Boy to encircle, catching black nightingale, perhaps (8) Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% SONGBIRD Boy to encircle, catching black nightingale, perhaps (8) (8) Puzzler Cryptic Jun 18, 2025
6% GIRD Encircle (4) Newsday Jan 2, 2026
5% LADS Boys (4) USA Today Quick Apr 8, 2026
5% ATSEA Lost - in the Black, perhaps! (2,3) (5) The Guardian Quick Apr 4, 2026
5% ENMESH Catch (6) LA Times Daily Apr 3, 2026
5% SEES Catches on (4) Universal Mar 27, 2026
5% DALES Kentish boy perhaps raised in Yorkshire countryside (5) The Times Cryptic Mar 27, 2026
5% SIEGE Encirclement, such as that of Troy described in the Iliad (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Mar 26, 2026
5% TOA Ode ____ Nightingale, Keats composition (3) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Mar 20, 2026
5% IBIS Two seconds to catch black bird (4) The Times Quick Cryptic Mar 9, 2026

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