Bit of a strain on old English chair Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Bit of a strain on old English chair featured in Times Cryptic puzzle on January 1, 2026. 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 7 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is OVERSEE.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% OVERSEE Bit of a strain on old English chair (7) The Times Cryptic Jan 1, 2026
3% TAXED Placed a strain on (5) Newsday Dec 29, 2025
3% A Chair (1) USA Today Quick Dec 23, 2025
3% SEAT Chair (4) USA Today Quick Dec 23, 2025
3% ILK Strain (3) New York Times Nov 30, 2025
2% OVERTAX Impose too great a strain on (7) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Dec 28, 2025
2% SAT Had the chair (3) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Dec 26, 2025
2% SEDAN Dean's new chair (5) (5) Puzzler Cryptic Dec 24, 2025
2% ANDROMEDA "The __ Strain" (Crichton novel) (9) Commuter Dec 20, 2025
2% SITS Takes a chair (4) Commuter Dec 19, 2025

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