Artifice of befuddled magistrate lacking imagination for a start Crossword Clue

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Here is the answer for the crossword clue Artifice of befuddled magistrate lacking imagination for a start last seen in Telegraph Toughie 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 STRATAGEM.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% STRATAGEM Artifice of befuddled magistrate lacking imagination for a start (9) The Telegraph Toughie Sep 1, 2020
3% RUSE Artifice (4) (4) The Guardian Quick Oct 13, 2025
3% ADDLE Befuddle (5) Premier Sunday Aug 17, 2025
2% LETSPRETEND "Imagine for a second ..." (11) Universal Oct 25, 2025
2% DEARTH Lack (6) Wall Street Journal Oct 25, 2025
2% FANTASY Imaginative genre (7) Commuter Oct 24, 2025
2% DOGE Venetian magistrate (4) (4) The Guardian Quick Oct 23, 2025
2% SANS Lacking (4) Wall Street Journal Oct 22, 2025
2% SAD Lacking joy (3)
2% COURAGE Chicken's lack (7) Wall Street Journal Oct 18, 2025

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