Referring Clues

• Misreckons
• Messes up
• Blows it
• Muffs
• Commits a sin
• Goofs up
• Makes mistakes
• Commits a faux pas
• Sins
• Stumbles
• Does the wrong thing
• Goofs
• Goes astray
• Pulls a boner
• Doesn't call a spade a spade?
• Misses the mark
• Screws up
• Slips
• Is guilty of a 28-Across
• Flubs
• Makes a boo-boo
• Goes off
• Bumbles
• Goes awry
• Blows a 4-Down, say
• Goes off, in a way
• Puts 2 and 2 together to make 3
• Causes an unearned run, perhaps
• Foozles
• Transgresses
• Slips or trips
• Shows one's human side
• Drops a brick
• Miscalculates
• Shows fallibility
• Misses a fly, say
• Botches one
• Barks up the wrong tree
• Fouls up
• Muffs one
• Drops the ball
• Blunders
• Overthrows first, e.g.
• Lapses
• Slips up
• Gets it wrong
• Misjudges
• Guesses wrong
• Isn't right on
• Chooses badly
• Lets a ball go through one's legs, e.g.
• Slips a cog
• Makes a blunder
• Gets off course
• Is off the mark
• Kicks a grounder
• Makes a mistake
• Wanders off course
• Boots one
• Goes wrong
• Makes a miscalculation
• Is in the wrong
• Violates accepted moral standards
• Is wrong
• Trips
• Trips or slips
• Isn't right
• Types a typo, say
• Guesses "true" when the answer is "false"
• Bobbles the ball
• Drops a pop
• Bungles
• Shows one's fallibility
• Demonstrates noninfallibility
• Shows one's humanity?
• Has to make amends, maybe
• Is off
• Drops a liner
• Says "2 x 2 = 5," say
• Misapprehends, say
• Throws wide, say
• Boots the ball
• Overthrows, say
• Isn't perfect
• Makes a wrong turn, e.g.
• Doesn't get it right
• Flubs a shot
• Acts humanly?
• Goes the wrong way, say
• Slips some
• Behaves poorly
• Is human
• Drops a fly, perhaps
• Strays
• Is incorrect
• Makes a mess of things
• Uses poor judgment
• Causes an unearned run
• Commits a blunder
• Calls Mary "Mindy," e.g.
• Bobbles at Fenway
• Acts human
• Boots the ball, e.g.
• Writes wrong, say
• Demonstrates fallibility
• Plays a wrong note, e.g.
• Misspells or misspeaks
• Calls Mary Larry, e.g.
• Is mistaken
• Muffs it
• Gets it all wrong
• Acts human?
• Gets off-track
• Writes wrong, e.g.
• Exhibits fallibility
• Writes "right" for "rite," e.g.
• Goofs it up
• Gets off track
• Blows the play
• Fumbles a slow roller, e.g.
• Misjudges, e.g.
• Lets in an unearned run
• Makes a muff
• Flubs it
• Turns gold into lead, e.g.
• Drops the ball, literally or figuratively
• Throws wide of the base, say
• Drops the ball, e.g.
• Isn't infallible
• Flubs one
• Proves to be human?
• Types a typo, e.g.
• Writes wrong
• Misspeaks, e.g.
• Does wrong
• Bobbles a grounder
• Figures wrong
• Displays fallibility
• Is inaccurate
• Makes an incorrect guess
• Commits an oversight
• Makes an incorrect guess, e.g.
• Makes a gaffe
• Bobbles
• Calls a spade a club
• Says "for her and I," e.g.
• Flubs at Fenway
• Calls Mary Cary, e.g.
• Misspells or misspeaks, e.g.
• Drops a fly, say
• Makes a bad call
• Stumbles or bumbles
• Boots an easy grounder
• Calls Tim "Jim," e.g.
• Botches the job
• Makes miscalculations
• Needs an eraser
• Has it wrong
• Muffs up
• Is fallible
• Says "spoke to you and I," e.g.
• Misunderstands, say
• Gets off the track
• Lobe site
• Misguesses, e.g.
• Botches up
• Makes a boner
• Lets a ground ball go through one's legs, say
• Overthrows, maybe
• Misdials, e.g.
• Isn't correct
• Misspeaks, say
• Goes offtrack
• Gets the wrong total, say
• Drops in the field
• Emails the wrong person, say
• Isn't on target
• Forgets to mail the mail, say
• Hits Reply All instead of Reply, say
• Ends up short, maybe
• Makes a misstep
• Makes a silly mistake
• Makes a goof
• Flubs the shot, e.g.
• Commits a mistake
• Bobbles at Fenway, say
• Commits a boo-boo
• Flubs up
• Commits a 44-Across
• Overthrows first
• Creates a snafu
• Makes a misplay
• Makes a wrong turn
• Does it wrong
• Flubs it up
• Answers this clue with "EARS," say
• Writes the wrong zip code, say
• Has things reversed, maybe
• Screw things up
• Plays the wrong golf ball, say
• Throws wildly, say
• Draws a foul, e.g.
• Commits a blooper
• Stumbles, say
• Proves human
• Needs to make a retraction
• Transposes letters, say
• Mistypes
• Makes a typo
• Drops an easy one
• Goes thataway instead of thisaway
• Transposes digits, say
• Sings off-key, say
• Messes things up
• Gets an "I'm sorry" from Alex Trebek, say
• Makes a flub
• Boots
• Boots an easy one
• Is off base
• Does as humans do?
• Makes a wrong turn or guess
• Makes a blooper
• Does something incorrectly
• Makes a stupid decision
• Makes a slip
• Writes ths clue, say
• Fails to catch a pop-up
• Botches it
• Muffs a grounder, e.g.
• Calls porpoises dolphins
• Bobbles an easy one
• Bungles the job
• Gets on the wrong train, say
• Muffs a pop fly, say
• Commits a bull
• Makes a typo, e.g.
• Goes off course
• Miscalculates, e.g.
• Fumbles
• Fumbles a grounder
• Ruins a perfect game
• Makes a fluff
• Misses an easy catch, say
• Misses an easy catch, e.g.
• Behaves humanly
• Misses the cut-off man
• Boots a grounder, e.g.
• Writes "good" as "gold," e.g.
• Drops a pop-up, e.g.
• Types lije thid, maybe
• Reaches the wrong conclusion
• Misspells, e.g.
• Makes mistake
• Missteps
• Necessitates a do-over, perhaps
• Hits a sour note, say
• Is off target
• Causes a 25-Across
• Botches
• Goes astray badly in outer Serbia
• Goofs but good
• Goes off the mark
• Decides incorrectly
• Is not mistake-proof
• Goes off-target
• Answers incorrectly
• Makes a misjudgment
• Misses the boat
• Bungles it
• Mispells a word, say, like in this clue
• Isn't impeccable
• Makes a booboo
• Calls Jill Will, e.g.
• Says 22-Down, perhaps
• Makes boo-boos
• Makes goofs
• Muffs an easy chance
• Misstates
• Hits the wrong button
• Enters the wrong area code, say
• Drops a pop-up, say
• Goes off track
• Leaves off an attachment, e.g.
• Texts the wrong person, say
• Muffs a pop-up, say
• Goes amiss
• Skips a line
• Guesses wrong, e.g.
• Fumbles, say
• Takes the wrong exit, e.g.
• Calls the wrong number, e.g.
• Makes a typo, say
• Muffs a pop-up, e.g.
• Goes wrong, as one points out with a growl
• Is blunderful
• Misunderstands, e.g.
• Shows humanity
• Drops the ball, literally or not
• "No one ___ willingly" (Socratic thesis)
• Omits an attachment, say
• Makes blunders
• Writes “rights” for “rites”
• Hits a wrong note, e.g.
• Writes "millenium" or "accomodate," e.g.
• Boots it
• Forgets an email attachment, say
• Answers "airs" for this clue, say
• Shows one's humanity?
• Points in the wrong direction
• Mistypes or misplays
• Chokes, say
• Writes "recieve," e.g.
• Makes a whoopsie
• Boots a baseball
• Hits the wrong golf ball, say
• Makes an incorrect correction
• Mistakes sugar for salt, say
• ___ on the side of caution (plays it safe)
• Forgets to charge the phone, say
• Hits the wrong elevator button, for example
• Does as humans do?
• CCs the wrong person, for example
• Pours dish detergent in the washing machine, say
• Scores an own goal, say
• Has things backward, say
• Captures a "poisoned pawn" in chess, e.g.
• ___ on the side of caution
• Calls a ball a strike, say
• Does something accidentally, perhaps
• Commits a fumble
• Drops the ball, say
• Calls someone by the wrong name, say
• Whiffs
• Mixes things up, say
• Needs to be corrected
• Prints the wrong tickets, say
• Makes multiple mistakes
• "Who ___ and mends, to God himself commends": Cervantes
• Misses a step in a TikTok dance, say
• Puts a round peg in a square hole, say
• Doesn't stick the landing, say
• Types "skips up" instead of "slips up"
• Makes simple mistakes
• Acts human, proverbially
• Makes a wrong move
• Makes a tpyo
• *Buying a gallon of milk, picking up the laundry, etc.
• Books a table for seven at 6 instead of six at 7, say
• Makes a wrong choice
• Forgets to proorfeed, say
• Says 2 2 = 5, e.g.
• Leaves the straight and narrow
• Makes an oopsie