Book’s initially happy end — before Jack turned up Crossword Clue

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Here is the answer for the crossword clue Book’s initially happy end — before Jack turned up last seen in Times 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 JEREMIAH.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% JEREMIAH Book’s initially happy end — before Jack turned up (8) The Times Cryptic Sep 7, 2018
67% APPEARED Turned up (8) New York Times Oct 19, 2025
64% GLADDEN Make happy, cheer up (7) Puzzler Backwords Sep 24, 2025
64% FANG White ____, Jack London book (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Aug 22, 2025
64% TKO Fight-ending initials (3)
64% INDEX End-of-book reference (5) New York Times Mini Aug 3, 2025
64% LEASED Not initially happy to be contracted (6) (6)
61% JOY Happiness (3) USA Today Oct 8, 2025
61% GLAD Happy (4) Universal Sep 23, 2025
61% PUT "___ on a happy face" (appear to be happy) (3)

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