| Deadlock with an old friend (9) |
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| Situation in which two opposing forces are in deadlock (9) |
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| Spooner's letters report standstill |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
09 Jun 2025 |
| Chess tie |
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| About the meal out, say it's an impasse (9) |
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| Position in chess in which the game inevitably ends in a draw (9) |
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| Game ending that's least upsetting to a partner (9) |
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| Draw on board |
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| Impasse occurring when horse's companion dislodges bishop |
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| Ends the game having gone off a friend (9) |
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| Last English team involved in deadlock |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
05 Feb 2025 |
| Situation in chess where a player not in check has no possible legal move, resulting in a draw (9) |
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| Impasse with old friend (9) |
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| Draw in chess |
Commuter |
20 Dec 2024 |
| Male unfortunately in condition when neither side can win (9) |
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| Tired team struggles, there's no getting away from it |
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| Impasse |
Commuter |
29 Nov 2024 |
| Nobody won: ship's officer past his best (9) |
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| Deadlock, having gone off a friend (9) |
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| Draw cover of short story with faces of Maugham and Thomas Eliot (9) |
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| This position on the board is far from new, chum (9) |
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| Position on the board that's not new, my friend (9) |
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| Fellow workman past his best shows neither side can win (9) |
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| Chess draw |
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| Gone off with partner to get position on the board (9) |
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| Draw of Spooner's patriarchy |
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| Ship's officer past his best in inglorious deadlock (9) |
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| Draw on a board |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Aug 2024 |
| Spooner said condition of man is at an impasse (9) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
10 Aug 2024 |
| Spooner said condition of man is at an impasse (9) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
09 Aug 2024 |
| Deadlock |
Mirror Quick |
18 Jul 2024 |
| Dull friend reaches impasse |
Mirror Cryptic |
18 Jul 2024 |
| Deadlock in chess (9) |
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| Standoff |
Thomas Joseph |
22 Jun 2024 |
| Impasse with a far from fresh partner (9) |
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| Deadlock is enigmatic, at least to me (9) |
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| TIE ending a chess game |
Newsday |
14 May 2024 |
| Old pal displaying tie (9) |
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| Deadlock |
Mirror Classic |
09 May 2024 |
| A deadlock is no longer novel, my friend (9) |
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| Spooner's male state of deadlock? (9) |
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| "Deadlock" is hackneyed, pal (9) |
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| Impasse from tired sweetheart? (9) |
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| Deadlock involving old friend |
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| Deadlock produced by a companion out of condition (9) |
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| Deadlock |
Mirror Quick |
15 Feb 2024 |
| Dull friend in a cul-de-sac |
Mirror Cryptic |
15 Feb 2024 |
| Dull friend in a cul-desac (9) |
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| No-win situation for the old friend (9) |
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| Tied game (9) |
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| Here's a tale about teams having no legal move available to them (9) |
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| It's a deadlock, old chum (9) |
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| Standstill, in chess |
New York Times |
11 Dec 2023 |
| Old partner's draw in chess (9) |
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| Impasse involving an old friend (9) |
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| Spooner’s masculine nation, which goes nowhere? |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
06 Nov 2023 |
| Colleague in same company perhaps ignoring British deadlock |
The Telegraph Toughie |
28 Apr 2023 |
| Draw |
Thomas Joseph |
14 Jan 2023 |
| Draw in game, some initially report, before tea |
The Times Cryptic |
19 Jul 2022 |
| Tie given by tasteless spouse |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
23 Jun 2022 |
| Dated china impossible to move |
Irish Times Crosaire |
18 May 2022 |
| Standoff |
Thomas Joseph |
03 Feb 2022 |
| Draw on squares |
The Washington Post Sunday |
19 Dec 2021 |
| Beer may at first break say a deadlock |
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| Impasse as bay abandons horse from the same yard |
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| Easel at bottom, artist finally sorted drawing position |
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| Impasse |
The Telegraph Quick |
10 Apr 2021 |
| “Courage is in the air in bracing whiffs / Better than all the ____ an’s and ifs” (Robert Frost) |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
04 Apr 2021 |
| No-win situation fair, on reflection, in report |
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| Impasse |
USA Today |
24 Jan 2021 |
| The draw of the French relative in France, for instance |
Irish Times Crosaire |
01 Dec 2020 |
| Draw companion who's out of condition? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
19 Aug 2020 |
| Deadlock, impasse |
Irish Times Simplex |
20 Jun 2020 |
| Old friend causing impasse |
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| Status quo on Spooner's sex, say |
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| Old pal giving tie |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
20 Feb 2020 |
| No-win situation |
Newsday |
30 Nov 2019 |
| Draw |
Thomas Joseph |
23 Nov 2019 |
| Unexciting partner in an impasse |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
06 Sep 2019 |
| Situation where you can't move |
The Washington Post Sunday |
28 Jul 2019 |
| Dated lover allowing no room to move |
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| Position on board is grounds for divorce? |
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| Tie is masculine head to toe in public |
The Telegraph Toughie |
25 Oct 2018 |
| Old partner in deadlock on the board? |
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| Bishop leaves companion in impasse |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
11 Aug 2018 |
| Gone off position on ship - it's the dead heat? |
Irish Times Crosaire |
31 May 2018 |
| Draw old china |
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| Standoff |
Thomas Joseph |
04 Apr 2018 |
| Draw colleague, not British |
The Telegraph Toughie |
23 Jan 2018 |
| Inability to get on with jaded partner |
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| Fellow Arab, say, squandering billions to get position on board |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
02 Sep 2017 |
| Tie on a board |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Aug 2017 |
| Chess game ending |
The Times Concise |
10 Jul 2017 |
| Draw one that's not a new friend? |
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| Impasse |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Nov 2016 |
| Stand-off in flat with friend |
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| Draw with hard team using a new formation |
The Times Cryptic |
10 Jul 2016 |
| Too old to have sex? It's a dilemma |
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| For Spooner, masculine condition is a no-win situation |
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| Draw in chess |
The Times Concise |
09 May 2016 |
| Tired friend in a no-win situation |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
18 Mar 2016 |
| No-win chess outcome |
New York Times |
08 Mar 2016 |
| Say 'Consume meal ordered: end of argument' |
The Telegraph Toughie |
23 Feb 2016 |
| Draw old hat for lover |
Irish Times Crosaire |
30 Nov 2015 |
| Old spouse's deadlock? |
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| Tired pair in situation without a winner |
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| Tired pair in situation without a winner |
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| Deadlock |
LA Times Daily |
15 Apr 2015 |
| Out-of-condition partner in no-win situation |
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| Deadlock |
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| Deadlock |
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| No longer inspired, companion creating impasse |
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| No-win situation |
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| No-win situation |
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| Vapid couple in deadlock |
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| No-win situation |
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| Standoff |
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| Unchangeable situation |
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| Chess outcome |
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| Patron of drinking buds? |
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| Deadlock |
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| Bring to a standstill |
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| Deadlock |
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| Endgame result, sometimes |
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| Draw on a board |
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| Impasse |
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| Impasse |
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| Draw on a board |
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| Tie for Kasparov |
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| Draw |
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| No-win situation |
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| It's no loss |
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| Impasse |
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| Standoff |
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| Reason for marital breakup? |
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| Deadlock |
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| Tie. |
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| One of the U. N. headaches. |
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| Chess term. |
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| Deadlock. |
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| Drawn contest. |
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| Impasse. |
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| One predicted result of Korean war. |
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| No-winner, no-loser situation |
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