Dried out pond creature, tense in action (10) Crossword Clue

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Here is the answer for the crossword clue Dried out pond creature, tense in action (10) last seen in Guardian Cryptic 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 10 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is DEHYDRATED.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% DEHYDRATED Dried out pond creature, tense in action (10) (10) The Guardian Cryptic Jun 20, 2025
6% HARD Like a dried-out sponge (4) USA Today Oct 15, 2025
6% TADPOLE Tiny creature in pond bit European (7) The Telegraph Cryptic Sep 16, 2025
6% EDGY Tense (4) Puzzler Backwords Sep 13, 2025
5% TEAL Pond duck (4) Eugene Sheffer Oct 25, 2025
5% HAY Dried grass (3) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Oct 22, 2025
5% ALGAE Pond growth (5) Thomas Joseph Oct 21, 2025
5% SWAN Graceful bird in a pond (4) New York Times Oct 13, 2025
5% LOTUS Flower in a Chinese pond (5) New York Times Oct 13, 2025
5% ONEDGE Tense at the border (2,4) (6) Mirror Cryptic Oct 13, 2025

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