Last seen in:
- The Telegraph - QUICK CROSSWORD NO: 30,106 - Sep 30 2022
- New York Times - May 1 2022
- The Times - Concise - Sunday Times Concise No 1774
- The Guardian - Quick crossword No 15,236 - Mar 8 2019
- Eugene Sheffer - King Feature Syndicate - Nov 17 2018
- Jonesin' - Nov 13 2018
- The Sun - Two Speed - Jun 3 2018
- The Guardian - Quick crossword No 14,912 - Feb 22 2018
- The Times - Concise - Times Concise No 7515
- The Washington Post - Jul 10 2017
Related Clues:
- Of speech, wandering from one subject to another
- Of speech, disconnected and verbose
- Tediously wordy and lengthy
- Long-winded and wordy
- Tediously wordy, lengthy
- Walking about or talking aimlessly
- Wandering, perhaps in speech
- Tediously wordy, talks too much
- Using too many words
- One gets paid with £9, and that's too much in a manner of speaking
- When it comes to lots of words, it sounds as if the professional has them all beaten
- Don't be going straight to put a ring around the pieces of lamb
- When it comes to blows, but not like in 2 down
- By the sound of it, the professional gives tongue, but takes long to get to the point
- Sounds as if the professional gives tongue, but does not make a long story short