Ancient character's a spiky thing Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Ancient character's a spiky thing featured in Times Quick Cryptic puzzle on February 6, 2026. 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 THORN.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% THORN Ancient character's a spiky thing (5) The Times Quick Cryptic Feb 6, 2026
6% CACTUS Spiky plant (6) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Jan 28, 2026
6% CACTI Spiky plants (5) Commuter Jan 27, 2026
6% RUNE Ancient character (4) Universal Dec 18, 2025
5% OLD Ancient (3) Commuter Feb 4, 2026
5% BARB Spiky fence wire (4)
5% BURROWINGURCHIN Spiky sea creature that digs into rock (15) USA Today Jan 2, 2026
5% THISTLE Spiky plant (7) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Nov 12, 2025
4% GRANT Ulysses S. __ (5) Commuter Feb 6, 2026
4% ODEON Ancient theater (5) Commuter Feb 2, 2026

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