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Here is the answer for the crossword clue Blue, perhaps, but they're up rather than down (5) . 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 SKIES.
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| Rank | Answer | Length | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 98% | SKIES Blue, perhaps, but they're up rather than down (5) | (5) | ||
| 91% | LIEU In ___ of (rather than) | (4) | USA Today | Sep 5, 2025 |
| 74% | INTHENEARFUTURE Sooner rather than later | (15) | New York Times | Aug 15, 2025 |
| 74% | XRATED Bluer than blue | (6) | Wall Street Journal | Aug 9, 2025 |
| 71% | SPARE Initially superfluous, perhaps, and rather extraneous | (5) | The Telegraph Toughie | Oct 16, 2025 |
| 71% | EGGCORN In speech rather than song, the equivalent of "mondegreen" | (7) | The Times Specialist Sunday | Oct 12, 2025 |
| 71% | SAVEPAR Get up and down from the bunker, perhaps | (7) | Wall Street Journal | Sep 24, 2025 |
| 71% | RRATED Rather blue, perhaps | (6) | Newsday | Mar 21, 2020 |
| 67% | EVIL Rather wicked | (4) | LA Times Daily | Sep 30, 2025 |
| 67% | INTRICATE Rather complicated | (9) | LA Times Daily | Sep 28, 2025 |
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