| [It's time for bed!] | New York Times | 12 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Show ennui | Eugene Sheffer | 06 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Show fatigue reflexively | Premier Sunday | 05 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | [Bor-r-ring!] | LA Times Daily | 13 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Exhibit sleepiness | Commuter | 08 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Show tiredness on way back up inside (4) | Puzzler Cryptic | 04 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | New method to lift something boring | The Times Quick Cryptic | 16 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Show boredom | The Telegraph Quick | 24 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Boredom signal |  |  | 
          
            | Visible sign of boredom (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Sign of tiredness | Puzzler Backwords | 09 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Betray that you're bored | Newsday | 02 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | You're all wearing navy tops? boring! |  |  | 
          
            | *When you keep opening your mouth to ___, it's an indication that it's time to sleep! |  |  | 
          
            | Gape | The Telegraph Quick | 15 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Move, like a boat, north - what a bore! (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Gape when sleepy perhaps (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Sign of tiredness | Mirror Tea Time | 30 May 2025 | 
          
            | Drowsy breath way up north (4) |  |  | 
          
            | "Contagious" sign of sleep or boredom |  |  | 
          
            | Bored action and funny taunt that may be a snarky teen's signature |  |  | 
          
            | Back new direction for something boring | The Telegraph Toughie | 24 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Tired opening of the mouth (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Seem tired of Norway turning up with no alternative (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Open-mouthed reaction? |  |  | 
          
            | Gape with tiredness |  |  | 
          
            | Sleepiness indicator |  |  | 
          
            | Sign of tiredness | Puzzler Backwords | 09 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Contagious boredom sign that usually lasts a few seconds |  |  | 
          
            | Show tiredness on way back up inside (4) | Puzzler Cryptic | 04 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Involuntary reaction to tiredness (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Open space at the end of Puducherry, one to keep worker's leader (4) |  |  | 
          
            | A sigh of tiredness (4) |  |  | 
          
            | (This is like watching paint dry!) | Universal | 04 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Boredom's contagious sign |  |  | 
          
            | Sign of boredom | Universal | 13 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Sign of tiredness | Mirror Tea Time | 13 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Show that you need a nap | Newsday | 10 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Sign of tiredness | Mirror Tea Time | 02 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Show fatigue or boredom (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Open wide path heading west then north (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Sleepy inhalation (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Appear tired and wan maybe after end of play (4) |  |  | 
          
            | To gape (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Show one's weary of any change involving the West (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Stretch wide |  |  | 
          
            | Something boring to do when sleepy? (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Boredom sign (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Gape with fatigue |  |  | 
          
            | Sign of boredom | Puzzler Backwords | 20 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Gape sleepily (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Fray awning partly to show boredom (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Something boring to do when sleepy perhaps (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Tired sigh |  |  | 
          
            | To oscitate | The Times Specialist Sunday | 25 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Wide-mouth movement when weary | Newsday | 20 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Reflex that really is contagious | New York Times | 04 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Physical indication of tiredness or boredom | The Times Concise | 29 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Bored or tired action (4) | Puzzler | 24 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Show signs of fatigue (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Word from the Greek for "gape" | Newsday | 19 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Open wide (4) | The Guardian Quick | 14 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Sign of tiredness | Mirror Tea Time | 08 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | A sign of tiredness (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Open mouth wide |  |  | 
          
            | Show ennui | Eugene Sheffer | 22 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Appear bored and wan, somehow, after the end of a day (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Feign boredom, maybe, when method is raised by bridge player |  |  | 
          
            | *When you keep opening your mouth to ___, it's an indication that it's time to sleep! |  |  | 
          
            | Sign of boredom? | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 06 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Tiredness indicator (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Sign of boredom from way up north (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Show ennui | Eugene Sheffer | 09 May 2024 | 
          
            | Expression of fatigue |  |  | 
          
            | It shows one is weary of direction up North (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Bored action and funny taunt that may be a snarky teen's signature |  |  | 
          
            | Tiresome experience (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Tired reflex |  |  | 
          
            | Seem bored with any confusion around (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Gape wide among certain wayfarers returning (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Be bored and move unsteadily north (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Sleepy intake of breath | Puzzler Backwords | 12 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | Seem tired of making way up north (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Indicator of tiredness | The Guardian Speedy | 24 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | Show signs of tiredness (4) |  |  | 
          
            | A reflex act of opening one's mouth on account of boredom or tiredness (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Sleepy reflex |  |  | 
          
            | [What a snoozefest!] | New York Times | 28 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | Gave up West in old-fashioned negative : what a bore! (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Some of the main ways to sit up and show boredom? (4) | Puzzler Cryptic | 16 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | Contagious boredom sign that usually lasts a few seconds |  |  | 
          
            | Tiredness sign (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Act bored |  |  | 
          
            | Boring affair | The Telegraph Quick | 10 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Boring affair (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Sign of sleepiness | USA Today | 30 Nov 2023 | 
          
            | Sign of boredom | USA Today | 15 Nov 2023 | 
          
            | Fatigue indicator, perhaps |  |  | 
          
            | [Bor-r-ring!] | New York Times | 16 Oct 2023 | 
          
            | Sign for a speaker to wrap things up | New York Times | 24 Sep 2023 | 
          
            | Show tiredness, in a way |  |  | 
          
            | Gape | The Telegraph Quick | 25 Aug 2023 | 
          
            | Open-mouthed sign of boredom |  |  | 
          
            | Show lack of interest in a movie, in a way |  |  | 
          
            | Sleepiness indicator |  |  | 
          
            | Contagious sleepy gesture |  |  | 
          
            | Boredom-indicating sign |  |  | 
          
            | (So boring!) | Universal | 15 Feb 2023 | 
          
            | Open-mouthed sign of boredom |  |  | 
          
            | Show disrespect at a lecture, say |  |  | 
          
            | 'How boring!' | Wall Street Journal | 15 Dec 2022 | 
          
            | Sign of boredom |  |  | 
          
            | Gape | The Telegraph Quick | 10 Dec 2022 | 
          
            | Show fatigue | LA Times Daily | 08 Dec 2022 | 
          
            | Sign of sleepiness |  |  | 
          
            | Nothing exciting | Newsday | 12 Nov 2022 | 
          
            | "Bo-o-ring!" |  |  | 
          
            | Sign of boredom | USA Today | 08 Sep 2022 | 
          
            | Contagious reflex | Universal | 28 Aug 2022 | 
          
            | 'Ho-hum' sound | Newsday | 16 Aug 2022 | 
          
            | Show sleepiness | LA Times Daily | 26 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | (I'm so-o-o bored) | Universal | 14 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | Show ennui | Eugene Sheffer | 23 Jun 2022 | 
          
            | [What a snoozefest!] | New York Times | 19 Jun 2022 | 
          
            | Evince ennui | Wall Street Journal | 08 Jun 2022 | 
          
            | No way back when oxygen fails? What a bore | The Times Cryptic | 19 May 2022 | 
          
            | Opening at a boring speech? |  |  | 
          
            | Show your boredom or sleepiness | Universal | 03 Apr 2022 | 
          
            | Be wide open | The Times Concise | 08 Mar 2022 | 
          
            | Sign of boredom | LA Times Daily | 23 Jan 2022 | 
          
            | Sign of boredom | The Washington Post | 23 Jan 2022 | 
          
            | Show fatigue |  |  | 
          
            | [“You’re still talking?”] | New York Times | 02 Jan 2022 | 
          
            | Sign of boredom | Universal | 06 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | Sign that one is spent | The Washington Post Sunday | 03 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | Show ennui | Eugene Sheffer | 14 Sep 2021 | 
          
            | Overt sign of sleepiness |  |  | 
          
            | Show ennui | Eugene Sheffer | 21 Aug 2021 | 
          
            | Telltale sign of boredom |  |  | 
          
            | What seeing this answer may make you do (sorry, not sorry!) | Universal | 16 Jul 2021 | 
          
            | Bored response | The Times Concise | 25 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | Sign of boredom | Wall Street Journal | 17 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | Sign of boredom |  |  | 
          
            | Show sleepiness | Premier Sunday | 21 Feb 2021 | 
          
            | Sleepiness sign | Wall Street Journal | 18 Feb 2021 | 
          
            | Show ennui | Eugene Sheffer | 03 Feb 2021 | 
          
            | Action that may be 'contagious' | New York Times | 26 Jan 2021 | 
          
            | 'So boring!' | USA Today | 21 Nov 2020 | 
          
            | Sleepyhead's sound | USA Today | 09 Nov 2020 | 
          
            | Sign of boredom? |  |  | 
          
            | Sign of boredom | The Times Concise | 13 Oct 2020 | 
          
            | [That is so boring!] | New York Times | 13 Oct 2020 | 
          
            | Baby finally, by daybreak, dropping head to show sign of tiredness |  |  | 
          
            | Sign of boredom? New approach backfired | The Telegraph Cryptic | 22 Jun 2020 | 
          
            | Response to a snoozefest |  |  | 
          
            | Boredom indicator |  |  | 
          
            | (I'm so-o-o tired!) | Universal | 04 Apr 2020 | 
          
            | Boring person with new style, in retrospect |  |  | 
          
            | Show boredom in November, way back | The Sun Two Speed | 07 Mar 2020 | 
          
            | Gape | The Sun Two Speed | 07 Mar 2020 | 
          
            | Sign of boredom |  |  | 
          
            | Sign of sleepiness | Newsday | 11 Dec 2019 | 
          
            | Sign of sleepiness |  |  | 
          
            | Gape | The Telegraph Quick | 12 Oct 2019 | 
          
            | [So boring!] | New York Times | 03 Oct 2019 | 
          
            | Demonstrate boredom | Wall Street Journal | 23 Sep 2019 | 
          
            | Sign of sleepiness or boredom |  |  | 
          
            | Show that you're bored | Newsday | 06 Aug 2019 | 
          
            | Sign of boredom | USA Today | 24 Jul 2019 | 
          
            | . Gape at flight turning north |  |  | 
          
            | Demonstrate boredom | Newsday | 17 Jul 2019 | 
          
            | Naptime harbinger | Wall Street Journal | 06 Jul 2019 | 
          
            | Telltale sign of boredom |  |  | 
          
            | New method to get over a boring person |  |  | 
          
            | [Been there, done that] | New York Times | 11 Apr 2019 | 
          
            | Reaction that's strangely contagious | Wall Street Journal | 03 Apr 2019 | 
          
            | Boring event? New approach must come about |  |  | 
          
            | Sign of sleepiness which is contagious |  |  | 
          
            | Boring event? New approach must come about |  |  | 
          
            | [So boring!] |  |  | 
          
            | Sign of boredom |  |  | 
          
            | Demonstrate boredom |  |  | 
          
            | Naptime harbinger |  |  | 
          
            | Reaction that's strangely contagious |  |  | 
          
            | [Been there, done that] |  |  | 
          
            | Sign of boredom | Universal | 12 Dec 2018 | 
          
            | Open your mouth wide involuntarily to express boredom |  |  | 
          
            | Show boredom | Family Time | 07 Oct 2018 | 
          
            | [What a bore!] | LA Times Daily | 14 Sep 2018 | 
          
            | [What a bore!] | The Washington Post | 14 Sep 2018 | 
          
            | Open up North Street from below | The Telegraph Cryptic | 20 Aug 2018 | 
          
            | Sign of boredom | Family Time | 20 Aug 2018 | 
          
            | Sleepy behavior | Family Time | 13 Aug 2018 | 
          
            | Show boredom | Thomas Joseph | 09 Aug 2018 | 
          
            | Be open-mouthed as new fashion gets taken up | The Telegraph Cryptic | 17 Jun 2018 | 
          
            | Display of disinterest | Newsday | 20 May 2018 | 
          
            | Show lack of interest, in a way | The Chronicle of Higher Education | 16 Mar 2018 | 
          
            | [Boring!] | The Washington Post | 01 Mar 2018 | 
          
            | [Boring!] | LA Times Daily | 01 Mar 2018 | 
          
            | Yachtswoman has no stomach for sign of boredom | Irish Times Crosaire | 20 Jan 2018 | 
          
            | (I'm bored) | USA Today | 04 Jan 2018 | 
          
            | [What a bore!] |  |  | 
          
            | Show lack of interest, in a way |  |  | 
          
            | (I'm bored) |  |  | 
          
            | [Boring!] |  |  | 
          
            | Sign of boredom |  |  | 
          
            | Sign of sleepiness or boredom |  |  | 
          
            | Jaw-dropping opening? | New York Times | 18 Dec 2017 | 
          
            | Sign of sleepiness | USA Today | 14 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | Sign of boredom |  |  | 
          
            | Sign of boredom |  |  | 
          
            | Open wide |  |  | 
          
            | Low interest indicator |  |  | 
          
            | ''Ho-hum!'' | Newsday | 06 Jul 2017 | 
          
            | Sign of tiredness | The Times Concise | 16 May 2017 | 
          
            | Veer to north and look ready for bed |  |  | 
          
            | Show boredom | Newsday | 25 Jan 2017 | 
          
            | Sign of sleepiness |  |  | 
          
            | Jaw-dropping opening? |  |  | 
          
            | . Show no interest to return via Greenways road |  |  | 
          
            | Betray boredom | Newsday | 28 Dec 2016 | 
          
            | Fail to stifle one's boredom | The Washington Post | 03 Dec 2016 | 
          
            | One may be suppressed in class | The Washington Post | 27 Oct 2016 | 
          
            | Bored person | Wall Street Journal | 03 Aug 2016 | 
          
            | Ho-hum response | New York Times | 31 Jul 2016 | 
          
            | [Boring!] | Premier Sunday | 10 Jul 2016 | 
          
            | [Bo-o-o-ring!] | USA Today | 24 Jun 2016 | 
          
            | 'Bo-ring!' | Wall Street Journal | 15 Jun 2016 | 
          
            | Demonstrate disinterest | The Washington Post | 01 Jun 2016 | 
          
            | 'B-o-r-r-r-ing!' | The Washington Post | 25 Apr 2016 | 
          
            | Betray boredom | LA Times Daily | 07 Apr 2016 | 
          
            | A boring person with yellow beard |  |  | 
          
            | Be open wide | The Telegraph Quick | 20 Feb 2016 | 
          
            | Sign of fatigue | Eugene Sheffer | 26 Jan 2016 | 
          
            | Opening at an early-morning class? | LA Times Daily | 07 Jan 2016 | 
          
            | Opening at an early-morning class? |  |  | 
          
            | Ho-hum response |  |  | 
          
            | [Bo-o-o-ring!] |  |  | 
          
            | Sign of boredom | LA Times Daily | 13 Dec 2015 | 
          
            | Low interest indicator | Wall Street Journal | 21 Nov 2015 | 
          
            | [Bo-o-ring!] | The Chronicle of Higher Education | 20 Nov 2015 | 
          
            | 'How boring!' | The Washington Post | 06 Nov 2015 | 
          
            | New style recalled something dull |  |  | 
          
            | Involuntary sign of tiredness or boredom | The Times Concise | 02 Oct 2015 | 
          
            | Hint to a boring speaker | Universal | 23 Aug 2015 | 
          
            | Show boredom | Eugene Sheffer | 20 Apr 2015 | 
          
            | Show that you're bored | Family Time | 13 Apr 2015 | 
          
            | Your audience will not initially sound bored |  |  | 
          
            | Response to a drone | LA Times Daily | 03 Apr 2015 | 
          
            | Open wide, in a way | USA Today | 02 Apr 2015 | 
          
            | Hint to a unexciting speaker | Universal | 22 Mar 2015 | 
          
            | Have a big mouth? | New York Times | 25 Jan 2015 | 
          
            | ["Been there, done that"] |  |  | 
          
            | Open wide, in a way |  |  | 
          
            | Response to a drone |  |  | 
          
            | "How boring!" |  |  | 
          
            | Low interest indicator |  |  | 
          
            | Hint to a unexciting speaker |  |  | 
          
            | Hint to a boring speaker |  |  | 
          
            | [Bo-o-ring!] |  |  | 
          
            | Have a big mouth? |  |  | 
          
            | Sign of boredom |  |  | 
          
            | Response to a drone |  |  | 
          
            | Opening at a long lecture? |  |  | 
          
            | 'How boring' |  |  | 
          
            | Demonstration of disinterest |  |  | 
          
            | Respond to a bore |  |  | 
          
            | Show sleepiness |  |  | 
          
            | Sign of sleepiness |  |  | 
          
            | Bedtime indicator |  |  | 
          
            | Betray boredom |  |  | 
          
            | Show boredom |  |  | 
          
            | It may be suppressed at a meeting |  |  | 
          
            | Low interest indicator |  |  | 
          
            | Show fatigue |  |  | 
          
            | ["I'm bored!"] |  |  | 
          
            | Show boredom, maybe |  |  | 
          
            | Demonstrate boredom |  |  | 
          
            | Show disrespect at a piano recital |  |  | 
          
            | Sign of boredom |  |  | 
          
            | Exhibit ennui |  |  | 
          
            | [I'm bored] |  |  | 
          
            | Show fatigue |  |  | 
          
            | [I'm bored] |  |  | 
          
            | Bored reaction |  |  | 
          
            | Impossibility if you keep your mouth shut |  |  | 
          
            | Display boredom, in a way |  |  | 
          
            | Sign of show boredom |  |  | 
          
            | Betray boredom |  |  | 
          
            | "B-o-r-ing!" |  |  | 
          
            | Betray sleepiness |  |  | 
          
            | Betray sleepiness |  |  | 
          
            | Act that's "contagious" |  |  | 
          
            | [I'm bored] |  |  | 
          
            | Hint to an unexciting speaker |  |  | 
          
            | React to a bore |  |  | 
          
            | It's contagious |  |  | 
          
            | Action that's supposedly contagious |  |  | 
          
            | Demonstrate tedium |  |  | 
          
            | Show boredom |  |  | 
          
            | Express ennui |  |  | 
          
            | One may be suppressed at a meeting |  |  | 
          
            | Sleepiness sign |  |  | 
          
            | Impatient gesture |  |  | 
          
            | Sign of boredom |  |  | 
          
            | "Contagious" reflex action |  |  | 
          
            | Display of disinterest |  |  | 
          
            | Sign of fatigue |  |  | 
          
            | Real drag |  |  | 
          
            | Real bore |  |  | 
          
            | Show boredom |  |  | 
          
            | Display of disinterest |  |  | 
          
            | Open wide, in a way |  |  | 
          
            | Display boredom, in a way |  |  | 
          
            | Boredom indicator |  |  | 
          
            | Drowsy response |  |  | 
          
            | Express fatigue openly |  |  | 
          
            | Show ennui |  |  | 
          
            | It becomes rude if you don't use your hand |  |  | 
          
            | Boredom indicator |  |  | 
          
            | "How boring!" |  |  | 
          
            | Reaction to an unexciting speaker |  |  | 
          
            | Act sleepy |  |  | 
          
            | Look bored |  |  | 
          
            | Look bored |  |  | 
          
            | Act sleepy |  |  | 
          
            | Sign of boredom |  |  | 
          
            | Demonstrate boredom, perhaps |  |  | 
          
            | Catch flies? |  |  | 
          
            | Bedtime indicator |  |  | 
          
            | Real bore |  |  | 
          
            | Occurrence at many a lecture |  |  | 
          
            | Open wide |  |  | 
          
            | Sign of boredom |  |  | 
          
            | Real bore |  |  | 
          
            | Bedtime indicator |  |  | 
          
            | Open wide |  |  | 
          
            | [That is, like, so last week] |  |  | 
          
            | Sign of fatigue |  |  | 
          
            | "B-o-r-ing!" |  |  | 
          
            | Sign of boredom |  |  | 
          
            | Show one's boredom |  |  | 
          
            | Betray boredom |  |  | 
          
            | [bor-r-ring!] |  |  | 
          
            | React to a bore |  |  | 
          
            | Sign from the bored |  |  | 
          
            | It may be suppressed at a meeting |  |  | 
          
            | Open wide, in a way |  |  | 
          
            | [bo-o-o-ring!] |  |  | 
          
            | Respond to a bore |  |  | 
          
            | It may be suppressed at a meeting |  |  | 
          
            | Sign of boredom |  |  | 
          
            | [Ho-hum] |  |  | 
          
            | Look bored, in a way |  |  | 
          
            | Sign of disinterest |  |  | 
          
            | Sign of fatigue |  |  | 
          
            | Display of disinterest |  |  | 
          
            | Demonstrate boredom |  |  | 
          
            | Indicate boredom |  |  | 
          
            | [B-o-o-ring!] |  |  | 
          
            | Show boredom |  |  | 
          
            | Exhibit ennui |  |  | 
          
            | You can't keep your mouth shut during it |  |  | 
          
            | [bo-o-o-ring!] |  |  | 
          
            | Respond to a bore |  |  | 
          
            | Bored response |  |  | 
          
            | Gape |  |  | 
          
            | Hang open |  |  | 
          
            | Exhibit boredom |  |  | 
          
            | Open wide, in a way |  |  | 
          
            | What a bore evokes |  |  | 
          
            | Display drowsiness |  |  | 
          
            | Ennui reaction |  |  | 
          
            | Bedtime hint |  |  | 
          
            | Show fatigue |  |  | 
          
            | Sign of ennui |  |  | 
          
            | Reaction at a musicale |  |  | 
          
            | Show boredom |  |  | 
          
            | React to home movies |  |  | 
          
            | Open wide. |  |  | 
          
            | Sign of fatigue. |  |  | 
          
            | Result of boredom. |  |  | 
          
            | Facial expression. |  |  | 
          
            | Gape. |  |  | 
          
            | Sign of boredom. |  |  | 
          
            | Sign of tedium. |  |  | 
          
            | Show boredom. |  |  | 
          
            | Symbol of boredom. |  |  | 
          
            | Show fatigue. |  |  |