A descendant or offshoot (5) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue A descendant or offshoot (5) . 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 SCION.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% SCION A descendant or offshoot (5) (5)
9% ICEBERG Glacial offshoot (7) Newsday Oct 17, 2025
9% SECT Religious offshoot (4) USA Today Oct 15, 2025
9% POSTEROS Descendants (acc.) (8) The Times O Tempora Sep 27, 2025
9% SECTS Religious offshoots (5) USA Today Sep 3, 2025
8% EMO Punk rock offshoot (3) USA Today Oct 10, 2025
8% DIPDOWN Descend a bit (7) Newsday Jul 13, 2025
8% SPIRAL Descend in circles (6)
8% OVUM Tube descender (4) New York Times Jul 2, 2025
7% ASUNCION American descendant touring one foreign capital (8) The Times Cryptic Sep 8, 2025
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