| Clue | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Trounce | LA Times Daily | 08 Feb 2025 |
| When repeated, "Too bad, so sad" | ||
| Clobber | LA Times Daily | 25 Feb 2023 |
| Defeat decisively | Newsday | 15 Dec 2022 |
| Thump but good | Wall Street Journal | 09 Nov 2022 |
| Thrash | LA Times Daily | 20 Feb 2020 |
| Thrash | The Washington Post | 20 Feb 2020 |
| Beat badly | New York Times | 04 Mar 2019 |
| Beat badly | ||
| Defeat decisively | LA Times Daily | 29 Sep 2018 |
| Defeat decisively | The Washington Post | 29 Sep 2018 |
| Trounce | Eugene Sheffer | 22 Sep 2018 |
| Defeat decisively | ||
| Trounce in competition | Newsday | 15 Dec 2017 |
| Cream | The Chronicle of Higher Education | 01 Dec 2017 |
| Cream | ||
| Defeat decisively | Newsday | 08 Nov 2016 |
| Beat but bad | LA Times Daily | 17 Jan 2016 |
| Beat but bad | ||
| Beat the heck out of | Jonesin | 29 Dec 2015 |
| Trounce | ||
| Decisively beat | ||
| Thrash | ||
| Thrash | ||
| Big blow | ||
| Defeat soundly | ||
| Beat handily | ||
| Beat handily | ||
| Big blow | ||
| Defeat decisively | ||
| Defeat decisively | ||
| Make a loud report | ||
| Trounce | ||
| Trounce | ||
| Defeat decisively | ||
| Defeat, and how! | ||
| Thwack | ||
| Clobber, but good | ||
| Give a shellacking to | ||
| Beat but good |