| Decline in productivity |
USA Today |
23 Sep 2025 |
| Small mass maybe found in sink |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
31 Jul 2025 |
| Have poor posture |
Newsday |
28 Jul 2025 |
| Collapse of small swelling (5) |
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| Economic decline |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
19 Jul 2025 |
| Athlete's dry spell |
USA Today |
11 Jul 2025 |
| Depression |
The Telegraph Plusword |
09 Jul 2025 |
| Serious fall in business (5) |
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| Decline small piece of sugar, say |
The Times Cryptic |
30 Jun 2025 |
| Collapse |
Mirror Tea Time |
29 May 2025 |
| No good market for bad plums! (5) |
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| Fall heavily |
Mirror Quick |
24 May 2025 |
| Plums sadly in collapse |
Mirror Cryptic |
24 May 2025 |
| Sudden decline of small piece (5) |
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| Baseball hitter's dry spell |
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| Go downhill; downturn |
The Telegraph Plusword |
07 Apr 2025 |
| Drop left in oil reservoir (5) |
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| Plums sadly in collapse |
Mirror Cryptic |
01 Mar 2025 |
| Fall heavily |
Mirror Quick |
01 Mar 2025 |
| Collapse when the last of the oil goes in the tank (5) |
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| Economic downturn in poor city area with minimal power (5) |
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| A fall in trade |
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| Unhappy time for a bull (5) |
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| Helplessly to fall through is bad for trade (5) |
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| Sudden decline (5) |
The Guardian Quick |
27 Nov 2024 |
| Sink heavily, collapse (5) |
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| Economic downturn |
Mirror Tea Time |
18 Oct 2024 |
| Have poor posture |
Newsday |
16 Oct 2024 |
| Economic down time |
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| Fall in messy lumps (5) |
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| Opposite of a streak in sports |
USA Today |
23 Sep 2024 |
| Economic downturn |
The Sun Two Speed |
12 Sep 2024 |
| Left in pool, sink |
The Sun Two Speed |
12 Sep 2024 |
| Sudden fall |
Puzzler Backwords |
09 Sep 2024 |
| Small swelling to decline |
Mirror Cryptic |
08 Aug 2024 |
| Collapse |
Mirror Quick |
08 Aug 2024 |
| Squalid area confronts quiet decline |
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| Severe decline in trade (5) |
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| Sudden fall in business |
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| Dry spell for a batter (5) |
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| Squalid housing positive flop (5) |
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| Sophomore ___ (decline in performance a er a successful debut) |
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| Recession; droop (5) |
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| Slide in small pool (5) |
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| Assume a drooping posture (5) |
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| Bob gets a protuberance which causes him to droop (5) |
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| Fall in production of plums |
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| Trade recession (5) |
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| Economic reverse |
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| A bad time to sell wild plums (5) |
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| A bad time to sell wild plums |
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| PlusWord No 614 |
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| Rotten plums fall heavily (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
21 Jan 2024 |
| Sudden fall in deprived area with little power (5) |
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| Baseball batter's dry spell, say |
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| Go downhill |
|
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| Sharp decline in business |
|
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| Heavy fall and small swelling |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
07 Nov 2023 |
| Dry spell |
Newsday |
25 Aug 2023 |
| Downturn |
New York Times |
10 Aug 2023 |
| Drop left in engine's oil reservoir |
The Telegraph Toughie |
25 Oct 2022 |
| Collapse in small shapeless mass |
The Times Cryptic |
03 Oct 2022 |
| Batter's dry spell |
Eugene Sheffer |
01 Aug 2022 |
| Period of failure |
USA Today |
11 May 2022 |
| Slugger's dry spell |
Newsday |
29 Mar 2022 |
| Drop small piece of sugar |
The Guardian Cryptic |
17 Jan 2022 |
| Drop small piece of sugar |
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| Economic downswing |
The Guardian Quick |
13 Dec 2021 |
| String of Ls |
USA Today |
24 Sep 2021 |
| Dry spell at the plate |
The Washington Post |
17 Jan 2021 |
| Dry spell at the plate |
LA Times Daily |
17 Jan 2021 |
| Significant fall sees son with swelling |
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| Fall, as real estate prices |
The Washington Post |
30 Oct 2020 |
| Fall, as real estate prices |
LA Times Daily |
30 Oct 2020 |
| Collapse of square block |
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| Shabby inner-city parking causes depression |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
14 Aug 2020 |
| Droop |
USA Today |
14 Jul 2020 |
| Losing streak |
USA Today |
13 Jul 2020 |
| Economic decline |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Apr 2020 |
| Sudden market drop |
The Times Concise |
21 Oct 2019 |
| Recession |
The Telegraph Quick |
11 Aug 2019 |
| Batter's rough patch |
LA Times Daily |
03 Jul 2019 |
| Batter's rough patch |
The Washington Post |
03 Jul 2019 |
| Batter's dry spell |
Eugene Sheffer |
12 Apr 2019 |
| Batter's dry spell |
Universal |
06 Feb 2019 |
| Batter's dry spell |
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| Batter's rough patch |
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| Look defeated, seeing bad house prices? Only at first |
|
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| Losing period |
Thomas Joseph |
31 May 2018 |
| Weak period |
New York Times |
29 Apr 2018 |
| Fall heavily and limply |
The Times Concise |
01 Mar 2018 |
| Weak period |
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| Batter's "O-fer" streak |
USA Today |
19 Dec 2017 |
| Son put up with depression |
|
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| Rough patch |
LA Times Daily |
26 Feb 2017 |
| Fall heavily |
The Telegraph Quick |
13 Jan 2017 |
| Batter's "O-fer" streak |
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| Rough patch |
|
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| Down time for a team |
Thomas Joseph |
21 Dec 2016 |
| Marked decline |
The Telegraph Quick |
10 Nov 2016 |
| Batter's dry spell |
USA Today |
09 Aug 2016 |
| Downturn |
Eugene Sheffer |
27 May 2016 |
| Bad time for a batter |
Thomas Joseph |
18 May 2016 |
| Dry spell at the plate |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Mar 2016 |
| Batter's dry spell |
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| Economic decline |
LA Times Daily |
24 Dec 2015 |
| Consecutive losses |
Eugene Sheffer |
08 May 2015 |
| Batter's nightmare |
New York Times |
08 Apr 2015 |
| Society facing mass depression |
|
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| Batter's nightmare |
|
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| Batter's woe |
|
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| Quit hitting? |
|
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| Economic decline |
|
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| Bad time for a batsman? |
|
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| Have poor posture |
|
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| Slugger's dry spell |
|
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| Batter's rough patch |
|
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| Bad time for a batter |
|
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| Stretch with no hits |
|
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| Economic downturn |
|
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| Stretch with no hits |
|
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| Bummer for a batter |
|
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| Fall, as home prices |
|
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| Unproductive period |
|
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| Fall, as home prices |
|
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| Batter's bugaboo |
|
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| Batter's dry spell |
|
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| Batter's dry spell |
|
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| Nonproductive streak |
|
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| Batter's dry spell |
|
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| Dry spell |
|
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| Dry spell |
|
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| Dry spell |
|
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| Depression |
|
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| Drop off |
|
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| Fall heavily |
|
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| Hitless stretch |
|
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| Depression |
|
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| Dry spell |
|
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| Go 0-for-the-week |
|
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| Losing streak |
|
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| Bummer for a batter |
|
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| Bummer for a batter |
|
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| Stop hitting? |
|
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| Decline |
|
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| Slouch |
|
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| Dry spell or the theme of this puzzle |
|
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| Hitting woe |
|
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| Hitting woe |
|
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| Decline |
|
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| Batter's blues |
|
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| Difficult time for Sosa |
|
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| Batter's woe |
|
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| Batting dry spell |
|
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| Losing streak |
|
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| Unproductive period |
|
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| Bad string of at bats for a hitter |
|
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| Batter's bane |
|
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| Hitter's problem |
|
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| Plate drought |
|
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| Period of financial weakness |
|
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| Economic recession |
|
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| Hitless time |
|
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| Mild recession |
|
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| Mini-recession |
|
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| Mild recession |
|
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| Slugger's dry spell |
|
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| Business decline |
|
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| Batter's bugaboo |
|
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| Batter's woe |
|
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| Exhibit poor posture |
|
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| Slouch |
|
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| Batter's problem |
|
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| Downturn |
|
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| Slugger's problem |
|
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| Sag |
|
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| Subpar time |
|
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| Bad news on Wall St. |
|
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| Problem for batters or investors |
|
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| Business cycle |
|
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| Batter's worry |
|
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| Economic period |
|
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| Bearish time |
|
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| Recession. |
|
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| Famine of base hits that may afflict even best batsmen. |
|
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| Fall suddenly. |
|
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| Drop. |
|
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| Fall off. |
|
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| Decline. |
|
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| Drop heavily. |
|
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| Decline |
|
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| When things are tough all over. |
|
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| Drooping posture. |
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