| Was overcome without ace, overcome by spades and diamonds |
The Telegraph Toughie |
01 May 2026 |
| Went weak at the knees, soon wed in a whirl (7) |
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| Painted - maybe send round court (7) |
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| Passed out studies about women's eggs (7) |
The Guardian Quiptic |
16 Sep 2024 |
| Passed out studies about women's eggs (7) |
The Guardian Quiptic |
15 Sep 2024 |
| Fainted - maybe send round court (7) |
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| Felt faint with joy |
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| Fainted, does now deteriorate (7) |
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| Fainted |
The Telegraph Quick |
21 Jun 2023 |
| Reacted infatuatedly |
USA Today |
26 Jan 2022 |
| Went weak in the knees from a chase inside the caves in retreat |
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| Behaved amourously - when papa's wife fainted |
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| Needed smelling salts |
Thomas Joseph |
21 Aug 2020 |
| Went weak in the knees |
Wall Street Journal |
31 Oct 2019 |
| Jane half-cut in small club collapsed |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
16 May 2019 |
| Went weak in the knees |
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| Dow Jones crashed — Jack taken away, having fainted |
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| Fainted |
The Times Concise |
28 Jan 2016 |
| Fainted |
LA Times Daily |
11 Aug 2015 |
| Fainted |
Newsday |
31 May 2015 |
| Fainted |
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| Fainted |
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| Fainted, as in rapture |
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| Went head over heels |
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| Passed out |
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| Fainted |
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| Fainted |
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| Was weak in the knees |
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| Reacted to a heartthrob |
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| Went limp |
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| Went limp |
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| Experienced syncope |
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| Fainted |
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| Passed out |
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| Experienced Elvis? |
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| Needed smelling salts |
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| Bobby-soxers often did this |
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| Passed out |
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| Passed out |
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| Languished, à la bobbysoxers. |
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