Last seen in:
- The Sun - Two Speed - Jun 1 2021
- The Times - Concise - Times Concise No 8379
- The Telegraph - QUICK CROSSWORD NO: 29,249 - Jan 2 2020
- The Telegraph - QUICK CROSSWORD NO: 29,136 - Aug 22 2019
- The Telegraph - QUICK CROSSWORD NO: 28,910 - Nov 30 2018
- The Times - Concise - Times Concise No 7761
- The Times - Concise - Times2 Concise 7166 - October 25, 2016
- Irish Times (Simplex) - May 22 2015
- The Times - Concise - Times2 Concise 6692 - April 21, 2015
- The Times - Concise - Times2 Concise 6164 - August 10, 2013
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