Last seen in:
- The Times - Concise - Times Concise No 9307
- New York Times - May 27 2021
- The Telegraph - QUICK CROSSWORD NO: 29,649 - Apr 14 2021
- The Telegraph - QUICK CROSSWORD NO: 29,248 - Jan 1 2020
- The Telegraph - QUICK CROSSWORD NO: 29,092 - Jul 2 2019
- The Telegraph - QUICK CROSSWORD NO: 28,686 - Mar 14 2018
- The Sun - Two Speed - Jan 23 2018
- The Sun - Coffee Time - Aug 3 2015
- The Telegraph - QUICK CROSSWORD NO: 27,847 - Jul 7 2015
- New York Times - Mar 13 2014
Related Clues:
- Obstacle to getting things done
- Bureaucratic papers and routines
- Bureaucratic procedures and paperwork
- Bureaucratic ribbon
- Scarlet ribbon of bureaucracy
- Colourful ribbon associated with bureaucracy
- Bureaucratic procedure
- It's bound to hold things together and hold things up
- What a ruddy bind it is
- That tide sounds ruddy well official
- What a ruddy bind all this formality is!
- 'Officialdom is a ruddy bind (3,4)'
- Bureaucratic hoops
- Bureaucratic busywork
- About to upset a deputy and copy government bonds