Last seen in:
- Universal - Nov 12 2025
- Universal - Apr 11 2021
- Premier Sunday - King Feature Syndicate - May 17 2020
- The Guardian - Quick crossword No 15,377 - Aug 20 2019
- The Times - Concise - Times Concise No 7996
- The Times - Concise - Times Concise Jumbo No 1212
- The Guardian - Quick crossword No 14,296 - Mar 4 2016
- The Times - Concise - Times2 Concise 6498 - September 5, 2014
- The Times - Concise - Times2 Concise 6164 - August 10, 2013
- The Times - Concise - Times2 Concise 5680 - January 23, 2012
Related Clues:
- Bureaucratic form-filling
- 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