| Challenge |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Aug 2025 |
| Accept (a challenge) |
The Telegraph Quick |
10 Jul 2025 |
| Play against, contend with (4,2) |
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| Acquire |
LA Times Daily |
19 Jun 2025 |
| Compete with a version of Keno after tavern's opening (4,2) |
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| Assume responsibility for (2 wds.) |
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| Accept as a challenge (4,2) |
Puzzler |
17 Jan 2025 |
| Hire, lets assume (4,2) |
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| Go up against |
Universal |
16 Dec 2024 |
| Assume (2 wds.) |
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| Recruit (staff) (4,2) |
Puzzler |
06 Nov 2024 |
| Compete against a version of Keno after TAB's opening (4,2) |
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| Employ Barbie's words of gratitude, filled with love? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
29 Jul 2024 |
| Assume, as a responsibility |
LA Times Daily |
08 May 2024 |
| Adopt a token out of order (4,2) |
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| Assume or adopt (an attribute or quality) (4,2) |
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| Carry forward, let's assume |
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| Undertake to carry forward? |
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| Hire |
Thomas Joseph |
28 Oct 2022 |
| Opinion for hire |
Irish Times Crosaire |
15 Jun 2022 |
| Hire |
LA Times Daily |
25 Oct 2021 |
| Add to the payroll |
Newsday |
14 Sep 2021 |
| Confront those characters in 24 across getting to switch |
Irish Times Crosaire |
30 Jun 2021 |
| Hire |
Eugene Sheffer |
05 Jun 2021 |
| Secure the services of ring in Kidnapped |
Irish Times Crosaire |
26 Feb 2021 |
| Assume; hire |
The Guardian Speedy |
29 Nov 2020 |
| Go up against |
New York Times |
04 Oct 2020 |
| "___ Me," a song by the popular '80s band A-Ha from their album "Hunting High and Low:" 2 wds. |
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| Hire |
Thomas Joseph |
19 Jul 2019 |
| Grapple with |
USA Today |
30 Oct 2018 |
| Grapple with |
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| Add to the payroll |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Oct 2017 |
| Go up against |
The Washington Post |
19 Aug 2017 |
| Go up against |
LA Times Daily |
19 Aug 2017 |
| Accept a token in new deal |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
28 Jul 2017 |
| Go up against |
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| Become popular; employ |
The Telegraph Quick |
28 Nov 2015 |
| Adopt |
Jonesin |
24 Sep 2015 |
| Tangle with |
LA Times Daily |
21 May 2015 |
| Tangle with |
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| A-ha "___ Me" |
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| Hire |
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| Go up against |
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| Bring aboard |
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| Tackle |
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| Assume, as responsibility |
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| Adopt |
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| Battle |
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| Hire |
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| Hire |
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| Assume, as a responsibility |
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| Assume |
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| Hire |
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| Assume |
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| Contend against |
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| Go up against |
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| Acquire |
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| Shoulder, as a task |
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| Tackle |
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| Hire |
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| Assume responsibility for |
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| Assume |
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| Assume, as a task |
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| Tackle |
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| Deal with |
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| Assume responsibility for |
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| Hire |
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| Assume responsibility for |
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| Assume, as a task |
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| Assume, as responsibility |
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| Meet a challenge |
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| Engage |
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| Adopt |
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| Tackle, as an opponent. |
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| Hire. |
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| Challenge |
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| Play against. |
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