| Hit hard |
The Telegraph Plusword |
14 Oct 2025 |
| PlusWord No 1196 solution |
The Telegraph Plusword |
30 Aug 2025 |
| Whack, clobber |
The Times Concise |
16 Aug 2025 |
| Beat with heavy blows |
Puzzler Backwords |
14 Jul 2025 |
| Sound of a bass drum |
New York Times |
25 Jun 2025 |
| Heavy blow from the Yorkshire speed bump (5) |
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| Fourth umpire hiding punch (5) |
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| Hit heavily with the fist (5) |
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| Beat with heavy blows |
Puzzler Backwords |
14 Feb 2025 |
| Hit |
The Telegraph Mini |
07 Feb 2025 |
| Dull sound |
LA Times Daily |
30 Jan 2025 |
| Beat heavily on the first protuberance (5) |
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| Hit heavily (5) |
Puzzler |
12 Nov 2024 |
| Thus endlessly a politician will pound heavily on the keys (5) |
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| Biff |
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| Plod heavily in tango, getting the sulks |
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| Loud sound |
USA Today |
25 Sep 2024 |
| Strike creating buzz between start and end of trip (5) |
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| Whack, punch |
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| Appear busy, absorbed by tango performer's opening beat |
The Telegraph Toughie |
08 Aug 2024 |
| So short politician provides clobber |
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| Beat the camel's possession after mangoes! (5) |
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| PlusWord No 762 solution |
The Telegraph Plusword |
22 Jun 2024 |
| Beat with heavy blows |
Puzzler Backwords |
07 Jun 2024 |
| Hit rabbit without hesitation (5) |
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| Dull heavy blow (5) |
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| Defeat decisively |
Wall Street Journal |
14 May 2024 |
| Hit with the fist |
Mirror Tea Time |
27 Apr 2024 |
| Both umpires needed to show such a blow (5) |
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| The short umpire is hit hard (5) |
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| Dull hitting sound (5) |
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| Heavy blow with the hand |
Mirror Classic |
01 Feb 2024 |
| Sing along quietly in empty teashop to hit |
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| Hit with the fist |
Mirror Tea Time |
24 Jan 2024 |
| Sound of snow falling off of a roof |
New York Times Mini |
03 Jan 2024 |
| Knock |
Thomas Joseph |
09 Nov 2023 |
| Heavy knock |
Newsday |
24 Oct 2023 |
| Punch |
The Telegraph Quick |
20 Jun 2023 |
| Noise heard through a stethoscope |
Universal |
28 May 2023 |
| Wallop |
The Times Concise |
19 May 2023 |
| Dull sound |
LA Times Daily |
27 Apr 2023 |
| Beat by a lot, informally |
New York Times |
24 Apr 2023 |
| Hit hard in stomach with power |
The Guardian Cryptic |
26 Dec 2022 |
| Heavy knock |
Newsday |
31 Oct 2022 |
| Loud knock |
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| Fall heavily |
USA Today |
14 Oct 2021 |
| Punch |
The Telegraph Quick |
02 Oct 2021 |
| Hit hard |
The Washington Post Sunday |
12 Sep 2021 |
| Part of hand cut on opening of policeman's cuff |
The Telegraph Toughie |
01 Jul 2021 |
| Dull blow |
The Times Concise |
06 Jun 2021 |
| Heavy blow |
The Sun Two Speed |
01 Apr 2021 |
| Day MP asks for pound |
The Sun Two Speed |
01 Apr 2021 |
| Batter in a sulk after he's out |
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| Hit hard in belly with power |
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| Day with politician getting hit |
The Sun Two Speed |
05 Nov 2020 |
| Dull hit sound |
Universal |
05 Jul 2020 |
| Something digital, mostly with quiet beat |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
02 Jul 2020 |
| High time rising upper class politician gets beat |
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| Dull sound |
The Washington Post |
02 Mar 2020 |
| Dull sound |
LA Times Daily |
02 Mar 2020 |
| Check for ripeness, as a cantaloupe |
Jonesin |
27 Aug 2019 |
| Bass drum sound |
USA Today |
05 Apr 2019 |
| Hit heavily |
The Times Concise |
11 Mar 2019 |
| Hand a heavy defeat |
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| Bass drum sound |
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| Smack hard |
USA Today |
12 Dec 2018 |
| Heavy dull sound |
Irish Times Simplex |
26 Sep 2018 |
| Time to carry blow |
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| Sock smell in teepee |
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| Smack |
The Telegraph Quick |
10 May 2018 |
| Strike head of teddy bear |
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| Poltergeist's sound |
USA Today |
26 Feb 2018 |
| Smack hard |
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| Poltergeist's sound |
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| Kick drum sound |
Jonesin |
12 Dec 2017 |
| Strike that has union members protesting, initially |
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| Add penny to last of cash in pot to reach pound |
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| Knock |
Thomas Joseph |
20 Nov 2017 |
| Punch end of recalcitrant camel's protruberance |
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| Has no roots in Portsmouth or Knock |
Irish Times Crosaire |
17 Oct 2017 |
| Heavy blow |
Irish Times Simplex |
24 Aug 2017 |
| Heartbeat sound |
Universal |
24 Aug 2017 |
| If the American president replaced Rex with hothead - would that come as a blow? |
Irish Times Crosaire |
10 Aug 2017 |
| Heartbeat sound |
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| Defeat decisively |
Newsday |
04 May 2016 |
| Loud heartbeat sound |
USA Today |
20 Feb 2015 |
| Loud heartbeat sound |
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| Hitting sound |
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| Sound a stethoscope detects |
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| Dull sound |
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| Sound from a poltergeist |
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| Heavy knock |
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| Dull sound |
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| Beat but good |
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| Bass drum sound |
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| Beat |
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| More than a gentle tap |
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| Soundly defeat |
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| Haunted house sound |
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| Sound from a poltergeist |
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| Haunted house sound |
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| Beat but good |
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| Loud heartbeat |
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| Pound |
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| Stethoscope sound |
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| Defeat soundly |
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| Defeat soundly |
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| Pound |
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| Big blow |
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| Sound a stethoscope detects |
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| Cantaloupe check |
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| Whip |
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| Heavy knock |
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| Heavy knock |
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| Heavy blow |
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| Defeat decisively |
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| Check a melon, say |
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| Pound |
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| Check, as a cantaloupe |
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| Beat soundly |
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| Heavy knock |
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| Stethoscope sound |
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| Fall heavily |
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| Trounce |
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| Stethoscope sound |
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| Soundly defeat |
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| Loud blow |
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| Hitting sound |
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| Pound |
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| Defeat decisively |
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| Dull sound |
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| Thrash |
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| Whack |
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| Heavy knock |
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| Dull sound. |
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| Pound. |
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| Strike with a heavy dull sound. |
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| Whack. |
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