Comes a cropper holding up killers Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% ORCAS Comes a cropper holding up killers (5) The Telegraph Cryptic Dec 15, 2021
3% WAYLAY Hold up the journey of (6) The Times Concise Sep 24, 2025
3% ROB Hold up (3) Wall Street Journal Sep 23, 2025
3% LAST Hold up well (4) Universal Sep 9, 2025
3% ARISES Comes up (6) USA Today Sep 8, 2025
3% AHEAD Coming up (5) Commuter Sep 8, 2025
3% FLAIL Come a cropper collecting large medieval weapon (5) The Times Quick Cryptic Sep 4, 2025
3% ARISE Come up (5) Commuter Sep 2, 2025
3% SKIRUN Risk coming a cropper on one in Chamonix (3,3) (6) The Guardian Cryptic Aug 26, 2025
3% HIJACK Hold up (6) (6) The Guardian Quick Aug 23, 2025

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