“____ is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and, instead of bleeding, he sings” (Ed Gardner) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue “____ is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and, instead of bleeding, he sings” (Ed Gardner) last seen in Times Specialist Sunday puzzle. 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 OPERA.

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Crossword Answer For “____ is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and, instead of bleeding, he sings” (Ed Gardner):

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% OPERA “____ is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and, instead of bleeding, he sings” (Ed Gardner) (5) The Times Specialist Sunday Jun 16, 2019
4% HIS That guy's (3) Newsday Nov 26, 2025
4% GALS Guys and ___ (4) Universal Nov 25, 2025
4% REOPEN Get back in business (6) Newsday Nov 23, 2025
4% REUNES Gets back together (6) New York Times Nov 18, 2025
4% LIEU In ___ of (instead of) (4) Wall Street Journal Nov 17, 2025
4% GRANT He gets an endowment (5) (5) Mirror Cryptic Nov 17, 2025
4% FRO Back, especially way back when (3) The Atlantic Nov 16, 2025
4% REASSEMBLE Get back to a gathering (10) Newsday Nov 15, 2025
4% MEN Guys (3) Commuter Nov 11, 2025

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