| Weakling |
USA Today |
25 Sep 2025 |
| Weak type with young troublemaker (4) |
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| Weak, irresolute person (colloq) (4) |
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| Feeble, ineffectual person (4) |
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| Ineffectual person |
The Sun Mini |
12 May 2025 |
| Jerk front of wonky Hillman? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
11 Apr 2025 |
| A politician gets a bit wild when called one (4) |
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| Timorous weakling (4) |
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| The Diary Of Horace ____, song by ELO released in 1979 (4) |
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| Fraidy-cat |
New York Times |
23 Feb 2025 |
| Western power accepts one's a weak type (4) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
19 Feb 2025 |
| West Indies politician is weak person (4) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
14 Feb 2025 |
| Timid guy |
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| Spineless one |
Commuter |
24 Jan 2025 |
| Weakling with young troublemaker (4) |
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| Starts wrestling with troublemaker suggesting they're a weakling |
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| Wet person heading for water, the little demon (4) |
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| Feeble ineffective person (4) |
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| Doormat in bungalow, impressive (4) |
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| Weakling in my place initially (4) |
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| Mayfair politician, a feeble type (4) |
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| West Indies politician, weak person (4) |
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| Coward; sissy |
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| Weak and cowardly or unadventurous person (4) |
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| Softy starts to whine, ignoring manly pursuits |
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| Ineffectual person |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
21 Aug 2024 |
| Feeble person |
The Telegraph Quick |
10 Aug 2024 |
| Timid type with young troublemaker (4) |
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| Weakling initially masks puniness (4) |
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| A politician gets a bit wild when called one(4) |
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| Feeble person, informally (4) |
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| Cowardly weakling (4) |
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| Chicken |
New York Times |
30 May 2024 |
| Feeble type with mischievous child |
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| Ineffective person was originally a little devil (4) |
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| Milquetoast |
New York Times |
15 Mar 2024 |
| Now important to protect weak person (4) |
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| Chicken with monkey |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
30 Jan 2024 |
| Ineffectual person |
The Telegraph Quick |
13 Jan 2024 |
| Weak. irresolute person (4) |
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| Nebbish; not-so-courageous sort (4) |
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| Milksop |
Puzzler Backwords |
09 Dec 2023 |
| Milksop (4) |
Puzzler |
22 Nov 2023 |
| Scaredy cat or wuss (rhymes with "limp") |
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| Principally weak little devil who quivers when facing trouble? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
25 Oct 2023 |
| One might cower with terror |
The Times Cryptic |
08 Sep 2023 |
| Coward |
Universal |
23 Aug 2023 |
| Wuss |
Eugene Sheffer |
16 Aug 2023 |
| Spineless sort |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Jul 2023 |
| Scaredy-cat |
Universal |
11 Dec 2022 |
| Chicken (out) |
New York Times |
19 Nov 2022 |
| Person lacking resolution |
The Guardian Quick |
17 Sep 2022 |
| One behaving ineffectively with mischievous child |
The Times Cryptic |
31 Jan 2022 |
| Coward wrote incisively mordant plays at first |
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| Weak and cowardly person |
The Times Concise |
06 Nov 2021 |
| Wuss in mummy's pocket primarily? |
The Times Cryptic |
02 Nov 2021 |
| Spineless type |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Sep 2021 |
| Weakling |
Canadiana |
03 May 2021 |
| Live wire's opposite |
The Washington Post |
31 Jan 2021 |
| Live wire's opposite |
LA Times Daily |
31 Jan 2021 |
| Chicken parts now imported |
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| Scaredy-cat |
New York Times |
15 Nov 2020 |
| Cowardly sort |
New York Times |
13 Sep 2020 |
| ___ out (get too scared) |
Universal |
03 Sep 2020 |
| Former acronym now largely replaced by GUI (Graphical User Interface), from four of its important elements |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
23 Aug 2020 |
| Unlikely hero |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Jul 2020 |
| Wife to independent politician being spineless sort |
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| Women's group taking on politician, a weak fellow |
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| Ineffectual one |
Newsday |
22 Dec 2019 |
| Feeble chap‘s wife a devil |
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| Take the easy way out, with ''out'' |
Newsday |
20 Jul 2019 |
| I'm initially placed under wide doormat |
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| Unheroic type |
Newsday |
12 May 2019 |
| Unlikely hero |
Family Time |
21 Apr 2019 |
| Wife meets one MP, spineless sort |
The Sun Two Speed |
20 Mar 2019 |
| Feeble person (informal) |
The Sun Two Speed |
20 Mar 2019 |
| Weak and cowardly person |
The Times Concise |
01 Mar 2019 |
| Weak, cowardly person |
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| Chicken, pejoratively |
Jonesin |
01 Jan 2019 |
| Chicken (out) |
LA Times Daily |
23 Nov 2018 |
| Chicken (out) |
The Washington Post |
23 Nov 2018 |
| Weak-kneed sort |
USA Today |
15 Oct 2018 |
| Human chicken |
The Washington Post Sunday |
30 Sep 2018 |
| Primarily weak, ineffective, mild person |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
12 Aug 2018 |
| Stereotypical weakling |
Universal |
01 Aug 2018 |
| Get too scared, with 'out' |
New York Times |
25 Jul 2018 |
| Scaredy-cat |
USA Today |
03 May 2018 |
| Cowardly sort |
The Washington Post Sunday |
22 Apr 2018 |
| Cowardly type |
USA Today |
21 Feb 2018 |
| Weakling from Caribbean: one sitting in house |
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| Chicken wraps in market prepared for starters |
Irish Times Crosaire |
31 Jan 2018 |
| Weakling |
New York Times |
11 Jan 2018 |
| Chicken (out) |
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| Weakling |
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| Get too scared, with "out" |
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| Stereotypical weakling |
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| Weak-kneed sort |
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| Scaredy-cat |
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| Cowardly type |
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| Namby-pamby |
USA Today |
19 Dec 2017 |
| Coward found on the outskirts of Wicklow camp |
Irish Times Crosaire |
13 Dec 2017 |
| Wuss |
Eugene Sheffer |
02 Dec 2017 |
| Weakling |
Eugene Sheffer |
30 Nov 2017 |
| Milquetoast |
Universal |
20 Nov 2017 |
| Human cream puff |
Universal |
08 Nov 2017 |
| Milquetoast |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
29 Sep 2017 |
| Namby-pamby person |
The Washington Post |
26 Sep 2017 |
| Namby-pamby person |
LA Times Daily |
26 Sep 2017 |
| Coward found on the outskirts of Wicklow swamp |
Irish Times Crosaire |
18 Aug 2017 |
| Fraidy-cat |
LA Times Daily |
18 Jul 2017 |
| Fraidy-cat |
The Washington Post |
18 Jul 2017 |
| Whiskey and Sprite with chicken? |
Irish Times Crosaire |
05 Jun 2017 |
| Ineffective person |
The Times Concise |
07 Feb 2017 |
| Milquetoast |
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| Human cream puff |
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| Fraidy-cat |
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| Namby-pamby person |
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| Milquetoast |
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| Namby-pamby |
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| Fraidy-cat |
Newsday |
18 Nov 2016 |
| Spineless sort |
The Washington Post |
03 Nov 2016 |
| Politician on Mayfair doormat |
The Telegraph Toughie |
08 Jul 2016 |
| Women's group member gets wet |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
14 May 2016 |
| Spineless sort |
Universal |
01 Apr 2016 |
| Certainly not the assertive type |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Feb 2016 |
| Not-so-courageous sort |
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| Softie |
The Telegraph Quick |
02 Dec 2015 |
| Weak type |
Premier Sunday |
15 Nov 2015 |
| Hardly a he-man |
Universal |
05 Oct 2015 |
| An ineffective person -- or Mayfair politician |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
29 Apr 2015 |
| Hardly the heroic type |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Apr 2015 |
| Wuss |
New York Times |
17 Mar 2015 |
| West Indian politician is a feeble person |
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| West Indian politician is a feeble person |
The Times Cryptic |
01 Mar 2015 |
| Read in this how I'm pusillanimous! |
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| Wuss |
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| Weak type |
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| Hardly a he-man |
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| Hardly the heroic type |
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| Softy with little devil |
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| Nerd kin |
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| Timid type |
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| Cream puff |
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| Cowardly sort |
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| Bully's target, maybe |
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| Big chicken? |
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| Fraidy-cat |
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| Namby-pamby |
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| Namby-pamby |
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| Namby-pamby |
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| Wuss |
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| Milquetoast |
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| Jellyfish |
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| Chicken |
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| Wuss |
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| Unlikely hero |
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| Coward |
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| Unlikely hero |
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| Timid type |
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| Spineless one |
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| Milquetoast |
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| Spineless one |
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| Milquetoast |
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| Milquetoast |
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| Nebbish |
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| Spineless sort |
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| Chicken |
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| Ineffectual one |
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| Hardly the heroic type |
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| Milquetoast |
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| Non-macho type |
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| Hardly a he-man |
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| Weakling |
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| Pushover |
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| Weakling |
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| Sissy |
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| Spineless sort |
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| Cowardly one |
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| Weakling |
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| Namby-pamby |
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| Milksop |
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| Weak sort |
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| Big baby |
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| Milksop |
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| Cream puff |
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| Weakling |
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| Weakling |
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| Nerd kin |
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| Dweeb |
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| Unlikely bodybuilder |
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| Jellyfish |
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| Wuss |
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| Milquetoast |
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| Milquetoast |
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| Weak person |
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| Bush image, circa 1988 |
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| Milksop |
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| Cream puff |
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| Chicken |
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| Weakling |
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| Chicken (out) |
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| Nerd kin |
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| Milquetoast |
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| Cream puff |
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| Cream puff |
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| Sissy |
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| Cream puff |
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| Softy |
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| Chicken, so to speak |
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| Charles Atlas once |
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| Weak, dull person |
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| Ineffective one |
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| Relative of a nerd |
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| Twerp |
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| Ineffectual person |
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| Twerp's cousin |
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