Awkward characters held up in Beaumont penitentiary Crossword Clue

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Here is the answer for the crossword clue Awkward characters held up in Beaumont penitentiary last seen in Times Quick 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 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is INEPT.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% INEPT Awkward characters held up in Beaumont penitentiary (5) The Times Quick Cryptic Mar 7, 2025
2% STRATUM Greek character takes cakes up to bed (7) (7) Puzzler Cryptic Oct 20, 2025
2% METALMARIO Silver-colored, powered-up Nintendo character (10) Universal Oct 18, 2025
2% CLIENT Clubs let in awkward customer (6) The Times Quick Cryptic Oct 17, 2025
2% ATBAY Held in check (5) USA Today Oct 16, 2025
2% BEASTOFBURDEN Feed a stubborn, awkward donkey? (13) The Telegraph Cryptic Oct 15, 2025
2% NOOILPAINTING Held up hero welcoming old decorating job, one that's unattractive (13) The Telegraph Cryptic Oct 10, 2025
2% EXES Awkward people to run into, perhaps (4) LA Times Daily Oct 9, 2025
2% PAEDIATRICIAN Assistant held up by noble young specialist (13) (13) Puzzler Cryptic Oct 8, 2025
2% STILTED (Of conversation) awkward and lacking fluency (7) The Times Concise Oct 8, 2025

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