City of Crete lies in ruins Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue City of Crete lies in ruins featured in Times Cryptic puzzle on November 20, 2025. 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 9 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is LEICESTER.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% LEICESTER City of Crete lies in ruins (9) The Times Cryptic Nov 20, 2025
3% LANCASTER Ruined ancestral city (9) The Telegraph Cryptic Nov 10, 2025
3% KNOSSOS Ruined city in northern Crete (7)
2% REPOSES Lies (7) (7) The Guardian Quick Nov 19, 2025
2% JINXIT Ruin something's chance of success (6) Wall Street Journal Nov 18, 2025
2% MUST Romeo ____ Die, Jet Li film (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Nov 17, 2025
2% UMBRELLASTAND Rack and ruin of Bermudan stall (13) The Times Cryptic Nov 13, 2025
2% DESTROYED Totally ruined (9) Premier Sunday Nov 9, 2025
2% DERELICT Dilapidated, ruined (8) The Times Concise Nov 5, 2025
2% ZOE "Big Little Lies" actor Kravitz (3) USA Today Nov 4, 2025

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