| Unvirtuous activity |
LA Times Daily |
08 May 2026 |
| __ president |
Commuter |
30 Mar 2026 |
| Gripping tool - immoral habit (4) |
The Guardian Quick |
12 Feb 2026 |
| Weakness in gripper? |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
28 Jan 2026 |
| 2018 film in which Christian Bale played Dick Cheney |
The Washington Post Mini |
24 Jan 2026 |
| Moral shortcoming |
LA Times Daily |
20 Jan 2026 |
| Gripping tool (4) |
Mirror Classic |
18 Jan 2026 |
| Fault in five diamonds (4) |
The Sun Two Speed |
07 Jan 2026 |
| see 12 Down (4) |
Mirror Quiz |
13 Dec 2025 |
| ___ President of the United States (POTUS' second) |
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| Bad habit |
New York Times Mini |
10 Nov 2025 |
| Nothing omitted in utter depravity |
The Telegraph Toughie |
05 Nov 2025 |
| 2018 biopic starring Christian Bale as Dick Cheney (4) |
Mirror Quiz |
28 Oct 2025 |
| Bad habit |
LA Times Daily |
26 Oct 2025 |
| Depravity; gripping tool |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
13 Oct 2025 |
| Sin |
The Telegraph Quick |
29 Aug 2025 |
| Sinful habit |
The Times Concise |
06 Aug 2025 |
| Opposite of virtue |
Universal |
09 Jul 2025 |
| Sin |
The Telegraph Quick |
06 Jul 2025 |
| Workshop bench clamp (4) |
|
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| Deputy who gets a grip on things? (4) |
|
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| Clamp on corruption (4) |
|
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| ___ versa, the other way around (4) |
|
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| This will keep a tight hold on immorality (4.) |
|
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| Deputy keeping a tight grip on things (4) |
|
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| Bad habit |
Eugene Sheffer |
08 Apr 2025 |
| Wicked behaviour from deputy (4) |
|
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| Word in a second-in-command's title |
|
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| A gripper of a deputy chair? (4) |
|
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| "Miami ___" |
TV |
16 Feb 2025 |
| Tool for gripping object that is being worked on (4) |
|
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| Deputy's shortcoming (4) |
|
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| Guilty pleasure |
Newsday |
31 Jan 2025 |
| Bad habit that really gets a grip? (4) |
|
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| Habit one may resolve to give up at New Year's |
|
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| Woman goes to church for a damp (4) |
|
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| Opposite of virtue |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
15 Dec 2024 |
| Gripping tool |
The Times Concise |
12 Dec 2024 |
| Miami ___, US crime drama series from 1984- 1990 (4) |
|
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| Harmful habit |
Universal |
11 Dec 2024 |
| A besetting sin |
|
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| With which to clamp down on evil? (4) |
|
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| Squad concern |
|
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| Workbench damp linked with Miami in police series (4) |
|
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| The "V" of VP |
Eugene Sheffer |
01 Nov 2024 |
| Moral fault (4) |
|
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| Bad habit (4) |
The Guardian Quick |
19 Oct 2024 |
| Shortcoming in metal tool with jaws (4) |
|
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| Immoral or evil habit (4) |
|
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| It has a wicked grip, naturally (4) |
|
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| The deputy's fault? (4) |
|
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| Novice's degrading habit (4) |
|
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| It's used for gripping evil (4) |
|
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| Sin is not exactly nice (4) |
|
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| Immoral or evil behaviour |
Puzzler Backwords |
14 Sep 2024 |
| Serious moral fault |
|
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| Squad's concern |
|
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| In place of immorality (4) |
|
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| A bad habit can be gripping (4) |
|
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| Wicked activity could be gripping (4) |
|
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| Most novices have some wicked way (4) |
|
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| Evil has a strong grip! (4) |
|
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| Bench clamp (4) |
|
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| "...and __ versa" |
Newsday |
19 Aug 2024 |
| ____-captain, second in charge of a team |
The Telegraph Mini |
26 Jul 2024 |
| "The Stand-in" is really gripping (4) |
|
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| Securing tool (4) |
|
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| Bad habit with a strong hold (4) |
|
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| Corruption in services (4) |
|
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| "Miami ___" |
Universal |
03 Jul 2024 |
| Sin, so six go to church (4) |
|
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| Deputy in the grip of depravity (4) |
|
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| Depravity may hold one in its grip (4) |
|
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| Bad behavior |
Commuter |
20 Jun 2024 |
| The sin of a substitute? |
|
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| Wicked action performed by deputy |
|
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| Failing to become a deputy |
|
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| Jaws? A gripping production! (4) |
|
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| Deputy to contend with cold |
|
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| Immoral doings |
Wall Street Journal |
11 May 2024 |
| Holding device on workbench (4) |
|
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| Miami ___, 2006 film starring Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx (4) |
Puzzler |
29 Apr 2024 |
| Sex, according to Roman church? |
|
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| 2018 political movie starring Christian Bale |
|
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| Evil habit |
|
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| Bad habit |
Newsday |
23 Apr 2024 |
| Immoral conduct which grips? (4) |
|
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| Wickedness or abomination (4) |
|
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| Word with "president" or "admiral" |
Family Time |
08 Apr 2024 |
| Sinful fault |
|
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| This keeps a tight hold on immorality (4) |
|
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| Smoking or drinking, for example |
|
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| Joe Biden, once |
|
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| The "V" of V.P. |
New York Times |
12 Mar 2024 |
| With which to grip a bad habit (4) |
|
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| Strong-jawed immorality? (4) |
|
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| White House "sub" |
|
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| ___ admiral (naval rank) |
|
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| Bad habit |
Eugene Sheffer |
23 Feb 2024 |
| Harmful habit |
LA Times Daily |
21 Feb 2024 |
| Take advice on removing ad for bad habits (4) |
|
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| Grossly immoral conduct can obviously be gripping (4) |
|
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| Bad behavior |
Commuter |
31 Jan 2024 |
| Immoral behaviour, very cold stuff (4) |
|
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| Bench attachment |
Puzzler Backwords |
24 Jan 2024 |
| Clamping tool |
|
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| 2018 drama with Christian Bale as Dick Cheney |
|
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| A bad habit of a human/horse (4) |
|
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| Virtue's counterpart |
USA Today |
06 Dec 2023 |
| Sex before church is a sin |
The Times Cryptic |
05 Dec 2023 |
| Not the chief fault (4) |
|
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| Means of getting a grip with Don Johnson in Miami (4) |
|
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| Bad habit |
Newsday |
19 Nov 2023 |
| Sinful habit |
The Times Concise |
16 Sep 2023 |
| Oscar-winning 2018 political drama film starring Tyler Perry as former Secretary of State Colin Powell |
|
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| Gripping item? |
The Guardian Quick |
19 Aug 2023 |
| Gripping tool |
The Times Concise |
11 Jul 2023 |
| Guilty pleasure |
Newsday |
08 Jun 2023 |
| Conservative in struggle for grip |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
12 Apr 2023 |
| Sin |
|
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| Deputy — failing |
The Guardian Quick |
31 Dec 2022 |
| ___ versa (conversely) |
|
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| Pass around clockwise initially, always the other way |
The Guardian Cryptic |
16 Dec 2022 |
| "___ Principals," 2016 HBO dark comedy featuring Bill Murray in a cameo role |
|
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| Sinfulness |
Thomas Joseph |
18 Oct 2022 |
| Bad habit |
LA Times Daily |
13 Sep 2022 |
| Bad habit |
Eugene Sheffer |
15 Jul 2022 |
| The 'V' in VP |
USA Today |
02 Jun 2022 |
| Immorality |
The Guardian Quick |
08 Mar 2022 |
| Part of VP |
Universal |
13 Dec 2021 |
| ___ versa |
|
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| President's no. 2 gripping tool |
|
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| Immorality |
The Telegraph Quick |
01 Nov 2021 |
| Part of workshop that is failing |
The Times Cryptic |
13 Oct 2021 |
| Bad habit |
Eugene Sheffer |
09 Sep 2021 |
| Wickedness |
Thomas Joseph |
18 Aug 2021 |
| Compete to restrain constant crime |
|
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| Gripping tool |
The Telegraph Quick |
23 Jun 2021 |
| Police unit, informally |
New York Times |
20 Jun 2021 |
| 2018 biographical film on Dick Cheney |
|
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| Immoral behaviour |
The Times Concise |
03 Jun 2021 |
| A guilty pleasure of some taken in by retiring Argentine civilians |
|
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| Guilty pleasure |
Newsday |
18 Mar 2021 |
| ___ versa |
USA Today |
13 Mar 2021 |
| Wickedness |
New York Times |
09 Mar 2021 |
| Destructive habit |
Premier Sunday |
14 Feb 2021 |
| Wickedness |
Newsday |
29 Jan 2021 |
| Bad habit |
Eugene Sheffer |
27 Jan 2021 |
| Excessive drinking or gambling |
New York Times |
18 Jan 2021 |
| Guilty pleasure |
|
|
| "Miami ___," 2006 action thriller film directed by Michael Mann, starring Jamie Foxx as Rico Tubbs |
|
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| The 'V' in VP |
USA Today |
05 Jan 2021 |
| Tool; immorality |
The Times Concise |
11 Dec 2020 |
| 2018 comedy-drama film starring Amy Adams as Lynne Cheney for which she earned an Academy Award nomination |
|
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| Wicked habit |
Universal |
14 Aug 2020 |
| Governor's weakness regarding young woman |
|
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| 'Miami ___' |
USA Today |
08 Jul 2020 |
| Sex before church is a sin |
|
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| Part of VP |
Universal |
08 Jun 2020 |
| Number two failing |
|
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| "Miami ___" |
|
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| Clamp |
The Sun Two Speed |
29 Nov 2019 |
| Evil grip this has! |
The Sun Two Speed |
29 Nov 2019 |
| Crime very associated with diamonds |
|
|
| Get a grip with this immoral activity |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
27 Oct 2019 |
| Handy metal tool is comparable to 17 across |
|
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| Christian Bale comedy drama in which he plays the role of former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney |
|
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| Wrong description of second-in-command? |
|
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| Pence, e.g |
New York Times |
07 Sep 2019 |
| Two couples rejected church's corruption |
|
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| Shallowness, to Wilde |
Newsday |
20 Jul 2019 |
| Backup, in titles |
Newsday |
29 Jun 2019 |
| 2018 biopic about Cheney |
USA Today |
26 Jun 2019 |
| Bad habit |
Universal |
13 Jun 2019 |
| Sinful habit |
LA Times Daily |
13 Jun 2019 |
| Sinful habit |
|
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| Weakness, say, when love is gone |
|
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| Fault with item in workshop |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
22 Mar 2019 |
| Contest involves Charlie gripping tool |
|
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| The "V" in VP |
Universal |
31 Jan 2019 |
| Bad habit |
Newsday |
24 Jan 2019 |
| Sinful habit |
|
|
| 2018 biopic about Cheney |
|
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| The "V" in VP |
|
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| Bad habit |
|
|
| Pence, e.g. |
|
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| Smoking or drinking, for many |
USA Today |
12 Dec 2018 |
| Nasty habit |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Dec 2018 |
| Corruption that's gripping |
|
|
| Smoking or swearing, to some |
USA Today |
10 Oct 2018 |
| Bad habit of six engineers |
|
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| Nasty habit |
USA Today |
22 Jun 2018 |
| Utter expulsion of love creates evil |
The Telegraph Toughie |
22 Mar 2018 |
| Blemish in crown of Victorian diamonds |
|
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| Wicked doings |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Feb 2018 |
| Number two |
New York Times |
21 Jan 2018 |
| Tool |
|
|
| Nasty habit |
|
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| Number two |
|
|
| Smoking or swearing, to some |
|
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| Nasty habit |
|
|
| Smoking or drinking, for many |
|
|
| Immoral behaviour seen in civic enterprise |
The Sun Two Speed |
13 Dec 2017 |
| Bench attachment |
The Sun Two Speed |
13 Dec 2017 |
| Moral misbehavior |
|
|
| By turns, in return: ____ versa |
The Times Specialist |
19 Aug 2017 |
| Moral weakness |
The Telegraph Quick |
15 Jul 2017 |
| The "V" in VP |
|
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| Wicked habit |
|
|
| "Squad" after gamblers |
Universal |
06 Jun 2017 |
| Gambling or smoking, for some |
USA Today |
10 May 2017 |
| Something wicked? It may be gripping |
|
|
| Target of many a New Year's resolution |
|
|
| Target of many a New Year's resolution |
LA Times Daily |
30 Mar 2017 |
| Wickedness |
Thomas Joseph |
21 Mar 2017 |
| Smoking or swearing, to some |
|
|
| __ president |
LA Times Daily |
09 Jan 2017 |
| Target of many a New Year's resolution |
|
|
| Wicked habit |
|
|
| __ president |
|
|
| "Squad" after gamblers |
|
|
| Gambling or smoking, for some |
|
|
| Bad habit |
The Guardian Quick |
19 Nov 2016 |
| Moral failing |
USA Today |
09 Nov 2016 |
| Wickedness / that gets a grip |
|
|
| Immoral activity |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Apr 2016 |
| Smoking cigars, e.g |
New York Times |
23 Mar 2016 |
| Wickedness |
The Telegraph Quick |
11 Dec 2015 |
| Wrong piece of equipment for workshop |
|
|
| Bad habit, so to speak |
Universal |
09 Jun 2015 |
| In place of depravity |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
16 Mar 2015 |
| Strive to contain constant perversion |
The Telegraph Toughie |
13 Mar 2015 |
| Principal introduction? |
LA Times Daily |
13 Mar 2015 |
| Bad habit |
|
|
| Sin, depravity |
The Telegraph Quick |
21 Jan 2015 |
| Bad habit, so to speak |
|
|
| ___ versa |
|
|
| Smoking or sweets, e.g. |
|
|
| Word before cop or president |
|
|
| Principal introduction? |
|
|
| Bad habit |
|
|
| Not quite the chief sin? |
|
|
| Lead-in for president or squad |
|
|
| Guilty pleasure |
|
|
| Bad habit |
|
|
| Sinful habit |
|
|
| Illicit gambling, drugs, etc. |
|
|
| '80s TV's "Miami __" |
|
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| __ squad |
|
|
| Sonny Crockett's squad |
|
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| Squad subject |
|
|
| Bad habit |
|
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| Police target |
|
|
| __ squad |
|
|
| Canadian hipster magazine |
|
|
| Notably snarky magazine/media empire |
|
|
| Iniquity |
|
|
| Iniquity |
|
|
| Weakness that grips strongly? |
|
|
| Underworld activities |
|
|
| Smoking or drinking, some say |
|
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| Fault |
|
|
| Nasty habit |
|
|
| Smoking or drinking, some say |
|
|
| One kind of squad |
|
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| Habit that needs curbing |
|
|
| Nasty habit |
|
|
| It's just wrong |
|
|
| Annual resolution target |
|
|
| Gambling or drinking too much, e.g. |
|
|
| Part of 36 Across' title |
|
|
| Greed, for one |
|
|
| Gambling or drinking |
|
|
| Guilty pleasure |
|
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| Bad habit |
|
|
| Annual resolution target |
|
|
| Guilty pleasure |
|
|
| Really bad habit |
|
|
| Gambling too much, e.g. |
|
|
| Kind of squad |
|
|
| ___ squad |
|
|
| Smoking or drinking, for many |
|
|
| Bad habit |
|
|
| Smoking or drinking |
|
|
| Nasty habit |
|
|
| Wicked doings |
|
|
| Bad habit |
|
|
| "Miami ___" (Don Johnson show) |
|
|
| Word before squad or president |
|
|
| Moral weakness |
|
|
| Bad habit |
|
|
| Squad leader? |
|
|
| Police target |
|
|
| Lead-in for "president" |
|
|
| Failing |
|
|
| Bad habit and then some |
|
|
| Bad habit and then some |
|
|
| Lead-in for president or squad |
|
|
| Police target |
|
|
| #2, informally |
|
|
| Sermon subject |
|
|
| Lead-in for president or squad |
|
|
| Kind of squad |
|
|
| Gambling, e.g. |
|
|
| Immoral conduct |
|
|
| Frailty |
|
|
| Moral failing |
|
|
| ___ versa |
|
|
| Type of squad |
|
|
| Certain squad subject |
|
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| Second |
|
|
| Moral defect |
|
|
| Rehab target |
|
|
| Bad habit |
|
|
| Gambling, to some |
|
|
| Certain squad's target |
|
|
| The V of V.P. |
|
|
| "Miami ___" |
|
|
| Bad habit |
|
|
| Police department unit |
|
|
| Immoral conduct |
|
|
| __ admiral (naval rank) |
|
|
| Smoking, gambling or drinking |
|
|
| ___ president |
|
|
| Hated habit |
|
|
| __ versa |
|
|
| ___ president |
|
|
| Iniquity |
|
|
| Bad habit |
|
|
| Iniquity |
|
|
| Type of squad |
|
|
| Sermon subject |
|
|
| Wicked conduct |
|
|
| Police squad |
|
|
| Word before chairman or chancellor |
|
|
| Gambling, e.g. |
|
|
| Moral weakness |
|
|
| Kind of admiral |
|
|
| versa |
|
|
| Bad habit, so to speak |
|
|
| Weakness |
|
|
| Opposite of virtue |
|
|
| ___ -President |
|
|
| Moral weakness |
|
|
| Police-force division |
|
|
| Immoral conduct |
|
|
| Cop's concern |
|
|
| Immorality |
|
|
| Graft and such |
|
|
| Type of squad |
|
|
| Number 2 |
|
|
| Virtue's opposite |
|
|
| Wickedness |
|
|
| The horror of Gomorrah |
|
|
| ___ President Coolidge: 1921-23 |
|
|
| Kind of squad |
|
|
| Sermon subject |
|
|
| It's not nice |
|
|
| Iniquity |
|
|
| Kind of admiral |
|
|
| Squad or versa |
|
|
| Certain squad |
|
|
| Fault. |
|
|
| Instead of. |
|
|
| In the place of. |
|
|
| "Iniquity" in old English "Moralities." |
|
|
| ___ squad. |
|
|
| Substitute or deputy: Prefix. |
|
|
| Subject of a New York trial. |
|
|
| In place of. |
|
|
| Immorality |
|
|