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% AGES Years and years (4) Newsday Nov 30, 2025
2% NAPS Minor crashes? (4) New York Times Nov 29, 2025
2% TRES Number after "dos" in Spanish (4)
2% DIMMED Became darker (6) The Times Concise Nov 25, 2025
2% DECADENT Not disheartened after ten years, but in decline (8) The Times Quick Cryptic Nov 24, 2025
2% GOTHOTGOTHOT Post-punk sudden death period became extremely exciting? (12) LA Times Daily Nov 21, 2025
2% SOLO Number for one (4) Newsday Nov 20, 2025
2% OKIE Merle Haggard was one, per one of his hit songs (4) The Washington Post Mini Nov 15, 2025
2% TECH Crash investigator (4) Wall Street Journal Nov 15, 2025

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