| Low on the Mohs' scale |
LA Times Daily |
18 Sep 2025 |
| Lenient |
The Telegraph Quick |
12 Sep 2025 |
| Like a feathery pillow |
|
|
| (Of a drink) not alcoholic |
The Times Concise |
31 Jul 2025 |
| Very fit one leaving becomes subdued |
The Sun Two Speed |
27 Jul 2025 |
| Drunkard gets loud, then quiet (4) |
Mirror Cryptic |
27 Jul 2025 |
| Malleable |
The Sun Two Speed |
27 Jul 2025 |
| Mild (4) |
Mirror Quick |
27 Jul 2025 |
| Like fluffy slippers |
|
|
| ___ touch; pushover |
|
|
| Yielding |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Jul 2025 |
| Yielding |
The Times Sunday Concise |
06 Jul 2025 |
| Like butter ready for whipping |
LA Times Daily |
06 Jul 2025 |
| ___-hearted (kind) |
|
|
| ___ white (lightbulb specification) |
New York Times |
12 Jun 2025 |
| Cushy |
Thomas Joseph |
11 Jun 2025 |
| Unlike steel and diamonds |
|
|
| Very loud, but ultimately quiet (4) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
27 May 2025 |
| Like a fleece blanket |
|
|
| Well, this newspaper is not rigorous enough! |
|
|
| Gentle therefore on foot (4) |
|
|
| Like a baby's bottom |
New York Times |
19 May 2025 |
| Thus 12in. is of delicate texture (4) |
|
|
| Second newspaper claiming love is "sentimental" |
The Times Cryptic |
07 May 2025 |
| Mild |
Mirror Quick |
05 May 2025 |
| Drunkard gets loud then quiet (4) |
Mirror Cryptic |
05 May 2025 |
| Like a well-loved T-shirt, maybe |
|
|
| Gentle opening to sort of tango |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
12 Apr 2025 |
| Easygoing |
Newsday |
04 Apr 2025 |
| You can be lenient every so often (4) |
|
|
| Supple |
USA Today Quick |
17 Mar 2025 |
| Squashy (4) |
Puzzler |
14 Mar 2025 |
| Excessively lenient |
Mirror Classic |
13 Mar 2025 |
| Pillowy |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Mar 2025 |
| _ roader, the Toyota RAV4, for example (4) |
|
|
| Like fluffy towels |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
22 Feb 2025 |
| Cushy |
Thomas Joseph |
14 Feb 2025 |
| Like a fluffy pillow |
|
|
| Like a warm, fluffy blanket |
Family Time |
10 Feb 2025 |
| Piano note organ put out daily |
The Times Cryptic |
23 Jan 2025 |
| Like certain drinks loudly ingested by drinker (4) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
17 Jan 2025 |
| Hushed in times of trouble (4) |
|
|
| Like a pillow? |
|
|
| Yielding |
Puzzler Backwords |
09 Jan 2025 |
| Excessively lenient |
The Times Concise |
08 Jan 2025 |
| Like non-alcoholic drinks |
|
|
| Downy-textured |
Commuter |
08 Jan 2025 |
| Cushy |
Eugene Sheffer |
01 Jan 2025 |
| Like alpaca fleece |
Universal |
31 Dec 2024 |
| Cottony-feeling |
Commuter |
25 Dec 2024 |
| Squashy or flufiy (4) |
|
|
| Squashy or flulfy (4) |
|
|
| Gentle, yielding (4) |
Puzzler |
16 Dec 2024 |
| Word before 'drink" or "water" |
USA Today |
14 Dec 2024 |
| ___ skills (interpersonal skills) |
|
|
| Tenderhearted |
Universal |
27 Nov 2024 |
| Too easy (on) |
New York Times |
27 Nov 2024 |
| Quiet, like a hushed voice |
USA Today |
25 Nov 2024 |
| Quiet |
Commuter |
13 Nov 2024 |
| Pillowy |
Newsday |
03 Nov 2024 |
| Tender |
Puzzler Backwords |
18 Oct 2024 |
| Squishy |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
12 Oct 2024 |
| Like the water south of central Acton? (4) |
|
|
| ___ serve (ice cream shop option) |
|
|
| Like a chinchilla's fur |
Universal |
28 Sep 2024 |
| Like cashmere |
New York Times |
22 Sep 2024 |
| Squashy, spongy (4) |
|
|
| Operas often have quiet part (4) |
|
|
| Very good financial paper in a pale colour? |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
17 Sep 2024 |
| Tender |
New York Times |
12 Sep 2024 |
| Consequently feet become tender (4) |
|
|
| Texture that yields easily, like marshmallows |
|
|
| Like a feathery pillow |
|
|
| Drink that's left (4) |
|
|
| Squishy |
USA Today |
12 Aug 2024 |
| Word with launch or landing |
LA Times Daily |
08 Aug 2024 |
| Velvety |
The Telegraph Quick |
01 Aug 2024 |
| Malleable |
The Telegraph Quick |
27 Jul 2024 |
| Not rigorous enough (4) |
|
|
| Like a marshmallow |
|
|
| Fluffy (4) |
Puzzler |
21 Jul 2024 |
| Very kindhearted |
|
|
| ___- drink or ___- option (4) |
|
|
| Not hard |
Mirror Tea Time |
27 Jun 2024 |
| Like warm cookies |
|
|
| ___-hearted (kind) |
|
|
| Squashy or fluffy (4) |
|
|
| Smooth in texture |
|
|
| Cottony to the touch |
Commuter |
01 Jun 2024 |
| Partially melted |
LA Times Daily |
26 May 2024 |
| Cushy |
Thomas Joseph |
24 May 2024 |
| Cottony |
Commuter |
23 May 2024 |
| Like the drinks often on sale without beer (4) |
|
|
| Politically moderate newspaper, as has been stated before |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
17 May 2024 |
| Word before "rock" or "jazz" |
Universal |
06 May 2024 |
| It's not hard thus to take short measure (4) |
|
|
| Thus we stomach eating foreign articles from Italy during the war? |
|
|
| Terms of trade included tender (4) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
30 Apr 2024 |
| Easy therefore on foot (4) |
|
|
| Like cashmere sweaters and down pillows |
|
|
| Not hard as a ripe peach |
|
|
| Doughy |
LA Times Daily |
24 Apr 2024 |
| Gentle |
Mirror Quick |
24 Apr 2024 |
| This often protected quiet |
Mirror Cryptic |
24 Apr 2024 |
| Like piano music? (4) |
|
|
| Pillowy |
USA Today |
16 Apr 2024 |
| Thus newspaper is lenient (4) |
|
|
| Son frequently yielding (4) |
|
|
| His two staff quit finally, being somewhat weak |
|
|
| - Cell, synthpop duo (4) |
|
|
| Easily yielding to pressure |
|
|
| "When I was seventeen; It was a very good year; It was a very good year for small town girls; And ... summer nights" |
|
|
| Cottony |
Universal |
13 Mar 2024 |
| Most toffs can be easily manipulated (4) |
|
|
| As a consequence, newspaper might be regarded as too lenient, perhaps |
|
|
| Thus feet are flabby (4) |
|
|
| Bounders let fly, upset with vulnerable spot (4,10) |
|
|
| Easily molded |
Newsday |
12 Feb 2024 |
| Like a fluffy pillow |
|
|
| Malleable, and thus accepts short measure (4) |
|
|
| Piano is frequently behind soprano (4) |
|
|
| Fluffy, just quietly (4) |
|
|
| Thus short measure is easy and well paid (4) |
|
|
| Thus 12in of plastic (4) |
|
|
| Fluffy and gentle to the touch, like a blanket |
|
|
| Malleable (4) |
Puzzler |
01 Jan 2024 |
| Like a cat's fur |
USA Today |
01 Jan 2024 |
| Not rough |
The Telegraph Quick |
24 Dec 2023 |
| Malleable |
The Sun Two Speed |
22 Dec 2023 |
| Very fit one leaving becomes subdued |
The Sun Two Speed |
22 Dec 2023 |
| Like brie |
USA Today |
19 Dec 2023 |
| Like marshmallows and comfy pillows |
|
|
| Cushiony, like a pillow or marshmallow |
|
|
| Like cotton balls |
|
|
| Like a fuzzy blanket |
Family Time |
27 Nov 2023 |
| Point frequently to what's easy (4) |
|
|
| Son frequently delicate |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
28 Sep 2023 |
| Malleable |
LA Times Daily |
28 Sep 2023 |
| Like a pillow |
|
|
| Not at all firm |
Premier Sunday |
20 Aug 2023 |
| Mushy |
Newsday |
18 Aug 2023 |
| Like a marshmallow |
|
|
| Spongy or pillowy |
Newsday |
10 Jul 2023 |
| Like velvet |
USA Today |
05 Jul 2023 |
| Overly lenient |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Jun 2023 |
| Sulphur frequently is not hard to the touch |
The Times Cryptic |
01 Jun 2023 |
| Cushy |
Thomas Joseph |
26 May 2023 |
| Like fluffy towels |
LA Times Daily |
21 May 2023 |
| Like forgiving lighting in photography |
New York Times |
12 Apr 2023 |
| Spongy |
Newsday |
28 Mar 2023 |
| Like velvet or fur |
Universal |
23 Feb 2023 |
| Buyer's market descriptor |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Jan 2023 |
| Downy |
Wall Street Journal |
04 Jan 2023 |
| Has a ___ spot for (likes) |
|
|
| Lacking emotional toughness |
New York Times |
06 Nov 2022 |
| With good cushioning |
Newsday |
21 Sep 2022 |
| Squishy |
Newsday |
14 Sep 2022 |
| Doughy |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Aug 2022 |
| Like a marshmallow |
|
|
| Like pastel colors |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Jul 2022 |
| Not alcoholic |
New York Times |
24 Jun 2022 |
| Very loud, but ultimately quiet |
The Times Cryptic |
09 May 2022 |
| Cushy |
Eugene Sheffer |
20 Apr 2022 |
| Like ripe bananas |
USA Today |
10 Apr 2022 |
| Like Japanese milk bread |
USA Today |
13 Mar 2022 |
| Like the "c" in "cement" |
|
|
| Squishy |
Newsday |
13 Feb 2022 |
| Like butter that's sat out |
Family Time |
06 Feb 2022 |
| Mushy |
Newsday |
28 Jan 2022 |
| 10 like this, on paper |
|
|
| 10 like this, on paper |
The Guardian Cryptic |
21 Jan 2022 |
| Like some pretzels and taco shells |
Universal |
16 Jan 2022 |
| Not alcoholic |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Dec 2021 |
| Simple fellow getting drunk outside |
|
|
| Like silken tofu |
LA Times Daily |
13 Nov 2021 |
| Pillowy |
USA Today |
30 Oct 2021 |
| Cushy |
Eugene Sheffer |
20 Oct 2021 |
| Pillowy |
Family Time |
04 Oct 2021 |
| What “piano” can mean |
New York Times |
03 Oct 2021 |
| Squishy |
Universal |
08 Sep 2021 |
| Cushy |
Eugene Sheffer |
10 Aug 2021 |
| P's out of training? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
22 Jul 2021 |
| Spongy |
Newsday |
19 Jul 2021 |
| Cushiony |
Newsday |
02 Jun 2021 |
| Plushy |
USA Today |
22 May 2021 |
| Like the 'c' of 'ice' |
The Washington Post Sunday |
16 May 2021 |
| Opposite of hard |
USA Today |
27 Apr 2021 |
| Like some taco shells |
USA Today |
24 Mar 2021 |
| Drunk drinking fine without alcohol |
|
|
| Like some pretzels |
USA Today |
22 Mar 2021 |
| Yielding |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Mar 2021 |
| Like a fluffy pillow |
|
|
| Toothbrush choice |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Jan 2021 |
| Like chewy pretzels |
Universal |
29 Dec 2020 |
| Like cheese that is not hard |
|
|
| Not alcoholic |
The Times Concise |
04 Dec 2020 |
| Squishy |
Newsday |
26 Nov 2020 |
| Low on the Mohs scale |
LA Times Daily |
11 Nov 2020 |
| Low on the Mohs scale |
The Washington Post |
11 Nov 2020 |
| ___ skills (interpersonal skills) |
|
|
| ___ Machine, rock fusion band known for their track "Moon in June" |
|
|
| ___ rock, subgenre associated with Fleetwood Mac |
|
|
| Like each 'g' in 'ginger' |
USA Today |
10 Oct 2020 |
| Like most stuffed animals |
Universal |
01 Oct 2020 |
| Easily spreadable |
Newsday |
07 Sep 2020 |
| Like a pillow? |
|
|
| Like a fluffy pillow |
|
|
| Toilet paper label word |
USA Today |
27 Jul 2020 |
| ''p,'' to a pianist |
Newsday |
16 Jul 2020 |
| Every so often disregarding everyone is not hard |
Irish Times Crosaire |
27 Jun 2020 |
| Low on the Mohs scale |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Jun 2020 |
| Like silken tofu |
USA Today |
17 May 2020 |
| Not hard |
|
|
| Permissive |
Canadiana |
20 Apr 2020 |
| Like a rabbit's fur |
Universal |
14 Apr 2020 |
| Like a baby's skin, say |
|
|
| Velvety |
Universal |
02 Apr 2020 |
| Downy |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Feb 2020 |
| Tender-hearted |
USA Today |
23 Dec 2019 |
| Feathery |
Thomas Joseph |
13 Dec 2019 |
| As ___ as a feather |
|
|
| Cushy |
Thomas Joseph |
18 Nov 2019 |
| Lenient |
Newsday |
07 Nov 2019 |
| Blanket descriptor |
Universal |
14 Oct 2019 |
| Cushy |
Eugene Sheffer |
12 Oct 2019 |
| Malleable |
The Times Concise |
06 Oct 2019 |
| Like brie |
Universal |
12 Sep 2019 |
| Like either "g" in "George" |
LA Times Daily |
01 Sep 2019 |
| Like either 'g' in 'George' |
The Washington Post |
01 Sep 2019 |
| Like flannel and fleece |
|
|
| ___ launch (restricted release of a new product) |
|
|
| Easy to mould or cut |
The Times Concise |
26 Jul 2019 |
| Velvety and cushiony |
|
|
| Piano, to pianists |
Newsday |
14 Jun 2019 |
| Cottony |
Newsday |
11 Jun 2019 |
| Like a feathery pillow |
|
|
| Easygoing |
Newsday |
23 May 2019 |
| Yielding; quiet |
The Times Concise |
15 Apr 2019 |
| … therefore organ's flaccid |
|
|
| Like street-corner pretzels |
USA Today |
29 Mar 2019 |
| Pillowy |
New York Times |
18 Mar 2019 |
| ___ drink (soda) |
Universal |
09 Mar 2019 |
| p, in music |
Universal |
03 Mar 2019 |
| Very fit one leaving becomes subdued |
The Sun Two Speed |
01 Feb 2019 |
| Malleable |
The Sun Two Speed |
01 Feb 2019 |
| p, in music |
|
|
| Pillowy |
|
|
| Blanket descriptor |
|
|
| Like brie |
|
|
| Like either "g" in "George" |
|
|
| ___ drink (soda) |
|
|
| Mushy |
Newsday |
30 Dec 2018 |
| Like comfy slippers |
The Washington Post |
23 Dec 2018 |
| Like comfy slippers |
LA Times Daily |
23 Dec 2018 |
| Like the G's in gingerbread |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Dec 2018 |
| Malleable |
The Telegraph Quick |
22 Sep 2018 |
| Like a buyer's market |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Sep 2018 |
| Cuddly and cushiony |
|
|
| Like Brie |
New York Times |
29 Aug 2018 |
| Word before soap or sell |
USA Today |
22 Jul 2018 |
| 'p,' on sheet music |
USA Today |
07 Jul 2018 |
| Like mood lighting |
USA Today |
01 Jun 2018 |
| Like some pretzels and tacos |
USA Today |
20 Apr 2018 |
| Very loud, but ultimately quiet |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
03 Apr 2018 |
| Delicate |
|
|
| Like a fluffy pillow |
|
|
| Play down what's frequently pinched by lapsed criminal |
|
|
| Permissive |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
16 Feb 2018 |
| Cushy or cushiony |
USA Today |
12 Feb 2018 |
| Yielding, easily cut |
The Times Concise |
25 Jan 2018 |
| __ light |
LA Times Daily |
06 Jan 2018 |
| __ light |
The Washington Post |
06 Jan 2018 |
| Like the G in Germany |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Jan 2018 |
| Like comfy slippers |
|
|
| Like Brie |
|
|
| __ light |
|
|
| "p," on sheet music |
|
|
| Cushy or cushiony |
|
|
| Like mood lighting |
|
|
| Like some pretzels and tacos |
|
|
| Word before soap or sell |
|
|
| Like a buyer's market |
|
|
| Yielding |
|
|
| Like the G's in gingerbread |
|
|
| Permissive |
|
|
| “I wanted your ____ verges / But you gave me the hard shoulder” (Adrian Maurice Henri) |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
17 Dec 2017 |
| __-pedal (play down) |
Newsday |
23 Nov 2017 |
| Liberal very pink paper |
|
|
| Not hard |
Universal |
26 Oct 2017 |
| Like piano notes |
The Washington Post Sunday |
15 Oct 2017 |
| Toothbrush option |
USA Today |
25 Sep 2017 |
| Like tissue paper |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Sep 2017 |
| Cushiony |
Premier Sunday |
16 Jul 2017 |
| Not hard, like a pillow |
|
|
| Like a comfortable pillow |
Universal |
16 Jun 2017 |
| Yielding |
The Telegraph Quick |
10 Jun 2017 |
| Velvety |
New York Times |
07 Jun 2017 |
| Not hard |
The Washington Post |
17 May 2017 |
| Not hard |
LA Times Daily |
17 May 2017 |
| Like root beer, but not beer |
USA Today |
20 Apr 2017 |
| 'Mellow Yellow'? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
20 Apr 2017 |
| Like a Nerf ball |
USA Today |
11 Apr 2017 |
| Permissive |
LA Times Daily |
11 Mar 2017 |
| Permissive |
The Washington Post |
11 Mar 2017 |
| Like down clues, no stiff test by all conclusions |
The Telegraph Toughie |
07 Mar 2017 |
| Low in volume |
Universal |
04 Mar 2017 |
| Pillowy |
The Washington Post |
01 Feb 2017 |
| Cushiony |
New York Times |
16 Jan 2017 |
| Shift end of couch for tenor to get to piano |
The Telegraph Toughie |
12 Jan 2017 |
| Velvety |
|
|
| Like a comfortable pillow |
|
|
| Low in volume |
|
|
| Not hard |
|
|
| Not hard |
|
|
| Toothbrush option |
|
|
| Like root beer, but not beer |
|
|
| Like a Nerf ball |
|
|
| Cushiony |
|
|
| Frequently goes after society that's not strict |
|
|
| "p," on sheet music |
USA Today |
08 Dec 2016 |
| Pliable |
The Telegraph Quick |
30 Oct 2016 |
| Gentle |
LA Times Daily |
17 Oct 2016 |
| Flabby |
The Washington Post |
07 Oct 2016 |
| A ___ touch |
Canadiana |
12 Sep 2016 |
| Permissive |
Newsday |
14 Jul 2016 |
| Like a cashmere sweater |
New York Times |
14 Jun 2016 |
| Buyer�s market descriptor |
Wall Street Journal |
19 May 2016 |
| Opposite of hard |
Family Time |
01 May 2016 |
| Not firm |
Premier Sunday |
24 Apr 2016 |
| Like plush toys |
USA Today |
07 Apr 2016 |
| "Piano," literally |
USA Today |
06 Apr 2016 |
| Like blackjack hands with an ace counted as 11 |
New York Times |
01 Apr 2016 |
| Marshmallowy |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
19 Feb 2016 |
| Lenient |
The Telegraph Quick |
27 Jan 2016 |
| Marshmallowy |
|
|
| Gentle |
|
|
| "Piano," literally |
|
|
| Like a cashmere sweater |
|
|
| "Wait a moment," to Romeo |
LA Times Daily |
26 Dec 2015 |
| Loud drunk's arrested and restrained |
The Telegraph Toughie |
15 Dec 2015 |
| Like a comfortable pillow |
USA Today |
13 Dec 2015 |
| Mild in parts of territory |
The Sun Two Speed |
06 Dec 2015 |
| Downy |
The Sun Two Speed |
06 Dec 2015 |
| Not hard |
Eugene Sheffer |
06 Nov 2015 |
| Piano needed for lots of tunes -- and drums, often |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
25 Oct 2015 |
| Yielding just like that, this organ |
|
|
| Easily molded |
Newsday |
13 Sep 2015 |
| (Of drink) non-alcoholic |
The Times Concise |
08 Sep 2015 |
| Weak, as on crime |
Universal |
05 Aug 2015 |
| Thus what you are reading may be politically moderate |
|
|
| Subdued in sound |
Newsday |
31 May 2015 |
| Pliant |
The Telegraph Quick |
10 May 2015 |
| Lax |
LA Times Daily |
23 Jan 2015 |
| Piano on a piano? |
LA Times Daily |
08 Jan 2015 |
| Weak, as on crime |
|
|
| "Wait a moment," to Romeo |
|
|
| Lax |
|
|
| Low on the Mohs scale |
|
|
| Piano on a piano? |
|
|
| Cushiony |
|
|
| Easily molded |
|
|
| Subdued in sound |
|
|
| Like a comfortable pillow |
|
|
| Like a comfy pillow |
|
|
| Lenient, as on crime |
|
|
| Lenient |
|
|
| Delicate |
|
|
| Far from firm |
|
|
| Pillowy |
|
|
| Easily molded |
|
|
| Tender-hearted |
|
|
| Permissive |
|
|
| Tender-hearted |
|
|
| Piano, on a music score |
|
|
| Like decalcified water |
|
|
| Unwilling to fight back, slangily |
|
|
| Toothbrush type |
|
|
| Not thug, as a rapper |
|
|
| Pillowlike |
|
|
| Like fluffy slippers |
|
|
| Out of shape |
|
|
| Lenient |
|
|
| Like a cashmere scarf |
|
|
| Cushy |
|
|
| Easy, as on crime |
|
|
| Out of shape |
|
|
| Tenderhearted |
|
|
| Lenient |
|
|
| Word before shoe or soap |
|
|
| Cottony |
|
|
| Bad at enduring hardship |
|
|
| Not strict |
|
|
| Like fuzzy slippers |
|
|
| Woefully out of shape |
|
|
| Lenient |
|
|
| Woefully out of shape |
|
|
| Tender-hearted |
|
|
| Like fuzzy slippers |
|
|
| Out of shape |
|
|
| Well-cushioned |
|
|
| Having lots of give |
|
|
| Far from stern |
|
|
| Weak, as on crime |
|
|
| Gentle |
|
|
| Plushlike |
|
|
| Downy |
|
|
| Lax |
|
|
| Like flannel and fleece |
|
|
| Player's piano? |
|
|
| Like flannel and fleece |
|
|
| Squishy |
|
|
| Type of rock found in '70s |
|
|
| Tender-hearted |
|
|
| Player's piano? |
|
|
| "Hush!" to Romeo |
|
|
| "Hush!" to Romeo |
|
|
| Well-cushioned |
|
|
| Easy on crime |
|
|
| Piano, to a pianist |
|
|
| Like some pretzels |
|
|
| Far from stern |
|
|
| Weak, as on crime |
|
|
| Piano, to a pianist |
|
|
| Bad at enduring hardship |
|
|
| Like the "c" in "cement" |
|
|
| Flabby |
|
|
| Like furry slippers |
|
|
| Flabby |
|
|
| Yielding |
|
|
| Like furry slippers |
|
|
| Like a marshmallow |
|
|
| Like a comfy pillow |
|
|
| Malleable |
|
|
| Lenient |
|
|
| Not alcoholic |
|
|
| Word with spot or soap |
|
|
| Low on the Mohs scale |
|
|
| Yielding readily to pressure |
|
|
| Like a comfy pillow |
|
|
| Like cola, drinkwise |
|
|
| Like the "c" in "cement" |
|
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| Mushy |
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| Conciliatory |
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| Wishy-washy |
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| Easygoing |
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| Like cola, drinkwise |
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| Cushy |
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| Pillowy |
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| Comfortable |
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| Not hard |
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| Insufficiently strict |
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| Yielding to the touch |
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| Like a baby's skin |
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| Squishy |
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| Like felt |
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| Easy on crime |
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| Pliable |
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| Not glaring |
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| Like Cecilia's cees |
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| Easily bullied |
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| Lenient, as on crime |
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| Warm and cuddly |
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| Flabby |
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| Not loud |
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| Piano |
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| Not yet set |
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| Lenient, as on crime |
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| Too easily influenced |
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| Word with sell or shell |
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| Like an infielder's hands, supposedly |
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| Tender-hearted |
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| Lenient |
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| Downy |
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| Cushy |
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| Toothbrush type |
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| Mushy |
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| Wishy-washy |
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| Like some C's |
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| Soap or water preceder |
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| Pillowy |
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| Out of shape |
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| Lenient |
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| Kind of sell or soap |
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| Easy, as a job |
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| __ drink |
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| Quick to yield |
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| Partly melted |
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| Kind of sell or shell |
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| Smooth to the touch |
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| Like blackjack hands that have two possible totals |
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| Lenient |
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| With 100-Across, flattery |
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| Lenient |
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| Out of shape |
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| Like some rock |
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| Yielding |
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| Easily molded |
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| Kind of sell or shell |
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| Nonalcoholic |
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| __ drink |
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| Like some Cs |
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| Like some landings |
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| "But, ___! what light..." Romeo |
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| Not hard |
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| Word with soap or spot |
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| Tenderhearted |
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| "But, ___! what light..." Romeo |
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| Fluffy |
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| Easily molded |
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| Easily molded |
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| Easily molded |
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| p, as in preludes |
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| Having a smooth and delicate texture |
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| Like a comfortable pillow |
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| What "p" means to a musician |
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| Yielding |
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| Lenient |
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| Tenderhearted |
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| Word with soap or spot |
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| Easily worked |
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| Like down |
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| Like some water |
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| Like some money |
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| Kind of drink |
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| Indulgent |
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| Lenient |
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| Feathery |
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| Word before sell or shell |
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| Weak |
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| Cushy |
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| __-shell crab |
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| Low |
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| Like a slow market |
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| ___ money (campaign-reform issue) |
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| "But, _____! what light through yonder window breaks?" |
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| Piano, literally |
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| Opposite of 16 Across |
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| Quiet |
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| Quiet in pitch |
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| Yielding |
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| Hardly hard |
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| Delicate |
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| Lenient |
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| Not strict |
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| Kind of ball |
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| Quiet to Romeo |
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| Pianissimo |
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| Far from hard |
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| Spineless |
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| Word before drink or soap |
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| Not strict |
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| Overly lenient |
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| "Shh," to Shakespeare |
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| Easy |
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| Sentimental |
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| Adjective for a buyer's market |
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| Like down |
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| Plush |
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| Gentle |
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| Out of shape |
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| Permissive |
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| Like 22-Down pillows |
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| "Piano," literally |
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| Available at low interest |
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| Like some contact lenses |
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| Like some ice cream |
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| "Quiet!," to Shakespeare |
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| Type of computer ware |
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| Like some political support |
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| Flaccid |
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| Squeezable |
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| Yielding readily to pressure |
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| Cushy |
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| Kind of touch |
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| Like brie |
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| Kind of soap |
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| "Nature's ___ nurse": Shak. |
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| Flabby |
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| Nonalcoholic |
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| Easily swayed |
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| Not like the pre-ghosts Scrooge |
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| Dolce |
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| Mushy |
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| Type of shell or sell |
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| Word with spot or soap |
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| Word with spoken or hearted |
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| Kindhearted |
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| Out of shape |
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| Malleable |
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| Area measure: Abbr. |
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| Kind of sell or drink |
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| ___-boiled eggs |
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| Kind of drink |
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| Pillow rating |
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| Kind of sell |
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| Measure of area: Abbr. |
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| Subdued |
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| Type of coal |
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| Hush!, old style. |
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| Low. |
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| Tender. |
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| Lenient. |
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| Downy. |
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| Cuddly. |
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| Kind of drink. |
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| Easy. |
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| Piano. |
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| Kindhearted. |
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| Bland. |
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| Not tough |
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| Super wimpy |
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| Wimpy |
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| Subdued. |
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| "Not so fast!" in Shakespeare's day. |
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| Be quiet!, in Shakespeare's day. |
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| Not so fast! in Shakespearean parlance. |
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| Not difficult. |
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| Compassionate. |
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| Unresistant. |
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| Kind of sell. |
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| The answer that turns away wrath. |
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| Yielding. |
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| Gentle. |
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| Delicate. |
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| Conciliatory. |
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| Subdued, as color. |
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| Temperate. |
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| Mild. |
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| ___ pedal. |
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