Defeats some running under cover with captain having moved up Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Defeats some running under cover with captain having moved up . 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 9 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is OVERCOMES.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% OVERCOMES Defeats some running under cover with captain having moved up (9)
5% BLIGH Bounty captain (5) Newsday Oct 19, 2025
5% UNDERWAY Like a moving boat captained by character (8) The Times Cryptic Oct 17, 2025
5% DRUB Soundly defeat (4) Commuter Oct 17, 2025
5% BENEATH Under (7) Commuter Oct 16, 2025
5% LOSES Suffers defeat (5) Commuter Oct 15, 2025
5% LICK Defeat (4) Eugene Sheffer Oct 11, 2025
5% ROBE Courtroom cover-up? (4) Universal Oct 9, 2025
5% CANING Severe defeat (6) Puzzler Backwords Oct 9, 2025
5% AHAB Pequod captain (4) New York Times Oct 8, 2025
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