Critical part of ball game lay ahead of Mark Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Critical part of ball game lay ahead of Mark featured in Telegraph Cryptic puzzle on December 15, 2025. 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 8 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is SETPOINT.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% SETPOINT Critical part of ball game lay ahead of Mark (8) The Telegraph Cryptic Dec 15, 2025
3% SKEE ___-Ball (arcade game) (4)
3% ALAI Jai __ (ball game) (4) Newsday Nov 4, 2025
2% SEE Lay eyes on (3)
2% OMEGA Ball game organised, the last in a series (5) The Telegraph Toughie Dec 10, 2025
2% HIDOUT Lay low (6) Newsday Dec 4, 2025
2% SPOT Lay eyes on (4) New York Times Dec 2, 2025
2% TAKEPOTSHOTSAT Criticize unfairly (14) New York Times Dec 2, 2025
2% ZINGS Pithy criticisms (5) New York Times Mini Nov 30, 2025
2% NODS Go-aheads (4) LA Times Daily Nov 28, 2025

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