Answer: SCABBARD
The answer SCABBARD has 80 possible clues. See the results below.
Possible Clues:
- One holding a sword, blackleg confronting poet
- Case for a sword
- Sword-bearer, strike-breaker and poet
- Holding a weapon but not striking poet?
- Dull system of transferring money returns in place of weapon
- One carrying offensive weapon, who refuses to strike a poet
- Black Rod invested in fish, in case
- Just for cover the poet may break the strike
- Sheath for sword, dagger or bayonet
- It keeps food off clothes
Last seen in:
- The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28839
- The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 3,200 - Jan 12 2024
- The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 102 - Jan 7 2024
- The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 30,462 - Nov 20 2023
- The Guardian - Speedy crossword No 1,449 - Jul 16 2023
- The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 30,258 - Mar 27 2023
- The Times - Concise - Times Concise No 9017
- The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 29,985 - May 12 2022
- The Washington Post - Apr 5 2022
- L.A. Times Daily - Apr 5 2022