Cooks in less than boiling water, and spoils Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% CODDLES Cooks in less than boiling water, and spoils (7) The Times Quick Cryptic Jul 1, 2024
6% BOIL Cook in water (4) (4) Mirror Classic Dec 27, 2025
6% TOO "___ many cooks spoil the broth" (3)
6% KETTLE Device for boiling water (6) (6) Mirror Classic Dec 18, 2025
6% STEAM Boiling water output (5) LA Times Daily Dec 17, 2025
5% DEMONIC Protest less than polite, altogether fiendish (7) (7) The Guardian Cryptic Jan 9, 2026
5% IRATE Boiling mad (5)
5% MINUS Less (5) The Telegraph Quick Jan 5, 2026
5% GRILL Cook (5) The Telegraph Quick Dec 28, 2025
5% ICE Frozen block of water with the unique property of being less dense than the water that was used to make it (3)

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