| Forceful volleyball shot (5) |
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| Sharp metal point (5) |
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| Sudden increase |
New York Times Mini |
13 May 2025 |
| Former name of Paramount Network |
TV |
11 May 2025 |
| 1988 Olympic boxing runner-up Grahame Cheney's nickname (5) |
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| Flower cluster formed of many flower heads a ached directly to a long stem (5) |
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| Set follower, in volleyball |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Apr 2025 |
| Film maker Jonze or Lee (5) |
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| Lace from southern Lakeland mountain (5) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
28 Mar 2025 |
| EEG peak |
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| Sharp projection |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
12 Feb 2025 |
| Sharp point (5) |
Puzzler |
09 Feb 2025 |
| Reject large nail (5) |
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| Sharp metal projection |
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| Sudden surge |
LA Times Daily |
17 Jan 2025 |
| Actor and director Lee |
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| Pointed piece of metal (5) |
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| Barb from second swimmer (5) |
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| Small fish prong (5) |
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| Impale second fish (5) |
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| Sharp point; thwart |
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| Sudden increase |
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| ___ Milligan, late comedian and writer (5) |
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| Sudden increase |
The Telegraph Plusword |
05 Nov 2024 |
| Malcolm X director Lee |
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| "Do the Right Thing" director Lee |
LA Times Mini |
20 Oct 2024 |
| Electrical surge |
The Sun Two Speed |
18 Oct 2024 |
| Doctor has to sleep over in empty synagogue |
The Sun Two Speed |
18 Oct 2024 |
| The point is, you render the gun harmless (5) |
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| 53-Across feature, as seen three times in this puzzle |
New York Times |
03 Oct 2024 |
| Point to an album by Elvis Costello (5) |
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| Finally catches fish, using sharp object |
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| Tool for splicing ropes |
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| Lee or Jonze |
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| Channel that became Paramount Network |
TV |
15 Sep 2024 |
| Director Lee or comedian Milligan, e.g. |
The Telegraph Plusword |
03 Sep 2024 |
| Volleyball putaway |
Eugene Sheffer |
03 Aug 2024 |
| Director of the films Malcolm X and BlachKlansman (5,3) |
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| Third volleyball hit after a serve, often |
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| Sharp point of southern weapon (5) |
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| The southern freshwater fish has a sharp protuberance (5) |
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| Very large nail |
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| Volleyball putaway |
Eugene Sheffer |
29 May 2024 |
| Inflorescence consisting of many sessile (stalkless) flowers borne by a long unbranched axis, as in the gladiolus, sedges etc. (5) |
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| Radio's 1953 cult hit, The Goon Show, starred Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe and ... Milligan |
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| Veteran comic star's lead role in Dad's Army |
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| Director Lee |
Thomas Joseph |
25 Mar 2024 |
| Man whose lemonade you'll put the whisky in? (5) |
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| Director of 1993 movie Malcolm X, ___-- Lee (5) |
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| Add alcohol to (drink) |
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| Brad got a tip from him (5) |
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| Lace a drink (5) |
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| Sharp increase |
New York Times |
19 Dec 2023 |
| & 26A US musician and bandleader born in 1911 who fronted the group the City Slickers (5,5) |
Mirror Quiz |
18 Dec 2023 |
| Actor/director Lee |
TV |
10 Dec 2023 |
| Smash, as a volleyball |
Universal |
30 Nov 2023 |
| Spear small fish |
The Times Cryptic |
07 Sep 2023 |
| Volleyball shot |
LA Times Daily |
31 Aug 2023 |
| Volleyball putaway |
Eugene Sheffer |
24 Jul 2023 |
| Powerful pickleball shot |
USA Today |
21 Jul 2023 |
| Volleyball shot |
USA Today |
29 May 2023 |
| The last _____ |
Canadiana |
11 Jul 2022 |
| Sudden and sharp increase, as in gas prices |
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| Piton, for one |
Thomas Joseph |
19 Mar 2022 |
| Powerful volleyball shot |
USA Today |
03 Feb 2022 |
| Sharp increase |
Universal |
28 Jan 2022 |
| Berton's The Last _____ |
Canadiana |
20 Dec 2021 |
| "Da 5 Bloods" director Lee |
Universal |
03 Nov 2021 |
| Hard hit in volleyball |
New York Times |
14 Sep 2021 |
| Sharp increase |
USA Today |
04 Sep 2021 |
| It was driven by Leland Stanford on May 10, 1869 |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Jul 2021 |
| Sharp increase |
USA Today |
29 Jun 2021 |
| Piton, for one |
Thomas Joseph |
03 Mar 2021 |
| Volleyball manoeuvre |
Canadiana |
08 Feb 2021 |
| Exciting volleyball play |
Universal |
16 Jan 2021 |
| Electrical surge |
Newsday |
22 Nov 2020 |
| ___ Milligan |
The Telegraph Quick |
19 Nov 2020 |
| Small fish spear |
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| -- Milligan, one of the Goons |
The Telegraph General Knowledge |
02 Feb 2020 |
| Sudden increase |
Newsday |
13 Nov 2019 |
| Cleat, e.g |
The Washington Post Sunday |
03 Nov 2019 |
| Large nail; thwart |
The Times Concise |
04 Oct 2019 |
| Railroad nail |
Newsday |
18 Sep 2019 |
| Abrupt increase |
The Washington Post |
04 May 2019 |
| Abrupt increase |
LA Times Daily |
04 May 2019 |
| Decide not to run with small old-fashioned weapon |
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| Doctor has to sleep over in empty synagogue |
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| Prong |
The Telegraph Quick |
03 Feb 2019 |
| Abrupt increase |
|
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| Sleep's upset on English lace? |
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| One's pointed to lace |
|
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| 'BlacKkKlansman' director Lee |
The Washington Post Sunday |
23 Sep 2018 |
| Volleyball smash |
Eugene Sheffer |
06 Sep 2018 |
| Sharp rise in shallot prices is killing economy, as per leaders |
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| Goon makes point |
The Telegraph Toughie |
10 Jul 2018 |
| Climber's piton, e.g |
Wall Street Journal |
22 May 2018 |
| Golden ___, iconic railroad piece that was featured on Utah's 50 State quarter |
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| Spear sunfish |
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| Climber's piton, e.g. |
|
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| Ground intentionally, as a football |
USA Today |
07 Oct 2017 |
| Turning over, she finally sleeps in lace |
|
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| Sharp increase |
New York Times |
19 Sep 2017 |
| Piton, e.g |
Thomas Joseph |
03 Aug 2017 |
| Railroad track 'nail' |
Family Time |
15 May 2017 |
| Harpoon small fish |
|
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| Sudden variation in voltage |
Universal |
03 Mar 2017 |
| Ground intentionally, as a football |
|
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| Sharp increase |
|
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| Powerful volleyball shot |
USA Today |
26 Oct 2016 |
| Large nail |
The Times Concise |
24 Oct 2016 |
| Pierce an ear |
|
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| Add alcohol to, as punch |
New York Times |
30 Nov 2015 |
| Feature of a punk hairdo |
New York Times |
20 Oct 2015 |
| Railroad track fastener |
USA Today |
15 Oct 2015 |
| Sudden increase |
LA Times Daily |
08 Oct 2015 |
| Large nail; short pulse |
The Times Concise |
29 Sep 2015 |
| Volleyball smash |
Universal |
29 Aug 2015 |
| Volleyball tactic |
Eugene Sheffer |
25 Jul 2015 |
| Track fastener |
LA Times Daily |
24 May 2015 |
| Railroad track fastener |
|
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| Add alcohol to, as punch |
|
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| Sudden increase |
|
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| Volleyball smash |
|
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| Sudden increase |
|
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| Track fastener |
|
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| Feature of a punk hairdo |
|
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| Impale small fish |
|
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| Extremely high heel |
|
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| Railroad nail |
|
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| Sudden increase |
|
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| Rail nail |
|
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| Temporary increase |
|
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| Increase sharply |
|
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| Director Lee |
|
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| Shoot up |
|
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| Really high heel |
|
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| Volleyball coup |
|
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| Abrupt rise |
|
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| Volleyball coup |
|
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| Sudden increase |
|
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| Lace |
|
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| Sudden increase |
|
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| Court smash |
|
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| Court smash |
|
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| Unusually high 17-Across |
|
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| Volleyball smash |
|
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| Abrupt increase on a graph |
|
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| Anomalous rise |
|
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| Sudden increase |
|
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| Sudden increase on a graph |
|
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| Add liquor to, as punch |
|
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| Network formerly named TNN |
|
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| Volleyball smash |
|
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| Volleyball maneuver |
|
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| Sudden increase |
|
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| Sports-shoe feature |
|
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| Electric surge |
|
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| Sudden, brief increase |
|
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| Big Board jump |
|
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| Net feat |
|
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| Baseball-shoe attachment |
|
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| Snoopy's brother |
|
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| Jones or Jonze |
|
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| Volleyball kill |
|
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| Electric surge |
|
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| "Tom and Jerry" bulldog |
|
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| Lee or Jones |
|
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| Add liquor to |
|
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| Railroad track fastener |
|
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| Graph aberration |
|
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| Volleyball smash |
|
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| Railroad track fastener |
|
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| Comical bandleader Jones |
|
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| Sudden upturn, as in sales |
|
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| Do the Right Thing director Lee |
|
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| Lee of cinema |
|
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| Lee of Hollywood |
|
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| Net feat |
|
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| Movie maker Lee |
|
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| Lace with liquor |
|
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| Slam a volleyball down |
|
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| Actor-director Lee |
|
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| Fastener or unbranched antler |
|
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| Skewer |
|
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| Railroad nail |
|
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| Bandleader Jones |
|
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| Lace the punch |
|
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| TD aftermath |
|
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| Ear of grain |
|
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| Large nail |
|
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| Thwart a plan |
|
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| Kind of heel |
|
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| Doctor the drink |
|
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| Heel stepped on by women |
|
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| Put out of commission |
|
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| Bandman Jones |
|
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| A musical Jones. |
|
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| Heel. |
|
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| Ear of corn. |
|
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| Washboard, cowbell Jones. |
|
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| Kind of heel. |
|
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| An ear, as of wheat. |
|
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| Sixty-penny nail. |
|
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| Long flower cluster. |
|
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| Trend indicator, perhaps |
|
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| Chart irregularity |
|
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| Big jump in numbers |
|
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| Frustrate, as a scheme. |
|
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| Type of heel. |
|
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| Large nail. |
|
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| A Jones boy. |
|
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