Chooses a pet with no tail, a bit tame in afterthought (6) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Chooses a pet with no tail, a bit tame in afterthought (6) featured in Guardian Cryptic puzzle on March 25, 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 6 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is ADOPTS.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% ADOPTS Chooses a pet with no tail, a bit tame in afterthought (6) (6) The Guardian Cryptic Mar 25, 2026
5% OPTS Chooses, with "for" (4)
5% SELECT Choose (6) The Times Sunday Concise Mar 22, 2026
5% EPILOG Literary afterthought (6) New York Times Mar 16, 2026
5% PPS After-afterthought, for short (3) New York Times Mar 6, 2026
5% OPT Choose hotpot, not the odd bits (3) (3) Puzzler Cryptic Feb 12, 2026
5% PICKS Chooses (5) Wall Street Journal Feb 9, 2026
5% ADD Mention as an afterthought (3) (3) Mirror Quick Feb 2, 2026
5% TAGON Add as an afterthought (5) New York Times Jan 27, 2026
5% PET Tame animal (3) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Jan 21, 2026

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