Animals close, apt to be nasty Crossword Clue

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Here is the answer for the crossword clue Animals close, apt to be nasty 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 8 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is POLECATS.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% POLECATS Animals close, apt to be nasty (8) The Telegraph Cryptic Dec 3, 2020
7% ICKY Nasty (4) LA Times Daily Nov 30, 2025
7% BLEH "That's nasty" (4) The Atlantic Nov 24, 2025
6% NEAR Close to (4) Commuter Nov 29, 2025
6% SHUT Closed (4) Commuter Nov 21, 2025
6% OPEN Not closed (4) Commuter Nov 10, 2025
6% SHUTS Closes (5) LA Times Daily Nov 2, 2025
6% SLEET Nasty fall (5) LA Times Daily Oct 25, 2025
6% NIGH Close (4) Wall Street Journal Oct 25, 2025
6% ACS Apt. coolers (3) Eugene Sheffer Oct 20, 2025

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