Figuratively, a prudishly conventional person who originated in Thomas Morton's 1798 comedy Speed the Plough Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% MRSGRUNDY Figuratively, a prudishly conventional person who originated in Thomas Morton's 1798 comedy Speed the Plough (9)
52% NUN Convent figure (3) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Oct 4, 2025
40% ORTHODOX Conventional (8) Eugene Sheffer Oct 3, 2025
40% TILLING Ploughing (7) (7) Puzzler Aug 30, 2025
40% EDITOR Person who part-proofed it originally? (6) (6) Puzzler Cryptic Aug 6, 2025
39% SLOFIE Low-speed personal iPhone video (6) LA Times Daily Oct 10, 2025
39% ASS A s-s-silly person (3) (3) The Sun Two Speed Aug 29, 2025
37% ARENA Convention venue (5) Newsday Oct 14, 2025
37% NUNS Convent residents (4) The Telegraph Quick Oct 13, 2025
37% HABIT Convent attire (5) Newsday Oct 12, 2025
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