Familiar name for the sole extant member of the genus Crocuta Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Familiar name for the sole extant member of the genus Crocuta 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 14 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is LAUGHING HYENA.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% LAUGHING HYENA Familiar name for the sole extant member of the genus Crocuta (14) The Times Specialist Sunday Jul 25, 2021
2% LONE Sole (4) Newsday Nov 21, 2025
2% KNEW Was familiar with novel being broadcast (4) The Telegraph Cryptic Nov 21, 2025
2% ONLY Sole (4) USA Today Nov 20, 2025
2% LOSE Mislay sole arrangement (4) (4) Mirror Cryptic Nov 19, 2025
2% DORSAL Like the familiar shark fin (6) Wall Street Journal Nov 19, 2025
2% RELATIVE Family member (8) LA Times Daily Nov 16, 2025
2% HOBNAIL Sharp fixing inserted into the sole of a boot (7) The Times Concise Nov 15, 2025
2% APIS Honeybee genus (4) New York Times Nov 14, 2025
2% KOMODODRAGON Largest extant lizard in the world (12) USA Today Nov 6, 2025

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