A boy turning up is strange (5) Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% ALIEN A boy turning up is strange (5) (5) Puzzler Cryptic Nov 10, 2025
8% ARRIVE Turn up (6) (6) Mirror Quick Jan 11, 2026
8% ODD Strange (3) Universal Jan 10, 2026
8% WILL "Boys __ be boys" (4) Newsday Dec 29, 2025
8% ODDITY Strangeness - or something strange (6) (6) The Guardian Quick Dec 23, 2025
8% MAN Grown-up boy (3) Puzzler Backwords Nov 30, 2025
8% OBELISK Old boy likes strange pillar (7) The Telegraph Cryptic Nov 17, 2025
8% APPEARED Turned up (8) New York Times Oct 19, 2025
7% ODDLY In a strange manner (5) The Times Concise Jan 10, 2026
7% REPUGNANT Distasteful ruling holds up in turn (9) (9) The Guardian Cryptic Jan 5, 2026

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