Contentious character central to stories in horribly vile cartoons (13) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Contentious character central to stories in horribly vile cartoons (13) featured in Guardian Cryptic puzzle on March 17, 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 13 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is CONTROVERSIAL.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% CONTROVERSIAL Contentious character central to stories in horribly vile cartoons (13) (13) The Guardian Cryptic Mar 17, 2026
5% BASE Vile (4) Wall Street Journal Mar 4, 2026
5% NASTY Vile (5) Puzzler Backwords Feb 1, 2026
5% WOODY "Toy Story" character (5) Thomas Joseph Jan 21, 2026
5% WALLY Cartoon character, Where's - ? (5) The Telegraph Quick Jan 19, 2026
5% BLUEY Children's cartoon character (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Jan 15, 2026
5% PEPE ___ Le Pew (cartoon character) (4)
5% EVIL Vile, horrible (4) The Telegraph Cryptic May 17, 2022
5% HAGAR "Horrible" cartoon character (5)
4% THEMES Central ideas (6) Newsday Mar 17, 2026

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