| He may struggle to break a lock (8) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
11 Sep 2025 |
| Fighter heads west with the others, to meet the French ringleader |
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| Hulk Hogan or The Rock, eg, professional ... |
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| Ring contestant (8) |
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| One engaged in a gripping contest (8) |
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| WWE participant (8) |
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| Struggles with pins and locks (8) |
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| Combatant with others joining the French Resistance |
The Telegraph Toughie |
04 Mar 2025 |
| Someone who tries to upset people (8) |
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| Lester goes to war with a missing combatant (8) |
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| Sumo fighter, eg (8) |
Puzzler |
07 Dec 2024 |
| I'll leave writers at sea absorbing French article, one struggling |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
19 Nov 2024 |
| Might he struggle to break a lock? (8) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
17 Nov 2024 |
| One having a gripping time in the ring (8) |
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| Grappling fighter (8) |
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| Sportsman on the mat? (8) |
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| Hulk Hogan or The Rock, e.g. |
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| WWF fighter |
The Sun Two Speed |
19 Jul 2024 |
| Sporty sort hard to pin down? |
The Sun Two Speed |
19 Jul 2024 |
| Grappling sportsperson |
The Times Concise |
13 Jul 2024 |
| Fighter with the French Resistance is welcoming respite |
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| Sumo fighter |
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| He struggles to make a living |
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| Essentially intolerable with others before he gets into fights (8) |
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| Sumo practitioner (8) |
The Guardian Quick |
17 May 2024 |
| Grappler |
The Guardian Quick |
01 May 2024 |
| Hulk Hogan, eg |
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| Hand to hand fighter (8) |
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| Athlete on a mat (Hulk Hogan, for one) (8) |
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| Athlete that can be pinned |
Family Time |
31 Mar 2024 |
| Many a character in 2023's The Iron Claw |
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| He tries to upset people (8) |
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| Fighter in an unarmed sport that allows no punching (8) |
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| Fighter West may steer with a left and a right (8) |
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| Sporting type’s wife taking break by the French river |
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| Ring grappler |
The Telegraph Quick |
03 Dec 2023 |
| Ring fighter |
The Times Concise |
05 Nov 2022 |
| Pin expert? |
LA Times Daily |
17 Feb 2022 |
| Pin expert? |
The Washington Post |
17 Feb 2022 |
| One grappling with reels cast across mouth of the river |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
23 Nov 2020 |
| One who fights with the French king after all others |
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| Sportsman with others regularly skipped algebra |
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| Grappling combatant |
The Sun Two Speed |
20 Dec 2019 |
| Sporty sort hard to pin down? |
The Sun Two Speed |
20 Dec 2019 |
| One fights with others before the French king |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
29 Oct 2019 |
| Grappler has weight right: Lester thrown! |
The Sun Two Speed |
02 Aug 2019 |
| Ring fighter |
The Sun Two Speed |
02 Aug 2019 |
| Lock expert? |
The Washington Post |
20 Jul 2019 |
| Lock expert? |
LA Times Daily |
20 Jul 2019 |
| Might one struggle to break lock? |
The Sun Two Speed |
08 Jun 2019 |
| Lock expert? |
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| Struggle with writing in The Ring, getting to grips with the opposition |
Irish Times Crosaire |
22 Aug 2018 |
| Gripping sportsman? |
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| Wife right: Lester can become sportsman |
The Sun Two Speed |
08 Jun 2018 |
| One trying to pin a rival |
Premier Sunday |
15 Oct 2017 |
| "The ___," 2008 sports drama that starred Evan Rachel Wood beside Mickey Rourke and Marisa Tomei |
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| Swelter uncomfortably before round's beginning for fighter |
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| One fights with others joining the French Resistance |
The Telegraph Toughie |
01 Mar 2017 |
| He struggles often to get out of a hold |
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| Swelter nervously with Romeo - he's the submissive type when he meets his match |
Irish Times Crosaire |
29 Mar 2016 |
| Fighter who holds and throws |
Irish Times Simplex |
02 Mar 2016 |
| Athlete who gets to grips with an opponent? |
The Guardian Quick |
20 Feb 2016 |
| Pull the French king from fighter |
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| Ring fighter |
The Telegraph Quick |
05 Dec 2015 |
| Swelter nervously with Romeo - he's the submissive type when he meets his match? |
Irish Times Crosaire |
29 Jul 2015 |
| One who fights with others, both hands gripping close to foe |
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| Heir leaves Welsh terrier in giant haystacks! |
Irish Times Crosaire |
13 Apr 2015 |
| Looks for submission after pinning down streetwalkers to drop Keats |
Irish Times Crosaire |
31 Mar 2015 |
| The Rock, previously |
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| He may struggle to break a lock |
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| Andre the Giant, e.g. |
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| Mickey Rourke, in a 2008 film |
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| Andre the Giant, e.g. |
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| "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, to name one |
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| Tag-team member |
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| One using a pile driver |
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| SmackDown figure |
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| The Rock or Triple H |
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| "Sometimes my back is against the ropes" |
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| One familiar with pins |
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| The Rock, for one |
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| Hulk Hogan, e.g. |
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| "I'm sometimes on the ropes" |
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| Hulk Hogan, for one |
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| Hulk Hogan, for one |
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| One with pin tales? |
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| Athlete on a mat |
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| Grappler. |
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| Type of athlete. |
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| Muscular showman. |
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| Type of TV performer. |
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| TV performer of sorts. |
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