Cleaned kettle spattered with bits of tea and prevented from boiling over (2-9) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Cleaned kettle spattered with bits of tea and prevented from boiling over (2-9) featured in Guardian Cryptic puzzle on October 16, 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 11 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is DEESCALATED.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% DEESCALATED Cleaned kettle spattered with bits of tea and prevented from boiling over (2-9) (11) The Guardian Cryptic Oct 16, 2026
6% POT Kettle that holds tea or coffee (3)
6% STEAM Tea kettle emission (5) The Telegraph Mini Jul 28, 2026
5% DETER Prevent (5) LA Times Daily Sep 30, 2026
5% INCAPACITATED Prevented from functioning normally (13) The Times Concise Sep 8, 2026
5% GAG Prevent from speaking (3) The Times Concise Sep 1, 2026
5% HISS Sound from a kettle or a snake (4) LA Times Daily Aug 16, 2026
4% RAGS Cleaning cloths (4) New York Times Oct 11, 2026
4% MOPSUP Cleans, as a spill (6) Universal Oct 11, 2026
4% SORE Boil, e.g. (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Oct 9, 2026

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