Feign illness to avoid duty Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Feign illness to avoid duty . 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 8 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is MALINGER.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% MALINGER Feign illness to avoid duty (8)
3% ACTIVE On duty (6) Wall Street Journal Oct 13, 2025
3% MALINGERED Feigned illness (10)
3% SWINGINGTHELEAD Feigning illness to avoid work (8,3,4) (15)
3% MALINGERERS Those feigning illness to avoid work (11) The Times Concise May 30, 2022
2% MALICE Hostility, ill will (6) The Times Concise Nov 6, 2025
2% LOUT Ill-mannered boor (4) The Telegraph Mini Nov 4, 2025
2% NEEDNT "Could avoid" contraction (6) The Times Sunday Concise Nov 2, 2025
2% INFLUENZA Winter illness * (9) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Oct 30, 2025
2% ABASHED Ill at ease (7) Newsday Oct 30, 2025
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