| Difficult |
The Telegraph Quick |
02 Oct 2025 |
| Difficult, intricate (6) |
Mirror Classic |
26 Jul 2025 |
| Complicated deception without hesitation (6) |
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| Exacting try-out for some cricketers (6) |
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| Marked by skill in deception. (6) |
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| Difficult time followed by singer Martin (6) |
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| Difficult or intricate |
Mirror Classic |
23 Jan 2025 |
| Problematic |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
18 Oct 2024 |
| Calling for care and skill - like whist? (6) |
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| Requiring adroitness |
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| Difficult, problematic |
Mirror Tea Time |
19 Aug 2024 |
| Head off Mick in attempt to be awkward (6) |
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| Clever as a solo player? (6) |
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| Cards won by Yankee displaying cunning |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
23 Mar 2024 |
| Not simple |
The Guardian Quick |
14 Mar 2024 |
| Difficult set of cards taken by Yankee (6) |
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| Difficult, awkward |
Mirror Tea Time |
03 Feb 2024 |
| Unpredictable |
Newsday |
27 Jan 2024 |
| Quite difficult (6) |
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| Bianca's man after time becomes devious |
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| Hard to get right |
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| Requiring careful handling |
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| Crafty illusion yet to start (6) |
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| Difficult set of cards followed by unknown character (6) |
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| Difficult to be sly |
Mirror Cryptic |
03 Dec 2023 |
| Problematic |
Mirror Quick |
03 Dec 2023 |
| Problematic |
The Telegraph Quick |
12 Mar 2023 |
| Difficult to do |
The Telegraph Quick |
12 Sep 2022 |
| Heading off unwell during test is crafty |
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| Heading off unwell during test is crafty |
The Guardian Quiptic |
12 Sep 2022 |
| Awkward; deceitful |
The Times Concise |
03 Sep 2022 |
| Sensitive — difficult |
The Guardian Quick |
24 May 2022 |
| Difficult feature of card game ending in controversy |
The Guardian Quiptic |
25 Apr 2022 |
| Difficult feature of card game ending in controversy |
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| Awkward |
The Guardian Speedy |
10 Apr 2022 |
| Could bridge be called this complicated? |
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| Could bridge be called this complicated? |
The Guardian Cryptic |
31 Jan 2022 |
| Problematic |
The Telegraph Quick |
07 Aug 2021 |
| Deceitful, crafty |
The Times Concise |
25 Mar 2021 |
| Difficult |
The Telegraph Quick |
09 Feb 2021 |
| Difficult test involves detective losing diamonds |
The Telegraph Toughie |
03 Feb 2021 |
| Regularly turn nasty and difficult |
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| Is a card game so complicated? |
The Sun Two Speed |
04 Nov 2020 |
| Difficult |
The Sun Two Speed |
04 Nov 2020 |
| With 21-, 30-, 49-, 61- and 74-Across, end of a Carrie Bradshaw quote that starts 'Men in their 40s are like the New York Times Sunday crossword puzzle ...' |
New York Times |
28 Oct 2020 |
| Devious |
Eugene Sheffer |
29 Aug 2020 |
| Translation's distasteful and difficult to understand |
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| Difficult; sly |
The Telegraph Quick |
27 Mar 2020 |
| Guileful |
Thomas Joseph |
13 Feb 2020 |
| Deceptive |
The Washington Post |
12 Sep 2019 |
| Deceptive |
LA Times Daily |
12 Sep 2019 |
| Crafty; difficult |
The Telegraph Quick |
03 Jul 2019 |
| Deceptive |
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| Tense little boy is difficult to handle |
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| Putting pile of hay into empty river is awkward |
The Sun Two Speed |
14 Jan 2018 |
| 'Massive' British trip hop artist being difficult … |
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| Little Richard loses head in attempt that's artful |
Irish Times Crosaire |
21 Jun 2017 |
| Difficult finding starters served in toilet roll, and disgusting! |
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| Problematic |
The Telegraph Quick |
05 Feb 2017 |
| Awkward time with Richard |
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| Devious |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Sep 2016 |
| Requiring delicate handling |
LA Times Daily |
18 Apr 2015 |
| Devious |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
10 Apr 2015 |
| Deceptive |
Jonesin |
15 Jan 2015 |
| Devious |
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| Requiring delicate handling |
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| Little boy, after short time, becomes difficult |
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| Having a catch |
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| Tough to figure out |
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| Devious |
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| Unpredictable |
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| Devious |
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| Hard to unravel |
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| Deceptive |
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| Complicated |
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| Word spelled phonetically by the starts of 1-, 20-, 27-, 36-, 49- and 56-Across |
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| Unpredictable |
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| Deceptive |
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| Tough to figure out |
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| Tough to figure out |
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| Deceptive |
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| ___ Dick (Nixon nickname) |
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| Sly |
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| Sly |
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| Ingenious or sly |
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| Unreliable. |
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| Deceptive. |
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