Extremely disagreeable enemy for novelist Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Extremely disagreeable enemy for novelist featured in Times Quick Cryptic puzzle on October 17, 2025. 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 DEFOE.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% DEFOE Extremely disagreeable enemy for novelist (5) The Times Quick Cryptic Oct 17, 2025
3% FOE Enemy (3) Newsday Oct 13, 2025
3% DIFFERS Disagrees (7) Thomas Joseph Sep 24, 2025
3% FOES Enemies (4) LA Times Daily Sep 8, 2025
3% NASTY Disagreeable (5) The Telegraph Quick Aug 26, 2025
3% BUTI "___ disagree" (4) New York Times Aug 16, 2025
2% HESSE "Siddhartha" novelist (5) LA Times Daily Oct 16, 2025
2% DISLIKE Consider unpleasant or disagreeable (7) (7) Mirror Classic Oct 14, 2025
2% TROPE Enemies to lovers, e.g. (5) LA Times Daily Oct 11, 2025
2% TONI Novelist Morrison (4) Wall Street Journal Oct 9, 2025

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