Chap on island with a preoccupation (5) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Chap on island with a preoccupation (5) featured in Guardian Quick Cryptic puzzle on June 20, 2026. 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 MANIA.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% MANIA Chap on island with a preoccupation (5) (5) The Guardian Quick Cryptic Jun 20, 2026
7% BLOKE Chap (5) Eugene Sheffer Jun 19, 2026
7% MEN Chaps (3) Newsday May 28, 2026
7% PATIO Preoccupation to show terrace (5) (5) The Sun Two Speed May 1, 2026
6% LEER Look for chap on the right (4) (4) Mirror Cryptic Jun 20, 2026
6% SALVE Ointment for chapped lips, eg (5) The Times Concise Jun 20, 2026
6% IDEM It's the same thing, or the same chap (4) The Times O Tempora Jun 20, 2026
6% PUNGENT Sarcastic, weedy, short chap (7) The Telegraph Toughie Jun 19, 2026
6% SAMOS Aegean island (5) Eugene Sheffer Jun 17, 2026
6% ISLE Island (4) (4) Mirror Quick Jun 17, 2026

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