| Bacteria-free |
New York Times |
14 Oct 2025 |
| Way anger about English is unproductive (7) |
The Sun Two Speed |
06 Oct 2025 |
| Step to keep emergency room germ-free |
The Telegraph Toughie |
02 Oct 2025 |
| Set of steps, without hesitation, free from germs (7) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
26 Sep 2025 |
| Antiseptic |
Newsday |
19 Sep 2025 |
| It leers in an unproductive manner (7) |
|
|
| Germ-free, uncontaminated (7) |
|
|
| Unable to produce offspring |
|
|
| Uncontaminated |
The Sun Two Speed |
18 Jun 2025 |
| Lister reused point that's clean |
The Sun Two Speed |
18 Jun 2025 |
| Uncontaminated |
The Sun Two Speed |
16 Jun 2025 |
| Monarch once in step becomes barren |
The Sun Two Speed |
16 Jun 2025 |
| Lister analysed disease, finally finding antiseptic (7) |
The Guardian Quiptic |
01 Jun 2025 |
| Dry bit of lobster I left |
|
|
| Safe to use |
|
|
| Disinfected set infected by bug (7) |
|
|
| Producing little or no vegetation; infertile (7) |
|
|
| Like surgical tools |
Thomas Joseph |
18 Mar 2025 |
| Irritated Leinster constituents ignore right-wing politician who's dry and unimaginative |
|
|
| Free from living germs |
|
|
| Ready for surgery, perhaps |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Jan 2025 |
| Litres spilt, with lemonade finally lacking vitality (7) |
|
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| No germs, no pregnancy (7) |
|
|
| Germless |
Newsday |
06 Dec 2024 |
| Clean, as a scalpel |
|
|
| Rest lie wounded but uncontaminated |
The Sun Two Speed |
25 Nov 2024 |
| Barren |
The Sun Two Speed |
25 Nov 2024 |
| The monster I let out is only partly free of germs (7) |
|
|
| Beyond clean |
New York Times |
08 Nov 2024 |
| Like operating room instruments |
Family Time |
04 Nov 2024 |
| Spotlessly clean stair? I'll say! (7) |
|
|
| Way anger about English is unproductive |
The Sun Two Speed |
02 Sep 2024 |
| Barren |
The Sun Two Speed |
02 Sep 2024 |
| Barren |
The Sun Two Speed |
13 Aug 2024 |
| Lister worked to keep one germ-free |
The Sun Two Speed |
13 Aug 2024 |
| Unfruitful show of hesitation entering steps in wall (7) |
The Guardian Quick Cryptic |
28 Jul 2024 |
| Unfruitful show of hesitation entering steps in wall (7) |
The Guardian Quick Cryptic |
27 Jul 2024 |
| Way anger about ecstasy is unproductive |
The Sun Two Speed |
23 Jul 2024 |
| Barren |
The Sun Two Speed |
23 Jul 2024 |
| Totally clean and germ free (7) |
|
|
| To set out to be annoying would be fruitless (7) |
|
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| Not reproducing various rites written by the French (7) |
|
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| Out of fresh ideas, anagram of 17? |
|
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| Completely clean and free from germs (7) |
|
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| Lifeless street close to here to get one's back up |
|
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| With no germs |
Newsday |
03 Mar 2024 |
| Lister, 'e is somehow germ-free (7) |
|
|
| Mobster, I learn, essentially unable to create issue |
|
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| Unproductive aliens over anger |
|
|
| Lister re-used point that's clean |
The Sun Two Speed |
04 Jan 2024 |
| Barren |
The Sun Two Speed |
04 Jan 2024 |
| Entirely free of germs |
Mirror Tea Time |
17 Dec 2023 |
| Uncontaminated trees swaying around island lake (7) |
|
|
| Uncontaminated, set free over bug |
The Guardian Cryptic |
07 Nov 2023 |
| Like the OR |
Thomas Joseph |
27 Oct 2023 |
| Tries out failed service largely devoid of ideas |
The Telegraph Toughie |
11 Jul 2023 |
| Germ-free |
The Telegraph Quick |
02 Jul 2023 |
| Completely free of germs |
The Times Concise |
15 Jun 2023 |
| Like surgical tools |
Thomas Joseph |
21 Mar 2023 |
| Like surgical tools |
Thomas Joseph |
30 Jan 2023 |
| Like the OR |
Thomas Joseph |
01 Sep 2022 |
| Sister I left, somewhat lacking in creativity |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
23 Aug 2022 |
| Unproductive tiler working in Kent? |
|
|
| Lifelessly dull |
New York Times |
14 Jun 2022 |
| Free from bacteria |
The Times Concise |
24 Dec 2021 |
| Like surgical tools |
Thomas Joseph |
08 Nov 2021 |
| Like an operating room, ideally |
Universal |
26 Oct 2021 |
| East Berlin dismisses ban, as it's unproductive |
Irish Times Crosaire |
23 Oct 2021 |
| Larger toilets regularly reviewed and disinfected |
|
|
| Clean some steps to protect Queen |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
27 May 2021 |
| Germ-free |
Newsday |
21 Apr 2021 |
| Unproductive anger after ship's back without navy |
|
|
| Aseptic technique finally evolved with Lister |
|
|
| Clinically clean |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Mar 2021 |
| Beyond clean |
New York Times |
18 Mar 2021 |
| Free from bacteria |
The Times Concise |
12 Jan 2021 |
| Prepared for surgery, in a way |
LA Times Daily |
27 Dec 2020 |
| Prepared for surgery, in a way |
The Washington Post |
27 Dec 2020 |
| Rest lie wounded but uncontaminated |
The Sun Two Speed |
06 Dec 2020 |
| Barren |
The Sun Two Speed |
06 Dec 2020 |
| Unproductive |
The Washington Post |
20 Sep 2020 |
| Unproductive |
LA Times Daily |
20 Sep 2020 |
| Superclean, as surgical tools |
The Washington Post |
13 Sep 2020 |
| Superclean, as surgical tools |
LA Times Daily |
13 Sep 2020 |
| Infertile |
The Telegraph Quick |
15 Jul 2020 |
| 50% of iron and steel building is barren |
|
|
| 50% of iron and steel building is barren |
|
|
| Infertile |
The Guardian Speedy |
24 May 2020 |
| Steps to keep the Queen uncontaminated |
|
|
| Way anger about English is unproductive |
The Sun Two Speed |
05 Apr 2020 |
| Free from bacteria |
Universal |
03 Mar 2020 |
| Unproductive life's origin in lake under stone |
The Telegraph Toughie |
13 Feb 2020 |
| Squeaky clean, as an operating room |
The Washington Post |
03 Feb 2020 |
| Squeaky clean, as an operating room |
LA Times Daily |
03 Feb 2020 |
| Germ-free |
Universal |
26 Oct 2019 |
| Germ-free and clean |
|
|
| Unable to produce young |
The Times Concise |
30 Jul 2019 |
| East Berlin dismisses ban, as it's unproductive |
Irish Times Crosaire |
20 Apr 2019 |
| Rest lie jumbled but uncontaminated |
The Sun Two Speed |
27 Mar 2019 |
| Pointless filibuster I leadenly can deliver |
|
|
| Like surgical tools |
Thomas Joseph |
08 Feb 2019 |
| Germ-free |
|
|
| Uncontaminated |
The Sun Two Speed |
20 Dec 2018 |
| Lister re-used point that's clean |
The Sun Two Speed |
20 Dec 2018 |
| Barren |
The Telegraph Quick |
01 Nov 2018 |
| Barren |
Universal |
17 Sep 2018 |
| Lester worked to keep one germ-free |
The Sun Two Speed |
11 Jul 2018 |
| Monarch in step becomes barren |
The Sun Two Speed |
12 Jun 2018 |
| Lacking inspiration, set out to annoy |
|
|
| . Steps outside hospital room for antiseptic |
|
|
| Like surgical tools, hopefully |
USA Today |
28 Apr 2018 |
| Clean, like surgical tools |
USA Today |
15 Apr 2018 |
| Uncontaminated |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Mar 2018 |
| Hesitate about set of steps free from germs |
The Sun Two Speed |
14 Feb 2018 |
| Disinfected, like surgical tools |
USA Today |
09 Feb 2018 |
| Clean, like surgical tools |
|
|
| Like surgical tools, hopefully |
|
|
| Disinfected, like surgical tools |
|
|
| Barren |
|
|
| In second half, Leinster, docile, lacking vitality |
|
|
| Germless, as surgical instruments |
|
|
| Squeaky clean, as hospital supplies |
LA Times Daily |
18 Sep 2017 |
| Squeaky clean, as hospital supplies |
The Washington Post |
18 Sep 2017 |
| Clean and then some |
The Washington Post |
10 Sep 2017 |
| Clean and then some |
LA Times Daily |
10 Sep 2017 |
| Free from bacteria — theatre, ultimately, following new creation of Lister |
|
|
| Like sealed medical supplies |
LA Times Daily |
01 Aug 2017 |
| Like sealed medical supplies |
The Washington Post |
01 Aug 2017 |
| Like the OR |
Thomas Joseph |
05 May 2017 |
| Germ-free |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Jan 2017 |
| Squeaky clean, as hospital supplies |
|
|
| Clean and then some |
|
|
| Unproductive |
|
|
| Like sealed medical supplies |
|
|
| Unproductive anger follows set going wrong |
The Times Cryptic |
23 Dec 2016 |
| Unproductive steps taken to accommodate Queen |
The Times Cryptic |
05 Sep 2016 |
| Unable to have offspring |
The Times Concise |
18 Aug 2016 |
| More than just clean |
Jonesin |
08 Dec 2015 |
| Fruitless series of steps restricting monarch |
|
|
| Germ-free |
The Telegraph Quick |
16 Nov 2015 |
| Plaster I levelled inside is dry |
The Telegraph Toughie |
18 Jun 2015 |
| Aseptic |
Newsday |
15 May 2015 |
| Germ-free |
|
|
| Aseptic |
|
|
| Moving set with needle is unproductive |
|
|
| More than just clean |
|
|
| Like operating rooms |
|
|
| Like good operating rooms |
|
|
| Producing zip |
|
|
| Unimaginative |
|
|
| Listener stirred with no end of emotion — that's how theatre should be |
|
|
| Aseptic |
|
|
| Reptiles, not soft but awkwardly unproductive |
|
|
| Clinically clean |
|
|
| Fit to be used in an operating room |
|
|
| Disinfected |
|
|
| Clean and then some |
|
|
| Without germs |
|
|
| Like most mules |
|
|
| Like most mules |
|
|
| Free from bacteria |
|
|
| Clinically clean |
|
|
| Germ-free |
|
|
| Germ-free |
|
|
| Fit to be used in an operating room |
|
|
| Germ-free |
|
|
| Like an unopened Band-Aid |
|
|
| Antiseptic |
|
|
| More than just clean |
|
|
| Hospital-clean |
|
|
| Like operating rooms |
|
|
| Germ-free |
|
|
| Fruitless |
|
|
| Not being productive |
|
|
| Barren |
|
|
| Unproductive |
|
|
| Barren |
|
|
| Germ-free |
|
|
| Like a mule, usually |
|
|
| Germ-free |
|
|
| Unproductive |
|
|
| Like a mule, usually |
|
|
| Not fruitful |
|
|
| Like a mule |
|
|
| Germfree |
|
|
| Unfruitful |
|
|
| "The ___ Cuckoo" (1969) |
|
|
| Barren |
|
|
| Clinically clean |
|
|
| Germ-free |
|
|
| Lacking imagination |
|
|
| Ultraclean, as a lab |
|
|
| Germless |
|
|
| Lacking vitality |
|
|
| Like a mule |
|
|
| Aseptic |
|
|
| Aseptic |
|
|
| Absolutely clean |
|
|
| Not kidding? |
|
|
| Unfruitful |
|
|
| Arid |
|
|
| Unproductive |
|
|
| Uncreative |
|
|
| Antiseptic |
|
|
| Lacking originality |
|
|
| Lacking imagination |
|
|
| Barren |
|
|
| Like many labs |
|
|
| As clean as a doctor's instruments |
|
|
| Unexciting |
|
|
| Unproductive |
|
|
| Unyielding |
|
|
| Like a mule |
|
|
| Unproductive |
|
|
| Lacking originality |
|
|
| Free of germs |
|
|
| Hospital-clean |
|
|
| More than dull |
|
|
| More than clean |
|
|
| Germfree |
|
|
| "The ___ Cuckoo," Pakula film |
|
|
| Ineffective |
|
|
| Aseptic |
|
|
| Without issue |
|
|
| Useless; ineffective |
|
|
| Like a surgeon's hands |
|
|
| Jejune. |
|
|
| Useless. |
|
|
| Lacking in interest. |
|
|
| Fruitless. |
|
|
| Unfruitful. |
|
|
| Barren of ideas. |
|
|
| Free from germs. |
|
|
| Uninspired |
|
|
| Barren. |
|
|
| Not effective. |
|
|
| Unproductive. |
|
|
| Ineffective. |
|
|
| Aseptic. |
|
|