Crafty chap, evil animal, badly wanting power Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Crafty chap, evil animal, badly wanting power featured in Times Cryptic puzzle on July 6, 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 MACHIAVELLIAN.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% MACHIAVELLIAN Crafty chap, evil animal, badly wanting power (13) The Times Cryptic Jul 6, 2026
6% CRAVE Want badly (5) Wall Street Journal May 16, 2026
6% FOXES Crafty animals (5) USA Today Apr 30, 2026
5% SLY Crafty (3) Universal Jul 1, 2026
5% CRAVES Wants really badly (6)
4% SOLAR Sun-powered (5) Thomas Joseph Jul 6, 2026
4% MOJO Magical power (4) Universal Jul 3, 2026
4% ABUSE Treat badly (5) Puzzler Backwords Jul 2, 2026
4% TWANGING Badly want gig to include Hynde in the middle, playing guitar? (8) The Telegraph Cryptic Jul 1, 2026
4% CLOUT Influence, power (5) The Times Concise Jun 30, 2026

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