Challenged champion‘s delay about the final Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Challenged champion‘s delay about the final . 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 DEFENDER.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% DEFENDER Challenged champion‘s delay about the final (8)
86% DARE Challenge (4) Eugene Sheffer Jan 9, 2026
86% WAIT Delay (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Dec 30, 2025
86% HARD Challenging (4) USA Today Dec 11, 2025
82% ROVED Delayed by large crowd, daughter wandered about (5) The Telegraph Cryptic Jan 8, 2026
82% CONTESTS Challenges (8) New York Times Nov 9, 2025
82% APT Bug delaying final stage of deployment is likely (3) The Times Cryptic Nov 7, 2025
78% SLANG Translating challenge (5) Wall Street Journal Jan 10, 2026
78% LAST Final (4) Commuter Jan 8, 2026
78% ATLAST "Finally!" (6) New York Times Jan 6, 2026
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