| Quibble with Balkan city hotel over pretentious behaviour |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
30 Oct 2025 |
| Nitpick |
Universal |
13 Sep 2025 |
| Argue over trifles (5,5) |
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| Nitpick before trip to salon? (5,5) |
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| Did nit-picking upset Paris Hilton? That's not on! |
The Telegraph Toughie |
04 Dec 2024 |
| Make overfine distinctions |
Puzzler Backwords |
10 Nov 2024 |
| Quibble on minor, trifling points (5,5) |
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| Make over-subtle distinctions in trouble on crown? (5,5) |
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| Quibble, or a hint to what the four skipped letters spell |
Universal |
02 Aug 2024 |
| Make over-nice distinctions in head problem, perhaps (5,5) |
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| Make oversubtle distinctions (5,5) |
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| Quibble about parish list (5,5) |
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| Quibble about problem ahead? |
The Guardian Cryptic |
06 Jun 2022 |
| *Debate tiny details |
The Washington Post |
07 Mar 2022 |
| *Debate tiny details |
LA Times Daily |
07 Mar 2022 |
| Small clip of graceful type in Paris resolving to be pedantic |
Irish Times Crosaire |
29 Oct 2021 |
| Sweat the small stuff |
USA Today |
22 Nov 2017 |
| Quibble about trifles that results in parting? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
24 Jul 2017 |
| Make petty distinctions ... and what 17-, 23- and 49-Across literally do? |
LA Times Daily |
07 Jun 2017 |
| Make petty distinctions ... and what 17-, 23- and 49-Across literally do? |
The Washington Post |
07 Jun 2017 |
| Argue over minor matters |
Newsday |
30 Jan 2017 |
| Sweat the small stuff |
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| Make petty distinctions ... and what 17-, 23- and 49-Across literally do? |
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| Argue over petty points and leave musical opening in Strand |
The Times Cryptic |
27 Jun 2016 |
| Argue about details of parish list to be circulated |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
24 Feb 2016 |
| To cavil may be a problem, off the top of my head? |
The Times Cryptic |
21 Oct 2015 |
| What the quibbling barber did? |
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| Nitpick, and what this puzzle's circled letters represent |
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| Nitpicked |
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| Be nitpicky |
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| Be too picky |
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| *Nitpick |
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| Quibble |
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| *Nitpick |
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| Be overly petty |
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| What the nit-picking barber did? |
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| Quibble |
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| Make petty distinctions |
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| Be minutely precise |
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| Nitpick |
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| Make petty distinctions |
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| Make petty distinctions |
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| Make trivial distinctions |
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| Be pedantic |
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| Quibble |
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| What the quibbling barber did? |
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| Quibble |
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| Make petty distinctions |
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| Nitpick |
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| Be overly exact |
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| Quibble |
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| HA I RS |
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| What the nitpicking barber did |
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| Make unnecessary distinctions |
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| Quibble |
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| Cavil |
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| Make fine distinctions. |
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