Dock of the Bay became ____’s first US number one hit the year after his death in a plane crash Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Dock of the Bay became ____’s first US number one hit the year after his death in a plane crash last seen in Times Specialist Sunday puzzle. 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 11 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is OTISREDDING.

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Crossword Answer For Dock of the Bay became ____’s first US number one hit the year after his death in a plane crash:

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% OTISREDDING Dock of the Bay became ____’s first US number one hit the year after his death in a plane crash (11) The Times Specialist Sunday Sep 8, 2019
2% SKY Plane's place (3) USA Today Nov 8, 2025
2% GREWUP Became an adult (6) LA Times Daily Nov 5, 2025
2% DRY Finally relapsed after years not drinking (3) The Times Quick Cryptic Nov 4, 2025
2% NECROSIS Tissue death (8) Wall Street Journal Nov 1, 2025
2% LAURELTREE Green bay? (10) New York Times Oct 31, 2025
2% CYMBAL Crash maker (6) Wall Street Journal Oct 30, 2025
2% PIER Docking location (4) Commuter Oct 25, 2025
2% WHARF Docking platform (5) The Times Concise Oct 23, 2025
2% MUSICCENTRE S is home hi-fi (5,6) (11) Puzzler Cryptic Oct 23, 2025

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