| Furious pressure inside damaged ears (5) | The Sun Two Speed | 27 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Initially superfluous, perhaps, and rather extraneous | The Telegraph Toughie | 16 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Extra | New York Times | 05 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Surplus (5) | Mirror Quick | 02 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Extra pears are ordered (5) | Mirror Cryptic | 02 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Free pardon (5) | The Sun Two Speed | 26 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Fifth tire | LA Times Mini | 17 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Fifth wheel? | The Telegraph Plusword | 14 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Excess | Newsday | 05 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Book containing Prince Harry's "truth" | The Telegraph Plusword | 04 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Furious book from Prince Harry (5) | The Sun Two Speed | 12 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Meagre score in skittles | The Times Quick Cryptic | 07 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Tire in a trunk | Newsday | 04 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Scanty | Newsday | 02 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Extra | The Sun Two Speed | 30 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Mad Harry's book? | The Sun Two Speed | 30 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Slash on a scoresheet | New York Times | 27 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Fifth wheel, in a way | USA Today | 24 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Tire in a trunk | Commuter | 18 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Tenpin bowling term; extra | The Telegraph Mini | 17 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Just-in-case tire | LA Times Daily | 07 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Opening in skirt, say, is not actually used | The Times Mephisto | 06 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | ". . . and with time to ___!" |  |  | 
          
            | Tire on the back of a jeep | New York Times | 01 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Bowl down 10 pins in two rolls (5) |  |  | 
          
            | In reserve (5) | Mirror Classic | 22 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Bowl down 10 pins in two rolls (anagram of spear) (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Prince Harry's autobiography | The Telegraph Plusword | 02 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Surplus | Mirror Quick | 31 May 2025 | 
          
            | Extra pears are ordered | Mirror Cryptic | 31 May 2025 | 
          
            | Bowling success |  |  | 
          
            | "Can you ___ a dollar?" |  |  | 
          
            | Small, trim and slim (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Small, trim and thin (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Score in an alley |  |  | 
          
            | Where raging local has gone, perhaps, being surplus to requirements |  |  | 
          
            | Knock over 10 pins in two rolls (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Surplus | The Telegraph Quick | 24 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | An accessory is surplus (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Left over | Wall Street Journal | 16 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Associates of ISP aren't economical (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Fifth wheel, literally | Universal | 08 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Extra tire | Newsday | 07 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Lean over | The Telegraph Toughie | 04 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Fifth wheel? | The Telegraph Plusword | 04 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Be merciful! Redistribute those pears (5) |  |  | 
          
            | What you might pick up while bowling | Universal | 30 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Release surplus (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Tire kept in the trunk | Commuter | 21 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Extra | Thomas Joseph | 21 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Bruce Springsteen's "___ Parts" |  |  | 
          
            | Memoir whose second part takes its title from the poem "Invictus" | USA Today | 13 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Moderate reserve (5) (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Surplus: have-cash |  |  | 
          
            | Extra, as a bedroom |  |  | 
          
            | Replacement part | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 03 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Reserve or save |  |  | 
          
            | Small and pearshaped, but slim (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Next-best alternative to a strike |  |  | 
          
            | It's not required to be merciful (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Extra tire | Newsday | 21 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Left over | Thomas Joseph | 18 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Extra | LA Times Mini | 11 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Prince Harry's autobiography | The Telegraph Mini | 04 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Memoir by Prince Harry | Eugene Sheffer | 03 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Associates of ISP aren't free (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Surplus | Mirror Quick | 24 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Not in actual use (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Extra pears are ordered | Mirror Cryptic | 24 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Refrain from harming son getting trim (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Result of converting a 7-10 split |  |  | 
          
            | Extra, in reserve | Mirror Classic | 17 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | In a game of tenpin, knocking down all the pins in two balls (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Alley pickup | Newsday | 28 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Surplus | Mirror Quick | 28 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Extra pears are ordered | Mirror Cryptic | 28 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Ten pins with two shots, in bowling |  |  | 
          
            | Memoir very publicly leaked before its January 2023 release |  |  | 
          
            | Damp circle discernible in the haze (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Superfluous piece of rigging with point at the end (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Extra pears were cooked (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Save from punishment |  |  | 
          
            | Manage to do without (5) |  |  | 
          
            | An extra wheel, perhaps, with very little 'meat' on it (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Unused, leftover | The Times Concise | 21 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | What an era for a bookie! Be merciful to him! |  |  | 
          
            | Extra pears are ordered | Mirror Cryptic | 17 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Surplus | Mirror Quick | 17 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Treat mercifully | LA Times Mini | 13 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Last of citrus peel left over |  |  | 
          
            | Surplus | Mirror Quick | 10 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Extra pears are ordered | Mirror Cryptic | 10 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Meager or thin |  |  | 
          
            | Prince Harry's book | The Sun Two Speed | 08 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Pressure inside damaged ears? Emergency! | The Sun Two Speed | 08 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | What is the name of the Prince Harry memoir published last year? (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Left-over pears, possibly (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Slim by spring again (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Tire in a trunk | Newsday | 23 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Fight to get the quarter extra (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Extra | Thomas Joseph | 16 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Like an extra tire |  |  | 
          
            | Additional to requirements (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Special region almost additional to requirements (5) |  |  | 
          
            | /, to a bowler | USA Today | 14 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Extra quarter to trim off |  |  | 
          
            | Extra | Eugene Sheffer | 05 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Act of knocking down all the pins with two balls in tenpin bowling (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Mad Harry's book? | The Sun Two Speed | 30 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Are such ribs extra? (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Lean | The Sun Two Speed | 30 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Memoir by Prince Harry | Eugene Sheffer | 23 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Extra lean? (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Fifth wheel? | Premier Sunday | 18 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Free pardon | The Sun Two Speed | 11 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Prince Harry's book | The Sun Two Speed | 11 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Alley pickup | New York Times | 03 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Not immediately required to show mercy (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Extra | Thomas Joseph | 15 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Pickup in a bowling alley | Universal | 08 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Prince Harry's bestselling memoir | USA Today | 27 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Extra small and trim (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Over-slender (5) |  |  | 
          
            | That's a very good bowling score! Show mercy! (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Surplus | Mirror Quick | 20 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Extra spear was ordered | Mirror Cryptic | 20 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Extra | Thomas Joseph | 10 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Donut for the road |  |  | 
          
            | Thin and surplus to requirements (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Surplus | Mirror Quick | 01 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Extra pears were used | Mirror Cryptic | 01 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | What "/" can mean | New York Times | 31 May 2024 | 
          
            | Corporation in fight, yet switched on (5,4) | The Guardian Cryptic | 31 May 2024 | 
          
            | Extra, left over | The Sun Mini | 20 May 2024 | 
          
            | Stewed pears left over (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Tyre in the boot (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Frugal or lean |  |  | 
          
            | Slim is the extra (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Piece of pork superfluous to requirements? (5,3) |  |  | 
          
            | Be merciful to |  |  | 
          
            | Extra | Thomas Joseph | 04 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | Tire in the trunk | Thomas Joseph | 01 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | Do without extra (5) |  |  | 
          
            | By spring again, can afford it (5) |  |  | 
          
            | ___-- tyre or to ___-- (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Refrain from killing (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Next best thing to a strike in bowling (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Extra tyre (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Tire in the trunk | Commuter | 09 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | May be able to do without the wheel in the boot (5) |  |  | 
          
            | More lean than is immediately necessary? (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Ears ruptured - pressure found inside Prince Harry? |  |  | 
          
            | Extra | Eugene Sheffer | 10 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Extra | Mirror Quick | 05 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Surplus pears are used | Mirror Cryptic | 05 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Tire in the trunk, say |  |  | 
          
            | Extra tire | USA Today | 26 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | *Place to be pampered | New York Times | 21 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Royal memoir that was the best-selling nonfiction book of 2023 | New York Times Mini | 20 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Be economical with water again (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Special time on reflection to get surplus (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Word before time or tire | LA Times Daily | 28 Nov 2023 | 
          
            | Royal memoir going begging? (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Superfluous | Wall Street Journal | 25 Nov 2023 | 
          
            | (Check) Extra tire that you may need for the road trip |  |  | 
          
            | Bowling feat represented by / | USA Today | 17 Oct 2023 | 
          
            | Box key is surplus to requirements | The Times Quick Cryptic | 04 Oct 2023 | 
          
            | Pickup in an alley | Wall Street Journal | 07 Sep 2023 | 
          
            | Emergency tire | USA Today | 17 Aug 2023 | 
          
            | Tire in the trunk | Newsday | 31 Jul 2023 | 
          
            | Extra | USA Today | 28 Jul 2023 | 
          
            | Tire in a trunk | Newsday | 17 Jul 2023 | 
          
            | Tire in the trunk | Thomas Joseph | 10 Jul 2023 | 
          
            | Word before 'time' or 'change' | USA Today | 26 Jun 2023 | 
          
            | Like an extra tire |  |  | 
          
            | Extra tire | Newsday | 11 Jun 2023 | 
          
            | Just-in-case item | LA Times Daily | 04 Jun 2023 | 
          
            | Left over | Thomas Joseph | 26 Apr 2023 | 
          
            | Fight battle at the end in Book of Revelation? | The Guardian Cryptic | 06 Apr 2023 | 
          
            | Extra tire | USA Today | 30 Mar 2023 | 
          
            | Somebody perhaps as redundant extra, initially | The Telegraph Cryptic | 30 Mar 2023 | 
          
            | Extra | Thomas Joseph | 17 Mar 2023 | 
          
            | Extra | The Telegraph Quick | 16 Mar 2023 | 
          
            | 2023 memoir by Prince Harry | Eugene Sheffer | 28 Feb 2023 | 
          
            | Extra car tire, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Leftover | LA Times Daily | 14 Jan 2023 | 
          
            | What a diagonal line represents on a bowling scoresheet | New York Times | 09 Jan 2023 | 
          
            | Emergency tire | LA Times Daily | 03 Jan 2023 | 
          
            | Extra tire, say | Premier Sunday | 25 Dec 2022 | 
          
            | /, in bowling | USA Today | 11 Nov 2022 | 
          
            | /, in bowling | Universal | 14 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | Extra tire | USA Today | 07 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | Second-best bowling score |  |  | 
          
            | Extra car tire |  |  | 
          
            | Left over | Thomas Joseph | 27 Aug 2022 | 
          
            | Not currently in use | The Times Concise | 26 Aug 2022 | 
          
            | Ten pins in two bowls | New York Times | 16 Aug 2022 | 
          
            | Lean — over | The Guardian Quick | 08 Aug 2022 | 
          
            | Elegantly simple | Wall Street Journal | 05 Aug 2022 | 
          
            | Do without extra small prune left over |  |  | 
          
            | Do without extra small prune left over | The Guardian Cryptic | 15 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | Extra | USA Today | 04 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | Fifth wheel? |  |  | 
          
            | Fifth tire | Newsday | 19 Jun 2022 | 
          
            | Extra | LA Times Daily | 19 Jun 2022 | 
          
            | Extra item | USA Today | 16 May 2022 | 
          
            | Argue with English reserve | The Telegraph Cryptic | 02 May 2022 | 
          
            | Extra car tire |  |  | 
          
            | Thin; left over | The Times Concise | 25 Apr 2022 | 
          
            | Reserve normal in the south-east |  |  | 
          
            | Tire in a trunk | Newsday | 22 Mar 2022 | 
          
            | Bowling feat | Universal | 18 Mar 2022 | 
          
            | Extra | LA Times Daily | 01 Mar 2022 | 
          
            | Extra | The Washington Post | 01 Mar 2022 | 
          
            | Extra | Thomas Joseph | 14 Feb 2022 | 
          
            | /, in a bowling alley | USA Today | 01 Feb 2022 | 
          
            | With no excess fat | The Times Concise | 17 Jan 2022 | 
          
            | Tire in the trunk, say |  |  | 
          
            | Alley pickup | LA Times Daily | 13 Nov 2021 | 
          
            | Word before "tire" or "change" | Universal | 13 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | Trunk item | The Washington Post | 03 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | Trunk item | LA Times Daily | 03 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | Fifth tire | Universal | 01 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | Tire in the trunk |  |  | 
          
            | Bowler's pickup | The Washington Post | 22 Sep 2021 | 
          
            | Bowler's pickup | LA Times Daily | 22 Sep 2021 | 
          
            | Bowling feat represented by / | USA Today | 09 Sep 2021 | 
          
            | Trunk item | Wall Street Journal | 05 Jun 2021 | 
          
            | Extra strawberries finally cut |  |  | 
          
            | Unused, as a bedroom | Universal | 20 May 2021 | 
          
            | Extra | Eugene Sheffer | 18 May 2021 | 
          
            | Tire in a trunk | Newsday | 11 May 2021 | 
          
            | Have mercy on | Universal | 18 Mar 2021 | 
          
            | "Not a moment to ___!" | Universal | 15 Mar 2021 | 
          
            | Like an extra tire |  |  | 
          
            | Tire in the trunk | Thomas Joseph | 09 Dec 2020 | 
          
            | Not quite a strike | USA Today | 07 Dec 2020 | 
          
            | Extra | The Washington Post | 03 Dec 2020 | 
          
            | Extra | LA Times Daily | 03 Dec 2020 | 
          
            | With 43-Across, the two components of a certain bowling score? | Universal | 30 Nov 2020 | 
          
            | Extra frugal |  |  | 
          
            | Reserve | The Telegraph Quick | 01 Nov 2020 | 
          
            | Word before 'ribs' or 'tire' | USA Today | 27 Oct 2020 | 
          
            | Not required to be forgiving |  |  | 
          
            | Emergency tire in the trunk |  |  | 
          
            | Part in reserve | Newsday | 26 Jul 2020 | 
          
            | Minimalist | New York Times | 23 Jul 2020 | 
          
            | Extra | Universal | 22 Jul 2020 | 
          
            | Refrain from using duplicate |  |  | 
          
            | Certain second attempt success | New York Times | 15 May 2020 | 
          
            | Extra | Thomas Joseph | 30 Apr 2020 | 
          
            | Next-best bowling frame to a strike | New York Times | 27 Apr 2020 | 
          
            | Extra, or a word that precedes the 'extra' words in this puzzle | The Washington Post Sunday | 29 Mar 2020 | 
          
            | Slash, on a bowling sheet | Newsday | 05 Mar 2020 | 
          
            | Bowler's pickup | LA Times Daily | 19 Feb 2020 | 
          
            | Bowler's pickup | The Washington Post | 19 Feb 2020 | 
          
            | Kind of tire | The Washington Post | 15 Feb 2020 | 
          
            | Kind of tire | LA Times Daily | 15 Feb 2020 | 
          
            | Shilling cut, save | The Telegraph Cryptic | 02 Feb 2020 | 
          
            | Extra tire | Newsday | 27 Jan 2020 | 
          
            | ___ time | The Washington Post Sunday | 29 Dec 2019 | 
          
            | Extra | The Telegraph Quick | 29 Dec 2019 | 
          
            | Alley pickup | USA Today | 26 Oct 2019 | 
          
            | Fifth tire | The Washington Post | 21 Oct 2019 | 
          
            | Fifth tire | LA Times Daily | 21 Oct 2019 | 
          
            | Left over | Thomas Joseph | 19 Sep 2019 | 
          
            | Change or tire in the trunk, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Just-in-case replacement | Newsday | 29 Aug 2019 | 
          
            | Extra thin |  |  | 
          
            | Extra part | Newsday | 04 Aug 2019 | 
          
            | Slash on a score sheet | LA Times Daily | 09 May 2019 | 
          
            | Slash on a score sheet | The Washington Post | 09 May 2019 | 
          
            | Converted split, e.g | USA Today | 21 Apr 2019 | 
          
            | Tire in the trunk |  |  | 
          
            | Superfluous | Wall Street Journal | 17 Apr 2019 | 
          
            | Not quite a strike | New York Times | 10 Apr 2019 | 
          
            | Superfluous | The Telegraph Quick | 03 Feb 2019 | 
          
            | Superfluous |  |  | 
          
            | Alley pickup |  |  | 
          
            | Not quite a strike |  |  | 
          
            | Slash on a score sheet |  |  | 
          
            | Fifth tire |  |  | 
          
            | Extra auto tire | Newsday | 31 Dec 2018 | 
          
            | Cool bowling feat | Universal | 16 Nov 2018 | 
          
            | Opening in kilt ridicule challenging mag (8, two words) |  |  | 
          
            | Word before ribs or room | USA Today | 22 Oct 2018 | 
          
            | Fifth tire | Newsday | 03 Oct 2018 | 
          
            | Thin; left over | The Times Concise | 06 Sep 2018 | 
          
            | Do without | Newsday | 30 Aug 2018 | 
          
            | Diagonal line, to a bowler | USA Today | 25 Aug 2018 | 
          
            | Trunk item |  |  | 
          
            | Free pardon | The Sun Two Speed | 01 Jul 2018 | 
          
            | Extra | The Sun Two Speed | 01 Jul 2018 | 
          
            | Make do without | Newsday | 10 Jun 2018 | 
          
            | Thing in a Brit's boot? | Universal | 31 Mar 2018 | 
          
            | Bowler's pickup | USA Today | 22 Mar 2018 | 
          
            | Scanty | Newsday | 11 Mar 2018 | 
          
            | No Clue | Canadiana | 12 Feb 2018 | 
          
            | Word before ribs or room |  |  | 
          
            | Cool bowling feat |  |  | 
          
            | Thing in a Brit's boot? |  |  | 
          
            | Converted split, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Diagonal line, to a bowler |  |  | 
          
            | Excess | The Telegraph Quick | 28 Dec 2017 | 
          
            | Success on the second roll | The Washington Post | 17 Dec 2017 | 
          
            | Success on the second roll | LA Times Daily | 17 Dec 2017 | 
          
            | Alley conversion | The Chronicle of Higher Education | 15 Dec 2017 | 
          
            | Small cut in grant |  |  | 
          
            | /, on some score sheets | LA Times Daily | 10 Dec 2017 | 
          
            | /, on some score sheets | The Washington Post | 10 Dec 2017 | 
          
            | Tire in the trunk | Newsday | 21 Nov 2017 | 
          
            | Fifth wheel | New York Times | 24 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | Happy event after a split? | New York Times | 03 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | Have mercy on | The Telegraph Quick | 31 Aug 2017 | 
          
            | Pickup in an alley | Wall Street Journal | 22 Aug 2017 | 
          
            | Show leniency toward | New York Times | 22 Aug 2017 | 
          
            | Extra, and a word that can precede the last parts of 17- and 59-Across and 11- and 34-Down | USA Today | 28 Jul 2017 | 
          
            | Extra thin |  |  | 
          
            | Excess to requirements | The Times Concise | 26 May 2017 | 
          
            | Extra | The Chronicle of Higher Education | 28 Apr 2017 | 
          
            | "Donut" in a car trunk | USA Today | 20 Apr 2017 | 
          
            | Tire for emergencies | The Washington Post | 16 Apr 2017 | 
          
            | Tire for emergencies | LA Times Daily | 16 Apr 2017 | 
          
            | Converted split, to a bowler | USA Today | 08 Apr 2017 | 
          
            | Free to knock all pins in second attempt |  |  | 
          
            | Flat substitute | The Washington Post | 13 Jan 2017 | 
          
            | Get 10 from two? | New York Times | 06 Jan 2017 | 
          
            | It may redeem a split | The Washington Post | 06 Jan 2017 | 
          
            | Extra, and a word that can precede the last parts of 17- and 59-Across and 11- and 34-Down |  |  | 
          
            | Fifth wheel |  |  | 
          
            | Get 10 from two? |  |  | 
          
            | Show leniency toward |  |  | 
          
            | Happy event after a split? |  |  | 
          
            | Alley conversion |  |  | 
          
            | /, on some score sheets |  |  | 
          
            | Success on the second roll |  |  | 
          
            | Tire for emergencies |  |  | 
          
            | Extra |  |  | 
          
            | Extra |  |  | 
          
            | "Donut" in a car trunk |  |  | 
          
            | Part with | Wall Street Journal | 17 Dec 2016 | 
          
            | Excuse slender substitute |  |  | 
          
            | Let off the hook | LA Times Daily | 22 Sep 2016 | 
          
            | '___ me!' | New York Times | 14 Aug 2016 | 
          
            | It's good if you don't strike | Universal | 13 Aug 2016 | 
          
            | Let off | Wall Street Journal | 04 Aug 2016 | 
          
            | Good, not great feat for a bowler | Family Time | 25 Apr 2016 | 
          
            | Frugal items parent is keeping | The Telegraph Cryptic | 21 Apr 2016 | 
          
            | Alley accomplishment | Wall Street Journal | 09 Apr 2016 | 
          
            | Diagonal line, to a bowler | Universal | 03 Apr 2016 | 
          
            | Extra small cut | The Times Cryptic | 29 Mar 2016 | 
          
            | Elegantly simple | Wall Street Journal | 11 Jan 2016 | 
          
            | "___ me!" |  |  | 
          
            | Extra |  |  | 
          
            | Let off the hook |  |  | 
          
            | It's good if you don't strike |  |  | 
          
            | Next best thing to a strike | USA Today | 16 Dec 2015 | 
          
            | Just-in-case item | LA Times Daily | 27 Sep 2015 | 
          
            | Knockdown of all the pins in two bowls | New York Times | 21 Sep 2015 | 
          
            | Bowler's accomplishment | USA Today | 04 Sep 2015 | 
          
            | It's scored with a slash | Wall Street Journal | 28 Aug 2015 | 
          
            | Let off | New York Times | 21 Aug 2015 | 
          
            | With no excess fat | The Times Concise | 22 May 2015 | 
          
            | Additional | The Telegraph Quick | 03 May 2015 | 
          
            | Even persons without a vehicle may have this type of tyre |  |  | 
          
            | Excess | Newsday | 06 Feb 2015 | 
          
            | Fifth wheel | Newsday | 29 Jan 2015 | 
          
            | Bowler's accomplishment |  |  | 
          
            | Do without |  |  | 
          
            | Excess |  |  | 
          
            | Fifth wheel |  |  | 
          
            | Knockdown of all the pins in two bowls |  |  | 
          
            | It's scored with a slash |  |  | 
          
            | Just-in-case item |  |  | 
          
            | Let off |  |  | 
          
            | /, in bowling |  |  | 
          
            | Next best thing to a strike |  |  | 
          
            | Save an extra item |  |  | 
          
            | Give something extra |  |  | 
          
            | Diagonal line, on some score sheets |  |  | 
          
            | *Consolation for one who doesn't strike |  |  | 
          
            | Tire in a trunk |  |  | 
          
            | Flat substitute |  |  | 
          
            | Tire in the trunk |  |  | 
          
            | Scanty |  |  | 
          
            | Show mercy toward |  |  | 
          
            | In reserve |  |  | 
          
            | Like a fifth tire |  |  | 
          
            | Alley accomplishment |  |  | 
          
            | Meager |  |  | 
          
            | Bowler's next best thing |  |  | 
          
            | Meager |  |  | 
          
            | Lean |  |  | 
          
            | Thing in your trunk |  |  | 
          
            | Pickup in an alley |  |  | 
          
            | Extra, as a bedroom |  |  | 
          
            | Thing in a trunk |  |  | 
          
            | Bowler's feat |  |  | 
          
            | Flat substitute |  |  | 
          
            | Kept in reserve |  |  | 
          
            | What a slash may mean in some scores |  |  | 
          
            | Frugal |  |  | 
          
            | Part with |  |  | 
          
            | Tire in the trunk |  |  | 
          
            | Ten pins in two balls |  |  | 
          
            | What a slash may mean in some scores |  |  | 
          
            | Extra |  |  | 
          
            | Part with willingly |  |  | 
          
            | Go easy on |  |  | 
          
            | Reason to re-roll |  |  | 
          
            | Mark at an alley |  |  | 
          
            | Bowler's / |  |  | 
          
            | Bowling achievement |  |  | 
          
            | Bowler's consolation |  |  | 
          
            | Bowling achievement |  |  | 
          
            | Extra tire |  |  | 
          
            | It's often in the trunk |  |  | 
          
            | Fifth tire |  |  | 
          
            | Trunk ring? |  |  | 
          
            | Alley pickup |  |  | 
          
            | Alley pickup |  |  | 
          
            | Flat insurance? |  |  | 
          
            | Fifth tire |  |  | 
          
            | Tire in a trunk |  |  | 
          
            | Tire in a trunk |  |  | 
          
            | Extra tire |  |  | 
          
            | To __ (in abundance) |  |  | 
          
            | Kept in reserve |  |  | 
          
            | Flat substitute |  |  | 
          
            | Two-ball feat |  |  | 
          
            | Fifth wheel |  |  | 
          
            | Flat necessity |  |  | 
          
            | Thin |  |  | 
          
            | Flat replacement |  |  | 
          
            | Converted split |  |  | 
          
            | /, to a bowler |  |  | 
          
            | Success on a second attempt, of a sort |  |  | 
          
            | Alley feat |  |  | 
          
            | Flat replacement |  |  | 
          
            | Fifth wheel |  |  | 
          
            | It may come after a split |  |  | 
          
            | Superfluous |  |  | 
          
            | Emergency tire |  |  | 
          
            | Fifth wheel |  |  | 
          
            | Thin |  |  | 
          
            | Part with |  |  | 
          
            | Flat answer? |  |  | 
          
            | Fifth wheel |  |  | 
          
            | Donut in a trunk |  |  | 
          
            | ___ tire (flabby middle) |  |  | 
          
            | Emergency tire |  |  | 
          
            | Diagonal line, on a bowling score sheet |  |  | 
          
            | It can be worth up to 20 points |  |  | 
          
            | Emergency tire |  |  | 
          
            | Bowler's conversion |  |  | 
          
            | Ten pins with two balls |  |  | 
          
            | Extra |  |  | 
          
            | Doughnut for the road |  |  | 
          
            | Trunk item |  |  | 
          
            | Doughnut for the road |  |  | 
          
            | Part with |  |  | 
          
            | Bowling score |  |  | 
          
            | It's picked up in an alley |  |  | 
          
            | Thin |  |  | 
          
            | Extend clemency to |  |  | 
          
            | Easily lend |  |  | 
          
            | Show clemency |  |  | 
          
            | Bowling feat |  |  | 
          
            | In reserve |  |  | 
          
            | Ten pins in two balls |  |  | 
          
            | Trunk tire |  |  | 
          
            | Kegler's goal, at times |  |  | 
          
            | In reserve |  |  | 
          
            | Alley pickup |  |  | 
          
            | What "/" indicates |  |  | 
          
            | Word with time or tire |  |  | 
          
            | Extra |  |  | 
          
            | Let off the hook |  |  | 
          
            | Result of converting the 7-10 split |  |  | 
          
            | Slash on a score sheet |  |  | 
          
            | Alley pickup |  |  | 
          
            | /, to a kegler |  |  | 
          
            | It's not as good as a strike |  |  | 
          
            | Score with two balls |  |  | 
          
            | Elegantly simple |  |  | 
          
            | Deal gently with |  |  | 
          
            | It may be in the trunk |  |  | 
          
            | Allow to live |  |  | 
          
            | It's represented by a slash, to a kegler |  |  | 
          
            | Flat replacement |  |  | 
          
            | Flat replacement |  |  | 
          
            | Trunk item |  |  | 
          
            | Like a fifth wheel |  |  | 
          
            | Reserve |  |  | 
          
            | Slash on a scorepad |  |  | 
          
            | Next best thing to a strike |  |  | 
          
            | Fifth tire |  |  | 
          
            | Alley mark |  |  | 
          
            | Have mercy on, in a way |  |  | 
          
            | Ten in two, in an alley |  |  | 
          
            | Trunk item |  |  | 
          
            | Strike's counterpart, in bowling |  |  | 
          
            | Result of converting a split |  |  | 
          
            | Extra |  |  | 
          
            | Alley score |  |  | 
          
            | Alley pickup |  |  | 
          
            | A bowler may pick it up |  |  | 
          
            | Driver's "doughnut" |  |  | 
          
            | Have mercy on |  |  | 
          
            | Pass over |  |  | 
          
            | Slash on a bowling score sheet |  |  | 
          
            | Diagonal line, on a score sheet |  |  | 
          
            | Donut in a trunk |  |  | 
          
            | Trunk item |  |  | 
          
            | Trunk item |  |  | 
          
            | Save |  |  | 
          
            | Slash on a bowling score sheet |  |  | 
          
            | Ten pins with two balls |  |  | 
          
            | Trunk contents |  |  | 
          
            | Bowler's pickup |  |  | 
          
            | Extra, as a bedroom |  |  | 
          
            | Alley score |  |  | 
          
            | Trunk item |  |  | 
          
            | It's marked with a slash |  |  | 
          
            | Flat replacement |  |  | 
          
            | Alley success |  |  | 
          
            | Backup |  |  | 
          
            | Show clemency |  |  | 
          
            | It's picked up in the alley |  |  | 
          
            | Alley score |  |  | 
          
            | Extra tire |  |  | 
          
            | Item in a trunk |  |  | 
          
            | Lean |  |  | 
          
            | Alley mark |  |  | 
          
            | Trunk item |  |  | 
          
            | Alley pickup |  |  | 
          
            | Bowler's pickup |  |  | 
          
            | Bowler's pickup |  |  | 
          
            | Ten down on two tries |  |  | 
          
            | Fifth wheel |  |  | 
          
            | Extra |  |  | 
          
            | Extend clemency to |  |  | 
          
            | Trunk tire |  |  | 
          
            | What a "/" indicates |  |  | 
          
            | Have mercy on |  |  | 
          
            | Converted split |  |  | 
          
            | Extra |  |  | 
          
            | It may be found in the trunk |  |  | 
          
            | Tire in the trunk |  |  | 
          
            | Left over |  |  | 
          
            | Type of tire |  |  | 
          
            | Let live |  |  | 
          
            | Flat substitute |  |  | 
          
            | Part with comfortably |  |  | 
          
            | Tire in the trunk |  |  | 
          
            | Tire in the 51 Down |  |  | 
          
            | Change variety |  |  | 
          
            | The fifth tire |  |  | 
          
            | Convert the 5-7 |  |  | 
          
            | Nearly a strike |  |  | 
          
            | Trunk item |  |  | 
          
            | Show mercy to |  |  | 
          
            | It may follow a split |  |  | 
          
            | Show mercy |  |  | 
          
            | Converted split |  |  | 
          
            | It should be in the trunk |  |  | 
          
            | Show mercy toward |  |  | 
          
            | Non-striker's goal? |  |  | 
          
            | Kegler's pickup |  |  | 
          
            | Have mercy on |  |  | 
          
            | Lean |  |  | 
          
            | Lane accomplishment |  |  | 
          
            | Do without |  |  | 
          
            | Not quite a strike |  |  | 
          
            | Bowler's mark |  |  | 
          
            | Diagonal line, on some score sheets |  |  | 
          
            | Allow to live |  |  | 
          
            | Trunk item |  |  | 
          
            | Type of tire |  |  | 
          
            | Extra tire |  |  | 
          
            | Surplus |  |  | 
          
            | Bowler's pickup |  |  | 
          
            | The fifth tire |  |  | 
          
            | Ten pins on two tries |  |  | 
          
            | Lacking froufrou |  |  | 
          
            | Have mercy on |  |  | 
          
            | Mark in a frame |  |  | 
          
            | Bowler's pickup |  |  | 
          
            | Tire in the trunk |  |  | 
          
            | Alley mark |  |  | 
          
            | Pardon |  |  | 
          
            | Rib or room |  |  | 
          
            | Surplus |  |  | 
          
            | Alley score |  |  | 
          
            | Bowler's feat |  |  | 
          
            | Slash at an alley? |  |  | 
          
            | Strike's kin |  |  | 
          
            | Bowler's feat |  |  | 
          
            | Afford without a problem |  |  | 
          
            | Room to ___ |  |  | 
          
            | Woodman  ____ that tree! |  |  | 
          
            | Two-for-one? |  |  | 
          
            | Bowling score |  |  | 
          
            | Frame score |  |  | 
          
            | Almost a strike |  |  | 
          
            | Bowling achievement |  |  | 
          
            | Replacement item |  |  | 
          
            | Car necessity |  |  | 
          
            | Bowling score |  |  | 
          
            | Room to _____ |  |  | 
          
            | Bowling save* |  |  | 
          
            | To retire, use this |  |  | 
          
            | Thin |  |  | 
          
            | Mark for Mark Roth |  |  | 
          
            | Be clement |  |  | 
          
            | Tire in the trunk |  |  | 
          
            | Tire type |  |  | 
          
            | Strike minus one |  |  | 
          
            | Expendable |  |  | 
          
            | Exempt |  |  | 
          
            | "___ the rod . . . " |  |  | 
          
            | Bowling mark |  |  | 
          
            | Extra tire |  |  | 
          
            | Kind of room |  |  | 
          
            | Like some ribs or tires |  |  | 
          
            | Alley goal |  |  | 
          
            | Bowler's consolation |  |  | 
          
            | Frugal |  |  | 
          
            | Ten in two, on an alley |  |  | 
          
            | Mark in bowling |  |  | 
          
            | Consolation for Mark Roth |  |  | 
          
            | Mark for Anthony |  |  | 
          
            | Ten in two on an alley |  |  | 
          
            | Show mercy |  |  | 
          
            | Consolation for Randy Lightfoot |  |  | 
          
            | Consolation for Dick Weber |  |  | 
          
            | Word with time or room |  |  | 
          
            | Superfluous |  |  | 
          
            | Duplicate part |  |  | 
          
            | Word with ribs or parts |  |  | 
          
            | Tire |  |  | 
          
            | Item in a trunk |  |  | 
          
            | Type of tire |  |  | 
          
            | Affordable |  |  | 
          
            | Scant |  |  | 
          
            | Car-trunk item |  |  | 
          
            | Kind of tire |  |  | 
          
            | Be frugal. |  |  | 
          
            | Something extra. |  |  | 
          
            | Equipment for a car. |  |  | 
          
            | Score for knocking down all the pins in two bowls. |  |  | 
          
            | Good bowling score. |  |  | 
          
            | Not portly. |  |  | 
          
            | Scanty. |  |  | 
          
            | Score of the lanes. |  |  | 
          
            | Surplus. |  |  | 
          
            | Ten pins on two throws. |  |  | 
          
            | Score in bowling. |  |  | 
          
            | Lank. |  |  | 
          
            | Part with. |  |  | 
          
            | Bowling score. |  |  | 
          
            | Fifth tire. |  |  | 
          
            | Relative of a strike. |  |  | 
          
            | Kegler's score. |  |  | 
          
            | Fifth wheel. |  |  | 
          
            | Kegler's concern. |  |  | 
          
            | Dispense with. |  |  | 
          
            | Superfluous. |  |  | 
          
            | Let live. |  |  | 
          
            | Type of build. |  |  | 
          
            | Extra. |  |  | 
          
            | Autoist's extra. |  |  | 
          
            | Type of tire. |  |  | 
          
            | Bowling term |  |  | 
          
            | Extra part. |  |  | 
          
            | Candlepins feat |  |  | 
          
            | Duplicate part. |  |  | 
          
            | Knocking down all the pins with two bowls. |  |  | 
          
            | Bowling term. |  |  | 
          
            | Lean. |  |  | 
          
            | Tire. |  |  | 
          
            | Doughnut for the road |  |  | 
          
            | Perfect game blemish in bowling |  |  | 
          
            | Chary. |  |  |