Brilliant thinker, not the first to grasp 5-down (8) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Brilliant thinker, not the first to grasp 5-down (8) . 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 INSPIRED.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% INSPIRED Brilliant thinker, not the first to grasp 5-down (8) (8)
7% GRIPS Grasps (5) (5) Mirror Classic Oct 12, 2025
6% OPTIMIST Positive thinker (8) The Times Concise Oct 8, 2025
6% GETS Grasps (4) LA Times Daily Oct 4, 2025
6% RODIN The Thinker's sculptor (5) LA Times Daily Sep 28, 2025
6% BRAVURA Brilliant style (7) Commuter Sep 23, 2025
6% ACE Brilliant! (3) Puzzler Backwords Sep 4, 2025
6% BRAVO B-brilliant! (5) (5) The Guardian Cryptic Jul 3, 2025
5% KINGOFTHEROAD See 5 Down (13) The Telegraph Toughie Oct 17, 2025
5% ABIT See 5-Down (4) The Washington Post Mini Oct 15, 2025
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