City originally had a nasty oil industry (5) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue City originally had a nasty oil industry (5) last seen in Guardian Quick Cryptic puzzle. 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 HANOI.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% HANOI City originally had a nasty oil industry (5) (5) The Guardian Quick Cryptic May 17, 2025
7% ESSEN German industrial city (5) The Telegraph Plusword Nov 27, 2025
7% OILDRUM Percussion instrument of industrial origin (7) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Nov 4, 2025
6% ICKY Nasty (4) LA Times Daily Nov 30, 2025
6% BLEH "That's nasty" (4) The Atlantic Nov 24, 2025
6% BULAWAYO Industrial city in southwest Zimbabwe (8) (8) Mirror Quiz Nov 10, 2025
6% TULSA Oil industry city (5) Wall Street Journal Mar 23, 2016
5% CRUDE Unrefined, as oil (5) The Telegraph Plusword Dec 3, 2025
5% AGONY Torment in the past extremely nasty (5) The Telegraph Cryptic Dec 1, 2025
5% GENESIS Origin (7) The Times Sunday Concise Nov 30, 2025

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City originally had a nasty oil industry (5) Crossword Clue
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