Awful creep, about ten, behaving insincerely Crossword Clue

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Here is the answer for the crossword clue Awful creep, about ten, behaving insincerely 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 PRETENCE.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% PRETENCE Awful creep, about ten, behaving insincerely (8) The Telegraph Cryptic May 6, 2021
5% SNEAK Creep (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Nov 23, 2025
5% GLIB Eloquently insincere (4) LA Times Daily Nov 16, 2025
5% CANT Insincere talk (4) Puzzler Backwords Nov 14, 2025
5% ACTS Behaves (4) Commuter Oct 29, 2025
5% PLAYACT Behave insincerely (7) The Sun Mini Dec 10, 2024
4% IHOPENOT "That would be awful!" (8) USA Today Nov 24, 2025
4% PLAYTHEFOOL Behave in a silly way (11) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Nov 22, 2025
4% WADE Creep into a creek, say (4) New York Times Nov 19, 2025
4% ENTICE Lure about ten with diamond (6) (6) Puzzler Cryptic Nov 16, 2025

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