| ... starts to tease Harry on radio, not Spike |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
16 Jul 2025 |
| Bougainvillea feature, often |
|
|
| Spiny plant |
The Telegraph Quick |
04 Jul 2025 |
| Rose's defence (5) |
|
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| Sharp part of a plant |
|
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| Rose part that pokes |
|
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| Plant's sharp-pointed projection (5) |
|
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| "The ____ Birds" |
|
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| Point to God in heaven finally (5) |
|
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| Most hornets have something prickly in their makeup |
|
|
| It could veer to the north, and it's certainly piercing (5) |
|
|
| Plant's defense against herbivores, perhaps |
New York Times Mini |
25 May 2025 |
| Rose barb |
LA Times Daily |
24 May 2025 |
| Coming from the north, it can be piercing (5) |
|
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| Rose danger |
|
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| Spike's old letter (5) |
|
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| The trumpet leader's instrument could be a prickly thing to play with (5) |
|
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| Sharp part of a flower stem (5) |
Puzzler |
18 Apr 2025 |
| Rose prickle |
The Sun Two Speed |
14 Apr 2025 |
| Old character is prickly sort |
The Sun Two Speed |
14 Apr 2025 |
| Brad ......All Blacks lock 2003-11 (5) |
|
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| Rosebush prickle |
|
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| Buck precedes it for plant of Rhamnus genus (5) |
|
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| Naturally it has its point (5) |
|
|
| Rose part that is out to hurt you |
|
|
| Old character that could get under your skin and be a pain |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
11 Mar 2025 |
| Thunder-god going north: see the point? (5) |
|
|
| The ___-- Birds, 1983 TV miniseries starring Richard Chamberlain (5) |
|
|
| Rosebush protector |
New York Times Mini |
16 Feb 2025 |
| Coming from the north it's unpleasantly piercing (5) |
|
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| Spiky part of a rose's stem (5) |
|
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| Sharp-pointed projection on a plant (5) |
|
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| Move north a" that's sharp (5) |
|
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| Move north? That's sharp (5) |
Mirror Cryptic |
16 Jan 2025 |
| Prickle |
Mirror Quick |
16 Jan 2025 |
| Spike on a rose stem (5) |
|
|
| Garden-variety poker? |
New York Times |
13 Dec 2024 |
| Rose's "prickly" feature |
|
|
| Rosebush feature |
|
|
| Point at tenor instrument (5) |
|
|
| Prickle |
The Telegraph Quick |
17 Nov 2024 |
| Barb, spike |
|
|
| Warning device, after start of test, becomes an irritation (5) |
|
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| Barb found around north (5) |
|
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| Rose prickler |
|
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| The first talon is a barb (5) |
|
|
| Prickly spine (5) |
Puzzler |
24 Oct 2024 |
| Coming from the north, it could be piercing (5) |
|
|
| Sharp point on a plant |
The Times Concise |
10 Oct 2024 |
| Avenger bearing spike (5) |
|
|
| Old English character's annoyance (5) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
01 Oct 2024 |
| Old English character's annoyance (5) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
30 Sep 2024 |
| Shrub protector |
|
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| An Old English letter that had its point (5) |
|
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| The first trumpet is a barb (5) |
|
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| Rose makes this point (5) |
|
|
| Rose protector |
LA Times Mini |
22 Sep 2024 |
| Every Rose Has Its ___ (Poison song) |
|
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| Point north perhaps |
|
|
| Spiny plant ripped trousers horribly at first |
|
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| In one's side, it's an annoyance |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
02 Sep 2024 |
| Sharp projection on plant |
|
|
| Hospital charging rent for character no longer employed |
The Times Cryptic |
31 Aug 2024 |
| Portland professional soccer player |
|
|
| Prickle on a rose (5) |
|
|
| Rosebush spike |
|
|
| Sharp stem protuberance (5) |
|
|
| Sticker on a stem? |
Universal |
07 Aug 2024 |
| Floral sticker |
|
|
| Plant barb (5) |
Puzzler |
01 Aug 2024 |
| Plant spike |
Mirror Tea Time |
30 Jul 2024 |
| Something that causes irritation and annoyance (5) |
|
|
| It's prickly turning north (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
12 Jun 2024 |
| Rose's outstanding feature |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
27 May 2024 |
| Hazard on a vine |
TV |
26 May 2024 |
| Types of heath or native spiky plant (5) |
|
|
| Lacerated round back of rosebush - by this? |
The Times Cryptic |
22 May 2024 |
| Sharp spine or prickle on a plant (5) |
|
|
| It comes from the North, and has its point (5) |
|
|
| Point made by the Navy after hot tussle (5) |
|
|
| Flower sticker |
Wall Street Journal |
08 May 2024 |
| Spike on a plant (5) |
|
|
| North (anag.) (5) |
The Guardian Quick |
25 Apr 2024 |
| It's prickly turning north (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
22 Apr 2024 |
| Rose's sharp part |
Newsday |
15 Apr 2024 |
| Plant spine Old English writer used (5) |
|
|
| Rose prickle |
The Times Concise |
08 Apr 2024 |
| Rose protector |
Newsday |
07 Apr 2024 |
| Brad ..... , rugby union lock whose New Zealand Test debut was in 2003 against Wales (5) |
|
|
| A prickle from the north (5) |
|
|
| Point on a stem |
Universal |
04 Apr 2024 |
| Rose spike |
|
|
| Rose part that pokes |
|
|
| Rose part that is out to hurt you |
|
|
| Damaged on top of head by prickle (5) |
|
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| Sharp plant protuberance (5) |
|
|
| Old letter was intended to protect Rose (5) |
|
|
| First toot on horn is a prickle in my side (5) |
|
|
| Barb in a bush |
|
|
| Sharp projection on a rose (5) |
|
|
| Spiky plant part (5) |
|
|
| It's hard to handle and it's found in the North (5) |
|
|
| Prickle removed from wreath or nosegay (5) |
|
|
| Pricker on a rosebush |
|
|
| Rose's prickle (5) |
|
|
| God, no point (5) |
|
|
| Sharp prickle on a stem (5) |
|
|
| Brad -, New Zealand lock; 2011 Rugby World Cup Final winner |
Mirror Quiz |
22 Jan 2024 |
| Moving north - that is sharp (5) |
|
|
| Part of a rose bush's defense system |
|
|
| 'The ------ ', 1977 novel by Colleen McCullough featuring the character Father Ralph de Bricassart (5,5) |
|
|
| Rosebush sticker |
Premier Sunday |
17 Dec 2023 |
| Choice between fricative and nasal character of old (5) |
|
|
| Spike in Falmouth or Newquay |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
24 Nov 2023 |
| Spike in Falmouth or Newquay (5) |
|
|
| Spike |
The Guardian Quick |
17 Nov 2023 |
| Something prickly ripped clothing horrendously at first |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
14 Nov 2023 |
| Prickly rose part |
|
|
| Prickle |
The Telegraph Quick |
13 Oct 2023 |
| Spike Milligan finally overcome by God |
The Times Cryptic |
04 Sep 2023 |
| Barb in a rosebush |
USA Today |
27 Aug 2023 |
| Barb in a bush |
Thomas Joseph |
26 Jul 2023 |
| Prickly plant originally trapping antler, perhaps |
The Times Cryptic |
03 Jul 2023 |
| Rose pricker? |
The Telegraph Quick |
02 Jul 2023 |
| Prickle, spike |
The Telegraph Quick |
14 Jun 2023 |
| Sticker |
LA Times Daily |
26 May 2023 |
| Rose protector |
Eugene Sheffer |
16 May 2023 |
| Ripped when pierced by hard prickle |
The Times Cryptic |
28 Apr 2023 |
| There's no rose without a ___ |
Universal |
16 Apr 2023 |
| Protector of a rosebush |
Family Time |
26 Mar 2023 |
| Sharp part of a rose |
|
|
| Prickly plant part |
USA Today |
13 Nov 2022 |
| Irritant |
The Guardian Quick |
12 Nov 2022 |
| Rose barb |
USA Today |
31 Oct 2022 |
| Rose protector |
Eugene Sheffer |
04 Oct 2022 |
| Barb |
The Times Concise |
02 Oct 2022 |
| Side issue? |
LA Times Daily |
17 Aug 2022 |
| Prickle |
The Telegraph Quick |
13 Aug 2022 |
| Plant spike |
The Times Concise |
27 Jun 2022 |
| Rose stem feature |
|
|
| Sharp point on a rose |
Newsday |
13 Jun 2022 |
| Rosebush hazard |
Universal |
09 May 2022 |
| Old Norse character finds god at bottom of mountain |
|
|
| Sharp spike on a plant |
Irish Times Simplex |
02 May 2022 |
| Barb in a bush |
|
|
| Rosebush hazard |
Newsday |
16 Feb 2022 |
| Bush barb |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Jan 2022 |
| Character no longer granted a service |
The Times Cryptic |
22 Dec 2021 |
| Sharp spike on a plant |
Irish Times Simplex |
01 Dec 2021 |
| Rose's impediment? |
|
|
| Potential pain in side of mouth or nose |
|
|
| Prickly tree |
The Times Concise |
20 Oct 2021 |
| Thunderer has a point – as does this |
|
|
| Cactus protector |
Newsday |
01 Aug 2021 |
| Sharp spike on a plant |
Irish Times Simplex |
22 Jul 2021 |
| Berry bush feature, often |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Jun 2021 |
| Spike gets medal from motherland |
Irish Times Crosaire |
17 Jun 2021 |
| Old character featuring in multi-author narrative |
|
|
| Abigail of Philosophy Tube |
USA Today |
18 May 2021 |
| Those initially heard coming from the car protecting Rose |
Irish Times Crosaire |
11 May 2021 |
| Old character in two minds about hospital |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
05 Apr 2021 |
| Sharp point of a rose |
Newsday |
05 Apr 2021 |
| Prickle |
The Telegraph Quick |
28 Mar 2021 |
| Rose prickle |
The Sun Two Speed |
22 Mar 2021 |
| Old character is prickly sort |
The Sun Two Speed |
22 Mar 2021 |
| Source of tinny hooter that's a cause of irritation |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
17 Mar 2021 |
| God needing name for Germanic character |
|
|
| Cause of sticker shock at the florist? |
LA Times Daily |
21 Feb 2021 |
| Cause of sticker shock at the florist? |
The Washington Post |
21 Feb 2021 |
| Rose prickle |
The Telegraph Quick |
12 Feb 2021 |
| 'Every Rose Has Its ___' |
USA Today |
10 Feb 2021 |
| Old character split when outside hospital |
|
|
| Old character is prickly sort |
|
|
| Commonly however, Navy shows spine |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
12 Nov 2020 |
| Introduction of hike in rent is an irritation |
|
|
| Spike Norse god's nectar at first |
|
|
| Spine damaged, put in hospital |
|
|
| Rose's sharp part |
|
|
| Spike in rent around end of month |
|
|
| Rose pricker? |
|
|
| Spike in north roaming |
The Sun Two Speed |
21 Sep 2020 |
| . In two minds about Henry, a prickly customer |
|
|
| Metaphorical source of irritation |
New York Times |
08 Aug 2020 |
| 61 Across feature |
The Washington Post Sunday |
02 Aug 2020 |
| Bougainvillea feature |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Jul 2020 |
| Side issue? |
The Washington Post |
13 Jun 2020 |
| Side issue? |
LA Times Daily |
13 Jun 2020 |
| Sticker |
LA Times Daily |
30 Apr 2020 |
| Sticker |
The Washington Post |
30 Apr 2020 |
| Square instrument making a sharp point |
|
|
| Undecided about husband being a source of irritation |
|
|
| Old character — one's a bit prickly |
|
|
| Garden hazard in unruly north |
The Sun Two Speed |
30 Oct 2019 |
| Sharp point on a rose |
Newsday |
29 Oct 2019 |
| Part of an acacia tree |
New York Times |
20 Oct 2019 |
| Part of an acacia tree |
|
|
| Sticker on a stem |
The Washington Post Sunday |
06 Oct 2019 |
| Source of sticker shock? |
LA Times Daily |
15 Sep 2019 |
| Source of sticker shock? |
The Washington Post |
15 Sep 2019 |
| "This __ / Doth to our rose of youth rightly belong" (Shakespeare) |
LA Times Daily |
12 Sep 2019 |
| 'This __ / Doth to our rose of youth rightly belong' (Shakespeare) |
The Washington Post |
12 Sep 2019 |
| Sharp spike on a plant |
Irish Times Simplex |
06 Aug 2019 |
| Cause of irritation in mouth or nose |
|
|
| Androcles' extraction |
USA Today |
23 Jul 2019 |
| One of many in Jesus' crown |
New York Times |
11 Jul 2019 |
| Unsure about husband's old letter |
|
|
| Hard punches ruptured spine |
|
|
| Spike Milligan finally supports God |
|
|
| Prickly type one associates with ros? from summit on The Cape |
Irish Times Crosaire |
19 Mar 2019 |
| Literary doctor's unfinished letter |
The Telegraph Toughie |
21 Feb 2019 |
| Name assigned to god is a problematic point |
|
|
| Spike Milligan ultimately following God |
|
|
| Prickle, however, with service |
|
|
| Androcles' extraction |
|
|
| Source of sticker shock? |
|
|
| Sticker |
|
|
| One of many in Jesus' crown |
|
|
| "This __ / Doth to our rose of youth rightly belong" (Shakespeare) |
|
|
| Split houses, hospital — it could prick |
|
|
| Metaphorical irritant |
Newsday |
06 Dec 2018 |
| Pricker in a garden |
Universal |
17 Aug 2018 |
| Source of pain for a lion, per Aesop |
New York Times |
27 Jun 2018 |
| Prick not big in Brighton — unusual! |
|
|
| Old character, thunderous one given short name 4 Troublemaker and supporters being upset a bit |
|
|
| Old character beginning to tune musical instrument |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
12 Jun 2018 |
| Protective protuberance |
Wall Street Journal |
31 May 2018 |
| Sharp-pointed tip on a stem |
Irish Times Simplex |
08 May 2018 |
| Honey locust feature |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Feb 2018 |
| Plant's sticker |
LA Times Daily |
29 Jan 2018 |
| Plant's sticker |
The Washington Post |
29 Jan 2018 |
| Ultimately flat, instrument that's sharp |
|
|
| Roth novel with new spine |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
09 Jan 2018 |
| North ruined plant's protection |
The Sun Two Speed |
05 Jan 2018 |
| Barb of a rose |
The Sun Two Speed |
05 Jan 2018 |
| Hospital injection needed in wrenched spine |
|
|
| Protective protuberance |
|
|
| Source of pain for a lion, per Aesop |
|
|
| Pricker in a garden |
|
|
| Plant's sticker |
|
|
| Bush barb |
Premier Sunday |
24 Dec 2017 |
| Time on instrument is a source of irritation |
|
|
| Prickly shrub obtainable from heath or nursery |
|
|
| Start of hike in rent – it can be painful |
|
|
| Basically, tooting bell causes irritation! |
|
|
| Rose protector |
Universal |
11 Oct 2017 |
| High rent all around, it pricks |
|
|
| Close to blunt instrument, something sharp |
The Telegraph Toughie |
26 Sep 2017 |
| Hiker's annoyance |
Newsday |
15 Sep 2017 |
| Initially take heed observing really nasty plant |
|
|
| Part of a locust tree |
New York Times |
20 Aug 2017 |
| Tree thriving initially on S American cape |
|
|
| Bramble feature |
USA Today |
24 Jul 2017 |
| Spike‘s t-trumpet |
|
|
| Rose's sticker |
Universal |
26 Jun 2017 |
| Prickly old letter |
|
|
| Deity with short name, an old character |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
21 Apr 2017 |
| Point of name given to Norse deity |
The Times Cryptic |
03 Apr 2017 |
| Projection? Hard to cut rent |
|
|
| Running north with Spike |
Irish Times Crosaire |
03 Mar 2017 |
| Projection? Hard to cut rent |
|
|
| Irritant in one's side, so to speak |
USA Today |
21 Jan 2017 |
| Prickle on a plant |
Irish Times Simplex |
14 Jan 2017 |
| Part of a locust tree |
|
|
| Rose's sticker |
|
|
| Bramble feature |
|
|
| Rose protector |
|
|
| Side issue? |
|
|
| Irritant "in your side" |
LA Times Daily |
27 Dec 2016 |
| Prickle |
LA Times Daily |
30 Oct 2016 |
| Androcles extraction |
Newsday |
30 Oct 2016 |
| Gashed gripping hard point |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
13 Oct 2016 |
| Rose protector |
Eugene Sheffer |
09 Sep 2016 |
| Rosebush sticker |
Newsday |
30 Aug 2016 |
| Spine damaged by stretching, needing input from hospital |
|
|
| Spine damaged by stretching, needing input from hospital |
The Times Cryptic |
26 Aug 2016 |
| Rose has this ripped clothing Henry! |
|
|
| Thistle thingy |
The Washington Post |
21 Jul 2016 |
| The point of growing roses |
|
|
| Spine |
The Guardian Speedy |
26 Jun 2016 |
| Old character dithering outside hospital |
|
|
| Old character dithering outside hospital |
The Times Cryptic |
19 Apr 2016 |
| Rose has it — beginning to trumpet |
|
|
| Something prickly in old snooker star, we hear |
|
|
| Stormy north tip of R |
|
|
| Primrose protector |
Jonesin |
16 Feb 2016 |
| Projection torn apart by hothead |
|
|
| Irritant "in your side" |
|
|
| Rose's sharp part |
Newsday |
22 Dec 2015 |
| Letter written long ago with quill? |
|
|
| Rosebush projection |
Universal |
30 Oct 2015 |
| Barb in a bush |
New York Times |
13 Oct 2015 |
| Letter carrying God's name |
|
|
| Androcles pulled one from the lion's foot |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Oct 2015 |
| Old letter, however near, sent back |
The Times Cryptic |
11 Sep 2015 |
| Rose protection |
Universal |
21 Jun 2015 |
| Side problem? |
LA Times Daily |
14 Jun 2015 |
| Rose's protection |
New York Times |
13 Jan 2015 |
| Fabled extraction |
LA Times Daily |
11 Jan 2015 |
| Spiny bush |
The Times Concise |
05 Jan 2015 |
| Rose's sharp part |
|
|
| Rose sticker |
|
|
| Rose hazard |
|
|
| Rose's protection |
|
|
| Barb in a bush |
|
|
| Rose protection |
|
|
| Rose protector |
|
|
| Pared bit at the florist |
|
|
| Androcles pulled one from the lion's foot |
|
|
| Rosebush projection |
|
|
| Side problem? |
|
|
| Fabled extraction |
|
|
| Ye began with this source of annoyance |
|
|
| Poison "Every Rose Has Its ___" |
|
|
| Irritant in one's side? |
|
|
| Rose protector |
|
|
| Sticker |
|
|
| Black Crowes "___ in My Pride" |
|
|
| Rose protection |
|
|
| Undecided over Henry's source of discomfort |
|
|
| Briar sticker |
|
|
| Sticking point |
|
|
| Irritant in one's side |
|
|
| Botanical barb |
|
|
| Rosebush sticker |
|
|
| Sticking point |
|
|
| Cause of side discomfort? |
|
|
| God facing new source of irritation |
|
|
| Runic letter for "th" |
|
|
| Androcles pulled one from a lion's foot |
|
|
| Rose's protector |
|
|
| Protruding protector |
|
|
| Briar part |
|
|
| Irritant in one's side? |
|
|
| Rose's attribute |
|
|
| Cactus protector |
|
|
| Bramble feature |
|
|
| Rose feature |
|
|
| Cause of sticker shock? |
|
|
| Rose feature |
|
|
| Sticking point |
|
|
| Rose's protector |
|
|
| Nettlesome issue |
|
|
| Cactus protector |
|
|
| Irritant "in your side" |
|
|
| Androcles' extraction |
|
|
| Rose hazard |
|
|
| Plant protector |
|
|
| Locust tree feature |
|
|
| Sticker |
|
|
| Rose feature |
|
|
| Side problem? |
|
|
| Pain in one's side |
|
|
| Rose stem sticker |
|
|
| Point on an infamous crown |
|
|
| Rose feature |
|
|
| Androcles's extraction |
|
|
| Rosebush projection |
|
|
| Rose's protection |
|
|
| Cause of a sore spot |
|
|
| Feature of an acacia tree |
|
|
| Protective protrusion |
|
|
| Rose hazard |
|
|
| Garden sticker |
|
|
| Prickle |
|
|
| Brier feature |
|
|
| Garden hazard |
|
|
| Metaphorical cause of discomfort |
|
|
| Metaphorical cause of discomfort |
|
|
| Cause of some sticker shock? |
|
|
| Rose pricker |
|
|
| Cause of some sticker shock? |
|
|
| Annoyance, so to speak |
|
|
| Cause of pain in the side? |
|
|
| McCullough's "The ___ Birds" |
|
|
| Androcles' extraction |
|
|
| Prickly irritant |
|
|
| Sticker |
|
|
| Rose hazard |
|
|
| Rose sticker |
|
|
| Paw woe for Androcles' lion |
|
|
| Bush defense? |
|
|
| Rose grower's problem |
|
|
| Major irritant |
|
|
| Sticking point |
|
|
| Androcles removed one |
|
|
| Branch sticker |
|
|
| Runic letter for th |
|
|
| Branch sticker |
|
|
| McCullough's "The _____ Birds" |
|
|
| Brier feature |
|
|
| Pricker |
|
|
| Rose protection |
|
|
| Garden sticker |
|
|
| Pricker |
|
|
| Androcles' extraction |
|
|
| Irritant in one's side |
|
|
| Stem sticker |
|
|
| Rose feature |
|
|
| Prickle |
|
|
| Prickler |
|
|
| Character no longer granted a service |
|
|
| Plant protector |
|
|
| Cause of side discomfort? |
|
|
| Annoyance |
|
|
| 53 Eth alternative |
|
|
| Bush protector |
|
|
| Cause of irritation |
|
|
| Bugbear |
|
|
| It's in one's flesh, maybe |
|
|
| Sticker |
|
|
| Garden hazard |
|
|
| Rose's attribute |
|
|
| Brier feature |
|
|
| Rose feature |
|
|
| Point on a New Testament crown |
|
|
| Considerable irritant |
|
|
| Nettlesome issue |
|
|
| Rose's protection |
|
|
| Pain in the side |
|
|
| Prickly item |
|
|
| Brier point |
|
|
| Protector of 56-Down |
|
|
| Rose protector |
|
|
| Annoyance |
|
|
| Rose protector |
|
|
| Prickly subject? |
|
|
| Rose's annoying companion |
|
|
| Rose's protector? |
|
|
| Point on a prickly plant |
|
|
| Prickle |
|
|
| Spine |
|
|
| Brier part |
|
|
| McCullough's "The ___ Birds" |
|
|
| Spinose structure |
|
|
| It lurks sub rosa |
|
|
| Rose's seamier side |
|
|
| Side nuisance |
|
|
| Rose's seamy side |
|
|
| Spinosity |
|
|
| This rose with the rose |
|
|
| Irritant |
|
|
| Rose's guardian |
|
|
| Rose's threat |
|
|
| Rose's drawback |
|
|
| Daniel's extraction |
|
|
| Irritant, figuratively. |
|
|
| City on the Vistula: Ger. sp. |
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| Cause of annoyance. |
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| Spike. |
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| Prickly shrub. |
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| "The snail's on the ___ . . . " |
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| Brier. |
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| Something that annoys. |
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| Part of a rose. |
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| Cactus spine. |
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| Attribute of the briary bush. |
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| Source of distress. |
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| Pricker |
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| Anything annoying. |
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| Prickle. |
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| Major irritant |
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| Sticker in the garden |
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| Spine. |
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