Alain de Botton, for instance -- it sounds like he could be trying Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% ESSAYIST Alain de Botton, for instance -- it sounds like he could be trying (8) The Telegraph Toughie Feb 22, 2017
4% CAWED Sounded like a crow (5) USA Today Feb 14, 2026
4% CASE A for-instance (4) Newsday Jan 23, 2026
4% NOWWERETALKING "I like the sound of that!" (14) New York Times Jan 2, 2026
4% STAB Try (4) LA Times Daily Jan 1, 2026
4% INERT Like He and Xe (5) New York Times Dec 19, 2025
4% PHILOSOPHY Subject written about by Discipline writer Alain De Botton (10) The Times Specialist Sunday May 26, 2024
4% ALAIN Essayist de Botton (5)
3% OTTO Name that sounds like a car (4) Universal Feb 18, 2026
3% APE Chimp, for instance (3) Newsday Feb 18, 2026

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