Last seen in:
- The Telegraph - QUICK CROSSWORD NO: 30,086 - Sep 7 2022
- Irish Times (Simplex) - Jul 1 2021
- Wall Street Journal - Jun 25 2020 - It’s a Stretch
- The Telegraph - QUICK CROSSWORD NO: 29,085 - Jun 24 2019
- USA Today - Mar 25 2019
- Irish Times (Simplex) - Oct 11 2018
- The Washington Post Sunday - Jan 14 2018
- L.A. Times Daily - Oct 23 2007
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- Wiped the floor with woollen fabric
- Was too clever for old union leader getting gently teased
- Conquered
- Wiped the floor with cloth
- Defeated, arrived by air
- Got the better of (through ingenuity)
- Yarn from least satisfactory journalist
- Old union leader taunted and surpassed in ingenuity
- Deceived idiot's exposed externally
- Beat (someone)
- Underwent reverse, but prevailed
- Deceived by greater ingenuity
- Defeated, though played move with care
- Wiped the floor with worsted
- Beaten cloth