |
| Frivolous |
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| Not serious |
The Telegraph Quick |
07 Jun 2018 |
| Empty-headed |
USA Today |
03 May 2018 |
| Inane |
Universal |
04 Feb 2018 |
| Inane |
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| Empty-headed |
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| Foolish |
New York Times |
17 Mar 2017 |
| Nonsensical |
Newsday |
28 Feb 2017 |
| Asinine |
The Washington Post |
28 Feb 2017 |
| Foolish |
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| Cockamamie |
USA Today |
16 Dec 2016 |
| Foolish |
Thomas Joseph |
12 Aug 2016 |
| __ String |
LA Times Daily |
02 Jun 2016 |
| Foolish |
The Telegraph Quick |
14 Feb 2016 |
| Daft |
The Telegraph Quick |
13 Jan 2016 |
| Cockamamie |
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| __ String |
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| Nonsensical |
USA Today |
16 Aug 2015 |
| Not remotely serious |
|
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| Nonsensical |
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| Paul McCartney "___ Love Songs" |
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| Nonsensical |
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| Inane |
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| Nonsensical |
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| Absurd |
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| Inane |
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| Inane |
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| Inane |
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| A bit ludicrous |
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| Weak-minded |
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| Off-the-wall |
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| Not at all serious |
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| Preposterous |
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| Goofy |
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| Not at all serious |
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| Goofy |
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| Zany |
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| Frivolous |
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| Zany |
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| Frivolous |
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| Lacking gravity |
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| One way to be knocked |
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| Lacking gravity |
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| Lacking gravity |
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| Foolish |
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| Too frivolous |
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| Birdbrained |
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| Birdbrained |
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| One way to be knocked |
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| Nonsensical |
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| Cockamamie |
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| Muttonheaded |
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| Bad way to be knocked |
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| Bad way to be knocked |
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| Cuckoo |
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| Nonsensical |
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| Inane |
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| Featherbrained |
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| Kind of putty |
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| Asinine |
|
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| Inane |
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| Nonsensical |
|
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| Asinine |
|
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| Birdbrained |
|
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| Foolish |
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| Ridiculous |
|
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| Fatuous |
|
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| One way to be knocked |
|
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| Dazed |
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| ____ Putty |
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| Fatuous |
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| Frivolous |
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| Inane |
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| Goosey |
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| Asinine |
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| Harebrained |
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| Vacuous |
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| Billy or goose |
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| Witless. |
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| Unwise. |
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| Lacking good sense. |
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| Fatuous. |
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| Asinine. |
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| Absurd |
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| Vacuous. |
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| Absurd. |
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