| Unnamed individual or item (2-3-2) |
The Guardian Quick |
15 Sep 2025 |
| Scoundrel |
Newsday |
28 Aug 2025 |
| Rotter deserts love having accepted ring |
The Times Cryptic |
15 Aug 2025 |
| Unpleasant person smooths over old charges |
The Telegraph Toughie |
13 Aug 2025 |
| Average sandwiches and bad egg |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
05 Aug 2025 |
| Blighter, boy having stolen a medal (2-3-2) |
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| Such-and-such (2-3-2) |
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| No-good no name |
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| Unnamed person, moreover, in mediocre surroundings (2-3-2) |
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| A person who is unidentified or unpleasant |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
25 May 2025 |
| Despicable individual as well in mediocre setting (2-3-2) |
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| "What's-his-name" found in 20-, 25, 43 and 49-Across |
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| No-good rascal |
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| Good-for-nothing person |
Newsday |
23 Apr 2025 |
| Unspecified person (inf) (2-3-2) |
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| Enemy to remain nameless (2-3-2) |
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| Disliked figure indifferent about a northern director (2,3,2) |
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| Rascal thus meets another? (2-3-2) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
04 Mar 2025 |
| Repeatedly stitch up outspoken rascal (2-3-2) |
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| Creep showing how to describe what's average in two words? (2-3-2) |
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| No-goodnik |
New York Times |
30 Dec 2024 |
| Nobody in particular (hyph.) |
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| Sounds like what the seamstress did to be a nasty sort (2,3,2) |
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| Odious person (2-3-2) |
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| Unspecified person (hyph.) |
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| What you need for average person (2-3-2) |
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| Such and such a person (2-3-2) |
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| Little rascal making son a sod! (2-3-2) |
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| As a consequence, accompanying oddly slow pain in the neck |
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| Scoundrel |
Newsday |
21 Jul 2024 |
| An unspecified person or thing, sometimes used in a derogatory way |
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| Annoying person (2-3-2) |
The Guardian Speedy |
07 Jul 2024 |
| Name used for someone unspecified or unknown (2-3-2) |
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| Unspeakable person (2-3-2) |
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| Rascal, imp |
The Times Concise |
26 Jun 2024 |
| Scoundrel |
The Sun Two Speed |
25 Jun 2024 |
| Rotter thus meeting another? |
The Sun Two Speed |
25 Jun 2024 |
| Blighter got drunk on sodas (2-3-2) |
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| Stitch up noisy, nasty person? (2-3-2) |
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| Person whose name is forgotten (2-3-2) |
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| Similarly Don's a strange person regarded as difficult (2,3,2) |
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| Person heartily disliked |
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| Darn! Darn noisy what's-his-name (2-3-2) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
23 Apr 2024 |
| Darn! Darn noisy what's-hisname (2-3-2) |
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| Bastard offspring stealing a gallantry medal |
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| Unnamed person to keep on planting seed, we hear (2-3-2) |
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| What's-his-name (hyph.) |
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| Unpleasant or difficult person |
Mirror Tea Time |
05 Feb 2024 |
| Scoundrel soon sad after beating |
The Sun Two Speed |
26 Jan 2024 |
| Disliked person |
The Sun Two Speed |
26 Jan 2024 |
| Two notes from an awkward customer (2-3-2) |
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| Indescribably awful person |
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| Difficult person is starting to sell synthetic doonas (2-3-2) |
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| Nuisance calls for help, two being cut short |
The Telegraph Toughie |
10 Nov 2023 |
| 'Such-and-such,' but for names |
USA Today |
30 Jan 2023 |
| Real blankety-blank |
LA Times Daily |
14 Dec 2022 |
| An annoying person in these two ways? |
The Guardian Cryptic |
10 Oct 2022 |
| Name better left unsaid, or a description of the answers to the starred clues |
LA Times Daily |
05 Sep 2022 |
| Report work in a sweatshop with vulgar type |
Irish Times Crosaire |
18 Dec 2021 |
| An opening for dramatics claimed by average awkward person |
The Telegraph Toughie |
07 Oct 2021 |
| No-goodnik |
Premier Sunday |
03 Oct 2021 |
| Unnamed somebody |
New York Times |
20 Jun 2021 |
| Scoundrel soon sad after beating |
The Sun Two Speed |
09 Jun 2021 |
| Disliked person |
The Sun Two Speed |
09 Jun 2021 |
| Nuisance also seen in fair |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
05 Jun 2021 |
| Son-of-a-gun |
LA Times Daily |
21 Mar 2021 |
| Son-of-a-gun |
The Washington Post |
21 Mar 2021 |
| Report work in a sweatshop with vulgar type |
Irish Times Crosaire |
30 Jan 2021 |
| Scoundrel |
The Sun Two Speed |
21 Dec 2020 |
| Pain accordingly doubled? |
The Sun Two Speed |
21 Dec 2020 |
| Scoundrel |
The Washington Post |
01 Nov 2020 |
| Scoundrel |
LA Times Daily |
01 Nov 2020 |
| Stinker |
LA Times Daily |
19 Oct 2020 |
| Stinker |
The Washington Post |
19 Oct 2020 |
| No-goodnik |
New York Times |
19 Oct 2020 |
| Pain accordingly doubled? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
15 Aug 2020 |
| Unnamed person |
USA Today |
12 Jul 2020 |
| Rotter thus meeting another? |
The Sun Two Speed |
21 May 2020 |
| No good, dirty scoundrel: Hyph. |
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| Really pretty housing with cheeky character |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
24 Apr 2020 |
| Name placeholder |
USA Today |
22 Feb 2020 |
| Jerk |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Feb 2020 |
| This or that (person or thing): stinker |
The Guardian Speedy |
19 Jan 2020 |
| That (expletive deleted) person with respectable clothes |
The Telegraph Toughie |
26 Nov 2019 |
| No-goodnik |
USA Today |
18 Sep 2019 |
| Say what tireless seamstresses do for rotter? |
The Sun Two Speed |
08 Aug 2019 |
| Scoundrel (informal) |
The Sun Two Speed |
08 Aug 2019 |
| Old what's-his-name |
Universal |
31 Jul 2019 |
| Blankety-blank type |
LA Times Daily |
26 Jul 2019 |
| Blankety-blank type |
The Washington Post |
26 Jul 2019 |
| Son of a gun |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Jul 2019 |
| Dirty rat |
USA Today |
28 Mar 2019 |
| Name better left unsaid, or a literal hint to what the starred answers contain |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Mar 2019 |
| No-goodnik |
Universal |
16 Mar 2019 |
| This or that person or thing |
The Times Concise |
20 Feb 2019 |
| Rotter thus with another? |
The Sun Two Speed |
11 Jan 2019 |
| Dirty rat |
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| Blankety-blank type |
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| Name better left unsaid, or a literal hint to what the starred answers contain |
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| Son of a gun |
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| No-goodnik |
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| Old what's-his-name |
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| No-goodnik |
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| Scoundrel |
Eugene Sheffer |
05 Dec 2018 |
| S.O.B |
New York Times |
10 Aug 2018 |
| Skunk |
Newsday |
28 Jul 2018 |
| Rotter soon sad after upset |
The Sun Two Speed |
17 Jul 2018 |
| Rascal thus meets another? |
The Sun Two Speed |
10 Mar 2018 |
| Unnamed person |
The Sun Two Speed |
10 Mar 2018 |
| Difficult person like this -- again! |
The Telegraph Toughie |
24 Jan 2018 |
| Scoundrel |
Newsday |
07 Jan 2018 |
| S.O.B. |
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| No-goodnik |
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| Unspecified person |
The Times Concise |
21 Sep 2017 |
| Scoundrel |
New York Times |
19 Sep 2017 |
| Good-for-nothing |
Newsday |
18 Jun 2017 |
| Stinker |
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| No-goodnik |
Family Time |
01 Jan 2017 |
| Scoundrel |
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| One who shall not be named |
Newsday |
03 Sep 2016 |
| Nuisance gives needle repeatedly when talking |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
02 Jul 2016 |
| Scoundrel |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Apr 2016 |
| Dirty rat |
LA Times Daily |
12 Mar 2016 |
| Difficult person not too bad, joiner in |
The Times Cryptic |
24 Jun 2015 |
| Dirty rat |
Wall Street Journal |
15 May 2015 |
| Dirty rat or dirty dog |
Universal |
22 Jan 2015 |
| Son-of-a-gun |
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| Dirty rat or dirty dog |
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| Dirty rat |
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| What's-his-face |
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| Rascal |
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| Minced epithet |
|
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| Nameless scoundrel |
|
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| "What's-his-name" |
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| All-purpose moniker |
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| Scoundrel |
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| No-goodnik |
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| Despicable one |
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| Jerk |
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| What's-her-name |
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| What's-his-face |
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| Rat |
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| What's-her-name |
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| Good-for-nothing |
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| Dirty rat |
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| All-purpose moniker |
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| Scoundrel |
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| Skunk |
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| No-goodnik |
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| Son-of-a-gun |
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| Nameless scoundrel |
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| Blankety-blank type |
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| No-goodnik |
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| Son of a gun |
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| Jerk |
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| Dirty dog, as it were |
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| Dirty dog, as it were |
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| Sleazebag |
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| What's-his-name |
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| What's-his-face |
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| Scoundrel |
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| Scoundrel |
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| One who shall remain nameless |
|
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| Skunk |
|
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| Some #@%*& individual |
|
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| Disagreeable person |
|
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| Scoundrel |
|
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| Scoundrel |
|
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| [expletive deleted] person |
|
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| Dirty rat |
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| Dirty rat |
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| No-goodnik |
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| Rogue |
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| What's-his-name |
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| [expletive deleted] person |
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| Dirty rat |
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| Dadblasted person |
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| What's-his-name |
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| Dirty rat or dirty dog |
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| Stinker |
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| Son of a gun |
|
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| Dirty rat |
|
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| Nasty unmentionable |
|
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| Whoosis |
|
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| Nebulous person |
|
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| John Doe or Richard Roe |
|
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| Joe Doakes |
|
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| Epithet of sorts |
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| What's-his-name |
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| Blankety-blank's kin |
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| Unidentified one |
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| Blankety-blank. |
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| Unspecified person. |
|
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| Unnamed person |
|
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| Real S.O.B. |
|
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| An unnamed person or thing. |
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| Imaginary person. |
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| Unnamed one. |
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| Nobody in particular |
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