Figurative gauge (9) Crossword Clue

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% YARDSTICK Figurative gauge (9) (9)
10% POLL Approval rating gauge (4) Universal Oct 3, 2025
10% ASCERTAIN Gauge, equally positive? (9) The Times Cryptic Sep 11, 2025
9% HOWTYPICAL "That figures!" (10) Universal Sep 26, 2025
9% TOE Pool temperature gauge, at times (3) Universal Sep 12, 2025
9% LITERAL Not figurative (7) Commuter Aug 19, 2025
9% RECKON Figure (6) USA Today Aug 15, 2025
9% METRE Reportedly gauge the length (5) (5) Puzzler Cryptic Aug 5, 2025
8% IDIOM Figure of speech (5) Thomas Joseph Oct 18, 2025
8% TAPEMEASURE Peruse a team struggling to find a gauge of distance (4,7) (11) Puzzler Cryptic Oct 15, 2025
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