Animal lacking a backbone (12) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Animal lacking a backbone (12) featured in Mirror Classic puzzle on October 26, 2025. 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 12 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is INVERTEBRATE.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% INVERTEBRATE Animal lacking a backbone (12) (12) Mirror Classic Oct 26, 2025
9% SPINE Backbone (5) Thomas Joseph Oct 6, 2025
9% SPINES Backbones (6) Universal Sep 29, 2025
8% SPINAL Backbone-based (6) Wall Street Journal Oct 20, 2025
8% RIB Bone attached to the backbone (3) Puzzler Backwords Oct 13, 2025
8% MAINSTAY Backbone (8) LA Times Daily Jul 23, 2025
7% ARID Lacking precipitation (4) LA Times Daily Oct 26, 2025
7% DEARTH Lack (6) Wall Street Journal Oct 25, 2025
7% SANS Lacking (4) Wall Street Journal Oct 22, 2025
7% SAD Lacking joy (3)

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