| Weapon such as Excalibur, for example |
The Telegraph Mini |
15 Oct 2025 |
| Claymore, say (5) |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
01 Oct 2025 |
| Duel tool |
Eugene Sheffer |
01 Oct 2025 |
| Katana or saber |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Sep 2025 |
| Blade finally opens series of letters? (5) |
The Sun Two Speed |
31 Aug 2025 |
| Cutlass, e.g. |
New York Times |
26 Aug 2025 |
| Knight's weapon (5) |
Mirror Classic |
29 Jul 2025 |
| What a fencer wields |
USA Today |
08 Jul 2025 |
| A cutlass or rapier (5) |
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| Disney film, The ___ in the Stone (5) |
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| Excalibur was the mythical one belonging to King Arthur (5) |
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| Is the pen mightier than half the crosswords? (5) |
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| Dueling weapon, or a word that has a silent "W" |
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| Foil, e.g. |
Thomas Joseph |
03 Jun 2025 |
| Epee or rapier |
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| The weapon flew up in the air, you say (5) |
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| She's grey, and may turn paler (5) |
|
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| Saber or epee |
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| Weapon used for fencing, and something that can be sharpened |
|
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| Cutting weapon |
The Telegraph Mini |
03 Apr 2025 |
| - - - - - lily, gladiolus common name (5) |
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| Weapon |
The Telegraph Quick |
26 Mar 2025 |
| Rapier, e.g. |
The Telegraph Quick |
19 Mar 2025 |
| Those involved in fencing use this second expression (5) |
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| This weapon is always found in crosswords |
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| "Forged in Fire" creation |
USA Today |
21 Feb 2025 |
| Fencing weapon |
Mirror Tea Time |
11 Feb 2025 |
| Cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade (5) |
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| One has a point about key arguments |
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| The ___ in the Stone, Disney film (5) |
Puzzler |
05 Feb 2025 |
| Excalibur, Glamdring or Rhindon, for example |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
03 Feb 2025 |
| Weapon in a sheath |
USA Today |
15 Jan 2025 |
| A knight's weapon (5) |
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| Words destroyed brand (5) |
|
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| Sees initial information as a weapon (5) |
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| 'Nor shall my ___ sleep in my hand' (William Blake Milton book I (1804) preface, l. 14) (5) |
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| Excalibur, for one |
LA Times Daily |
04 Dec 2024 |
| PlusWord No 927 solution |
The Telegraph Plusword |
04 Dec 2024 |
| * Weapon like Excalibur or word before 14a |
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| ___fish has long, pointed, weapon-like bill (5) |
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| In moments that pass too briefly, news of Spartacus? |
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| Medieval weapon that's a cut above |
Family Time |
17 Nov 2024 |
| Dueling weapon |
Newsday |
13 Nov 2024 |
| Blade |
The Telegraph Quick |
28 Oct 2024 |
| Medieval weapon wielded by Chappell Roan at the VMAs |
|
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| The - - - in the Stone, 1963 Disney film based on Arthurian legend (5) |
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| Words turn out to be a weapon (5) |
|
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| The in the Stone, 1963 Disnmlm (5) |
|
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| Duel tool |
Eugene Sheffer |
02 Oct 2024 |
| Perhaps foil spies or scammers? |
|
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| Small group of letters can be a weapon |
|
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| ___-- lilies, name given to gladioli (5) |
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| Sharp weapon |
The Sun Two Speed |
29 Aug 2024 |
| Son, wife or daughter producing blade |
The Sun Two Speed |
29 Aug 2024 |
| Frodo's Sting, e.g. |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Aug 2024 |
| Sabre |
Mirror Quick |
01 Aug 2024 |
| Words used as weapon |
Mirror Cryptic |
01 Aug 2024 |
| Another name for Gladiolus is ___ lily (5) |
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| Sabre |
Mirror Quick |
15 Jul 2024 |
| Traditional weapon whose parts can include a ricasso, fuller and quillons (5) |
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| Words collapsed before weapon |
Mirror Cryptic |
15 Jul 2024 |
| What is Balmung, Durandal or Excalibur? (5) |
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| Sabre |
Mirror Quick |
04 Jul 2024 |
| Words about weapon |
Mirror Cryptic |
04 Jul 2024 |
| Knight's blade |
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| Excalibur, for example (5) |
|
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| The ___ in the Stone, 1963 Disney film (5) |
|
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| Knight's weapon |
Mirror Classic |
25 Jun 2024 |
| Long sharp weapon (5) |
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| What the pen is mightier than, so it's said |
|
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| Something drawn before a slash? |
|
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| Duelling blade (5) |
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| Dueling weapon, or a word that has a silent "W" |
|
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| Sabre, say |
|
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| Sabre |
Mirror Quick |
30 May 2024 |
| Words used as weapon |
Mirror Cryptic |
30 May 2024 |
| Cutlass, rapier |
|
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| 1960s Disney movie, The ___-- in the Stone (5) |
|
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| Crossword section that bothered Damocles (5) |
|
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| Ep*e (5) |
|
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| Fencing piece? |
Family Time |
06 May 2024 |
| Second promise to get weapon (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
06 May 2024 |
| Weapon used for fencing, and something that can be sharpened |
|
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| Sabre, for example (5) |
|
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| Claymore |
|
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| Scimitar, for example (5) |
|
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| "The ___ in the Stone" |
|
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| Edged weapon |
|
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| Pointed thing carried by this wordsmith (5) |
|
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| Ensiform, adj.: Shaped like a ___ |
New York Times |
22 Feb 2024 |
| Dueling weapon |
Newsday |
06 Feb 2024 |
| Weapon weaker than a pen in other words (5) |
|
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| Bladed weapon |
The Times Concise |
22 Jan 2024 |
| Long metal blade with hilt and handguard |
|
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| Long blade turns up in a crossword clue (5) |
|
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| What object did King Arthur call Excalibur? (5) |
|
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| Cavalry weapon |
Family Time |
01 Jan 2024 |
| Duel weapon |
Premier Sunday |
31 Dec 2023 |
| Dramatic entertainment for fencers (9) |
|
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| Scimitar, eg (5) |
|
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| * Weapon like Excalibur or word before 14a |
|
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| Weapon for many Tamora Pierce heroines |
Universal |
03 Dec 2023 |
| Feature of an Oscar statuette |
LA Times Daily |
11 Nov 2023 |
| Fencing need |
Premier Sunday |
22 Oct 2023 |
| King Arthur's Excalibur, for one |
|
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| Dueler's weapon |
Newsday |
06 Sep 2023 |
| What could cut more than half of this puzzle? |
The Times Cryptic |
25 Aug 2023 |
| Foil, e.g |
New York Times |
24 Aug 2023 |
| Fencing weapon |
Newsday |
25 Jul 2023 |
| King Arthur's Excalibur, e.g. |
|
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| Excalibur, for one |
|
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| Weapon with a blade |
The Guardian Quick |
21 Mar 2023 |
| Card in a tarot suit |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Nov 2022 |
| What was both terrible and swift according to the first verse of the 6/21 |
The Guardian Weekend |
29 Oct 2022 |
| Weapon used for fencing |
|
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| Excalibur, e.g |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Jun 2022 |
| Word with play or fight |
New York Times |
05 Jun 2022 |
| Fencing need |
Thomas Joseph |
01 Mar 2022 |
| The easternmost beach of the 1944 Normandy landings |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
16 Jan 2022 |
| There's a point to it |
LA Times Daily |
03 Dec 2021 |
| Duel tool |
Eugene Sheffer |
25 Nov 2021 |
| It’s got a point |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Oct 2021 |
| Fighting blade |
The Times Concise |
31 Aug 2021 |
| Weapon for Valkyrie |
USA Today |
14 Aug 2021 |
| Codename of the D-Day landing beach closest to Caen |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
01 Aug 2021 |
| King Arthur's Excalibur, for one |
|
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| Excalibur, e.g |
LA Times Daily |
18 Jul 2021 |
| Excalibur, e.g |
The Washington Post |
18 Jul 2021 |
| One of many weapons built into Westeros's Iron Throne |
The Washington Post Sunday |
11 Jul 2021 |
| Weapon in a scabbard |
New York Times |
07 Jun 2021 |
| Danger for Damocles |
Wall Street Journal |
22 May 2021 |
| Zorro's weapon |
Universal |
07 May 2021 |
| Excalibur, e.g |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Apr 2021 |
| D-Day beach sergeant's first news |
|
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| Foil, e.g |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Mar 2021 |
| Symbol of military power |
The Washington Post |
06 Feb 2021 |
| Symbol of military power |
LA Times Daily |
06 Feb 2021 |
| King Arthur's Excalibur, e.g. |
|
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| Dubbing need |
New York Times |
06 Dec 2020 |
| "Mightier than the ___," 2015 Jeffrey Archer novel from the "Clifton Chronicles" series |
|
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| Excalibur, for one |
The Washington Post |
13 Aug 2020 |
| Excalibur, for one |
LA Times Daily |
13 Aug 2020 |
| Duel tool |
Eugene Sheffer |
08 Aug 2020 |
| Long-bladed weapon |
The Telegraph Quick |
24 Jul 2020 |
| Weapon with long blade |
The Telegraph Quick |
19 May 2020 |
| Weapon |
The Times Concise |
15 May 2020 |
| "The pen is mightier than the ___" |
|
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| Public official, speech back to front, to support queen |
|
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| Weapon |
The Telegraph Quick |
17 Apr 2020 |
| Blade finally opens a series of letters? |
|
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| Weapon with a hilt |
LA Times Daily |
12 Feb 2020 |
| Weapon with a hilt |
The Washington Post |
12 Feb 2020 |
| Pentathlon tool |
Newsday |
19 Jan 2020 |
| Son, wife or daughter producing blade |
The Sun Two Speed |
13 Jan 2020 |
| Sharp weapon |
The Sun Two Speed |
13 Jan 2020 |
| Southern term for steel |
The Telegraph Toughie |
04 Sep 2019 |
| Symbol of power |
New York Times |
01 Aug 2019 |
| Epee or foil |
Universal |
16 Jul 2019 |
| Weapon for Zorro |
Newsday |
14 Jul 2019 |
| Potential share for peacemaker — that's how this ends |
|
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| Fencing tool? |
|
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| Zorro's weapon |
|
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| Normandy beach where Yankee drops off, sleepy in retirement |
|
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| Cutlass, e.g |
Premier Sunday |
13 Jan 2019 |
| Weapon with a long metal blade that is commonly seen in period dramas |
|
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| Epee or foil |
|
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| Symbol of power |
|
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| Bladed weapon |
Universal |
29 Nov 2018 |
| Piercing weapon |
Universal |
20 Nov 2018 |
| Weapon almost in danger of dropping off when turned round |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
07 Oct 2018 |
| Weapon used by Zorro and Jack Sparrow |
|
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| 'Highlander' weapon |
The Washington Post Sunday |
30 Sep 2018 |
| Swashbuckler's weapon |
New York Times |
06 Aug 2018 |
| Flew high in the air, called for landing zone once |
The Telegraph Toughie |
02 Aug 2018 |
| Foil, e.g |
Thomas Joseph |
23 May 2018 |
| Dueling weapon |
Newsday |
02 Jan 2018 |
| Bladed weapon |
|
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| Piercing weapon |
|
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| Swashbuckler's weapon |
|
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| Duel tool |
Universal |
07 Dec 2017 |
| See 59-Down |
The Washington Post |
31 Oct 2017 |
| See 59-Down |
LA Times Daily |
31 Oct 2017 |
| Duelist's weapon |
Universal |
24 Jul 2017 |
| Bad words may become a weapon |
|
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| Sharp weapon |
The Telegraph Quick |
19 May 2017 |
| Saber, e.g |
Premier Sunday |
14 May 2017 |
| Zorro's weapon |
|
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| Fencing tool |
Premier Sunday |
07 May 2017 |
| Weapon on an Oscar statuette |
USA Today |
03 May 2017 |
| Expression after opening of silver foil? |
|
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| Duel tool |
|
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| Weapon on an Oscar statuette |
|
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| See 59-Down |
|
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| Duelist's weapon |
|
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| Excalibur, e.g |
USA Today |
07 Nov 2016 |
| War metaphor |
LA Times Daily |
02 Oct 2016 |
| It may have a good point |
The Washington Post |
06 Sep 2016 |
| Weapon for Beowulf |
The Washington Post |
26 Aug 2016 |
| Fencing weapon |
Universal |
25 Jul 2016 |
| Pen's inferior, in a saying |
Universal |
28 Mar 2016 |
| 57-Across, for one |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Mar 2016 |
| Centurion weapon |
New York Times |
21 Feb 2016 |
| Zorro's weapon |
New York Times |
15 Feb 2016 |
| Long-bladed weapon |
The Times Concise |
08 Jan 2016 |
| Turned up nearly comatose with cut from weapon |
|
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| Symbol of military power |
|
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| War metaphor |
|
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| Zorro's weapon |
|
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| Fencing weapon |
|
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| Samurai's weapon |
USA Today |
23 Dec 2015 |
| Fencing weapon |
USA Today |
22 Dec 2015 |
| Duel tool |
USA Today |
10 Nov 2015 |
| Fencing need |
Thomas Joseph |
28 Oct 2015 |
| Excalibur, for one |
USA Today |
08 Jul 2015 |
| Long-bladed weapon |
The Telegraph General Knowledge |
07 Jun 2015 |
| Weapon used to slay the [circled letters] |
New York Times |
07 Jan 2015 |
| Weapon used to slay the [circled letters] |
|
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| Pen's inferior in strength, so they say |
|
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| Samurai's weapon |
|
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| Fencing weapon |
|
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| Excalibur, for one |
|
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| Excalibur, e.g. |
|
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| Duel tool |
|
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| Brand succeeded based on promise |
|
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| Duel tool |
|
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| Knight's weapon |
|
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| Shogun's slicer |
|
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| Samurai weapon |
|
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| Cavalry weapon |
|
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| There's a point to it |
|
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| There's a point to it |
|
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| Épée, say |
|
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| Drawn weapon |
|
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| Fencing unit? |
|
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| Old arena draw? |
|
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| 19-Across, for one |
|
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| Weapon used with a shield, maybe |
|
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| Drawn weapon |
|
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| Cavalry weapon |
|
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| Swashbuckler's weapon |
|
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| Weapon used with a shield, maybe |
|
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| Excalibur, for one |
|
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| Excalibur, for one |
|
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| Duel-purpose weapon? |
|
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| Duel tool |
|
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| Weapon for Zorro |
|
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| Weapon for Zorro |
|
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| Stellate : star :: xiphoid : ___ |
|
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| Pen's inferior, it's said |
|
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| "... shall perish with the ___" (Matthew) |
|
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| Musketeer weapon |
|
|
| "The ___ in the Stone" (1963 animated film) |
|
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| Hand-to-hand weapon |
|
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| Swashbuckler's weapon of choice |
|
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| Prop in a Roman epic |
|
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| Weapon associated with Damocles |
|
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| Fencing weapon |
|
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| Excalibur, e.g. |
|
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| Swashbuckler's need |
|
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| Excalibur, for one |
|
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| Excalibur, e.g. |
|
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| King Arthur's Excalibur, for one |
|
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| D-Day beach |
|
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| King Arthur's Excalibur, for one |
|
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| Fighting blade |
|
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| Dueling weapon |
|
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| Dueling weapon |
|
|
| Scimitar, e.g. |
|
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| Flynn prop |
|
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| Combat, figuratively |
|
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| Combat, figuratively |
|
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| Scimitar, e.g. |
|
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| Zorro's weapon |
|
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| __ of Damocles |
|
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| Bilbo or scimitar |
|
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| Duel-purpose weapon |
|
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| Musketeer weapon |
|
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| Musketeer weapon |
|
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| Cutlass or épée |
|
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| Knight's weapon |
|
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| Damocles' dangler |
|
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| Excalibur, notably |
|
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| Military metaphor |
|
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| Scimitar |
|
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| Swashbuckler's weapon |
|
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| Swashbuckler's weapon |
|
|
| Weakling, next to a pen |
|
|
| Military metaphor |
|
|
| Swashbuckler's weapon |
|
|
| ___ of Damocles |
|
|
| See 39 Across |
|
|
| Fencer's need |
|
|
| Swashbuckler's weapon of choice |
|
|
| Bilbo, for one |
|
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| Cavalry weapon |
|
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| Cavalry weapon |
|
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| Thrusting weapon |
|
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| Bilbo or scimitar |
|
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| Excalibur, e.g. |
|
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| A D-Day beach |
|
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| Rapier |
|
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| Hand-to-hand weapon |
|
|
| "The ___ in the Stone" (1963 animated film) |
|
|
| Dubbing need |
|
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| Fencing weapon |
|
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| Scabbard insert |
|
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| Scimitar |
|
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| D-Day beach |
|
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| Yataghan, e.g. |
|
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| Excalibur, e.g. |
|
|
| Excalibur, for one |
|
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| Item less puissant than a pen |
|
|
| Flynn prop |
|
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| Side arm |
|
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| They Gave Me a __ (David Frost's book) |
|
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| Prince Valiant's weapon |
|
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| This may be hard to swallow |
|
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| Toledo product |
|
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| Excalibur was one |
|
|
| De Bergerac's weapon |
|
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| Blade |
|
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| Excalibur |
|
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| Kind of dance or play |
|
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| Word with fish or grass |
|
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| Threat for Damocles |
|
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| Weapon for Athos |
|
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| Saber |
|
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| Military power. |
|
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| Warfare, figuratively. |
|
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| Excalibur. |
|
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| Justice holds one. |
|
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| What "gladiolus" means. |
|
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| King Arthur's Excalibur. |
|
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| War symbol. |
|
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| Symbol of war. |
|
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| Plowshare material. |
|
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| Scimitar. |
|
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| Symbol of power. |
|
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