| "It is what it is," e.g. |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Mar 2026 |
| Platitude |
Puzzler Backwords |
10 Mar 2026 |
| Obvious platitude |
The Times Concise |
02 Dec 2025 |
| Self-evident observation |
LA Times Daily |
01 Nov 2025 |
| Platitude |
Puzzler Backwords |
17 Oct 2025 |
| Is cutting politician not all there? That's obvious (6) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
26 Aug 2025 |
| Captain Obvious quote |
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| Self-evident or indisputable truth (6) |
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| Platitude |
Puzzler Backwords |
20 May 2025 |
| An obvious truth. (6) |
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| Obvious statement about rust I'm removing (6) |
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| Time one's getting into the spirit, it's an obvious statement (6) |
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| Maxim |
Newsday |
30 Jan 2025 |
| Obvious statement |
Universal |
13 Dec 2024 |
| In truth the first drink is included |
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| Prominent Republican all but crushes lives - that's self-evident (6) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
14 Nov 2024 |
| Prominent Republican all but crushes lives a that's self-evident (6) |
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| They say you are heading west in swirling mist, and that's obvious |
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| It's rum cocktail ___ that can't be gainsaid (6) |
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| It's rum cocktail - that can't be gainsaid (6) |
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| Cliched saying? It's rum recycled! (6) |
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| Common observation (6) |
The Guardian Quick |
16 Jul 2024 |
| Adage; timeworn saying (6) |
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| It's axiomatic that a run can't be finished in swirling mist (6) |
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| "It's not what you know, it's who you know", say (6) |
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| Irrefutable statement |
LA Times Daily |
05 Jun 2024 |
| It's rum, is rum! |
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| Self-evident sentence |
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| It's obvious I must set out when king's captured (6) |
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| Banality |
The Guardian Quick |
29 Feb 2024 |
| An obvious statement of fact (6) |
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| Something obviously true (6) |
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| Something that is obviously true (6) |
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| Banal self-evident statement |
The Times Concise |
22 Nov 2023 |
| Fact |
Premier Sunday |
09 Jul 2023 |
| 'It is what it is,' e.g. |
New York Times |
26 Feb 2023 |
| 'It is what it is,' e.g |
New York Times |
26 Feb 2023 |
| Swirling mist restricts Rugby: an obvious fact |
The Times Cryptic |
21 Nov 2022 |
| Platitude |
LA Times Daily |
24 Jul 2022 |
| Platitude |
Thomas Joseph |
06 Jun 2022 |
| "Some things never change," e.g |
Universal |
19 May 2022 |
| Platitude |
Thomas Joseph |
25 Oct 2021 |
| Obvious statement that says nothing new or interesting |
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| Saw drunk sit with rum |
The Sun Two Speed |
08 Jan 2021 |
| Platitude |
The Sun Two Speed |
08 Jan 2021 |
| Obvious observation |
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| Obvious observation |
LA Times Daily |
26 Oct 2020 |
| 'Honestly, no energy' is start of matrimonial platitude |
The Telegraph Toughie |
16 Apr 2020 |
| Saw it's rum that's mixed |
The Sun Two Speed |
16 Mar 2020 |
| Obviously correct statement |
The Times Concise |
27 Feb 2020 |
| Trite statement |
The Times Concise |
14 Nov 2019 |
| Platitude |
Thomas Joseph |
28 Oct 2019 |
| An obvious statement that says noting new or interesting |
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| Statement of the obvious |
USA Today |
02 Apr 2019 |
| Statement of the obvious |
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| It's self-evident this describes 24 down |
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| Saw middle of fire must spread |
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| 'What's past is past,' e.g |
New York Times |
09 Mar 2018 |
| What's obviously right is repressed by president endlessly |
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| "What's past is past," e.g. |
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| Platitude |
The Telegraph Quick |
22 Jul 2017 |
| Self-evident fact |
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| It's rum making a statement of fact |
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| Platitude |
Eugene Sheffer |
24 Nov 2016 |
| Cliché in the making |
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| 'Dead men tell no tales,' e.g |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Mar 2016 |
| Saw |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Jan 2016 |
| Self-evident statement |
Family Time |
12 Oct 2015 |
| 'It is what it is,' e.g |
New York Times |
17 May 2015 |
| Something obvious |
The Telegraph Quick |
11 Apr 2015 |
| Tin-opener is cutting into the drink, in fact |
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| Pedant's conclusion is seen in odd statement of the obvious |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
01 Mar 2015 |
| Platitude |
LA Times Daily |
07 Feb 2015 |
| Undoubted statement |
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| "It is what it is," e.g. |
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| Platitude |
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| Platitude |
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| Bromide, after initially tasting, is swallowed in liquor |
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| Adage eliciting "Well, duh!" |
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| Self-evident statement |
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| Well-known fact |
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| Self-evident statement |
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| Obvious statement |
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| Obvious observation |
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| "Summer is hot," e.g. |
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| Timeworn saying |
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| Platitude |
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| Axiom |
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| Self-evident statement |
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| Statement of obvious fact |
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| Self-evident statement |
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| Platitude |
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| Self-evident truth |
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| Platitude |
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| It's self-evident |
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| Self-evident statement |
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| Adage eliciting "Well, duh!" |
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| It's obvious |
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| Platitude |
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| Given, in geometry |
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| It's obvious |
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| Self-evident cliche |
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| Cliche |
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| Platitude |
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| Popular saying |
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| It's self-evident |
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| Statement of the obvious |
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| Platitude |
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| Maxim |
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| "Rain is wet," e.g. |
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| Platitude |
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| Platitude |
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| Obvious fact |
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| Cliche-in-the-making |
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| Cliché |
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| Statement of the obvious |
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| Time-tested fact |
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| It's a fact |
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| Axiom. |
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| "War is hell," for one. |
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