Crushing setback Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% BLOW Crushing setback (4) Wall Street Journal Sep 30, 2023
36% BODYBLOW Crushing setback, metaphorically (8)
3% ORANGE ____ Crush, R.E.M. hit (6) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Dec 2, 2025
3% ERASE Destroy some trees, a real setback (5) (5) The Guardian Cryptic Dec 1, 2025
3% ECRU Fawn caught in the crush (4) (4) Puzzler Cryptic Nov 27, 2025
3% RECESS Holiday setback (6) (6) Puzzler Cryptic Nov 18, 2025
3% GRIND Crush to a powder (5) Puzzler Backwords Nov 14, 2025
3% PATTI ___ Mayonnaise (Doug Funnie's crush) (5) The Atlantic Nov 14, 2025
3% WELOST "They crushed us!" (6) Universal Nov 13, 2025
3% NAILEDIT "Crushed that!" (8) The Atlantic Nov 7, 2025

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