17 Plants in front of Criterion before start of play Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue 17 Plants in front of Criterion before start of play . We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is CACTI.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% CACTI 17 Plants in front of Criterion before start of play (5)
6% ACTI Play start (4) Wall Street Journal Apr 6, 2026
6% SPEC Design criterion (4) Wall Street Journal Mar 31, 2026
5% ONSET Start playing notes (5) (5) Mirror Cryptic Mar 22, 2026
5% EGLANTINE Plant, say, fronting border trapping insect (9) The Telegraph Cryptic Mar 12, 2026
5% LED Was at the front (3) Universal Mar 3, 2026
4% HAIKU 17-syllable poem (5) Puzzler Backwords Apr 14, 2026
4% TOE Shoe front (3) LA Times Daily Apr 13, 2026
4% THREECHEERS "Woo-hoo!" … as suggested by the starts of 17-, 24-, 39- and 49-Across (11) New York Times Apr 13, 2026
4% PRE Before (3) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Apr 9, 2026
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