Deer, scattered around river, went astray (5) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Deer, scattered around river, went astray (5) featured in Puzzler Cryptic puzzle on November 23, 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 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is ERRED.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% ERRED Deer, scattered around river, went astray (5) (5) Puzzler Cryptic Nov 23, 2025
7% STREW Scatter around (5) Universal Nov 19, 2025
7% DOTTED Scattered (around) (6) Puzzler Backwords Nov 10, 2025
6% ROAMED Went around (6) Newsday Nov 8, 2025
6% ERASED Obliterated as deer scattered (6) (6) Puzzler Cryptic Oct 27, 2025
5% ELK Large deer (3) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Nov 22, 2025
5% STAG Male deer (4) The Telegraph Quick Nov 22, 2025
5% SANK Went down (4) USA Today Nov 20, 2025
5% SPREAD Scatter (6) (6) Mirror Quick Nov 18, 2025
5% W Went fast (1) USA Today Quick Nov 18, 2025

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