| Creature of financial burden |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Jul 2025 |
| "International aid is a ____. I'd have sacked Priti for not putting it down." (Rod Liddle in The Sunday Times) |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
15 Jun 2025 |
| We hit the plane badly - it's not wanted (5,8) |
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| Something that gives more trouble than it is worth (5-8) |
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| Expensive but useless object (5,8) |
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| Unwanted possession of a rare animal (5,8) |
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| Waste of money |
The Telegraph Quick |
08 Sep 2024 |
| Pricey buy that becomes a burden |
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| Burdensome possession |
Mirror Tea Time |
22 Jul 2024 |
| Something too expensive to maintain (2 words) |
Family Time |
23 Jun 2024 |
| Unwanted possession (2 words) |
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| Chess player, one with thick skin, gets unwanted gift (5,8) |
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| What Lee hit with his pen turned out to be more trouble than it was worth |
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| Pale pachyderm is a useless object (5,8) |
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| The hewn "Pilate" turned out to be a hard to get rid of item (5,8) |
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| Useless present (5,8) |
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| After Whit, fish the pan is put out for is more trouble than it's worth (5,8) |
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| Unwanted possession in jumble sale (5,8) |
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| It's thick-skinned, colourless and unwanted (5,8) |
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| Expensive, useless possession (5,8) |
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| Worthless asset |
The Guardian Quick |
26 Jan 2024 |
| Worthless asset (5,8) |
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| Albino trumpeter? It is unwanted! |
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| A burdensome pachyderm? (2 words) |
Family Time |
14 Aug 2023 |
| Possession whose upkeep is excessively expensive |
The Guardian Quick |
11 May 2023 |
| Burdensome possession (2 words) |
Family Time |
05 Feb 2023 |
| Unprized possession |
Newsday |
10 Nov 2022 |
| Troublesome, expensive encumbrance |
The Guardian Speedy |
14 Aug 2022 |
| Unwanted possession |
The Telegraph Quick |
05 May 2022 |
| Item exchanged in a so-called 'yankee swap' |
New York Times |
18 Aug 2021 |
| Unwelcome gift |
The Telegraph Quick |
26 Jun 2021 |
| Costly possession that's no longer useful |
LA Times Daily |
22 Jul 2020 |
| Costly possession that's no longer useful |
The Washington Post |
22 Jul 2020 |
| Thing of no value |
USA Today |
02 Jun 2020 |
| Bank holiday, Spain -- the plane's heaving; it's difficult to move |
The Telegraph Toughie |
05 Feb 2020 |
| Unwanted possession |
The Times Concise |
16 May 2019 |
| Impractical, expensive belonging or project |
The Guardian Speedy |
13 Oct 2018 |
| More trouble than it's worth |
The Guardian Speedy |
14 Apr 2018 |
| I let His Excellency pawn the bizarre unwanted gift |
The Telegraph Toughie |
06 Sep 2017 |
| Help athlete win when running, avoiding one learner's impediment |
The Telegraph Toughie |
29 Mar 2017 |
| It's more trouble than it's worth, chess player found before big game |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
22 May 2016 |
| Unwanted possession |
The Telegraph Quick |
01 Apr 2016 |
| Wheel patient being treated outside hospital -- a useless and expensive thing |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
15 Jul 2015 |
| Although receiving support, hard to wear long unwanted item |
The Times Cryptic |
03 Feb 2015 |
| Unwanted possession |
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| Burdensome possession |
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| Unwanted possession |
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| It's hard to get rid of |
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| It's often found in the attic |
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| It could be found in the attic |
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| Something relegated to the attic |
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| Burdensome herbivorous mammal? |
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| Many a yard sale item |
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| Burdensome possession |
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| Unprized possession |
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| Plastered pachyderm? |
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| Unwanted possession |
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| Useless but costly object |
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| Garage-sale item |
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| Beast of much burden |
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| Candidate for the rummage sale. |
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| Common U.S. animal |
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