| Contend |
The Telegraph Quick |
24 Jun 2025 |
| 'Say not the ___ naught availeth' (Clough) (8) |
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| Horse implicated in contrived result is to compete with difficulty (8) |
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| Strive |
The Telegraph Quick |
26 Feb 2025 |
| Wonky legs carrying a basket makes it quite an effort (8) |
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| Try hard setting floor covering on stone with diminished joy |
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| Make heavy weather (8) |
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| Be in a slump |
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| Mat somehow gets left outside in combat |
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| Strenuous effort against the odds |
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| A tussle with good man on the mat, having broken leg (8) |
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| "Say not the ... nought availeth" (Clough) |
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| Progress with difficulty (8) |
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| Hard contest takes guts, right leg being broken (8) |
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| To contend with (8) |
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| Big effort |
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| Large gut's wobbling, losing a fight |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
09 Jan 2024 |
| Large gut's wobbling, losing a fight (8) |
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| Try to get free |
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| Strife |
The Telegraph Quick |
29 Apr 2023 |
| Conflict |
Premier Sunday |
12 Jun 2022 |
| Jockey upsets the foreign horse from America jumping over top of rails for leading trainer |
Irish Times Crosaire |
09 Mar 2022 |
| Very difficult task |
The Times Concise |
07 Jan 2022 |
| Ulster ground hosting grand golf contest |
The Times Cryptic |
26 Nov 2021 |
| Jockey upsets the foreign horse from America jumping over top of rails for leading trainer |
Irish Times Crosaire |
18 Nov 2021 |
| Strive — strife |
The Guardian Quick |
29 Oct 2021 |
| Strive; hard contest |
The Times Concise |
23 Jun 2021 |
| Grapple |
USA Today |
13 Apr 2021 |
| Fight saint on mat with broken leg |
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| Fight against odds |
Irish Times Simplex |
10 Feb 2021 |
| Strenuous effort against odds |
Irish Times Simplex |
02 Feb 2021 |
| Try hard to fix legs holding gardener's basket |
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| Uphill battle |
The Times Concise |
02 Aug 2020 |
| It's not easy going on vacation in turbulent Ulster |
The Telegraph Toughie |
10 Jul 2020 |
| Give it one's best shot with horse in Ulster run |
Irish Times Crosaire |
11 Nov 2019 |
| Fight couple of girls during Ulster rioting |
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| Strive |
The Sun Two Speed |
17 Sep 2019 |
| Jockey and horse perhaps in fixed result |
The Sun Two Speed |
17 Sep 2019 |
| It's real, y'all |
Jonesin |
14 May 2019 |
| Labour pains |
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| Strive, contend |
The Times Concise |
20 Mar 2019 |
| Toil |
The Telegraph Quick |
02 Dec 2018 |
| Contest result unfairly overshadows good goals |
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| Labour contest? |
Irish Times Crosaire |
18 Sep 2018 |
| Jockey and horse in bizarre result |
Irish Times Crosaire |
05 Jun 2018 |
| Make one's way with great difficulty |
Irish Times Simplex |
20 Feb 2018 |
| Horse in astonishing result - is that a fight against the odds? |
Irish Times Crosaire |
23 Nov 2017 |
| Fight against the odds |
Irish Times Simplex |
18 Oct 2017 |
| Battle horse participates in street dash |
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| Toil and bust guts to overcome setter finally, getting unbounded joy |
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| Battle in street leading to goods impounded by law |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
02 Mar 2017 |
| Uphill battle |
Jonesin |
10 Jan 2017 |
| Fight |
The Telegraph Quick |
27 Dec 2016 |
| Jockey and horse in astonishing result |
Irish Times Crosaire |
13 Dec 2016 |
| Fight statute left in much of team sport |
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| Strive |
The Telegraph Quick |
28 Aug 2016 |
| Hard contest |
The Telegraph Quick |
11 Aug 2016 |
| Combat |
Canadiana |
20 Jun 2016 |
| Challenging task |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Nov 2015 |
| Challenging task |
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| German government put in control after street fight |
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| Uphill battle |
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| Conflict |
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| Uphill battle |
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| Go all-out |
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| Conflict |
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| Contest |
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| Contest. |
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| Uphill fight. |
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