Empty threat [1st] Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% PAPERTIGER Empty threat [1st] (10) Newsday Jun 16, 2024
7% DANGERS Suppressing fury, flipping spouted empty threats (7) The Telegraph Toughie Sep 25, 2025
6% DRAINED Emptied (7) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Oct 14, 2025
6% ATEAM 1st XI, e.g. (5) The Telegraph Mini Oct 3, 2025
6% ORELSE Threat words (6) Thomas Joseph Aug 8, 2025
6% ELSE "... or ___!" (threat) (4) New York Times Jul 2, 2025
6% IDLE Empty, as a threat (4) Wall Street Journal May 4, 2022
5% AVON Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of __ (4) (4) The Guardian Weekend Oct 25, 2025
5% TETRAHEDRA Read threat to demolish pyramids (10) (10) The Guardian Cryptic Oct 20, 2025
5% WHYIOUGHTA Humorous "threat" of retaliation (10) USA Today Oct 18, 2025

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