Crust; hermit crab's home Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% SHELL Crust; hermit crab's home (5) The Telegraph Mini Oct 12, 2025
74% SEASHELL Eels lash around hermit crab's shelter (8) The Telegraph Cryptic Feb 2, 2026
71% RECLUSE Hermit (7) The Telegraph Quick Jan 31, 2026
68% HERMIT __ crab (6) LA Times Daily Jan 16, 2026
62% ELITE Upper crust (5) LA Times Daily Feb 5, 2026
62% CLAW Crab's grabber (4) New York Times Mini Jan 19, 2026
62% PINCER Part of a crab (6) The Telegraph Quick Jan 16, 2026
62% SCAB Crust on a wound (4) Puzzler Backwords Jan 12, 2026
59% TEN Number of legs on a crab (3) Universal Jan 25, 2026
59% DECAPOD Hermit crab, e.g. (7) Wall Street Journal May 5, 2023

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