Cruel treatment Crossword Clue

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Here is the answer for the crossword clue Cruel treatment last seen in Guardian Quick puzzle. 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 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is ABUSE.

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3 Potential Answers:

AnswerLengthSourceDate
ABUSE Cruel treatment (5) The Guardian Quick Nov 24, 2021
SADISM Cruel treatment (6) Wall Street Journal Nov 3, 2016
ILLUSE Cruel treatment (6)

37 Similar Clues:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
35% ILLUSAGE Bad or cruel treatment (8)
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28% LUCRE Money obtained from cruel treatment (5) (5) Puzzler Cryptic Sep 9, 2025
28% ULCER Cruel treatment for open sore (5) (5)
26% CHARLESDEGAULLE Old leader has alleged cruel treatment (15)
26% MISUSAGE Is America restricted by old trickster? There's cruel treatment (8)
22% MASOCHISTIC Olympic site secured by Pole in charge after cruel treatment? (11)
22% ABSTRUSE Difficult to understand cruel treatment imprisoning three leaders of strike (8)
20% OPPRESSION Work with iron, another iron is not right that's prolonged cruel treatment (10) (10)
4% MEAN Cruel (4) USA Today Aug 16, 2025

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