| South leaned towards being stiff and formal (7) |
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| Stiff and unnatural-sounding |
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| Unnatural or stiff? (7) |
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| Contrived list formulated by Edward (7) |
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| Stiffly formal, as speech |
Premier Sunday |
30 Mar 2025 |
| Still in manner |
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| Stiff and self conscious (7) |
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| Overly formal list formulated by Edward (7) |
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| Wooden ship's prow listed |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
27 Feb 2025 |
| (Of speech) stiff and self-conscious |
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| Overly formal in wording |
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| Pompous description of high-steppers (7) |
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| Contrived, artificial (7) |
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| Rigidly constrained (conversation) |
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| Tilt into Des returning when stiff and formal (7) |
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| Unnatural, like a circus performer? (7) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
18 Jun 2024 |
| Awkward opening to show given a slant (7) |
The Guardian Quiptic |
09 Jun 2024 |
| Unnatural sounding and overformal (7) |
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| Awkwardly formal |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Nov 2023 |
| Wooden support used to raise contents of beds |
The Times Cryptic |
17 Nov 2023 |
| Laboured; stiff |
The Telegraph Quick |
16 Dec 2022 |
| Unnaturally formal, as prose |
The Washington Post Sunday |
13 Mar 2022 |
| Overly formal |
Newsday |
05 Oct 2020 |
| Stiffly phrased |
Thomas Joseph |
05 Jun 2020 |
| Unnatural |
The Telegraph Quick |
04 Jun 2020 |
| Old Bob's inclined to be very formal |
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| Awkward when trying to gain height thus? |
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| Stiff, as writing |
USA Today |
14 Jul 2019 |
| Prow on sloop inclined to be wooden |
The Sun Two Speed |
13 Jul 2019 |
| Stiff and unnatural |
The Sun Two Speed |
13 Jul 2019 |
| Awkward son went off the straight and narrow |
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| Stiff, as writing |
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| Son inclined to be awkward |
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| Hardly natural-sounding |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Apr 2018 |
| Stiff, unnatural |
The Times Concise |
19 Jan 2018 |
| Hardly natural-sounding |
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| Leader of society, inclined to be stiff |
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| Overly formal |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Jun 2017 |
| Wooden ship's prow heeled over |
The Telegraph Toughie |
13 Apr 2017 |
| Artificially formal |
Universal |
22 Nov 2016 |
| Like a circus performer who gets high? |
Universal |
18 Nov 2016 |
| Poorly expressed section, with a bias |
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| Overly formal |
LA Times Daily |
01 Oct 2016 |
| Unnatural eateries? |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Sep 2016 |
| Stiffly formal |
Family Time |
06 Jun 2016 |
| Show's chief editor with an inclination to interrupt and to be pompous |
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| Affected, in a way |
The Washington Post |
23 Jan 2016 |
| Artificially formal |
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| Like a circus performer who gets high? |
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| Overly formal |
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| Awkward |
The Telegraph Quick |
09 Sep 2015 |
| Pompous knights finally unseated in joust |
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| Pompous, like one able to look down from a great height? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
08 May 2015 |
| Awkwardly written |
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| Unnatural-sounding |
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| Stiffly formal |
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| Stiffly phrased |
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| Like awkwardly formal speech |
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| Not natural |
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| Wooden in manner |
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| Stiffly formal |
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| Wooden in manner |
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| Stiffly formal |
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| Overly formal, as writing |
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| Awkwardly formal |
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| Artificially formal |
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| Stiff and pompous |
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| Stiffly dignified, as prose |
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| Stiffly formal |
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| Stiffly dignified, as prose |
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| Unnatural-sounding |
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| Pompous |
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| Very constrained |
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| Pompous |
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| Wooden |
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| Artificially formal |
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| Overly formal |
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| Contrived |
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| Pompous |
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| Stiffly dignified |
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| Overly formal |
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| Unnatural |
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| Pompous |
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| Artificially formal |
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| Stiff |
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| Stiffly formal |
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| Formal |
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| Stiffly dignified or formal. |
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| Artificially formal. |
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| Pompous. |
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| Pompous and formal. |
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