An hour in sleep, that’s short for most retiring Crossword Clue

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Here is the answer for the crossword clue An hour in sleep, that’s short for most retiring last seen in Times 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 6 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is SHIEST.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% SHIEST An hour in sleep, that’s short for most retiring (6) The Times Cryptic Jan 25, 2022
88% DEMUREST Most retiring (8) Newsday Aug 8, 2025
84% NAPS Short sleeps (4) Premier Sunday Aug 3, 2025
78% OVERNIGHT During sleeping hours (9)
78% NAP Short sleep (3) The Telegraph Quick Jun 3, 2025
74% MIN One in an hour, for short (3)
74% REM Sleep stage, for short (3) Premier Sunday Jul 20, 2025
71% SYS "S" in iOS, for short (3)
71% STD "S" in EST, for short (3)
71% AGES Hours and hours and hours and hours and ... (4) The Telegraph Mini Jul 21, 2025

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