| Somewhat risque |
Universal |
12 Sep 2025 |
| Like hot wings |
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| Like mapo tofu |
USA Today |
01 Sep 2025 |
| Like the Trinidad Scorpion Butch T pepper |
USA Today |
25 Jul 2025 |
| Highly seasoned |
Commuter |
22 Jul 2025 |
| Suggestive, or like habaneros |
Universal |
10 Jul 2025 |
| Piquant, hot (5) |
Puzzler |
21 Jun 2025 |
| Like food with many hot chilies, say |
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| Having that tangy or minty taste? |
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| Barbecue entree advisory |
Newsday |
13 Jun 2025 |
| One caught in the embrace of secret agent? Naughty! |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
27 May 2025 |
| Peppery or pungent (5) |
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| Erotic, perhaps, but not without taste (5) |
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| Hot (food) (5) |
Puzzler |
12 Mar 2025 |
| Hot, as food |
The Telegraph Quick |
17 Feb 2025 |
| Like hot wings |
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| Highly seasoned |
Commuter |
10 Feb 2025 |
| Like Taco Bell's Diablo sauce |
Universal |
22 Jan 2025 |
| Like some wings on "Hot Ones" |
Universal |
16 Jan 2025 |
| Salacious |
New York Times |
10 Jan 2025 |
| Having a pungent or hot flavour (5) |
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| Like Sichuan cuisine |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Nov 2024 |
| Hot afterthought comes back decidedly chilly (5) |
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| Hot and tasty |
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| Like food with many hot chilies, say |
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| Hot current caught in spot |
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| Pungently flavoured (5) |
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| Pungent |
The Telegraph Quick |
08 Mar 2024 |
| Bringing the heat? |
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| Like hot wings |
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| Savoury |
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| Tasty enough, I see, to look around for (5) |
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| Hot, as peppers |
Newsday |
30 Jan 2024 |
| Piquant |
Puzzler Backwords |
28 Jan 2024 |
| Hot, like habaneros |
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| Seasoned with chilli |
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| Tangy |
The Guardian Quick |
18 Oct 2023 |
| Like jalapenos wrapped in raw ginger |
Family Time |
04 Sep 2023 |
| Piquant, hot-tasting |
The Times Concise |
21 Aug 2023 |
| Highly seasoned |
Family Time |
19 Jun 2023 |
| Limitations on soup — cold or hot? |
The Guardian Cryptic |
16 Feb 2023 |
| Like hot wings |
LA Times Daily |
05 Jul 2022 |
| Like momo sauce, usually |
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| Rated PG-13 or R, say |
New York Times |
19 Mar 2022 |
| Intense, as chili |
Newsday |
11 Jul 2021 |
| Like Buffalo wings |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Feb 2021 |
| Scandalous, hearing about the Third Man? |
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| Scandalous, hearing about the Third Man? |
|
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| Like kung pao chicken |
USA Today |
23 Sep 2020 |
| Piquant |
The Telegraph Quick |
30 Aug 2020 |
| Hot, food-wise |
USA Today |
21 Aug 2020 |
| Hot, as barbecue sauce |
Newsday |
17 Aug 2020 |
| How some like their sauces |
Newsday |
13 Aug 2020 |
| Like some fast-food chicken sandwiches |
Jonesin |
17 Mar 2020 |
| Menu caution |
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| Menu caution |
New York Times |
28 Dec 2019 |
| Like the Carolina Reaper pepper |
Universal |
02 Nov 2019 |
| Highly seasoned |
Family Time |
26 Aug 2019 |
| High on the Scoville scale |
New York Times |
07 Aug 2019 |
| Like much Cajun cuisine |
USA Today |
27 Feb 2019 |
| Piquant or peppery |
The Telegraph Quick |
24 Feb 2019 |
| Hot |
The Washington Post |
16 Feb 2019 |
| Hot |
LA Times Daily |
16 Feb 2019 |
| Hot |
|
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| Like much Cajun cuisine |
|
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| Like the Carolina Reaper pepper |
|
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| High on the Scoville scale |
|
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| Piquant |
Eugene Sheffer |
11 Jul 2018 |
| Made with curry, say |
USA Today |
27 Dec 2017 |
| Entertaining type of physicist misses this |
Irish Times Crosaire |
20 Nov 2017 |
| Like a hot curry |
Universal |
07 Jan 2017 |
| Like a hot curry |
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| Made with curry, say |
|
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| High on the Scoville scale |
LA Times Daily |
25 Aug 2016 |
| Highly seasoned |
Newsday |
09 May 2016 |
| Like vindaloo |
|
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| High on the Scoville scale |
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| Highly seasoned |
LA Times Daily |
06 Dec 2015 |
| Like chorizos and kimchi |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Jun 2015 |
| Risqué |
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| Like chorizos and kimchi |
|
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| Highly seasoned |
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| Pungent |
|
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| Menu warning |
|
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| Like much Cajun cuisine |
|
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| Hot to the tongue |
|
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| Highly seasoned |
|
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| Hot |
|
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| Hot, on a Chinese menu |
|
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| Like Eltana's garlic cream spread |
|
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| Like some meatballs |
|
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| Hot, on a Chinese menu |
|
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| Like much Thai cuisine |
|
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| Like much Thai cuisine |
|
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| Pungent |
|
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| Like much Thai cuisine |
|
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| Like chorizo |
|
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| Menu warning word |
|
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| Word on Chinese menus |
|
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| Like Thai food |
|
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| Like Creole cooking |
|
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| Hot, on a Chinese menu |
|
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| Hot |
|
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| Piquant |
|
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| Like Szechuan cuisine |
|
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| Like Szechuan cuisine |
|
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| Peppery |
|
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| A bit risqué |
|
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| Like salami |
|
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| Like Creole cooking |
|
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| Like Creole cooking |
|
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| A bit risqué |
|
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| Hot |
|
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| Highly seasoned |
|
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| Word on Chinese menus |
|
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| Off-color |
|
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| Like pepper pot |
|
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| Like some chili |
|
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| Piquant |
|
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| Full of tang |
|
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| Risque |
|
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| Slightly risqué |
|
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| Pungent |
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| Highly flavored. |
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| Piquant. |
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| Flavorful. |
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| Aromatic. |
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