Last seen in:
- The Times - Concise - Times2 Concise 7369 - June 19, 2017
- The Telegraph - QUICK CROSSWORD NO: 28,372 - Mar 11 2017
- The Telegraph - QUICK CROSSWORD NO: 28,058 - Mar 10 2016
- Eugene Sheffer - King Feature Syndicate - Jan 13 2007
- The Times - Concise - Sunday Times Concise 874 - December 12, 2004
- New York Times - Jul 18 1997
Related Clues:
- Trounce, beat soundly
- Strong, flexible stem
- Slender stem of bamboo etc
- Trounce, beat
- Beat or defeat thoroughly
- Beat thoroughly on recount
- Stem of bamboo
- Hollow jointed stem of, say, bamboo (4)
- Beat roundly
- Defeat heavily in recount
- Beat badly in recount
- Beat thoroughly or make wild movements
- Beat heavily, perhaps with whip
- Administer severe beating to
- Slender support, for 32 across say