Contrived French artist about to install magenta bust Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Contrived French artist about to install magenta bust featured in Times Cryptic puzzle on February 24, 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 12 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is STAGEMANAGED.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% STAGEMANAGED Contrived French artist about to install magenta bust (12) The Times Cryptic Feb 24, 2026
3% PAT Contrived (3) Thomas Joseph Feb 19, 2026
3% HOKEY Contrived (5) LA Times Daily Feb 3, 2026
3% FUCHSIA Magenta kin (7) LA Times Daily Jan 30, 2026
2% ISSUE The Olympic Review installment (5) USA Today Feb 18, 2026
2% PRELOAD Install, as software before shipping (7) Thomas Joseph Feb 17, 2026
2% PSA "The More You Know" installment (3) USA Today Feb 16, 2026
2% PRINTERINK It can be cyan, magenta, yellow or black (10) Universal Feb 14, 2026
2% ANTLER Strange rant about the French horn (6) The Times Quick Cryptic Feb 14, 2026
2% CARTOONING Activity of artist, showing concern about Newcastle? (10) (10) The Guardian Cryptic Feb 12, 2026

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