Be a parasite, for example, coming up with no afterthought (6) Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% SPONGE Be a parasite, for example, coming up with no afterthought (6) (6)
7% LEECH Parasite (5) The Times Sunday Concise Oct 5, 2025
6% ARISES Comes up (6) Thomas Joseph Nov 3, 2025
6% SURFACE Come up for air (7) Eugene Sheffer Oct 18, 2025
6% LOSES Comes up short (5) LA Times Daily Oct 17, 2025
6% ECTO Prefix for morph or parasite (4) Wall Street Journal Oct 15, 2025
6% FESS ___ up (come clean) (4) USA Today Oct 10, 2025
6% LOSE Come up short (4) LA Times Daily Oct 10, 2025
6% LOUSE Head-parasite (5) Puzzler Backwords Oct 7, 2025
6% MINDLESSDRONE Parasitic loafer (13) Premier Sunday Sep 21, 2025
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