Discourage Ted from returning but with some hesitation Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Discourage Ted from returning but with some hesitation . 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 DETER.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% DETER Discourage Ted from returning but with some hesitation (5)
3% RELUCTANCE Hesitancy (10) Puzzler Backwords Jan 18, 2026
3% LOSS Team discourager (4) Wall Street Journal Dec 16, 2025
3% NOS Discouraging words (3) Wall Street Journal Dec 13, 2025
3% DETERS Discourages Ted returning with sounds of hesitation (6) (6)
2% ASSURED Guaranteed return of some comrade Russians one's abandoned (7) The Times Cryptic Feb 4, 2026
2% YIELD Return on investment (5) The Telegraph Quick Feb 4, 2026
2% PUMA Father, with hesitation, gets cat (4) (4) Mirror Cryptic Feb 4, 2026
2% ALTERED Hesitated, denying female's changed (7) The Telegraph Cryptic Feb 3, 2026
2% ECHO Repeated . . . ted . . . ted . . . sound . . . ound . . . ound (4) USA Today Feb 1, 2026
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