| Sieved, sifted (8) |
Puzzler |
16 Aug 2025 |
| Forced to have used the colander (8) |
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| Worked hard and cleared the grounds (8) |
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| Removed water from river with muddy exterior (8) |
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| Like some relations |
New York Times |
04 Apr 2025 |
| Made violent effort and got the water out of the greens (8) |
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| Antagonistic (relations) (8) |
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| Tried hard to get Denis and Art to wake up (8) |
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| Made an effort and used a colander (8) |
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| Used a sieve on |
USA Today |
23 Dec 2024 |
| Did one's best but it's stiff and self-conscious (8) |
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| Nervously tense, and I rest very badly (8) |
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| Showing signs of nervous tension or tiredness (8) |
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| Coach in Latin but becoming overworked (8) |
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| Mutually distrustful |
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| Tense (atmosphere) |
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| Struggled to organise trade-ins (8) |
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| Clasped one tightly, but it was not natural (8) |
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| Awkward clues finally worked out |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
30 Jul 2024 |
| Saint showered and filtered off impurities (8) |
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| Overexerted |
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| Side's opener practised under pressure (8) |
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| Forced (humour) (8) |
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| Used a sieve on |
Premier Sunday |
18 Feb 2024 |
| Put under pressure, Dan tries to reform (8) |
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| Old Bob having worked out is injured |
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| Anxious |
The Sun Two Speed |
25 Nov 2023 |
| Tense as tinder explodes |
The Sun Two Speed |
25 Nov 2023 |
| Like less-than-ideal relations |
Universal |
22 Jan 2023 |
| Artificial — as tinder (anag) |
The Guardian Quick |
15 Aug 2022 |
| 'The quality of mercy is not ...' (The Merchant of Venice) |
Irish Times Simplex |
04 May 2022 |
| Put through a sieve |
Newsday |
20 Feb 2022 |
| Like most baby food |
USA Today |
14 Oct 2021 |
| Leader of sheep taught under pressure |
The Telegraph Toughie |
21 Jul 2021 |
| Before temperature fell, sun's unnatural |
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| First two leaving subdued and tense |
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| ''The quality of mercy is not ...'' (The Merchant of Venice) |
Irish Times Simplex |
13 Aug 2019 |
| Tense as tinder explodes |
The Sun Two Speed |
02 Mar 2019 |
| Anxious |
The Sun Two Speed |
02 Mar 2019 |
| Stretched, extended to the limit |
Irish Times Simplex |
30 Jan 2019 |
| Awkward son taught |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
27 Jan 2019 |
| Not relaxed, having gone through a screening process |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
26 Oct 2018 |
| Showing signs of nervous tension |
The Telegraph General Knowledge |
09 Sep 2018 |
| Hardly harmonious |
The Washington Post |
05 May 2018 |
| Hardly harmonious |
LA Times Daily |
05 May 2018 |
| Like baby food |
Thomas Joseph |
12 Feb 2018 |
| Hardly harmonious |
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| Emulated Sisyphus, in a way |
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| Exerted great effort |
Premier Sunday |
22 Oct 2017 |
| Good person came down, not at all relaxed |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
11 Aug 2017 |
| Heavily taxed transport in South-East, beginning in Dover |
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| Wooden steed, occasionally catching another form of transport |
The Telegraph Toughie |
06 Jul 2017 |
| Randiest when getting massage — that's awkward |
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| Material commonly used during cathedral construction |
New York Times |
05 Feb 2017 |
| Material commonly used during cathedral construction |
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| Not relaxed; laboured |
The Times Concise |
18 Jan 2016 |
| Under stress or lacking spontaneity |
Irish Times Simplex |
16 Dec 2015 |
| Unnatural air formed in rising depressions |
The Telegraph Toughie |
20 Oct 2015 |
| Tense troops finally exercised |
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| Under pressure, son prepared to perform |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
19 Apr 2015 |
| Dirty clothing ending on floor, so awkward |
The Times Cryptic |
19 Feb 2015 |
| Like some muscles and baby food |
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| Like much baby food |
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| Tense, as relations |
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| Tense, as relations |
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| Like some relations |
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| Like a baby's peas |
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| Not natural |
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| Put through a sieve |
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| Stretched to the limit |
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| Like some relations |
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| Applied elbow grease |
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| Prepared baby food |
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| Prepared baby food |
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| Taxed |
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| Done with excessive effort |
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| Filtered |
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| Exerted oneself |
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| Under great tension |
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| Tense. |
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| Filtered. |
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