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:
- Bureaucratic nuisance
- Procedural annoyance
- Bureaucratic requirements
- Bureaucratic snarl
- Reason for a long delay in getting approval, maybe
- Bureaucratic rigmarole
- Piles of paperwork, perhaps
- Bureaucratic delays
- Civil service snarl
- Bureaucratic waste
- Bureaucratic formalities
- Delay cause
- Nice thing to cut through
- It's hard to cut through
- Bureaucratic form-filling