| PlusWord No 1243 solution |
The Telegraph Plusword |
16 Oct 2025 |
| Like pea soup fog |
New York Times |
27 Aug 2025 |
| Dense bush not a vehicle to feed parasite (5) |
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| Broad sign of approval about hospital (5) |
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| Stout bumpkin needs time to start (5) |
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| Peter Capaldi played Malcolm Tucker in this (The ___-- Of It) |
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| Wide and chunky |
The Times Concise |
12 May 2025 |
| Dense |
Mirror Classic |
10 Apr 2025 |
| Dim-witted Henry bitten by bloodsucker |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
01 Apr 2025 |
| Peter Capaldi starred in this political comedy (The ___-- Of It) |
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| Dense |
Mirror Classic |
18 Oct 2024 |
| Dense, stupid |
The Telegraph Quick |
21 Sep 2024 |
| Like a generous slice of cake |
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| Dense, like a milkshake |
LA Times Mini |
08 Sep 2024 |
| Dense |
Mirror Classic |
19 Aug 2024 |
| Dense, chunky |
The Times Concise |
07 Aug 2024 |
| Stupid not to be runny (5) |
Mirror Cryptic |
25 Jul 2024 |
| Dense |
Mirror Quick |
25 Jul 2024 |
| The _ Of It, political satire with Peter Capaldi (5) |
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| Dense |
Mirror Classic |
17 Jun 2024 |
| Broad or dense |
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| Like some clouds and fog |
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| Iron (5) |
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| It means "chummy," stupid! (5) |
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| Tense country fellow concentrated (5) |
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| Unclear sound of a timekeeper around hospital (5) |
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| Like a pea soup |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Aug 2023 |
| Dense |
Thomas Joseph |
10 Jul 2023 |
| Chummy |
Newsday |
10 Jun 2023 |
| Close together |
Newsday |
04 Nov 2022 |
| Criminally stupid? Very close |
The Guardian Cryptic |
14 Oct 2022 |
| Inseparable |
LA Times Daily |
20 Aug 2022 |
| Crowded hospital beset by parasite |
The Times Cryptic |
17 May 2022 |
| Like a milkshake that needs to be eaten with a spoon |
USA Today |
28 Jan 2022 |
| The __ of It, BBC comedy set in Westminster |
The Guardian Weekend |
15 Jan 2022 |
| Opening 14 across is not bright |
Irish Times Crosaire |
28 Oct 2021 |
| Like a good shake |
Universal |
12 Sep 2021 |
| Not flowing freely |
The Times Concise |
26 May 2021 |
| Like tomes, typically |
New York Times |
13 Jan 2021 |
| Not thin, as a slice of meat loaf |
Newsday |
14 Sep 2020 |
| Like some milkshakes |
USA Today |
15 Aug 2020 |
| Wide, broad |
Irish Times Simplex |
04 Jul 2020 |
| Like molasses |
USA Today |
03 Jun 2019 |
| Jiffy bags hard and heavy |
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| Like molasses |
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| Obtuse |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
07 Sep 2018 |
| Intimate Henry's come in second |
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| Well in credit, Henry invested |
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| Obtuse |
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| Taunted, circling yokel with little sense |
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| Not thin |
Universal |
04 Nov 2017 |
| Boneheaded alien deported by Bush |
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| Stupid; close-packed |
The Times Concise |
27 Mar 2017 |
| None too bright |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Jan 2017 |
| Not thin |
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| Term for unintelligent bumpkin |
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| Packed hotel welcomes credit? On the contrary |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
25 Aug 2016 |
| Like thieves, it's said, displaying bovine impenetrability? |
The Times Cryptic |
17 Aug 2016 |
| With relatively large distance between opposite sides |
Irish Times Simplex |
16 Jun 2016 |
| Sign of approval about hospital being very friendly |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
25 Mar 2016 |
| Broad |
The Sun Two Speed |
16 Nov 2015 |
| Broad moment round hospital |
The Sun Two Speed |
16 Nov 2015 |
| With 66-Across, slow learner in the litter? |
New York Times |
01 Jul 2015 |
| Stupid; (of fog) dense |
The Times Concise |
26 May 2015 |
| Dense |
The Telegraph Quick |
11 Mar 2015 |
| With 66-Across, slow learner in the litter? |
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| '72 Jethro Tull album "___ as a Brick" |
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| Like unabridged dictionaries |
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| Adjective used with good shakes |
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| Obtuse |
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| Blockheaded |
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| One way to lay it on |
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| Dense |
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| Dense |
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| Molasses-like |
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| Not the sharpest tool in the shed |
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| Dense |
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| Molasses-like |
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| Chummy |
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| One way to lay it on |
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| Obtuse |
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| Boneheaded |
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| Slablike |
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| Obtuse |
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| Adjective used with good shakes |
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| Chunky |
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| A way to cut steak |
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| One way to lay it on |
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| Viscous |
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| One way to lay it on |
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| Chunky |
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| Intimate |
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| Not too brainy |
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| Dense |
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| Like blood? |
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| Like some thieves |
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| Stupid |
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| Slow to figure things out |
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| Too much to be tolerated: Colloq. |
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| Compactly arranged. |
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| Luxuriant. |
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| Like thunder thighs |
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| Crowded. |
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