Area up front usually needs to house fruit machine (9) Crossword Clue

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Here is the answer for the crossword clue Area up front usually needs to house fruit machine (9) last seen in Guardian 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 9 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is AUTOMATON.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% AUTOMATON Area up front usually needs to house fruit machine (9) (9) The Guardian Cryptic Sep 29, 2025
6% BLUFFS Puts up a false front (6) New York Times Jan 25, 2026
6% SEMI 50% up front? (4) LA Times Daily Jan 3, 2026
6% ESTATE Area of housing (6) Puzzler Backwords Dec 8, 2025
6% ANTE Up-front stake (4) Puzzler Backwords Dec 8, 2025
5% PEAR Fruit whose juice concentrate is in Fruit Roll-Ups (4) USA Today Jan 31, 2026
5% COGS Machine parts (4) Thomas Joseph Jan 28, 2026
5% LASERPRINTER Office machine (12) LA Times Daily Jan 28, 2026
5% ERGS Rowing machines, for short (4) Commuter Jan 28, 2026
5% PCS Desktop machines (3) Wall Street Journal Jan 27, 2026

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