Decay around old part of plant (4) Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% ROOT Decay around old part of plant (4) (4)
8% ROTTEN Decayed (6) The Telegraph Quick Oct 9, 2025
8% ROT Decay (3) Commuter Oct 3, 2025
8% ROTS Decays (4) Eugene Sheffer Aug 4, 2025
7% ROOTS Underground parts of plants (5) Newsday Oct 7, 2025
7% RODENT Study decay around rat, say (6) (6) Mirror Cryptic Oct 5, 2025
7% PAGE Old servant; part of a book (4) The Telegraph Mini Oct 4, 2025
7% APSE Collapsed around part of church (4) (4) Mirror Cryptic Sep 28, 2025
7% SPORE Propagative part of a plant (5) Puzzler Backwords Sep 12, 2025
7% ROBUST Tough having part of transport network in decay (6) The Times Cryptic Sep 2, 2025
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