Defeat decisively Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Defeat decisively featured in New York Times puzzle on January 14, 2026. 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 CRUSH.

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22 Potential Answers:

AnswerLengthSourceDate
CRUSH Defeat decisively (5) New York Times Jan 14, 2026
THRASH Defeat decisively (6) LA Times Daily Apr 10, 2025
ROUT Defeat decisively (4) USA Today Oct 22, 2024
TROUNCE Defeat decisively (7) (7) Puzzler Sep 3, 2024
THUMP Defeat decisively (5) Wall Street Journal May 14, 2024
WHOMP Defeat decisively (5) Newsday Dec 15, 2022
TROMP Defeat decisively (5) Universal Feb 1, 2022
DRUB Defeat decisively (4)
TAN Defeat decisively (3)
SHELLAC Defeat decisively (7) Wall Street Journal Dec 26, 2018

18 Similar Clues:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
42% WHIPPED Defeated decisively (7) New York Times May 11, 2025
42% CREAMS Defeats decisively (6) Thomas Joseph Mar 9, 2024
42% DRUBS Defeats decisively (5) Wall Street Journal Dec 13, 2023
42% ROUTS Defeats decisively (5) Universal Sep 3, 2023
42% SHELLACS Defeats decisively (8)
42% CREAMED Defeated decisively (7) Wall Street Journal Mar 15, 2021
42% DRUBBED Defeated decisively (7) Thomas Joseph Sep 21, 2020
42% THUMPED Defeated decisively (7) Wall Street Journal Jun 4, 2019
42% SHELLACKS Defeats decisively (9) Wall Street Journal Mar 2, 2015
42% STOMPS Defeats decisively (6)

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