A spirit? The old man imbibes rye, mostly Crossword Clue

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Here is the answer for the crossword clue A spirit? The old man imbibes rye, mostly last seen in Telegraph Cryptic 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 DRYAD.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% DRYAD A spirit? The old man imbibes rye, mostly (5) The Telegraph Cryptic Jul 18, 2022
6% DRANK Imbibed (5) Commuter Oct 17, 2025
5% CRISPBREAD Crunchy rye cracker (10) Commuter Nov 18, 2025
5% DELI Pastrami-on-rye purveyor (4) USA Today Nov 6, 2025
5% WHISKEY Rye, e.g. (7) New York Times Sep 28, 2025
5% GROTTO Mostly useless, old cave (6) The Telegraph Toughie Sep 24, 2025
4% MEDOC Wine some doctor's imbibed (5) The Telegraph Toughie Nov 20, 2025
4% ETHOS Spirit of a community (5) LA Times Mini Nov 20, 2025
4% STEEDS Spirited horses (6) Thomas Joseph Nov 18, 2025
4% METTLE Character, spirit (6) Puzzler Backwords Nov 18, 2025

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