Punishment for a schoolboy error? Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% LINES Punishment for a schoolboy error? (5)
6% TRIAL ___ and error (5) Universal Feb 8, 2026
6% COPIT To suffer a punishment (5) The Times Specialist Sunday Jan 25, 2026
6% PENAL Of punishment (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Jan 20, 2026
6% PUPIL Is this schoolboy error about to blow classroom's centrepiece ... (5) The Telegraph Toughie Nov 14, 2025
6% ROOKIEMISTAKE Schoolboy error (13) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Jun 29, 2025
6% HOWLER Schoolboy's error (6) Puzzler Backwords Sep 17, 2024
6% CANES Punishes a schoolboy (5)
6% BONER Schoolboy's error. (5)
5% REDCARD Punishment for player, one of 26 (3,4) (7) The Guardian Cryptic Feb 13, 2026
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